Chapter Twenty-Three: Gan Wenli's Heart Knot
The four brothers of the Gan family walked the streets and alleys for several days, and got ten taels of silver, and Gamberly asked Uncle Tang to cut the silver, and one of them got two taels of silver to take home, and then two taels were exchanged for copper plates, and one person took five hundred wen, and handed it over to his mother, or kept the odd flowers, and was free to dispose of. Gambury and Gamberley discussed, first went to the dim sum shop to buy a large bag of dim sum, and then went to the wine cellar to get a pot of apricot blossom drunk, the money is less can only make a pot, Gamberley said that he will make a lot of money in the future, so he has to buy an urn, so that Ah Weng can drink enough.
Go to the cloth village to pull a coarse cloth, and buy a rattle for each of Gan 11 and 12 with the rest of the money, and then give Golang to Shilang a red envelope of ten wen each, and one thousand wen was spent, and none of it was spent on himself.
The two of them went home with a large bag and a small bag and were naturally welcomed by the family, in fact, San Lang Shilang came back first, Zou Xiaoxi and Tang Qian'er both knew that the children were divided today, and the two little ones were also single, except for leaving only fifty wen for their own pocket money, and the remaining two taels of silver and four hundred and fifty wen were handed over to their mother.
Although the eleven or twelve-year-old children of other families can also earn money, the Gan family does not refer to the children to earn money, they will still work hard in the school, and it is the ability to earn money to spend. Liu Sanniang had already prepared in the kitchen and made some time-consuming meat dishes to reward the children. Although the Gan family eats a lot of meat, there are many people in the family, and there are still more vegetables and less meat on weekdays, so today they have made up their minds to let the children eat meat.
Sister Chun lit a fire under the stove and praised Liu Sanniang, "This is the difference between being the boss, and when you make money, you think about the whole family." ”
"It always has to go up and down. If the boss does a good job, the children will follow suit. Liu Sanniang is also happy, what is more happy than the prosperity of her children and grandchildren is that her children and grandchildren are promising.
Gan Wenli knew that his mother was going to give his father a concubine, and the money in the palm of his hand was cold, Tang Qian'er didn't know that he also praised his son's ability, "Your uncle told me that it was enough to make five hundred pairs and sell them in the shop, but I didn't expect that there were one hundred pairs sold from you, and there was a steady stream of people bought from other places in the shop. ”
"It's not all sold by me, big brother, Saburo Shiro also works together." Gan Wenli said.
"It's always a good idea for my son, and it's the first to pick it." Tang Qian'er smiled and said, "It's enough to give birth to a capable mother like you, and there's nothing to be dissatisfied with." ”
Gan Wenli looked at her mother, "But dad wants to take a concubine?" I'll go and talk to him. "He can take care of things, and he will never watch his mother be wronged.
Tang Qian'er grabbed him, "Your father doesn't have the guts, it's my mother who wants to accept it." ”
On the day of production, Gan Wenli broke in and saw it, and then he didn't have a good face for his father, Tang Qian'er liked his son to be intimate, but he didn't want to see their father-son relationship getting worse and worse, so he said, "It's said that it's a concubine, but it's actually to buy someone to come back and do things, and the reason next to it is that Grandma Weng won't agree." ”
"Besides, the reputation of the tigress must also be changed, otherwise in two years, you will say kiss, who wants to marry your daughter to you?" Tang Qian'er said with a smile.
"What do you do when you say something so far away?" Gan Wenli frowned, "Mother is not a tigress at all, it's my father who is sorry for you." ”
"Of course your father did something wrong, but my mother is not at all wrong." Tang Qian'er said, "Your father knows that he is wrong, and my mother has seen him coldly admit his mistake for more than a year and have a good attitude, and she is ready to give him another chance." ”
"But my mother almost died that time." Gan Wenli whispered.
"Isn't my mother still good in front of you now?" Tang Qian'er said, "My mother yells at your father on weekdays, but in my mother's heart, your father is not a man who has no ability and has to rely on his wife's family to live." It's not nice to say, but if your father is not so capable, there will inevitably be a few of your younger brothers surnamed Tang. ”
Gan Wenli didn't speak, he often went to his uncle's house, so he naturally knew his grandfather's thoughts, but his father's ability and his father made his mother sad are two different things.
