"what?"
Gu Wuyou had just put on his shoes, when he heard the words, he raised his eyes in surprise, as if he didn't hear clearly, and asked, "Who did you say is here?"
Bai Lu smiled, "It's Li Qigong, and the slave also listened to a few little maids when he went out just now."
Gu Wuyou was still a little stunned, and murmured: "Why did he suddenly come to look for the third brother?" It stands to reason that the general has no personal contact with the third brother, so why would he come to the door at this time
Although she couldn't figure it out, she thought of the third brother's evaluation of the general when she first returned to Beijing, her eyelids jumped, for fear that the third brother would not like him or bully him, Gu Wuyou couldn't wait any longer, and hurriedly After taking the cloak on the shelf, he went outside: "Come on, let's go to the third brother."
After thinking for a while, he said again, "Take the box of Junshan silver needles that your grandmother sent you."
"Yes."
Entering January.
Although it was still a bit cold today, the snow in the old days has long since melted, and today is a clear sky again. Gu Wuyou also put on a cloak, and did not take any of those hand pockets and heaters. ... The third brother lives in the outer courtyard, which is some distance from where she lives.
Because it's still New Year's Eve.
There are not many people in the family. Some servants went home to visit relatives. As for the masters of the family... Ayu and aunt went to Liu's house, Jiufei and Mrs. Fu went to Fu's house, father and third uncle have been hunting for a while. One thing, busy all day without touching the ground.
She walked all the way, but she didn't meet a few people.
Two quarters later.
Only then did Gu Wuyou stop panting.
The yard in front of him is where the third brother lives. He is a leisurely and elegant person. The name of his residence is "Bamboo Residence". A lot of bamboos have been planted, and even though it is still cold winter, the lush greenery still loses its color.
In the courtyard, Gu Wuyou dug a small pond on his right.
There are all kinds of koi in it, which are very fertile, and there are a few pieces of duckweed left over from last summer. Koi, it has a different feeling... There is also a deck chair and a fishing rod by the pond.
Sometimes when the third brother had nothing to do, he would lie on the deck chair and fish with a fishing rod.
I don't even eat it when I catch it, it's just fun.
A little further past the pond, there are pavilions and plum blossoms, white walls, blue and black tiles, and the plum blossoms with new strips extend out, which is very artistic.
But the left-hand side of the yard has a completely different view. If the right side is a fairy land, then the left side is a bit too farmhouse. Earlier, the third brother didn't know where to look, and when he came back, he was on his own. Holding the hoe, I turned the soil, and now there are a lot of vegetables grown there, such as peppers, greens, potatoes, and tomatoes.
Gu Wuyou was fortunate enough to eat it once, but the third brother cooked it himself. The food is good, but the craftsmanship is really hard to swallow.
If she had come here when she was free, Gu Wuyou would definitely have to fiddle with the fishing rod, and then squat in front of the garden to look at it for a while, but she is here to find someone today, and she is very anxious.
Just as he was about to walk in with Bai Lu, the third brother's book boy, Shishu, came over with tea.
Seeing Gu Wuyou, he was also a little stunned, but it was only a breath of time, and he smiled and greeted him again, saying, "The county master is here."
Gu Wuyou nodded, glanced at the house, but heard no sound, "Where's the third brother?"
"It's inside, Li Qigong is here today, and the two are talking in the room." After the waiter finished speaking, he asked, "I'll give you a message?"
"No need, I'll go in by myself." Gu Wuyou said very calmly, glanced at the tray in Shishu's hand, and asked Bai Lu to bring the tea, put it on top, and stretched out his hand, "Give it to me. "
throughout the house.
Gu Wuyou had the best relationship with Gu Rong when she was a child, so Shi Shu didn't say anything, smiled and handed over the tray in his hand, and took the initiative to lift the curtain for her.
As soon as the curtain was lifted, some voices came out. It was the voice of the third brother, who was talking about business and properties in various places. There was also a male voice in the middle. When the time came, he asked a question with humility.
Sure enough, the general.
