In Lu Ji's cold eyes, Gu Qian cheekily asked for a useless token.

"You can only use it once!" Lu Ji said coldly.

"Obey!" Gu Qian nodded solemnly, and returned to the boat with secret joy hidden in Lu Jihu's suspicious gaze.

After separating from Lu Ji, Gu Qian stepped up his itinerary, he had to do his best to send Xue Yuniang's coffin back to his hometown, and then race against time to go to Fujian to take office, no way, who let him offend Lord Shoufu? The time reserved for him in the paperwork is not enough, and if he goes home again, can he go to the post on schedule, he still has no bottom in his heart!

After promising a generous reward to the boatman, he finally arrived in Taihu County two days earlier than the expected date, and the Gu family is also a big family in Taihu County, but Gu Qian and the old lady were not less bullied by the orphans and widows back then, so they were not very close to the people in the clan.

It was good to say before, after all, it was Tanhua, so the people in the clan were naturally desperate, but now the scene is different, everyone knows that Gu Qian offended Lord Yan and was demoted, so Xue Yuniang's funeral was also relatively cold, and only a few people came out of a few rooms to help.

For these, Gu Qian was quite unimpressed, the people were warm and cold, the world was cold, he had seen a lot, and he really didn't have time to worry about the people in the clan now, he had to hurry up and arrange a funeral for Xue Yuniang to go to Fujian.

"Kuan'er, is your father-in-law here?" In the backyard, Gu Qian's mother, Mrs. Gu asked while holding Brother Hu'er.

"Gu An went to invite. Gu Qian looked at Brother Hu'er, who was tired of being in his grandmother's arms, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, if he wanted to say that what worried him the most along the way, it was none other than Brother Hu'er, Mother Xu stayed in Yangzhou to recuperate, and Ginkgo was lost again, and he and Gu An, two big men, really didn't know how to take care of a child.

Fortunately, I learned a lot from Dr. Li along the way, and with Gu Qian's patient care, Brother Hu finally returned to his grandmother without illness or disaster. Although this was the first time he had seen his grandmother, the nature of the blood relationship made the two of them have a natural sense of closeness, without his mother and without the care of Mother Xu, Brother Tiger suddenly threw himself into the arms of Mrs. Gu.

Seeing that Brother Hu was close to his grandmother, Gu Qian was also relieved, and he occupied the body of the original owner, so he naturally had the obligation to take care of the old lady and children of other people. It's just that he is a modern single young man, where does he have the experience of feeding children? Now that he can safely bring Brother Hu to the old lady, Gu Qian seems to have completed a heavy mission, and even the grief of holding a funeral for Xue Yuniang has been washed away.

As the mother was talking, she heard a report from the front that the in-laws were coming.

Gu Qian hurriedly came out to greet him, and as soon as he saw Master Xue walking in from inside the gate, he bent down and bowed.

The Xue family had already known about Xue Yuniang's postpartum deficiency, and they had passed away until now, and they also knew that Gu Qian had not treated her badly, so Master Xue did not mean to blame Gu Qian.

"Father-in-law, please be seated. A few tears fell in front of the mourning hall, and Master Xue came to the study with Gu Qian's support.

After drinking the hot tea and wiping away his tears, Master Xue finally sighed: "Yu Niang, this child has a hard life!"

"It's all the son-in-law who didn't take good care of her, please punish her father-in-law!" Gu Qian looked sad, after all, he married his daughter to him, and he went to the capital to be an official's wife, but what he came back was a cold coffin, thinking about it, Gu Qian felt ashamed.

It's a pity that he underestimated his father-in-law's ability to bear it, and just when Gu Qian was searching for words to apologize, he heard Master Xue sigh and say: "It's not to blame the virtuous son-in-law for this, it's Yu Niang who is not blessed!"

Gu Qian was stunned, and said in his heart that this father-in-law and son were too understanding! But this was not the most surprising to him, only to hear Master Xue say again: "Yu Niang is gone, what can I do with Brother Hu?"

Gu Qian thought for a while, and said straightforwardly: "I won't tell you, I will go to Fujian to take up my post today, and it is inconvenient to take my child with me on a long journey, Brother Tiger has been entrusted to my mother to take care of, and my grandmother will take care of it, Brother Hu'er's food and clothing are all right, I don't think you need to worry too much." ”

Master Xue naturally couldn't say that his grandmother didn't take good care of him, but he sighed again: "In the end, there is no mother!"

This person can't be resurrected from death, where is he going to turn Brother Tiger into a mother-in-law? Gu Qian sighed a few words with him, thinking that Master Xue was a little sentimental that he was sorry for Brother Hu'er for not having his own mother to take care of him, but he didn't care very much in his heart.

