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Chapter VII The Promise of the Patriarch

Although there is a small episode of feeding cats, a meal is a joy for the guests and guests. Even Lantern Festival is put aside their reserve and eat a bowl of fish bibimbap.

Mei was thinking about cleaning up the house, so she helped Yang clean up the dishes and said, "Second uncle, second uncle, I will take Chongyang back first, and I have to clean up the house."

There are only three rooms in the old house of Gui family. The west is the bedroom and embroidery room of Mei's aunt and nephew, the middle is the stove and dining room, and the east is the house where the old lady was when she was alive. The old man walked for more than a year, and the house was empty for more than a year, so he had to clean up before he could live.

Second Grandma Gui got up from the kang and looked at Gui Chongyang.

I was too surprised by the arrival of Gui Chongyang before, and I didn’t think about it carefully, but I saw something was wrong now. Nanjing is thousands of miles away from Beijing, and it takes three or two months on the road. Where is this luggage? Apart from the white cat, Gui Chongyang is only a square package behind him.

Looking at Gui Chongyang's white and clean face and plain long gown, they were all very decent, without being embarrassed.

"Where is the luggage?" Grandma Gui's second grandma was honest and asked directly when she thought of something.

"In the dock inn." Gui Chongyang said.

Before coming back, I was a little unsure, so I left my luggage directly in the inn, thinking that I would come over and take a look by myself.

Gui Chongyang is not old, but he claims to be not a child anymore and has a little sensible understanding of people. The thoughts of these people in front of him seem to be as simple as plates in Gui Chongyang.

The two young people were the most curious. The two middle-aged elders were the most confused and the two were the most cold. With the cause of "The Difficulty of Nine Dings", Gui Chongyang had already prepared for being verbally expelled, and now he was overjoyed.

What "dad" owes these people in front of him, and what he has to take care of in the future is the people in front of him. It is naturally the best to be able to get along with peace.

Although Yang did not hide his ambitions in front of fifty taels of silver, he took the money into his arms without saying that, but helped Gui Chongyang reinstall it, and told him to put it in good condition and not show up in front of others. As for the others, they looked at the fifty taels of silver with eager eyes, but they did not look greedy, nor did they rely on their elders to take Gui Chongyang to collect it.

Gui Chongyang felt that his previous defense was a bit of a villain. However, if he did it again, he would still be so careful. Now that "dad" has left, he is the only one left, but he is not willing to be the "silly sweet" in the words of "dad" and let others deceive and plot.

Mujia Village is 17 or 8 miles away from Tongzhou Wharf. Second Grandma Gui looked at the sky outside.

It's summer now, and the sun sets late, but I'd have to come back with the stars this time. Looking at Gui Chongyang's clothes, they are not silk and satin, but also the dumb cloth that is not common in the village. Even if there is no property in the luggage, it doesn't look like a few melons or two dates. If you lose anything, you will regret it.

"Treat it for one night first, and then go and get it tomorrow." Grandma Gui Er made a decision: "From the second family, turn Qiu'er's clothes out and change it for him."

"Oh." Yang responded, picked up the curtain and came back with a set of clothes.

The Gui family is already poor, and Gui Qiu has an older brother of similar age, so he naturally picked up his brother's clothes to wear. Even so, there were not two sets of clothes that could be worn, and the patches could not be worn anymore, so they would have to be removed as an upper, so the clothes left were not as big as two pieces.

Yang took out this set, which was just eliminated in spring and had not had time to disassemble. Although it was washed clean, the patches on it were also stacked. Didn’t my son think anything was wrong with it before, but now hesitated for Gui Chongyang to wear it, Yang felt something was wrong, and asked, “Mom, why don’t you take Chuner’s new set of clothes first.”

It was said that it was a new clothes, but it was actually sewn before last year. When the eldest son was seventeen, he was a bride. In order to see each other, Yang saved up money and bought new cloth. He also sewed a set of clothes for Mei. But who would have thought that the matchmaker knew that the Gui family was poor and did not take over the Gui family's business at all. Even if he proposed a woman, he still had to hire a wife and could not be a bride.

This outfit has been pressed down for a year and has no upper body.

Grandma Gui rolled her eyes: "How tall Chun'er is, how tall this kid is, she can't wear it even if she takes it. It's just a night of picky things, just this one."

Gui Chongyang looked at the clothes in Yang's hand, hid his curiosity, took them over, and said politely: "Please trouble the second uncle."

Yang hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No trouble, no trouble. Although this is coarse fabric, it will not hurt if you wash too much."

When Gui Chongyang said goodbye to several elders and wanted to leave with Mei, Grandpa Gui Er ordered Gui Chun: "You go with me. If someone asks, tell the truth."

Since Gui Chongyang has returned, even if the Gui family doesn’t tell it, the news cannot be hidden. Since this is the case, it is better to introduce it openly.

Mei’s aunt and nephew are women, and the relationship between Mei and Gui Chongyang is awkward, so it is not as convenient for Guichun, the descendant of the Gui family.

Gui Chun responded honestly, and Grandpa Gui Er turned his head again and said seriously to Gui Chongyang: "Although you are a member of the Gui family, your cousin is not an outsider. She has lived in the Gui family for more than ten years, but she has not taken advantage of the Gui family for nothing. Instead, she works hard inside and outside, relying on needlework to support the family, has taught your grandfather filial piety, and has sent your grandmother filial piety. Whoever said that she has also become a filial piety as a son and daughter-in-law and can afford the Gui family's daughter-in-law. Now just because you are back, she is willing to take a step back and not fight with you, but you also have to appreciate it, don't imitate me to be an ungrateful wolf! If that is the case, the old man can't tolerate it!" At the end of the conversation, he shouted loudly.

Gui Chongyang lowered his hands and heard it. Although he did not agree with the old man's last words, he did not say anything back and responded respectfully: "Don't worry, my cousin has worked hard for many years. From now on, he will be his grandson's biological aunt, and his aunt is also a mother. The grandson will definitely be filial to his aunt."

This promise is not about Gui Chongyang saying good things to fool people, but about being sincere.

With Mei's efforts in the Gui family, if she hadn't taken the initiative to take the initiative to take a step back, the embarrassing situation that would be neither a legitimate nor a concubine would be waiting for Gui Chongyang. Even if Gui Chongyang obeyed his father's order, he would not have let his deceased mother lose her status as a wife in order to return to Gui family. The final result would be a stalemate. At that time, relatives are not relatives, and this is a joke to be the head of the clan.

Thinking of this, Gui Chongyang turned to Mei and bowed, "Auntie, my nephew is young, and I will rely on my aunt to take care of her and teach her more in the future."

Mei's long-term absent-mindedness was apart from hearing that her cousin's fiancé had already married and died of illness, all she had was the confusion of not knowing where to go in the future. She and her cousin grew up together, and their relationship was real, but her cousin had no news for more than ten years, so she was prepared for a long time.

For the sake of the follow-up of my uncle's family, Mei was willing to take a step back, but if she was not the daughter-in-law of the Gui family, what would happen to their aunts and nephews in the future?
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