Chapter 47: Asking for Money
After returning to Yang Family Village, life returned to normal calm.
The only difference was that Gu Qingheng studied very diligently now, even when teaching Gu Yu at night, making Gu Yu feel that the study task was becoming increasingly heavy, as if he were operating under high load!
In this regard, Gu Yu felt it was too difficult and thought of going to Mengyao to talk about it, asking her to pay attention to her younger brother-in-law, and see if he had suddenly changed his temperament due to Tang Lian’s absence and excessive grief…
Otherwise, under normal circumstances, Gu Qingheng would not be so diligent!
Before Gu Mengyao went to the battlefield, Gu Qingheng did not study as diligently as he did now. Although Gu Yu thought this development was not bad, it was on the premise that he was not dragged into it!
Although Gu Yu appeared to be idle all day, doing nothing, only basking in the sun and strolling in the courtyard during the day, reading books after dinner and strolls at night, his day would then pass.
But in reality, Gu Yu studied the Medical Scripture during the day and had to complete the learning tasks assigned by his younger brother-in-law at night. He truly had untold hardships, making him feel like his head was aching.
However, Gu Mengyao felt there was no need to be surprised by Gu Qingheng’s current state.
“Yu, I already asked Qingheng a few days ago. He just said he wanted to study and asked me not to worry. By the time of the imperial examination, he will definitely get the first place.”
“…”
Upon hearing Gu Mengyao’s words, Gu Yu could only give a helpless wry smile, and then continued with his high-intensity studies.
His younger brother-in-law was too cunning!
He directly used the words “imperial examination” to make Gu Mengyao’s heart blossom with joy, and she didn’t care about anything else.
Moreover, he had accurately predicted that Gu Yu would not make things difficult for Gu Mengyao…
Fortunately, Space Spring Water was really a good thing for relieving fatigue. Without the spring water, Gu Yu felt he would have died from overwork!
Thinking about these things with some emotion, Gu Yu quickly drank a large mouthful of spring water, and then filled a large cup for his younger brother-in-law, lest he get sick from studying so diligently.
Alas, a good brother-in-law like him was very hard to find in the world!
Tomorrow, he would have to find some time to put the spring water into the water vat.
Moreover, from now on, he would be responsible for fetching water for the water vat, saving Gu Mengyao the trouble of carrying water every day.
With his younger brother-in-law as a shield, he believed Gu Mengyao would agree.
Regarding the matter of carrying water, Gu Yu had previously stated that drinking Space Spring Water was enough and there was no need for Gu Mengyao to work so hard.
However, Gu Mengyao smiled slightly and said that carrying water could also exercise the body and there was no great harm.
As for the precious Space Spring Water, it was better to keep it for other purposes!
Seeing that he could not persuade Gu Mengyao, Gu Yu did not insist, but he did want to try carrying water himself.
However, when Gu Mengyao watched Gu Yu fail to even lift two buckets of water, she immediately showed a helpless expression on her face, and then easily picked up the shoulder pole with one hand, returning home as if playing along the way.
Gu Yu, who was following behind, upon seeing this scene, finally remembered that Gu Mengyao had innate divine strength, so he no longer insisted and let Gu Mengyao do as she pleased.
However, some uninformed villagers in the village, upon seeing Gu Mengyao fetching water every day, privately spread a lot of gossip.
As for how Gu Yu knew about these things, it was all thanks to his resourceful younger brother-in-law, who obtained insider information through special channels.
“Brother-in-law, are you spacing out?”
“No, no!”
“Then all right, today I will talk about the nine contemplations of a gentleman: see clearly, hear attentively, look warmly, appear…”
After Gu Yu came to deliver water, Gu Qingheng immediately grabbed him and refused to let go, then asked about what was taught that night, making Gu Yu feel his head was aching and wishing Gu Mengyao had come to deliver the water.
His younger brother-in-law was almost turning into a studying machine!
…
During the day, after Gu Yu sent Gu Qingheng to Qingshan Academy, he let out a sigh of relief, thinking that he no longer had to be held by his younger brother-in-law to recite texts.
He would rather go running at night than face Gu Qingheng, who was obsessed with learning and could not extricate himself!
Thinking about these things, Gu Yu returned home from town with some worry. As soon as he reached the vicinity of his doorstep, he heard knocking sounds, which made him wonder who it could be at this time?
Then, Gu Yu saw people from the Old Yang family.
The second son, Yang Zhiwu.
Recently, the Gu family had not spent much time in Yang Family Village and had left home many times in between, which made Gu Yu’s memory of the Old Yang family rather blurry.
If it were a little longer, he probably wouldn’t even remember…
There was no way, the capital and the battlefield were more exciting and memorable.
As for the people from the Old Yang family who left a deep impression on Gu Yu, they were only Old Man Yang’s wife—Madam Li, and her daughter Jiaojiao Yang, whom it was difficult to forget.
This was not a good memory, but a very bad memory.
The eccentricity of this mother and daughter had far exceeded Gu Yu’s understanding.
However, Yang Zhiwu, who was knocking at the door, was not a good person either.
