Chapter 173: You little brat, don't get cocky—wait till my sister marries your older brother!

After Lu Yuan finished speaking, Gu Qingwan, who had just been gaining the upper hand, instantly blushed and glared at Lu Yuan, saying:

"Pah!!! You little brat, always daydreaming, I'm still a child—what makes me a child!"

Lu Yuan raised an eyebrow and chuckled, saying:

"That's not being a child; you still want to be the elder?"

"What do you mean? My wife's already pregnant with my child, huh?"

Gu Qingwan immediately shot him a glare with her beautiful eyes and said:

"So what if she's pregnant? I'm not incapable of getting pregnant..."

Just after saying that, Gu Qingwan suddenly froze—wait… why am I telling Lu Yuan this?

Having come to her senses, Gu Qingwan flushed, stared at Lu Yuan, and gritted her teeth, saying:

"I let you little brat lead me astray—alright, alright, no more nonsense. What are you doing here today?"

After saying that, Gu Qingwan looked away, not daring to look at Lu Yuan.

Since Gu Qingwan wasn't causing trouble anymore, Lu Yuan naturally didn't either, and immediately said:

"Gu Lie is about to head south to suppress bandits, right? As his brother, I ought to set up a feast, shouldn't I?"

"Let's find a time to go to Building Outside Building for a meal."

"This time I'll treat!"

Hearing Lu Yuan's words, Gu Qingwan blinked curiously, then suddenly said:

"Why go to Building Outside Building? After the grain controls, it's so expensive—we can just eat at home."

"Come to my place, or I'll come to yours; Su Liyan and I will cook some home-style dishes, and the four of us can gather—wouldn't that work?"

Lu Yuan thought for a moment, then nodded seriously and said:

"That works; then let's settle it for Sunday?"

After all, my wife has to work, so only Sunday is free.

Otherwise, after a day's work, we'd still have to be busy in the evening—that wouldn't do.

Gu Qingwan thought it over, then immediately nodded and said:

"Sure, Sunday evening—but if we eat then, you two can't drink, since Gu Lie has to leave for the south at five a. m."

Lu Yuan gave a slight nod and said:

"Having a drink or two wouldn't hurt—Gu Lie and I aren't drunkards; we won't get drunk."

Gu Qingwan thought about it, agreed, and immediately smiled, pursing her lips, saying:

"Fine, then it's settled~"

Lu Yuan looked at Gu Qingwan, who was smiling while eating the pastry she'd bought, raised an eyebrow slightly, and said:

"By the way, where exactly are your parents? I've come all this way—I should pay them a visit."

Gu Qingwan waved her hand and said:

"My father isn't home—he's stationed elsewhere and won't be back anytime soon; my mother passed away years ago, so I'm the only one living here."

"I see..."

Lu Yuan nodded and said:

"Alright, then I'm leaving—come to our place on Sunday."

Gu Qingwan watched Lu Yuan about to leave and hurriedly said:

"You're leaving just like that?"

Lu Yuan turned his head, looked at Gu Qingwan, and chuckled, saying:

"We've finished talking—why wouldn't I leave? Are you really expecting me to stay and have a kid with you?"

Gu Qingwan blinked, then flushed and glared at Lu Yuan, saying:

"You little brat, why do you always act so immature with me? I'm eight years older than you!"

Lu Yuan looked at Gu Qingwan's expression, tilted his head slightly, rolled up his sleeves, walked toward her, and said:

"I've noticed you've been off today—always calling me 'little brat,' not even 'brother.' Are you trying to rebel?"

Seeing Lu Yuan approach closer and closer, Gu Qingwan, who had been full of spirit, froze for half a second; not knowing what he intended, she still flushed and said:

"Okay, okay, sorry, little sis~"

"Alright~ big brother~"

"Mm~"

Lu Yuan was very satisfied and immediately said:

"Then I'm off."

Gu Qingwan, meanwhile, picked up the snack box beside her and immediately followed Lu Yuan, saying:

"So, big brother, what exactly are you up to today? I've got nothing else—I'll come with you."

Lu Yuan glanced at Gu Qingwan, blinked, and said:

"Big brother's going fishing—are you coming?"

Gu Qingwan blinked, then smiled, pursing her lips, and said:

"Sure~"

…………

Saturday.

Payday has arrived.

Lu Yuan visited the Agriculture Bureau, the Threshing Machine Factory, the Market Management Office, and the Heaven-Upholding Guard—covering them all.

To be honest……

Lu Yuan now finds these amounts of money unimpressive.

Added together, this money is less than two hundred yuan.

And earlier, Liu Shoucai directly gave Lu Yuan 3,750 yuan.

Whenever Lu Yuan gets money in his hand, he can't hold onto it; he's always wanting to get something.

But...

Nowadays, there really aren't many places to spend money in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Things like sewing machines, soft dream silk—Lu Yuan already has these at home.

If we had to say what Lu Yuan still lacks...

If we must say there is something, it's a wristwatch.

However, wristwatches aren't expensive, sixty or seventy yuan each.

Lu Yuan plans to buy a wristwatch for himself and his wife on Sunday.