But-
Why did the general come to discuss business with the third brother? Could it be…
Before she could think of a reason, the voice on the other end suddenly stopped, followed by Gu Rong's voice mixed with a smile, with some doting, "Why don't you come in, stupid. Standing there, what are you thinking?"
Then another line of sight looked over.
Even though Gu Wuyou didn't raise his head, he could sense that the gaze that fell on him was warm, with a smile and connivance.
Her cheeks were a little red, and she didn't know whether it was because her third brother said that she was stupid in person and was heard, or it could be because of other reasons. In short, she was embarrassed to raise her head, lowered her head, and whispered: "I think you are talking lively. , for fear of disturbing you."
Done.
She just walked over with small steps.
He put the tray on the table, and handed the box of tea sent by grandmother to Gu Rong, "I know that the third brother likes the Junshan silver needle sent by grandmother, so I brought you a box."
"Oh?"
Gu Rong took it with some humor, "Our little five also know that it hurts people? The last time I asked you for a sachet, you still refused."
Li Qinyuan seemed to have noticed, and couldn't help but ask, "What sachet?"
Gu Rong smiled and said to him: "My little five picked a lot of plum blossoms at Jintai Temple on the day she came back. I thought she was going to make a sachet and asked her for it. Who would have thought that this little girl would refuse, but It makes me sad." After he finished speaking, he raised his fingers and tapped Gu Wuyou's head lightly, followed with a smile: "Although you have a conscience, the third brother didn't hurt you in vain."
The owner of the sachet—
The corner of Li Qinyuan's mouth outlined a smile. He looked at Gu Wuyou for a moment, but his slender fingertips involuntarily reached the purse around his waist.
Heart is warm and soft.
"... Third brother."
Hearing this, Gu Wuyou's face became even redder, especially when she saw Li Qinyuan's smiling eyes, her little face burned even hotter, for fear that the third brother would say something to make her blushed, she was really used to talking to Li Qinyuan. After getting along, this meeting will not ask Gu Rong, but Li Qinyuan: "Why did you come to see the third brother?"
Li Qinyuan smiled and said, "I'm here to ask third brother Gu something."
Gu Rong looked at the question and answer of the two, it was a bit strange, the conversation between the two seemed to be very familiar, or they had been with each other several times in private, so they could be so calm and familiar... But he didn't either. After thinking a lot, he put the box of tea in his hand aside, and continued to add on behalf of Li Qinyuan: "Qilang intends to go into business, so he came to ask me something about business, and I just invited someone over today when I was free."
After he finished speaking, he smiled and said to Li Qinyuan: "It just so happened that you came by coincidence. The people from the next day just brought a few fish, and the vegetables in Caiyuanzi are also very delicious. Since you are here, stay with me today to eat."
"I'll cook."
Gu Wuyou was still immersed in the confusion that the general wanted to do business, but when he heard this, he wrinkled his nose, and said with a look of disgust: "Third brother, you better not cook, to save you having to find a doctor when you go back."
Gu Rong, who has always been wise, didn't react a bit at this moment. When she understood it, she laughed angrily, "You girl—"
Besides, the voice of the waiter came from outside, "Third Young Master, Manager Xu is here."
Xu Song is his confidant, and usually manages the affairs of Beijing and China for him. He will come here at this time. Naturally, he has something to report. Gu Rong said, "Let him go to the side hall, and I will go there immediately." Yes, Gu Rong didn't wait any longer, stood up, and said to the two of them, "You sit down for a while, and I'll be back when I go."
Li Qinyuan got up and saw him off.
Gu Rong took a blue and white cloak and draped it over his body. When he was about to leave, Yu Guang caught a glimpse of the two behind him, and his footsteps suddenly stopped. The two behind him were about the same age. , actually gave him a feeling that the two were newlyweds.
Shaking his head, he kicked the thought out of his head.
He hesitated whether to call Xiao Wu to go back first, but before he could speak, Gu Wuyou looked at him innocently, and asked in doubt, "Third brother, what's the matter with you?"
Gu Rong: "...It's okay."
