In the Westinghouse, Xiao Heng was tidying up the large-scale disturbance scene in the small clearance. Ever since he heard that he had a bigger surprise for Gu Jiao, the little guy decided that his surprise was hidden in the house.
The little guy rummaged through the box and turned it over, but he wouldn't put it back by himself.
About this problem, the family talked about the little guy several times. Of course, every time he said it well, he turned his head and forgot, or he didn't forget, but he cleaned it up like he didn't clean it up.
He or Gu Jiao had to clean it up every time.
Xiao Heng concentrated on cleaning up, not knowing that Lord Gu came to the house, not to mention that he was bullied by his own chickens.
"Brother-in-law."
Suddenly there was a soft call from the door, with a little caution and a little joy.
Xiao Heng just picked up Xiao Jingkong's golden abacus, when he heard the words, he turned around, looked at him and said, "It's Ayan, what's wrong?"
Today, there are no classes at Qinghe Academy, Gu Xiaoshun went to Master Lu and Master Nanxiang's parents' house, Gu Yan pushed that he was not feeling well and stayed.
Gu Yan stood at the door, with his hands behind his back, looking a little restrained.
Since Gu Yan came to the house, it was the first time that he showed this kind of appearance... Well, Xiao Heng wanted to say that he was shy, but he felt that Gu Yan's temperament would not be so thin-skinned.
Besides, what's there to be ashamed of him
It's not the first day we met.
"That... can I come in?" Gu Yan asked.
Even the voice of questioning has become cautious.
Has this attitude changed a little bit
Xiao Heng glanced at Gu Yan strangely and said, "It's alright, come in, do you have homework that you can't do?"
Among the three young men in the family, Xiao Heng communicated the most with Xiao Jingkong. First, they slept in the same room. Second, Xiao Jingkong talked a lot. Third, Xiao Jingkong did the most homework and tutoring.
There was relatively little communication with Gu Yan and Gu Xiaoshun. Basically, the two of them came here at this hour to ask their homework.
Gu Yan's answer was beyond Xiao Heng's expectations. He shook his head and said, "I have something I want to show my brother-in-law."
"What?" Xiao Heng asked.
Gu Yan came to Xiao Heng, hesitated for a while, took out the fist hidden behind his back, spread it out and revealed a warm jade finger.
If Gu Jiao was here, she would definitely recognize that this was the jade finger that she accidentally brought into her sleeve when she rescued Gu Yan for the first time.
Gu Yan once cherished this jade wrench very much, no one could touch it. Gu Jinyu accidentally touched it once, and Gu Yan made a lot of fire.
That is to say, Gu Jiao is special. If Gu Jiao touches it, she touches it herself. Gu Yan doesn't mind.
Xiao Heng looked at the jade wrench in his palm, for a moment he didn't know what he meant.
Gu Yan took a look at his expression, a trace of loss flashed in his eyes, lowered his eyes, and said resentfully, "You really don't remember."
"I remember it's your jade wrench." Xiao Heng said, not sure if he was right.
Gu Yan said dully: "No, it's yours."
"Mine?" Xiao Heng was surprised.
There are two meanings of this sentence, one is that it belongs to him originally, and the other is that Gu Yan intends to give this jade finger to him.
Combining with the series of changes in Gu Yan's demeanor after entering the house, Xiao Heng felt that it was unlikely to be the second.
Otherwise, Gu Yan wouldn't say "You really don't remember".
"Is it for you?" Xiao Heng asked, paused, then said, "When you were young?"
After becoming Xiao Liulang, he didn't remember that he gave Gu Yan any jewelry, so it could only be before he and Gu Yan left Beijing.
If he remembered correctly, Gu Yan went to the Hot Spring Villa in Youzhou at the age of four.
"Before I went to the Hot Spring Villa." Gu Yan said in a low mood, "My brother at home doesn't play with me, I ran out of the house alone."
It is the mansion where the servants burrowed through the dog's hole.
This way of going out of the house was a little embarrassing, and Gu Yan automatically passed by.
"I got lost and met you."
Getting lost was the feeling at the time, but now that he thinks about it, he is not lost at all, and he didn't even run out of the back alley of Ding'an Hou's mansion.
Xiao Heng pointed to the jade finger in his palm: "Then, I gave you this?"
Gu Yan shook his head and whispered, "You didn't give it, I want it."
Xiao Heng: "..."
You can't see that when you were a kid, you still asked strangers for things.
Gu Yan: "I sneaked out of the house, but I wanted to go back but couldn't find the way. I cried a lot. You passed by and asked the servants to stop the carriage. You said, that child is cute, and he turned him back to be my brother."
