Gu Dashan felt quite relieved and said, "You and Xiao Yu always have good ideas. You siblings go ahead and handle it, your father has no objections, I agree with everything."
Gu Jin'an laughed upon hearing this. Although his father wasn't particularly capable, he was exceedingly good in one aspect: he trusted them, letting them freely handle what they thought was right without causing any trouble for them.
Thinking of Zheng Ying and Young Master Shangguan, Gu Dashan asked, "Good Brother An, are Young Master Zheng and Young Master Shangguan difficult to get along with? Do they look down on us rural folks?"
In fact, what he wanted to ask was whether Good Brother An had been bullied by them. But fearing to ask directly and hurt his eldest son's feelings—after all, Jin'an was nearly sixteen now.
