"Boss, I heard that you are planning to marry Da Ya and Dalang? You can't just listen to random talk about marriage. You have to find someone who knows the truth before you can rest assured. You have to be careful about it!"
Mrs. Lu remembered what Aunt Tao had said, and then gave her instructions. She was quite tolerant towards her boss, who had a good heart, was honest, and was quite respectful to her mother, but this was just a casual remark.
"I want to ask someone to arrange a kiss, so I plan to hire a matchmaker. I think Aunt Tao, who has been here before, is very good. I might as well ask her to talk to Da Lang and Da Ya." Gu Chengli originally had his eye on Xia Sang Village.
I heard that the girl from that family was quite capable, and she was planning to come to see her, but her ex-boyfriend ran back and refused to take her, so he had no choice but to go back.
He also knew that the girl from that family was a little stronger, but she was so strong! She could work!
However, I don’t know who the wicked person was who brought this matter out.
"Then be careful! You can't always trust what a matchmaker says." Father Gu felt that no matter which matchmaker he said, he always had a clever mouth and liked to brag.
"Changqing! Is Xiaobao here?" Uncle Gu's urgent voice sounded in the courtyard.
When Gu Chengyu heard this, he quickly responded and came out of the house. Needless to say, he must be talking about repairing the ancestral hall.
Uncle Gu entered the main room without saying anything. He just walked quickly to the teapot, poured a cup of tea, and drank it all. It could be seen that he was very thirsty.
"I told everyone about the matter, and everyone was willing to pay for the repair of the ancestral hall, but not much, so we should do what we can. I also talked about building an archway and plaque, and we also did it." Uncle Gu, as the patriarch,
, of course, I hope that the Gu family will prosper, there will be talents in the family, and the prestige of the Gu family in the surrounding villages will not be the same.
"I think the ancestral hall is not easy to repair, so it's better to rebuild it. It's all made of stone, and it's not far from collapse. It's just a matter of the archway. We still need to find specialized craftsmen, or we should ask Craftsman Sun to take a look. We can
I don’t understand! If you don’t have enough money, just ask Ming Mo and he will report it to me. I have asked people to pay attention to the clan fields. There should be news in the next few days. The uncle should think about who will farm the clan fields and how.
There must be a regulation for this."
Gu Chengyu would not always worry about these things. He was about to go to school. He had to study the book carefully, and his calligraphy also needed to add copying fonts. For the time being, he only copied Guange style and regular script, and there were too few fonts.
Besides, he also needs to learn the four arts of a gentleman. If he enters a private school, he can only master calligraphy. Now when he has time, he will copy some paintings, piano and chess, which he has not dabbled in yet.
"That's it! How can you, a little kid, know this? I'm going to see Craftsman Sun tomorrow, but he doesn't know how to build archways. Maybe he can get to know him. But how big should this ancestral hall be?"
Uncle Gu didn't know much about it, and the money he scraped together was embarrassing to say the least. He only got fifty-three taels, which was far from enough. But he went to every house and took out three or four taels of silver! Or was he alone?
After scraping together a little more, we only have fifty-three taels. It is no longer easy to scrape together so much.
It is definitely enough to build a smaller ancestral hall. The memorial archway only requires stones, but the carving is a little more troublesome. The work of the clan will be done by the clan members, but after all calculations, there should be a lot left.
"It was originally one house. To avoid having to repair it in the future, we can simply build three rooms. The stones from the demolition of the house can be used to build a courtyard wall outside." Gu Chengyu estimated that one hundred and fifty taels should be more than enough. After all, there is no need inside.
Hitting furniture or something.
"Those three rooms probably cost a lot of money!" Uncle Gu thought it would be better to make it clear, but don't let Gu Chengyu and the others blame him when the time comes to build it and use so much money.
"Just do it!" Three rooms are not small, and one hundred taels is not much.
Gu Chengyu returned to the room, leaving Father Gu and Uncle Gu to continue the discussion. It suddenly occurred to him that if he did not go to the county to study, he would still say hello to shopkeeper Liu of the Huichun Hall in the county and send the post.
"Ming Mo! You go to shopkeeper Liu in the county town tomorrow and send a message to invite him to sit down." Gu Chengyu ordered Ming Mo while sitting at the table and started writing letters. The county town was not close to the village, so he could only
Write a letter and explain why you will not go to the county to study.
"Hey!" There was only one carriage at home, and it seemed that he and Ming Yan had to have someone take care of the carriage when they went out.
Gu Chengyu suddenly thought of this problem. It seemed that his family had to buy a carriage. When he was not at home, the carriage was shared by several houses, so it was inconvenient for Father Gu and the others to use the carriage.
"You use the money from your account to buy a carriage, one carriage is not enough!" Gu Chengyu would put a few hundred taels of silver in Mingmo's place as daily expenses.
"Let's go and see if Manager Yu has bought the land and shop, and ask him to come back to me as soon as possible." Gu Chengyu felt that the house in Fucheng was also a top priority. He thought for a while that it would be faster to pass the letter by flying pigeon.
In the past few days, the construction of the ancestral hall and the construction of the archway have been in full swing. The day has already reached the seventeenth day. Tomorrow is the day of the banquet. The family has invited some women to prepare the chicken, duck and fish for tomorrow. If it is not processed today, it will definitely be the day of the banquet tomorrow.
Too late.
Yesterday's meeting was very successful. Gu Chenglian and the girl are getting engaged in the next few days. It is a double happiness for the Gu family. The girl is also here. She must be shy and has a round face. She looks very lucky. This is
What his mother said. Gu Chengyu looked at her and found that she was not a particularly impatient girl and she seemed to be easy to get along with.
Anyway, the Gu family has split up, and the fourth brother will not live together after getting married, so if the new daughter-in-law is good, then it is not good to move around more, then there will be less contact.
"From the Changqing family, your sister-in-law is here!" The woman in the courtyard heard the sound of hooves coming from outside the courtyard, and everyone looked outside the door. Only then did they realize that the person who got out of the car was Gu Xiu from the Gu family, and
Behind Gu Xiu, many people came down one after another, and an open bullock cart was full of people.
Mrs. Lu originally placed gifts in the house. In the past two days, the nearby squires and landowners had sent gifts. Mrs. Lu had to register them. Some of them required equal gifts immediately. This was because she did not want to interact with others and wanted to
Those who come and go should be recorded in a book to prepare for future favors.
"Mom, it's said outside that the aunt is here!" Gu Wan listened to the shouting outside and put down the pen in her hand. She was taking notes.
"Why did you arrive a day early? Let's put everything away quickly. We've almost registered everything, but don't let your aunt see it, or her eyes will be glued to it!"
When Mrs. Lu heard that her sister-in-law was coming, her first reaction was not to go out to greet her, but to put away all the valuable things.
By the time Lu and the others had packed it up, Gu Xiu had already entered the yard, holding two bundles in her hands, followed by a whole family. Lu's face instantly turned ugly. How could the house accommodate so many people?
?
Gu Chengyu walked out of the house, and the corner of his mouth twitched as he looked at it. Is this the whole family coming to join his family? Gu Xiu has two sons in total, a daughter and two sons. The two sons gave birth to two younger ones.
My daughter also held one in her arms, so there were not many fewer people than his family!