Chapter 434: Grandson's wings are strong
Tong Huaqiong said to Mr. Gu: "You just heard it. It's not that someone else is after Jingzhe, it's Jingzhe who is attracted to Miss Lu."
Gu Jingzhe said: "Grandpa, I don't want to see anyone except Miss Lu."
Old Master Gu said without giving up: "You are still young now, and you don't know how much help the powerful Yue family can give you. When you pursue a career in the government, you will naturally have to find someone who is beneficial to you in the officialdom. What can the merchants do for you? Do they have a large sum of money? When you become an official, you will still lack money. At that time, the Lu family may have to rely on you. What is money compared to power?"
Mr. Gu’s thoughts represent the thoughts of most people of this era.
I am afraid that once Gu Jingzhe and Lu Zhaozhao's marriage is settled, people will think that Lu Zhaozhao is marrying above her station, even though the Lu family is rich enough to rival a country.
This was also the reason why Tong Da Jiao dared to control Lu Zhaozhao in the previous life.
Tong Huaqiong said: "My Jingzhe doesn't need to rely on his wife's family to be a son-in-law. A person can only stand on his own. Besides, my family is from the mud, and Gu Jingzhe is just a scholar. If Miss Lu is interested in Gu Jingzhe, it will be a great honor for your Gu family."
Mr. Lu snorted and said, "How can the Miss Lu be good? Jingzhe must have met her before if she likes her. A girl doesn't shy away from seeing a man from another family, but instead tries to seduce him."
Gu Jingzhe's face turned red with anger, and he said angrily: "Grandpa, you dare to slander me without even seeing me. Do you think you act like an elder? Since you are like this, if Miss Lu and I get married in the future, you don't have to drink your cup of tea."
Old Master Gu's beard was shaking with anger.
The grandson of the first respondent in this case has become too powerful and is becoming less and less respectful to him.
Tong Huaqiong said, "Why do you have to care about your grandson's affairs? Can't you just enjoy your life in the old house? You have slandered the good young lady of the Lu family. Since you are the elder, I won't let you off this time. But if it gets out, will you still have the face to be disrespectful to the elders?"
Old Man Gu was so angry that he couldn't catch his breath. He stood up and walked away from Tong Huaqiong's room.
When they arrived at the yard, they ran into Gu Dahan, who was walking towards them. After calming down, Old Man Gu said, "Dahan, bring me a bowl of today's leftovers."
There are still a few people in the old house who haven’t eaten yet.
Such delicious food was picked up by the villagers. Mr. Gu felt sad when he cleared the table, but at that time he was talking to County Magistrate Liu and didn't think about the leftovers.
Now he couldn't go home empty-handed, he had to bring some meat and vegetables for the people in the old house. Especially Gu Ruinian, he must be very sad at this time, I'm afraid he didn't have any food for a day.
Tong Huaqiong was so angry that she laughed. Old Man Gu would take away any grass from her yard.
But she didn't care, it was just leftovers anyway.
Gu Dahan went into the kitchen, picked out the good meat and clean vegetables and poured them into a basin, and then brought out a bag of steamed buns.
"I'll take it to grandpa." said Gu Dahan.
Old Master Gu didn't appreciate it. He took into consideration Gu Ruinian's feelings and was afraid that meeting the people from the first wife would trigger his worries.
So he called down the corridor, "Honglian, come and get it."
Gu Honglian sat in the corridor watching Chen Sufen embroidering.
In the whole house, only Chen Sufen was nice to Gu Honglian, so after a big meal, Gu Honglian followed Chen Sufen and talked to her.
Gu Honglian stood up reluctantly, took the dishes and steamed buns from Gu Dahan, and followed Grandpa Gu back to the old house.
As Mr. Gu expected, there was no firing in the old house today.
Old Mrs. Gu sat on the bed sighing, Mrs. Jia was crying, Gu Youtian's face became frighteningly gloomy after scolding Gu Ruinian, Gu Fengnian sat beside Gu Youtian in silence, and Gu Xiaoxue was washing clothes in silence.
Gu Honglian put the meat dishes on the table and said, "These are the meat dishes and steamed buns brought from my eldest sister-in-law's house. My eldest sister-in-law spent a lot of money today. The feast is better than the one held for a wedding or a baby's full moon. The chicken and fish are all whole. Dad was afraid that you didn't have enough food, so he asked me to bring it to you to try."
Jia's eyes cut towards Gu Honglian like a knife.
When her son failed the college entrance examination, Gu Honglian was not sad at all. Instead, she went to curry favor with the eldest wife, and when she got back at him, he stabbed blood into her heart.
Old Lady Gu, who always loved Gu Honglian, couldn't stand Gu Honglian's provocation and shouted, "Eat, eat, just eat."
Gu Honglian curled her lips.
It wasn't her fault that Gu Ruinian failed the exam, so why were her mother and sister-in-law so angry with her?
Eat as much as you like.
Gu Honglian threw the meat and vegetables on the table.
"Where's Ruinian?"
The low pressure in the house made Mr. Gu breathless, and he forced himself to ask where Gu Ruinian had gone.
He was afraid that Gu Ruinian would become depressed and commit suicide.
"Inside the room." Jia cried, "His father scolded him, and he said he had let the whole family down and was too ashamed to face anyone. He locked himself in the room and refused to come out."
Old Man Gu sighed, stood up and was about to knock on Gu Ruinian’s door.
"Ruinian, Ruinian, open the door."
Old Man Gu knocked on Gu Ruinian’s door.
Gu Ruinian lay on the bed with eyes full of resentment.
How could he not want to pass the imperial examination?
He failed the exam this time, and Gu Youtian treated him like that, scolding him harshly. If Jia and Old Lady Gu hadn't stopped him, he would have been beaten.
The whole family always places their hopes on him, but what resources has this family given him?
Gu Jingzhe was able to win the first place because the old lady was rich and could afford to hire a famous teacher.
As for him, even Mr. Gu has to calculate the money when buying a book, so can the conditions be the same?
The more Gu Ruinian thought about it, the angrier he became.
"Ruinian, you haven't eaten for a day, get up and eat." Grandpa Gu said with concern.
Gu Ruinian said nothing.
Grandpa Gu said, "Ruinian, Grandpa knows you feel bad, and you don't want to fail the exam. The reason you failed this time is not because you are not good enough, but because you had an accident during the exam. It's just bad luck. If the horse hadn't gone crazy during the exam, Jingzhe wouldn't have been the first. But don't worry, your family will still support you to study. If you don't succeed this year, we can continue to take the exam next year. It's not like you can only take it once."
It would have been better if Mr. Gu hadn't said this. It was like stabbing Gu Ruinian in the chest.
Every sentence reminded him that he had failed the exam, while Gu Jingzhe was the top scorer.
The glory that originally belonged to him was taken away by Gu Jingzhe.
Gu Ruinian was so angry that he wanted to go crazy and smash things.
"Auspicious year, auspicious year..."
"Go away."
Gu Ruinian roared at the door impatiently.
Mr. Gu looked shocked.
My grandson has always been very disciplined and polite, so why is he yelling at him?
"You spoiled him. You little bastard, you have little ability but a big temper. You dare to act rudely towards your grandfather. I will beat you to death."
Gu Youtian got off the bed angrily, cursing as he picked up his shoes, and picked up a fire poker.
He had to beat up his son who had embarrassed him before he knew who was the father of the family.
When Old Lady Gu and Mrs. Jia saw the fire poker in Gu Youtian's hand, they hurried to stop him.