It had been an hour since Gu Jiao returned to Bishui Hutong. She even bought a few things—a few strings of candied haws.
She came to the door of her house carrying the candied haws, and unexpectedly heard a low-volume conversation coming from the alley.
"You go in."
It's the sound of a small headroom.
"I can not."
Yes... it was a young man's voice, Gu Jiao sounded a little familiar, but she didn't remember it right away.
Xiao Jingkong sighed old-fashionedly: "If you make a mistake, you must face it bravely."
The young man hesitated and said, "But my hair hasn't grown out yet."
"Jiaojiao! You're back! Why are you so late?"
When Grandma Zhou came out of Aunt Sun's house, she saw Gu Jiao who was carrying candied haws.
The conversation in the alley came to an abrupt end, followed by footsteps fleeing, and the young man walked away.
"Go and buy some candied fruit." Gu Jiao bent down and took a candied fruit and handed it to Grandma Zhou's little grandson.
The little grandson looked up at his grandmother, his eyes full of longing.
Grandma Zhou was embarrassed, so Gu Jiao said, "Take it, Xiaobao will come to play with you tomorrow."
Hearing what Gu Jiao said, Grandma Zhou accepted the candied gourd with a smile, and asked the little grandson to thank him for accepting it.
After Gu Jiao said goodbye to Grandma Zhou, Xiao Jingkong happened to come out of the alley.
"Jiaojiao." He jumped in front of Gu Jiao and gave him a loving hug.
He is obviously more than six years old, but he still looks five years old, and there is no sense of disobedience when he is cute.
He saw the candied gourd in Gu Jiao's hand, and his big eyes blinked: "Wow! Jiaojiao, go buy candied gourd!"
Gu Jiao had to say yes, otherwise, telling him that she was going on a date with his bad brother-in-law, he should be jealous.
"Do you go to school tomorrow?" Gu Jiao asked.
"Tomorrow is a holiday!" Xiao Jingkong said.
"It's okay to sleep a little that night." Gu Jiao asked him to pick out a bunch of candied haws.
He picked the second largest, and left the largest to Gu Xiaobao. It's right to spoil his younger brother.
Gu Jiao took his hand and walked home: "By the way, who were you talking to just now?"
Xiao Jingkong held Gu Jiao with one hand, grabbed the sugar gourd with the other, licked it, and said, "Brother Chenglin."
Gu Chenglin
Gu Jiao remembered such a person.
The youngest son raised by Aunt Ling who was the most crooked, always thought that Yao Shi killed his mother, so he always bullied Gu Yan, and was stabbed severely by Aunt Ling, who was most trusted and closest to him. Feeling cold, I once wanted to shave and become a monk.
When Xiao Qingkong shaved him halfway, the old man came back, and he tucked his tail and rolled back to the world of red dust.
"Huh? I remember his hair growing out."
Gu Chengfeng bought a lot of hair restorer from her.
Xiao Jingkong said: "Originally it grew out, but during the Chinese New Year he played with firecrackers and blew up his hair again."
Gu Jiao asked sharply, "Are you playing with firecrackers or with your black fire beads?"
Xiao Jingkong blinked: "My black fire bead."
Gu Jiao: "..."
Xiao Jingkong said innocently: "But I made it up! I, I, I saw that his hair was blown up in a mess, and I shaved him again!"
Then it won't be long...
Xiao Jingkong licked the candied haws: "Oh! I suddenly remembered that I haven't fed Xiao Jiu yet, so I'm going to feed Xiao Jiu!"
After that, he raised his head and looked at Gu Jiao cutely, "Jiaojiao, you are so beautiful today, I can't extricate myself from your beauty, and the whole person is overjoyed!"
Gu Jiao: Yes, Xiaobao's rhetoric solved the case.
"Wait." Gu Jiao called out to the little headroom who was escaping into the house.
Xiao Jingkong rolled her eyes and turned around with a smile: "Jiaojiao, is there anything else?"
Look, how could it be possible to get angry with such a cute, cute and sensible child
Gu Jiao thought for a while and asked, "What is he here for today?"