It was only the next day that he finally realized that something was wrong.

Xue Yuniang's stepmother and stepsister came to mourn after learning of her daughter's (sister's) death. When the two of them arrived at the mourning hall, they cried, especially Xue Yuniang's stepmother, who was obviously not very good to this stepdaughter before, but when they arrived at the mourning hall, it was like a dead daughter, and they almost cried out of breath.

Gu Qian was a little surprised, because in the memory of the original owner, this stepmother didn't even have a face-saving relationship with Yu Niang, especially since he and Yu Niang were set to be baby kisses, before he was lifted, his stepmother picked her nose and raised her eyes at the annual ritual, and she couldn't wait to throw her out of the door in front of him!

After the lift, his treatment was improved, but what followed was a hint from his stepmother openly and secretly, what Yu Niang was weak and unvirtuous, what Yu Niang was lazy and unfilial, what a flower was inserted in cow dung, of course, the flower refers to his own husband, and the Yu Niang who was squeezed out by his stepmother was the cow dung.

Thanks to the fact that the original owner and Yu Niang have the same heart and a strong will, otherwise I don't know how to be calculated by that stepmother! After Gu Qian returned to his hometown to explore flowers in high school and get married, the stepmother finally stopped.

But now, looking at the middle-aged woman who was crying hoarsely, Gu Qian found that he seemed to think of this woman too simply.

If things are abnormal, they are demons, if they are not unmotivated, the old witch is willing to work so hard?

Sure enough, that night, the stepmother who was crying and fainting stayed as a matter of course, and the stepdaughter who followed her mother closely, with red and swollen eyes and a sad face, Xue Runiang.

Gu Qian was a foreign man, so it was inconvenient to interact with them, so he only asked someone to send these two people into the backyard and rest in Mrs. Gu's yard.

Because the time was too tight, Gu Qian chose to be buried the next day after knowing his father-in-law, otherwise when he left, Xue Yuniang's coffin didn't know when it would be buried. I can't take care of that much in a hurry. This was the last night that Xue Yuniang's coffin rested in the world, so Gu Qian did not rest, but wore plain clothes and stood in front of the spirit, fulfilling his last responsibility as a husband.

In the second half of the night, everyone was sleepy, Gu Qian saw that there was nothing wrong, so he sent a few people who were guarding the spirit to the side room, and Gu An, who was guarding the door, also leaned against the foot of the pillar and snored.

Gu Qian was also very tired, but he still fought hard and burned the paper money for Xue Yuniang again.

"I don't know where he's gone, if you'll see him over there. He threw the paper money into the brazier and said softly, "If you see him, please say sorry to him on my behalf, I don't know how I got here, how I became him." ”

"Although it is a bit hypocritical to say this, I still want to promise you that I will take good care of the old lady and Brother Hu'er, you can go with confidence, after a hundred years, I will go back to where I should go." ”

Throwing in the last piece of paper money, Gu Qian was surprised to find that the paper money swirled in mid-air with the firelight, and then stabbed and scattered.

"Did you hear that?" he said, standing up, surprised.

Hurriedly pulled out another handful of paper money and threw it in, but the paper money only burned in the brazier and turned into ashes.

Gu Qian sighed and sat back down, not knowing what Xue Yuniang meant, whether she really heard her words. While he was thinking wildly, a person suddenly walked over to the mourning hall.

The face is sad, slim and elegant, and she is wearing a plain dress on her body, which makes it even more tactful and graceful for this person. Gu Qian's eyes narrowed, what was she doing at this time?

Seeing that Gu Qian didn't speak, Xue Runiang walked over in a slim manner, first glanced at Gu Qian with her wonderful eyes, and then turned her head away in shame, and called softly: "Brother-in-law." ”

"What are you doing here?" Gu Qian chuckled in his heart.

"I'm here to put incense on my sister. Seeing Gu Qian's cold expression, Xue Runiang paused for a moment, this Tanhua brother-in-law's reaction seemed to be different from what he expected!

"It's getting late, you go back first, Shangxiang will come back tomorrow." Gu Qian looked at the sky, it was about to dawn, and the clansmen would come in a while.

"Tomorrow is my sister's funeral, I'm afraid Ru Niang won't be able to come forward. Xue Runang said sadly: "Brother-in-law, let me go to the pillar incense!"

"Shangxiang can be at any time, and now that you come alone, you are not afraid of ruining your reputation?"

