Traveling to ancient times with a sign-in system

Chapter 140 The discord between brothers was all instigated by you!

Pinching his nose with one hand and lifting and hanging the curtain with the other, Gu Tang quickly rushed into the east room and opened all the windows to let the smell out of the house!

Old Master Gu was still sleeping. He was scolded by his son yesterday and saw with his own eyes that his son replaced the rice porridge and eggs with porridge. The old man was angry and sad, and did not fall asleep until three o'clock in the morning.

He was sleeping soundly at the moment, and Gu Tang's actions did not wake him up.

As the cold wind continued to pour into the house, the chill gradually seeped into the quilt that did not keep out the cold. The quilt, which had originally been somewhat warm, was now icy cold to the bone.

Especially my feet, they were so cold that I felt like I had lost all feeling.

Old Master Gu opened his eyes shivering, having been woken up by the cold.

Looking at the spider webs on the beams, Jiang Suxing's mind was still a little dazed. Noticing that the room was very bright, Mr. Gu felt something was wrong and turned to look towards the window.

The windows were wide open, and the cold wind blew in wantonly. The fire in the stove was out, and the room was as cold as an ice cellar.

He sat up shivering and put the clothes on the quilt on himself. His dim eyes swept around the room and he saw Gu Tang standing at the door.

For a moment, many bad guesses filled his mind. Old Master Gu's face was gloomy and he asked Gu Tang, "Did you open the window in this room?"

Opening all the windows in the middle of winter, are you trying to freeze him to death?
Gu Tang was still pinching his nose with one hand, and said in a muffled voice: "I'm just ventilating you. Don't you smell the stench of feces and urine in this room? Come on, you're not incapable of walking or moving, so why don't you go to the toilet? Why do you have to relieve yourself in this room?"

She pointed to the urine bucket behind the door. There was feces and urine in it, and it was half full!

Judging from the amount, it must have been accumulated for two or three days.

Old Master Gu's face flushed red, and he could clearly hear the disdain in Gu Tang's words. He cursed in anger, "I gave birth to your father, a heartless man, and raised you, my grandchildren, ungrateful wolves. Now that I'm sick, I don't even have a single servant to wait on me! If only one of you could come in and serve me, this house wouldn't be like a stable!"

This doesn't make sense.

Gu Tang spat, "You only gave birth to my father and one son? The whole family in the East Wing, who claimed to be the eldest son and the eldest branch, died out? Good things never come to our second branch, but all the bad things are pushed onto us. No wonder the brothers in this family are so at odds with each other. It turns out that a biased father like you is behind it all!"

"You! You evil creature!" These words were extremely hurtful, and Mr. Gu was so angry that he couldn't speak.

Gu Tang glanced at him sideways and continued stabbing his chest with the knife: "Ever since you fell ill, how many nights has my father spent sleeping on the floor in your room? Are you blind and don't see it, or are you trying to pin this on your eldest son so that he can get the reputation of being filial?
My grandma is so sick she's paralyzed in bed, and has your eldest son ever spoken up and asked for a doctor? My dad, regardless of past grudges, dragged my grandma to see a doctor, spending both effort and money. The East Wing is like a turtle hiding in its shell, not even showing up!

"It's only been two or three days since I left home, and you're already complaining about having no one to serve you. The whole family in the east wing is at home, why don't you send them there? They're your sons and grandchildren, too, why don't you send them there? Those ungrateful and heartless people you're calling, they deserve to be directed at them!"

These words were so deafening that Mr. Gu felt dizzy.

He covered his chest and gasped loudly, glaring at Gu Tang fiercely. He was angry and hateful in his heart, but he couldn't find the words to refute.

After scolding the guy, Gu Tang felt in a very good mood and refreshed.

She brought in the tray from outside, placed the porridge on the table, and said a few words in a sarcastic tone: "You are always thinking about your big son, but look at who brings you food and drinks?

If you have the ability, you can ask your eldest son to come in and serve you. If he is willing to come in and serve you, I will never say a word in return if you ever call my father a ruthless person again!"

Old Master Gu suppressed his anger and remained silent. He was afraid that if he opened his mouth, Gu Tang would take the opportunity to make trouble for the East Wing.

Without waiting for Mr. Gu to start arguing with him, Gu Tang didn't care and turned away.

She simply wanted to argue with him, and she would feel relieved after that. As for whether Mr. Gu would talk back or not, she didn't care.

Anyway, she had already delivered the meal, the person had been confronted, and the anger had been released.

After everyone left, Mr. Gu closed his eyes and kept patting his chest, but in the end he couldn't help it and raised his hand to smash the paste on the table.

