There is no tiger in the mountain, and the monkey is the king.
After Gu Huaijiang and his party left, Guhou Mansion became a world of monkeys, and Gu Xiang and Gu Yi jumped up and down.
As always, Gu Wenqing was reassuring, he shouldered the burden of managing the general affairs of the Fuzhong, and from time to time he took time to take care of the Yushan Building of the Yuguan.
"Xiao Yufu, come on, have fun!"
Gu Yixing rushed into the West Chamber. As soon as everyone in the West Chamber heard his voice, they knew Liu Gongzi had gotten something new again.
Who knows, it's still a kite.
Yu Fuduan 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, it turned out to be it."
She flipped through a page of the booklet in her hand, and Gu Yi leaned over to see that it was an account book that recorded the expenditures of the mansion.
"Xiaoyufu, what are you doing with this? How boring, let's go out to fly a kite! I learned a new way of playing from outside, called fighting a kite! Who can twist down someone else's kite first, and still fly by himself? Steady, even if you win!"
Gu Xiang also said: "Yes, let's go out and play, what's the point of you being detained in the house by your fourth brother all day and looking at the account books?"
Yufu said, "It wasn't the fourth brother who kept me, but I was willing. The general asked me to help the fourth brother when he left. You have all gone to play. How pitiful it is for the fourth brother to take care of the housework alone."
She didn't know much, but fortunately she was good at math, so Gu Wenqing handed the account book to her for review.
Gu Yi wanted to say something more, Gu Xiang quietly tugged at his sleeve, "Forget it, let's not play, why don't we go to the kitchen to see what snacks we have, and ask someone to bring us to eat with Yufu?"
Speaking of looking at Xiang Yufu, she should have time for snacks together, right
Yufu smiled and nodded, "Okay, when you come back, I have finished reading my account book, let's have a snack."
Gu Yi handed the kite to Yaolan, and obediently followed Gu Xiang out.
"Why don't you persuade Xiaoyu to help? She should be playing at such a young age. I don't know what her father thinks, so she has to help my fourth brother take care of the housework."
"Are you stupid?"
Gu Xiang walked in the direction of the kitchen, and gave Gu Yi a blank look, "Do you know that Xiao Yufu is heartbroken, don't my father know? But Xiao Yufu will be our sister-in-law in the future, the wife of the world, and she will learn to take care of housework sooner or later."
"Oh!" Gu Yi suddenly realized, "So that's the case! Let me just say, my father feels so sorry for Xiao Yufu, how can he be willing to let her do things..."
The two of them walked to the kitchen unknowingly. It was still early, and the kitchen had not yet begun to prepare lunch, and the cook and the servants were very leisurely.
At first sight of Gu Xiang and Gu Yi, everyone rushed forward to bow.
"Why did the fifth son and the sixth son come to the kitchen in person? What you want to eat, just order someone to come and get it."
On weekdays, their respective young men came to fetch food. It was a rare encounter for the two of them, but they found that several cooks looked panicked, as if they didn't want them to come over.
Gu Yi didn't notice it, but still said with a carefree grin: "I didn't want to eat anything, since I'm here, let's take a look. Can there be a ready-made snack?"
A cook smiled embarrassedly, "The master didn't order, we made it and put it there for fear that it might not be new. It doesn't take much time to do it. Six sons said what to eat, we just do it now."
Gu Yi was about to say, Gu Xiang stopped him and looked at the cook, "We can't remember it for a while. Why don't we go for a walk in the kitchen. We might think of what we want to eat when we see something."
Gu Yi glanced at him strangely and quickly understood, "Oh, yes, yes, let's go in and take a look!"
Several cooks were even more flustered and stopped in front of the kitchen with their bodies. One of them was covered with sweat and wiped it over and over again with his sleeve.
Gu Xiang was even more certain that something must have happened.
"You are clear about the rules of the Guhou Mansion. Be lenient and strict when you confess. No matter what you do wrong, you still have a way to survive. If I find out, don't blame me for not giving face."
The cook who had spoken earlier saw that they were young, and said with a hippie smile: "The son has misunderstood, we did nothing wrong. I am afraid that the kitchen is dirty, so I dare not let you two in. Don't misunderstand me!"
"Huh, the kitchen is dirty? Isn't it dirty what we usually eat?"
Gu Xiang pushed a few people away and walked towards the kitchen.
They haven't been to the kitchen much before, and they don't know what's going on here, and they don't seem to be wrong.
Both vegetables and fish are placed where they should be, and nothing is missing.
The chef with a hippie smile said: "You two sons, I said there is nothing wrong, right? You two are too worried."
No, if it's really okay, what are they doing so nervously
Gu Xiang looked around and saw a brown basket placed in the corner of the wall. The bright yellow stick on it had not been torn off. It should be a tribute from the palace.
As he walked towards that place, several cooks squeezed their palms with sweat.
"Here is Mitian rice from the palace, right?"
He put his hand in the rice, took a small hand in his palm and looked closely, and suddenly understood what the chefs were nervous about.
Because the rice in the basket is not a tribute Mitian japonica rice at all!