men and women

Chapter 82 Solving Su Qingzhao

Ever since what Gu Xincheng did broke out, Su Qingzhao felt a little uneasy. This kind of uneasiness started when Gu Xinyue returned to the Gu family, took over the power of the Gu family, and drove her, the head mother, into the courtyard to enjoy the flowers and the moon every day. , but after waiting for a few days, there was no special reaction from Gu Xinyue.

Could it be that Cheng'er is right, Gu Xinyue really has that kind of treasure.Su Qingzhao was jealous and hated at the same time, the old man was too eccentric, why did they treat each other so favorably when they were all grandsons.

"Ma'am, my uncle is here." A girl came in and reported.

"Brother, why did he come? Could it be that he asked me to beg for alms again." Su Qingzhao said disdainfully, but was ready to ask someone to bring him in.

"It's not that uncle, it's Mrs. Xian's elder brother. The uncle of Zao Zhuang Wang's family is here, and he is drinking tea with him in the front hall to reminisce about the old days. The second master is here." The girl said.

"What are people who haven't seen in more than ten years coming to do?" Su Qingzhao's complexion changed, and after gritting his teeth for a while, "Go, take out my newly made red dress, and I will meet distinguished guests when I go out."

When Wang Jianquan arrived, everyone in the Gu family was greatly surprised, but they all gathered together to accompany him.Marriage was meant to be a good relationship between the two families, but unfortunately Gu Xinyue's mother died early because of anger, the Wang family had no contact with the Gu family in a fit of anger, and only paid some attention to Gu Xinyue in private.

Gu Xingbang is also a good-looking talent, but the long-term life of drinking and sex makes him lose his temperament, and he looks extravagant and decadent.After Gu Xinyue came back, he felt that his life hadn't been affected, but he had more pocket money. He pretended not to see the confrontation between Su Qingzhao and Gu Xinyue, and was drunk in his own yard.

Normally, he would only come out to entertain guests when the Gu family had reached the level of hospitality, and he would leave after showing his face, but when the brother-in-law came, Gu Xingbang had no choice but to sit there and greet Wang Jianquan honestly.Wang Jianquan was ten years older than him, and he used to catch him giving long lectures.This time Gu Xingbang was prepared to be talked about, but Wang Jianquan only talked to him about family matters, which made him feel lucky that he had escaped a catastrophe.

Su Qingzhao led the people in, "I heard birds chirping outside the window this morning. I thought it was something. It turned out that it was a distinguished guest." Su Qingzhao greeted Gu Xingbang with a smile, and nodded to the rest of the Gu family. He looked straight at Wang Jianquan.

Seeing that Quan was worried, Wang said, "So now that there are no rules, the women in the inner house can come out to meet outsiders?"

Before Gu Xingbang had time to speak, Su Qingzhao said with a slight smile, "Master Uncle was joking, and the woman in the inner house next to him naturally couldn't. It is also a kind of respect for the guests that the wife in charge comes out to meet the guests."

Wang Jianquan asked Gu Xingbang, "Could it be that this woman is your head wife? How can a mere concubine be called the head wife? It's not ridiculous."

Wang Jianquan's words were extremely embarrassing, Su Qingzhao's face was pale and white, Gu Xingbang said shyly, "After Sister Shuang passed away, I mentioned her as a stepmother and called her wife. I thought my eldest brother already knew about it."

"I knew it a long time ago, but I always thought it was just spread by people with ulterior motives." Wang Jianquan said to Gu Xingbang, "Concubines cannot be righted. Humiliate the court wind."

Gu Xingbang's face also turned pale, the hall was silent, Gu Xinyue said leisurely, "Forget it, uncle, as long as dad likes it."

"Is this something he can do if he likes it?" Wang Jianquan said to Gu Xinyue, looking very angry, "If you write to me and tell me about it, this lowly maidservant becomes the head wife of the Gu family, and she is still known by this name Walk, even if the flames of war are raging, I will rush over."

Wang Jianquan said to the rest of Mr. Gu who was present, "Don't try to persuade me. You are a vine concubine, and everyone is laughing at the whole Gu family."

"Brother likes it, but we can't help it." Gu Er said coolly, "Fortunately, the dynasty is gone, so we don't have to worry about getting a lawsuit because of the concubine's support."