Xiao Heng: No, isn't this your exposing history, how did it become my dark history
I have no habit of kidnapping children, don't talk nonsense!
Xiao Heng coughed lightly: "I should just be joking, right?"
Gu Yan continued to say dully: "Then your servants took me away."
Xiao Heng: "..."
Xiao Heng embarrassed: "You should be very scared at the time, right?"
Gu Yan shook his head: "No, I'm quite happy, but you regretted it after a while, saying that I was not fun, and sent me back again."
Xiao Heng: "..."
Xiao Heng was completely unimpressed by this.
Xiao Heng was only seven years old at the time, although he was old enough to remember, but taking Gu Yan away was just on a whim and didn't really take it to heart.
He sees so many people every day, how could he remember a child who only teased for a little while
Gu Yan was different. He was weak and weak since he was a child. Yao Shi and Marquis Gu raised him very cautiously and never allowed him to leave the house. He had seen very few children.
Xiao Heng gave him candy, toys, and such a beautiful jade wrench. He naturally kept the other party firmly in his heart.
It's just that, after so many years, his small head couldn't keep the other person's appearance and outline, and he only remembered that his name was Xiao Heng, the young marquis of Zhaodu.
That's all thanks to Xiao Heng's fame, he can often hear him from the mouths of his servants, which is a disguised way to help him review his original memory.
Xiao Heng really didn't know that there was such an experience between himself and Gu Yan, and he couldn't help feeling that fate was indeed a wonderful thing.
The conversation between the two was interrupted by the restless voices of chickens and dogs from the yard. The two of them pushed open the window and saw that Lord Gu was here, and had been on Haidongqing’s bar with their dog, seven chickens, and .
Marquis Gu is a martial artist, so he can't kill a dog and a few chickens, but the dog is his son's pet, and the chickens are the poultry that Yao Shi feeds every day. He has no scruples about this bird, but this bird He can fly too much, he can't catch...
Xiao Heng and Gu Yan went to the yard to stop the chaos. At this time, Lord Gu was already covered in chicken feathers!
Gu Houye was so angry in his heart that he wished he could kill those abominable chickens!
Especially the smallest one!
Pulled several pieces of chicken baba on him!
Gu Yan looked at his own father's embarrassed appearance, and suddenly couldn't hold back, he laughed out loud.
Lord Gu: "..."
Brat, do you still remember that I am your father
Gu Yan's laughter continued until Yao Shi came back. Yao Shi gave birth next month. Gu Jiao calculated her due date was the first day of next month, with half a month left.
Her extremities were slightly swollen and appeared to be immobile.
Gu Houye immediately ignored Gu Yan, and came over and stretched out his hand to help her: "Why did you go out again? How did Mammy Fang look at you? Be careful!"
Yao shi's movement across the threshold really scared him.
Are pregnant women walking so violently? ! The little Ling family back then dared not do this!
In fact, Yao Shi herself felt that this pregnancy was easier than the first pregnancy. If it wasn't for her age, it should have been easier.
She had seen peasant women working in the fields with their stomachs stretched out in the village. Compared with them, she was very delicate, but compared with the wives and young grandmothers of large families, she was still more vigorous.
"Master Hou, why did you do this?" Yao shi looked at him in astonishment.
The old man couldn't say that he was bullied by a few chickens. He couldn't be so embarrassed in front of his wife. He coughed lightly and said, "It's nothing, the chicken ran out and was caught."
Yao Shi said, "I let them out to catch worms in the preserved vegetables."
Chickens raised by other people occasionally eat vegetable leaves, but theirs don't, they only eat insects and are very good.
Lord Gu said embarrassingly, "Then, then I'll release it for you later."
Yao shi looked at his small preserved cabbage and said, "No need, today's catch is almost done. Lord Hou, hurry up and change your clothes."
Gu Houye went to the carriage to change into spare clothes, and then went to the backyard to talk to Yao Shi.
He came today to visit Yao, and to announce good news to Yao: "Our son-in-law has been promoted."
Yao shi's eyes lit up, and he turned his head subconsciously to look at Xiao Heng who was chopping wood with Gu Yan at the door of the stove: "Liu Lang, have you been promoted?"
Xiao Heng only received the document in the afternoon, and he hadn't had time to tell his family.
"Brother-in-law, have you been promoted?" Gu Yan looked at Xiao Heng excitedly.
"Yeah." Xiao Heng nodded with a hatchet.
"What official, what official?" Gu Yan's little fan brother asked.
"Hanlin Academy attendant." Xiao Heng said.
"Heh." Lord Gu smiled disdainfully, "I've been a great official. I'm just a student in the Hanlin Academy, but the Prince of Anjun is about to enter the cabinet as an assistant minister."
(End of this chapter)