…
The next day, Gu Changqing and Gu Chengfeng got up early.
Gu Chengfeng went back too late last night, and Gu Changqing had already rested. He only confirmed with his elder brother the marriage that Yuan Tong said this morning.
"Brother, do you really want to marry the daughter of the Yuan family?" he asked Gu Changqing.
Gu Changqing had just finished his horse stance, and his handsome face was dripping with sweat. He took the towel handed over by the servant, wiped the sweat from his forehead and neck, and said, "What's the matter? Do you have an opinion?"
Gu Chengfeng hummed, "What can I say? I'm not your father."
Gu Changqing looked at him coldly.
He shrank his neck and changed the subject with a smirk: "Brother, didn't you agree to go to Bishui Hutong today? That girl has rested for two days since she came back."
The implication is that they can come to harass.
Gu Changqing raised her eyebrows, and suddenly said rather proudly, "I saw Jiaojiao yesterday."
Gu Chengfeng's eyes glared: "What? Didn't you say you're going to go today! You're actually behind my back—"
Gu Changqing said, "Who told your grandfather to call you into the palace, but you won't go? My grandfather and I came back from the palace and just happened to meet her to visit Duke An Guogong."
Gu Chengfeng seems to have missed a hundred million, and his whole person is not well!
Especially the eldest brother has a show-off tone.
Really!
Brother, are you so naive!
Gu Changqing glanced at his younger brother, and walked away flamboyantly.
Gu Chengfeng gritted his teeth and returned to his yard.
While he was packing, Gu Chenglin came over.
"Why are you up so early today? Are you going to school?" he asked.
Gu Chenglin scratched his head: "Today is a holiday."
"Oh, then Gu Yan is also on vacation." He said, opened the cabinet door, and stuffed an extra box of things into the bag, "I don't know if the Imperial College will let it go."
"Also let it go." Gu Chenglin said.
Gu Chengfeng forgot to ask him how he knew, and stuffed something into his bag: "I'll go out with my eldest brother in a while, and you can study at home by yourself."
"Oh." Gu Chenglin lowered his head.
"What's wrong?" Gu Chengfeng noticed that his younger brother was emotionally wrong.
Gu Chenglin hesitated: "...It's nothing, I'm going to study."
"It's weird." Gu Chengfeng looked at his back as he turned and left, packed up the brocade box and went to meet his elder brother at the gate.
It was a rare time for Xiaojingqiu to have a holiday, and Xuanyuanqi and Liaochen also came over.
Luochen was dragged over by his father, otherwise he wouldn't want to face the little monk who could recite sutras better than the abbot.
Xuanyuanqi was teaching three little men martial arts in the backyard, and Liaochen lay on the rattan chair beside him to enjoy the coolness.
Gu Xiaobao was carried by Yu Ya'er to find the grandson of Zhou's grandmother, and Gu Jiao went to the hospital.
Yao Shi made snacks for several children in the kitchen.
Xuanyuanqi taught a set of the most basic introductory boxing techniques. He demonstrated it first, and then taught it one by one.
Xiao Jingkong learned the fastest, followed by Gu Xiaoshun, Gu Yan was the slowest, almost never learned.
Seeing that the three children were sweating profusely, Xuanyuan Qi understood that today was almost the end of the day.
Xiao Jingkong's talent surprised him, Xiao Liu really left a very good descendant for the Xuanyuan family.
The two brothers came to the backyard, first greeted Xuanyuanqi and his son, and then greeted the three of them one by one, and then went to the kitchen to greet Yao Shi.
"Big brother, big brother! Look at me punching!"
Xiao Jingkong couldn't wait to show off his newly learned boxing skills to Gu Changqing.
Both Gu Changqing and Xuanping Hou had taught Xiao Jingkong a little martial arts.
This is a hard working kid.
He beat down smoothly.
"Yo, not bad." Gu Chengfeng praised.
Xiao Jingkong nodded like pounding garlic: "Yes, yes! I learned the best!"
