"What did the eldest lady say, I, Gu Zhong, am here to take care of the eldest lady, the eldest lady didn't eat, of course I, Gu Zhong, want to put the food in front of you as soon as possible." Gu Zhong said modestly. Watching Gu Mingqin pick up the rice bowl, eat a few bites slowly, chew and swallow slowly. couldn't help but lean in front of her, "Miss, what do you think, do you want to redo it in the kitchen?" ”

"No, no, no, that's fine, I'm not that particular." Gu Mingqin rejected his kindness. Now she is preoccupied, and she can't eat sweetly, what this bowl of rice tastes like, she can't taste it at all, just looking at her family's face, forcing herself to eat something. Quietly raising his head, Gu Yuecheng on the other side frowned, looking at himself uneasily, as if he was a little anxious.

Putting down the dishes and chopsticks, Gu Mingqin turned around and said to Gu Zhong instructively: "Uncle Zhong, the second uncle has been unwell for the past two days, and at night, you should pay attention to him and go to see him often." ”

"Don't worry, eldest lady, I will live in the room next door to the old lady, if there is any situation, I will know it for sure, and it will not be delayed." When Gu Zhong said this, he couldn't help laughing. suddenly found that at this moment, the sister and brother were both frowning and looking at themselves, with embarrassed faces. Gu Zhong is a smart person, as soon as he saw his master's face, he understood what he should do, "Miss, young master, I'm going to see the old lady, you talk, you talk." ”

With that, he nodded and left the room, and thoughtfully closed the door for them.

The irrelevant person finally left, Gu Yuechang breathed a sigh of relief, looked at his sister, and said bluntly: "Eldest sister, Siwan ...... her"

"I discussed it with my second uncle just now, and I'm going to send you to Beijing in advance." interrupting his words, Gu Mingqin also got straight to the point. In the face of his surprised gaze, she was not afraid, bravely met him, and looked at him for a moment. Then he looked away and said slowly, "You have been preparing well for the past few days, about half a month......

"Why?" Gu Yuecheng let out a loud shout, interrupted his sister's words, slapped the table heavily, and shouted loudly, "I said that I don't want to take the exam." ”

"Then what do you want to do, in the past ten years, your books have been read in vain?" Gu Mingqin asked calmly.

As if he had lost his mind, Gu Yuecheng "plopped", sat on the chair, looked ahead blankly, his brows were tightly locked, and he was full of contradictions and uneasiness.

Seeing his younger brother like this, Gu Mingqin shook his head helplessly, since there were some things that he couldn't tell him, he could only be moved by emotion in this regard. Standing up, poured a cup of tea, walked over, put it in front of him, put his hand on his shoulder, Gu Mingqin said earnestly: "I admit it, you are reasonable, in this world, even if you have real talent and learning, there is no way to serve the country without a backstage." Maybe in your opinion, this exam is originally a miasma. But anyway, you've been reading it for so many years, just for it, and you don't feel unwilling to give up? ”

"Eldest sister, I'm ......" Gu Yuecheng looked back at her, and was about to say something, but was interrupted by Gu Mingqin again—

"No matter what, go for it, even if it is really eliminated, it is a clear conscience. Besides, now that the country is like this and is in danger, don't you want to defend your family and the country for yourself and your family? ”

Hearing her say this, Gu Yuecheng lowered his head and sighed: "Now that the court is corrupt and the eunuchs are in power, if you don't obey, your head will fall to the ground." In such a world, even if you have the heart to serve the country, I am afraid that there is no way to serve the country. ”

"If you don't try it, how do you know?" Gu Mingqin asked with a smile and grabbed his shoulder, "Yue Cheng, you are a person with a heart and a person with lofty ideals." I believe that there are not a few people like you in the world. Since we are of one heart and one mind, why not unite to drive out the Tartars and defend the country? ”

"Sister means ......"

Gu Mingqin smiled and shook his head: "I didn't mean anything, I just listened to what you said and echoed it." Let go of him, walked to the chair opposite, sat down again, drank tea, and said slowly, "Yue Cheng, you are not small, you have grown so big, you have never left Hucheng." You have not been interested in medical classics since you were a child, but you read the books of sages like the third uncle, and every time you close the door and do not let people disturb you. So over the years, every time my father went out, he didn't take you with him. As the saying goes, it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read 10,000 books. You're not young, it's time to go out and have a look. I've heard that there are outstanding people in the capital, and there are all kinds of people. You come over early and talk to others, maybe you can see a lot of things......"

"Eldest sister, I can't go, Daddy just died, my younger siblings are still young, I want to stay......"

"Don't worry about family affairs, brother and sister, I will take care of it; And there are uncles, second uncles, and third uncles......"

