On this day, Laba officially begins to enter the Chinese New Year. Gu Lian got up early in the morning and cooked a pot of Laba porridge for her own princess. She was afraid that the princess would only eat meat and didn't like sweet porridge, so she even took out the meat floss she made earlier.
Qiao Mingyu really liked to eat, and he ate a large bowl of pork floss in one meal. Gu Lian was helpless, it seemed that he had to leave the recipe to the kitchen and let them cook more, otherwise it would not be enough to eat.
After finishing the meal, Qiao Mingyu went to walk his nephew on the street, while Gu Lian did not accompany him because he had to deal with the affairs of the house.
"Humph." The little prince glared at the aunt in front of him dissatisfied, how could he bully his nephew like this!
Qiao Mingyu pulled on the rope in his hand and pulled Qiao Ancheng, who was unwilling to walk, to take two steps forward. This rope is made of ice silk, and it cannot be broken by swords or guns. Qiao Mingyu confiscated it openly after seeing it by chance. She was going to take her nephew to play in the street today, so she took out the rope and tied it around the child's waist. In this way, you don't have to worry about the children getting separated, and you don't have to worry that someone will cut the rope and take the little prince away.
She is so smart.
However, His Royal Highness was not happy. Not only was he unhappy, he also wanted to die.
"Let's go, don't dawdle." Qiao Mingyu ignored him, pulling the rope and walking forward, the little tail behind him was dragged, and he followed reluctantly.
However, his aunt walked fast, and Qiao Ancheng could only stumble and trot behind, and almost fell.
"Aunt!" Qiao Ancheng was really angry, "slow down!"
Qiao Mingyu glanced back and disliked it: "It's slow to die."
However, the pace has slowed down a lot, so that the eldest nephew can keep up.
Gu Lian in the house naturally didn't know this, she was holding the account book and slowly flipping through it.
The county master's mansion is not engaged in production, so the account books are much smaller. The royal family will give a lot of good things during the festivals. There is also the monthly salary of the prince Qingshi every month, and at the end of the year, there will be the annual salary of the county master, so it will not be sitting on the mountain, but it will be too much to use up. In addition, the princess's monthly schedule was also sent to her to manage, so the storeroom was very full.
Gu Lian still had several account books at hand, except for one that was sent by the princess's house, the others were all kinds of books of the county master's house. She looked at the account very quickly, and she only had this book left to read.
She doesn't care about these things on weekdays, and leaves them to Sudan and Meixiang. But now that the end of the year is over, no matter what happens, I have to look at the whole year's ledger, otherwise, who knows if the servants will cheat and cheat on her ignorance.
"The county master." Lanxiang and Juxiang came in with a wooden plate, which contained a plate of cut fruits and a plate of cakes.
Mei Xiang was waiting on the side. Seeing this, she took down the two dishes and put them on the table. She said to Gu Lian, "The county lord should take a rest first. It's been a long time since I watched it."
"Well." Gu Lian put down the booklet and closed his eyes.
Mei Xiang quickly rubbed her temples for her.
"Where's Bamboo Fragrance?" Gu Lian asked as he crossed a piece of fruit.
In winter, there are few melons and fruits, and it is very rare to be able to eat fresh fruits. This fruit has been soaked in warm water, for fear that it will be too cold to eat and the stomach will feel uncomfortable.
Lan Xiang said with a smile while sorting out the account books: "She often runs to Gu's house recently, saying that she wants to help the eldest son to deal with those matters."
Gu Lian nodded, so it was.
The bad things in Gu's house have been dragging on for three months, and they have not been dealt with. Zhuxiang has been helping in the Gu Mansion for the past three months, which is regarded as representing Gu Lian. After all, something went wrong at home, and Gu Lian, as a daughter who hasn't left the cabinet, can't be bothered. But she really didn't want to take care of it herself, and even ran to the land of Shu, she had to find someone to help her in the Gu Mansion.
When it was almost lunch time, Zhuxiang finally came back.
"The county master." Zhuxiang has lost a lot of weight these days, but she was originally a girl with some baby fat, but after losing weight, she looks much better. The stature has grown taller, and people have become calmer.
The old god Gu Lian was leaning on the soft couch, closing his eyes and resting. Hearing the words, he opened his eyes and sat up, holding the teacup and taking a sip.
"It's all done?"
"Yeah." Zhuxiang took a small stool and sat down, took the nuts on the small case, and reported the work while peeling.
Gu Fu thought that all these bad things must be dealt with a few years ago, so although it has been delayed for three months, recently, the original style has suddenly changed, and it has become more and more popular. Hurry up and hurry up, and finally everything has been dealt with on the day of Laba. Presumably now the whole house has been completely renewed.
"Master is ill." Zhuxiang put the peeled nut kernels in the clean Xiaodie, so that Gu Lian could eat.
Gu Lian put down the tea cup and frowned slightly, why did he get sick again
"But not only the eldest master is sick, but the old lady is also sick!"