Gu Xiaoshun was not very proficient in a few movements, so he practiced silently by the side, and Xuanyuan Qi corrected him from time to time.
Only Gu Yan returned to the house with a stinky face.
Gu Changqing followed, and behind him, said understandingly, "Actually, I can do this set of boxing skills, and I can teach you too."
Gu Yan turned her face and snorted: "Who wants to learn?"
The few boxing moves just now did not require much space, and Gu Changqing demonstrated it to him directly in the room.
Even if Gu Yan pretended not to care at first, he was gradually attracted later.
"Try it." Gu Changqing told him.
"I won't try." Gu Yan refused to lose face in front of Gu Changqing.
Gu Changqing smiled lightly, raised Gu Yan's arm, and helped Gu Yan to form a posture.
"I said I don't practice..."
"Tighten your waist and abdomen." His slender fingers touched Gu Yan's soft stomach, and the other hand touched his thin back.
Gu Yan unconsciously took a deep breath.
"Like this." Gu Changqing came behind him, grabbed his arm, and led him through the first movement.
He leaned against his brother's arms, feeling the details of each movement: "Is that so?"
When he looked at it, he could only see the front or the back. It was always difficult to combine them, but when Gu Changqing grabbed his arm and did it once, he felt a sense of clarity.
Gu Changqing gave Gu Yan a small stove one-on-one, and Gu Yan finally learned the first half of Professor Xuanyuanqi's boxing technique.
Not only that, he also previewed the second half of the set in advance. Although he was not as smooth as the first half, he could still play the stuttering.
He immediately raised his eyebrows and looked for Xiao Qingkong to show off!
Xiao Qingkong was struck by lightning, with an unbelievable look on his face!
Even brother Yan can do it
no!
He's going to practice!
Bishui Hutong officially began to roll in—
…
Gu Xiaobao didn't come back until after lunch.
As soon as he entered the house, he started looking for his sister.
However, there is no sister today.
Gu Xiaobao squeezed his little hand, looked up blankly, one elder brother, two elder brothers... a row of elder brothers.
Gu Changqing hasn't seen Gu Xiaobao for a long time. He still remembers the first time he saw him. He was shaking in his arms. Now that he's grown up, he probably won't.
Gu Changqing bent down confidently, and hugged Gu Xiaobao, who was bewildered.
Gu Xiaobao really didn't tremble like before, but his whole body froze.
"Big brother, he is still afraid of your appearance. Let me come." Gu Chengfeng hugged Xiaobao.
Sure enough, as soon as he got into Gu Chengfeng's arms, Gu Xiaobao relaxed.
Gu Changqing didn't believe in evil, and hugged again.
Gu Xiaobao froze again.
Gu Changqing: "..."
"Hahaha!" Gu Chengfeng laughed three times with his hips on his hips, "Big brother! Little Treasure still doesn't like you!"
He took the little guy back into his arms and said proudly, "Xiaobao, you like the second brother the most, right?"
Gu Xiaobao looked at him seriously, as if thinking about his words.
Suddenly, Gu Xiaobao stretched out his hands, grabbed his ears with a swipe, and pulled them into the ears of the wind!
Gu Chengfeng: "...!!"
…
In the more than a year that Gu Jiao was away, the business of Miaoshoutang was so good that Xiao Song, who originally followed Gu Jiao to the capital, has become a famous brand, and many people come here every day.
The second owner is a prodigy in business, and is already planning to open another Miaoshoutang on Chang'an Avenue.
In addition, Mo Qianxue, the oiran of Xianleju who was recuperating in the hospital, left, and Hua Xiyao also disappeared from the capital.
The second owner did not know where the two of them went.
For some people, parting may be a lifetime.
Gu Jiao and Xiao Heng's wedding date was promulgated ahead of schedule. As Xiao Heng said, it was June 18th.
At the end of May, Mr. Gu finally finished the task of the Ministry of Industry. He had already heard the news of his own father and his son's triumph. He had washed up in the former Houfu, changed into dry clothes, and planned to go to his father to invite him. An An.
