Old lady Gu probably remembered Gu Qingwan's temperament of going to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, even if Gu Qingwan really sat on the side and read the scriptures, she still had some suspicion in her expression, and glanced in Gu Qingwan's direction from time to time.

The master and maid in a room, but in the end, only Gu Qingwan had no distractions.

Fortunately, before Gu Qingwan finished reading the page, a maid outside spread the word, saying that Aunt Cao had come to see the old lady and was eating tea outside.

Old Lady Gu subconsciously glanced at Gu Qingwan, then withdrew her eyes and motioned for the jade cup beside her to help her sit up. Yuzhan looked at Old Lady Gu for a while, and after nodding slightly, Old Lady Gu said, "What are you still doing in a daze, please come in, don't let the guests wait for a long time." ”

Gu Qingwan listened carefully to Mrs. Gu's words, but she had a bottom in her heart.

Although Mrs. Gu is a girl from the Sun family, she is not very close to the Xiao Sun family. Mrs. Gu is the eldest daughter of the Sun family's big house, and she has only one younger brother under this house, while the little Sun family and Aunt Cao are the girls from the second room of the Sun family. The Sun family's big house and second room were separated when Mrs. Gu's father was still there.

Gu Qingwan remembered that Mama Ji once said that the little Sun family's branch only had some contacts with the Gu family two years before and after the He family entered the mansion, and when the Xiao Sun family became Gu Mingli's house, the little Sun family and the Gu family interacted with each other as relatives.

This Aunt Cao was appointed with her husband's family before the little Sun family entered the Gu family, and she had never met Mrs. Gu. Although she also called Mrs. Gu "aunt", she was not very close to Mrs. Gu. Mrs. Gu said that Aunt Cao was a "guest", so you can get a glimpse of the estrangement.

Old Madam Gu spoke, and after a while, the maid outside led Aunt Cao into the house, and Old Madam Gu had already taken Gu Qingwan to the outhouse.

Gu Qingwan sat on the chair under Mrs. Gu, and saw that Aunt Cao saluted Mrs. Gu in a proper manner, so she got up and saluted Aunt Cao.

Aunt Cao hurriedly took two steps forward and helped Gu Qingwan, looked at Gu Qingwan again, and immediately took her eyes back, and then smiled at Old Madam Gu: "Presumably this is the third girl in the house, look at this dignified manners is something that ordinary girls can't learn." Needless to say, the second girl is noble and elegant. I saw the three girls today, and it was so painful, and the old lady was really blessed. ”

Thinking that it was the first time that someone praised Gu Qingwan's dignified behavior in front of her like this, Old Madam Gu was still a little uncomfortable, so she glanced at Gu Qingwan with embarrassment.

"Auntie, sit down." After that, he said to the jade plate on the side, "Go and brew the new tea that was just sent this spring and give it to my aunt to taste." ”

Aunt Cao waved her hand again and again, and almost stood up: "I can't help it, I can't help it." ”

Old Madam Gu also ignored Aunt Cao's excuse, and said: "You just arrived in Beijing, presumably just the trivial things in the house are nerve-wracking, it's hard for you to still think about me, so you came to talk to me." ”

"I'm not afraid of the old lady's jokes when I say it, I just arrived in Beijing, but I didn't know that the second girl in the Ludao Mansion was out of the pavilion tomorrow, and she came over in a hurry yesterday, but she didn't prepare a makeup gift for her." Aunt Cao covered her mouth and smiled, and said, "I didn't think it was a taste when I went back yesterday, but I came here again today, so it's a thought." I just came and went in a hurry, and said hello to the second lady in the house, but I didn't inform the old lady in advance. ”

I thought that I hadn't seen the second girl, and I was afraid that I would be embarrassed if I saw it in the future, so I simply sent it over in person. I went back to Jinhui Hall, but I didn't expect it to be very lively, I thought that the old lady had always been a pure person, so I went to the old lady to rest. ”

Old Madam Gu naturally asked where Gu Qingwan came from before, and when she saw Aunt Cao talking about Jinhuitang, she subconsciously glanced at Gu Qingwan.

"Today, the shopkeeper of Jinxiufang came to our house, and the second wife thought of me, and asked me to go to Jinhuitang to choose materials in the morning." After that, she looked at Mrs. Gu proudly, "I chose a random one, but the shopkeeper said that I chose the best horses, saying that there are some rain silk brocade and moon flower brocade, and even silk is also there." ”

Old Madam Gu laughed with Aunt Cao: "You really chose a few good horses." ”

"I'm going to tell the embroidery room when I go back, don't spoil the good materials, this spring shirt is ready just in time for my grandmother's birthday, just right." Gu Qingwan hurriedly answered, "The eldest aunt thinks that this batch of materials is too expensive, I heard that the next batch of materials in Jinxiufang should be generous and pure, I must send it to my grandmother in two days, and I will have to rely on it and follow my grandmother for a long time." ”

Old Madam Gu squinted her eyes and glanced at Gu Qingwan, seeing that her expression was as usual, with a smile in her eyes, she nodded Gu Qingwan's forehead and said, "When you see your Aunt Cao coming now, you feel a lot better than usual." ”

Although I felt that Gu Qingwan's performance was very weird, in the past, Gu Qingwan always had to restrain herself for a while after suffering a big loss and being punished, but now I think about it. It's weird, it's weird, it's better than the unpleasant nature of everyday life. There are still guests here today, if Gu Qingwan still cares about people, she will have a headache.

