“…… Gambling addiction?! ”

Hearing Gu Yunji's words, Xu Shuhua's face changed.

Gu Yunji recalled the scene when he saw Xu Shuchang during the day, and stretched out his hand to demonstrate to Xu Shuhua:

"I saw that he had thin calluses on his thumb and forefinger. Generally speaking, people who hold a pen all year round will only have calluses on their knuckles, while coolies who do coolies have calluses all over their hands, and can grow calluses precisely in these two positions...... Most of them are gamblers. ”

"When I was in Xuzhou Mansion, I searched several black gambling houses, but all those who gamble all the year round are used to twisting the dice with their index fingers and thumbs, and over time they will develop calluses."

Saying that, Gu Yunji couldn't help but glance at Xu Shuhua, and hesitated: "When I saw Cousin Shuchang today, I felt it when I shook hands with him, it was a little stiff, and when I looked at it later, I found that it was really calloused. I was thinking...... Is he involved in gambling? ”

Finger calluses are too detailed, and ordinary people really won't notice it. Even if you notice it, if you don't understand the characteristics and habits of gamblers, you won't pay attention to it.

After listening to Gu Yunji's story, Xu Shuhua finally realized that something was wrong with Xu Shuchang, when he saw him today, his face was not very good, and he was faintly tired, but his eyes were surprisingly bright, and his eyes turned left and right, flashing shrewdness.

This is clearly the contrast between the tired body and the invigorated spirit of soaking in the gambling house day and night, the brain has been in a state of stimulation for a long time.

After realizing this, Xu Shuhua's face became solemn.

There are many scholars like the Xu family, there are many branch clansmen, and the children will definitely not be able to make a difference, and the majority of people with mediocre qualifications are the majority, and there are even many children who eat, drink, and have fun all day long, and there are only a handful of really excellent people.

This situation is very common and normal, because although Xu Shuchang couldn't read, he only took the exam in his twenties, Xu Chengyu was disappointed, but he didn't criticize him too much. Even if you can't get ahead for an official, staying in your hometown safely and smoothly for a smooth life is also a good life path.

However, it is different now, Xu Shu is often addicted to gambling.

The gentlemen just eat and drink, and they don't do their jobs all day long, but the losers want their lives.

With a family business like the Xu family, it can afford to support ten or hundreds of gentlemen, but it may not be able to afford to raise a loser-especially those who are addicted to gambling, it is very likely that they will lose all their wealth overnight and destroy the savings of several generations.

Xu Shuhua knew since he was a child that this cousin was not successful, and he often made his father angry, but he didn't expect him to be involved in gambling now, and he was shocked and angry at the moment, and his face was instantly ugly: "It's okay if you don't study well, and if you don't do your job, you don't know it, I haven't seen it for a few years, and I actually went to gamble......"

In the end, it is his wife's cousin, Gu Yunji doesn't want to maliciously speculate on others, but when he thinks that Xu Shuchang's position in Xu Chengyu's heart is very important, since he is aware of it, if he doesn't remind him earlier, he is afraid that it will cause a big disaster in the end, and Xu Chengyu's father and daughter will also be affected.

Seeing that Xu Shuhua was in a bad mood, Gu Yunji walked over and said with relief: "Maybe I'm thinking too much, just in case...... Is that a cocoon that he has been grinding out of something else? It doesn't have to be gambling, you don't have to be too nervous. ”

Xu Shuhua's chest was depressed, knowing that Gu Yunji was forcibly finding a reason to comfort himself, and his tone was stiff: "As you said, the fingers of the thumb and index finger are calloused, in addition to gambling, what else can it be?" Don't make excuses for him. ”

Gu Yunji didn't know Xu Shuchang, and he didn't know how to comfort her, so he was blocked by his wife and could only be silent.

When he looked up again, he saw that Gu Yunji lowered his eyes and didn't speak, and he looked aggrieved. Xu Shuhua was soft-hearted, shook his hand, and softened his tone: "I'm sorry Yunji, I'm not rushing at you." ”

Gu Yunji held her hand back and smiled again: "No need to apologize, I know you are too worried about Cousin Shuchang." ”

Xu Shuhua sighed, his eyebrows showed tiredness, and he said sullenly: "I'm not worried about Xu Shuchang, I'm worried about my father." Uncle and aunt died early, leaving only such a son, Dad missed his deceased brother, and poured a lot of effort into him, if he knew that Xu Shu often went to gamble, Dad didn't know how uncomfortable it was. ”

Since Xu Shuhua can remember, Xu Shuchang has always made Xu Chengyu angry, and he quarreled and got angry at both ends for three days, and Xu Chengyu was so angry that he couldn't eat several times.

To be honest, Xu Shuhua didn't like this cousin, but Xu Chengyu had no choice but to regard him as the only blood and blood left by his younger brother, which was extremely important, Xu Shuhua had no choice but to try to follow his father.

Xu Shuhua gently exhaled the depression in his chest and sorted out his emotions: "It's uncomfortable, but if Xu Shuchang really gambles, he must correct it as soon as possible, otherwise it will cause a big disaster sooner or later in the future." Tomorrow, I will find an opportunity to tell my father about the matter, so that Xu Shuchang will not fall deeper and deeper. ”

Gu Yunji responded gently: "Okay, if there is anything I can do, just tell me." ”

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However, Xu Shuhua still didn't find a chance the next day, and early in the morning, Xu Chengyu took their family to the Xu family's mansion to meet the elders and relatives of the Xu family.

With his relatives by his side, Xu Shuhua was rare to see Xu Chengyu so happy, and he couldn't bear to spoil his interest, so he had to swallow the words that came to his lips and prepared to tell him in two days.

There are many relatives and elders in the Xu family, and there are a lot of descendants alone, Gu Yunji rarely experienced the feeling of Xu Shuhua when he returned to Songjiang Mansion, and his mind was messed up by the relatives who were abducted, and he only knew how to follow Xu Shuhua with a smile.

This one is called uncle, that one is called aunt, this is a cousin who passed from the third room to the fourth room, and that is a cousin who married from a cousin's house...... Gu Yunji didn't remember a few in the morning, and his face was about to stiffen with a smile.

Xu Shuhua knew that he couldn't sort out the too complicated relationship in a short period of time, so he just quietly reminded him to remember a few of the most important elders.

Xu Chengyu is the eldest son of Changfang, and it stands to reason that he is the patriarch of the Xu family, but he was an official in Beijing in his early years, and later went to Luxi Academy, and was not in Shaoxing Mansion all the year round, and his only younger brother also died early. In this way, there will be no one in the Xu family's long house in Shaoxing Mansion, and the matter of taking care of the clan will fall to the second house.

Today's patriarch is Xu Ziqi, the eldest son of Erfang, who is almost sixty years old, with a gray beard, some inconvenient movements, and he has to walk with crutches. Next year will be a little younger than Xu Chengyu, but judging from his appearance alone, he looks like he is more than ten years old.

Gu Yunji could see that the juniors were all trembling in the face of Xu Ziqi, which showed that this patriarch not only had a high prestige, but also had a very old-fashioned and stern temperament, otherwise the young children of the Xu family would not be so afraid of him.

So when facing Xu Ziqi, Gu Yunji paid more and more attention to his words and deeds, and was polite and thorough, so as not to upset him.

The men in the front yard chatted happily, and here in the back house, Xu Shuhua, as a married woman who has not returned for many years, has also attracted a large number of female elders to surround her, and they have a good time talking about homely things.

(End of chapter)