When Gu Jiao returned home, Gu Yan had already woken up and was sitting in the main room with the old lady eating sugar water eggs.
Seeing Gu Jiao entering the house, the old lady quickly pushed the sugar-sweetened egg in front of Gu Yan, and said sternly, "I said I don't eat it! You have to honor me!"
Gu Yan: "..."
Who was the one who also took half of his sugar-sweetened eggs
The sugar water egg was made by Xue Ningxiang. Of course, the old lady didn't show up, so she encouraged Gu Yan to ask for it. Xue Ningxiang couldn't resist Gu Yan's little charm at all, so she cooked a big bowl without saying a word. small bowl.
Gu Xiaoshun ate fast, and had already gone back to the house to study his woodcarving. Xiao Qingkong was still practicing the exercises on the tree, but he had not started to eat.
Gu Jiao resolutely confiscated the old lady's sugar water eggs.
In fact, the old lady, who had already eaten a bowl and a half, wiped her lips and returned to the house.
As long as I eat fast enough, Jiaojiao can't catch me!
Gu Jiao gave the three gifts given by the man to the three younger brothers, and they laid out the things without her asking, and the three of them found exactly what they liked.
Xiao Jingkong picked up the glittering Huarong Road and couldn't put it down!
What Gu Yan picked was a jade wrench made of a thousand-year-old cold jade, which was better than the original one.
Gu Xiaoshun has a dagger that cuts iron like mud. This dagger is smaller than ordinary daggers, so it is easy to carry and can be used as an excellent carving knife.
All three are very happy!
Xue Ningxiang is helping Gu Jiao clean up the backyard.
Xue Ningxiang often came to help, and in return, Gu Jiao would help Xue Ningxiang to work in the field, and the old lady would occasionally help Xue Ningxiang look after the children.
The main reason is that the dog doesn't talk much. If you give him a candied fruit, he can lick it all morning. The old lady's ears are very clean, and she naturally feels that the dog is easy to carry.
Just a little headroom—
"Auntie! You stole candied fruit again! Jiaojiao! Auntie has eaten candied fruit again! She ate five of them today!"
Xiao Qingkong, who grabbed the old lady just after practicing the exercises: My aunt is too bad! Said not to eat always secretly eat!
The old lady shook her hand, the stinky little monk...
Xue Ningxiang came here today to find Gu Jiao.
"Little girl, Uncle Gouwa sent a letter to the family again, please help me read." Xue Ningxiang handed a folded envelope to Gu Jiao.
After Gu Jiao learned to read with Xiao Liulang, Xue Ningxiang stopped reading letters to Xiao Liulang at all.
Gu Jiao opened the letter and glanced at it: "Huh?"
"What's wrong?" Xue Ningxiang asked.
Gu Jiao said: "Oh, this letter is different from the previous handwriting, it looks like it was written by Uncle Gouwa himself."
Xue Ningxiang's eyes lit up: "Really? His second uncle can also write?"
Gu Jiao looked at her proud face, and couldn't bear to tell her why he could tell that he wrote it himself, because the writing was so ugly, even uglier than her calligraphy, and the words were very immature. It's at the level of elementary school students, but it's enough to express the meaning clearly.
The letter said that Uncle Gouwa was promoted and became the personal soldier under the lieutenant general. Although he was only a small soldier, it was a great honor to be able to follow the lieutenant general.
However, in this way, the original plan to return to his hometown to visit relatives this year has to be cancelled, and he has to follow the deputy general to return to Beijing to report his duties.
"The lieutenant only brought a hundred personal soldiers, and he is one of them, so the opportunity is rare." Gu Jiao said.
However, this sentence did not comfort Xue Ningxiang, and Xue Ningxiang's expression dimmed: "After the dog's father passed away, the most important thing my mother talked about was the dog's second uncle, and my mother looked forward to it day and night, hoping that he could Come back and take a look at him, I heard that he might pass by our village this year, mother is not so happy, Laohan's legs are almost healed. Now that he is not coming back, why do you want me to explain to my mother? "
Xue Ningxiang was only two years older than Gu Jiao. She was a young high school student in her previous life, but now she is a sister-in-law, mother, and daughter-in-law.