It turned out that the affairs of the Gu Mansion had dragged on for so long, and Gu Zhimo had been working so hard that he was exhausted half a month ago. Gu Lian hadn't cared about the Gu family's affairs these days, so naturally he didn't know about it, and he didn't go back to the house to see Gu Zhimo. And if Gu Zhimo hadn't fallen ill, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to suddenly change his style and deal with these things quickly. After all, Gu Zhimo was always thinking of Aunt Li.
The eldest master was ill, and the second master was dispatched to another province half a year ago. I was afraid that he would come back in the middle of the twelfth lunar month. The eldest young master left and right has already married, and he is also the age to be the master of the house.
When the eldest young master got the opportunity to manage affairs, he would naturally not show mercy, and directly convicted him with "evidence". He also threatened that although the second aunt was his stepmother, he would not "practice favoritism" because of this. The second aunt was so angry that her nose was crooked, but this time she was designed by others, and she has never been able to prove her innocence. The stepson who has always looked down on her was in power, how could she let him go. In the end, the eldest young master persuaded the old lady to write a divorce letter on behalf of the second son and send the second auntie back home.
The second aunt wanted to make trouble, but firstly the evidence was conclusive, and secondly, the divorce book was written by the sick old lady. If she made trouble again, she would be ignorant. However, the dowry could not be taken away, and all of it was left to his son, Second Young Master.
The second young master was always spoiled at home, but suddenly his father was not by his side, and his mother was abandoned again, and he couldn't accept it. But the second aunt was away, the old lady was sick, but no one cared about him. The fourth young lady, the direct descendant of the second room, wanted to persuade her brother, but the second young master didn't listen at all. The little girl was sensitive and washed her face in tears all day long, and the pampered look with her eyes above the top was long gone.
The second room has completely fallen into the hands of the eldest young master, but the big room is not easy.
Gu Zhimo fell ill with a low-grade fever, and he couldn't keep his spirits up. Occasionally, when the fever is high, it is even more insane. The eldest young master took the opportunity to deal with Aunt Li, but for the sake of her giving birth to Gu Zijun, he did not embarrass her too much, and just sent her to the house.
Concubine Li took the large sum of money that the eldest young master secretly gave her, weighed it, and felt clear. This time, she hit the muzzle of the gun, and the eldest young master implicated her. But now that the hush money and the security fee are higher than she expected, she will stop making trouble. Such a large sum of money is enough for her to find a husband-in-law in a small county town where no one knows her. As for Gu Zijun, isn't there Gu Lian, presumably that county owner will not watch Gu Zijun's life unbearably.
Thinking of this, Concubine Li happily took the money and walked away without any nostalgia.
Gu Zijun was originally a tool for her to approach the Gu family, otherwise she would not want to give birth to a child for Gu Zhimo. Originally, her idea was to take her son to separate the family in the future, and take the property of Gu Mansion to leave Gu Mansion to live a good life. Now that she has achieved her goal ahead of schedule, she is naturally satisfied. Although this amount of money is incomparable to the money from the separation, it is enough for her to live comfortably in her life.
Compared with spending more than 20 years in the Gu Mansion, and seeing the old lady and their faces every day, it is better to leave the quagmire early with this little money and live your own leisurely life.
Gu Lian was not surprised to hear that, she already knew what Concubine Li was thinking. If it wasn't for the fact that she didn't have much money left after her ransom, how could she have gotten close to Gu Zhimo and just found a place to live.
Just pity Gu Zijun, his mother left him at a young age and left him alone in Gu's house. Fortunately, the Gu family has been rectified, otherwise, I am afraid that life will be even more difficult.
"Where's the Yin family?"
"Madam is so crazy, so naturally she's locked up." This time, she was not locked up in the main courtyard, but found a different courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing, and no one was allowed to visit. No one was willing to serve the Yin family with the past, but Yulan was loyal and went with the Yin family.
However, Gu Lian didn't know that she was not loyal at all, maybe she took the opportunity to take revenge in the past. Even if she fights not to marry, she has to toss the Yin family hard. Who knows if Yin Shi is really completely crazy or still has some sanity left, but Yin Shi still has the sub-gu in her body, and it is estimated that she will not live for a few years.
Only Gu Qing was left with the Yin family's children, who had reached the age of marriage, but without her mother's plans for her, her marriage would probably be delayed for a long time.
"The eldest young mistress managed the whole house in an orderly manner." Zhuxiang said with a smile, "It seems that even if the eldest master recovers from illness this time, the central feed in the house will be in the hands of the eldest young mistress."
The wife of the second room, who called it, had an accident, the third room really didn't care about it, but after two months, the house was in a mess. Now that Roche is in charge, it is obviously much better, and it is not bad compared to when Yin was in charge.
Gu Lian picked up a nut and ate it three times, and then asked, "Where is Sanfang?"
It is impossible for the eldest young master to only attack the second room and leave the third room alone.