"Runiang's heartache for her sister, borrowing incense to express her grief, she is not afraid of people's words. ”

Gu Qian almost jumped up, you are not afraid of me! The lonely man and widow gathered on the mourning hall, and he had to be stirred up if he had nothing to do, not to mention that he was originally demoted to an official, and it was during his wife's funeral, he still wanted this woman to be ashamed!

"You leave quickly, or don't blame me for not being merciful!"

"Brother-in-law!" Xue Runian stepped forward and was about to take his hand.

Gu Qian dodged back and said angrily, "What are you going to do?"

"My sister has passed away, and Brother Tiger has no one to take care of, so I want to ask my brother-in-law to allow me to visit Brother Tiger often. When Xue Runiang said this, her face showed a loving and shy look, "Runiang will treat Brother Hu as her own child." ”

As soon as these words were spoken, Gu Qian instantly understood this woman's intentions, this was in a hurry to be a cheap girl for his son! But what tricks did you not make well, but you ran to the mourning hall to seduce the child's father! Okay, even if you have a bit of grace and love, but white lotus, wake up, you are still a big girl!

Do you treat Brother Tiger as your own child? Have you ever given birth to a child? Do you know how to take care of a child? Gu Qian was really angry and angry, and he couldn't wait to throw this woman out! But before he could do anything, he found that someone seemed to be peeping outside the door, and judging from the faintly exposed skirt, it seemed that the person who came was still the mother of this white lotus! That is, Xue Yuniang's stepmother!

At this moment, Gu Qian understood that from the moment his father-in-law came to the door, even if the family counted him, regardless of his status as a degraded official, he was in a hurry to stuff his little daughter to him. It's not, although he was demoted to an official, he was also born in Tanhua, and he is also a county man with a positive eighth grade, he is young and handsome, in case he is developed in the future, he can still earn a life for Xue Runiang.

Marrying him is much better than marrying those talented squires, at least he has a high www.biquge.info of the Fun Pavilion, and he has the jade girl in front of him as the foundation, so it is impossible to treat Xue Runiang badly.

The wishful thinking of the Xue family clanged, and Master Xue originally disagreed with his wife's approach, but seeing that Aunt Tanhua was about to go to Fujian to take office, the day of return was far away, not to mention that tomorrow was the day of the eldest daughter's burial.

Master Xue was reluctant to do this family business from the bottom of his heart, and Yu Niang had a lot of complaints when she married his wife before, she didn't think that the Gu family was bad, but she felt that it was too cheap for her to marry Xue Yuniang to Gu Qian! In the heart of this stepmother, a rare figure in the world like Tanhualang was prepared for his own daughter, but unfortunately Ru Niang was too young at that time, and Gu Qian did not have a fetish for love and childishness.

After several twists and turns, the little couple was not separated, but the relationship between the two was more stable. The stepmother, who stole chickens and rice, was forced by Gu Qian's prestige and had no choice but to stop for a few years.

As a result, she didn't expect a pie to fall from the sky, and her eldest daughter, who had always been regarded as a thorn in her side, died!

Hahaha! My stepmother couldn't wait to laugh three times in celebration. But she still has to act what should be acted, and she has to cry when she should cry, she originally wanted to let Ru Niang show herself well, leave a deep impression in her brother-in-law's heart, and mention to Mrs. Gu about continuing to marry her sister-in-law.

But the plan couldn't catch up with the changes, Mrs. Gu was busy taking care of her son and grandson, and she had the lessons of previous years, so she was just kind to them. And the intended target only stayed in the front yard, and only met with them from beginning to end. I don't even have a chance to get along, how can I hook a man?

The stepmother was in a hurry, I heard that Gu Qian was going to leave for Fujian after Yu Niang's burial, it didn't matter if he left, what about his daughter's marriage?

For the sake of her daughter's future, this stepmother also fought hard, and at her instigation, Xue Runiang came to the mourning hall half-pushed and half-on-the-spot, and behind her, followed by Xue Yang, who was about to jump out to find an explanation for her daughter as soon as she saw the two of them pulling.

Gu Qian thought of this, what else did he not understand? This family wants the overlord to take the bow! Looking coldly at the Xue Yang clan hiding outside the door, and then at Xue Runiang who was pressing step by step, Gu Qian's heart was cold, and soon the Gu clansmen were about to arrive, if there was a disturbance in the mourning hall, his reputation would be over.

It's just that where can he go? After avoiding Xue Runiang and not being able to avoid Xue Yang who was blocking the door, it seems that it has become an impossible task to escape with his whole body. Could it be that he was relied on by this pair of shameless mother and daughter? Thinking of the misfortune he was about to encounter in the second half of his life, Gu Qian suddenly broke out, fuck it! Lao Tzu is still afraid of you couple, mother, son?!