Chapter 398: Head-On Confrontation

Xing Zhao's marriage is strange.

He obviously has a good family background and is capable enough. Although he runs around all day, he actually has an official position in the River Department, and the commander is his biological father, so he is like a fish in water.

Du Jingyi knew that there must be many people secretly asking about it, but she also felt strange why cousin Zhao was unwilling to get engaged.

Seeing that they have four children, but he is still single, it is no wonder that Mrs. Xing looks at her son like he doesn't like anything every day.

Xing Zhao didn't care about Mrs. Xing's "accusation". Anyway, his parents arranged those marriages, and he always had the ability to ruin them. In order to avoid getting married, he even spread a lot of false news to ruin his reputation.

Therefore, in the past few years, there were people who came to inquire, but in recent years, it has become increasingly rare.

"Mother, you are worried about your son's affairs. Look, is there another white hair on your temples? If you continue to worry like this and don't take good care of yourself, I'm afraid that father will find a beautiful wife outside, and you will be angry and give birth to more children?"

After hearing his words, Du Jingyi couldn't help but burst out laughing, and even the somewhat tense sister-in-law Liu beside him also laughed, and the atmosphere suddenly became lively. This is his ability.

Finally, Mrs. Xing also waved her hand with a look of disdain and said to him.

"Go away, go away, I feel annoyed when I see you. It's probably because I did too much evil to you in my previous life, so I let you reincarnate to anger me in this life!"

"How can it be? It's obvious that mother has accumulated a lot of virtue in her previous life. When God sees such a good person, he must give her a smart and filial son, so he sent her son here."

Hearing this, Mrs. Xing didn't know whether she should cry or laugh for a while.

As they were talking, the eldest aunt came over with the people of the Su family. Today, the people who came were Su Erlang's mother and the old lady of the Su family, so they were all familiar with each other. Seeing that Mrs. Xing's eyebrows were not eyebrows and eyes were not eyes, she knew that she must have been "angered" by her son Xing Zhao.

Immediately, the old lady Su pointed at Xing Zhao and said.

"You, don't be angry with your mother. You are so old, but you just don't want to have a good family."

Xing Zhao smiled. He had a lot of ways to deal with such remarks, and then said.

"Then it's all Aunt Su's fault. She didn't give birth to a beautiful daughter, so that I would fall in love at first sight. She gave birth to some boys. How can I be moved?"

After hearing this, everyone laughed.

"Look, he can't find a wife, but he blames us. It seems that he has been coaxing those ladies and grandmothers a lot! Huh? Xing Zhao?"

"Don't worry, Grandma Su, I like to coax you the most."

Talking and laughing, the group went to the flower hall next to the waterside pavilion to have a meal. The flower hall here is the flower hall in the front yard. It is different from the place where the Gu family usually eats reunion dinner. It should be bigger and brighter, otherwise it can't accommodate so many people.

The table is mainly plain dishes, the portion is not large, but the taste is very good.

Aunt Su said after eating half full.

"Every time I come to your house as a guest, I can eat this dish that I can't eat anywhere else. Your cook is too capable."

Seeing this, Du Jingyi replied.

"Danruo has traveled with us a lot, so she knows some dishes from all over the country. We have combined them together and made some good ones. I hope Aunt Su likes it."

"I like it, I like it!"

After hearing this, Mrs. Xing said jokingly.

"She will soon hold her grandson or granddaughter, how can she not like it? Sister-in-law Su and my eldest sister-in-law's eyes are about to be narrowed into a slit."

Hearing this, the eldest aunt was also in a good mood and "made up" Mrs. Xing with the people around her.

"Look, she talks about her son every day and is so sharp-tongued. Isn't she the same person? She still talks about her son!"

With this sentence, everyone also looked at Mrs. Xing teasingly and told a lot of jokes.

Today's banquet is a farewell, a remembrance, and a new life.

So, the laughter from everyone from time to time has diluted some of the sorrow in the Gu family. Everything has to look forward!

The atmosphere on the female side was good. After all, there were ladies from the Xing, Su, and Wang families. Even if other relatives from the Gu family wanted to make a fuss, they had no chance.

There was no big trouble on the male side. Gu Shaoyu was serious and often showed off his power in the past, but today he was much more respectful and polite.

Not to mention others, even the third old master had received three toasts from him, so the unpleasantness in the past was gone with the wind.

Holding the wine cup in front of the seventh old master and his three sons, Gu Shaoyu smiled and said.

"Those years have been hard for the seventh uncle to take care of everything at home. Shaoyu toasts you with this cup."

Then he drank it all in one gulp. Seeing this, the seventh old master had to accompany him with a cup, which seemed to be a gesture of turning hostility into friendship.

The third son of the seventh branch of the Gu family, Master Gu San, is a master in business. Naturally, he would not let the atmosphere become dull, so he spoke with a smile on his face.

"From now on, Shao Yu will have to worry about the Gu family. I am not very capable, but I just like to do business. So if there is any situation at home, don't be restrained, just tell me. I may not be able to help you with other things, but I will not let you run out of money."

He may have good intentions, but it sounds a bit harsh.

Since when has the Gu family's main lineage had to rely on him, the third cousin of the seventh room, to survive?

It's really funny!

Luo Yuan, who was following behind Gu Shao Yu, even felt that his general might overturn the table and smash the wine cups, so he was thinking about whether he should find a place to avoid being innocently implicated.

Who knew that the next moment he heard the general's answer.

"Then Shao Yu would like to thank the third cousin."

Luo Yuan pursed his lips lightly, and then restrained all his thoughts.

On the contrary, Gu Shaoyu's attitude made the Seventh Old Master somewhat suspicious. Could it be that he had discovered something fishy and was deliberately putting on a show for them to show his goodwill first, in order to let them relax their vigilance?

The more he thought about it, the more he felt it was possible.

Otherwise, there had been no movement since the eldest sister-in-law was buried in the coffin for so long, and he didn't quite believe that this was the general's plan to recover the lost territory in Cezhou one after another!

So he watched Gu Shaoyu coldly, wanting to see what he was up to?