Sunday, early morning.

While Lu Yuan and Su Liyan were still having breakfast, Gu Qingwan and Gu Lie arrived.

"Yo, you came early enough—what time is it now?"

Lu Yuan sat in the main hall, legs crossed, holding a bowl of coarse grain congee.

On the table was a plate of fried knife fish.

Gu Qingwan, looking at Lu Yuan, pursed her lips and said:

"Not early at all—it's already 8:30, we finished breakfast at six!"

Beside him, Gu Lie, looking at Su Liyan on the other side, quickly said:

"Sister Su."

Su Liyan smiled and greeted Gu Qingwan and Gu Lie, urging them to hurry inside and sit down.

Not long after, Su Changliang also arrived by bicycle.

For a moment, Lu Yuan's home became really lively.

After Lu Yuan finished his meal, Gu Qingwan and Su Liyan, chatting and laughing, cleared away his leftover bowls and dishes, then went to the courtyard to wash dishes and scrub chopsticks.

Lu Yuan then led Su Changliang and Gu Lie to practice tai chi in the courtyard.

Su Changliang naturally knows it too.

After all, he is Lu Yuan's younger brother-in-law.

Moreover, Su Changliang is not arrogant and overbearing like Gu Lie.

Su Changliang is a proper official; Lu Yuan worries that his brother-in-law might suffer if he encounters such bullying people.

That certainly means properly teaching his brother-in-law tai chi.

Teaching Su Changliang is much more serious than teaching those of the Azure Guard.

Bang!!

A muffled thud.

Su Changliang pressed Gu Lie's head, directly pushing him to the ground.

Upon hearing the commotion, Gu Qingwan and Su Liyan immediately turned back to look.

Seeing Su Changliang firmly pressing his palm against Gu Lie's back, hand on Gu Lie's head, having pinned Gu Lie firmly to the ground.

Whether it was Gu Qingwan or Su Liyan, they both pretended not to have seen it.

They continued chatting and laughing while washing dishes and scrubbing chopsticks by the pool, completely ignoring the two.

"How about it, I said you can't, why don't you believe me~"

Su Changliang, feeling very pleased, looked at Gu Lie lying on the ground and chuckled.

And Gu Lie, gritting his teeth on the ground, said:

"Not fair!!! This is completely unfair!!!"

At this moment, Lu Yuan was half-reclining in the lounge chair, one hand holding a teacup, the other pinching a cigarette, legs crossed, raising an eyebrow and said:

"What's unfair about it? You two are having a proper match, why would it be unfair?"

At this moment, Gu Lie, being pressed to the ground, gritted his teeth and said:

"It's just unfair!! His move just now, Brother Yuan, you didn't teach me!!"

That is indeed true.

Basically, Su Changliang, whenever he has free time on Mondays and is off work, will come to Lu Yuan's home.

Lu Yuan also will seriously teach him.

This is family; Lu Yuan will definitely not withhold anything.

Of course, for Gu Lie, Lu Yuan initially did not teach him.

However, after Gu Lie handled that third hospital matter for Lu Yuan, Lu Yuan also seriously taught him.

But, the time they've known each other is definitely not as long as Lu Yuan has known Su Changliang!

Moreover, later came the matter of suppressing bandits in the south.

Although Gu Lie says he's idle every day, after the mortar came out, he spends every day squatting in the military camp.

He also has no time to learn tai chi from Lu Yuan.

After all, compared like this, the southern bandit suppression is definitely more important.

Back and forth, even if Gu Lie has talent in martial arts, he definitely still can't match Su Changliang.

Regarding Gu Lie's words.

Lu Yuan hasn't said anything yet, and Su Changliang, who was firmly pressing down on Gu Lie, then spoke arrogantly:

Hey~ you little brat, can you compare with me? My sister—who is she? My sister is my brother-in-law's wife!!!

Who am I!

What status do I have!

I am my brother-in-law's younger brother-in-law, you know what that is, right!!

My brother-in-law will definitely have to teach me well~

After finishing washing, Su Liyan, upon hearing Su Changliang's words, couldn't help but turn her head, looking at Su Changliang with a pursed-lip smile, and she coquettishly scolded:

You guy, you never call me sister on ordinary days, but now you know I'm your real sister?!

Bro~ from now on you won't teach Changliang, okay~

Lu Yuan then, going along with his wife's words, seriously nodded and said:

Can be considered.

Before Su Changliang could say anything, Gu Lie, who was being firmly pressed to the ground, gritted his teeth and said:

You brat, don't be arrogant; wait until my sister marries Brother Yuan, then I too will be a brother-in-law, and by then I'll have learned and will beat you!!

After Gu Lie's words were finished, Gu Qingwan, who was washing dishes, was momentarily stunned, then she looked embarrassedly at Su Liyan beside her.

Some things, joking privately with Lu Yuan are still okay……

Saying this while guarding someone's proper wife, how could that be okay!

After she came to her senses, Gu Qingwan quickly walked over to where Gu Lie and Su Changliang were, holding the thing in her hand.