As the memories of the Old Yang family gradually became clearer, Gu Yu looked at Yang Zhiwu, who was knocking forcefully, and a cold smile curved the corner of his mouth.
“Gu Yu, open the door for me, I have something to find you for! Don’t think you can escape by hiding. If you don’t open the door, I’ll keep knocking and let the villagers see what an ungrateful wretch you are, not supporting your elders!”
“Hmph, who is my elder? Yang Zhiwu, the Deed of Severance clearly states in black and white, and the Yang family also signed it. Now you’ve come to my house, it seems you are truly not afraid of going to the yamen and getting a good beating.”
Gu Yu was not polite to Yang Zhiwu.
The words that came out of his mouth, combined with his expressionless face, made Yang Zhiwu, who had already turned around, feel that it would be very difficult to make Gu Yu obediently hand over money today!
However, even if it was difficult, he had to get the money!
Since the Old Yang family sent Shun Yang to study at the academy in the prefecture, the family’s days had become worse day by day. Even the grain they ate, which used to be a mixture of coarse and fine, had now become coarse grains that scratched the throat and were simply unpalatable!
Shun Yang’s expenses in the prefecture were enormous, and now the family had to supply him to continue his studies even if they were eating chaff and coarse vegetables.
Although Old Man Yang and Madam Li were very willing, their children did not think so. Especially Zhiquan Yang and Jiaojiao Yang in town, who were constantly bothered by Madam Li’s borrowing money.
Who could stand this if it continued like this!
Silver was not something that grew on trees, and who knew when Shun Yang would amount to something. Would they have to keep supplying him like this?
It would become like parasitic leeches, troublesome and impossible to shake off.
As the fourth son of the Yang family, Zhiquan Yang spoke politely and never let Madam Li leave empty-handed.
However, Jiaojiao Yang would no longer give a single cent.
It wasn’t that she had no money, but she didn’t want to fill Yang Shun with her private savings. Who knew when she would get her money back, she might as well enjoy every day with the silver in her hand.
Although Jiaojiao Yang, after experiencing the matter of the An family’s deceitful marriage, successfully replaced her husband with the An family’s younger son by bringing people from her maiden family to make a scene, her married life was quite good, at least now she was rosy-cheeked from being supported by the An family.
However, perhaps because Jiaojiao Yang made a big scene and exposed her true nature, the An family’s younger son did not like to get close to Jiaojiao Yang, which made her feel very unwilling to be alone in the room in the middle of the night!
Her Jiaojiao Yang’s appearance was considered quite good, could it be that she would wither away in the An family!
Clearly, the An family wronged her first…
Because of the An family’s younger son’s attitude, Jiaojiao Yang was angry at the moment, so when facing Madam Li asking for money, Jiaojiao Yang, with her bad temper, said that she also had no money and told Madam Li to go ask others.
Madam Li, who had doted on Jiaojiao Yang since childhood, naturally found it difficult to ask again after hearing her younger daughter say so, and could only seek others.
However, she had already borrowed money from her younger sons, and only the eldest son of the Yang family, Zhiwen Yang, who had already separated from the family and lived separately, and Gu Yu had not yet come to ask for money.
Later, when Madam Li went to the eldest son of the Yang family, after a burst of crying, she actually managed to get one tael of silver from Zhiwen Yang.
However, when she went to the Gu family, Madam Li remembered the difficult-to-deal-with Gu Yu…
Therefore, Yang Zhiwu replaced Madam Li and appeared outside the Gu family’s door.
“Even if you say that, can you deny the blood relationship? If my parents starve to death, then you are an unfilial descendant, and you will be gossiped about by people for a lifetime.”
“Hmph, speaking as if it were true. Did Yang Xingwang not tell you?”
“???”
“I am not biologically related to the Yang family. To be precise, my father, Zhi Shuang Yang, is a child that Yang Xingwang picked up from outside, but it has not been publicly announced all these years. Therefore, I have no blood relationship with your Yang family.”
Facing the aggressive Yang Zhiwu, Gu Yu was too lazy to waste any more words. Talking politely to these people was ineffective, so he had to use harsh methods.
Gu Yu did not take the matter of Zhi Shuang Yang being an abandoned infant seriously, but thinking that it was better to have one less thing than one more, he had kept it a secret until now.
But who knew that the Old Yang family was now setting their sights on him, which made Gu Yu feel extremely annoyed. Therefore, he directly revealed the matter of the abandoned infant at this moment.
Upon hearing this news, Yang Zhiwu immediately showed an expression of disbelief.
Gu Yu wouldn’t make up a reason just to not pay money!
However, if Zhi Shuang Yang was indeed an abandoned infant, it could explain why the family treated his branch of the family poorly. It was precisely because he was not their biological child that they would not feel anything even if he died by hitting the wall.
But if Gu Yu was not a child of the Yang family, then he would not be able to get any money!
He agreed to Madam Li’s request to come over this time because the Gu family was very wealthy now. He wanted to skim some silver for himself, but he didn’t expect that he came here today for nothing and gained nothing!
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Xiuwen fell asleep, as if under a sleeping spell. No, I must break it today!!
