Lao Tao, Hao Guozi, Gu Xiaojia and the cook from Gu's residence were sitting in the courtyard while basking in the sun while picking vegetables, the four of them were talking and laughing.
An Ran and Qiu Shuining were washing clothes by the vegetable garden.
The handyman from Gu's mansion and the dumb servant who was originally doing handyman in the county government were chopping firewood.
Seeing Tao Mo shooting out behind Gu's back, everyone was stunned. Lao Tao stood up slowly, and Qiu Shuining also straightened up.
Gu Xiaojia quickly dropped the vegetables in his hand, moved the dilapidated bamboo recliner from the porch, and placed it on the sunny spot.
Tao Mo carefully put down Gu She and went to fetch water from the well. Hao Guozi rushed over and snatched the bucket in his hand: "Young Master, what do you want to do, just give me an order."
Tao Mo said shyly, "Gu She and I both want to wash our faces."
Hao Guozi glanced at Tao Mo's face in surprise, then at Gu She, and stopped talking.
After washing his face, Tao Mo saw the vegetables he was picking: "So many vegetables?!"
Old Tao said: "I want to ask Yuan Aozec to come over and have a meal I cooked."
Tao Mo said joyfully, "It's time to call him here. I don't know what he likes to eat?"
Old Tao said: "There are things he likes to eat, and there are also things you like to eat."
Tao Mo was a little embarrassed: "Is there any steamed fish or beef dipped in sauce?"
Lao Tao glanced at Gu She: "No."
Tao Mo glanced at Gu She apologetically, and said in a low voice, "Oh."
He walked back to She: "I asked Xianweilou to cook some of your favorite dishes and bring them here?"
Gu She patted the armrest of the chair, and Tao Mo sat down on the armrest. As soon as he sat down, he couldn't help but froze, because Gu She grabbed his waist and hugged him hard.
He panicked and whispered: "Xianzhi!"
But he was afraid that Gu She's wound would open again, so he didn't dare to struggle.
Gu She ignored him, but looked at the well provocatively. Tao Mo followed Gu She's gaze, and Qiu Shui stood there in a daze, with tears in his eyes.
With a heavy cough, Lao Tao called out, "Master!"
Tao Mo whispered as if he had been rescued: "Xianzhi, Lao Tao called me."
Gu She let him go as if nothing had happened.
Old Tao brought Tao Mo into the house, frowned and asked, "Young master, have you communicated with Gu She?"
Tao Mo was ashamed and ashamed, nodded.
Lao Tao complained: "It's fine for you two to communicate with each other, why bother to show off like this? Gu She hurt his right shoulder, but didn't hurt his leg or foot. Why didn't he let him come out by himself? He was carrying and hugging, so Miss Qiu Why are you here?!"
It was only then that Tao Mo understood what Gu She wanted him to recite, and he said dully, "I didn't expect this. I'll go and tell Xian Zhi."
Old Tao asked again: "Young master also knows about Gu She's background?"
Tao Mo nodded: "So he is Brother Lian's twin brother, the son of Prime Minister Gu."
"Master, don't you mind?"
Tao Mo shook his head: "There is absolutely nothing wrong with this matter."
Old Tao sighed: "The young master still understands. Doesn't Gu She mind the young master's past?"
Tao Mo thought about it carefully: "My past—is it nothing?"
He considers himself innocent, and there is nothing he cannot tell Gu She.
Old Tao said helplessly: "Lian Jian back then—although you didn't have that kind of thought, but Lian Jian was so infatuated after all, and later died because of you, Gu She really didn't have any knots in his heart?"
Only then did Tao Mo react, his face turned a little pale: "Xianzhi said that he blamed me a little in the past, and he didn't expect that now..."
Thinking of the fact that I wanted to dedicate myself to Lianjian because of gratitude, did Gu She know about this
Seeing that Tao Mo's face was pale, Lao Tao couldn't help regretting breaking the news, so he said carelessly, "I think he didn't mind how he treated you just now."
Tao Mo recalled what happened before and after, Gu She showed his love first, and then found out that he belonged to Tao Wuwen. What if Gu She knew that he was Tao Wuwen first
But he immediately removed all distracting thoughts from his mind: "Even if he minds, it doesn't matter. As long as he has me in his heart, I will be with him for the rest of his life."
Lao Tao sighed, "The young master has always understood better than Lao Tao."
Tao Mo looked at Lao Tao and remained silent for a while.
Old Tao asked suspiciously, "Young master, what do you want to say?"
Tao Mo asked, "Old Tao, why aren't you surprised at all?"
"Gu She actually had a clue to the young master, but he didn't know it. Old Tao had already expected what happened today."
Tao Mo whispered, "I didn't mean that."
"what is that?"
"Gu She is Gu Xianzhi, and he is Brother Lian's twin brother."
Old Tao was stunned, and said with a sneer: "Old Tao has lived for many years, and has seen many strange things, of course he is not surprised."
