Taozhi is a laughing and noisy person, and Yupan is very enthusiastic, and the two of them saw that Gu Qingwan did not open her mouth to stop her, but said all the way.

The ancestral home of the He family is Suzhou, and the house in Beijing was bought by He Zhanghua, the grandfather of the third girl, when he was appointed as an official in Beijing, and it was only half an hour's drive from the Dingyuan Marquis' Mansion. There are only two rooms in the He family to He Chengping's generation, although the grandmother and grandmother of the three girls died early, but the two rooms of the He family are only divided into two houses.

Although they live in the same house, there are two gates, but the inner house has a door to facilitate communication with each other.

In recent years, He Chengyang has been appointed abroad, and the Guan family does not have to stay in Beijing to serve his mother-in-law, so he naturally follows He Chengyang as a foreign officer. Listening to Gu Cunke, this two-bedroom house has always been managed by the Lu family.

Because it was a post under the Guan family, Gu Qingwan naturally went straight to He Chengyang's mansion, and there was a mother-in-law waiting in the corner gate early. Gu Qingwan went straight into the He Mansion, and just entered the second gate to change the sedan chair, a voice outside the curtain said: "My cousin is here, our lady has been thinking about it for several days, and she asked me to guard the second door early in the morning, and I will urge someone to ask every half an hour." ”

Gu Qingwan remembered this voice, this was the housekeeper grandma under the Guan family, and she went to Dingyuan Marquis Mansion to deliver the post that day, and it was this Mama Qiao who went.

"It's hard work, mama." Gu Qingwan answered in the carriage, Gui Ye had already gotten out of the carriage and followed Gu Qingwan's sedan chair, and when she saw Gu Qingwan replying, she took a purse with gold thread wrapped in branches and sent it to Na Qiao's mother. And the maid who came with Mama Qiao also stuffed her purse.

Although the style of the purse is the same, the money rewarded here is different.

When it is time to be generous, it is natural to be generous, and the most important thing for Mrs. Gu is the face of the Marquis of Dingyuan. Besides, there is also the jade plate beside Old Madam Gu watching from the side, and the affairs of the He family, Old Madam Gu will definitely know the Tao clearly.

Mama Qiao didn't squirm either, accepted it generously, and talked to Gu Qingwan through the curtain. It was nothing more than talking about the things he had seen in the south, and the interesting things he had encountered in the south over the years, and he inquired about Gu Qingwan's preferences again. Before he finished asking, he arrived at the courtyard where Guan lived.

Gu Qingwan got off the sedan chair in front of the main room, and there were already two maids wearing pink tunics waiting outside the door. Seeing Gu Qingwan and her entourage coming, the two of them glanced at Gu Qingwan, who was surrounded in the middle, and then stepped forward with a smile: "The cousin girl is here, and the durian came in from outside, saying that the girl has entered the house, and the lady is almost going to go to the second gate in person." ”

The exaggeration that they said one by two made Gu Qingwan have a lot of doubts in her heart.

She has memories of the third girl when she was a child, and naturally knows that her two aunts are good to her, mostly because of Mrs. He. It's just that Mrs. He is now deceased, and the Guan family only got along with the third girl when she was young, no matter how much love has been separated for so many years, I am afraid that it has already faded.

But Guan's actions were too much, she didn't look like a cousin girl in this mansion, but like a girl from this mansion.

Mama Qiao had already retreated, and Gu Qingwan listened to the maid say how much the Guan family missed her while walking, but her eyes still swept the courtyard.

He Mansion and Dingyuan Marquis Mansion can not be compared, Dingyuan Marquis Mansion is the ancestral house handed down from the ancestors, and it has been continuously expanded around these years, and it is very magnificent. Kehe Mansion is a house bought in Beijing later, and the size of this place where every inch of land is expensive is naturally limited.

The main room of the second room of the He family is three main rooms lined up, and there are two ear rooms on each side, and you can see the bottom at a glance. Guan lived in the main room on the first right, and the maid named Lychee took Gu Qingwan straight to the house where Guan lived, reported through the curtain, and actually took Gu Qingwan into the bedroom.

It doesn't seem to be an outsider.

Gu Qingwan looked at Guan Shi who was sitting at the mahogany carved round table in the outhouse, looking like she was about thirty, with apricot eyes and bent eyebrows, and the appearance of a small jasper was full. Gu Qingwan compared, except for some traces of time around her eyes, it was still the Guan family in her memory.

Even though the Guan family looked very weak on the outside, with just a little memory, Gu Qingwan knew that this Guan family was not what she was on the outside.

After the Guan family married He Chengyang, she didn't come out for six years, and Mrs. Gu didn't have any dissatisfaction with her in private, and there didn't seem to be any aunts in the second room. Later, it was said that Guan was pregnant with He Chengyang when he was in office, and he is now the only sister-in-law in the second room, and He Zijing, who is only six years old.

This method alone made Gu Qingwan feel that the Guan family was really not simple.

Gu Qingwan saluted Guan Shi, and just bent her knees, and before she could get up, Guan Shi stepped forward and grabbed Gu Qingwan's hand and pulled her to sit down beside her.

