Old Madam Gu spoke, if she insisted on leaving, it would not be good, Gu Qing responded, and sat down in the same place.

While he was talking, the maid who was guarding the curtain heard the movement outside, and hurriedly approached and lifted the curtain.

Gu Cunzhang walked in front, followed by a young man of about twenty, with a fair complexion, raised eyebrows, and eyes like autumn waves. He was wearing a rain-soaked collared robe, and he wore a piece of carved white jade around his waist, and he was full of scholarly anger. Although the outfit is very simple, Gu Cunzhang on the side looks very immature compared to him.

Gu Qingwan only glanced at it, then refused to look at it again, her eyes only stared at the old lady Gu who was sitting on it.

"Say hello to my grandmother." Gu Cunzhang smiled, and without waiting for Old Madam Gu to speak, he stepped forward to ask for peace. Waiting for Old Madam Gu to let him get up, he took the opportunity to sit down beside Old Madam Gu.

Gu Cunzhang and the fifth girl Gu Qingyan are twin sisters and brothers, and they are both similar to Xiao Sun's family, but the two sisters and brothers are five points similar in appearance, and the feeling of laughing is even more similar.

"Say hello to the old lady." Cao Di followed behind Gu Cunzhang, and waited for the maid on the side to send a cotton mat over, and then he knelt down and kowtowed to Mrs. Gu in a proper manner.

Gu Cunzhang, who was sitting next to Mrs. Gu, knew how to be measured, and before Cao Di knelt down, he quickly stood up, and only after Cao Di got up did he sit down again.

"Why do you have to do such a big gift." Old Madam Gu said a word, and then motioned for Cao Di to step forward, and sat down beside her with Gu Cunzhang, one left and one right, and then looked at Cao Di carefully, "Sure enough, he is a good boy, this appearance and this temperament are not comparable to ordinary people." ”

"The old lady praised it falsely, the uncle and the second master in your mansion are Brother Zhang, who is still young, which one is not better than him." Although she is very modest, the smile on Aunt Cao's face can't deceive people.

The grandchildren of the Gu family, who are still young, will no longer mention it, that is, the uncle Gu Cunyu is about the same age as Cao Di, but he is still white, which is enough for Aunt Cao to be secretly proud in her heart.

Old Madam Gu did not shy away from it at all, and asked again: "I heard that I also took the Xiucai exam, and I will open the imperial examination again next year, but do you plan to end up?" ”

Speaking of this, Aunt Cao's back couldn't help but bend a little: "But isn't it, it's just that at this juncture, I went back to Beijing with our master to report on work, I'm afraid it will be delayed for a long time, and I'm worried about it." ”

Seeing that Mrs. Gu didn't speak, Aunt Cao's smile couldn't help but deepen: "I heard that the house invited Mr. Zou, I was about to ask the old lady if we could let Brother Di follow and listen." ”

Xu is Dingyuan Marquis Gu Mingde is an official who relies on Zuyin, so he doesn't want Gu Cunyu to be like himself, insisting on letting Gu Cunyu take the path of the imperial examination. This Mr. Zou was born in Tanhua and is also a child of a family, but later his family fell into the middle of the road. In the end, he was not suitable for officialdom, so he simply resigned and opened a museum to teach.

When he got older, Mr. Zou felt a little powerless, so he responded to King Huai's request and became the husband of King Huai's son. He came to the Gu family to be a gentleman, or three years ago, the eldest lady personally begged King Huai, and King Huai couldn't bear to refute his sister, and after asking Mr. Zou's opinion, he agreed.

Mr. Zou is naturally mainly a professor Gu Cunyu, and the other young masters are really just auditing. The year before last, Gu Cunyu wanted to end the game, but was stopped by Mr. Zou, so it was delayed until next year's imperial examination.

King Huai has always been iron-blooded and unsympathetic, after this Mr. Zou entered the Gu family, there were many friends of the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion who wanted to send their children to the Gu family's family to learn, and the eldest lady refuted them one by one.

It's only a year before Gu Cunyu is going to the county to try, Mr. Zou has moved out of the Gu family's home school since the end of last year, and the eldest lady has opened an independent courtyard in the outer courtyard, and Mr. Zou only opened a small stove for Gu Cunyu alone. As for the other young masters of the Gu family, they were taught by Mr. Gong in the family school.

Aunt Cao wanted Cao Di to follow Gu Cunyu to audit, not to mention whether the eldest lady was willing or not, even the old lady Gu was reluctant in her heart.

The difficulties in this must have been mentioned to Aunt Cao, so seeing that Mrs. Gu was a little embarrassed, she didn't care much: "I just mentioned it like this, making the old lady embarrassed, but it's not mine." It's just that we just arrived in Beijing, and we can't find a suitable gentleman for a while, and we don't know how long we will stay in Beijing. ”

Aunt Cao sighed softly as she spoke.

Old Madam Gu naturally had other thoughts about the Cao family in her heart, and when she saw Aunt Cao's melancholy face, she smiled and said: "This Mr. Zou has a very strange temper, and I won't tell you that as soon as this imperial examination is over, he will be ready to return to his hometown." However, there is also a Mr. Gong in our family study, who is also very good, if Di Geer is willing, he can come to our family school and try to audit for a few days. ”

Gu Qingwan was secretly relieved when she saw Aunt Cao, and she knew that she was advancing and retreating. How could Old Madam Gu not understand after she said this? It's just that everyone has their own thoughts, so she doesn't care.