Gu Jiao didn't know how to comfort her, so she continued to look down: "Second Uncle Gouwa also sent you money, saying that your birthday is coming soon, and asked you to use the money to make two sets of jewelry, a total of twenty taels."
Xue Ningxiang worried: "Why did he send so much? Did he not eat well? All the money is given to the family!"
This Gu Jiao knew how to comfort him: "Don't worry, he can't go hungry in the barracks, it's just that the money has nowhere to spend, so he sent it all back."
Xue Ningxiang was a little relieved.
Gu Jiao looked down again: "Gouwa's second uncle said that he doesn't want you to farm the land. He gave you enough money for you, the aunt, and the dog's flowers. You can rent the land cheaply to the villagers to plant."
Xue Ningxiang hurriedly said: "How did it happen? The money has to be saved up and used for him to marry a daughter-in-law in the future!"
Gu Jiao thought to herself, a man wants to make jewelry for you, do you really have no other idea
After lunch, Xue Ningxiang went to the bank to get silver, and the dog baby hugged her thigh and didn't let go. Xue Ningxiang couldn't, so she had to take the dog baby with her.
There were not many people in the bank, so Xue Ningxiang waited for a while and got twenty taels of silver. She put the silver in the bag, the dog was on her back, and the bag was held in her arms.
When she came out of the bank, she was bumped by a young man dressed as a scholar.
"Do you have eyes? How do you walk?" The scholar impatiently patted the arm that Xue Ningxiang touched.
Xue Ningxiang apologized embarrassingly: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."
The scholar's companion said, "Forget it, forget her, and rush to take the exam. If you delay, you won't be able to pay for it."
Xue Ningxiang's face turned pale when she heard that she was going to pay.
Fortunately, the scholar was persuaded by her companions, and Xue Ningxiang breathed a sigh of relief, but soon, she realized that something was wrong with her burden, and it seemed to be much lighter.
She hurriedly took out her hand, and was instantly dumbfounded.
Her twenty taels of silver were all gone!
Xue Ningxiang thought of the scholar just now, and her eyes changed to catch up: "Wait!"
The two young men took a step.
The scholar who bumped into her turned around and looked at her impatiently: "What?"
Xue Ningxiang took courage and said, "You... you stole my money!"
"What?" The scholar looked bewildered, and there was a trace of shame that he had been wronged.
Xue Ningxiang is a squatter, she is afraid of hardships, she really makes her confront two big men, she is somewhat afraid, but it is twenty taels of silver, such a large sum of money, the second uncle of the dog will take his life Earned, she can't let people steal it!
"Just, it's you!" She forced herself to gather up her courage, "I just came out of the bank, and I covered it all the way, but I was bumped by you just now... the money is gone!"
The scholar was about to get angry when he rolled up his sleeves, but his companion grabbed him: "What are you doing? Why bother with an ignorant woman?"
The scholar hummed: "It's not that I want to care about it, it's someone else who has deceived me!"
The companion sighed: "Forget it, the exam is important, ignore her."
"Look at your face, don't report to the official!" The scholar snorted coldly, and turned away with his companions.
Xue Ningxiang rushed up and grabbed the scholar's arm: "Give me the money back!"
"You're crazy!" The book jumped angrily and flicked her hand away.
Xue Ningxiang rushed over again.
While the two were pulling and pulling, the surrounding people gathered around.
The scholar was indignant and said: "You said that I stole your money, can you show the evidence? If you deceive me again, I will report it to the official! I think you are a woman and carry a child on your back. How honest you are. Take care of the child. Don't you feel ashamed to do such a rude thing?"
"You... you..." Xue Ningxiang's face turned green when he said it.
The people around started pointing.
