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Chapter 127 Sending People Away
Feng cried for a while, and thought that her husband would persuade and comfort her, but he did not speak for a long time.

Feng became more and more sad as she cried, and her heart sank to the bottom.

Now, he is unwilling to even say a few words of comfort...

Could it be that he really believed what that old immortal said, felt that he was not a good person, and began to regret it?
Feng turned her face away with a fierce look in her eyes.

You're already old enough to be buried up to your neck in the dirt, and you're thinking of regretting it now? Pah! Don't even think about it!
Yes, she was shameless enough to take off her clothes and climb into his bed, but flies don't bite seamless eggs!

How could a woman like her commit adultery behind her cousin's back?
If he had no intention, he should have avoided having close contact with her "sister-in-law"!

But he, a grown man, just took the initiative to show affection to her, his "sister-in-law", and every now and then he would send her a ruler, silk flowers, red ropes, and even rouge and powder!
Over the years, she gave birth to children for him, took care of his clothes and food, lived with him obediently for decades, and suffered for decades without ever complaining.

Even when that old man pointed at her nose and called her shameless, she never turned her face away from him and never felt any regret.

Now, she is paralyzed and can no longer take care of him. Her sons and daughters have already married, so the family can survive with or without her.

Gu Wanjin (Old Master Gu) probably felt that it was too expensive to support a disabled person like her. He himself was also ill and needed money as well, so he probably despised her.

Forget about all the words he said before about protecting her and standing by her side. Now he's regretting it. Is he thinking of divorcing her?!

The hatred in Feng's eyes was like a sharp blade, and she wished she could cut Mr. Gu into pieces right now!

Unfortunately, no matter how deep her hatred was now, she couldn't turn against him.

My eldest son has not yet graduated from high school and has not achieved anything. I can't rely on him now.

The second son had become estranged from her and also knew about the things that happened in the past. Not to mention expecting him to take care of her, she would be lucky if he didn't harm her.

There is no need to think about it for daughters. A daughter who is married off is like water spilled. There is no reason for a daughter who marries out to support her mother without going through her brothers.

There is no such thing as this in the world. If you really do this, your daughter's in-laws will definitely feel resentful.

After all this calculation, she realized that in the Gu family, except for her husband, she could not rely on anyone else.

For a moment, Feng felt indescribable sadness and grievance in her heart, and tears immediately fell.

Her life has been a joke. If her cousin knew her current situation, she would probably scold her harshly: It's retribution!

When Feng thought of this, she trembled with hatred!

When she was a girl at home, she was not as good as her cousin. Later, when she was looking for a husband, she was inferior to her cousin in appearance, so all the men looked at her cousin and didn't even look at her!
It was not until she forced her cousin to retire that she felt prouder than her cousin!

Now that decades have passed, is she going to go back to the days when she was no match for her cousin in everything?
If that's the case, then what has she been trying to achieve by doing all these things over the years?
Feng closed her eyes, unwilling to accept her fate.

Suppressing the turbulent emotions in her heart, Feng let her tears continue to flow, turned her face away and humbly surrendered to Master Gu.

"I've been thinking about what the clan leader said yesterday. Back then... it was definitely my fault. You and my cousin lived a comfortable and happy life, but I shamelessly ruined your marriage. If it weren't for me, your life would probably be much smoother than it is now..."

At the end of her speech, Feng cried very sadly, with a look of "regret" on her face.

When Mr. Gu saw his wife like this, he was deeply touched.

He didn't think Feng had done anything wrong back then. If Feng was wrong, then he was also wrong.

Mr. Gu always firmly believed that his original choice was not wrong!
Mrs. Feng had been married for three years but hadn't borne any children! Not only that, she had dragged him down into a miserable life!
But since he married Feng, his life has been completely changed. Although he has no big money, the small money is enough for him to spend.

Feng always gave him priority in everything he ate, wore and used at home, and put him first in everything. She served him respectfully and comfortably, which was something he had never enjoyed before.

In the decades that he had been with Feng, no matter how picky Mr. Gu was, he could not say anything bad about Feng.

Thinking about all the good things Feng had done for him over the years, Old Master Gu felt more and more soft-hearted. He finally spoke to comfort her, "Don't say that again. I never regretted marrying you back then, and I still don't regret it now. Don't let your imagination run wild."

Feng felt a little relieved and nodded continuously, tears still flowing.

Old Master Gu raised his hand to wipe her tears and said, "My tone was not good just now, not because of what happened back then, but because I thought about our current health and situation."

Feng paused, still not understanding what was said.

Old Master Gu knew she wasn't very smart, so he explained everything to her in detail: "I can see that the second son really wants to split the family business. From what he said, I'm afraid he's already convinced the clan leader."