Tao Mo looked at him suspiciously: "Really?"
Yuan Ji and Mu Chun came together.
The small round table in the study was of course unusable, Lao Tao asked someone to move out the large writing table from Tao Mo's room, put it together with the desk in the study, and everyone sat around.
There is no autumn water.
An Ran said: "Miss Qiu feels a little uncomfortable and doesn't want to eat."
Mu Chun sighed, but didn't say anything else, just poured wine.
An Ran added: "Why don't I bring a bowl of rice back to my room to eat? In case Miss Qiu needs to take care of her, there is someone there."
Mu Chun nodded.
Old Tao still wanted to stay, but Mu Chun gave him a wink, so Old Tao gave up.
Tao Mo felt a little guilty, and couldn't help but glance at Gu She.
Gu She had a "deserved it" expression on his face.
Ji Wudi shouted: "Hey hey hey - they are all men, why doesn't he drink?"
Mu Chun said lightly: "I have an injury, and drinking alcohol will affect the healing of the wound."
Gu She didn't appreciate it: "I never drink alcohol."
Ji Wudi pouted: "A Ce! It's not fair!"
Yuan Aozai squinted at Gu She: "Do you want to drink?"
Gu She remained calm as usual: "I never drink alcohol."
Tao Mo remembered that he had never seen Gu She drink, so he quickly stood up and said, "I'll drink for Xianzhi!"
Yuan Aoce remained calm: "As much as I drink, how much will you replace?"
"This—" Tao Mo froze, he knew his drinking capacity was really three glasses.
But he immediately mustered up his courage: "Okay!"
Gu She frowned: "What are you trying to do?"
Tao Mo looked at Gu She seriously: "You blocked the dagger for me, I was very sad, I wish I could get ten knives in exchange for yours. I don't want you to suffer any harm again!"
Ji Wudi yelled "ahh", Mu Chun and Lao Tao looked at Yuan Aocai together, only Gu Shetao Mo looked at Ji Wudi.
Yuan Aozec's fingers stopped in front of Ji Wudi's Ya acupoint.
Ji Wudi's eyeballs kept rolling, and he suddenly said, "Don't you feel ashamed to see how much they love each other?"
Yuan Aozec was at a loss: "What should I be ashamed of?"
"You haven't treated me so well!"
Yuan Aoce gritted his teeth: "Shall I drink for you?"
"Why—" Ji Wudi smirked, "Didn't you feed me with your mouth?"
As soon as the words fell, Yuan Aozec raised his glass and raised his neck, held Ji Wudi with one hand, bowed his head and fed it!
Tao Mo hastily raised his hands to cover his face with his sleeves, and turned his head, only to find that Gu She was staring blankly, as if he had already been stunned.
Tao Mo pulled him anxiously: "Xianzhi!"
Only then did Gu She come to his senses, and his face turned red.
Lao Tao coughed violently a few times, Yuan Ji and the others seemed to have never heard of it.
Mu Chun turned a blind eye and poured Gu She a cup of hot water.
Lao Tao raised his chopsticks in a concealed manner: "Eat! Eat!"
Tao Mo quickly picked up the chopsticks, but was stunned: "What a big bowl of braised pork!"
Old Tao lovingly said, "You and Ah Ce both love to eat, so I'll make a little more."
Gu She picked up a piece and put it in Tao Mo's bowl, Tao Mo suddenly felt sweet in his heart.
Before he could start eating, Ji Wudi suddenly pushed Yuan Aocai away, and moved the bowl of braised pork from the middle of the table in front of Yuan Aocai: "Ace, eat more!"
Gu She said calmly, "Isn't this the county government office?"
Tao Mo looked at him in bewilderment, only to see him say again slowly: "Why is it like Dongshikou?"
Ji Wudi remembered that when he entered the city the day before yesterday, several beggars at Dongshikou competed for food, and couldn't help pouting: "Ace, he said that I look like a beggar—"
As soon as Yuan Aozec raised his chopsticks, he slashed several times across Gu She's body like lightning, and several holes appeared in Gu She's clothes.
Yuan Aozec wanted to stroke again, but Mu Chun's chopsticks caught him: "Brother Yuan, at least give me some face."
Lao Tao also dissuaded him: "A Ce!"
Gu She didn't take it seriously, and continued to eat with chopsticks. The tattered clothes on him did not detract from his demeanor at all.
Yuan Aozai glanced at Mu Chun and Lao Tao, and took back his chopsticks.
Unexpectedly, Gu She opened his mouth slowly again: "Wu Wen, I remember that these dried bamboo shoots and roasted tofu, stir-fried cabbage sum, sliced lotus root, yam in honey sauce, and peppery chicken are all your favorites. Ten dishes, six dishes are all your favorites, Lao Tao treats you so well, you have to eat more to be worthy of Lao Tao."
