In Gu Wenxuan's memory, his grandfather didn't like to discuss with his eldest brother about big and small matters. Except for his father's nephew, he didn't even bring anyone else to the door.

Even if it was the second grandfather, his grandfather didn't like it very much. When he was a child, he also heard his grandfather muttering that the second grandfather was not even a businessman, which disgraced his ancestors.

Anyway, it's quite interesting, I don't know, I still think that the old Gu family is a powerful family. In fact, generations of ordinary people are still struggling ordinary people.

It is very rare, the three old brothers, including the three married aunts and grandmothers, are all long-lived, and every family is prosperous.

According to the old column, the eldest son inherited the family business and supported the elderly. The eldest still lives in the old house, and the second and third children after the separation of the family will ask for the homestead at the entrance and end of the village.

It just so happens that the boss lives in the middle.

Before, the eldest patriarch Gu had divided his son's family, and now he lives with the eldest son who took over the position of patriarch, and it is also a courtyard full of children and grandchildren.

When Xiao Tian and Liu brought their daughter-in-law to the door, Patriarch Gu's family also happened to have lunch for a long time, except for the children who went to the clan school and went to school, they were basically at home.

Gu Qingsen, the old man Gu Qingsen, is six in fifty this year, and his eldest brother Gu Qinglei, the patriarch of Gu, is also one in sixty.

For their family, they have met it before, and even the male matchmaker is Aunt Gu, and yesterday she was a Xi Po who took her all the way to the door, and Zhou Banxia was no stranger.

The reason for this visit is that one is the number of courtesies, the second is to thank you in person, and finally the three families in the entire Qinghe Village Gu surname are the closest in blood.

Although the power of the patriarch is great, it must also be divided into lineage and collateral. Generally speaking, the collateral line can be constrained by family rules, but it is not good for the descendant to be able to call the shots directly.

Like her Zhou family, she is related to the Zhou patriarch. Patriarch Zhou can use the clan rules, but he can't directly pressure the old woman to take a break after her two sisters were stolen and sold.

As long as they are not sold as women, the patriarch basically turns a blind eye to the side clansmen.

can be replaced by the Gu family, not to mention whether Mrs. Gu will lose her conscience, even if she dares, the eldest brother of the Gu patriarch can replace the deceased parents.

Whether it is said that she is sleek, she also wants to make friends with the Gu patriarch Gu Erye and the two families. Just like when Xuanzi was an orphan, his uncle and aunt were able to suppress the greedy aunt.

If there is really something, the two eldest grandfathers of the Gu family can suppress Grandpa Gu with their bloodline. When their generation is old, there will be a hall uncle who can suppress the uncle and aunt.

"Grandpa, are you not at home? I'm coming. ”

Xuanzi?

Some people can't help but think of it in their hearts, and others come. Zhou Banxia was chatting with several female dependents when he heard Gu Wenxuan's voice outside.

was interrupted by him like this, and there were good-natured laughter and jokes around him, but there was no need to stay for a long time, and after sitting for a while, a large group of people went to Gu Erye's house to recognize their relatives.

In this ancient period, the concept of clan was extremely strong. The gathering place with the same surname is a huge clan, and the branches are all relatives.

went to the second master's house at the end of the village, and Zhou Banxia found that the female relatives he met on the road, even if they were not surnamed Gu, there were many surnamed Zhou, who were both relatives of their own family and relatives.

Coming out of Gu Erye again, he just walked around the two houses, and the afternoon had passed unconsciously, and when he entered the gate of the Gu family's courtyard, it was already sunset.

"Go and rest for a while." Liu saw that his little daughter-in-law had endured discomfort for a day, and wanted to accompany her back to the room, she was not seventy or eighty, so she could not be served by her daughter-in-law.

She couldn't help but reach out again and gently pushed Zhou Banxia, "It's okay if you fall asleep, who in our family can't catch up if you come back late, and the meals are all hot in the pot." ”

"Definitely. I slept until dawn the day I first entered the door, and I was so tired that I couldn't even get back the next day. We don't have so many rules in our house, so let's go lie down for a while. When we are free, let's talk to my mother again. Take a look, our mother is distressed by you. Ma Shan laughed.

"It's not a good line, I'm making fun of your mother." Liu smiled and patted his eldest daughter-in-law, "You all go back to the house, my mother is also tired, and she will lie down for a while." ”

Since he said so, Zhou Banxia was no longer polite. At the end of this day, I was more tired than attending the group's annual meeting in the past, and many of the people were too large to remember.

So far, I probably remember who is from which family, but it's just a familiar face. As for the rankings, except for a limited number of people with obvious characteristics, I really can't remember.

Gu Wenxuan laughed, and the social cattle have also become novices! However, it is not surprising that Qinghe Village is a large village, with a total population of nearly two or three thousand.

This is also the reason why there have been rumors in the past two years that Qinghe Village will be divided into Hedong Village and Hexi Village. It is difficult to manage the large number of people, and Li Zheng is not as powerful as the patriarch.

Now in charge of Qinghe Village, there is Gu Yangming, who is in charge of the fifth room of the Gu family, and at noon his father went out to the county government to record the dowry, and he was invited to accompany the uncle.

The key is that as long as the surname Gu is surnamed, one is prosperous, and one is lost, and under the nest, there will be no eggs. Gu Yangming would often go to the patriarch to discuss and ask for advice.

So that the people surnamed Zhou in Hexi were unhappy, and it was obvious that Lizheng's power was not small, symbolizing the collection of taxes and household registration documents.

There's room for maneuvering. For example, this time, the six-acre dowry field is in Qinghe Village, and another person will never agree to bring it to the husband's house as a dowry field.

The population is large, the land itself is less, and the married daughter is bought and taken away? The field is fundamental, not to mention the people surnamed Gu, even the people surnamed Zhou will not agree.

Over the years, the fields in Qinghe Village are hard to hear, except for a few families with foreign surnames who built a village and settled here in the early years, they all belong to the surnames Gu and Zhou.

Not to mention giving a married girl as a dowry field, people with foreign surnames who settle here don't want to buy it. Whoever transfers it must be on the premise that the surnames Gu and Zhou are not wanted.

In addition to the fields, the same goes for the houses. bought and sold in private, the patriarch did not admit it, and after the title deed and the house deed, he had to suffer a dumb loss, which shows how strong the clan cohesion is.

Earlier, when the Zhou family was in power, there was a family with an outdoor surname in Hexi who went to find the people in the town because they couldn't negotiate the price with the Zhou family, and suffered a big loss.

Ha!

It can be regarded as saying that people are asleep. There's no way, my daughter-in-law is a little biao. If you want to fit in, you can only adapt to the rules, how can you be trapped by the rules.

Looking at Zhou Banxia's sleeping face, Gu Wenxuan couldn't help but smile and shook his head, lightly got off the kang, and put down the curtain. Then close the door and go out, and as expected, the meal will be opened.

"Falling asleep?"

Gu Wenxuan almost burst out laughing. If he hadn't made sure that there was no one outside the window before, he almost thought that his mother not only heard, but also saw him gently patting his daughter-in-law.

"My dad hasn't come back yet?"

"Not so fast." As he spoke, Liu looked at the sky, "It's almost time to get home before dark." Are you going to eat first, or wait for your dad and brother to come back? ”