"What about the orthodox bloodline of the Gu family?" Wang Jianquan asked. "Okay, this is your Gu family's private matter, I won't say much. Gu Xingbang, I just want to ask you, do you still regard me as your brother-in-law?"

"Of course." Gu Xingbang said,

"Then why didn't you tell me about such an important matter." Wang Jianquan said, "If the other family is married, if you want to remarry, it can only be done with the approval of the original spouse's family. You didn't even tell me a word. , Where do you put me in Wang's house, Shuang'er? As for bringing the bride to my house to kowtow, I don't care about that, a servant girl, I'm afraid that my land will be dirty."

"Master Wang has such a big tone." Su Qingzhao was given a headache by Wang Jianquan's mouthful of cheap maids, concubines, and rattan concubines. After so many years, she punished anyone who dared to say these words in front of her. screaming, making her as indignant as if she had been stripped naked.Trembling all over, he yelled at Wang Jianquan, "Wang Weishuang has been dead for so many years, and the Wang family has not been in contact with the Gu family for so many years. Now you have come to pretend to be the uncle, why did you go so early?"

Seeing that Quan was furious, Wang laughed back, and said to Gu Xingbang, "You concubine dares to be so rude, so it doesn't matter if I tell you to kill her."

Gu Xingbang took a look at Su Qingzhao. Although they were not as close as before in recent years, they were indeed the ones on his heart. Gu Xingbang hesitated, "Brother, although this woman is rude, she has given birth to three sons and two daughters for me these years. Do the housework."

"Times have changed, and so has my temper. It would be troublesome to be as violent as before. There is a police chief in this family, and it would not be nice to arrest me at that time." Wang Jianquan said to Si Zuo Gu Xin smiled.

"Uncle was joking." Gu Xin said.He and Gu Xinyue called each other according to their names.

"I don't care about her being rude to me, but we have to talk about my wife." Wang Jianquan said to Gu Xingbang, "You and I are from a family, so naturally we have to follow the rules of the family. You didn’t inform me, and you didn’t bring the bride to my house to kowtow, so I don’t have to admit it. But that’s fine, after all, there was some misunderstanding between us at that time.”

"Now, as long as she does one of the two things I said, I will still recognize her as a wife." Wang Jianquan said, "Xingbang, Xingchao, don't blame me for being unforgiving. There is a difference between concubine and concubine. If the concubine makes trouble, the family will have a catastrophe."

"I am the wife of the main house, and my son is also the son of the legitimate son. Although they are not as noble as the first son of the original spouse, they are also the sons of the first wife. They can share half of the Gu family's property." Said the son Su Qingzhao screamed loudly.She may not be a wife, but her son must be a legitimate son.Nowadays, the worldly rule is that only the sons of the sons can get most of the family property, if there are more sons of the sons, the eldest son will take the majority, and the rest of the sons will be divided equally.Gu Xinyue is the original wife's legitimate son, so she can get half of it, and her son is the second wife's legitimate son, who can share the remaining half equally.If the legitimate son and the concubine, then the legitimate son can account for [-]% of the family property, and the concubine only accounts for [-]%.

What's more, the Gu family's family motto has always been that after the concubine gets married and leaves the Gu family with money, he has nothing to do with the division of the family property after that.How could Su Qingzhao bear this.

Wang Jianquan glanced at her, the servant behind him trembled, stepped forward to cover Su Qingzhao's mouth, dragged her to sit on a chair by the door, and whispered into Su Qingzhao's ear, "Be quiet, madam, my uncle said to kill her!" You can really kill you."

"Which two are you talking about, brother?" Gu Xingbang's expression was also a bit ugly, after all, he was at his house, and his woman was forced to come here by outsiders, and even a temperless person couldn't help but get angry.

"We are all gentlemen, it is not appropriate to deal with a woman like this." Wang Jianquan took a sip of tea and took it easy. "Minxing, go and call your second aunt and third aunt over here. Not only to be a witness, but also to prove that I am not taking advantage of the opportunity for personal gain."

The Gu family was divided into clans earlier, and Gu Xinyue's side is Gu Chengzhao's two brothers and two families.The little grandpa didn't have a legitimate son, so he chose one of his grandchildren to enter the Gu family to bear the surname Gu. The grandson's mother was the youngest daughter, Gu Xinyue's third aunt, who bought a small yard next to the little grandpa's mansion to take care of her son.

