Traveling to ancient times with a sign-in system

Chapter 2: He is too soft-hearted to listen to nice words
Gu Tang glanced at her father and didn't want to pay any attention to him.

This is a weird guy who has no qualms about selling his parents' faults in front of his own daughter, and he gets more and more excited as he talks.

I glanced at the bamboo tube filled with wine and estimated that it would be empty before I got home.

This is an old problem. Whenever her father drinks, he starts nagging about her grandparents' partiality and her uncle's arrogance.

He never gave face to the two elders and uncle, and often made his grandparents and uncle very angry.

She has been beaten and scolded, but her father is so careless that he doesn't feel any pain.

After he sobered up, he said he was just joking because he was drunk. The next time, he was still the same.

During the past month, her father has been doing this every few days. Now she has gotten used to it and just listens to it.

……

The ox cart swayed all the way back to Shanghe Village.

As soon as he entered the village, Gu Lianshan raised his slightly red face and kept greeting the villagers and neighbors on the village road.

He almost threw the bamboo tube in his hand in people's faces, for fear that others would not see it.

Everyone's eyes were looking at the bamboo tube, and it was hard not to see it.

People who don’t recognize this bamboo tube are very confused. Why is it always swinging around?
How old are you, and you're still playing bamboo tubes?!

Finally, the person who had seen the green wine exclaimed in surprise, recognizing that the bamboo tube was specially used to store green wine. Only then did everyone come to their senses.

Wow! It turns out that this person is not playing with bamboo tubes, but has bought green wine from Bei'an City!
"Oh my! Has Lianshan become rich? He's even willing to buy all the green wine in Bei'an City!"

"Brother Lianshan, where did you make your fortune? Even you're rich now!"

"Brother, this wine is probably going to cost one or two hundred coins, right? Did you hit it big?"

……

Gu Lianshan laughed continuously at the envy of everyone, but pretended to be helpless and said:
"My daughter sold some bupleurum root for this. It costs one hundred coins per pound! I told her it was too expensive and I couldn't afford it, but she wouldn't listen and insisted on buying it for me to try."

Everyone's eyes turned to Gu Tang again.

Gu Tang smiled slightly: "My father's birthday is in a few days, and I bought this in advance as a tribute to him."

This is true. Those in the village who have a good relationship with Gu Lianshan will remember that Gu Lianshan’s birthday is in about ten days.

Thinking of this, those people couldn't help but take advantage of their good relationship and shamelessly ask for wine.

"My dear brother, keep this green wine. On your birthday, we brothers will go into the mountains and get you a stone chicken and drink with you!"

"Yes, yes, yes! You have to keep this wine today. When the day comes, let us have a taste!"

"Keep the wine. I'll get you a carp later!"

……

Gu Lianshan was so flattered that he didn't know which way was which and responded subconsciously.

"Just come when the time comes! You'll get all the wine!"

After hearing this, the smiles on everyone's faces became even happier, and they all started to flatter him again, making him look so flattering that his teeth were not visible.

Gu Tang took a deep breath, gathered his strength secretly, and kept comforting himself in his heart, don't be angry, don't be angry, why bother with a drunkard?
But she couldn't help herself in the end and reached out to pinch her father's lower back hard.

What are you promising?
The wine in the bamboo tube is almost gone. What are you going to use to treat our guests?!
Gu Tang was small and not very strong, so the pain didn't seem to be too severe. Gu Lianshan turned around and gave her a puzzled look. Why are you pinching your father for no reason?
Gu Tang was so angry that he closed his eyes and uttered four words: "I'm tired, go home!"

Gu Lianshan finally came to his senses from the flattery, and his heart skipped a beat, realizing that he had said the wrong thing again.

He glanced at his daughter cautiously and didn't dare to mention the matter of Qingjiu anymore.

He said a few perfunctory words to the people who were flattering him, forced a smile, and drove the ox cart home.

After they were away from the crowd, Gu Lianshan saw that his daughter still had a gloomy face, so he had to bite the bullet and comfort her.

"There's still some left in this bamboo tube. On Dad's birthday, I'll buy some other wine and put it in this bamboo tube. Those people around here haven't tasted green wine before, so they probably won't be able to tell the real thing from the fake..."

Gu Tang's face turned green!

"Can you fool people with something like this? If you were to be exposed, would you still have the dignity you deserve?"

"No!" Gu Lianshan said without hesitation.

Gu Tang: …………

"Dad, you lost your face a long time ago. Everyone in this village knows that he's a two-faced person. He just messes around all day without making a proper living and doesn't even want to do farm work. If I were someone who cared about my face, would I let people talk about me like that?"

Gu Lianshan spoke with confidence and righteousness, with a sense of giving up completely.

Gu Tang felt uncomfortable and pursed his lips: "What are you talking about? We are all supported by you, how come you are messing around all day? Those gossipers outside have bad intentions, why do you listen to them?"

"Dad didn't listen to them. I just want to tell you that I'm not someone who cares about face. I can go back on my word the moment I agree."

Gu Tang held his forehead. Why did he sound so proud? So, your bad reputation isn't entirely someone else's fault.

"Let's not talk about the past. You must change from now on. On your birthday, I'll buy you another pound of green wine. Don't do such foolish things again!"

Gu Lianshan was unhappy: "A pound of green wine costs one hundred coins! How can you just buy it? Just listen to Dad and bring back some random wine to put in..."

"You also know that green wine is not cheap?" Gu Tang interrupted him and glanced at him.

"If you weren't such a liar and so soft-hearted that you couldn't stand flattery, this wouldn't have happened."

Gu Lianshan looked annoyed. He smiled flatteringly at his daughter and slapped himself repeatedly: "This is all Dad's fault, but there was really no need to buy that wine..."

Gu Tang ignored him and continued, "After the new year and the beginning of spring, I plan to send Ping An to Bei'an City to study."

Gu Lianshan's heart trembled, and he could no longer speak.

"If this is successful, you'll have to change your temper. If nothing else, you'll have to be more careful when you're out there."

Gu Tang glanced at him and said, "Take today's matter for example. You have to think carefully about everything. You can't just blindly agree to something just because you heard a few nice words."

"Let's forget about this pound of green wine today. We can still afford the 100 copper coins, but what about other things? If you agree to something we can't afford, and then regret it later, how can we be happy? Sooner or later, it will cause trouble."

Her father is good in every way except for one thing: he is easily influenced by others and cannot stand flattery or praise. Once he hears those words, he immediately becomes the boss and second only to them!

Especially when drinking, if others flatter and praise you like this, you will dare to agree to anything.

The key is that after making a promise, the other person may regret it at any time if he or she is unhappy when he or she sobers up the next day.

What do you mean by "one spit is one nail"? In her father's eyes, even ten spit can't turn into one nail!

(End of this chapter)