Chapter 35: Don’t want to drink mung bean congee anymore
As Gu Yu opened the lid of the water vat where he was brewing wine, sifting out the white grape skins and pulp, and then sealed the lid, Gu Qingheng’s toothache had almost recovered.
His swollen cheeks finally returned to normal, and now Gu Qingheng spoke clearly, expressing his desire for sweets.
Although, he was immediately rejected by Mengyao Gu.
Having drunk mung bean congee for so long that he felt sick, Gu Qingheng no longer wanted to drink it. After much pleading and asking for Gu Yu’s opinion, he was finally permitted to eat the same food as Gu Yu and Mengyao Gu.
Gu Yu chuckled, thinking that his mischievous younger brother-in-law was easy to handle. If he misbehaved in the future, he’d just make him drink mung bean congee for all three meals, and that would surely be effective!
“Brother-in-law, when I went to the village today, I heard some news about the Old Yang family.”
“Qingheng, you snuck out again!”
“Sister! Didn’t we agree before? We need to balance work and rest, so I have one hour of leisure time every day to wander around and relax, so I don’t become foolish from reading books.”
“I just told you to take a stroll, not to stroll around the village listening to gossip!”
At the dining table, after Gu Qingheng finally had a normal lunch, he casually mentioned it while happily drinking egg drop soup, which immediately made Mengyao Gu raise her eyebrows. She knew that Gu Qingheng’s old habit of meddling in other people’s business had returned.
Gu Qingheng also realized he had let slip, and quickly spoke up to explain himself, but this did not make Mengyao Gu let him off the hook; instead, she lectured him even more severely.
Gu Yu, on the other hand, was wondering what had happened with the Old Yang family again.
His quiet life recently had made Gu Qingheng forget about the Old Yang family completely. Now, upon hearing Gu Qingheng mention them, he immediately remembered that the Old Yang family had indeed been quiet for a while, and they hadn’t heard any news from them in a long time.
Of course, this was also because Gu Qingheng had reduced his outdoor activities, making it impossible to get the latest news in a timely manner. Gu Yu also preferred to stay at home and didn’t like to join in the excitement… As for Mengyao Gu, she disliked discussing such gossip even more.
Gu Qingheng and Mengyao Gu were like two extremes on this point.
Gu Qingheng had to rush to any excitement and listen in first, while Mengyao Gu would just glance at things when something happened, unlike most women who were gossipy.
When she had time to listen to such boring gossip, she would rather practice her lightness skill to improve her martial arts.
“Sister! Wait for me to finish first! I heard that the eldest daughter of the Old Yang family, who got married, returned to visit her parents the day before yesterday!”
“The eldest daughter of the Old Yang family, Manman Yang?”
“Yes! She even brought her son, who looks about my age.”
“Why do you care so much? Yu is no longer related to the Old Yang family. If you hear such news in the future, don’t mention it again.”
Later, through Gu Qingheng’s explanation, Gu Yu learned what had happened with the Old Yang family.
It turned out that Yang Manman, the eldest daughter of the Yang family, had returned, which was Gu Yu’s body’s paternal aunt… Since transmigrating, Gu Yu hadn’t even met all the members of the Old Yang family.
As for this aunt who had married long ago, Gu Yu had only heard her name from chatting women.
Since he didn’t know her, Gu Yu didn’t inquire too much.
As Mengyao Gu said, after the news of the Deed of Severance spread, Gu Yu was no longer related to the Old Yang family. Even if eight more aunts came, Gu Yu wouldn’t need to pay them a special visit.
“Brother-in-law, isn’t the wine ready yet? It’s been a long time, and I’m not even in a hurry anymore.”
After hearing Mengyao Gu’s words, Gu Qingheng’s eyes darted around, knowing that what he had just said had displeased his sister. He quickly changed the subject to discuss the wine Gu Yu was brewing.
Gu Qingheng originally thought that Gu Yu must also want to know what happened with the Old Yang family, so that if trouble came knocking later, it wouldn’t be too late to deal with it.
But to his surprise, his brother-in-law looked so calm and unconcerned, as if he wasn’t worried at all. It seemed Gu Qingheng had been thinking too much.
That’s right! His brother-in-law had fallen out with the Old Yang family, and with no contact, there was no need to worry about trouble coming to their door again.
“It’ll be ready in a while. Good things are worth waiting for. By the way, Qingheng, how are your studies going? I feel like you’ve been reading for a long time. If you finish early, you’ll be liberated sooner.”
“En en, I’m almost done. When that happens, sister won’t be able to keep me locked up at home anymore, hehe…”
Seeing that Gu Qingheng had changed the subject, Gu Yu naturally didn’t mention those troublesome guys from the Old Yang family again.
After briefly explaining that the wine needed time to ferment, Gu Yu took the opportunity to ask Gu Qingheng about his studies.
Chengfeng Shan had sent quite a few books. If it were an ordinary person, it would probably take half a year or a year to finish them all.
However, Gu Qingheng was not an ordinary person.