In today's world, men are superior to women, not to mention that all things are inferior except for reading. If a little widow meets a scholar, no one will believe Xue Ningxiang.
The scholar said sadly: "I have good intentions not to report to the official. First, I think you are a woman. Second, it is also because we are going to the township examination, and we have no time to talk to you!"
"It's too much, how can she even corrupt the students who are rushing for the exam? Do you have any conscience?"
"Isn't it? People have been studying hard for ten years, just to be corrupted by her?"
"It's not a good thing to look at her!"
Passersby accused Xue Ningxiang one after another, Xue Ningxiang was so wronged that she burst into tears, she didn't deceive them, she really lost money...
The dog was asleep, but was woken up now.
Seeing himself and his mother surrounded by a bunch of people, he cried out in fear.
Dean Li just came out of the dim sum shop and was about to go to the town's hospital when he heard a piercing cry.
The voice was a little familiar, Dean Li paused and walked over.
Xue Ningxiang was stabbed in the spine by everyone at this moment, and no one believed what she said.
Dean Li quickly recognized her, the neighbor of the disciple's house! Then he recognized Gouwa, the little fat man named his father.
Dean Li walked into the crowd. He was the dean of Tianxiang Academy. Even if he didn't wear the clothes of the master, his scholarly and extravagance still suppressed the scene in an instant.
"What happened?" he asked.
Xue Ningxiang was already crying.
The scholar said, "This little woman is deceiving me!"
Dean Li asked, "What did she deceive you?"
The scholar replied angrily, "She said I stole his money!"
Dean Li said again: "Then did you steal it?"
The scholar was furious: "What are you talking about? Of course I didn't steal it! It was said that she corrupted me, didn't you hear?"
An old aunt who was watching the fun said: "Yes, the two of them are students who are going to the provincial capital to take the exam. It's really unfortunate that this mother-in-law has corrupted them."
Dean Li looked at the two of them up and down: "Which private school do you belong to?"
The scholar straightened his back and said, "We are from Tianxiang Academy!"
Dean Li's eyes narrowed slightly: "Really? What's your name? Which class?"
"What are you doing?" the scholar asked impatiently.
Dean Li smiled lightly: "I am the dean of Tianxiang Academy. I don't remember the academy accepting you two students."
The faces of the scholar and his companions changed.
The people around were surprised.
Dean Li calmly said to a young man beside him, "I'm bothering my little brother to report to an official, just say that someone here pretends to be a student of Tianxiang Academy to swindle and bully women and children."
Those two shouted loudly, but they didn't report to the officials for a long time. As soon as he came, he reported to the officials. Who is true and who is false, we will find out immediately!
The young man was full of words in his head: Dean Li talked to me! Dean Li spoke to me!
"Please, little brother." Dean Li said gently.
The young man solemnly responded, and rushed towards the county office in a hurry.
This is the big water rushing into the Dragon King Temple. The scholar and his companions saw that it was not good, and they ran away.
Dean Li said calmly, "Trouble the two strong men to stop them."
His words didn't have a commanding tone, but they were inexplicably convincing.
Two brawny men watching the fun captured them.
"I, my money..." Xue Ningxiang cried.
Dean Li nodded slightly, stepped forward, and found Xue Ningxiang's silver on the two of them.
Seeing the silver that was lost and found, Xue Ningxiang cried and became excited, but she hiccupped: "Many... hiccup! Thank you... hiccup!"
"Father!" Gouwa saw Dean Li.
Xue Ningxiang was so shocked that she stopped hiccups.
This baby, recklessly recognizes her father!
Dean Li is a mature and experienced man. Of course, he will not be angry with such trivial matters. He has asked the experienced teachers of the academy. What a rarity.
"Dad." The dog asked him to hug.
Xue Ningxiang was so embarrassed that she could not wait to find a crack to get in.
"You're injured." Dean Li saw the inch-long cut on her wrist, which was bleeding profusely.
Just now, he was only concerned about getting the money back, but didn't notice that his wrist was scratched on the other party's ornament.
