It's another year of Chongyang, Gu Ci is playing with his little nephew in Qiuli Courtyard, and the little guy who is born is seven catties and one tael is directly called 'seven catties', which will be just a hundred days, and I feel happy to watch him spit bubbles.

Gu Ao came back in July, just in time for his son to be born, and he heard that Dye Mo said that he almost fell all the way back to Qiuli Courtyard. Although he is still busy every day, he will see his son first as soon as he comes back, and his relationship with Wu Shenqiu is better.

For the sake of the baby, Gu Ci asked Gongqiao Pavilion to make a small bed and a trolley with a high fence, hanging colorful wooden toys, as well as copper wind chimes, which jingle the bell when it moves, and is very popular with seven catties, and the yo-yo car prepared before is completely useless. In the past few days, she has been thinking that the walker should be ready, and what will she do?

When the prince returned to Beijing on his back feet, when Gu resigned to pick up people at Nanque Gate, he almost couldn't recognize the man with a circle of beard and a scar on his forehead. It wasn't until he got into the carriage and peeled off the scar of his beard that he was relieved.

"Well camouflaged......"

"That's what a man calls it."

Gu Ci looked up and down, it was indeed much taller and stronger, it turned out to be a graceful and handsome state, but now I feel that I have been sublimated from a teenager to an adult, and I am a little more tough.

She lifted her little white paw and gestured it to his face, "It's dark." ”

The paw was grabbed and gnawed, "I've been hungry lately." ”

"Nasty! I'm stewing Buddha jumping over the wall for you. ”

After entering the city, the prince did not rush back to the palace to resume his life, but first ran to Zhishuang Zhai to drink two bowls of the pot of Buddha jumping over the wall, and let Mingjin carry the rest.

Gu Ci took Bajie around him, and hurriedly wrapped two meat buns for him, "How long have you been hungry?" ”

He avoided answering, glancing back, "Why hasn't it grown at all?" ”

"I'm more than an inch taller!"

When Gu Ci arrived home, he learned that the prince was reprimanded by the emperor behind closed doors, and five days later he was to be sent to Beiguan to work in the army. Ren Saiyuan came with good news at this time, Yuyi, the new grandmother, was so happy that she ran to the Dingguo Mansion several times, prepared a few carts of things, and prepared for the prince to send them over by the way. Gu Ci took pity on the prince's hard work, opened a small stove for him for a few days, packed a set of trolley luggage, and stuffed Gan Mei into the labor army and sent him to Beiguan to take care of his third sister-in-law.

As soon as Chongyang passed, the prince's guard of honor marched out of the city under the escort of the Wurate Mansion, with a team of carriages of the Ren family and the Gu family behind him. Under the escort of Gu Xi, Gu Ci secretly went to Xique Gate to see him off, and watched the large team disappear with teary eyes.

Suddenly I was picked up, and when I turned around, I was so shocked that my jaw almost dropped.

"Why are you still here!?"

Who else could it be besides the elusive prince. is still dressed in the vicissitudes of the beard + scar.

"If you're not here, how can you see Ah Luan so reluctant to me?"

Gu Yi snatched back her sister angrily, "She will cry whenever she leaves, you don't put gold on your face." ”

Gu Ci couldn't cry anymore, wiped away his tears, and looked at his merchant dress, the guards around him seemed to be, dart master?

"What's going on? Who are the people in Luan? ”

Yuan Yi just wanted to speak, but Gu Yi snatched the conversation in a vicious voice, "It's Ah Zhan in the car, they will catch up with our family's convoy in a while, pretending to be darts." ”

Yuan Yi glared at Gu Yi helplessly, and reached out to touch the corners of Gu Ci's red and swollen eyes, "This time it's really gone, don't cry again." ”

"I can't cry, it's a waste of feelings."

"Remember to write a letter, once every three days."

Gu Ci nodded with a pout, and reluctantly watched them put on their hoods and hats and gallop away.

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Gu Ci, who was a little tired from crying, took up the veil and leaned on Gu Xi's arms, she didn't take the car when she went out today.

"Seventh brother, the elder brother of the Chi family is not small, he dares to ride the prince Luan, will he be impeached?"

"He's knocked unconscious and tied up."