"My uncle is old and not in good health; As for the second uncle and third uncle....... "Gu Yuecheng paused, he didn't know what to say, after all, he was his elder, and there were some things that could not be overly belittled. Unable to find the right description, he sighed heavily, "Is it reliable?" ”

"It's not reliable, it's all a family, do you really want to kick them out of the house?" Gu Mingqin said, glancing at him. The other party lowered his head and sighed silently, as if he was unwilling. Gu Mingqin turned his head away, no longer looked at him, and just comforted, "Don't worry, I have already discussed the arrangements of the two uncles with my uncle, and I am going to let them participate in the daily work of the medical hall......

"Involve them? What can they do? It's so lazy to be ......" Seeing his sister's face change, Gu Yuecheng couldn't help but shut up, lowered his head, and sighed helplessly.

In Gu Mingqin's heart, it was not strange for the eldest brother to say such a thing, and he didn't want to blame. After all, this is a fact, and two people are like this. The reason why it was stopped was because it was worried that someone with a heart would listen to it and spread rumors and cause unnecessary trouble. Glancing out, there was no one. Gu Mingqin was relieved and asked his younger brother: "Then what do you say I should do, continue to raise them as before, let them be lazy and do whatever they want; Or do you want to break up the family altogether and kick them out of the house? It's easy to split up, in case they open their mouths, relying on a lot of people, relying on the elders, and they want to go a large part, then what should we do, do you still want this medical hall? If the hospital is really sold, grandpa and daddy's hard work over the past decades will really cease to exist. ”

"But what can the two of them do, and are they willing to do it?"

"The two of them have never been involved in the affairs of the medical hall, and if you ask me what they can do, I really can't tell. It's really not good, do something simple, second uncle, I let him go to the medicine field to manage the daily work; As for the third uncle, I asked him to follow some apprentices to purchase medicinal herbs. It turned out that Daddy did the purchase of medicinal materials himself, and now that Daddy has passed away, although the third uncle is pedantic, but fortunately, he is honest, and he is his own family, with him, along the way, I can also rest assured. ”

After hearing this, Gu Yuecheng couldn't help but nodded, and had to admit that his sister's arrangement was the best.

"Okay, the family matter, my second uncle and I have already arranged it, you can rest assured. Prepare early and take the exam in the capital. ”

When Gu Yuecheng was admiring his sister's arrangement in his heart, he suddenly heard such a sentence, he couldn't help but be stunned, and slowly turned around, only to find that his sister was also looking at him, and her deep eyes were full of meaning, especially the unquestionable determination. Facing such a gaze, he frowned, and asked in disbelief, "Eldest sister, do you and your second uncle just want me to leave?" ”

Gu Mingqin pursed her lips, took a deep breath, and nodded vigorously: "Yes." ”

"Why?"

"You should know."

"Is it because of Siwan?" Frowning again, Gu Yuecheng expressed disbelief. The second uncle is old, his thinking is outdated, and he doesn't understand himself; But this sister, why can't she be considerate of herself?

Seeing the injury in his younger brother's eyes, Gu Mingqin was heartbroken. Although until now, she is not sure whether what Gu Xin said is true or false, but after all, it is her own family, compared to Uncle Chen, who does not know friends and enemies, Gu Mingqin still chooses to believe in her family. Turning his eyes away, he turned a blind eye to his younger brother's longing eyes, took a deep breath, and Gu Mingqin said: "This afternoon, before you came back, the second uncle suddenly came and had a big quarrel with your uncle, and the uncle almost vomited blood, do you know why?" Because the second uncle actually proposed to sell Gu's Medical Hall. ”

"What?" Gu Yuecheng was taken aback, this second uncle who was not angry was too outrageous.

"Do you know who he wants to sell the hospital to?" Gu Mingqin then asked, "Chen Jinxian, Chen Siwan's father." ”

With a "plop", Gu Yuecheng sat back on the chair, looking sluggish, looking up at the front, his brows furrowed.

After looking at him for a while, Gu Mingqin retracted his gaze, turned out the window, and said leisurely: "Second Uncle is lazy and lazy on weekdays, lingering in flowers, and ignores the affairs of the medical hall, how could he suddenly propose to sell the medical hall?" Now that I think about it, maybe I was short of money. After all, because of my father's death, I didn't give them these two months. Only this time, he didn't ask for money directly, and he sold the medical hall as soon as he came up. I suspect that someone is giving him advice, and this person is likely to be Chen Jinxian......"

"Eldest sister, I think the second uncle's request can still be considered." Gu Yuecheng said cautiously at this time.

"What did you say?" Gu Mingqin squinted slightly, suspecting that he had heard it wrong.

As soon as he saw his sister like this, Gu Yuecheng knew that his sister was about to have a seizure, so he subconsciously took a few steps back and stretched out his hand: "Eldest sister, don't get excited, listen to what I say." I think so, Yue Chong is still young, although Daddy has been cultivating him, but to put it bluntly, he is only an eight-year-old child, how can he inherit the family business and treat people; Those three doctors, all outsiders, how could they stay here wholeheartedly; Even if they stay in the Gu clan temporarily, can you guarantee that they don't have the ambition to change their course and embezzle the Gu clan in their hearts? At that time, our Gu family's medical hall may not be able to be saved. ”