Maybe he thought too much. Besides, Qilang saved Xiao Wu at the beginning, and it was normal for the two to know each other. If he mentioned letting Xiao Wu leave at this time, it would have made people think too much... Thinking of this, he also Without saying anything, he walked out.
After people leave.
Gu Wuyou just turned his head, and just as he was about to speak to Li Qinyuan, he realized that the young man was standing behind her, looking at her with drooping eyes.
The two of them were just a finger's distance away. She turned her head, and the hair on her shoulders could hit him. The plum blossom smelled from his body, and she could smell it... I haven't seen him for a few days. Now, the sudden closeness made her face that had calmed down suddenly turned red again.
"Why don't you speak?"
"Why do you suddenly want to do business?"
Male and female voices sounded in the room at the same time, and because of this tacit understanding, the awkward atmosphere just now eased a lot.
Li Qinyuan smiled and patted her head, then took her hand and led someone into the seat, poured a glass of water for her, and then spoke, not answering Gu Wuyou's words, but listening to Gu Wuyou a few days ago A sentence to come.
"You also like the peddler and the pawn, and it doesn't matter if you are inferior?"
Aware of Gu Wuyou's stunned eyes, Li Qinyuan's smile grew stronger and stronger, and the ending sounded upward, hooking people, "Little girl, do you really think so?"
"You, how do you know?" Gu Wuyou was really stunned. She didn't expect Li Qinyuan to hear what Zhao Chengyou said that day, but this is not something to hide. She blushed for a while, and said the truth. :"Yes."
When she spoke, she kept looking at people without a trace of evasion, "I think so."
Li Qinyuan originally wanted to tease her, but seeing her promise so briskly, he was stunned first, and after a while, he shook his head and laughed, put his hand on her face, and brushed her eyebrows inch by inch with tenderness. The voice is also extraordinarily gentle: "Do you know that when a woman gets married, the glory of her mother's family in the past is not counted, it all depends on the husband."
That's why so many women in this world choose to marry high.
Gu Wuyou nodded, "I know."
Li Qinyuan asked again, "Then do you know that if I don't take the title and participate in the imperial examination, I'm just an ordinary person, and you may not be able to participate in those tea parties of the famous ladies in the capital in the future, and when others mention you, they will also think how did you marry? Such a husband."
"It is very likely that we will be bullied again."
Gu Wuyou pouted, "I didn't like those banquets either."
Seeing that Li Qinyuan was still looking at her for a moment, waiting for her answer, Gu Wuyou pursed his lips, put his hand on his arm, raised his Xing'er eyes, and said to him seriously, " Brother, I told you, no matter what kind of person you are, I like it."
"I like you, not because of what kind of identity you have and what kind of glory you can bring me."
"I like you just because you are Li Qinyuan."
"Even if you can't inherit the title, even if you can't become an official in the court, even if you're just an ordinary peddler in the future, it's nothing..." Gu Wuyou's eyes were curved, and he smiled at others, "Besides, you still have me. ah."
"With me here, no one can bully you."
She is the Princess of Leping, the little overlord in Beijing, who dares to bully her
The little girl's voice was gentle, and she spoke in a soft voice, but when it was passed into Li Qinyuan's ears, it seemed to weigh a thousand jins, which made his heart feel a little heavy with satisfaction and joy.
He didn't say anything, but the strength in his hands became softer and the eyes looking at her became softer.
This is the man he likes-
She has her own glory and pride, and has never had to rely on others for anything.
The reason why she likes him is very simple, so simple that people can't believe it, but it makes him feel surging and excited. and gentle.
Still at home, I don't know when the third brother will come.
Gu Wuyou was nervous and shy, but he was reluctant to hide, so he could only blushed a little, pulled his sleeve, and said in a loud voice, "I'm still at home."
It seems that as long as he is not at home, he can do whatever he wants.
Li Qinyuan is full of vitality, how can he resist the softness of the little girl, if it is not for the self-control, I am afraid that he will really become that prodigal son and bully others... I am afraid that if this continues, he will really catch fire.