"So what if we persuade the clan leader? We are his biological parents, not his stepfather or stepmother. You and I just have to stubbornly refuse to agree to the separation! Can the clan leader force us to agree?"

What Feng said was not wrong. Logically speaking, as long as the parents at home don't agree, can the clan still force people to separate?
Unexpectedly, Old Man Gu actually nodded and said, "You are right. As long as the clan leader convinces the four elders, the clan can force you and me to split the family."

Feng was shocked: "How can they act like this?! Even if they are a prominent family, they can't force their members to split up!"

Indeed, this cannot be done under normal circumstances.

But something happened to the Gu family.

There was once a family in the clan whose parents were chronically ill, so the eldest son became the head of the family at an early age.

In addition to serving and supporting her seriously ill parents, she also had to support her three younger brothers.

After he had finally raised his younger brothers and married them off one by one, the eldest brother wanted to split up the family business so that he could save some money to get married for himself.

Unfortunately, his parents were partial to each other. Even though the eldest son said all the nice things and was willing to continue supporting his parents at home without asking his three younger brothers to provide food and money, he still could not get a share of the family property.

The eldest son could not divide the family property, and his parents took away the money he earned for various reasons, and secretly gave it to his three younger brothers.

When the eldest son found out, he discovered that all the money he had earned over the years had been given away to his three younger brothers.

The eldest son became angrier and angrier, and eventually started fighting with his three younger brothers.

The four brothers were really angry when the three younger brothers joined forces to beat the eldest son. In the end, they accidentally killed him!
Because the incident happened in public, the murder could not be concealed. The government quickly took away the three "murderers" and sentenced them to exile according to the law.

Not long after, all three died on the way to exile.

None of the four brothers left any children, and their parents, who were already ill, were angered to death because of this.

The three daughters-in-law buried the two elders in a hurry, then returned to their parents' homes and soon married new people.

After this incident, the reputation of the Gu family was affected. Outsiders mistakenly believed that all the members of the Gu family were biased parents, conscienceless brothers, and brainless eldest sons.

To clear the clan's reputation, the then-chief of the Gu clan, along with the elders, established a rule: If a parent in a clan member's family fell ill and a son proposed dividing the family, the chief and the elders would investigate. If they discovered there was more than one son, perhaps only one to support the family, the clan could forcibly intervene in the division, regardless of parental consent, as long as it was fair and just.

Old Master Gu told these things to Feng, who was shocked and angry: "Our family is not that kind of family! Although the second son's family does more work, the eldest son is not idle either!

The eldest brother and his son study hard day and night, hoping to graduate from high school soon and transform our Gu family's fortunes! Then, the second brother's family will also enjoy the benefits! "

"That being said, the eldest brother and his son haven't graduated yet, so the clan leader and elders won't listen to them."

Old Master Gu sighed. Even if he could pass the imperial examination, it would be a good thing. Now that he still hasn't passed, there will probably be gossips everywhere in the clan, which will probably exacerbate the issue of dividing the family.

Feng was a little panicked: "What should I do?"

What to do?
Old Master Gu sighed, "I'll call the eldest son in later and tell him to work hard these few days to shut up the second son. The longer it takes, the better..."

Let the boss do some work?

Feng pursed her lips and said nothing.

She knows her own children very well, and it will definitely not work if she lets the eldest child do the work!

Besides, the eldest brother is still sick. If he is asked to do the work, what should we do if he gets tired again?

No! We have to think of another way!
Feng lay on her back and looked at the beams of the house, secretly gritting her teeth. If the clan really dared to force them to separate, she would hang herself on the beam and commit suicide!
Feng had a good idea, but unfortunately, someone knew her very well and had been on guard against her early on.

In the west wing kitchen, Gu Lianshan was stirring the paste in the pot with a spoon, while Gu Ping'an was sitting in front of the stove helping to light the fire.

Behind him was Gu Tang, who was standing in front of the stove, cooking a calming soup.

This is made for Feng, and I have to trick her into eating it later.

At this moment, there were only the three of them in the kitchen, father and son, and Gu Lianshan whispered about the matter of dividing the family property that he had asked someone to discuss yesterday.

"... Dad's brothers all agreed to help, and your Uncle Dazhu even gave Dad some advice."

"What idea?" Gu Ping'an looked curious.

"Dad said that our family is most afraid that your grandma will cry, make a fuss, or even hang herself when the time comes! Your uncle Dazhu said that he would take your grandma to Bei'an City and trick her into hiring a good doctor to treat her.

