Chapter 20: The Past
The little guy was still confused, as if he understood or not, he played with his fingers, his eyebrows tightly tangled. He thought for a long time, his brows furrowed, and his face opened with a happy smile.
The two adults thought that he had figured it out and was willing to learn the art of war, but they didn't expect Chu Xiaoyang to hug Gu Ren's thigh, burst into tears, and shouted in his mouth: "Yang'er don't learn the art of war, Yang'er don't worship beggars as teachers, Xiaoyang should always stay by his father-in-law's side, don't go anywhere."
Gu Ren only felt that his forehead was jumping with anger, just now he was obviously compensating others, how could he call others beggars again.
The old man had no choice but to say that the child was still young and would come back in three years.
Three years later, the old man came to Gufu again. Ren didn't say a word in this review, asked someone to pack up his baggage, and threw Chu Xiaoyang out, Chu Xiaoyang began to learn the art of war with the teacher, and seven years have passed in the blink of an eye, and this bastard has grown up!
Gu Ren looked at the young man in front of him, a few points taller than himself, this sturdy figure, good! Gu Ren was very pleased and applauded again and again.
"It's good that this person came back safely, and he didn't encounter any danger on the way, right?" Gu Ren led people into the inner house.
"This journey is safe, my senior brother and I went to Wei State, so when I missed a little time, let my father-in-law wait for a long time!"
"It's okay, it's good to be back! You say you're a senior brother? ”
"Well, my senior brother and I went to Wei State, my senior brother is from Wei State, his name is Wei Jinyan, he is two years older than Xiaoyang to learn the art of war, we can just be in the mountains together, senior brother treats me very well!" Chu Xiaoyang said.
"Well, if I have the opportunity to meet your senior brother that day, my father-in-law will thank him very much! Come on, serve tea to the second son! Gu Ren led Chu Xiaoyang into the hall and hurriedly asked someone to bring tea.
"Hahaha, I heard that the second brother is back! Let me see how handsome and chic this bastard boy has grown now! Gu Rongda strode in, with an enthusiastic face. The young man was four or five years older than Chu Xiaoyang, with the style of a big brother, he looked at the little sister on the side, and said with a smile: "Qing'er, this little girl has been waiting for you for a long time, and I have finally looked forward to you coming back after thinking about it day and night!"
Gu Qing lowered his head shyly when he heard this, his cheeks were flushed, and he snorted slightly.
"Big brother!"
The two brothers hugged each other tightly.
This Gu Rong is the eldest son of this Gu Ren, Gu Rong and Gu Qing were both born to the original wife Lin, Gu Rong Gu Qing has a very good relationship with him, and they have been playing together since they were children, although Chu Xiaoyang was smart and cute when he was a child, he was also notoriously naughty, this Gu Ren was very doting on Chu Xiaoyang, and he was reluctant to teach him, let alone beat the child. So whenever Chu Xiaoyang is naughty again, this big brother will teach Chu Xiaoyang a hard lesson, run after the yard, and beat his ass to blossom.
"The second brother has grown up! I haven't seen you for many years, I don't know if you will steal the chicken raised by Lao Wang's family next door and touch Aunt Li's dog again? This Gu Rong was also very humorous, which made the people in the hall laugh for a while.
"Big brother, you have wronged me, I just went to borrow Lao Wang's chicken to play, and I didn't touch the dog, okay! Big brother, this is slandering me! ”
"Really? I heard that Lao Wang's chicken has not only lost one, but Aunt Li's dog is still bald! The hair hasn't grown yet. ”
"Really? Haven't grown yet? ”
"Look, this is revealing stuffing! And said no, it should be hit! ”
Gu Rong picked up the jade fan in his hand and shivered at Chu Xiaoyang's head. Chu Xiaoyang whined, hugged his head and ran away, rubbing his head and hiding behind Gu Ren's back.
"It was the dog that bit me first, and I plucked the hair from the dog's tail!"
"If you hadn't stolen someone's chicken, would the dog still bite you?" Gu Rong laughed.
"This, this, this...... Father-in-law, look at this big brother beating me again! This meeting slandered me and beat me! "When Chu Xiaoyang was exposed, he played a scoundrel and began to buy miserably.
"Alright, alright, you two have had enough trouble! Rong'er, your second brother has just rushed back, and now you need to rest, don't make any more trouble! Gu Ren looked kind.
It was as if it had been seven years ago, knowing that nothing had changed now. One of the two children likes to cause trouble, and the other is busy cleaning up the mess, and they come to apologize and say no, chasing Chu Xiaoyang all over the yard to fight, the two jump up and down, followed by Gu Qing's little girl, crying and shouting: "Big brother, don't beat Brother Xiaoyang anymore, Brother Xiaoyang He already knows that he is wrong!" Don't hit him anymore, or I'll tell Daddy." ”
Chu Xiaoyang jumped up and down, and shouted in his mouth: "I'm not wrong, I didn't do it!"
So Gu Rong in the back held a feather duster in his hand, chased after him and panted, and pointed at his nose with his waist inserted: "Could it be that I did it?"
"You did it!" Chu Xiaoyang stood on the wall and grimaced.