He coughed lightly, let go of his hand, and stepped back into the chair.
He gulps down the half-cold tea on the table again, and then talks to her about business in a hoarse voice, "It's not that I suddenly want to do business."
"I've been thinking about it for a long time these days. I want to enter the court, except for the road of Yinfeng, which is to take part in the scientific examination. However, the official positions of Yinfeng are all idle people, and I don't like it. "
"If it's a scientific test—"
He paused slightly, but didn't hide it at all, but told the truth, "Although my grades are good this time, I know very well that this time the argument of the policy theory is too novel, which helped me get points, I I asked Mr. Xu privately, my basic knowledge is much worse, and the article is too sloppy, and those Confucian scholars in the officialdom may not like it."
"and… "
Take the imperial examinations and enter the officialdom.
Either he entered the Hanlin to train in the cabinet, or, like his uncle, he went out for a few years, accumulated fame and experience, and then went to high-ranking officials.
There is a simple one, that is to go to his father's military camp, go to the battlefield, and get tired of meritorious exploits... However, he can't be with his father calmly now.
These are not said.
Instead, he continued to talk about doing business with others: "I have loved arithmetic since I was a child. When I was naughty earlier, I followed people on boats a few times. I have also traveled a few places in the past few days and asked third brother Gu for his opinion."
"I… "
No matter how full he was before, when he really discussed this with Gu Wuyou, he was still a little hesitant. Looking at Gu Wuyou's clear eyes, he was silent for a long time before whispering, "I want to try."
When it came out, he was still a little unsure.
Gu Wuyou didn't think about it that much. After listening to him, she raised her face with a smile and said, "Then give it a try..." She didn't think there was anything wrong with doing business at all. Besides, the Tianjia was also focusing on business, and even It also opened up a gateway for overseas trade and encouraged everyone to do business.
The status of the merchants is not lower than that of the previous ones, but the status of the merchants is much higher now.
In a few years, businessmen like his third brother, even if they do not have official positions, will be honored as guests by many aristocratic families. Later, they will even be knighted by the Tian family alone.
She believed in Li Qinyuan.
Her general, no matter what she does, she will succeed.
but-
"Does business need a lot of money, do you still have money?" Gu Wuyou frowned, "I have a lot more. Besides the dowry that my mother gave me, I also have a small treasury..." She never counted it. These, but there should be quite a few.
"If you don't have enough, take it from me first."
"Otherwise, I'll go back and let Bai Lu sort it out and bring it to you."
Every time he comes into contact with Gu Wuyou, Li Qinyuan gets to know her more. Even though he already knew that she doesn't care about his identity, when he heard these words, his heart was still very hot, as if there was a volcano hidden in it. In my heart, I couldn't help but want to burst out.
As long as she is willing to believe him.
So no matter how difficult it is in front of him, he will never turn back, no longer hesitant and afraid.
"Need not."
He spoke, his voice was a little hoarse, but the smile on his face was very bright, even brighter than before, "I have money."
His mother left him money when he went, and her dowry shops have been making money all these years... Seeing that the little girl had to say more, Li Qinyuan raised his hand and stroked her head, his eyes were soft, and his voice was very gentle, Like a gurgling water, "If I don't have enough, I'll ask you to take it."
Gu Wuyou only nodded when he heard this, and looked at him worriedly, "Then you must tell me, don't carry it alone."
Li Qinyuan was too soft-hearted, "Okay."
When Gu Rong came in, he happened to see them joking. He changed into his clogs, raised his eyebrows as he walked and asked, "What are you talking about, chatting so happily?"
Li Qinyuan smiled, "It's nothing."
After he finished speaking, he stood up and crossed his hands again, "In the past few days, Brother Gu has taught me a lot, and I can't repay it. If the third brother doesn't mind, I will cook today's lunch."
"can you cook?"
Gu Rong was a little surprised, but didn't say anything, nodded, "Everything is in the kitchen, I'll take you there." As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Wuyou, who was sitting obediently, took the initiative: "I'll take him there."