As a result, I saw the maid next to Gu Jinyu hurriedly begging to see him.
"What?" he asked frowning.
"Master Hou, Miss, she... she..." The maid stammered, but stopped talking.
Lord Gu Hou frowned and went directly to Gu Jinyu's yard.
Since the last time Gu Jinyu's true face was exposed, Gu Houye was hit hard and couldn't accept that his daughter, whom he had loved for many years, was so scheming.
He was angry with Gu Jinyu.
But Gu Jinyu knelt down and cried and complained that it was not easy for her, saying that she was only the adopted daughter of the Hou residence, that her grandfather and brothers did not like to see her, and even her mother only had her own daughter in her heart.
She had no choice but to play a little bit of caution to protect herself.
She had already lost everything except her father, and she didn't want her father to hate her.
If even her father didn't want her, then her life would be meaningless.
She slammed her head into the pillar and blood spattered on the spot.
Gu Houye softened his heart and forgave this daughter.
It's just that he has a pimple in his heart.
When Master Gu came to Gu Jinyu's side, Gu Jinyu's eyes were swollen from crying.
"Jin Yu, what's the matter with you?" Lord Gu came to her and asked.
Gu Jinyu's eyes were red and swollen, and she said aggrievedly, "Father..."
Lord Gu said, "Don't cry first, just say it well."
Gu Jinyu burst into tears.
Chunliu on the side said with added fuel and jealousy: "Master Hou, you probably don't know yet, the eldest lady is back! She even recognized someone else as her father! Now it's not the daughter of our Ding'an Houfu!"
Gu Houye's face sank: "What?"
Gu Jinyu choked and said, "I saw with my own eyes that my sister has become the daughter of Shangguo, and she wants to marry again as the daughter of Shangguo..."
Gu Houye clenched his fist: "Reverse girl! Where is she putting the face of Hou's mansion!"
Chunliu said: "Actually, the eldest lady is married when she gets married, so why bother to humiliate the Ding'an Hou's mansion? There are so many places in the capital, it's not good where she can buy a house, she insists on buying it opposite our Hou's mansion, and deliberately in front of all the servants. humiliate the second lady!"
Gu Jinyu scolded: "Chunliu, stop talking!"
Chunliu said sternly: "Today, the second miss is killing the slave girl! The slave girl must say it! Second miss is the daughter of the country, and she shows off her dowry in front of the Houfu and Second Miss, and deliberately causes the old Houye to misunderstand. , let the old man be at odds with the second lady! Not only that, she originally got married in October, just to steal the second lady's limelight, but she changed the wedding date to the same day as the second lady's wedding!"
Gu Jinyu wiped away her tears: "I have endured everything else... But why did my sister change the wedding date to be on the same day as me... I know I can't compare to her... I never thought of comparing myself to her... I just hope my parents can come to participate. My wedding...but now...now..."
Lord Gu said coldly, "She really changed the wedding date?"
Gu Jinyu's tears rolled down: "Chunliu met my sister and mother at the jewelry store, and said that my wedding date is set, it is the eighteenth of the next month, and a few days later, my sister's decree to change the wedding date will be changed. It was promulgated, on the same day as my wedding..."
Gu Houye's fists clenched and clucked: "No reason! This stinky girl!"
It was clearly against Jin Yu on purpose!
She knew that Yao Shi loved her and would never give up on her wedding, so Jin Yu would lose her mother at her wedding!
…
Gu Houye didn't even care about asking his father to be safe, so he went to Bishui Hutong without saying a word.
"Stinky girl, did you bully Jin Yu again? Who asked you to change the wedding date! Who told you to move to the opposite side! You give me a—"
He shoved open the courtyard door, saw a dark yard boss inside, and his voice stopped abruptly.
Today, Xuanyuanqi and Liaochen came to teach three little men martial arts as usual.
The old man came to tease Gu Xiaobao.
Mrs. Zhuang later played the leaf card, and brought Xiao Honghong, a tail that could not be thrown off.
The old sacrifice wine and An Guogong were also there, and the two were enjoying tea and playing games.
