Chapter 347 That Time
Hearing this, Zhou Banxia thought to himself, no wonder Mr. Zhao was not surprised at all that Xuanzi got the head of the government case. He also laughed and said that his son followed his father, and that he was not a polite word.
"But at that time, those words sounded too harsh. Knowing that your grandfather did stupid things is like what Zhao Laosan said, and it is impossible for your uncle to not know at all."
It is indeed impossible not to know.
What if the Zhao family agrees to marry their daughter?
It is impossible that the old man did not discuss with the old lady in advance how to find excuses to cover up.
The old man said that the Yue family was joking about their cousins. Although the appointment was not made with any fanfare, the birth dates and horoscopes had been exchanged, and only the marriage certificate was missing.
If you want to cover it up, you can't not tell the eldest son who was a classmate with Boss Zhao in advance. Otherwise, if you ask, you will be betrayed first.
"I don't know what I was thinking at the time. Anyway, I was obsessed with thinking that it was my son who failed to live up to his expectations that made your grandpa shameless.
Seeing as your uncle was afraid of spreading the news, he didn't even dare to go to school, and he was so pitiful that he had no choice but to wait for a long time when Zhao Laosan was not at home, so he went to Zhao's house to find Mr. Zhao. ”
Gu Wenxuan counted the time and figured out how old his father was at that time, and sighed to himself, this younger brother is not more caring than the old man, and the older brother is unkind.
"Where's Boss Zhao?" Gu Erzhu recalled with squinted eyes, "How do you not know how to be conscientious now? He was different from us back then.
When I first met him, he was polite, didn't talk much, and kept his hands on his books all day long. People in his village called him a nerd, and he even bowed his hands after hearing this.
Because of this, Zhao Laosan was often angry. Later, the head of the case in Zhong County suddenly became Xiao Sanyuan. Who still called him a nerd?
Zhaojiacun suddenly changed their story and said that they had known that Boss Zhao was Wenquxing and the Qilin son of their Zhao family.
The whole village went crazy, and the Zhao family couldn't stop it. Every family in their clan gave copper coins to set up a flowing feast for three days and nights, and also invited a theatrical troupe. ”
Gu Wenxuan laughed and shook his head.
Zhou Banxia covered her mouth and was happy.
"You guys -" Gu Erzhu looked at his old son and daughter-in-law, shook his head and smiled, "now that I know your uncle wants to invite a theater troupe, why didn't dad agree even to death?"
Gu Wenxuan smiled and said: "It's too arrogant."
Zhou Banxia nodded in agreement.
"Besides this, I don't want you to be manipulated by anyone in the future. It's not that you can't invite the troupe, but it's not obvious that you have money to hire the troupe.
If you want to follow the example of Zhaojia Village, the clan members provide money to hire opera troupes, but they don’t worry that no one can spare even half a copper coin.
After all, anyone with a discerning eye can see that regardless of whether you will become a high official like Boss Zhao in the future, doing anything with you right now is better than working as a clerk in the city.
From the time you took over the job of tying your mother, the lives of the people in our village have been much better. When you start a workshop, life will be even better.
Other people don’t talk about it, but they say that Uncle Shitou’s family, to put it harshly, eats sweet potato porridge twice a day and worries about where to eat next meal, and now it’s getting up. ”
Zhou Banxia knew about this family.
They are a very hard-working family, but they can't help but that Young Master Tian has many children at home, and the half-grown son is living in poverty. The eldest son is almost thirty, and the old son is still as old as the eldest grandson.
Her mother-in-law said before that the family was honest and even the eldest daughter-in-law she married was a filial child. Later, she recruited the eldest daughter-in-law to join the women's workshop that makes pancakes. In addition, Aunt Shitou took her daughter to have a vaginal surgery, and her adult son worked with Uncle Chang Gen, so he had a lot of money. This year, he could get a wife for the second and third children.
Of course, to marry two daughters-in-law at once, the bride price cannot be five taels of silver. According to her eldest sister Da Ya, the total cost did not cost five taels of silver.
However, Aunt Shitou did not ask the two new daughters-in-law to bring dowries into the house, and even gave a lively banquet to the two new daughters-in-law who came in at the same time.
Although the betrothal gift was not much and the dowry was not required, the two new daughters-in-law were not wronged and they still married into the family decently.
It's not that the family didn't come in without a visit, it's said that the two new wives were also very hard-working, raising pigs and chickens from dawn to dusk, raking and growing vegetables.
"But there are only a few people in their family who repay their kindness. If someone wants to live a comfortable life later, they are just greedy. They even come to the door and say that they are all from the same ancestor. How could they not bear to spend the money at the beginning? They just scraped together as much as they could to hire a troupe to help. If you don’t help, how many people can you help?”
Gu Wenxuan smiled and said, "Don't ask for poverty when you are in need. Uncle Shitou's poverty is not the same as the poverty he doesn't help. His family needs someone to help him."
Gu Erzhu felt that what his old son said was quite reasonable, but he picked up the cup and took a sip of herbal tea, "That's what you say, but people will change.
Zhao Laosan said that the reason why Boss Zhao did not go to the county school instead to go to Jingshan Academy was that too many clan members came to visit him. They either asked Boss Zhao to give guidance to their children or borrowed money. ”
Isn’t it strange to ask Boss Zhao for advice, money? Gu Wenxuan didn't think much about it for a moment, "Did the Zhao family accept all the gifts at that time?"
"I'm not sure. There should be some. Otherwise, if I just rely on the harvest from his home field and rush back to take the exam, how can I get the money to lend it out?"
Zhou Banxia endured it and couldn't help but remind: "Those rewards of three yuan for small and medium-sized enterprises."
"Yes." Gu Erzhu suddenly realized, "No wonder Zhao Laosan said that later he learned that their family had money, so even if they repaired the ancestral hall, it would be useless.
People don't say that money is used to set up running tables to hire opera troupes. They say that when an ancestor becomes prosperous, he should not forget his roots, and he also proposes marriage to his eldest brother.
It’s too far off topic, anyway, there were all kinds of messy things, but the Zhao family was indeed very prosperous at that time. At that juncture, your grandfather still offended people, but Uncle Zhao, that is, Boss Zhao, his parents were no different from usual days. Seeing me in the past is still the same. ”
Zhou Banxia is thinking about the small and medium-sized Sanyuan. In fact, it is almost accurate to lift people. If you lift people, there will be some messy things.
I just thought that there seemed to be a maid as a gift, but I almost missed that her father-in-law started to change the topic again, to the day when he went to Zhao's house to find Mr. Zhao.
I can't keep up with my thinking.
"I still remember that their family did not live in a brick house at that time, and there was no earthen courtyard wall. Instead, they used wooden sticks and straw to surround the yard.
Before she had time to push the fence door and call for someone as usual, Mrs. Zhao had sharp eyes and even before she could enter the house, Uncle Zhao came out from the main room.
He said he still knows the way, where have he been these days, and whether he is colluding with his third son to trick someone again. ”
Gu Wenxuan was surprised, their friendship was so good?
"I told you that I was not looking for their third son. Uncle Zhao winked at his eldest son. Before I could say anything, Mr. Zhao pulled me into his room.
After entering the house, Boss Zhao started to make excuses for me. He meant that his father and your grandfather were on good terms, and if they were joking after drinking too much, they should not be taken seriously.
Later, he also found two articles and asked me to forward them to your uncle, which meant that they were still classmates and friends, so that your uncle could come and sit at home when he had time.
That day, from beginning to end, I was too embarrassed to say a word of shame, and later I was too embarrassed to go to Zhao's house again. ”