Chapter 30 Prevention Shots
After being excited for most of the night, all three members of the Gu family overslept the next day.
This was because the family had no land, and Mengyao Gu, being injured, didn’t need to go up the mountain for hunting, along with eight-year-old Gu Qingheng and the sickly Gu Yu. Even if the three of them slept until the evening, it would be fine.
However, there were still quite a few things to do today, so they couldn’t really sleep until evening.
“Mengyao, I’ll go buy land from the village chief later. You and Qingheng wait at home… Also, there’s something I didn’t mention yesterday because it was too late, I’ll tell you now.”
While eating a late breakfast, Gu Yu shared his future arrangements at the dining table. Then, as he was about to go to the village and suddenly remembered the people at the old Yang family’s residence, Gu Yu realized he had forgotten to tell Mengyao Gu to be careful of them.
It wasn’t that Gu Yu thought too much; it was just that considering the old Yang family’s previous habit of demanding meat from him, he had to be cautious.
The current Gu Yu was no longer the foolishly filial pitiable child he used to be. If it weren’t for the fear of being called unfilial, he would have wanted to give the people at the old Yang family a good beating.
Filial piety was extremely important in ancient times. Even if there were private disagreements, they had to maintain the appearance of a loving father and filial son.
If someone truly disregarded filial piety and killed their father or angered their mother to death, they would be summoned by the Yamen.
Knowing this, Gu Yu suppressed his temper and didn’t go to make a scene.
Fortunately, after transmigrating, the people at the old Yang family’s residence hadn’t appeared, which saved him from getting too angry.
But now that they had sold the wild boar and got silver, he expected those people would appear soon.
“As you know, I used to send meat to the old Yang family, and my ties with them were complicated. Now that our family is building a house, they’ll probably come looking for trouble. I hope you won’t act subservient to the people of the old Yang family because of me. Just be yourselves; don’t feel like you’re in the wrong.”
“But after all, they are Ah Yu’s relatives. We can’t…”
“Don’t say ‘can’t.’ I am surnamed Gu now, not Yang. My household registration has also been moved to the Gu family, so there’s no need to be polite to them.”
“Brother-in-law, you’re so handsome now!”
“Of course! Otherwise, how could I be your brother-in-law!”
As they spoke, Gu Qingheng complimented Gu Yu directly, making Gu Yu feel happy, thinking this younger brother-in-law was more and more pleasing to the eye.
On the other hand, Mengyao Gu, with a hesitant expression on her face, looked as if “Gu Yu’s relatives are my relatives.” This made Gu Yu also feel conflicted.
Although Mengyao Gu’s idea was quite good, after all, showing respect to elders could be seen as a sign of Mengyao Gu’s kind personality.
However, even showing respect should be selective.
Just seeing that Gu Yu’s predecessor hadn’t eaten a single bite of meat while constantly sending it to the old Yang family’s residence made Gu Yu feel that those relatives were utterly disgusting.
Therefore, he had to make things clear with Mengyao Gu now.
“Mengyao, you might think that those people are my relatives, so I shouldn’t bother with them too much, but! You must know that I am living with you now, and I don’t want any ties with them.”
“I know, but I don’t want to hear villagers speak ill of you.”
“It’s fine! Let them say whatever they want. It doesn’t affect me… My father was the third eldest in the Yang family, but he was always bullied there. Not to mention me, I was always bullied by those people. Otherwise, how could my father have been willing to let me, his only son, become a son-in-law!”
“But your father in the end…”
“That was because he felt he had wronged Grandpa and Grandma. I initially thought the same, which is why I sent meat to the old Yang family’s residence, hoping they would forgive my father… However, over time, I realized that even stones are stronger than them; their hearts cannot be warmed.”
Although Gu Yu was a transmigrator impersonating someone else, he had heard quite a bit of gossip from the villagers yesterday.
Even Gu Yu found his predecessor pitiful and detestable after hearing about the old Yang family.
He was severely bullied yet still had to show filial piety to those people… If Gu Yu hadn’t transmigrated, this predecessor might have indeed dragged Mengyao Gu and her brother down with him to pay for his filial piety.
Therefore, Gu Yu didn’t feel embarrassed now. Those who should feel embarrassed were already dead. Now that he had taken over, he had no reservations.