Dean Li said politely: "Give me the child, the hospital is nearby, I'll take you to bandage it."
Xue Ningxiang hurriedly covered her wrist with her sleeve: "No, no need, a little injury is fine."
Dean Li said sternly: "It is still to be seen, the weather is hot and it is easy to get infected."
Xue Ningxiang thought for a while: "I'll go by myself."
"I just happened to be going to the medical center, just by the way." Dean Li said, and hugged the dog who kept reaching out to him.
The dog baby has a father, and immediately doesn't want a mother. The fleshy little hands wrap around Dean Li's neck, burying his head in his arms and acting like a spoiled child.
Xue Ningxiang was ashamed.
The two went to the hospital one after the other.
Dean Li sent his old mother to the hospital because the servant was cleaning the yard and found that the old mother was halfway through eating mulberries, and suddenly collapsed on the rattan chair and fainted.
Mrs. Li was getting old, and this situation was very dangerous. Dean Li couldn't wait to invite the doctor to his home, so he sent the person directly.
As a result, the doctor said after reading it, "It's okay, the old lady just fell asleep."
Dean Li said on the spot: "..."
He was worried that Mrs. Li would be hungry when she woke up, so he hurriedly went to the nearby dim sum shop to buy some sweet-scented osmanthus cakes that the elderly loved to eat.
After entering the medical center, Dean Li found a doctor to see Xue Ningxiang's injuries, and Xue Ningxiang pressed the dog on the chair.
Dean Li brought a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake for the dog.
The dog ate happily.
He was eating and eating, and when he looked up, he found that his father was gone.
He climbed down from the chair, sauntered to find his father, and ended up following him into a wing.
Madam Li woke up faintly, and as soon as she opened it, she saw a small bean.
Xiaodouding is chubby, round and cute.
Madam Li waved at Xiaodouding.
The dog was timid and was so frightened that he retreated again and again. It happened that at this time, Director Li came out from behind the Bisha closet, and the puppy rolled over and hugged his thigh: "Dad... Daddy..."
father
Mrs. Li looked at her son and then at Xiaodouding, her cloudy old eyes brightened.
The Buddha appeared!
She has a little grandson!
Because Gu Jiao refused to return to the mansion, the matter of Gu Houye and Gu Jinyu returning to Beijing was also delayed.
Originally, Master Gu planned to bring Yao Shi and the twins back to Beijing by the end of June at the latest. However, now both Yao Shi and Gu Yan are staying here for Gu Jiao, which makes Master Gu very distressed.
Even more distressed is Gu Jinyu.
Concubine Shu promised to hold a wedding ceremony for her and canonized her as the county head at the ceremony.
The county owner is a rare honor. As long as you become the county owner, even if you are not the family's own flesh and blood, it will not be too valuable.
But if she can't go back, what about the big gift
Gu Jinyu was in a hurry to get angry, and a blister appeared on her mouth.
When Lord Gu came to visit her, he was very distressed when he saw her being so angry: "How did you serve the young lady? The weather is so hot, don't you know how to cook less spicy dishes?"
The little maid said, "I'm wronged, Marquis, the lady's diet has been very light recently, and the lady got angry because she was depressed."
Gu Jinyu sighed: "You guys don't talk nonsense, just step back."
"Yes."
The maids withdrew.
Gu Jinyu said to Lord Gu Hou: "Dad, my daughter is really fine."
Gu Houye frowned and said, "Nonsense, you just have something on your mind, you haven't laughed recently."
Gu Jinyu lowered her eyes: "My daughter just misses her grandmother. My grandmother is old and she fell again a year ago. Although she has recovered, her body and bones don't need to be before. I don't know how much filial piety my daughter can do in front of her grandmother."
These words touched the heart of Gu Houye. Gu Houye was a filial piety on weekdays, not to mention that the old lady only had two children left in his life, he and Concubine Shu.
