Chapter 259: Can't Break with My Family
"Cousin, which girl did you tell Gu Jingzhe about?"
At dusk, when no one was around, Lu Zhaozhao boldly asked Han.
Lu Zhaozhao's little thoughts could not be hidden from Han at all. She asked why the housekeeper mentioned that Liu Yanhong was in Qinghe Bay when he went to the capital to deliver holiday gifts to the Lu family. Lu Zhaozhao quickly followed the housekeeper to her place in Pingchuan County.
When she said yesterday that she missed her grandchildren, Lu Zhaozhao encouraged her to come to Qinghe Bay and praised Qinghe Bay.
Based on Lu Zhaozhao's reaction when she mentioned Gu Jingzhe's marriage to Tong Huaqiong, Han had already seen through Lu Zhaozhao's feelings for Gu Jingzhe.
However, Han was not a conservative person. She did not think that Lu Zhaozhao was unruly. Instead, she felt that she was right to bring the two of them together.
Most people's marriages are blind and silent, and Han is no exception.
Although her husband was very good to her when he was alive, she had seen too many tragedies caused by blind marriages.
She hopes that her cousin can find someone she truly loves and get married in the future, so that she can live a comfortable life.
Seeing that Han didn't say anything, Lu Zhaozhao became a little anxious.
Han said, "How about I tell you to Gu Jingzhe?"
Lu Zhaozhao blushed. She didn't expect her cousin to be so direct.
Lu Zhaozhao stammered, "This...this...cousin, please discuss this with grandpa and brother."
Han looked at Lu Zhaozhao's undisguised thoughts about her little daughter, stroked her hair, and sighed, "Zhaozhao is old enough to get married."
Then he continued, "Why am I telling you about Gu Jingzhe? Gu Jingzhe is naturally a good young man, but more importantly, the Gu family has a good family tradition. Your Aunt Tong is a decent person and doesn't treat her two daughters-in-law harshly. If you marry into such a family, you won't be bullied by your mother-in-law."
"I've been through this, and the family I chose is definitely right."
Lu Zhaozhao looked at Han as if she understood something.
Lu Zhaozhao lowered his head and said, "But Aunt Tong disagrees."
There was one more thing she didn't say, which was that Mr. Lu might not agree.
Mr. Lu hopes that she will marry into a wealthy family.
Han said, "You heard it too. Your Aunt Tong disagreed because she was worried that Gu Jingzhe was too young to make up his mind. What your Aunt Tong said makes sense. I am your cousin, so I will naturally consider it for you. It is indeed too early to say this now."
Lu Zhaozhao said, "Then did you tell Aunt Tong which family the girl came from?"
Han said, "No."
Lu Zhaozhao breathed a sigh of relief.
Aunt Tong didn't know that it was best for her, otherwise she would be embarrassed to show up at the Gu family.
When Han saw Lu Zhaozhao's expression, she felt that she needed to remind Lu Zhaozhao.
Although she didn't object to Lu Zhaozhao liking Gu Jing, she still believed that a girl should be reserved.
Han said to Lu Zhaozhao earnestly, "Your marriage is decided by your grandfather and brother. I didn't mention it to your Aunt Tong because you should ask your grandfather and brother first. If your grandfather and brother disagree, you can't disobey them. After all, in this world, they are the only two people who treat you best and won't cheat you."
Han was afraid that if Mr. Lu and Lu Zhaoyang had other plans for Lu Zhaozhao's marriage, Lu Zhaozhao would go against her family for Gu Jingzhe.
As a young girl, she can like a young man, but she must never break up with her family for him.
Breaking up with the Lu family would do Lu Zhaozhao no good at all.
After listening to Han's words, Lu Zhaozhao nodded.
"Cousin..." Lu Zhaozhao seemed to be hesitant to speak.
Han said he understood.
"Don't worry, your Aunt Tong did not refuse to die. Wait until Gu Jingzhe passes the examination next year, and then I will mention it to the two families." Han said.