Cao Di immediately stood up and saluted Mrs. Gu again: "The old lady has solved my coal burning urgency, I heard my uncle say that this Mr. Gong is also very knowledgeable, and it is best to study with Cousin Cunzhang in the future." ”

The two of them gave each other another courtesy, and after sitting down, Gu Cunzhang looked like he had just found Gu Qingwan in the house.

"Fang just cared about talking, but he didn't notice that the third sister was also here." Saying that, he stood up and walked over to Gu Qingwan quickly, and after a salute, he said, "Mother said that the third sister was not in good shape some time ago, no wonder I haven't seen it, I look good today, but it's complete." ”

Xiao Sun's family cared for Gu Qingwan in front of people, and her children naturally did the same. No matter what dissatisfaction she had with Gu Qingwan in her heart, her face was still kind and respectful.

Gu Qingwan immediately got up and returned the salute, and then said with a smile: "Thank you Brother Zhang, seeing that I am here now, I know that I am so complete." It's just that the second wife is sympathetic, but she gave me all the blood swallows she kept to eat, which made me very unhappy. ”

Gu Cunzhang raised his eyebrows, and only said after a while: "Mother should care about the third sister." ”

"Three girls, this is your Aunt Cao's eldest son, not an outsider. Yesterday you saw several of your sisters, so come and meet them. "Today's Gu Qingwan is too silent, that is, even Old Madam Gu ignores her existence a little. Seeing that Gu Qingwan and Gu Cunzhang were going to sit down after seeing the salute, they couldn't help but keep their voices.

Gu Qingwan rolled her eyebrows, but she didn't twist it, she stepped forward and saluted, calling her "Cousin Cao".

She naturally knew why Mrs. Gu emphasized in front of her that Cao Di was Aunt Cao's "eldest son", and that there was only this Aunt Cao from the mother of the Little Sun family, except for a brother. And Xiao Sun's brother's only son is only sixteen this year, and Gu Qingwan noticed that Gu Cunzhang called Cao Di "big cousin".

But the third girl's mother-in-law, He, has two older brothers. Gu Qingwan remembered that her two uncles had sons-in-law, and the eldest son was several years older than Cao Di, so Gu Qingwan couldn't call Cao Di "big cousin".

She couldn't find fault with this name, and Mrs. Gu didn't want to investigate it in front of outsiders, so she didn't mention it, but Gu Cunzhang glanced at Gu Qingwan extraordinarily.

Gu Qingwan generously let Gu Cunzhang look at it, but it made Gu Cunzhang feel bored, so he simply turned his head over.

Cao Di glanced at Gu Qingwan quickly, and said with a smile: "The third sister doesn't need to be polite, I saw the fifth, sixth and seventh sisters yesterday, but I didn't see you alone, but it turned out that the third sister was sick." After that, he seemed to see the pair of gold bracelets on Gu Qingwan's wrists, but he stared at Gu Qingwan's wrists for a while.

Gu Qingwan was very uncomfortable by Cao Di's eyes, so she casually answered a few words, and returned to her seat and sat upright.

Later, Aunt Cao talked to Gu Qingwan a lot, but Gu Qingwan saw Old Madam Gu's attitude, and she was really a little uneasy in her heart, how could she still have the heart to deal with Aunt Cao again.

After saying something for half an hour, Gu Qingwan saw that Old Madam Gu was tired, so she took the opportunity to get up and say goodbye. When Aunt Cao saw this, she naturally said that she would not bother.

There was still half an hour before dinner was to be served, and Mrs. Gu thought that she was really overwhelmed, so she didn't even say a word about staying for dinner, so she asked Yuzhan to take her to send Aunt Cao out of the yard.

Gu Qingwan walked in front, and Aunt Cao had to wait for Gu Cunzhang, who was behind, but she distanced herself from Gu Qingwan. Gu Qingwan glanced back, and saw that Cao Di was talking to Aunt Cao with her head down, and she was about to withdraw her eyes, but saw Cao Di suddenly raise her head and glance at her, and smiled at her again.

Gu Qingwan turned her head expressionlessly, and walked out of Tansong Courtyard without squinting.

Aunt Cao was silent for a while, and finally looked at Cao Di and sighed softly, and Cao Di also lowered her eyebrows and stopped talking. It wasn't until Gu Cunzhang came out of Old Madam Gu's house that the silence in the courtyard was broken.

"Big cousin, the old lady said that if you want, you can come to our house tomorrow. If you don't dislike it, my yard is very empty, you and your aunt have just moved to Beijing, and the house will inevitably be a little messy, so it's better to stay here for a few days. ”

Cao Di hesitated slightly, and Aunt Cao smiled: "In this way, it will cause a lot of trouble to Brother Zhang and your mother." ”

"How can it be troublesome?" Gu Cunzhang's tone raised a little, "I wish there were more people and it seemed lively." ”

Gu Cunyu, the uncle of this house, has already married, so naturally there is a gap. And the second master Gu Cunke is a very silent and unassertive character, because he is from the main room in front of him, and Gu Cunzhang cannot really befriend him. And Gu Cunjing, the third master of the fourth room, is from the concubine, and rarely interacts with them, and the fifth master of the third room, Gu Cunchen, is a nerd, and his friendship with Gu Cunzhang is also weak.

Gu Cunzhang really hoped that Cao Di could live in Gu's house.

"I'll go tell my mother." Gu Cunzhang muttered, but in his heart he made up his mind to let Xiao Sun's family keep Cao Di to stay with him for a few more days.