Chapter 244: Not Bound to Ancestors
"Gu Dashu, you have no conscience. I, your mother, have been leading you all to follow the right path day and night. Selling snacks, buying land, raising pigs, mixing pesticides, which one of them was not done by me? Which one of them was blessed by our ancestors?"
Tong Huaqiong refused to admit that she was the daughter-in-law of the Gu family and refused to admit that the ancestors of the Gu family had any relationship with her.
"You have wiped out the merits of your mother and me with just one sentence, and instead put the credit on the heads of our ancestors who have nothing to do with us."
"And your father, does he deserve it? He never let me live a good life when he was alive. After he died, I lived a good life on my own. He is buried in the ground now, and you still want me to give half of the credit to your father. How can you be so shameless? You love your ancestors and your father so much, you might as well just go and accompany them."
"I worked so hard to earn this honor, but before I can even enjoy it, you're asking me to give it to your dead father and ancestors. Now you're asking me to give it to you, so you can give it to you next time. Do you think I don't know what you're up to?"
Tong Huaqiong scolded Gu Dashu.
Gu Dashu wanted to cry after being scolded by Tong Huaqiong. He didn't expect that mentioning his ancestors and his father would make his mother so angry and aggrieved.
Finally, Tong Huaqiong's words "Let me give the credit to you" made Gu Dashu break down.
As a filial son, such accusations are too serious and too heartbreaking for him.
I swear to God, he didn't have such an idea at all.
Gu Dashu quickly explained, "Mom, you misunderstood me. I thought it was a great joy that you were commended by the government. No one in our Gu family has been commended by the government for several generations. So we should make our ancestors and father happy... My idea was wrong. We shouldn't make our ancestors and father happy about the affairs of living people... No, our ancestors and father are dead, and they can't be happy. Even if our ancestors and father stood in front of me, I would fight for them if they dared to share your credit."
Gu Dashu felt so aggrieved that he wanted to cry as he spoke.
"Mom, you misunderstood me. I have no intention of sharing your achievements. The reason why our family can live a good life is because of you, and the reason why I walk the right path is also because of you. How dare I share your achievements? I don't dare to have such an idea now, and I won't dare to have it in the future."
"Mom, it's all my fault. It's me who made me unhappy."
As Gu Dashu was talking, he suddenly understood the reason why Tong Huaqiong was angry and stressed.
When my father was alive, my mother didn't rely on men to live a good life. After my father died, she didn't rely on her sons to make her life better. Instead, she dragged them, a few useless bamboos, and struggled to move forward. After finally having a good life, the son didn't mention his mother's hard work, but instead mentioned his ancestors and his father. Who wouldn't be angry?
Gu Dashu felt that he was too unfilial.
Thinking of this, Gu Dashu was about to slap himself in the face.
Tong Huaqiong snorted coldly.
"It's a happy thing. You are both the ancestor and your father. Where do you put the living people? From now on, whoever earns the credit in our family will own it. Don't always put the blame on the dead." Tong Huaqiong said.
She naturally knew that Gu Dashu didn't dare to steal her credit, nor did he have any intention of sharing her credit with his ancestors.
This is because he is filial, not because of anything else.
If Tong Huaqiong did not respond, Gu Dashu would always attribute the credit to his ancestors and Old Gu.
Being filial is not enough, she must make Gu Dashu understand from all aspects that everything the Gu family has now is brought by Tong Huaqiong.
It was not brought by the ancestors of the Gu family, nor was it brought by their dead father.
She didn't want to be tied to the dead people of the Gu family.
"Mom is right. I received the recognition from the government not because of my ancestors, not because of men, and not because of my son. I relied on myself."
"Not only does mother not need to thank the ancestors this time, we don't need to either. We should thank mother. It is mother who has led us to a good life, and it is mother's praise that protects us. Second brother, you are not wronged by mother's scolding. You took the benefits from mother but said it was the blessing of our ancestors and father. How unfair to mother. Why didn't they bless you to live a good life before?"
As a die-hard fan of Tong Huaqiong, Gu Taohua believes that whatever her mother supports is right, and whatever her mother opposes is wrong.
It has to be said that Tong Huaqiong's commendation by the government greatly inspired Gu Taohua.
It turns out that rural women can also be recognized by the government through their wisdom.
This was something Gu Taohua had never thought about.
It can be said that it severely impacted her three views.
Thinking about the time when her father passed away, Gu Taohua felt like the sky was falling. What would she do without her father? What if she was bullied?
Now all her worries have not happened, and under her mother's leadership, the Gu family not only lives better and better, but also has been commended by the government.
Once this plaque is hung, many people will be jealous and envious. From now on, if anyone in Qinghe Bay wants to bully the Gu family like Xu Yong and Xu Zaohua did, they will have to look up at the plaque on the door.
Gu Dashu felt even more guilty about being stabbed by Gu Taohua, and he stammered to Tong Huaqiong, "I will be more filial to my mother in the future, and work with her to make our family's life better and better."
Gu Dahan said honestly, "In our hearts, mother is indeed more important than our ancestors."
Tong Huaqiong's mouth twitched. This stepson was too submissive to her.
Liu Yue'e was worried when she saw her husband being scolded by her mother-in-law, fearing that she would lose her mother-in-law's favor again, and the second wife would be doomed.
Gu Dashu finally gets the attention of his mother-in-law, and the medicine shop in Pingchuan County is going to be handed over to him. But Gu Dashu cannot make his mother-in-law angry and get into trouble.
So he said to Tong Huaqiong: "Dashu said the wrong thing, and he deserves to be scolded. Mother, I have no second thoughts about you. In my heart, what are the ancestors of the Gu family? Mother, you have always known that when father was alive, I was more filial to you than he was."
Liu Yue'e wanted to hold her mother-in-law's hand and recall the good times they had spent together in the past.
Gu Jingzhe said at the side: "Mother, I will earn an imperial decree for you in the future."
Tong Huaqiong did not object to this, but agreed with a smile.
She is the mother, isn't it her duty as a son to earn a living for her?
Even if she received the commendation on her own, it would not prevent her from reaping the filial piety of her son.
Tong Huaqiong said to Gu Jingzhe: "Okay, then I will wait for my son to earn me an imperial decree."
Gu Jingzhe laughed excitedly!
The fact that his mother was willing to accept his imperial decree showed that in her heart he was different from the Gu family. Her mother was willing to be deeply bound to him, which gave him motivation.
Seeing Tong Huaqiong accept Gu Jingzhe's imperial edict and promise, the others expressed their positive attitude.
Gu Dahan said, "I will help my mother take care of our land and fill the granary with grain."
Gu Dashu said: "I want to make our medicine shop bigger and stronger."
Gu Taohua said: "I want to learn from my mother, and I will also earn myself recognition from the imperial court in the future."
Even Yaozu and Maner expressed their positive opinions.
Yaozu said: "I don't want to study. I want to be a general when I grow up and protect my grandma."
Maner said: "I want to learn to read, and I want to be a boss in the future."
"I grew up...I grew up to be as filial to my step-grandma as I was to my biological grandma."
Liu Yanhong saw that everyone was expressing their positive attitude towards Tong Huaqiong. He was very familiar with this plot. His grandmother often told him about how he would be filial to her when he grew up.
So I couldn't help but get involved.
Everyone: "..."
Tong Huaqiong wondered, why are you, a county magistrate's son, joining in the fun?
Everyone had a great time and it was soon evening.
Before going to bed, Tong Huaqiong suddenly remembered something and called Gu Dahan to talk to her.