Transmigration: Space-Aided Rise to Power and Prosperity-Chapter 734 - 570: Do You Resent Father?

Mr. Gu was now fully awake, but he lacked the strength. Hearing Gu Chengyi’s words, a wave of sadness overcame him.

"You resent your father, despise me. Yet you’re using the Gu Family’s silver, living in the Gu Family’s house. What right do you have to resent? If you have the ability, get out of here, take the few taels of silver you’ve earned for the family before, and let’s never have anything to do with each other again."

Gu Chengyu was truly furious, his disgust for Gu Chengyi had reached its peak. He turned around and shouted angrily at Gu Chengyi, unwilling to even look at him one more time.

A multitude of thoughts flashed through his mind, and ultimately, considering how much Gu Chengyi loved bedroom pleasures, he thought it might as well be his end in the embrace of tenderness!

Gu Chengyi was left speechless, standing there watching as Gu Chengyu carried Mr. Gu on his back to the main house.

This time he didn’t dare to talk back, for the sake of the second son he had to swallow his pride. How could the second son study without silver?

How much silver could he earn from working in a year? Besides, he was entitled to a share of the soap silver, why shouldn’t he get it?

Gu Chengyi returned angrily to the west wing, Wang Yue had long evaded the scene, unwilling to stay and watch the drama unfold.

Mrs. Wang glanced a few more times at Gu Chengyu entering the main house, her eyes flickering, thinking of something unknown.

Mrs. Lv was tearful, scared out of her wits. If anything happened to the old man, how would she live on?

Placing Mr. Gu on the kang bed in the main house, Gu Chengyu realized that Mr. Gu was already awake because tears trickled from the corners of his eyes.

Mr. Gu didn’t open his eyes. He was reflecting on the first half of his life, wondering why the second son held such a big grudge against him.

In the past, the family was poor, and there were only three men who could work. He wasn’t young, and most of the household chores were dependent on the eldest and the second son.

He always thought that hard work was no loss, that’s how families in the village got by.

After marrying Mrs. Lv, feeling a debt to her, he indulged Mrs. Lv a bit more and showed more affection to the younger ones.

He didn’t expect that the second son harbored such deep resentment towards him. They had no great enmity, why did it come to this?

Mr. Gu went from thinking about the second son to Da He. He didn’t want to marry Da He back then, but Da He was his cousin.

She suddenly hugged him from behind, and her maternal family saw it. Regardless of whether they were innocent, how could her family let him go?

He didn’t know that his cousin would scheme against him, but the deed was done, and he had to accept it with resignation.

After they married, he never mistreated Da He. In the following years when Da He’s health was poor, he spent silver on her treatment, even to the point of family bankruptcy, borrowing external debts from his brother.

He didn’t owe Da He, but she and the second son she left behind seemed to be debt collectors.

In those days, he shouldn’t have married his cousin. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Even if her maternal family broke his leg or his cousin knelt down and begged him, he shouldn’t have compromised, but he did.

"Old man, how are you feeling?" Mrs. Lv noticed that Mr. Gu was awake too, holding his trembling hand, tears fell like broken beads.

"Old lady! Stop crying, Doctor Li is here." Dumb Granny noticed that Mrs. Lv was still wiping her tears and quickly stepped forward to console her.

Doctor Li, carrying his medicine box, came in without greeting the others and went straight to take Mr. Gu’s pulse.

Nervous, Mrs. Lv watched Doctor Li, fearing he might say something she couldn’t bear.

Doctor Li withdrew his hand after a moment of contemplation, "Brother Gu just let anger cloud his heart, fortunately, his body is not in bad shape, nothing serious. However, time waits for no one, so Brother Gu should pay more attention in the future. Keep an open mind and let minor things go."

Doctor Li sighed a bit, thinking that Gu Chengyu had just returned, which should’ve been a joyous event.

If something could make Gu Changqing anxious and angry, it would only be that second son.

"Uncle Li! I’d like to get some nourishing medicine for my father and mother, I’d trouble you to write a prescription." Gu Chengyu said to Doctor Li.

Doctor Li glanced at Gu Chengyu and smiled knowingly.

"You’re a filial one, advise your father to let go of his worries. Children and grandchildren have their own fortunes, no need to overthink things."

Doctor Li took out paper and pen, starting to write the prescription.

"Xiao Bao! Don’t waste that silver, I’m in good health!"

Mr. Gu intervened quickly as soon as he heard about the prescription, feeling it would be wasteful since he wasn’t severely ill.

Gu Chengyu said nothing, signaling with his eyes for Doctor Li to continue. His father was used to being frugal and still reluctant to part with silver.

"Let’s start with some gentle nourishing herbs, and once the foundation is built, we can introduce some stronger tonics judiciously."

Doctor Li was cautious as he feared Mr. Gu might be too weak to handle strong tonics, so he planned to proceed gradually.

Gu Chengyu nodded knowingly, "Let’s follow Uncle Li’s advice."

After finishing writing the prescription, Doctor Li instructed Gu Chengyu to send someone to his home to collect the herbs later.

"I have these at home, just missing two ingredients, you can fetch those from your Fourth Brother’s shop."

"How much silver?" Gu Chengyu asked as he looked over the names of the herbs on the prescription.

"No need for silver, when I get medicine from your Fourth Brother’s shop, he never charges me. Just go take them!"

Mentioning Fourth Son, Doctor Li was quite pleased. He got his medicines from Fourth Son’s shop without being charged.

However, he knew it wasn’t easy for Fourth Son to maintain a shop. Thus, he often gathered herbs from the mountains to give to him.

He had no son, so having taken Fourth Son as a disciple, he planned to rely on him for his old age.

Doctor Li intended to leave some silver for his daughter while leaving the rest for Fourth Son.

Seeing that the herbs were not expensive, just regular ones, Gu Chengyu didn’t stand on ceremony with Doctor Li.

He planned to pick them up later from the Fourth Brother’s shop and swap them with his own stock, replenishing as needed.

"Thank you, Uncle Li!"

Doctor Li laughed heartily, "I haven’t congratulated you on your promotion yet! I hear you’ve become a Standard Sixth Rank official, truly a remarkable achievement."

"Uncle Li flatters me, it was just a fortunate chance!"

Gu Chengyu chatted briefly with Doctor Li, knowing it wasn’t the right time today, so they didn’t talk much more. Doctor Li then took his leave.

Right as Ming Mo entered the courtyard from outside, he instructed Ming Mo to go with Doctor Li to fetch the medicine, while Gu Chengyu stood silently by the window.

Mr. Gu had already calmed down, attempting to sit up, but was gently restrained by Mrs. Lv.

"What are you getting up for? Rest on the kang bed." Mrs. Lv felt sorry for Mr. Gu but didn’t know how to express it.

Mr. Gu had Mrs. Lv support him to lean against the pillow, "Xiao Bao! Do you resent your father?"

Gu Chengyu was a bit puzzled, unsure why his father would ask that.

Turning to look at the dejected Mr. Gu, he suddenly realized this was a man not good at expressing himself, perhaps bewildered by the issues with Gu Chengyi.

"Why would I resent my father? Because of my second brother?"

Gu Chengyu smiled, he hadn’t taken Gu Chengyi seriously before, nor did he now.

It was just Gu Chengyi’s attitude towards Mr. Gu that left him a bit irritated.