Section 403

Gu Xuanzhi's words blurted out.

When he finished speaking, he felt inappropriate.

There are too many doubts in his words: who is the person he likes, where did he meet her, how did he like her, and did he have a flirtation in private?

These are not easy to answer.

Gu Xuanzhi glanced at his sister's face.

My sister's face was still good, she didn't change her face like a catastrophe, and even smiled lightly, and then asked him, "Whose girl is it?" ”

Sure enough, it hit the nail on the head.

Gu Xuanzhi didn't want to say it now.

He bowed his head in silence for a while before he said, "I don't like anyone, I just don't want to get married so early." My mother said that after February, I would go to the Zou family for a dowry."

In this family, not only Gu Xiuzhi is afraid of his mother, but also Gu Xuanzhi and his father Gu Yanzhen.

The ladies of big families have a relationship with a man in private, and their mother definitely doesn't like it, she thinks that other girls are unruly and undecent, and her first impression is not good, even if she is a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the future, it will be unpleasant, and Gu Xuanzhi will be in a dilemma at that time.

Gu Xuanzhi also knew about this, so he has been hiding it until now.

He didn't want to say.

He couldn't think of revealing the traces to his mother, and he didn't have a chance.

But seeing that his mother was about to set a marriage for him, he had to say it.

What to say, he can't be sure.

He didn't want to be scolded by his mother.

The seventh sister has been intimate with him since she was a child, and Gu Xuanzhi is emotionally closer to Gu Jinzhi. In front of Gu Jinzhi, he relaxed his vigilance and hid the words in his heart for a long time. Didn't hide well, said it.

Subconsciously, he also felt that Seventh Sister was his opportunity to pass the word for him.

The seventh sister is more reliable than anyone else.

Mother likes Seventh Sister, and Gu Xuanzhi also trusts Seventh Sister, so the secret in his heart was revealed to Seventh Sister under the drive of this subconscious. But if you think about it carefully, you don't think you can say it so directly. It's too abrupt.

"Lying." Gu Jinzhi said with a smile. "If you don't say, how can I help you?"

Gu Xuan subconsciously touched his nose.

He looked up and looked at the seventh sister. Seeing my sister with a smile on her face and sincere eyes. Gu Xuanzhi bit his lip slightly.

He was about to say. I heard my mother's footsteps.

Mother settled Yan Shao. It's back to the East Jima.

Gu Xuanzhi hurriedly stood up and said to Gu Jin: "Seventh sister, I'll go out first" and fled in a hurry.

Song Paner came in. Looking at the shaking curtains, there was only Gu Jinzhi in the room, Gu Xuanzhi was gone, so she asked Gu Jinzhi: "Where is Brother Xuan?" ”

"I said I was in a hurry to go back." Gu Jin's way.

"What's the urgency?" Song Paner asked.

Gu Jinzhi smiled: "People have three urgency"

Song Paner didn't ask any more.

She didn't know Brother Xuan'er's thoughts, so she didn't suspect it.

Gu Jinzhi waited for her to sit down, brought tea, and asked her mother as if chatting: "Mother, you and the Zou family have only hinted verbally, and they haven't really settled down yet, right?" ”

Song Pan'er was stunned and said, "Yes." Why, do you think the Zou family is not suitable? ”

Gu Jinzhi didn't feel that anyone was inappropriate. Marriage depends on fate. Even if two people who match each other in character, appearance, and family background, there is no fate, after all, they are inseparable.

Not to mention people who have never met, even if they do, they may not be able to determine whether the two people are suitable.

Husbands and wives are like fish drinking water and knowing their own warmth, and outsiders are not easy to say.

"Mother, this is a family matter, I will return to Luzhou after the New Year, and I shouldn't say it. You said that Miss Zou is suitable, naturally it is suitable, don't I still believe in your vision? I have no objection. It's just that you asked Brother Xuan? Does he think it's appropriate? "Gu Jin's way.

Song Paner smiled: "What does he know?" ”

Gu Jinzhi smiled.

Her mother blocked her back with a word.

Marriage in this era is the words of the matchmaker at the behest of the parents, how can you find it suitable or not? When Gu Jinzhi asked this, he was a little confused.

If she said anything else, she would be exposed, so she changed the subject and talked to her mother about other trivial matters at home.

Gu Jinzhi's second cousin, Song Yanzhao Shuntian, studied in the Hanlin Academy for three years after he became a jinshi in the ninth year. Then, Song Paner's relationship with his uncle Gu Yantao selected Song Yanzhao in the ministry. She asked her aunt to be a matchmaker and told Hu Jie to Song Yanzhao.

Song Yanzhao and Hu Jie have been married for four years and have given birth to two daughters.

"On the first day of the first lunar month, your second cousin-in-law also said that your second cousin's monthly offerings were not enough to support the expenses of their family of four in Beijing. It's not good, you always have to help from Yanling Mansion. She wanted to take the children back to Yanling Mansion. When Song Paner talked about Hu Jie, she no longer called her by name, but replaced it with Gu Jinzhi's second cousin-in-law.

The cost in Beijing is large, and Gu Jinzhi knows it.

It's just that Gu Jinzhi remembers that his uncle is a very fat errand in Suzhou, and the Song family is also a prominent family in Yanling Mansion, how can there be a lack of money?

"The second cousin has only become an official, and there is no other income, so his livelihood is naturally a little difficult. The second cousin's mother's family is not generous. Uncle and aunt didn't say how much to help? Gu Jinzhi asked.

What is the situation of Hu Jie's mother's family, Gu Jinzhi also knows.

Her dowry is probably reluctant to take it out to subsidize the family.

And the uncle's family is very wealthy, Gu Jinzhi can get a glimpse of it from his mother's marriage. With a son who is a Beijing official, his parents should be extremely proud, how can they not help?

