Chapter 417: Hongmen Banquet
"Grandpa, you've been tired all day. I'll take you back to sleep."
Gu Dashu held onto Old Man Gu’s arm.
In the ancestral hall, Grandpa Gu cried to Old Man Gu, saying some nonsense, saying that his family was not filial; at the dinner table, he said a lot of bad things, made faces at his brothers, and kept praising Gu Ruinian in front of the clan members...
All the signs made Gu Dashu realize that Old Man Gu was going to take advantage of his father's death anniversary to cause trouble.
Therefore, the best way is to send Mr. Gu home before he causes trouble.
"I'm not tired." Old Man Gu pushed Gu Dashu away and said, "I'm not tired for my son."
Gu Dashu: "..."
He wanted to say, I didn’t see you love my father that much when he was alive, and you are always partial to my second uncle.
"Okay, okay, it's up to you. You sit down." Gu Dashu said.
Anyway, I have three brothers around, and they will never let my mother suffer any injustice.
Tong Huaqiong and her two daughters-in-law Gu Taohua were in the house talking to their second aunt and others when they saw Old Man Gu Youtian enter the house with the clan leader and several respected elders of the clan.
Holding a Hongmen Banquet?
Tong Huaqiong remained calm.
Old Man Gu sat down, and Gu Youtian gave the clan leader a helping hand and sat down together.
"What's wrong? Why are you making such a big fuss? Do you have something to discuss with me?" Tong Huaqiong asked.
Old Master Gu sat up straight and said, "While everyone is here, I have something I would like to ask you to decide."
Gu Dashu said with a playful smile: "What is it that needs to be decided? Is it about me having a second child or Gu Jingzhe not getting married yet?"
Old Master Gu glared at Gu Dashu and shouted, "You have no room to speak here."
Gu Dashu sneered twice.
Grandpa Gu said, "My eldest son is gone. The eldest son Dahan is honest, the second son Dashu is unstable, and the third son Jingzhe is young. None of the three sons can support the family, so I can only let my daughter-in-law support the family."
Tong Huaqiong sneered. This was a nice statement. It must have been a draft written by Gu Ruinian.
Gu Dashu wanted to say something, but Tong Huaqiong waved at him, suggesting that it would be better to let Old Man Gu fart all at once.
"But our Gu family has never had a woman supporting the family. How can the men in our Gu family face shame? My second son is capable of supporting the family. He was the first person in our village to go out and do business. He took me out to enjoy life two years ago. He was filial. Now that I am old and want to return to my hometown, he is worried about coming back with me. Now that he is back, as a good son of our Gu family and a good brother of my eldest son, he should help my eldest brother support the family."
Tong Huaqiong thought that Mr. Gu had finally revealed his purpose of letting Gu Youtian take over her family property.
It’s just that he described the word “possession” in such a fresh and refined way.
After Grandpa Gu said this, there was a moment of silence in the air, and the faces of the tribesmen had different expressions.
Especially those who live in old houses.
Except for Gu Ruinian and Gu Xiaoxue, everyone's eyes could not suppress the spark of excitement.
"Grandpa..." Gu Dashu and Gu Jingzhe exclaimed in unison.
Tong Huaqiong interrupted the brothers and said, "Grandpa, you said that we should let Second Uncle support our eldest family? I want to hear how you support it."
Old Master Gu smiled and said, "You are supporting your family by doing business now, and you are a widow. It is not appropriate for you to be in the limelight all day. It is better to hand over the business to your second brother. Doing business requires dealing with outsiders and traveling far and wide. This is suitable for men, but not for a woman like you. Of course, it doesn't mean that the shop belongs to your second brother. The shop still belongs to your eldest wife. He is just managing it for you. It will be great for you to wait for money at home without worrying about it in the future."
This is shameless and unreasonable.
But this is what these old men really think of this era.
The three brothers Gu Dashu, Gu Dahan and Gu Jingzhe were shaking with anger.
The shop was my mother's hard work. My grandfather wanted to take it away and give it to my second uncle, so he took it away without considering my mother's thoughts at all.
"Second brother, what do you think?" Tong Huaqiong turned around and asked without showing any anger.
Gu Youtian was quite surprised at Tong Huaqiong's calmness.
He assumed that the sister-in-law would jump up and down in anger and make a scene. In his opinion, it was best to deal with people when they were out of control, so he could just lock them up in the ancestral hall as a mad woman.
Gu Youtian said slowly, "Dad is thinking about my sister-in-law and the girls in the tribe. It's very hard for you to show up in public with Taohua and your daughter-in-law, and it will affect the marriages of the girls in the tribe. After all, we are a family. Now that my elder brother is gone, I should take responsibility for him. Even if you don't have this shop, I plan to support Jingzhe's studies. If you hand over this shop to me, I will definitely be able to expand it. If you are worried, let Dashu and Dahan be the owners and I will be the shopkeeper. With uncle and nephew working together, what do we have to worry about?"
"If my father knew about this, he would call you shameless. My father is dead, and you come to bully my mother. You are still supporting Jingzhe's studies, and you took away all my father's money. Jingzhe couldn't pay the tuition, so he had to borrow from my second grandfather. Now that our family has a shop, you come to steal our food." Gu Dashu started to curse directly. It was not easy to scold his grandfather, but he could scold his uncle on behalf of his father.
"Dashu, that's your second uncle, you are being disrespectful." The clan leader said, "The clan has already discussed this matter, your mother's business outside has affected the girls in the clan. As the clan leader, I can't just sit there and do nothing. Your second uncle is not trying to take over your shop, but to help you expand it."
Gu Dashu was so angry that he wanted to hit someone, but was stopped by Gu Dahan.
"Everyone has a daughter in their family. The reputation of our Gu family's daughter cannot be ruined like this."
"You are now the daughter-in-law of the Gu family. Everything you have belongs to the Gu family. We discuss this with you because we value you. If you don't appreciate it, don't blame us for being rude. It will be awkward if we open the ancestral hall and follow the clan rules."
Mr. Gu and Gu Youtian looked determined to win.
Gu Taohua said, "What reputation do you mean by the girls of the Gu family? Second uncle is just a grown man who saw that my mother's business was doing well, but his business was losing money, so he wanted to seize my shop. Second uncle, let me tell you, my shop belongs to me and my mother, no one else can take it. You talk about the reputation of the girls of the Gu family every day, and how good a reputation would you have if you bullied orphans and widows?"
Old man Gu could tolerate Gu Dashu's cursing, but Gu Taohua, a granddaughter, actually dared to disobey the men in the clan.
Look, this is what happens when you're out in the open.
Old Master Gu frowned and said, "You are a little girl, so stay at home and be honest. Business is not something you should think about. You and Xiaoxue can do needlework at home, and then your second uncle can find you a good marriage."
Tong Huaqiong shouted angrily: "That's enough."
She would not allow anyone to bully her fat daughter.