"You come down for me!" Gu Rong stood below and shouted.
"No, no!"
"You come down for me!"
"No, no!"
The two of them had a good time in the yard, this Chu Xiaoyang was relatively young, and he soon felt tired, so he took advantage of Gu Rong's inattention and crept down, Gu Rong had been waiting for a long time, and had been listening to Chu Xiaoyang's movements.
He hooked the corners of his mouth, and thought I didn't know? So when Chu Xiaoyang was tiptoeing and preparing to run away, he grabbed Chu Xiaoyang's back collar with one hand, and held a feather duster to his buttocks, which was a hard beating.
Chu Xiaoyang, who was beaten, had tears in his eyes, covered his buttocks, and ran to Gu Ren to complain miserably, so Chu Xiaoyang gloated and watched Gu Rong being punished and reprimanded.
Gu Ren sat in front of the bookcase, with a pile of account books on the desk, an oil lamp, and a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone. Looking at Chu Xiaoyang's miserable appearance, Gu Ren frowned and began to reprimand Gu Rong: "Didn't my father tell you that you can't beat people?" Didn't I say it a long time ago that it is not possible to solve problems with violence! Why do you still hit someone? ”
"It's my younger brother who is disobedient, and he steals Lao Wang's chicken again!" Gu Rong was extremely aggrieved and knelt on the ground to explain.
"Even if your brother makes a mistake, you have to teach him patiently and reason with him well, instead of hitting him, you see that this hand is red, how painful it is!"
Chu Xiaoyang nodded vigorously on the side, squeezed out two tears, and muttered pitifully in his mouth: "It hurts, it's super painful ......."
Chu Xiaoyang snorted and shouted out to his father-in-law, which melted Gu Ren's heart, so he took Chu Xiaoyang's hand and said, "Father-in-law, I'll take you to rub the medicine and buy you something delicious, Yang'er, don't cry!"
"Mmmm, Xiaoyang doesn't cry, Xiaoyang doesn't hurt!"
"Look at what a good kid you are......"
So Gu Rong was left in the study, kneeling depressedly.
Looking back at the warm picture of the past, it seems like it was just yesterday, and I am glad that everyone is still okay and still there.
"I haven't seen you for so many years, you have grown up and stood strong!" Gu Rong patted Chu Xiaoyang on the shoulder, to say that this man who knows the most is often not his wife, but his brother. Between brothers, sometimes you don't need too many words, sometimes just one look is enough. Needless to say, that feeling is still as solid as a rock and as solid as gold.
Chu Xiaoyang patted Gu Rong's shoulder, and said in his Gu Rong's tone: "I haven't seen you for so many years, my eldest brother has grown up and is strong." ”
The two brothers laughed together.
"Xiaoyang is still the same naughty!"
"Big brother still likes to beat me up!"
At this moment of warmth, a sharp female voice sounded from outside the hall, a woman walked into the hall from outside the door with a puff fan, the woman looked like she was in her thirties, fine brocade, good workmanship, a pearlescent dress, dressed like a golden phoenix.
I saw the woman smiling skillfully and spit out a harsh word from her mouth.
"Yo he, I thought it was a distinguished guest who came, it turned out that Xiaoyang was back, did you come back to divide the family property?" With a strong taste of rouge gouache, a good look, and words that do not match her appearance, this woman is like falling into a pile of money, with a copper smell and vulgarity.
This woman is Gu Ren's concubine, Mrs. Zhao of the Zhao family. According to legend, the Zhao family still has a little relationship with the nobles of the Zhao State, and now it has been reduced to business, and has no choice but to marry his daughter to Gu Ren.
Thirteen years ago, Gu Ren just came to Qi State, when he just escaped from the chaotic Southern Underworld Battlefield, he couldn't stand firm in this Qi country at all, let alone the Linzicheng of this Qi country to gain a firm foothold, this Qi country's Linzicheng is the most prosperous city in the world for business, it can be said that there are so many businessmen gathered, there is no place for Gu Ren at all.
Zhao's business was also extremely dangerous at that time, and Zhao's industry was almost crumbling and facing bankruptcy. But the Zhao family was also a famous businessman in Linzi City at that time, and the family was rich, and the so-called skinny camel was bigger than a horse.
Shopkeeper Zhao married his daughter to Gu Ren, and Gu Ren was also in need of help at that time, so Gu Ren had no choice but to marry Shopkeeper Zhao's daughter, and the two families became in-laws, used each other, and took what they needed.
Gu Ren doesn't love the daughter of the shopkeeper Zhao, the discord between the husband and wife has long been known to everyone, in this Linzi City, if you want to talk about the Gu family, of course, you have to talk about the relationship between the husband and wife of the Gu family, saying that the husband and wife still promoted the daughter of the shopkeeper Zhao, at most she is an unfavored concubine, and you can smell the copper smell of Mrs. Zhao from ten miles away, and she is so stinky that she chokes. One has a good temper, the other is bitter and mean to death, and it is really a wonderful family.
Zhao's money-hungry life, even if she is a mosquito, she will bite you out a tube of blood, this scathing woman, look at it, you see that she is there out of nothing, saying some mean things.