There are no tigers in the mountains, and monkeys are called kings.
After Gu Huaijiang and his party left, Gu Hou Mansion became the world of monkeys, Gu Xiang and Gu Yi jumped up and down.
Gu Wenqing was as reassuring as ever, he shouldered the burden of managing the general affairs of the mansion, and from time to time he took time to take care of Yuguan's Yushan Building.
"Xiao Yufu, come quickly, it's fun!"
Gu Yi excitedly ran into the West Wing. As soon as everyone in the West Wing heard his voice, they knew that the Sixth Young Master had acquired something new again.
Unexpectedly, when I came out to see it, it was still a kite.
Yu Fu sat at the table and only glanced at it, "Didn't we often fly kites a few days ago? I thought it was something new, but it turned out to be it."
She casually flipped through a page of the booklet in her hand. Gu Yi looked over and saw that it was the account book for recording the expenses of the government.
"Xiao Yufu, what are you doing with this? It's so boring, let's go out and fly a kite! I learned a new way of playing from outsiders, called kite fighting! Whoever wins down other people's kites first can fly as well Be steady, even if you win!"
Gu Xiang also said: "Yeah, let's go out to play, what's the point of being locked up by the fourth brother in the room all day looking at the account books?"
Yu Fu said: "It's not that the fourth brother is holding me back, it's because I am willing. When the general left, he asked me to help the fourth brother. You all went to play. How pitiful is the fourth brother who manages the housework by himself."
She didn't know much, but fortunately she was good at arithmetic, so Gu Wenqing handed over the account book to her for review.
Gu Yi wanted to say something more, but Gu Xiang gently tugged at his sleeve, "Forget it, let's stop playing, why don't we go to the kitchen to see if there are any snacks, and ask someone to bring us to eat with Yufu?"
As he said that, he looked at Yu Fu, should she have some time to eat snacks together
Yu Fu nodded with a smile, "Okay, when you come back, I have finished reading my account book, let's have some snacks."
Gu Yi handed the kite to Yao Lan, and obediently followed Gu Xiang out.
"Why don't you persuade Xiaoyufu anymore? She should play at such a young age. I don't know what my father thinks, but he insists on her helping fourth brother with housework."
"Are you stupid?"
Gu Xiang walked in the direction of the kitchen, and gave Gu Yi a blank look, "You know that you love Xiao Yufu, wouldn't your father know about it? But Xiao Yufu will be our sister-in-law in the future, the wife of the prince, and she will learn to take care of the house sooner or later."
"Oh!" Gu Yi suddenly realized, "So it is like this! Let me just say, my father loves Xiao Yufu so much, why is he willing to let her do things..."
The two walked to the kitchen unknowingly. It was still early at this time, and the kitchen hadn't started preparing lunch yet. The cook and the servants were very idle.
The first time they saw Gu Xiang and Gu Yi, everyone rushed forward to salute.
"Why did the fifth and sixth sons come to the kitchen in person? If you want something to eat, just order the servants to come and get it."
Usually, they let their own servants come to fetch food, but it was a rare time for the two of them to come, but they found that the cooks looked flustered, as if they didn't want them to come.
Gu Yi didn't notice it, and still said carelessly: "I didn't want to eat anything, since I'm here, let's take a look, is there any ready-made snacks?"
One of the cooks smiled awkwardly, "Master didn't order it, we made it and put it there for fear that it might not be fresh. It doesn't take much effort to make it. Sixth Young Master said what to eat, we just make it now."
Just as Gu Yi was about to say something, Gu Xiang stopped him and looked at the cook, "We can't think of it for a while, why don't we go to the kitchen and see what we want to eat."
Gu Yi gave him a strange look, and quickly understood, "Oh, yes, let's go in and see for ourselves!"
The cooks became even more flustered and blocked the kitchen door with their bodies. One of them had sweat on his forehead and wiped it over and over again with his sleeve.
Gu Xiang was even more sure that something must have happened.
"You are clear about the rules of the Guhou Mansion. If you confess, you will be lenient and if you resist, you will be strict. No matter what you did wrong, you can still survive if you tell the truth now. If I find out, don't blame me for not showing face."
Seeing that the two of them were young, the cook who spoke before said with a playful smile: "My lord misunderstood, we did nothing wrong. I was afraid that the kitchen would be dirty so I dare not let the two of you in. Don't get me wrong!"
"Hmph, the kitchen is dirty? Is the food we eat dirty?"
Gu Xiang pushed away a few people and walked towards the kitchen.
They hadn't been in the kitchen much before, and they didn't know what was going on here, so there didn't seem to be anything wrong with them.
Both vegetables and fish are placed where they should be placed, and there is nothing missing.
The cook with a hippie smile said: "My lords, look, I've told you there's nothing wrong with it, right? You two are overthinking."
No, if it's really okay, why are they so nervous
Gu Xiang looked around and saw a brown basket placed in the corner, the bright yellow stick on it had not been torn off, it should be a tribute from the palace.
He walked there, and the palms of several cooks were sweating.
"Here is the japonica rice sent by the palace, right?"
He put his hand into the rice, took a small handful and held it in his palm for a closer look, and immediately understood what the cooks were nervous about.
Because the rice in the basket is not the tribute rice at all!