When Concubine Shu entered the palace, the old lady rarely saw her once a year. She couldn't serve her mother in front of her son, so it would be unfilial to think about it.
Gu Houye frowned and decided to give Yao Shi some more eye drops.
But Yao Shi's heart is like a rock: "If I don't go back, Yan'er won't go back either."
Gu Houye clicked his tongue: "Mother hasn't seen Yan'er for many years?"
Yao Shi said, "Zuo but she doesn't want to see Yan'er either."
Lord Gu retorted: "When will Mother not wait to see Yan'er? Yan'er is her grandson, and it's too late for her to love him."
It's just that it's better to love the first three precious grandchildren.
The former Mrs. Hou and the old lady were of the same clan and clan, and they could call the old lady an aunt according to their seniority. The marriage between the two families was considered as an increase of kinship, and her child, the old lady, naturally felt a little favored.
In addition, the three sons lost their mothers early, and it was too late for the old lady to feel distressed.
The third is that the old lady looked down on Yao's origin. Yao's gave birth to Gu Yan, who was sick. The old lady felt that Yao's own health was wrong, and it affected the descendants of the Gu family.
At first, the old lady treated Gu Jinyu neither coldly nor warmly, but Gu Jinyu was really outstanding, and she gave Houfu a face.
Gu Houye didn't have much confidence in those few rebuttals. He cleared his throat and said, "But Jin Yu is about to meet her wedding day. What should she do when her mother is not around when she does the wedding ceremony?"
Yao Shi said, "The same is true of doing it in the villa."
Lord Gu said, "I can't stay in the villa all the time. My mother is here, and my father must be there too."
Yao shi thought for a while: "Why don't you go back to the capital first, and come back later on that day?"
Lord Gu: "..."
Why is it so difficult to abduct the wife and children back to the capital
Master Gu used eighteen martial arts, but Yao Shi just didn't let go.
Lord Gu: "Why are you willing to return to the capital?"
Yao shi said seriously: "Jiaojiao come back, I will come back."
Lord Gu: How could that girl come back!
Gu Jinyu came over to deliver ginseng soup to Yao Shi, and inadvertently overheard the conversation between the two outside the door.
The little girl is also there.
The little maid serves Gu Jinyu closely, and already knows her and Gu Jiao's background.
The little maid said angrily for her master: "Why does the eldest miss go back to the capital, but the wife does not go back to the capital? Isn't the second lady the wife's child? It's the second lady who has been filial to the lady all these years, and the lady is too partial!"
Gu Jinyu held the ginseng soup in the tray and did not speak.
The little maid said aggrieved: "On a hot day, the second lady went to the kitchen to make ginseng soup for the lady herself, and her hands were burnt. What did the lady do? It made the lady so partial..."
"Don't say it, she is my sister, she has suffered a lot, and it is right for her mother to love her." After Gu Jinyu said, she left with a gloomy expression.
For several days, no one in the house mentioned the matter of returning to Beijing, and the villa seemed to have returned to a calm and peaceful life.
It was not until the end of the month that a pair of carriages and horses came to the villa, which broke the tranquility of the villa for many days.
Marquis Gu put on the official uniform, sorted out his appearance, and went to the gate of the villa to welcome the arrival of the other party in person.
Dozens of guards lined up, and a young man dressed in white slowly walked down from a carriage pulled by four horses.
The young man is dressed in white as snow, and is very noble and noble.
Lord Gu slapped the wide sleeves of his official uniform, stepped forward, and bowed his hands: "My minister, see the Prince of Anjun!"
The young man who was called the Prince of Anjun raised his hand slightly, and said coldly and politely: "The Marquis of Ding'an doesn't need to be too polite, my sister and I have traveled all over the world, and this time I hurried back to the capital city and the countryside to test. Suddenly came to the door to harass, but also hope that the Marquis of Ding An will not be blamed."
Lord Gu said with a smile: "The Prince of Anjun is serious, it is an honor for the Prince of Anjun and Sister Ling to come to the humble house! It's hot, the Prince of Anjun and Miss Zhuang might as well move to the villa and talk in the house."