Gu Xinshou is also sitting in the hall now. The little grandfather has passed away. As the man who supports the family, even if he is only ten years old, he must be there when he is needed.Although he didn't understand which play he was singing now.

Gu Xinyue invited someone to whisper a few words, and the person went out to call someone.There was silence in the hall, and the well-trained maid stepped forward to change tea for everyone.

After burning the incense, the second aunt and the third aunt came, wrapped in the fragrant wind, and relieved the anger in the hall, Gu Xinchi got up and took a seat, letting his mother sit next to his father.Gu Xinshou didn't have to move, the third aunt could just sit in the first place next to him.

"Uncle and wife don't come here very often, are you still worried about giving me a daughter and dare not come?" Second Aunt said with a smile.She joked with Wang Jianquan's wife that she would give her a daughter.

"She is not as healthy as the second wife. Although she wants to come with me, her son and daughter-in-law don't want her to go far away." Wang Jianquan said with a smile, "please sit down first, and wait for the old talk, this time Calling the two of you is to ask for something."

"What my uncle said is true. Our two families are really good friends. Feel free to speak up if there is something useful." Second Aunt said after taking her seat.Didn't she see Su Qingzhao?She saw it, but she and the third aunt treated her like air, and saw her when they needed to see her.

"I haven't been here for a long time, and I just found out today that the humble concubine turned out to be the head wife of the Gu family. Do you want to tell me if you want to continue marrying because of love and courtesy?"

"Without making a sound, the remarriage was decided without telling the original spouse's natal family. This is not a good thing between the whole family, but a feud." Wang Jianquan said.

"Of course it's been more than ten years now, so there's no need to ask why he didn't care about his original partner's face." Wang Jianquan said. "I'm going to say two things now. As long as this woman does it, I will recognize her as the wife of the Gu family. If she fails to do so, I will not recognize her identity. The Gu family must also give an explanation to the Wang family. As long as the family is still alive, the family The rules and strength of character cannot be changed.”

"We didn't tell the Wang family at the beginning, we were indeed rude." The second aunt saw that the men didn't speak, so she could only say, "Sir, uncle, which two are they?"

"First." Wang Jianquan waited for Gu Xingbang to say, "Did she kowtow to Shuang'er's spirit card and pour tea in the auditorium where you were remarried?"

Gu Xingbang looked confused and fell into memory, Su Qingzhao shook his body, and his second aunt and second uncle exchanged a look. Su Qingzhao didn't even kowtow to pour tea for the spirit card, but he never even invited the spirit card.Someone reminded him at the beginning that Su Qingzhao locked the man in the firewood room for three days, and the rest of them didn't say anything.

Wang Jianquan didn't know what Su Qingzhao's reaction was, "Second wife, if this wife doesn't accept the concubine's tea, the concubine's status will not be recognized, is there such a rule?"

"That's right." Second Aunt said.

"The wife who helped the righteousness didn't kowtow to the first wife's spirit card and pour tea, should she be recognized?" Wang Jianquan asked.

The second aunt glanced at Gu Xingbang, seeing that he obviously remembered that he didn't ask for the spirit card back then, and gave Su Qingzhao a worried look, no wonder it was rumored that he was Bo Xinglang, and the original source came from here.The original spouse is definitely not one or two, but no matter how dirty they are in private, they have to put on a good face on the surface, they must respect the original spouse's natal family, and the remarriage must also be carried out under the original spouse's spirit card, which means that they will not forget old man.

He has a big heart, and he didn't do much in the righting ceremony. He also knows how to be ugly, so he went drinking with people from the beginning, so why did he remember to invite out the original spirit card.

"Most of them don't recognize it." Second Aunt replied.

"The second one." Wang Jianquan said, "Since Fuzheng, every year on Shuang'er's birthday, this lady has offered incense to my poor sister."

Su Qingzhao stared at Wang Jianquan with hateful eyes, "Why should I offer incense to that woman? She crushes me while she's alive, and still crushes me when she's dead."

As soon as this remark came out, the rest of the people stopped talking and looked at each other. They had seen someone who was not afraid of death, but he had never seen someone who was not afraid of death. Wang Jianquan asked Gu Xingbang, "Just tell me how to deal with it?"