Tao Mo pulled at the corner of Gu She's clothes in embarrassment. Unexpectedly, there was a sting, and a tear on Gu She's clothes became bigger with this pull.
He had no choice but to sneer and say, "Brother Yuan, eat more. Brother Yuan hasn't had it for ten years. I've had it for three years, and I will eat it more often in the future."
Yuan Aoce glared: "Who is your big brother?!"
Tao Mo said timidly, "Old Tao said he treats you as his own son, and treats me as his own."
Yuan Aozec glared at Mu Chun again: "He will take advantage of it. Tell me!"
Mu Chun clenched his fist and coughed lightly: "You are one size with me, and another size with him."
Yuan Aoce patted the table, and all the dishes on the table jumped up. Mu Chun and Lao Tao both rushed to pick it up, but Mu Chun had a quick eye and a quick hand, and picked up one set after another, and put it on while catching up, but because Lao Tao did too much, there was still one set that was about to be overthrown in the end.
At the very moment, Yuan Aozec took the set into his hands and put it on the table: "You think I don't know what your plan is? He and Gu She are a couple, and Gu She is your nephew. I want to recognize him as a brother." , isn't it a generation younger than you?"
Tao Mo couldn't help but blush when he heard Yuan Aozec say that he and Gu She were a "couple".
Mu Chun said: "I said that one yard is equal to one yard, and you must obey. You are a generation older than him, so what will you two do with Elder Lu?"
Tao Mo was busy bringing down the piles of dishes in Mu Chun's hands: "Old Tao has been cooking for a long time, and it would be a pity to spill them. It's best to eat while it's hot."
As he spoke, he put the braised pork in front of Yuan Aocai.
Old Tao saw Yuan Aozec making all kinds of anger, but Tao Mo felt sorry for his tiredness, so he couldn't help but take the plate of braised pork back and put it in the middle: "I cook a lot, young master just eat it."
Yuan Aoce's expression eased, and he put the empty cup in front of Mu Chun.
Mu Chun smiled and poured another cup for him.
Yuan Aocai stood up with a cup and said, "Elder Lu, I would like to respect you for the first time. Back then, I, Yuan Aocai, had no relatives or reasons when I first came to the mountain, and my master was strict with me. You have been taking care of me in private for more than ten years. I went to the Glorious Gate."
Old Tao couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed: "When I went to pick you up from the Brilliant Gate, I said something so harsh. I apologize to you today."
Yuan Aozec was stunned, and his eyes turned red immediately: "Your words are enough. I will do it first as a respect."
He drank it while talking.
Lao Tao's eyes were also moist, and he drank the wine in the glass silently.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit sentimental, Mu Chun held the wine and added a glass: "The three rounds of the banquet have not passed yet, and you two have done it. Come, come, let's have a drink together!"
Everyone raised their cups together, and Gu She held up the cup of hot water.
After the three cups were over, Tao Mo's face turned red, and his eyes were a little dazed.
Old Tao had already prepared for it, and changed Tao Mo to a cup of hot water: "Master, drink three cups, as long as you drink more, Mr. Gu has no one to take care of you."
Mu Chun held up the cup: "I want to respect Big Brother Yuan for this cup. Thanks to Big Brother Yuan's righteous action, Mu Chun was able to understand this dispute smoothly."
Before Yuan Aocai had time to hold the cup, Ji Wudi interjected, "You don't need to respect him, and you don't need to thank him, just bring the gold and silver you promised earlier."
Mu Chun smiled handsomely: "What Mu Chun says must mean what he says. But thank you, I still have to thank you. Just imagine that no matter who gives money in this world, Brother Yuan will do it for him?"
Yuan Aozai picked up his cup: "That's a pleasant statement!"
The two toasted harmoniously.
Mu Chun quickly took control of the whole audience, sometimes pulling Lao Tao and Yuan Aocai to clink glasses, sometimes getting close to Yuan Aocai and Ji Wudi, and even asked Tao Mo to clink glasses with Yuan Aocai with hot water.
Gu She and Tao Mo ate quietly, both of them were used to eating without talking, they only picked food from each other and looked at each other two or three times during the whole process.
After eating, everyone stood up, Ji Wudi smiled and looked at Gu She: "Look, Ah Ce, there is a beggar here without going to Dongshikou."
Gu She said indifferently: "Before, Gu She was indeed like a beggar, with nothing but a little reputation." He turned around and held Tao Mo's hand, "But it's not anymore, Gu She already has the most precious treasure in the world."
Tao Mo was already on the verge of being drunk, but when he was excited by his words, his face immediately glowed.
Lao Tao's face twitched, but he was inexplicably relieved in his heart.
Ji Wudi let out a "huh": "As for this talking tongue, Gu She, if you modestly call yourself second, no one would dare to call you number one."
Yuan Aozec gave a light "hmm".
Ji Wudi hastily turned around and took Yuan Aoce's arm: "But I still love Ace the most."
The corners of Yuan Ao Ce's mouth raised slightly.