“……”

It's so pitiful, take a handful of tears of sympathy. Gu Ci, who was amused, became more energetic and began to pester Gu Yi to gossip. Since Mingxiu Daily asked Gu Xi to look at it, the quality and quantity have dropped a lot.

"Why did he go too? Could it be that Ah Jin has taken a fancy to him? ”

The biggest news during this period of time was that Yuan Jin was going to choose a county horse, which made many weak school-age boys settle for marriage, after all, the whip of the county lord of Jin made good people known.

“…… No, Yuan Jin can't beat him. ”

"Uncle Chi sent him to exercise? After that, he followed the third brother? ”

"No, leave him alone. Tell me what you want to eat, brother will take you there. ”

"Go home, I think it's seven pounds."

Gu Xi didn't say anything, touched her hanging head, and urged the horse to speed up.

When passing through the West Market, Gu Ci saw someone selling beautiful windmills and wanted to buy some back for Qijin to play. Gu Yi brought the people and horses to the Gongqiao Pavilion to settle down, and then sent someone to lead Gan Lin to buy it. I didn't want to be noisy outside, and with the sound of horses screaming and whipping angrily, Gu Ci looked at Gu Xi.

Ah Yue took the initiative to get up and said, "Slave maid go and take a look." ”

Gu Xi, who was originally indifferent, raised his eyes and motioned for Wen Dao to follow.

After a while, Wen Dao came in and replied, "A girl suddenly ran to the middle of the road, and was almost hit by the Lord of Jinjun, thanks to a teenager next to her, the boy's brother accused the Lord of Jinjun of being too fast, and the Lord of Jinjun whipped people. ”

"Where's Ah Yu?"

"Miss Ah Yu just stopped Lord Jin's whip."

As soon as Gu Ci heard this, he immediately walked out.

As soon as he approached the crowd, he heard Yuan Jinjiao scolding, "The county lord is going to teach this common man who despises the royal family a lesson today!" You dare to stop it again. When he raised his eyes and saw the Gu Ci brothers and sisters coming, he couldn't help but secretly say that he was unlucky, but he didn't dare to pretend that he didn't see it, so he dismounted and saluted, "Say hello to my aunt." ”

Gu Ci smiled slightly, "Ah Jin is exempt." Ah Yue, return the whip to others. ”

Yuan Jin raised her head and wanted to speak, Lily took the whip, helped her weakly, and took half a step back, she had to endure her anger to see if Gu Ci also wanted to reproach with righteousness, but after a while, she didn't wait for anything.

Gu Ci just glanced at the middle-aged man who was drawn by Yuan Jin, and when Ah Yue retreated, he said, "I still have to choose some things in the Gongqiao Pavilion, Ah Jin, you can do it yourself." He turned and went back to the pavilion.

Yuan Jin was blessed with a blessed body, got on the horse and left.

After Gu Ci went back, he instructed Gan Tang to send the brothers to the nearest hospital, and if they were seriously injured, they would quickly go to Jiukang Hall to call the doctor. Hearing that he went to inquire about the details and came back, Yuan Jin barely counted the normal speed of the horse, the girl suddenly ran out, and the young man saved people, and he could have been exposed without danger. Then Yuan Jin asked the maid to throw a bag of silver to the woman holding the girl, and threatened, 'Look after your child in the future, if you don't follow the rules, you will die in vain'. The young man's brother stood up and accused her of treating human life like a mustard, and the crowd of onlookers also cheered. provoked Yuan Jin to be angry and beaten, and the whip was bloody, and the brothers were not lightly injured.

Gu Ci sighed, he was in no mood to look at the windmill, so he asked Ah Yue to send some more silver to the two brothers, and he relied on Gu Yi and went home directly. Her bad mood didn't last long, and Gu Xi teased her for a while before returning to normal. When I returned to the house and saw the seven catties and eight precepts of the healing department, I was even more happy. The aunt and nephew are the same white and soft glutinous, and Gu Ci is even whiter, leaning together and 'babbling' chicken and duck, having a lot of fun.

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Before the gold festival, the news that Gu Yao was coming back made the Qingyi Courtyard boil.