She gave Gu Lie a hard kick on the buttocks, looking at Su Changliang she coquettishly scolded:

Changliang, beat him hard, next time slap his mouth!!

Su Changliang was stunned, then he looked up at Gu Qingwan and smiled, saying:

Hehe, Sis Wan……

Before Su Changliang's words were finished, just as he relaxed a bit, Gu Lie on the ground seized the opportunity and did a swallow flip.

With a clang, he rose up and pressed Su Changliang to the ground.

Meanwhile, Su Liyan was returning indoors with bowls and chopsticks, and upon seeing her own younger brother being pressed to the ground, she glared at him and said:

Serves him right!

Lu Yuan, too lazy to deal with those two, instead looked toward Pang Kaige's home.

Pang Kaige had just come back the day before.

Just as previously thought, there's nothing going on.

Wang Nianjun's corruption and such didn't involve Pang Kaige either.

After all, Pang Kaige, this son-in-law, had only just married Wang Yulan not long ago.

For some matters, Wang Nianjun wouldn't bring Pang Kaige along.

Fortunately, they weren't together; otherwise, Pang Kaige would be done for.

As for Wang Yulan's sister's side, that is, another son-in-law of Wang Nianjun, the issue is also not small, and he also participated in some of it.

But after all, they're from the maternal side, so their involvement wasn't too great.

The final handling seemed to be a sentence of three to five years.

But after Pang Kaige came back the day before, he started treating Wang Yulan as if her nose wasn't a nose and her eyes weren't eyes.

Just the day before, he had scolded Wang Yulan several times at home.

It seems because Wang Yulan doesn't wash dishes, doesn't wash chopsticks, etc.

If this were before, where would Pang Kaige dare to act like that?

But now… the Wang family has had trouble, right?

Wang Yulan also has no money in hand, and it can't be said that she lets Pang Kaige serve her every day.

As for this matter, outsiders can't intervene.

Whether it's the aunties in the courtyard or Lu Yuan, they all feel that Wang Yulan should learn to do something.

Before, she was a young lady from a wealthy family, so that was still okay to say.

If you don't want to work, you don't have to; after all, you have money, so we can buy things, etc.

But now that's not possible.

Wang Yulan now really can't even be considered a woman from an ordinary household.

If she continues as before, doing nothing,

that would really be untenable.

After all, Pang Kaige has to go to work, and when he returns home he also has to wash clothes, cook, and tidy up.

Pang Kaige certainly wouldn't be willing either.

It's just that Pang Kaige's change is too great.

Since he came back, it's been like this and that.

Wang Yulan isn't saying she won't learn; at least teach her something.

Anyway, outsiders can't say anything about this matter.

Behind closed doors, these two are a family.

How they are is their own business.

Having said that……

The other aunties in the courtyard were also trained like that by their mothers-in-law and their husbands back then.

They didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

Normal.

Your Wang family is finished, so you Wang Yulan have to work, right?

Can you still keep eating for free at home?

It's just that Pang Kaige changed too fast; after all, Wang Yulan's family just had this happen, and you Pang Kaige suddenly acted like this.

Wang Yulan will inevitably find it hard to bear.

After all, she's your own woman; when you should yield, you ought to yield first, right?

Lu Yuan really has a high standing in the family.

Now that your own wife is pregnant, you shouldn't smoke even when you want to, and try not to smoke at home.

While Lu Yuan was pondering.

The door of Pang Kaige's house also opened, and Wang Yulan came out holding a bowl and chopsticks.

Upon seeing Lu Yuan, Wang Yulan still tried to show a smile, looking at Lu Yuan and said:

"Lu big brother, have you eaten?"

Wang Yulan still kept Lu Yuan's kindness in mind.

Lu Yuan then smiled and waved, responding:

"I have."

Wang Yulan is not like before; she used to love chatting and joking, but now after greeting Lu Yuan she went to the water tank to wash the bowls and chopsticks.

Lu Yuan isn't good at comforting people, so in this situation he didn't bother saying anything to Wang Yulan.

He just got up and kicked open the Gu Lie who was pressing Su Changliang, saying:

"You two get lost inside and help your sister work, stop making a fuss!"

Gu Lie, who had been kicked open, said somewhat unwillingly:

"Brother Yuan, why? Why when he beat me you didn't care, but when I could beat him you kicked me away?!"

Su Changliang, lying on the ground, said complacently:

"Just because I'm his dear brother-in-law~"

As soon as Su Changliang finished speaking, Lu Yuan immediately took off his shoe, grabbed it, and was about to whip Su Changliang, saying:

"I haven't whipped you yet, huh?!"

In the next second, the two of them sprang up from the ground with a swoosh and ran home.

Watching those two run so fast.

Lu Yuan curled his lips, somewhat amused.

This brother-in-law deserves a beating!

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Wuu wuu wuu, I feel wronged; why is it that others can take a day off and rest, but when I take a day off, I'm not updating, yet we still updated a chapter, and they call me a donkey?

I'm not convinced; this month we've basically been updating tens of thousands of characters every day, people sometimes get tired, we should rest a day or two, right?

In that month working at the factory screwing bolts, there were still three days off~

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