Anjun Wang nodded, turned his head slightly, and said to the carriageway behind him, "Why don't you get off the bus?"
The curtain of the car was lifted, and a quirky little girl stuck out her head, her eyes rolled around twice, as if she was a little curious, and then jumped down with the help of a servant.
She came to King Anjun: "Brother! Is this the villa with hot springs?"
"I have seen the Marquis of Ding'an." The Prince of Anjun said to his sister.
The little girl pouted, and posed for a salute to Lord Gu.
The title of Marquis Gu is under the King of Anjun. Although the little girl is his sister, she has no rank. According to the rules, she should salute Marquis Gu.
However, aside from the etiquette, the little girl's identity is really precious. Although her brother saluted with dignity, her attitude was not much respectful.
Gu Houye smiled, as if he didn't see it, and led the brother and sister into the villa graciously.
In the villa, Yao Shi and Gu Jinyu also got news that they were female relatives, so it was inconvenient to go out to greet them, so they waited for the king of Anjun in the flower hall of Tingtao Pavilion.
Yao Shi had been away from Beijing for many years and was indifferent to the situation in Beijing. He had never heard of this Anjun King. Gu Jinyu patiently told her the legendary life of this Anjun King.
"He is the grandson of Master Zhuang, and he is only eighteen years old this year."
"Have you been conferred a king since the eighteenth?" Yao shi was quite surprised, even a prince is rarely conferred so early.
Gu Jinyu shook his head: "He didn't consecrate the county king until he was eighteen, he was conferred at the age of eight."
However, this canonization was not his luck, on the contrary, it was his misfortune.
Ten years ago, Zhao State and Chen State fought a war, Zhao State lost, Chen State proposed to take the Prince of Zhao State as a pledge, the emperor was reluctant to bear his son, and all the courtiers opposed it. At this time, Master Zhuang stepped forward, willing to let one of his best grandsons go to Chen State to be a proton for the prince.
If it were the sons and grandsons of the ministers next to him, Chen Guo would probably not agree, but the Zhuang family was the mother family of the Queen Mother, Mrs. Zhuang was the elder brother of the Queen Mother, and his grandson was the grand-nephew of the Queen Mother.
Everyone knows that Empress Dowager Zhuang has been in charge of government for many years.
The emperor then canonized the grandson of Taifu Zhuang as the king of Anjun, and entered the state of Chen as a pledge as a prince.
It was not until more than three years ago that the two countries fought again. This time Chen Guo lost, and the King of Anjun finally returned to Zhao Guo.
There are many deeds of the Anjun King circulating in the capital. Gu Jinyu has heard about it, but has never seen him in person.
She was curious in her heart, but she was respectful and polite on the face, and she didn't see any overstepping.
When Master Gu and his party finally arrived at the flower hall, Yao Shi and Gu Jinyu bowed to the King of Anjun.
Yao shi lowered her eyebrows from beginning to end. Gu Jinyu was young, and no matter how well she behaved on her face, she couldn't help but glanced at each other curiously.
Then she froze.
How can there be such a handsome man in the world
The noble is not arrogant, the elegant person is profound, the gestures are all noble, and there is a hint of immortal spirit.
"This is the wife of the Yao family, and this is the little girl." Gu Houye introduced.
King Anjun nodded slightly: "Mrs. Gu, Miss Gu."
Miss Zhuang stepped forward: "You are Gu Jinyu? I know you!"
Gu Jinyu was slightly taken aback.
Yao Shi and Gu Houye also looked at Miss Zhuang in astonishment.
Miss Zhuang raised her eyebrows and said, "My fourth uncle praised your handwriting, saying that among people my age, your handwriting is the best!"
Miss Zhuang's fourth uncle is the governor of Pingcheng House, Zhuang Xianzhi.
Miss Zhuang smiled coldly: "Oh, bring a pen! I want to compare with you!"
(End of this chapter)