Gu Ci was even more excited that she had to go to the gate every day to take a look before she was willing to have dinner, because Gu Yi told her that even if Gu Yao came back, she would have to go to the palace to return home before she could go home, and it would be good to catch dinner.

Sure enough, as soon as Gu Yao entered Beijing, he went straight to the Qianqing Palace, chatted with the emperor all day, and the other courtiers took a day off.

Gu Ci really sat at the gate of the main courtyard with a small pestle and waited, and no one listened to him. Originally, Yuyi couldn't sit in the main room, but when she heard someone report that Gu Yao had arrived at the door, she took her daughter-in-law and son out to accompany her daughter and wait.

A tall figure appeared in front of him, Gu Yao was full of wind and frost, and he walked quickly in high spirits. Gu Ci's tears fell and he threw himself into his arms.

Gu Yao saw her daughter at first sight, but although her daughter was still immature, she was already a lot taller, so it was difficult to reach out and hug her for a while. I couldn't help but hug it up and coax, "Ah Luan, don't cry, yes yes is back." Then he turned to Yuyi and said, "It's hard work, princess." ”

Yuyi glanced at him, "Can you see me?" ”

Several boys stepped forward to say goodbye, Wu Shenqiu hugged his son, and the mother and son met their father-in-law for the first time. After seeing the ceremony, everyone went back to the house and sat down, Gu Ci grabbed her father's sleeve and didn't let go, Gu Yao put her daughter beside her willingly, and her grandson didn't even look at it.

Wu Shenqiu sighed secretly, no wonder Ah Luan has this temperament, even the father-in-law of the three armies of Weizhen can't be serious about her.

Gu Yi coaxed his sister's skills to increase these days, "Little flower cat, crying too much, you can't grow tall." It's almost clean, and give Daddy a pretty smile. ”

Gu Yi took the hot handkerchief prepared by Hu's mother to wipe her face,

Gu Ci was very embarrassed, she obviously thought about it and smiled brightly when she saw Gu Yao, but she didn't know how to do it, the tears came down first, and then she couldn't stop it.

Gu Yao touched his daughter's head, looked at his eldest grandson, and asked very happily about the situation at home.

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After dinner, Gu Yao went to greet Gu Pu, and saw that Gu Ci was pitifully tugging on his sleeve, so he took it with him.

Except for the New Year's banquet, Gu Ci almost never set foot in this mansion, and mostly invited the sisters to go to the Qingyi Courtyard to play. The upper courtyard is even more unfamiliar. Gu Yao was in a good mood tonight, pointing to a wooded courtyard next to the upper courtyard and saying that this was the courtyard where his grandmother and he lived when they were children.

"Is there still anyone living in the yard now?"

Gu Yao smiled slightly, "No, a few old ladies looked at the house." Usually take care of the flowers and trees, sprinkle and sweep the house. ”

While speaking, they had already arrived in the upper courtyard, and a big girl named Ziyun led the father and daughter to the small study. Gu Ci has no interest in the study of the elderly, most of them are Buddhist scriptures and Taoist books, and they are meticulously arranged and old-fashioned, but the brushstrokes of a small "Spring River Night Moon" on the bookshelf are graceful and natural, which is very suitable for her taste, she let go of Gu Yao's sleeve and leaned over to take a closer look. A thin layer of ash on the screen, and the small chapter is the word 'Hui Jiang'.

This is a painting by grandmother Xie Yun! Sure enough, the Xie family is talented.

Ziyun went and returned, and Fu Shen said to Gu Ci, "County Lord, can the slave and maid wait for you to go to the Warm Pavilion to sit for a while?" ”

"No, stand down."

The maid left silently.

Gu Yao looked at his daughter, who was more dignified than before leaving, half relieved and half distressed. should be a pearl that should be held in the palm of her hand and cared for, always thinking about not letting her experience a trace of wind and rain outside, but she is worried that she will suffer when she can't see it, and hopes that she can grow up. This will really see that the daughter who has always been soft is very pretentious, and I don't know if I have encountered unhappy things before learning to be tough. The mood of being a father is really indescribable.

Gu Pu slowly walked in, and the father and daughter stood up and saluted.

After a few words of greeting, Gu Pu sent Gu away, "Ah Luan rarely comes to his grandfather's place, and his grandfather has saved a few good things, can you pick one?" ”

"I don't dare to take my grandfather's beloved things, why don't my grandfather give me this picture screen so that I can figure it out?"

