Traveling to ancient times with a sign-in system

Chapter 125: Using Connections

"Don't be angry, don't be angry. Look, now we have everything back, including the principal and interest. After the family is divided, without this money, the eldest family will suffer hard times. It's not worth it for you to be angry with him."

Gu Tang held the silver in her hand and presented it to her father for him to see carefully.

Whether it was the silver that was stolen from her, the allowance given by Feng, or Wei's own dowry, she now took them all back.

So, what are you angry about? There's nothing to be angry about.

Gu Lianshan paused and thought, indeed, what his daughter said made sense.

After relaxing the expression on his face, he asked Gu Tang to put the silver away and talked about having a drink in the afternoon.

"Dad is willing to split the family, but your grandma and your grandpa definitely don't agree. It's not enough to rely on the clan leader to help us. Dad is thinking of using other connections.

Take out the unfinished green wine. Dad will take it with him when he goes to your uncle Dazhu's house for a drink later. Don't look down on Dad and his brothers because they live in poverty. Take your uncle Dazhu for example. The head of our Gu clan is his second uncle. His grandfather passed away early, and his father was not very old at that time. It was all protected by this second uncle!
As long as Dad can convince your Uncle Dazhu to help persuade the elders, and with the clan leader's support, the division of the family can be legitimate. As long as it is legitimate, whether your grandparents agree or not, the division will not ruin our family's reputation.

Gu Tang nodded, understanding what her father meant.

They are all from the same clan. If you count carefully, every family has its own connections and networks, and no one should be underestimated.

Since her father was having a drink this time to ask someone for a favor, it might not be enough to just take the leftover green wine.

Gu Tang secretly thought about what else she could bring back for her father besides the green wine.

At the beginning of the You hour, Gu Tang packed up a lot of things, divided them into five portions, wrapped each portion with oil paper, put them together with the green wine in a backpack, covered it with cloth, and asked her father to carry it to Gu Dazhu's house.

"What's in here?" Gu Lianshan lifted the cloth and saw only bulging oil-paper packages. He couldn't tell what was inside.

"Tea, cakes, and candies are all I have in my house. Not much, so I only put a little in each package. Let's make do with it as a gift. Once the division of the family is done, we'll invite them to a restaurant in Bei'an City for a meal."

Although he said so, Gu Tang thought that these three gifts were not shabby. In the village, everything was a good thing!
Gu Lianshan thought so too, his face showing a distressed expression: "They are all good things! If a gift like this is just ok, then the gifts from others will probably not be appreciated by your uncles."

"You are soft-hearted and you are soft-handed! If you don't show your courtesy, who will care whether we split up or not? This is not a good thing. If you are not careful, you will get into trouble!"

Gu Tang covered the basket with cloth again and urged her father to go quickly: "The beginning of the evening hour is almost over. If you don't go now, my uncle Dazhu will think you're not going. I'm afraid everyone will be eaten."

The time had indeed passed, and Gu Lianshan didn't dare to dawdle any longer. He put on his backpack and planned to leave through the back door.

Before leaving, he reminded Gu Tang a few words: "Your grandparents just woke up for a moment, and now they've fallen asleep again. Don't go to the main room. If they open their eyes again, they will definitely catch you and scold you."

"I understand. I won't go to the main hall. If something really happens, I'll call Ping An."

Gu Tang probably heard that Gu Lianshan was about to go out, so she sent her father out from the back door and returned to the front yard. Then she heard the creaking and banging sounds of doors opening and closing in the main room, followed by a chaotic sound of footsteps.

Immediately afterwards, Gu Liansheng's ghostly cries and howls suddenly came from the east room of the main hall, scaring everyone!
"Dad! Mom! Wake up! The second son and his daughter are trying to poison me—"

Gu Tang rolled his eyes. If someone didn’t know, they would have thought that the two elders of the Gu family had passed away!

He is in his forties, and whenever something happens, he either calls for his father or his mother. Feng must have done a lot of sins in her previous life to give birth to such a son!
Cry, cry, it would be best if you could really cry the two elders of the Gu family to death. Gu Tang hoped so hard that she pretended not to hear the crying. She shouted towards her father's room, called out Gu Ping'an, and handed him the key to the east ear room.

"Go get some rice and flour, cook some porridge, and make some fried cakes. We'll have these two for dinner. I'll go to Dad's room and bring the bedding and other things back to my room."

"Oh!" Gu Ping'an responded happily, took the key and went to the east ear room.

After Gu Tang finished moving the things, he went to the kitchen and took a look. He found that only Gu Ping'an was busy there. Neither Gu Mei nor Gu Laian showed up.

Gu Tang didn't say anything. He sat in front of the stove and helped to light the fire. He asked Gu Ping'an to scoop out some rice and flour, saying that the two of them couldn't eat so much.

Gu Pingan understood what he meant and without saying a word, he scooped out the rice flour and hid it in the jar.

It is easy to cook for two people. Just half a pot of rice porridge, four fried cakes, and a bowl of pickles and it's done.

Gu Tang was full after eating a bowl of rice porridge and a piece of bread, and gave the rest to Gu Ping'an.

Gu Ping'an was halfway through his meal when Gu Mei and Gu Laian, brother and sister, came to the kitchen.

As soon as the brother and sister arrived, they went straight to the stove, lifted the lid of the pot and took a look. They found that the pot was empty, with all the rice porridge and fried cakes gone.

Gu Mei's face immediately darkened, but because she was afraid of Gu Tang, she didn't dare to speak too harshly: "You siblings have eaten your fill, but where are our rice porridge and fried cakes?"

"I owe you?" Gu Tang replied without even raising his head.

Gu Mei was speechless for a while before she said, "Now the key to the east wing is in your hands. Since you don't want to cook for us, why don't you give me the key and we can get the rice and flour and cook for ourselves."

Want the key to the east wing?
Gu Tang curled the corner of her mouth. Before she checked the east wing room, no one was allowed to go to the east wing room to look for things!

"You've eaten so much meat and rice during the day, you won't starve to death if you skip this evening meal! Right now, your uncle is crying in the main hall, and he's making everyone irritable! If you keep complaining, you'll be in trouble!"

Gu Mei's face turned pale and she dared not say anything. She stood there stiffly for a while, then ran out of the kitchen with red eyes.

When Gu Laian saw that his elder sister had run away, he didn't dare to stay in front of Gu Tang. He shrank his neck and lowered his head, and ran away closely behind Gu Mei.

After dinner, Gu Ping'an asked Gu Tang to wash up with the hot water in the kitchen, and then asked her to go back to the house, saying that he would wait in the yard for their father to come back.

Not long after Gu Tang returned to the house, Gu Liansheng in the main room probably stopped crying because he was tired of crying.

Gu Ping'an, who was washing dishes and pots in the kitchen, breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, she stopped crying. The noise was giving her a headache!

Before I could breathe a sigh of relief, there was a sudden noise at the gate of the courtyard.

Gu Ping'an quickly put down the work in his hands, took a rag and wiped his hands while walking out.

Judging from the time, his father shouldn't be back.