Lu Zhaozhao was relieved.
If Han helps mediate and I beg my brother, I think my grandfather will agree.
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"You say my pork is delicious. Let me tell you, in addition to feeding it corn and grass, the more important reason is that my pigs are slaughtered."
When Mrs. Zhao and Aunt Qin cleaned up Tong Huaqiong's house and left, Tong Huaqiong handed each of them a large piece of pork.
When the two of them once again exclaimed that the pork from Tong Huaqiong's family was delicious, Tong Huaqiong told them the secret of delicious pork.
"The key to the delicious pork is not feeding corn, but castrating the pigs. Have you noticed that pork used to have a piggy smell, but my pigs don't have that smell, only meaty aroma. The smell is because they haven't been castrated."
Tong Huaqiong felt that there was nothing to hide from Mrs. Zhao and Aunt Qin about the castration of the pigs.
Even if we hide it now, it won't last long. In the future, everyone will know that castrated pigs will definitely taste better.
Zhao and Aunt Qin were a little bit unconvinced when they heard this.
Today, Tong Huaqiong's family slaughtered a boar, which means that this boar is a eunuch?
Seeing that the two people didn't believe him, Tong Huaqiong said, "When have I ever lied to you?"
Zhao was deeply touched by this. In the past, Gu Dashu and Liu Yue'e had secretly decided to get married. The Liu family hoped that the mother-in-law would come to propose marriage to give the Liu family a way out. The mother-in-law was not happy about this and said it directly.
There is nothing adulterated about it.
Now that he has changed his personality, he is even more sincere towards the Liu family.
The good growth of wheat and corn is all thanks to the honesty of my mother-in-law.
Zhao asked curiously, "Can pigs be castrated?"
Tong Huaqiong said: "Yes. All my pigs are castrated, male and female."
Aunt Qin asked, "How did you come up with this idea?"
This method is so cruel, no ordinary person could have thought of it.
Tong Huaqiong said, "I happened to hear a wandering Taoist priest say this when I was at home. I wrote it down, but I didn't take it seriously. When I was at my mother's house, we raised pigs. How could a girl like me dare to mention castrating pigs? I would be laughed at. When we arrived at Qinghe Bay, I did mention to Lao Gu that we should castrate the pigs. You know Lao Gu is a stingy person. He was afraid that the pigs would be castrated to death, so he refused to agree, and I gave up."
Mrs. Zhao and Aunt Qin understood Lao Gu very well. A pig was not cheap, and they would not dare to do something they had never seen before and were not sure of.
Not to mention Lao Gu, even now that they have eaten the pork from Tong Huaqiong's family, the taste is indeed more delicious and fragrant than pork that is not castrated, so they dare not rashly castrate their own pigs.
If it's smelly, it's smelly. Just cover it with some spices.
If you can eat it before, you can eat it in the future.
Zhao said, "Mother-in-law, even if you tell us this method, I dare not castrate the pigs at home."
Aunt Qin agreed with Zhao's statement.
Tong Huaqiong was quite surprised. She thought she was doing a favor to Zhao and Aunt Qin.
Unexpectedly, the two of them didn't take it seriously at all and didn't want to castrate their own pigs at all.
"You are capable and dare to think and act. You have raised so many pigs and invested so much money in castrating them. You will sell the pork, so it will sell better if the meat tastes better. We are different. We raise a pig at home just to earn money for oil, salt, sauce and vinegar. We don't have much expectations, so it doesn't matter whether the pigs are castrated or not, and it doesn't matter whether the meat is smelly or not." Aunt Qin said.
Although Mrs. Zhao and Aunt Qin did not plan to castrate their own pigs, they were still grateful to Tong Huaqiong for revealing the secret of delicious pork.
Tong Huaqiong raised more than 20 pigs in the temple, and everyone knew that she was going to do the pork business.
Isn’t she afraid that they will find out the truth and steal her business?