Chapter 225: Can I still be the master of the country?
The boy from the Zhou family has grown up. As Mr. Gu nodded, he thought that with a man like Zhou Daniu, Zhou Shun would not be too capable and would not dare to hide things.
"Then -" Mr. Gu hesitated for a moment, "Can your uncle still be the master of the family?"
Gu Wenyu couldn't help but chuckle, "The wonderful thing is that Liulang's father-in-law is headed by my uncle. When he introduces my uncle to others, he always calls me second brother.
It doesn’t start with my third grandfather, but with him and the Ma family’s in-laws. The three of them have long been sworn brothers and are number one figures who should not be underestimated.
According to my observation, not only Liulang's wife was very willing to listen to my uncle, but he also asked Liulang's wife to ask my uncle about everything.
My uncle is a very considerate person. It's not about whether he can be the master of the family, but that he can't even push him to be the master of the family.
Like this time in Fucheng, Liulang's wife bought Zhuangzi and bought many servants. He didn't want to interfere, so Liulang's wife left everything to him.
As for her posture, she was afraid that her father-in-law would be bullied in Fucheng. There were at least two people waiting on her when she went out, which was even more prestigious than Mr. Zhao.
Rokuro said that his parents regarded his wife as their own daughter, which made him fall out of favor.
After finally getting the head of the case, his father actually said there was something so strange about him, Sanya, you go and have a rest. ”
As soon as he finished speaking, even Patriarch Gu couldn't help but laugh, "Everything is going well with the family, and the second pillar is still capable."
"The two sons have been taught very well." Mr. Gu couldn't stand it any longer. "I'll go sit with the third child first. Er Zhuzhu will go back to pay his respects to the third child."
"Speak well."
"I know, I won't call him an old fool. Yes, did you hear your uncle mention in Fucheng that your aunt wrote in the letter that your third grandfather also borrowed money?"
Gu Wenyu was startled, "Borrow it again? How much did you borrow?"
Tsk, Er Zhuzhu kept it secret, Gu Erye waved his hand and left the main room.
"It's also twenty taels of silver." Patriarch Gu shook his head, "Da Lang is now studying at a school run by Li Xiucai in the county town. He has rented a house, and even Da Lang's wife has brought her children to live in it."
"Then borrow it, out of sight."
"Be careful what you say."
Gu Wenyu sneered, "It seems that the yard that Liulang's wife rented has not been returned yet, and we didn't say that we would let them live in it first? Who borrowed it? It couldn't be my third grandfather, right?"
Why not? Otherwise, Erzhujia's family could easily lend him twenty taels of silver?
Patriarch Gu sighed secretly, "It's not your third grandfather who came forward this time.
The old man's mother and his wife came to the door. They didn't ask for any profit, and they agreed to pay it back at the end of the year.
Your second grandfather is just worried that if they can't pay back, your uncle will be in trouble. ”
Embarrassing or not, Gu Erzhu couldn't think of paying attention to this issue at this time.
It was too difficult for him. He wanted to go to the workshop first but was constantly stopped by people.
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If you don’t stop and respond, I’d be sorry to my fellow countrymen.
"Yes, yes, we don't have the child yet, Brother Shunzi is with us... Come on, come on... Okay, we'll have a banquet when we get back, please be slow... Yes, yes, move, move for sure ...But no, I didn't notice it when I was a child...Look at what you said, I can't forget it, I can't forget it..."
Mrs. Liu was convinced to go out before she even reached the intersection when she heard a crowd of people, including the voice of her man, Gu Erzhu, who was shouting back loudly.
Take two quick steps, it’s amazing, it’s almost dominated by old people, adults and children, from the inside and the outside. Then I saw horse-drawn carriages, mules and carts walking slowly in a line, and the crowd was also moving slowly.
At this rate, I don’t even know if I can reach the other side of the workshop when it gets dark.
She was so happy that she quickly walked a few steps forward to help Gu Erzhu out of the siege. The couple's cooperation allowed the convoy to escape from the siege.
After several days of absence, a road leading from the village to the end of the village and turning towards the workshop has now been widened to accommodate three oxcarts or horse-drawn carriages at the same time.
The grass on both sides of the road is still standing vigorously, which leads directly to the workshop, and then connects Qinghe Village to the original Gujiazhuang and now Majiazhuang.
From a distance, you can see the city wall about one foot high. Inside the city wall are the workshops and the unfinished woods behind it.
The city wall was built with "three-component soil" mixed with loess, slaked lime, and sand. After being compacted in layers, it has a certain degree of strength and water resistance.
Originally Zhou Banxia wanted to cover the city wall with bricks and build it into a copper wall and an iron wall, but Gu Erzhu rejected it. To put it bluntly, it was too eye-catching.
There are still many people living in mud houses in the village, even if they heard that it was a workshop built by a "noble person", let people know what they think when they see it.
It happened that there was a lime kiln in the past of Heishangou. The price of fired lime was not expensive. Even loess was everywhere. It was easy to get the materials and it was not bad for building city walls.
The carriage slowly approached the city wall. It seemed that Zhou Changgen, the mason, had done a pretty good job. His work was as reassuring as ever.
As soon as you step into the workshop from the gate, you can see that it is very large inside. The open space alone has two or three acres of land, and there are two workshops on the left and right sides.
Further inside, there is a wall to the east, a big corner door to the west, and a row of long rooms across the middle, which separates the outer square and the inner square.
This long row of rooms running across the middle contains warehouses, guard lounges, stewards' lounges, delivery halls, as well as kitchens and restaurants that can accommodate two to three hundred people.
Behind the house, it is said to be an inner workshop, but in fact, there are secret workshops dedicated to preparing lye, boiling medicinal materials, extracting flower juice, etc.
Behind these workshops were the indentured servants' quarters and the granary.
The building materials of these workshops and houses are different from the "sanhetu" on the city wall that is more than one foot high outside. It is eye-catching that they are all blue brick houses.
Almost all of these servants selected from Zhuangzi outside Fucheng had wives and children, and they were worried about what would happen next.
Especially when we entered the village, we could still see huts and mud houses everywhere. Now that we could live in a brick house, I felt at ease.
Ms. Liu beat her as usual and gave her some sweets to teach her.
Without delay, they carried their luggage as a family unit and were taken down by Yu Cai and his wife.
After that, they checked in, washed up, ate, divided into groups, and rested for one night. Gu Erzhu also left it to Yu Cai and his wife to arrange whatever work they had to do from tomorrow.
Things like how to group them, and the stewards who were selected after the grouping. On the way back, he paid attention again, and then directly gave the list.
Furthermore, their laundry supplies, clothing, bedding and other items were all prepared when they bought them from Yahang and brought them to Zhuangzi, so there is no need to buy them at the moment.
The remaining beds already have a kang, and Gu Wenxuan's carpentry brother simply set up a kang table.
To be honest, I am quite lucky to be bought back by their Sanya.
They will definitely live a more comfortable life than the average family in the village.
"Are you busy?" Since no one was around, Gu Erzhu looked at his wife with great distress, "I'm not at home, so I don't have to rely on you to take care of everything."
(End of chapter)