Chapter 31: Guo Tu and the Xin Family Brothers

  Yuan Shao invited Guo Jia to dinner, in fact, it was to entertain guests, so the invitation was not limited to Guo Jia alone. Among these people, today's Guo Jia is probably just a marginal figure.

  Because the people here are generally officials, and not ordinary civilians like Guo Jia. It's all because Guo Jia has the title of "double non", and now he is also a disciple of Cai Yong, otherwise Yuan Shao would not have taken Guo Jia seriously.

  Actually, Guo Jia just went to find Xun Yu, and they agreed to come here for dinner. However, Xun Yu's people are only occasionally gathering internally a few times, coming over to eat once in a while. Even as the host who invited them, Yuan Shao himself doesn't often come to eat, he just pays the bill every day.

  Only with Guo Jia's thick-skinned existence did he completely treat this place as a cafeteria, and if no one else invited him to eat elsewhere, Guo Jia almost always spent his meals here.

  So Guo Jia is now almost "without a care in the world" when it comes to food and lodging, unfortunately, without any other sources of income, Guo Jia has hardly any pocket money.

  The "Big Brother" in Guo Jia's mouth was actually Guo Tu!

  Guo Yuan is Guo Jia's younger cousin, while Guo Tu is Guo Jia's older cousin. When he first learned of this matter, Guo Jia himself was also very surprised. Nowadays, the Yingchuan Guo clan, that is, Guo Tu, is the most promising on the surface.

  Guo Jia took Ming'er and went up, Xun Yu and Guo Tu were all people who "renewed their acquaintance" with Guo Jia at the ceremony. These people from the Yingchuan faction were absolutely a large group.

  The larger the group, the more people there are, and inevitably, internal contradictions will arise. Therefore, the entire Yingchuan large group was eventually divided into many small groups due to family relationships or personal preferences.

  Among them, Guo Tu and others, as well as Xun Yu and others, belonged to different small groups. As for Guo Jia, he seemed a bit versatile, making it hard to tell which side he was on. However, he is still young now and has not taken office yet, so he basically won't face any problem of taking sides.

  "Filial piety, I heard you've been getting quite close with Xun's uncle and nephew recently?" Guo Tu said as he approached.

  "It's alright. By the way, Da Ge, have you seen Yuan Zi?" Guo Jia immediately changed the subject.

  "No, I guess he's gone crazy somewhere." Guo Tu shook his head and turned the topic back around. "Feng Xiao, I also know that making many friends isn't a bad thing. But when it comes to making friends, you must be extremely cautious; many things aren't as simple as you think they are."

  Guo Jia curled his lip, isn't it just a matter of intriguing against each other?

  Look back

  "Hey, Brother Pī is here too, what's with all the boasting today?"

  On the other side, Xin Ping and Xin Pi brothers couldn't help but let out a wry smile, because of their names' pronunciation, they were called PP brothers by Guo Jia, and to others, it naturally became Fart Brothers.

  "Filial piety, we're all adults now, can't you stop making such jokes?" Xīn Píng couldn't help but say.

  Guo Jia smiled like a rogue

  "Sorry, I'm not even twenty years old yet."

  Next to him, Guo Tu also smiled wryly and knew that the topic had been diverted by Guo Jia again. He could only pat Guo Jia's shoulder and say a simple sentence.

  "You will understand later."

  Then he led Guo Jia to his seat.

  "Filial piety, you've come at just the right time, today there's a big happy event I want to tell you about."

  "Oh? Brother Tao, you've been promoted and become wealthy?" Guo Jia asked suddenly.

  "No." Guo Tu shook his head and looked towards the Xin brothers.

  "Oh? Has Brother Pī pī been promoted and become wealthy?" Guo Jia asked, turning his head.

  The people on the scene couldn't help but let out a bitter laugh again, how come this guy's mind is always filled with thoughts of getting promoted and making a fortune?