"Why don't you help? Now that the branch of our family, your second cousin is an official, who doesn't want to provide for him? Even if your eldest aunt really doesn't want to give money, you can borrow it from your second uncle.

Your second cousin-in-law said that she wanted to go back to Yanling Mansion, and I thought she just wanted to borrow money, so I leaked my mouth and was able to lend her a thousand taels of silver for a few months. She was quite straightforward, saying no, she would leave for Yanling Mansion after February, and Cheng Yi was enough. It was a settled mind. Song Paner said.

Gu Jinzhi didn't want to guess unfamiliar people with "ulterior motives".

Gu Jinzhi still doesn't know much about Hu Jie. For people who don't know much, it's not good to judge the intentions of other people's actions.

Gu Jinzhi had some thoughts in his heart. In the end, it didn't fit, so I didn't answer.

"Your eldest cousin is in Yanling Mansion, and now he has become a family. He was unlucky, and he couldn't go to school all these years. Your uncle has been excellent in performance for three consecutive years, and he has reported to the imperial court to find an errand for your eldest cousin in Yanling Mansion. Song Paner continued, "Your eldest cousin will stay at home and keep his business in the future." Your second cousin may be worried that your eldest aunt secretly gave the family property to your eldest cousin, right? ”

In this era, officials with more than five grades can report to the imperial court if they have excellent performance for three consecutive years. Seal the wife and the shadow.

An official of the imperial court. There are also many kinds, and the shadow officials are specialized in eating Yulu.

Hu Jie's thoughts, no one can guess.

Her mother's family is in the capital.

She left her husband, left her mother's family, and took her children back to Yanling Mansion to serve her in-laws. Outsiders praise filial piety. In this era when filial piety comes first. It's really hard to find fault with other faults.

But this is unreasonable, everyone knows it, but they can't say it.

Song Paner in front of outsiders. It's hard to say anything, only in front of my daughter, I don't say a spade.

Gu Jinzhi remembered Hu Jie when she was a child.

When she was in the capital, Hu Jie was a bit domineering and willful; When she arrived at Yanling Mansion, as the daughter of Taishou, she was even more arrogant and noble. The famous families of Yanling Mansion all gave Hu Ze a little respect, and Hu Jie claimed to be from the Hou Mansion, and she had a lot of scolding her.

Over the years, Gu Jinzhi and her have never had a deep friendship.

Hu Jie has a lot of advantages, but she is just a child, and she is not as transparent and refined as Jiang Xin, Gu Jinzhi is a secular person, she has experienced half a hundred years in her previous life, even if she is lonely and boring, she really has no childlike heart to have a deep friendship with Hu Jie.

People who don't have deep friendships can't talk about deep understanding.

Gu Jinzhi didn't really know Hu Jie.

If Hu Jie was really worried about her family property and returned to Yanling Mansion, leaving Song Yanzhao alone in Beijing, it would be really stupid.

From her standpoint, maybe she thinks she's smart. By returning to Yanling Mansion to serve his in-laws, he became familiar with the family property of his in-laws, so as not to let his in-laws decide how to divide the family after a hundred years in the future, and they will suffer losses.

Xiaojing officials, who have no qualifications, are very short of money.

Hu Jie's family can't support them.

But the Song family of Yanling Mansion has not produced a Beijing official for several generations. The Song clan in Yanling is counting on Song Yanzhao to gain a foothold, and in the future, he will bring the children of the Song clan and glorify the lintel. If someone becomes a Beijing official, the status of the Song family in Yanling Mansion will also rise.

The big families pay the most attention to status and reputation.

Not only the uncle, but also other cousins and sisters are also willing to help Song Yanzhao as much as possible.

How could they do something that distributes family property unevenly and offends Song Yanzhao?

Hu Jie's mother's family said that it was the family of the Marquis of Yongxi, but it was a side branch of the three suits. Her father has no other brothers and cousins, and Hu Jie may be a little unfamiliar with the way the big family gets along.

It's good to let her go back.

It's better to understand as soon as possible than to be suspicious all the time.

"The eldest uncle is in office all the year round, the third cousin is married far away, and the second cousin takes the children back to be the companion of the eldest aunt, which is also very good." Gu Jin said, "If the second cousin is always in Beijing, maybe she really thinks that the eldest uncle and the eldest aunt are partial to the eldest cousin's family, blowing the wind on the pillow, and the eldest cousin and the second cousin are not harmonious." Let her go back and see, and she will understand everything. ”

Song Paner smiled helplessly.

"She's just afraid that she hasn't discussed it with her mother's family," Gu Jin said, "If it is discussed, Hu Zeyu should persuade her." ”

"I think it was her and her mother's idea, and it was true that she didn't tell Hu Zeyu." Song Paner said.

Gu Jinzhi smiled.

She felt that her mother's guess was reasonable.

Gu Jinzhi asked Hu Jie's children again: "Who do you look like?" ”

Song Paner likes Hu Jie's two daughters very much. The girl is precocious, Hu Jie's eldest daughter is three years old, she looks exactly like Hu Jie, beautiful and clever, with the tone of a little adult, clear speech, and sensible, which is particularly painful.

Hu Jie is in Beijing, except for her mother's family, there are no other relatives and friends, and Song Paner welcomes them, so she often takes her children to Gu's house as guests.

mentioned Hu Jie's daughter, Song Paner talked endlessly and talked for a long time.

It was mid-afternoon.

It wasn't until Yan Shao woke up that he interrupted Song Pan'er's words.

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The little black house that was locked yesterday has only come out now, what a tragic word. I'm sorry everyone. Yesterday and today, I changed together. (To be continued......)