"Be polite to me." Guan patted Gu Qingwan's hand, and his tone was very emotional, "Back then, it was only as high as my waist, but in a blink of an eye, it was so big, and her appearance became more and more similar to your mother." If the old lady had knowledge, she would have been very happy. ”

As he spoke, he wiped his tears with a handkerchief, sighed for a while, and then ordered the maids to serve tea and snacks. And Taozhi and Yupan and others were invited to the compartment by the Guan family to eat tea. Yupan was a little hesitant, but seeing that Guan spoke politely, Gu Qingwan was also stupid and didn't know how to leave her, so she could only go to the cubicle.

Guan Xu is knowledge that Yu Pan is the person next to Old Madam Gu, and after Yu Pan went to the cubicle, she spoke generously.

Seeing that Gu Qingwan's face was a little stunned, Guan Shi said again: "You lost your mother at a young age, and your stepmother is ...... I must have suffered a lot of grievances. Don't worry, now that I'm back with your second uncle, you don't have to be afraid. ”

It was Gu Qingwan who was suspicious of the Guan family's purpose, but when she heard this, she was still a little sad. When the third girl was young, if someone could really protect her as sincerely as Guan said, presumably the third girl would not have developed such a temperament.

The arrogance and arrogance of the three girls are half because of Xiao Sun's long-term indulgence, and the other half is not a kind of self-protection.

"Auntie, don't worry, that's my family in the end, how can it really be bad." Gu Qingwan already had suspicions about Guan's overzealous behavior, so she naturally refused to reveal too much to Guan.

What is really related to her is the two elder brothers of the He family, and the Lu family and the Guan family are separated by a layer in the end.

Seeing that Gu Qingwan seemed reluctant to speak, Guan sighed and said, "Your second uncle had ten days off before taking office, and now he is in the outer courtyard, and he will probably receive the news when your carriage enters the gate, and I am afraid that he will come over after a while." ”

Speaking of He Chengyang, Guan's tone was still a little different: "Your uncle is also worried about you and Cunke, before your grandmother passed away, he asked him to take care of your sister and brother. He has been out of office all these years, and his heart is full of guilt. ”

Guan Shi wanted to say more, but he heard a maid outside: "Madam, the old man just went to the study in the inner courtyard, and asked the lady to take her cousin to meet you." ”

"But I can't wait for a moment." Guan Shi showed a little smile on his face, and said to Gu Qingwan as he walked, "You only saw that I was in a hurry, but I didn't know that your second uncle was more anxious than me. ”

Gu Qingwan nodded secretly, no wonder the Guan family looked very eager today. If it is said to cater to He Chengyang, it is not unreasonable.

He Chengyang's study in the inner courtyard is located in the cross-courtyard next to the main house, which is an independent attic, facing the rockery pond outside, but the surrounding scenery is not bad.

After Gu Qingwan and his party entered the second gate, He Chengyang went to the study in the inner courtyard, but he heard that Guan was talking to Gu Qingwan in the house, but it was not easy to disturb.

Previously, he knew that Gu Qingwan had not interacted with the He family for many years, but he only thought that it was because Mrs. He had passed away, and Gu Qingwan was also old, so it was not good to move around too much. The things in the inner courtyard, how could they, the men in the outer courtyard, know so clearly, and besides, he is still in the Jiangnan Foreign Minister, thousands of miles away.

After returning to Beijing this time, he met Gu Cunke, and He Chengyang realized that Gu Qingwan refused to communicate with the He family, because he was afraid that there were other reasons.

He didn't want to delve into what he wanted, so why dig out the wound again, he just didn't know. He originally listened to Guan's suggestion, and then asked Gu Qingwan to come over to the house when the mansion was cleaned up, but he didn't expect to have a dream a few days ago.

In the dream, he went back to his childhood, when his sister He Lanxin was only seven years old, and Mrs. He was still alive at that time. Zero Zero always remembered many things, and after waking up from a dream, he remembered Mrs. He's last words when she was dying, and He Chengyang suddenly felt guilty and uneasy.

guessed that Gu Cunke inquired about the Cao family and Gu Qingwan, so He Chengyang agreed. He doesn't have many connections in Luzhou, but he used his favors to ask his colleagues to find out.

He Chengyang was also a little stunned when he saw Gu Qingwan, compared to when she was a child, the older her niece is, the more similar she is to her mother. He Chengyang looked at this face with He's shadow on his facial features, and a sense of guilt came up again.

It's just that Gu Qingwan can't compare to Gu Cunke, and He Chengyang only asked Gu Qingwan about the situation in the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion, and asked some trivial things, so he asked the Guan family to take Gu Qingwan back to the main room.

When Guan was leaving, He Chengyang was still a little uneasy, but he gave Guan a few extra words. Guan Shi saw that Gu Qingwan had already left the study first, so he glanced at He Chengyang: "I know that you feel sorry for the old lady and the aunt, don't worry, I will definitely treat her as my own girl." ”

What is the temperament of his wife, He Chengyang is naturally clear, and seeing that Guan has promised, his heart has also settled down.

Gu Qingwan's affairs, he really can't get involved, but Gu Cunke can take care of it.