Madam Lu suddenly leaned back on the pillow, and looked at Father Gu with cold eyes.
She hated it at first. She was clearly plotting against the shopkeeper, and becoming the shopkeeper's wife was her best choice at the time. But everything was disrupted when Gu Changqing, a widower with three children, broke into her life.
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Lu closed her eyes. Before, she was resentful and unwilling. But as time went by, she got used to it, got used to Gu Changqing, and got used to the hard life.
Xiaobao worked so hard just to earn her life, so how could she not be happy? Even if she still wanted to marry her original wife, that was Xiaobao's heart for her.
Dad Gu suddenly didn't know what to say. He certainly knew what the second son's character was. The boss was honest. Even if he lived with the boss, as long as he had a bite to eat, the couple would not be hungry.
The third child and the others are also filial, and they buy a lot of things with the money given to them throughout the year. They have never asked for a penny from their mother, they even offered to give it, and they had to refuse.
Of course, except for the third daughter-in-law who likes to take advantage, the fourth daughter-in-law is much better-tempered.
As for the second child, if the family is still as poor as before, he might actually starve to death in the end.
"I want to live with Xiaobao in the future." This is the first time that Ms. Lu talked about her future plans with Father Gu. Before, Ms. Lu always thought that she was young and would go to Xiaobao's place to take care of herself when she was older.
But when she saw the white hair on Father Gu's temples, she couldn't help but feel a little sad. She was nine years younger than the old man, and the old man was no longer young. Although his body was still strong, she couldn't tell how many years the old man could live.
Xiaobao must have established a firm foothold in the capital in the past few years, so she is not afraid of going to the capital with the old man.
In the past few years, Ms. Lu has been spending more time together and away from each other, which makes Ms. Lu miss her son too much. She is getting old, and she just wants to wait for Xiaobao to get married, give her a big fat grandson, and play with her grandson every day. She is her
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Father Gu was a little surprised. He thought that Mrs. Lu wanted to stay in Shangling Village with him. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Lu wanted to go to the capital with Xiaobao to retire.
"Then what should Lao San and the others do? We went to the capital, what should we do with the houses and fields here?"
It was hard for Mr. Gu to leave his hometown. He didn't want to leave Shangling Village, where he had lived for decades. When he went to the capital, he was not familiar with the place. He didn't even have a place to find friends, let alone visit the places every day.
"Let's talk about it!" Ms. Lu didn't want to talk more at the moment. After all, convincing the old man didn't happen overnight.
In fact, she already had a plan. Anyway, the third and fourth children opened shops in the town. As long as they had skills, they would not starve to death even if they went to the capital, so they could just open a shop as usual.
Besides, her little daughter is also in the capital. She has not seen her for more than three years and misses her very much.
As long as the whole family moves to the capital, there is no need to worry about family separation. As for the children left behind, she can't take care of them, and she doesn't want to take care of them.
Be honest, boss, if you want to go, just go. If you don’t want to, then leave all the fields at home to the boss to take care of.
Gu Chengyu took the luggage and people in a carriage to the courtyard of Fucheng. As soon as he arrived at the gate of the courtyard, he saw the servants of the mansion waiting at the door.
There are not many servants left in Fucheng, only a dozen or so. They all stay to look at the courtyard. If there is no popularity in the house, it will inevitably decline.
Someone also needs to take care of the flowers, plants and trees in the yard. Although he doesn't come to live there often, he comes back sometimes, so it would be more convenient to have a house here.
Just like today, there are so many people with so much luggage. If you go to stay in an inn, it will be very busy. You have to keep an eye on the luggage to prevent thieves.
Second aunt Liu quietly looked at the big courtyard in front of her. She didn't expect that the third family was really rich. Otherwise, why could they afford to live in such a big courtyard?
Listen to what the old man said, there are still big houses in the capital! If they had known that the Gu family in Jingyuan Mansion were doing well, they would have come back long ago. How could they hold on to Yingnan Mansion?
When Mrs. Liu thought of this, she thought of her second son who was living a hard life in Yingnan Mansion. It seemed that he had to find time to talk to the old man and let his second son return to his hometown! Life here is much better than in Yingnan Mansion.
If they could go to the capital, life would definitely be better. Some time ago, the old man said that the money they paid for staying in the inn was given by the son of the third family, as well as Qian'er's medical expenses.
Mrs. Liu couldn't help but sigh when she thought of Qian'er. Her youngest granddaughter Qian'er was in frail health and fell seriously ill when she went to the capital. Now she is not well yet, so she stays in the capital with her eldest grandson.
Although he was worried about his two grandchildren, the old man insisted on returning to his hometown. He also said that he would not be able to stay in Jingyuan Prefecture for long before returning to the capital.
Ms. Liu was filled with emotions. She hadn't seen those two sisters-in-law for many years. Now the Gu family's life was better, but she was living in such a miserable state. When she returned to Shangling Village, she would definitely be overwhelmed by them.
Gu Chengyu didn't know what Liu was thinking. He was actually a little tired after being rocking on the boat for several days.
However, taking advantage of the opportunity in Fucheng today, I have to inspect restaurants and shops. I don't have to go back to Shangling Village and have to go back to Fucheng.
Gu Chengyu didn't even have the patience to deal with Gu Changbai, so he threw the person into an empty yard. After giving him a dinner in the big kitchen, he told Ming Mo and the others to watch it, so he decided to leave it alone and go back tomorrow anyway.
After Gu Chengyu took a bath, he walked towards the restaurant. Of course, Zhu Pang was definitely behind him.
"Jinyu! You also opened Juxianglou in Jingyuan Fucheng? Then we must go to Changwei'er to see if it is the same as the one in the capital."
Zhu Pang was full of curiosity and expectation about everything in Fucheng. Gu Chengyu was a little confused. The streets were all the same, so could there be any difference?
Besides, the markets in Beijing are more prosperous than here, and there are many more vendors setting up stalls than here.
Ignoring Zhu Pang's excitement, Gu Chengyu and the others quickly arrived outside the restaurant.
It was dinner time at this time, and the restaurant was bustling with people. From the outside, it seemed that the seats were packed.
Gu Chengyu led Zhu Pang without hesitation, and the two of them entered through the main entrance of the restaurant. The owner of the restaurant in Jingyuan Mansion was a servant bought by Gu Chengyu, named Xing Yang.
"Shopkeeper Xing!" Gu Chengyu saw that shopkeeper Xing was busy settling accounts with his head down, so he shouted softly and tapped the table with his hand.
Gu Chengyu looked at the account book and frowned. Whether it was a restaurant, a pastry shop, or a rouge shop, Gu Chengyu would set up a shopkeeper and two accounting rooms, just to avoid making false accounts and being pocketed by others.
But when he came to the restaurant now, he found that the restaurant's accounting office was not there. It was shopkeeper Xing who was keeping the accounts, which was a bit strange.
Because he had repeatedly ordered that the shopkeeper was not allowed to touch the account books.