Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 33
In Gu Wenxuan's memory, his grandfather did not like to consult with his eldest brother on all matters, big or small.Except for his father, his nephew, no one else came to visit him very often.

Even the second grandpa, his grandpa doesn't like him very much.When he was a child, he heard his grandfather muttering that his second grandfather was not even a low-ranking merchant and had brought shame on his ancestors.

Anyway, it's quite interesting. Those who don't know better think that the old Gu family is some kind of powerful family.In fact, ordinary people for generations are still ordinary people who are struggling.

It is very rare that the three old brothers, including the three married aunts, all live long lives, and every household is prosperous.

According to the old arrangement, the eldest son inherits the family business and supports the elderly.The eldest son still lives in the old house. After the separation, the second and third sons want the homesteads at the entrance and end of the village.

It happens that the boss lives in the middle.

The eldest son, Patriarch Gu, had already divided the family for his son before, but now he lives with his eldest son, who took over as the patriarch, and his family. There are also children and grandchildren living in the same yard.

When Mrs. Xiaotian and Mrs. Liu came to visit with their daughter-in-law, Patriarch Gu and his family had just finished lunch. Except for the children who went to the clan school, most of them were at home.

Mr. Gu, Gu Qingsen, is [-] and [-] years old this year, and his eldest brother, Patriarch Gu Gu Qinglei, is also [-] and [-]. Nowadays, he is considered an advanced age, but he is still old and strong, which is really rare.

Zhou Banxia was no stranger to their family. They had met each other before, and even the male matchmaker was Aunt Gu. Yesterday, she even brought her in as a bride-to-be.

The reason why I came to visit this time was firstly to be polite, secondly to express my gratitude in person, and finally because among the entire Qinghe Village, the three families with the surname Gu have the closest blood relationship.

Although the power of the clan leader is great, it must also be divided into direct line and collateral line.Generally speaking, collateral lines can be restricted by clan rules, but it is not as easy as direct lineage to make decisions directly.

For example, her Zhou family is a collateral branch of the Zhou family.Patriarch Zhou could use the clan rules, but he could not directly pressure the old woman to divorce her after her two sisters were stolen.

This is probably because there is no clan rule that severely punishes elders who sell their daughters. As long as they are not sold as female descendants, the clan leader basically turns a blind eye to the clan members.

But if it were the Gu family, not to mention whether Mrs. Gu would lose all her conscience, even if she dared, the eldest brother Gu, the patriarch, could divorce someone in place of his deceased parents.

No matter how smooth she is, she also wants to make good friends with Gu Erye, the head of the Gu clan, and his family.Just like when Xuanzi was an orphan, his uncle and aunt were able to suppress his greedy aunt.

If something really happened, the two eldest grandfathers of the Gu family would be able to suppress Grandpa Gu just by virtue of their blood.When this generation gets older, there will still be uncles who can suppress the uncles and aunties.

"Grandpa, are you at home? I'm here."

Xuanzi?

Some people really can't help but think of it in their hearts, and then someone else comes.Zhou Banxia was chatting with several female relatives when she heard Gu Wenxuan's voice coming from outside.

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

In ancient times, the concept of clan was very strong.The gathering place of people with the same surname is a huge clan, with branches and branches, all of which are relatives of the same family.

Going to the second master Gu's house at the end of the village, Zhou Banxia discovered that the female relatives he met on the road, even if their surname was not Gu, there were many with the surname Zhou who were both members of the same family and relatives.

After coming out of Mr. Gu's house, he just walked around the two houses. The afternoon passed by unknowingly, and it was already sunset when he entered the gate of Gu's courtyard.

"Go and have a rest." Mrs. Liu saw that her daughter-in-law had endured discomfort for a day and wanted to accompany her back to her room. She was not in her seventies, so there was no need for her daughter-in-law to take care of her.She couldn't help but stretched out her hand and pushed Zhou Banxia gently, "It's okay even if he falls asleep. If anyone in our family comes back late and can't catch up, the food will be hot in the pot."

"Indeed. I slept until dawn the day after I entered the house. I was so tired that I could hardly make it back home the next day. We don't have many rules in our house, so go and lie down for a while. When we are free later, we can accompany my mother again. Nagging. Take a look, my mother feels very sorry for you." Ma Shan laughed out loud.

"You're not doing anything right. I'm making fun of your mother." Ms. Liu smiled and patted her eldest daughter-in-law, "You all go back to the house. Mother is tired too and needs to lie down for a while."

Now that he said that, Zhou Banxia was no longer polite.At the end of the day, I was even more tired than before when I attended the group’s annual meeting. There were so many people that I couldn’t remember many of them.

I still roughly remember who is from which family, it’s just that they look familiar.As for the ranking, except for a limited number of people with obvious characteristics, I really can’t remember.

Gu Wenxuan laughed, the social expert has become a novice!However, it is not surprising that Qinghe Village is a large village with a total population of close to two to three thousand.

This is 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 a large number of people, and Li Zheng is not as powerful as the patriarch.

Nowadays, the person in charge of Qinghe Village is Gu Yangming, who lives in the fifth room of the Gu family. When his father went out to the county government to register the dowry at noon, he invited this uncle to accompany him.

The key point is that as long as the surname is Gu, all will be prosperous and all will suffer. If the nest is overturned, there will be no eggs left intact.Gu Yangming would often go to the clan leader to discuss and seek advice.

As a result, the people of the Zhou tribe in Hexi were not happy. It was obvious that Li Zheng had a lot of power, which meant collecting taxes and handling household registration documents.

There is room for maneuver here.For example, the six acres of dowry land this time is in Qinghe Village. Another person would never agree to take it to her husband's family as dowry land.

The population is large, but the land itself is small, and married women are bought and taken away?The land is the foundation. Not to mention the Gu tribe, even the Zhou tribe will not agree.

Over the years, the fields in Qinghe Village, to put it bluntly, belong to the two surnames Gu and Zhou, except for a few families with foreign surnames who established the village and settled here in the early years.

Not to mention the land used as dowry for married women, no one with a foreign surname who settled here could even think of buying it.Anyone who wants to transfer the property must do so under the premise that the surnames Gu and Zhou are not required.

In addition to the fields, the same is true for the houses.It was sold privately, but the clan leader refused to recognize it, and even after passing the land and house deeds, he had to suffer a loss. This shows how strong the clan cohesion is.

Earlier during the period when the Zhou family was in charge, there was a family in Hexi who went to find someone from the town because they couldn't agree on a price with the Zhou family, and suffered a big loss.

what!
It can be regarded as saying that the person is asleep.There is nothing I can do, my wife is a bit naughty.You just want to blend 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 shook his head with a smile, got off the kang gently, and lowered the curtain.After closing the door tightly and going out, dinner was served as expected.

"Did you put him to sleep?"

Gu Wenxuan almost laughed.If he hadn't been sure that no one was outside the window before, he almost thought that his mother not only heard but also saw him patting his wife gently.

"My father hasn't come back yet?"

"Not so fast." As she said this, Mrs. Liu looked at the sky and said, "It's fast to get home before dark. Do you want to eat first, or wait for your father and brother to come back together?"

(End of this chapter)