Gu Pu looked at the picture screen and was stunned for a moment, "If you like it, take it." ”

Ganlu took the painting screen and resigned to the warm pavilion next to him, Ziyun was also there, and opened several boxes on the kang table, and the golden and jade glow inside was quite dazzling. Gu Ci glanced away, it was nothing more than some jade Guanyin golden incense burner or something, so he sat aside and admired his grandmother's painting skills without interest. Ganlu didn't squint, just looked at Gu Ci, secretly paying attention to the movements around her.

Outside a secret door in the Warm Pavilion, another maid who looked like a purple cloud was secretly paying attention to the actions of Gu Ci's master and servant, and it took a long time to exit the secret door and go around the west side, and Mrs. Fang was waiting for her to reply.

"The county lord didn't even look at those things?!"

The maid nodded.

"Also, I haven't seen any baby, it seems that she likes calligraphy and painting." Mrs. Fang waved her hand to let the maid stare at the father and son in the study, and began to contemplate it.

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After Gu Ci left, there was silence in the study, and Gu Pu looked at his eldest son, who was in the prime of life and had never been close, and was stunned.

Gu Yao was in a good mood and planned to make a quick decision, "Father might as well say something directly." ”

"The Fang family handed me a letter a few days ago, saying that they had saved some family business in Xiangyuan City over the years, and they were going to open a shop in Beijing, and they wanted to invest in our mansion. Their family still has a set of business, and they also have a lot of silver in forty percent of shares a year. What do you think? ”

Gu Yao seemed to smile, "What does the Fang family have to do with me?" The father is in charge. ”

Gu Pu's face turned a little purple, "They want to hang your name." ”

"I'm not short of money. You can see which brother is short of money, and which one will subsidize it. ”

"The Fang family started as a weaver in Xiangyuan City, if the Jingli Gate is opened, it is not impossible to win the military quartermaster. You're ......."

"Father, do you know why the Fang family wants to enter Beijing?" Gu Yao interrupted him unceremoniously.

“…… The patriarch of the Fang family just handed over the post, I want to discuss with you before making a decision. ”

"If they resell cloth and fabrics in Xiangyuan City, they can make a difference, but they will pledge the goods to the money bank in the middle to borrow money, and give the officials who are short of money to print money. This hand dragged a lot of silk farmers to death, and then bought the mulberry fields in the hands of these silk farmers at a low price, isn't it a lot of silver. ”

Yuan Yi and Xie Qing did a simple thing, since they dared to put the money in Yinzi, then the officials who borrowed the money did a few big heads, confiscated the property, and then let the money village collect the money, and if they couldn't urge the buyer to sell the mortgaged cloth to the buyer's goods, they cut off the advance payment that the Fang family got from the buyer, and the money in the seal could not be recovered, and the goods were gone, so the Fang family could only sell the silk farmers to make up the hole in the money village. Xie Qing didn't even leave Sangtian to the Fang family under Gu Ci's prompting, so the Fang family urgently needed to find a new way to make money. It happened that the collapse of Tongda Cargo Bank caused many people to lose their wallets, and the Fang family took this opportunity and was ready to rely on their own way in silk fabrics to be a broker in the north and south. It's just that if you don't have the brand of the Protector Mansion, I'm afraid that if you really do it, you won't be able to keep your family business.

"They won't be so bold in the capital. Besides, we'll be staring too. "Gu Pu thinks that 'no business, no treachery', these things of the Fang family are nothing.

Gu Yao knew better, the Fang family didn't just hand over posts to the Protector Mansion, their family's young master steward had been very active in Beijing recently. He was also going to see who else the Fang family could catch.

"If it's a business, then settle the accounts. First, if you want to open a shop in the capital, don't open your mouth if you don't have 100,000 cash. Second, I have no opinion on how much money you are willing to put in, and the Fang family should not play the sign of the Protector Mansion. Third, as long as there is no violation of law and discipline, I guarantee the safety of the shop. I don't care about anything else. What do you think? ”

"Why do you have to be so clear, the Satin Silk Pavilion under Ah Luan's name always needs cloth, if the Fang family can succeed, they can also let the Satin Silk Pavilion have one more doorway."