The bowl was made of wood and didn't break, but the paste in the bowl splashed everywhere!
Old Master Gu leaned against the head of the bed and took a few deep breaths. After a long while, he stood up tremblingly and put on his clothes.

He put on his clothes and shoes, picked up the crutch beside him, and slowly walked out with the crutch.

When I got outside, a biting cold wind blew in my face, and soon all the warmth in my body was gone, but the anger in my heart was not extinguished.

Glancing towards the west wing, he heard the voices of Gu Tang and Gu Ping'an talking in the kitchen. Taking advantage of the fact that no one was around at the moment, Mr. Gu went straight to the east wing.

For fear of disturbing Gu Tang, Mr. Gu did not dare to knock on the door. Instead, he walked to the window of the room where his son lived and shouted softly into the room.

When Gu Lianshan got up, he made quite a noise, and the people in the east wing also woke up, but because it was cold, they stayed in bed and didn't get up.

Gu Liansheng felt unhappy when he suddenly heard his father's voice. Thinking of the old man's attitude towards him last night, Gu Liansheng pretended not to hear it and let the old man freeze outside.

Gu Tianbao, who slept in the same room with him, poked his head out from under the quilt and saw that his father was indifferent and had no intention of getting up to open the door. He had no choice but to get up shivering, put on some clothes, jumped out of bed and ran to open the door.

Gu Liansheng glanced at his son, but did not stop him from opening the door.

After opening the door, the cold wind outside hit his body instantly. Gu Tianbao sneezed out of the cold and hurried back into bed, shivering constantly.

Old Master Gu was the last one to close the door. He walked to the bedside with a trembling body and saw that there was only a stove in the room. He felt distressed.

"Why don't you light a stove? You and your son are both scholars, and your bodies are weak. You can't let them get cold."

Gu Liansheng's face froze, but he still didn't say anything.

Gu Tianbao opened his mouth to complain: "Si Ya won't let us use the firewood chopped by their second wife. The firewood we've used these days was all chopped by my eldest sister, second sister and others in the mountains. Unfortunately, my eldest sister is so stupid that she lost her axe. Now the firewood is almost gone. If we don't find a way, we'll be freezing tonight!"

Hearing his grandson's complaint, Mr. Gu's anger grew stronger. His expression twisted for a moment, and it took him a while to suppress his anger and comfort Gu Tianbao.

"My dear grandson, bear with it, bear with it..."

Gu Tianbao curled his lips. Endure? He has been patient enough! How else can he endure this?
"Dad, is there something you need to come here for?" Gu Liansheng asked impatiently.

The impatience in his son's tone was not concealed at all. Old Man Gu could hear it and his eyes turned red instantly.

He suppressed the bitterness in his eyes and said, "Tell Qing and Lian to go to your sister's house and tell them that the clan is forcing us to split up today. Ask them to bring your brother-in-law to help."

Gu Liansheng's face turned cold. "Second brother, are you determined to split up the family?" "Your second brother has completely turned his back on us. Dad has seen clearly that there's no way to coax him back, so I'm just going along with his wishes. But how this family is divided has the final say, and I, your father, have the final say."

Gu Liansheng suddenly became anxious and sat up: "Are you getting senile? How could you agree to split up the family?"

This is all the family's assets. Even if they gave it all to the eldest daughter-in-law, it would only last two years at most as they would only be spending money without making any money!

No one knows a son better than his father. Mr. Gu knew what his son was thinking at a glance.

He wanted to tell his son the truth, but when he saw Gu Tianbao listening to their conversation, he swallowed the words back and only made a vague promise to his son.

"Don't worry, even if we split up, Dad won't let you and your son interrupt your studies." Old Master Gu said in an extremely firm tone.

Gu Liansheng's heart moved slightly, and he looked up at his father. He saw the old man nodded at him meaningfully, as if he had his own plans.

With such an obvious hint, what was there for Gu Liansheng to not understand?

The old man has hidden away his family fortune!
Seeing that his son understood his hint, Old Man Gu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Tell your daughter clearly that in addition to calling your sister and brother-in-law, you should also call the third daughter-in-law of the Wang family. She is good at talking and can help us argue a few words."

The third daughter-in-law of the Wang family...

Gu Liansheng's eyes flickered slightly.

The third daughter-in-law of the Wang family is surnamed Li. On the surface, she is gentle and never quarrels with others. She is not good at speaking.

But no one dares to bully him when he is in the Wang family.

There was no other reason, it was just that among the many businesses that Li's family was engaged in, there was one that was rather unethical - human trafficking.