"Mother's good son, you know how to feel sorry for your mother, and your mother is very happy. But the matter of adults, now I will tell you, you can't understand it, only when you are also old and have become your own child, can you understand why your father and mother did this. How can there be no debt between husband and wife, your father gave your mother a big grievance, but if you count it carefully, your mother has suffered a lot of grievances for your father. Tang Qian'er said, "I'm afraid that by then, you will feel sorry for your father." ”
"I won't." Gan Wenli shouted, he put the money in Tang Qian'er's hands sullenly, "Mother, I don't want to go to school anymore, I don't take the scientific exam, now I have enough to learn, I want to go to my uncle's shop as an apprentice and learn to do business." ”
"Then you go to your father's restaurant," Tang Qian'er's suggestion was not finished, and Gan Wenli interrupted her, "I don't want whoever the restaurant loves." ”
Gan Xiaotang played with a rattle to tease Gan Twelve, and when he saw Gan Wenli come out, he immediately called out to the second brother, Gan Wenli didn't stop it for a while, and his face was ugly when he turned his head, and when he saw that Gan Shiyi was frightened, he wiped his face and squeezed out a smile, "Eleven misses the second brother?" ”
"Yes." Fortunately, Gan Shiyi still reached out for him to hug, and his small hand touched between his eyebrows, "Second brother, don't be angry, it's not good to be angry." ”
"The second brother is not angry." Gan Wenli said, he tossed the little meat dumpling in his arms, "Let the second brother see if the eleventh weight is heavy?" ”
Gan Xiaotang hugged his neck and giggled, Liu Sanniang saw it from the kitchen window and shouted, don't make her laugh, eat the wind carefully, and her stomach will hurt later.
Gan Wenli was not upset, Gan Xiaotang leaned into his ear and whispered, "Second brother, don't be angry, my aunt and concubine are angry with the bad people outside." ”
"Do you know what the second brother is angry about?" Gan Wenli raised his eyebrows and looked at her, "Do you know that it's a bad guy outside the gas?" ”
"I know, the bad people out there are bad, and my aunt bleeds." Gan Xiaotang said that Gan Wenli knew that when her mother was born prematurely, Gan Shiyi was on the side, and she was afraid that she would remember the scene at that time and be afraid to coax her to say something else.
Gan Xiaotang said mysteriously, "The person chosen by my aunt, my aunt also likes her." "So young man, don't be depressed, it's all your mother's bargain.
Gan Wenli looked at her little gossip and smiled, and reached out to scratch her nose, "Uncle Niang is not guarding against you, it's good for you to overhear the adults' speeches everywhere." ”
Gan Xiaotang was angry, didn't I see that you were depressed in your heart, and said to comfort you, "It's not the second brother, I won't say it." After speaking, he twisted his buttocks, didn't let Gan Wenli hug him, put down the ground and ran away.
Gan Wenli looked at her short back and smiled, her sister is really different from her younger brother, keen and caring. If you speak early, I'm afraid that the sensible will also be early. Gan Wenli frowned, it seemed that he had to remind his aunt that he couldn't say anything in front of Eleven in the future.
In the evening, the Gan butcher drank the wine bought by his grandson, and his heart was not good, and he didn't say anything when he heard Tang Qian'er say that Erlang wanted to go to his uncle's shop as an apprentice, "Your uncle is a capable person, follow him to learn hard, you want to be an apprentice yourself, you must correct your mentality, don't treat yourself as a child." ”
"Yes." Gan Wenli replied.
Gan Er was a little depressed, isn't his restaurant good, doesn't he have the ability? Gan Wenli is his eldest son, so he should inherit his restaurant and go to his uncle's house as an apprentice.
But he didn't dare to say it, he still remembered the day Qian Er gave birth, Gan Wenli pushed his heel, his daughter-in-law he knew how to coax, this child, he really didn't know how to untie the knot.
Liu Sanniang knew that Gan Er was depressed, so she said gently, "It's good to go outside first and learn how to behave, and it's easy to go back to your own restaurant later." ”
"I'm not going to a restaurant." Gan Wenli said, "I will earn my future by myself, and the restaurant will be left to the fourth." ”
The atmosphere at the dinner table was in vain, Gan Lili was holding a stick and gnawing on it, and the center of the topic fell on him, his mouth was full of oil, and he said nonchalantly, "It's too early to say this, wait until your father is old and can't do anything, and you can call which one of the brothers is willing." ”
However, the second brother was embarrassed by this whole scene, originally thinking that the restaurant at home would be left to the second brother, and the rest of the people would either live in the restaurant or find another future.
"You don't want it, that's fine, when I can't do it, I'll sell it all and end up clean and comfortable." Gan Er hated and hated.
When Gan Twelve heard the familiar words, he thought he was shouting himself, so he looked over, Gan Er let the young son look at it like this, and tears were about to fall, "Dad doesn't sell, Dad leaves it to Twelve, Twelve is a good child and will not make Dad sad." ”
"After a few glasses of wine, he talks nonsense." Gan Butcher shouted, "Shiro is right, they are still young, do you want to choose an heir to share the burden for you now?" ”
"There are many children in the family, and they can't all be properly placed, if you want to break through, just go to break in, and the family can support a handful." Gan butcher said.