He had an incredible memory that allowed him to see and forget nothing, like a human computer, capable of remembering everything he had read.
Moreover, Gu Qingheng was not stupid. The more books he read, the more he could assimilate and generalize.
Only, due to his age, there were still some obscure books that he couldn’t understand. This was not something to be rushed; he could always understand them later.
“Cough, cough, is anyone home?”
“Who is it? Is that you? What are you doing at my house!”
Just as they were talking, a child’s voice suddenly sounded from outside. Before Gu Yu and Mengyao Gu could get up, Gu Qingheng quickly put down his bowls and chopsticks and turned towards the courtyard gate, thinking that his little playmate had come to find him.
However, the moment he opened the courtyard gate and saw the face of the person who had arrived, Gu Qingheng’s small face immediately turned grim.
Gu Yu, upon hearing the voice from inside the house, couldn’t help but become curious, wondering who had arrived to make Gu Qingheng act like this.
“Hmph, I didn’t want to come! Where’s Gou Dan? Auntie is here, and the family wants me to call him over.”
“What Gou Dan! That’s my brother-in-law Gu Yu, his surname is Gu, do you understand? He’s no longer part of the Old Yang family. How dare you come here to ask for someone now? How can the Yang family be so shameless!”
“Stop talking nonsense. He has the blood of the Yang family flowing in his body, so he is a member of the Yang family. No matter how Grandpa and Grandma treated him, they are his elder relatives. Cough… How can he disown his own family? Have you forgotten the kindness of raising him?”
“Pah! Kindness of raising him? I know very well how your Yang family treated my brother-in-law before! Not only did you starve him at every meal, but you also made him do a lot of work. Even the servants bought by Old Man Cai were not ordered around like that. Hurry up and go back where you came from, or don’t blame me for sweeping you away with a broom.”
Then, as Gu Qingheng and the visitor started talking, Gu Yu knew who had arrived even without going out to see.
To be precise, it was the Yang family mentioned by the visitor that Gu Yu was very familiar with… Gu Qingheng had just mentioned the Old Yang family, and then, immediately afterwards, they had come.
This was indeed too coincidental.
Just as Gu Yu was about to get up and see, Mengyao Gu grabbed his hand and stopped him from leaving.
“Yu, I don’t want you to have any more contact with the Old Yang family.”
“I’m a bit worried about Qingheng.”
“It’s okay, he’s not that young anymore, and the person who arrived is just a child. Don’t worry.”
Mengyao Gu had been very unhappy when Gu Qingheng mentioned the Old Yang family at the dinner table. Now that the Old Yang family had actually sent someone to invite Gu Yu, she was even more displeased.
Based on past experience, people from the Old Yang family were like leeches, difficult to get rid of once they latched on. Therefore, Mengyao Gu didn’t want Gu Yu to appear before people from the Old Yang family anymore.
Gu Yu naturally listened to his wife. Anyway, he didn’t really want to see anyone from the Yang family, so he could only let his younger brother-in-law bear the brunt and drive away the person sent by the Old Yang family.
“Stop talking about this… Just call Gou Dan over. Cough, cough, I really don’t believe he can disown his grandparents and ancestors!”
“The Deed of Severance has already caused such a stir, and you dare to say that! Now brother-in-law is a member of our Gu family and has nothing to do with your Yang family. No matter how much you say, it will be useless.”
“Hmph, you’re flattering the gentry in town, and you’re so arrogant. Don’t you think those rich people are just watching for entertainment? I want to see how long your Gu family can be so proud, cough cough.”
“You don’t need to worry about that. Hurry up and leave! You keep coughing like this, I’m afraid you’ll catch a cold.”
After Gu Qingheng finished speaking impolitely, before the person outside could say anything else, he quickly closed the large door and returned to the room with a sullen face, sitting back down on the stool.
At this time, Mengyao Gu and Gu Yu didn’t say much more and continued eating the dishes on the table.
“Brother-in-law, what are you thinking?”
After Gu Qingheng finished drinking the bowl of egg drop soup, he finally couldn’t help but ask Gu Yu with a curious expression, wanting to know Gu Yu’s thoughts.
The Old Yang family had always treated Gu Yu with a condescending attitude. This time, however, they were actively lowering themselves, which was an unexpected move.
If they had done this earlier, let alone Gu Yu marrying into their family, Gu Yu’s father probably wouldn’t have died by crashing into the Yang family’s doorstep.
However, Gu Qingheng was not Gu Yu himself. He had spoken his mind just now, but now, thinking back to his brother-in-law’s previous willingness to go to great lengths…
Although Gu Yu said he had let go, if he still had a filial heart towards the Old Yang family, then Gu Qingheng’s words would have been very inappropriate.
However, Gu Qingheng’s teeth itched with hatred whenever he thought of the people from the Old Yang family, and he had no good expression towards them.
Therefore, it was better to ask clearly now.
If Gu Yu had truly given up on the Old Yang family, Gu Qingheng would no longer have any reservations about dealing with them and might even be spared their threats.