Although this business belonged to the Li family, after Li married into the Wang family, she also used her natal family's connections and secretly did a lot of business.

Because they were getting paid, the Wang family helped to cover up the situation and only took on "business" introduced by acquaintances. They would not accept any business from anyone they didn't know.

The old man didn't choose anyone else, but chose Li, which makes it hard not to think of something wrong.

Gu Liansheng was curious like a cat's paw, so he sent his son away and asked him to sleep on the couch in the outer room with his quilt, and allowed him to have another quilt.

Gu Tianbao was very reluctant, but he didn't dare to disobey his father, so he could only hold the quilt and go to the outer room shivering.

After his son left, Gu Liansheng leaned close to the old man's ear and whispered, "Do you want Li to take the second son's daughter away?"

"Since we are dividing the family, Dad has to make plans for your future." Old Master Gu replied with a gloomy look in his eyes.

This idea did not come to him at that moment, but was a decision he made with his wife after discussing it early on.

But the weird thing was, every time he found an excuse to invite his daughter to bring Li home, he always missed that damn girl Si Ya!
Counting up, Li had come home twice! But each time she missed Si Ya, every time Li came home and asked Si Ya where that little beast had gone, she would definitely go to Bei'an City.

Li had never been able to see what Si Ya looked like, so she couldn't give an estimate of her value.

They couldn't estimate the price, and they didn't dare to take the risk. If it was only worth a few taels, there was really no need to risk offending the second brother.

It’s different now. The second son is insisting on dividing the family business. Since we can no longer rely on him in the future, there is no risk.

No matter what the price is, they will make a profit if they sell it!

Although Mr. Gu did not admit it directly, what he said was equivalent to a direct admission.

Gu Liansheng immediately understood what was going on, so he stopped asking questions and got up to get dressed.

After putting on his clothes, he went to another room to wake up the two sisters in the room, told them what the old man had told them, and then urged them to go quickly.

The Wang family lived in Wangzhai Village, not far from Shanghe Village, so sisters Gu Qing and Gu Lian walked there.

It was hard on the way there, but it was comfortable on the way back. The Wang family had an ox cart, so we took the ox cart back, which was fast and not tiring.

Seeing his daughter leave the yard, all the frustration in Gu Liansheng's heart disappeared. He glanced at the west wing with a sinister look. He was waiting to see his second daughter cry!
Seeing his father favoring him so much, Gu Liansheng, who had always been selfish and hard-hearted, rarely smiled gently.

I no longer care about what happened last night.

While he was urging his son to get up and cook porridge, he was coaxing the old man to stay for dinner: "The kitchen has been occupied by the second son, and we dare not go there, for fear of being an eyesore and getting beaten, so we have no choice but to use the clay pot to cook porridge in this room.

I was afraid you would despise me, so I never dared to ask you to come over for dinner. Today, no matter what, you can’t leave, and you are not allowed to despise me. At least stay in my room and have dinner..."

It was originally a matter of eating alone and being unfilial, but after Gu Liansheng's nonsense, he turned himself into a poor little boy who was suppressed by the second wife and was afraid of being looked down upon by his biological father, and a filial son!

I heard Mr. Gu blaming himself and hating himself for not coming to his son's side earlier to see what kind of life he is living now.

The eldest son was spoiled since he was young, and he was given the best food, drink, clothes and other daily necessities.

But ever since he fell ill, the eldest son's treatment at home immediately changed.

He didn't have enough to eat or wear, and he even had to worry about firewood and ask the girls and boys in the house to chop it!

The more Mr. Gu thought about it, the more distressed he felt, and his anger towards the second wife reached its peak.

"Dad knows you've been suffering these days. At this time of year in previous years, you often went to the city to get together with your classmates. After the family is divided, Dad will give you some money and ask you to go to Bei'an City to find your classmates and give them a good feast..."

Gu Liansheng lowered his eyes to hide the gleam in them.

Soon, he concealed his strangeness and became more affectionate towards the old man, constantly joking and coaxing the old man. It had been a long time since the father and son had such harmony and warmth.

In the west wing, Gu Lianshan, who had just returned, was eating with a bowl in his hand in the kitchen, slurping his food. From time to time, he would pick up a piece of pickled vegetables that Gu Tang had mixed with hot oil, and his mouth was full of the aroma of oil.

Jiang was just saying a few words to Gu Tang about the clan leader's words when he was suddenly interrupted by laughter coming from the east wing.

Gu Lianshan recognized the old man's voice and turned to ask Gu Tang, "Did your grandfather go to the east wing?"