Gu Xingbang's face turned pale, "You can deal with it as you say, brother." He didn't care about this matter at all, and he is still ruthless to this point.It's not that Gu Xingbang doesn't understand everything, the Wang family and Su Qingzhao are the obvious choice.What's more, Wang Jianquan's visit today reminded him of that woman, his first wife, who looked at her on the wedding night after a long absence.At the beginning, he also liked her very much, otherwise he would not have been so happy when Gu Xinyue was born.

Thinking that she didn't enjoy sacrifices and incense after her death, he rarely felt distressed, and he also felt a little resentful towards Su Qingzhao. (He thought too much. If others don't offer sacrifices, Gu Xinyue must offer sacrifices every birthday and age.)

"Abolish her step-wife status, and her children will also be reduced to concubine children in the genealogy. For the sake of her having children for you, let her stay in Gu's family for the elderly." Wang Jianquan said, "Married The son must move out of the Gu family."

Su Qingzhao was so excited that she was about to yell, but fortunately this time the maid was in time, covering her mouth, holding down her hands and feet, so as not to let her say a word.The general trend is over, ma'am, no, Aunt Su is already exhausted.

Gu Xingbang agreed simply, and Wang Jianquan didn't know what to say.After a long time, with a long sigh, he got up and left, and Gu Xinyue sent him out.

Gu Xingbang said to his younger brother, "I'll leave this to you." After finishing speaking, he hurried out.The maid didn't let go, Su Qingzhao bit her hand hard, glared at the people who stayed in the hall with poisonous eyes, and hurriedly followed out to find Gu Xingbang.

Gu Xinshou looked at his mother suspiciously, "What's wrong with Auntie? Why are you looking at me with such terrifying eyes."

"It's okay, say goodbye to my second uncle, second aunt, brother Xin's brother and let's go back." The third aunt said.

After a while, only Gu Er's family was left in the auditorium. Gu Xingan looked at his father with some doubts, "Didn't the eldest brother say that the genealogy cannot be easily changed? Su Qingzhao said that woman gave birth to a litter, and it would be a big deal to change everything."

"What to change?" Gu Er said casually, he didn't care if it was in his own hall, or he just told Su Qingzhao on purpose, "At the beginning your uncle insisted on helping Su Qingzhao, although your little grandfather agreed, but the genealogy She is only willing to write that the concubine Su Shi gave birth to a son and a daughter. The genealogy did not recognize her as the wife of the Gu family, and as for Gu Xincheng and the others' status as the son and daughter, it is naturally false."

"Is that okay?" Gu Xinchi murmured, the woman who used to show off in the Gu family has never won a game from the beginning to the end, she is also a shrewd woman, did she never think about looking at the family tree? (In this era, women have no right to read genealogy.)

Gu Xinyue sent Wang Jianquan to the car, Wang Jianquan smiled at him gratifyingly, "How is uncle doing today?"

"Uncle's performance was great, he helped me a lot." Gu Xinyue said.

"Stupid boy, why didn't you come to my uncle to talk about this matter, no matter what, it's their fault, and they can't take advantage of it." Wang Jianquan said.

"At the beginning." Gu Xinyue paused, "My father has a deep affection for Su Qingzhao. Uncle can apologize for this matter, but don't think about the rest. Uncle is in a hurry, maybe my father can just let him go. You take me back to Wang's house. And I was young and weak at that time, and I was not completely sure about Su Qingzhao."

"But how much you have suffered." Wang Jianquan said with emotion, "Uncle is sorry for you."

"Uncle treats me very well." Gu Xinyue said, "My father doesn't even feel guilty towards me, so why should uncle blame himself?"

Wang Jianquan shook his head. "Fortunately, you've made it through now, and you're doing well. Uncle will wait for your little cousin to come back from Europa in Kyoto before going back together. You don't have to think about me when you're busy."

"Yes." Gu Xinyue said, "Uncle remember to go back and let someone send a message." Su Qingzhao is not the wife of the Gu family, and Gu Xincheng is not the son of the Gu family. Conversation, all of this is a lie, it is evidence that Gu Xincheng wanted to harm his son-in-law.

But it was impossible for this word to spread from the Gu family. It would take someone from the original spouse's natal family who hadn't been to Beijing for more than ten years to spread such news.

"I know." Wang Jianquan nodded with a smile, and the car drove out slowly.Gu Xinyue stood on the spot and watched the car go away, and looked back at the plaque of the Gu family.

Is the biggest haze of his youth finally going to dissipate now?