When we get to Bei'an City, we'll let your grandmother stay at the inn for three to five days and not allow her to come back. Once the division of the family business is complete, we'll bring her back. By then, even if your grandmother really hangs herself, we won't be afraid!"

"That's a good idea!" Gu Ping'an was very happy and turned to ask Gu Tang, "Second sister, what do you think?"

Gu Tang nodded: "Okay, this is a good idea, but you can't let anyone know which inn you're staying in."

"Of course!" Gu Lianshan pointed to the east. "I'll go to the clan leader's house later to urge him and try to get close to him. I'll see when he brings the elders home so we can send your grandma to Bei'an City ahead of time!"

Gu Tang paused, then suddenly suggested, "Why don't we send them over this afternoon? I'm planning to go into town this afternoon, and the chickens and ducks in the yard need some food and water, so I can bring the milk along."

Send it over today?
Gu Lianshan was a little embarrassed: "It's fine to go today, but who will stay in Bei'an City to look after your grandma?"

He looked at his son and daughter and said, "Dad has to be at home when it comes to the division of the family. Otherwise, how about you two go to Bei'an City together to look after your grandma?"

Gu Tang was not happy about it and asked her to go see Gu Fengshi? She was afraid that she would not be able to control herself and cause Fengshi to die!
"It doesn't necessarily have to be our own family members who take care of her. We can go to Bei'an City and hire a maid to help look after my grandma. She's used to serving others, so she's more careful and capable than us."

Gu Tang's idea was good, but Gu Lianshan felt a little sorry for the money: "I'm afraid hiring a maid will cost a lot of copper coins. Your grandma and your grandpa are two bottomless pits now. They both need copper coins for medical treatment and medicine. We should be more frugal."

"Don't worry about the money." Gu Tang pointed to the east wing, "I'll go through the east wing later. I'm sure I'll find some good things there. I'll sell them and the money I get will be enough to hire a maid.

Besides, my grandma loves to enjoy herself. She doesn't get angry when she has a maid to take care of her. If Ping An and I were to take care of her, I'm afraid she would get angry eight hundred times a day!"

indeed.

Gu Lianshan curled his lips. He couldn't refute this.

Continue stirring the paste a few times, and after a while, half of the pot of paste is successfully out of the pot.

Gu Lianshan took out four large bowls, scooped out four bowls and put them aside, and the rest were scooped into the rice bowl.

Then he cleaned the pot, poured the washed rice into the pot, added water, and asked his son to continue to make a fire.

He covered the pot and let the rice porridge slowly cook in the pot. Gu Lianshan took the porridge in the rice bowl and went to the main room.

After her father left, Gu Tang quickly got up and went back to the house, took out another packet of tranquilizing soup, and added it all into the medicine jar.

At present, there are two packets of calming soup in the medicine jar, and the water is still three bowls. After boiling one bowl, you can pour it out and drink it.

Gu Ping'an stared in amazement at his second sister's manipulation of the medicine. After a while, he asked dryly, "Isn't that too much? Won't it be harmful if I take so much?"

"This is a tranquilizing soup. What could possibly happen? The worst that can happen is she'll just have to sleep for a day. If she can really sleep for a day, then we can save ourselves a lot of trouble and bring her to Bei'an City smoothly."

Gu Pingan was slightly stunned. Is that so? A double dose of tranquilizing soup means I can sleep all day?
The original taste of the tranquilizing soup was not too strong, but Gu Tang put an extra packet in. As it was slowly boiled, the double amount of medicinal flavor bubbled out exponentially.

Gu Tang took a sniff and felt that with every gurgling, the smell of medicine in the kitchen became stronger.

Gu Ping'an pinched his nose and asked in a muffled voice, "Second sister, this medicine smells too strong. Are you sure you can drink the milk later?"

"Don't want to drink? If she doesn't want to drink, then force her to drink! I've already spent the money and prepared the medicine, there's no way she can refuse to drink it!"

Gu Tang also pinched his nose and stirred the herbs in the medicine pot, retching from time to time.

When Chapter 127 was updated, 4,000 more words were added, turning the 4,000-word chapter into an 8,000-word chapter.

I didn't have many drafts saved, so I immediately revised it to 4,000 words with a heavy heart.

But later I found out that the charges were calculated based on the first release, that is, the charge was based on the first 8,000 words, and subsequent revisions were not counted.

Later, I thought of publishing the first version at 4,000 words, and then revising it to 5,000 words (still charging based on 4,000 words), until I made up the 4,000 words I owed.

But the editor suddenly said that some readers still complained to the customer service, saying that they spent an extra 20 coins. In this case, I can only publish a separate chapter and put it in the free chapter as compensation for the treasures~

The reissue is in the previous free chapter~