Chapter 26 Section Eleven

His uncle, named Gu Huitang, was the closest relative and the richest among his relatives.It is said that there are many fields in Xinfan Pi County, and there are big houses in both counties.Two years ago, I moved to live in Chengdu.The reason is that the second child married the eldest daughter of Qian Xiancheng. Although the Qian family is not a high-ranking official, in the eyes of Gu Lianghu's family, they are not small.To make room for Second Mistress's temper, the old couple decided to buy a not-so-large medium-sized doorway in Daqiang Back Street to live in. For some reason, the eldest couple refused to come and stayed in Pi County.Gu Huitang was also relieved, knowing that the boss was a well-behaved man, capable of managing rural affairs, so he handed over all the fields in the two counties to him, and only went back a few times a year to check and check.

The second child failed to study, because he was lucky, and became a son-in-law with Qian Xiancheng, so he was also the pampered son of the family.I don't care about him, my mother dotes on him, so of course I dress well, eat well, and have nothing to do. All day long, I just eat at home with my second grandmother, and then go to Qian's house to accompany my father-in-law and mother-in-law.His appearance is quite handsome, and his temperament is gentle and cautious. Not only his father-in-law and mother-in-law like him, but even his brother-in-law and two younger aunts like him. Gu Huitang is forty-nine years old, the same age as his wife.Both couples like to take a puff of opium cigarettes. According to their own words, the addiction is not great, or it is the truth.Because they can still get up early and take care of family affairs, the old lady Gu can still make pickles and bean paste, and the old lady Gu can still go out to watch theaters and have tea.

One day when Gu Tiancheng came, his uncle had just come back for lunch, and he was addicted to lunch, so he asked him to sit by the bed.At first they talked about other things, but when they heard that his wife had died, the aunt sat up first and asked, "Is Miss Lu dead?" With Uncle Yao advocating, he sometimes blamed him for not treating Lu Nv well, at the other he felt sorry for his brother who lost his mother when he was young, and he lost his wife in middle age, and at the other he comforted him: "Although Lu Nv is a good person, after all, she is in poor health. She is too weak to withstand the illness. And I haven’t had a son with you for more than ten years. According to the old rules, I can’t be regarded as a meritorious person. Since I have done rituals for a few days, I can be regarded as worthy of her!  … I think, you have to be careful, a man is no better than a woman with three strands of hair combed. If the wife dies, as long as the clothes and quilts fit the coffin, that’s all. At these times, it’s better to be serious about a daughter of a good family, On the one hand, someone will take care of your housework, and someone will take care of your younger brother's head and feet; on the other hand, you will have a good number of sons. Not only will someone inherit the cigarettes of your third bedroom, but also someone will inherit the master of Lu Nu. … "

Since Gu Tiancheng had nothing to say, he talked about his wife's burial.Yao Bo advocated: since he is not old and has no son, it is not appropriate to stop the coffin for too long. It is always within a few months, just find a yin and yang, and see the day. That's it.On this point, both parties agree.The place of burial, Gu Tiancheng planned to be buried on the ancestral grave of Daliufang, saying that the space there was wide, and it was only eight miles away from the farm where he lived.His uncle and aunt didn't think so, the only reason was that the Feng Shui of the ancestral grave of the sixth house was related to the five small houses.Needless to say, the second and fourth junior houses were all defeated, but the fifth house is booming, so there will be no additions in that year?Didn't buy fields that year?Although the eldest daughter-in-law did not have children last year, the second daughter-in-law has a big belly now; last year, I spent a lot of money to take over the second daughter-in-law. Although I didn't buy a field, the doorway where I live in Daqiang Back Street is the same as the six houses outside. Paving is also an industry of more than 600 taels.Although the third room is okay, but it has not had a baby for more than 40 years, and now there is only one girl who recruits a younger brother. It has been a long time since I heard that he has taken a contract of sale. I think it is due to the feng shui of the ancestral grave, and it is no longer in his room. .Now that a sonless woman is mourning and going to break the ground on the ancestral grave, if Feng Shui is used, how can this be done?For this matter, the three of them, uncle and nephew, talked straight all afternoon.Later, a compromise was made, and Uncle Yao invited a high-skilled Yin Yang to take a look. If everything was harmless, he could move to a place with him outside the ridge of the grave, otherwise, he could bury him on the ground outside his farm.Speaking of inheriting the Lord, Gu Tiancheng meant that the daughter would naturally fail, but it would be too uncertain to do it after giving birth to a son, and he really wanted to adopt the son of the eldest brother to succeed the Lord.To the ears of his uncle and aunt, these words were not disgusting at all, but Uncle Yao still felt uncomfortable.

He said: "That's right, but you didn't expect that your elder brother only gave birth to two daughters and four sons. According to the rules, the eldest son is not heir, the second son has already inherited the fourth son, and the third son has inherited the eldest son The fourth one was inherited from the second one last year. If one was born this year, there would be nothing to say, but this year there is no one. Could it be that the second one is adopted by you? One son is worth three. . . . ” The old lady Gu's heart moved, and she hurriedly said: "You are stupid! Do you have to adopt the eldest son to adopt? The second daughter-in-law is seven months old, so why not adopt the second daughter-in-law's son?"

Gu Huitang left the cigarette tray, poured a cup of the spring tea simmering on the bamboo fire, first for his nephew, then for his wife, and said with a smile, "The old woman is so generous! Is the daughter-in-law's belly a son? ... What if it's a daughter?" The old woman also laughed and said, "You're confused again! Don't you remember what Mrs. Ma said when she touched the belly of the second daughter-in-law? It was a fortune-telling with her the month before last, and she also said that her first child was a precious son. It was said that she and the second child were married later. I want to enjoy the blessing of that baby!"

The matter finally became a little more uncertain, and if the old woman was asked to issue a letter, she could guarantee that her second daughter-in-law would give birth to a precious son in two months, and she might not be willing to draw a letter.However, what Gu Tiancheng meant was that it is not easy to establish a master without a son, and it is not easy to be buried without a master, and it is unreasonable for a female funeral to stay at home, and there is no need to reveal the secret that he also wants to remarry as soon as possible.Since there was no adoptive person in the sixth room, he had no choice but to look for it in another room.From the perspective of uncle and aunt, how could this be possible, so they left him to have dinner to discuss.

When it was time for dinner, the Qian family sent a follower to say, "Our lord and his wife, and my in-laws and lords, please say hello! Uncle and young lady can't come back tonight. Please don't wait, my in-laws and wives will come back tomorrow afternoon."