Chapter 81： humility

Chapter 81 Humility

Mrs. Gu looked in a daze. She didn't expect that she would become a hot cake.

But she still understands these two sons, and knows that they are both useless people who cannot afford to be young.

"You are all rushing to raise me, what about your father?" Mrs. Gu asked.

Boss Gu deliberately pretended to be stupid: "Mom, dad always likes the second brother and Niu Niu the most. It's not easy for me to compete with the second brother."

Gu Laosan also echoed.

The old lady looked at her two sons with sadness in her heart.

The old lady understood the reason just by thinking about it. The old man was suffering from confusion and could not help them work. Although she was sick once, she was not seriously ill and could still help them.

What's more important is that by raising her, they can still get filial piety from the second child on a daily basis. It doesn't matter even if she gets sick. Anyway, they can ask for the money for medical treatment from the second child.

"Mom, it's the eldest son's duty to keep the family business and serve his parents. Don't worry, I will definitely be filial to you in the future." Boss Gu assuredly promised.

He kept talking about "keeping the family business", but he didn't even say that he wanted to get the big share of the family business.

"Your father and I have been together all our lives. Now that we are separated, we don't plan to separate." After Mrs. Gu said this, she saw that the eldest son's face looked ugly to the naked eye.

"Mom, we are just raising them separately. Our family only has this house, so we will naturally live together when the time comes." Boss Gu explained.

However, the old lady felt that if she continued to struggle, she would probably only get a sad result. Then she looked at the waiting patriarch and said, "Uncle, my old man is confused now. I will make the final decision on his affairs."

Patriarch Gu nodded and said, "That should be the case."

During today's family separation, Mrs. Gu deliberately sent Father Gu out. She didn't want to make the old man sad.

Mrs. Gu continued: "I thought about it yesterday. The old man and I will live with the second child in the future."

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of Gu Lao San and Gu Lao San changed.

Especially Boss Gu. Although he doesn't want to support his old and confused father, if he doesn't even support his mother, then he, the eldest son, will probably be stabbed in the back in the village.

What's more important is that if you don't support your parents, you will probably not get the land for your parents' retirement, and you won't even get any advantage in dividing the family property.

"Mom, you..."

As soon as Boss Gu opened his mouth, he was interrupted by the old lady.

"I know it's not easy for both of you to live in a house. You and your wife have three children. As for the third child, his wife has a large family behind her." Mrs. Gu said.

She has made up her mind and will not change it. Now that things have happened, her mind is very clear. She naturally knows which of the three sons is truly filial.

After watching the farce between the eldest son and the third son, the old lady regretted that these two unworthy things would hardly get much care from the second son in the future, but the palms and backs of her hands were full of flesh, and the second son would not give up the family property, so she still wanted to give it to her. She enjoyed her old age with her father, and she couldn't bear to let her second son's hard work go to waste.

"As for the tattered belongings, fields, and cash in the house, they should be divided into four equal shares. Each of the three bedrooms will have one share, and your father and I will have one share." Mrs. Gu finally said the family division plan she had thought about for a long time.

Although Gu Mingda said that he didn't want anything, it was impossible for Mrs. Gu not to fight for him.

Boss Gu looked extremely ugly at this time. Since his parents wanted to take care of Gu Mingda in their old age, after a hundred years, this quarter of the family property would naturally be left to the second child.

Obviously he is the eldest son and should occupy the majority of the family property, but now it is Gu Mingda who gets one-half of the family property.

It happened that Gu Mingda had just been admitted as a scholar, and at the time when he was in the limelight, Boss Gu could hardly hide the jealousy in his heart.

Patriarch Gu didn't pay much attention to the expressions of his two nephews. Instead, he agreed with Mrs. Gu at this moment: "The way the brothers and sisters divide the family is quite fair. If everyone has no other ideas, let's divide them like this." Boss Gu looked back. After seeing his wife, Chen Chunhua quickly winked at Uncle Chen crazily.

Liu Erni was also hinting at her younger brother Liu Dashan.

The two natal brothers spoke together.

But before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by a louder voice.

"I have other ideas." Gu Mingda said loudly.

Patriarch Gu was very polite to Gu Mingda. After all, there had not been a scholar in the Gu family for thirty or forty years.

"Since Mingda has an idea, you should speak first." Patriarch Gu said warmly.

Boss Gu's eyes darkened, and he felt that the patriarch's current appearance was so flattering that it was almost dazzling. He thought that Gu Mingda had an objection and wanted to share more of the family property. At this time, his dissatisfaction with his younger brother had reached its peak.

As if he didn't see the unkind look in his eldest brother and his third brother's eyes, Gu Mingda took the initiative and said, "Uncle, mother, I entered school at the age of six and have been studying for twenty-seven years."

"I feel ashamed to say that over the years I have concentrated on studying and have almost never worked in the fields. Unlike my eldest brother and my third brother, who all followed their parents in the fields when they were teenagers. They have never complained, but I feel very ashamed..."

"When the eldest brother was fifteen, he obviously sprained his foot but didn't say a word. Only after the wheat was harvested did he realize that he was injured... When the third brother was sixteen..."

Listening to Gu Mingda detailing the contributions that the elder brother Gu and the third brother Gu had made to the family over the years and the suffering they had suffered for the family, the two brothers' originally agitated hearts gradually calmed down.

Gu Mingda sighed softly and said: "I have taken advantage for so many years, and now I have been admitted as a scholar. I can't continue to take advantage of my family. I don't want any of these family properties."

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar immediately. Everyone present was surprised, except for Mrs. Gu who looked calm.

Whether Gu Mingda didn't want the family property, it was brought up by Mrs. Gu or Gu Mingda himself, the perception was very different.

After all, what he voluntarily gave up was real money and property. The old Gu family had been in business for many years, and the brick house he lived in now was worth twenty or thirty taels of silver.

What's more, the Gu family still has twelve acres of land.

An acre of land is worth about eight taels of silver, which is close to a hundred taels of silver.

The Gu family has sixty taels of silver in cash.

With a casual calculation, Gu Mingda gave up forty or fifty taels of silver on his face.

Mrs. Gu knew that her second son had made up his mind, but she still pointed it out deliberately:

"Second brother, although you have been studying these years, you are capable. My mother took stock last night and found that the money you gave to the family was more than forty taels. You buy it every few days. Meat once, you will also buy clothes for the whole family during the holidays. Even our tofu recipe was brought back by you. My parents did not support you in vain. "

Gu Mingda can be humble, but Mrs. Gu can't let others really think that her second son is a freeloader and look down on him.

Patriarch Gu and his two brothers-in-law were all shocked when they heard this. They knew that Gu Mingda was capable, but they didn't expect that he would be so successful.

No matter how hard and tiring farming is, you can't just farm out forty taels of silver.

The Gu family's total wealth is sixty taels of silver, two-thirds of which was contributed by Gu Mingda!

Buying meat every once in a while and buying clothes during the holidays are a big expense. It is said that Gu Mingda paid for the exam himself. At this time, they couldn't help but think about how good Gu Mingda can make money!

At this time, Uncle Chen frowned and looked at his sister Chen Chunhua with confusion. His eyes were like asking directly: "Why don't you hug this brother who makes money and force the old lady to separate the family?"

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