"The third girl looks like a person who can speak, but it's a pity that I only have one brother, but I envy the second lady of the house." Aunt Cao said as if she remembered something, so she stood up and said, "Didn't the old lady say that she wanted to see Di'er yesterday, I was thinking about this matter today, but I brought him over, and now I am in the outer courtyard with the fourth master of the house, and yesterday I said that I want to see the old lady kowtow to you." ”

Old Madam Gu's eyes narrowed with a smile: "Then send someone to invite him in." ”

Yuzhan nodded at the jade plate, and the jade plate turned around and opened the curtain and went outside.

Aunt Cao and Gu Qingwan originally sat face to face, but after Aunt Cao got up, she sat next to Gu Qingwan. She glanced at Gu Qingwan again, then withdrew a pair of double-buckle gold bracelets from her hands and put them into Gu Qingwan's wrists: "I came in a hurry today, although this pair of bracelets is not worth anything, but I carry them on weekdays, and now I give them to the third girl as a meeting gift." ”

Gu Qingwan only felt that as soon as she started to sink, she knew that this bracelet was definitely red gold. When she came to this dynasty, although she felt that only yellow and white things gave people a full sense of security, but this Aunt Cao gave such a heavy meeting gift for some reason, so she naturally didn't dare to accept it, so she quickly took off the bracelet and excused herself.

Aunt Cao's face darkened: "The girl will accept it, the third girl should still call me 'aunt', the elder dare not resign." ”

Gu Qingwan saw that Aunt Cao's attitude was very tough, so she glanced at Old Madam Gu.

Old Madam Gu naturally saw Aunt Cao and Gu Qingwan's mutual excuses, she was silent for a while, and then said, "Third girl, since it is your aunt's meeting gift to you, you can accept it." This is the number of courtesies, and if you refuse, you don't know how to do it. ”

Aunt Cao looked stunned, Gu Qingwan laughed, and quickly stood up and saluted Aunt Cao to thank her.

Gu Qingwan didn't expect to meet Aunt Cao when she came to Tansong Courtyard today, and she didn't expect the old lady to invite Cao Di to the inner courtyard. It's just that Aunt Cao pulled her and said that she was the host, but she refused to let her go.

Even Old Madam Gu didn't seem to want to play a round.

Gu Qingwan accompanied Aunt Cao for a quarter of an hour, broke free of Aunt Cao's hand, and said that while it was still early, she would go to the embroidery room to explain in person. Before he finished speaking, he heard a message from the jade plate outside, saying that the fourth master was waiting outside with his young master and came to greet Mrs. Gu.

The courtyard where the fourth master Gu Cunzhang lives in the outer courtyard of Tansong Courtyard and the outer courtyard is half an hour away from each other, and Gu Cunzhang and Cao Di must have already come to Tansong Courtyard before.

Before Gu Qingwan could say something evasive, Mrs. Gu said: "Third girl, this brother of the Cao family is also your cousin, not a foreign man, so there is no need to talk about so much avoidance." ”

Gu Qingwan sighed secretly, she was really afraid of something.

Previously, Gu Cunke said that he heard that Aunt Cao faintly wanted to marry in front of the old lady, but Gu Qingwan didn't care much about it, but with the family background of the Cao family, marrying a girl from the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion was considered a high climb, and how could the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion exchange a girl from the Cao family for the Cao family's in-laws.

Aunt Cao wants to marry a girl for her sister-in-law, and this intention is not surprising. Xiao Sun's family wanted to humiliate Gu Qingwan, and it was not impossible to find ways to make her marry low.

Now that I think about it, Aunt Cao returned to Jinhuitang after adding makeup to the second girl, and when she saw that Jinhuitang was busy, she should say goodbye, and how did she think of going to Tansong Courtyard. And Gu Cunzhang led Cao Di, so he inevitably came too quickly.

These are not Gu Qingwan's concerns, what she cares about is what kind of attitude Mrs. Gu holds in this matter.

Gu Qingwan frowned and thought about it, but she was frightened into a cold sweat by her own thoughts.

Although in Gu Qingwan's opinion, the girl of the Gu family is not worried about getting married, but this does not include the third girl, Gu Qingwan. This "famous" third girl of the Gu family, when she is fifteen years old, no serious family has come to propose marriage, presumably Mrs. Gu is also very anxious.

Although the Cao family is not high, Cao Di is no longer in vain. In the future, if it is the title of the gold list, with the help of the Gu family, the future will not be bad.

Besides, the Cao family has just entered Beijing, so they are naturally unclear about the affairs in Beijing, and of course they don't know what kind of character the three girls of the Gu family are. I'm afraid it is precisely for this reason that Old Madam Gu's attitude towards the Cao family has become ambiguous.

After all, if you want to find a family similar to the Cao family in Beijing now, and you are willing to ask to marry the three girls of the Gu family, I am afraid it will be difficult to find.

The county test will start next year, and if she is not settled first, it will be difficult for the girls behind to say goodbye.

And Mrs. Gu should be worried that when the Cao family gains a firm foothold in Beijing, Cao Di will be famous in the imperial examination, and the Cao family will not be willing to marry the three girls of the Gu family anymore.