  Perhaps unable to contain his inner joy, Xin Ping didn't hold back either, and patted Xin Bi's shoulder with a smile.

  "It's my younger brother, he's finally getting married! Previously, news came from home that the betrothal gifts have been sent and the date has been set, after a while we can welcome the bride to our family! Haha!"

  I don't know why, but now these men eating here suddenly made Guo Jia think of a phrase - the ultimate bachelor night. Looking at Xin Pi's current state, this kid won't also miss his own wedding and then have his wife run off with someone else, will he?

  "Alas, it's a pity that things have come to this pass." Guo Jia consoled.

  "What?!" The crowd was stunned, "Feng Xiao, this is a great joyous occasion, how can you say such inauspicious words?!"

  "Don't you know? Marriage is a tomb." Guo Jia said with an air of old-fashioned wisdom.

  "Don't listen to this kid's nonsense, he's never been married, what does he know?" Brother Xinping hastily chimed in.

  His younger brother was suddenly excited

  "But now I really don't have a very happy feeling, instead I'm very scared. I don't know what she looks like, is she beautiful or ugly? I also don't know what her personality is like, is she gentle and elegant, or is she loud and vicious? But in the future, I'll have to spend my whole life with someone like this..."

  Hey, is this what they call pre-marital anxiety?

  At this moment, Tu Da Ge's words instantly held the entire scene, and Guo Jia almost bowed down in worship. All that could be heard was Guo Tu saying calmly,

  "Don't be nervous, it's like this for everyone's first marriage. After a few more times, you'll get used to it. It's not as scary as you think."

  As expected, Xin Bi gradually calmed down, and then his brother Xin Ping continued to persuade him that his future wife would definitely be a talented lady from a good family, and it was impossible for their family to harm him, so why bother looking for a daughter-in-law randomly. This finally made Xin Bi slowly become happy again.

  But in the end, he never regained his usual wisdom and remained dull and foolish.

  "Alas, isn't it just getting married? Yet it can actually make people like this." On the way back home (Cai Yong's home), Guo Jia couldn't help but sigh.

  "Didn't you say marriage is a grave, Young Master?" Ming Er said with a smile.

  "It depends on who you're marrying. In a situation like Xin Pi's, it's purely a gamble. If you're lucky, you hit the jackpot and make a profit; if not, you'll be paying for it your whole life. I'm absolutely not capable of taking that kind of risk." Guo Jia said.

  Tomorrow quietly remember Guo Jia's words.

  "So the adopted son never showed up after all?!" Guo Jia suddenly stopped in his tracks.

  "Yeah, it's quite strange. The big guy didn't come for dinner, I wonder if he's eating somewhere else?" Ming Er said.

  "It's impossible, he doesn't have any money, unless someone else is treating him." Guo Jia said with a shake of his head, "Forget it, I'd better get back to class first, or that strict old man will kick me out of the school sooner or later. As for Yuanzi, if he still hasn't shown up by tonight, I'll have no choice but to report him missing to Cao Cao."

  "Young master, how did you suddenly remember to look for Big Head?" Ming Er asked curiously, because normally, Guo Jia rarely paid attention to where Guo Yuan was.

  "Recently life has been so tight, of course we have to arrange a job for him, otherwise how can he survive without income." Guo Jiali said matter-of-factly, not showing any embarrassment at all.

  "Then." Guo Jia suddenly stopped again.

  "Anything else, young master?" Ming Er asked, looking up.

  Guo Jia lowered his head and looked at Ming Er, "Why didn't you... never mind, let's just go back." He said, continuing on their way.

  Tomorrow, a jump in his heart, was noticed? Can only be low-headed, quickly following behind Guo Jia, without saying a word.

  Not two steps away

  "Hey, you up ahead, can you spare some food? I'm starving to death."

  Kuo Chia stopped in his tracks, looked around and pointed to his nose, asking:

  "Me?"