"No, the little girl has her own ideas." Speaking of his daughter, Gu Yao's smile faintly appeared, "If there is nothing else to do with my father, we will retire." It's also time for Luan to rest. Then he got up and went to take his daughter home.

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Mrs. Fang had already anticipated Gu Yao's attitude, and when she heard Gu Pu's words, she didn't say much. She thought differently from Gu Pu, Gu Pu really felt that it was very cost-effective to borrow a name to the Fang family to get a large sum of money every year, and the Fang family could not rely on anyone else in the capital except for the Protector Mansion. She didn't have a good face for the patriarch, Fang Ting and the Shen family went to prison, and they didn't see the patriarch come forward to make a statement. She just wanted to take advantage of Gu Pu's efforts to Gu Yao to have a relationship with Gu Ci, and the Changning Bo family hinted that her brother could be safe, but when it came to Gu Ci's marriage, the ten-year-old girl could already start discussing marriage. She didn't think she had the ability to talk about Gu Ci's marriage, but Gu Ji persuaded her to first promise to come down and save Fang Ting's life, and besides, Gu Yi's age matched the crown prince, and the relationship with the Nine Emperors was also good.

"Master said that Ah Luan likes to draw screens? Why don't you send her more calligraphy and paintings? Wouldn't it be better for Ah Luan to mention this matter to the steward of the Satin Pavilion and talk to the Fang family himself? ”

"Well, you can pick some tomorrow and send them over. If Ah Luan really likes it, when the Fang family comes to the door, remind them to prepare Ah Luan's gift. ”

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A few days later, Mrs. Fang's gift could not be sent out, because Gu Ci was 'sick' for a few days. In fact, it wasn't really sick, but Yuyi saw that she was sticking to Gu Yao tightly and obeying her words, so she asked Gu Yao to coax her to pierce her ears. Nowadays, five or six-year-old girls have begun to wear earrings, and Gu Ci has empty ears at the age of ten, which is really rare among the nobles of the family, and the dress is a little thinner, and the fun is less. It's just that Gu Ci is extremely resistant, no one can coax her, and the tears are rippling and people can't bear to force her.

Yuyi prepared a pair of delicate and extraordinary nine-layer peony earrings for Gu Yao, and asked him to give them to Gu Ci, and he must strongly express his desire to see his daughter wear them. Gu Yao had no choice but to do so, hugged her daughter and comforted her for a long time, and made a bunch of wishes before she nodded in agreement.

Yuyi overheard Gu Yao volunteering to accompany her daughter to pierce her ears, and ran to hug her grandson happily and jealously.

Mother Hu and Mama Xie each took a soybean and began to rub it on Gu Ci's white and tender earlobes, Gu Ci buried his face in Gu Yao's big palm and trembled. She was really afraid of ear piercing, the girl who used to be in the same dormitory had an inflamed ear piercing and was uncomfortable, it was she who was trembling to help squeeze the pus and smear the medicine, and the psychological shadow area was too large!

The two grandmothers felt that their earlobes were already hot, and they were about to put down the needle, motioning to Gu Yao to glance at it, and the needle fell in their hands, and they simply tied it neatly.

Gu Ci's small body shook and stiffened, and he screamed 'wow', tears rolling down Gu Yao's hand. Gu Yao saw that her daughter was sobbing breathlessly, and her face turned white in distress. Waiting for the piercing of the ears to be put on good medicine and silver earrings, the two grandmothers retreated, leaving Gu Yao, who felt even more helpless than the first time he went into battle to kill the enemy, to coax his daughter by himself.

Mama Xie went to Qiuli Courtyard to tell Yuyi, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were very happy.

Yuyi was especially relieved, "Yes, let him pet this little unconscionable grinder." ”

Wu Shenqiu didn't dare to echo the bad words of his father-in-law, so he only smiled and said, "My mother has to dress up well this year, and she will be a big girl next year." ”

"That's nature." Yuyi, who was in high spirits, couldn't take care of her grandson, so she hurriedly went back to the room to pick a new face for her baby daughter.

However, Gu Ci's little ears were still inflamed, red and swollen, and even Xiao Lu came back to dispense medicine for her.