marriage contract

After returning from the ancestral hall, the atmosphere became a little heavy, mainly because Chu Junyi was in a low mood.

Gu Chengzhi can understand, but he doesn't intend to sit here with him.

"The relationship between the old man and the old lady doesn't seem to be very good." Gu Chengzhi needs to know the situation of the Chu family. Unlike the information obtained from outside inquiries, his family knows his own family best. The best way to know the situation of the Chu family is to ask Chu family.Chu Junyi's attitude towards him has always been friendly, and Gu Chengzhi felt that as long as he asked, Chu Junyi would tell him.

"Relationship?" Chu Junyi was taken aback by the question, and then he also thought about what happened today. After thinking about it, he said, "I can't say it's bad, but... it's a different way."

Seeing Gu Chengzhi's frown, Chu Junyi didn't show off, but said directly: "I don't know if you have noticed that the wife and grandma at home are both from a scholarly family."

Gu Chengzhi thought about the natal families of the daughters-in-law of the Chu family, and found that they were all really scholarly families, and most of the fathers and brothers in the family were civil servants.After thinking clearly, he looked at Chu Junyi again, motioning for him to continue.

"Grandmother likes scholars, very, very much. The more knowledgeable she is, the more she likes it." Chu Junyi saw that Gu Chengzhi seemed to understand a little bit, so he clicked again, "But grandfather knew about it."

Gu Chengzhi's expression was unspeakable for a moment, what's the matter, Mrs. Chu doesn't like Mrs. Chu?Then the old master Chu found out that his wife had no intentions of him?

"It's not as serious as you think." Chu Junyi looked at his changing expression, secretly laughed in his heart, and after laughing, he explained: "Grandmother just thinks that scholars are better, but grandfather is a military officer, so he will naturally feel uneasy. Comfortable. And my grandmother wanted my uncle to take the imperial examination, but my grandfather directly donated him an official. They had a quarrel about this matter, and then the relationship faded."

"However, my grandfather still gives my grandmother a lot of face. If my grandmother does something wrong, my grandfather will never criticize her in front of his children and grandchildren." Chu Junyi looked at Gu Chengzhi and added, "Grandfather will definitely agree with what happened today. Grandma made it clear that in the future, grandma won't trouble you any more."

Gu Chengzhi nodded. He could also see that Mrs. Chu had the right to speak at home. Today, Mrs. Chu's attitude is very obvious, that is, both sides are polite. Mrs. Chu's actions must have made Mrs. Chu very unhappy. .However, Mrs. Chu probably felt a little bit intimidated. Although his wife would give her face, the rest would be...

Chu Junyi said: "Grandpa said, let you keep your filial piety, and you don't need to take care of other things. After the meeting, just go to the first and fifteenth day of the new year to say hello." , and the number of times we will meet in the future will not be too many.

"Past the first and fifteenth day of the new year? Is it the same for other people or..." Since entering the Chu family's door, Gu Chengzhi has not walked through the normal routine. Is this greeting a routine or a special case?

"Only I am like this, but now there is one more you." Chu Junyi lowered his eyes slightly, with a little indifference in his tone.

Gu Chengzhi still wanted to ask more questions, but felt that it was not good to continue asking, since they were not that familiar after all.

"Ask, even if you want me to say it, I don't know how to say it. You can ask whatever you want to know. If I know, I will tell you." Chu Junyi smiled wryly: "Don't look at me like that, you You're so smart, you'll know it after staying in the Chu family for a while, and there's no need for me to hide it from you."

After thinking about it, Gu Chengzhi understood what Chu Junyi meant. He would definitely not stay in the Chu family for a short time. Even if Chu Junyi didn't tell him, he would know it. He will guard against Chu Junyi, in this case it will be too tiring for two people to live together.

"After the Qin Tianjian incident?" Gu Chengzhi was no longer polite after getting his permission.

"En." Chu Junyi nodded, and roughly explained the situation: "After that incident, my grandmother said that I wanted to keep my filial piety, and asked me to go to pay my respects on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year, but most of the time I couldn't see each other. , and then they got me a small kitchen."

Gu Chengzhi was a little surprised, even a small kitchen was set up, so it was simply because he didn't want to have a bite of the dishes made in the pot with him?If so...

"How have you been all these years?" Gu Chengzhi hesitated and asked again. At that time, Master Chu San had just passed away, and Chu Junyi was still a child, but the family's attitude...

"It's okay, it's not as bad as you imagined." Chu Junyi smiled, no matter what Gu Chengzhi thought in his heart, if he could ask him how his life was, it would not be in vain for him to treat each other sincerely.

Gu Chengzhi looked at him suspiciously, thinking that he was mentally handicapped, he would believe anything he said.

Chu Junyi touched his nose, and said helplessly: "At the beginning, I was a little sad. It is common for servants to step on the highs and lows. There is no way to save on the four things of basic necessities. I have a small kitchen for food, and I find the cook myself. Yes, there is no problem with where to live. As for clothes and travel..."

"I was deducted in the first two months." Chu Junyi suddenly laughed, "After the clothes were delivered, I wore them and walked around in front of my grandfather, and then my grandfather changed all the stewards. Yes, even my aunt and sister-in-law were reprimanded, and I haven’t been short of anything since then.”

"On purpose?" Gu Chengzhi didn't expect Chu Junyi to fight back like this, so he went to find a gun because he couldn't fight.

