When Mrs. Gu saw Gu Yun, her eyes were full of surprise: "My dear grandson, I just sent a letter to my family yesterday, and you came today?"

Gu Yun came over immediately and said softly and warmly: "Grandma, I missed you, and I can't wait for you at home for a moment."

After Gu Yun came over, he intimately stuck to the old lady, and his right hand skillfully groped into the old lady's sleeve.

Mrs. Gu slapped his hand away and said: "You are so old, and you still want to touch food on me, even if there is, it's not your turn!"

After saying this, Mrs. Gu handed a handful of melon seeds hidden in her sleeve to Niu Niu very straightforwardly.

After Niu Niu got the melon seeds, she skillfully divided them into two piles and gave half to Gu Zhao.

The two little ones cracked the melon seeds and looked at Gu Yun curiously.

"Cousin, are the elder sister and the younger sister here?" Niu Niu asked.

Gu Yun shook his head and said, "I came alone, but they asked me to bring you something."

"Brother, did you bring me anything good?" Gu Zhao asked eagerly.

Gu Yun opened the big bag and took out the things inside.

"These are pickled vegetables made at home, for grandma and second aunt. These are salted duck eggs made by my mother, she said Niuniu likes to eat them, this is a can of worms, I caught them myself early in the morning. This is the sandbag that Daya and Xiaoya gave to Niuniu. There is also a bag of wild chestnuts, which were dried last year and kept until now. It was brought by my uncle."

Niuniu couldn't let go of the six small sandbags sewn with tattered cloth. Although they were not valuable, they were little toys that the two cousins ​​liked very much.

The adults in the room knew very well about the sudden generosity of the eldest house.

The two children didn't understand.

"Why did Uncle Chen give us chestnuts?" Gu Zhao asked.

Niuniu didn't care about the reason at all, and said: "Uncle Chen is such a good man."

Gu Yun smiled and explained: "Uncle has always loved my mother very much. He would think carefully about many things that my mother didn't expect."

Old Lady Gu also knew that Uncle Chen, the eldest brother from her mother's family, had always been a hard-working person, and said: "Your uncle loves you so much, you must remember his kindness."

Gu Yun nodded.

Old Lady Gu asked again, "Your parents have grown some brains this time. They know to ask your uncle when they encounter problems."

Gu Yun touched the back of his head and said, "Grandma, before you left home, you told my parents to ask my uncle when they are undecided. They have always kept it in mind. After the messenger arrived at home yesterday, my parents and my third uncle got together to discuss for a long time before they decided to let me come to the city."

Old Lady Gu asked again, "Are you sure your third uncle agrees?"

Gu Yun said, "My third uncle was also very tempted, but when he heard my eldest uncle say that everything in the city costs money, he said forget it."

Old Third Gu is different from Gu Yun. He has two young children. If he goes to the city to work as a temporary worker in the government office, he will have to bring his family with him and spend money everywhere. Gu Yun, a young boy, can live anywhere.

While they were talking, Zhang Yunniang brought out a bowl of noodles from the kitchen: "We've been traveling for so long, let's eat something first."

After taking the noodles, Gu Yun took a deep breath and said: "Second Aunt's noodles are delicious, my mother's are tasteless."

Zhang Yunniang's cooking skills are not much, but she is willing to spend oil and salt when cooking. Chen Chunhua lives frugally, and her own son dislikes her for not having oil and salt.

"Don't you think about who your mother is working hard on a bite of food for?" Zhang Yunniang replied casually.

Gu Yun smiled and said: "Second Aunt, what you said is exactly the same as my mother."

Old Lady Gu said to Zhang Yunniang: "Yunniang, Niuniu and A Zhao are sleepy, take them to bed."

Zhang Yunniang knew that the old lady had something to say to Gu Yun, so she waved her hand and took the two children and Liu Xiaoru out.

Old Lady Gu looked at Old Man Gu in the room again.

Old Man Gu took the things in his hand and walked out of the room obediently.

"Have they given the money I asked your parents to prepare?" Old Lady Gu asked her eldest grandson who was eating noodles.

Gu Yun stopped his noisy movements, lowered his head and took out five taels of silver from his tattered clothes.

"Why did you take so much money? Has your mother changed her temper?" Old Lady Gu was shocked.

She thought about it before and felt that although this quota should be given to her people, they should not take advantage of the eldest wife for nothing, so she sent a message back saying that this quota for temporary workers in the yamen would cost two taels of silver.

As the pillars of the family, Gu Laoda and Gu Laosan were not suitable to go to the city. Only Gu Yun, who was just fifteen years old, was not only suitable, but also lacked a way to make a living.

The worst case scenario expected by the old lady was that Gu Yun would go to the city empty-handed, but she didn't expect that the eldest wife finally had a brain and knew to make good arrangements.

But the next second, the old lady knew that she was overthinking.

"My uncle scolded my mother and said that if she kept stinging, he would break off relations." Gu Yun said.

The old lady sighed.

"My uncle did some calculations for her and said that if I want to gain a foothold in the government, I must give her these two taels of silver, and the extra three taels of silver must also be given to my second uncle, firstly to thank my second uncle for helping me, and secondly, if I live in my second uncle's house, not only can I not eat and live for free, but I must also be more careful and diligent."

Old lady Gu asked softly: "Ayun, do you think what your uncle said makes sense?"

Gu Yun said: "Grandma, don't worry, I am not my mother, my second uncle treats me well because I am his nephew, but there are many brothers in the village, and the relationship between uncles and nephews is worse than that of enemies. My second uncle doesn't owe me anything. He treats me well, and I should repay him well."

Gu Yun was away from home all day when he was in the village, and he was not deeply influenced by Chen Chunhua.

After the family split, he also felt the warmth and coldness of human nature.

When the Gu family split, the second branch almost got no property, and many people who didn't know the inside story thought that the relationship between the first branch and the second branch was very bad.

The first branch didn't even support his parents, and the villagers looked at them with strange eyes.

Originally, Chen Chunhua had chosen a daughter-in-law for Gu Yun, but the girl's family suddenly ignored her.

Gu Yun realized the importance of making friends with his second uncle more clearly than his parents.

Seeing that his eldest grandson was transparent, Mrs. Gu was relieved and said, "Fortunately, your temperament is like your uncle."

The second update

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