Not to mention the big bosses of the State of Yan for the time being, the Queen Mother and the Emperor of the State of Zhao alone made his legs go weak for a while.
What's the situation
Why is a small yard so hidden dragons and crouching tigers
"Too, too, too, queen..."
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."
"Dad, Daddy, Daddy, you're here too."
He stammered unnecessarily.
As soon as he heard him calling the old marquis daddy, An Guogong understood who he was.
That eccentric Marquis of Zhao Kingdom Ding'an!
Regarding what he did, An Guogong learned something from Gu Xiaoshun's mouth, and knew that this person was very unbeatable.
Sure enough, on the first day back to Beijing, she came to ask Jiao Jiao Xing to ask her guilt.
An Guogong said lightly: "The house, I bought it."
Emperor Zhao said solemnly, "I changed the wedding date."
Empress Dowager Zhuang said coldly: "Ai Jia is happy, but I have to ask if you agree or not?"
Lord Gu, who was finally slapped by Gu Jinyu again: ... Is it too late for me to leave now
In the end, Gu Houye liked to mention that his father and Xuanyuanqi had a double fight.
…
The day before the big wedding, Gu Jiao lived in the Duke Anguo Mansion.
Regarding the location of the big wedding, after unanimous discussion among the elders, it was decided that the wedding would be held in the Xuanping Marquis Mansion, and the wedding room would be located in the Princess Mansion.
As for where the couple lives after the big wedding, it depends on them.
An Guogong was familiar with the wedding customs of Zhao Kingdom, and everything was done according to the local customs.
The mansion is covered with red lanterns with the word "Happiness", and the flowers on both sides are also replaced with red peonies of national color and heavenly fragrance.
These peonies are very valuable, and a single pot is enough for the food and clothing of an ordinary family for several years.
Anguogong didn't feel bad about spending money on his daughter, and he didn't think it was too much. He earned every cent of the money. He neither stole nor robbed him. Even if he spent all of it on his daughter, it was his freedom.
Late at night.
An Guogong sat quietly in his wheelchair in the yard and looked at the moon.
Xuanyuan Qi came over and said, "I haven't slept yet."
An Guogong turned his head, smiled, and said, "Second uncle can't sleep either?"
There was a stone bench beside him, but Xuanyuan Qi did not sit down.
He looked up at the endless sky and said with emotion, "I didn't expect that she would get married."
An Guogong smiled and said, "What is the second uncle saying? Of course Jiaojiao will marry."
Xuanyuan Qi sighed: "Yes, she is Jiaojiao."
An Guogong was slightly stunned, what did the second uncle mean, did he know that Jiaojiao was Yinyin
"Can you stand up tomorrow?" Xuanyuan Qi suddenly asked.
His thoughts were interrupted, An Guogong bowed his head and laughed at himself: "Second uncle already knows."
"Looking at how hard you practice every day."
An Guogong thought he would say, in fact, you don't have to work so hard, if you send her off standing or sitting, her feelings for you will not change.
Unexpectedly, he said: "You know, at the time, my eldest brother and I were very opposed to your marriage with A Zi. A Zi is a wolf on the grassland, and you are a bird in a cage. The two of you are not suitable at all. "
It's easy for him to get tired of talking for too long.
"But, you are brave, just like Azi."
"Azi didn't see you wrong."
"Azi is married to the right person."
"Hopefully, she's also married to the right person."
…
The next day, just after Yin Shi passed, Yao shi went to pick up the Shiquan woman and came to the Anguo Gongfu together.
Gu Jiao, who was sleeping soundly, was gently patted by a pair of gentle hands.
"Jiaojiao, it's time to get up." Yao shi whispered in her ear.
"Huh?" Gu Jiao opened her eyes in a daze.
Yu Ya'er came to the bed with a brand new set of phoenix crowns, and the dazzling red light suddenly caught Gu Jiao's eyes.
Gu Jiao's expression was startled.
Yu Ya'er said with a smile: "Miss, you are getting married!"
(End of this chapter)