Chu Junyi smiled and said: "Of course it was intentional. In fact, my grandfather knew it too, but if he knew it, he would not ignore it. No matter how the family treats me, it is also a family matter, but for the servants I'm still the master of the Chu family, and my relatives can ignore me, but the servants can't abuse me. So, my life is not as difficult as you think."

Gu Chengzhi nodded, thinking in his heart that if this is the case, he doesn't need to have more contact with the Chu family, and even eating can be solved in a small kitchen. It is good.

"As for other people, they shouldn't be troublesome..." Chu Junyi said, he suddenly stopped here, hesitated for a while and said: "If you meet Fifth Brother...don't take anything he says to heart."

"Why?" What Gu Chengzhi thought of was not Fifth Master Chu's face, but his arrogance and disdain.Among all the descendants and grandchildren of the Chu family, Fifth Master Chu's expression was really too abrupt, but the Chu family didn't seem to see it. Now Chu Junyi reminded him like this, what is so special about Fifth Master Chu? where?

"Fifth brother is grandfather's favorite grandson." Seeing Gu Chengzhi frowning, Chu Junyi added: "There is not one."

"What about Uncle Chu?" Gu Chengzhi asked with a frown.

"Brother is the most important grandson of my grandfather. There are different meanings between valuing and liking." Chu Junyi shrugged. Uncle Chu carried the entire Chu family on his shoulders. The old man is the lifeblood of the old man Chu, and now he is talking more about adding a little baby who is less than a hundred days old.

Seeing Gu Cheng's puzzled face, Chu Junyi still felt that he should explain the matter clearly so as to save the trouble of explaining later, "Fourth Uncle's biological mother is Aunt Bai, and she is a concubine that my grandfather likes very much. The son will be raised as the second wife. However, Aunt Bai died of blood within a few days after giving birth to the fourth uncle, so the grandfather is very kind to the fourth uncle."

"Fifth brother and eldest sister look very much like Aunt Bai, especially the kind of fifth brother..." Chu Junyi didn't think of how to describe it, so he vaguely said, "Anyway, grandfather is really responsive to them. .” A comparison is as if his grandson was picked up.

"So fifth master Chu will trouble me?" Gu Chengzhi felt that the old master Chu must have loved that face so badly back then that he made people more arrogant than his sons and grandsons.

"Fifth brother doesn't like me very much... It should be said that the people in the fourth room don't like people in the direct line very much." Chu Junyi was also very helpless.

Gu Chengzhi was stunned for a moment and asked, "Is it because of Aunt Bai's death?"

Chu Junyi nodded: "Grandmother said it was a blood collapse. Aunt Bai had dystocia during childbirth. My grandfather was not there when the blood collapse occurred. When my grandfather came back, Aunt Bai was gone. I couldn't find out what happened back then, but my fourth uncle always thought it was my grandmother. Grandpa probably thinks the same about moving his hands and feet, so every time my fourth uncle mentions Aunt Bai implicitly, my grandfather will acquiesce."

"So your fourth uncle thinks that it was the old lady who killed Aunt Bai, and she even had a problem with the direct line. The old man indulged them because of Aunt Bai, and let them trouble the direct line?" Gu Chengzhi concluded one time.

"Almost, but they are not looking for trouble from the direct descendants, but the fifth brother is looking for trouble with me." Chu Junyi corrected Gu Chengzhi's mistakes, "Aunt Bai's dead grandfather is a bit strange to grandma, but fourth uncle is Grandfather's son, father is also grandfather's son, things that will shake the foundation of the Chu family, grandfather will not do. So even if grandfather likes Aunt Bai very much, at most he just wants to raise the second wife."

"As for the fifth brother... probably because we are similar in age, but our identities are different. Anyway, I am also a serious grandson, and the fact that the fifth brother is favored by his grandfather cannot change the fact that the fourth uncle is a concubine." Chu Chu Jun Yi sighed and said again: "If the fifth brother troubles you, don't be as knowledgeable as him, the fifth brother...is spoiled by his grandfather."

Gu Chengzhi nodded. He didn't think he would be as knowledgeable as a brat. He had found out about most of the Chu family's situation, and other things were not that important. Let's just talk about it here.

"After the full moon... you can change into filial piety clothes." Chu Junyi looked at the bright red brocade robe on Gu Chengzhi's body, and felt a little sad for him. It's too much not to wear filial piety clothes during the filial piety period, and now he's still wearing red brocade robes. .He thought for a while and said: "Otherwise, you can change into filial piety clothes in the yard, no one will see anyway."

"No need." Gu Chengzhi's eyes were filled with undercurrents, but his tone remained calm, "It's only about a month, just bear with it."

At noon, the two had lunch in the courtyard, Chu Junyi went back to his room to take a nap, while Gu Chengzhi went to the study to read.

When Gu Cheng returned to his room at night, Chu Junyi handed him a gift list and said, "This is what you need to bring when you return home. The eldest aunt made it according to the list that the second brother made when he returned home."

Gu Chengzhi took the list with a sneer on his face.

Chu Junyi pretended he didn't see it, and when he saw that he had accepted the order, he stopped paying attention. After the bed was made, he went in directly, closed his eyes and said to Gu Chengzhi, "Turn off the lights."

Gu Chengzhi stood aside and watched for a while, then entered the clean room without saying a word.