"Miss, you're finally back." When the housekeeper Gu Zhong saw Gu Mingqin, his eyes lit up immediately, and he just wanted to say something, but then he saw Uncle Zhang lying on the carriage dying, and he was immediately shocked, "Old Zhang, what's wrong, you were fine before leaving, how can you ......?"

Uncle Zhang opened his eyes and looked at him, but before he could speak, he coughed incessantly.

On the way back, he encountered the Assassins. Uncle Zhang was injured and the carriage was also destroyed......" Gu Mingqin hurriedly explained.

"How so?" Gu Zhong's eyes widened, as if in disbelief. first looked at Gu Mingqin, and then was interrupted by a violent cough. didn't have time to think about it, so he immediately ordered someone to carry Uncle Zhang into the house to recuperate, and then hurriedly walked to Gu Mingqin's side, looked her up and down, and couldn't help but ask worriedly, "Miss, are you okay?" ”

"It's okay, I fell and maybe a little bruised, so don't worry." Gu Mingqin didn't care. In fact, before this, she didn't feel anything, until she sat in someone else's carriage and completely relaxed, she felt a dull pain in her arms and knees, as if she had accidentally thrown herself on the ground and bumped it just now. According to experience, the problem is not big, apply some medicine, and it will be fine in two days. The key is that Uncle Zhang still has younger siblings, "Uncle Zhong, Mingyin's knee is broken, Yue Chong's foot is twisted, you can let someone deal with it." ”

Gu Zhong looked at the two dirty little faces beside the girl, felt pity, gently touched the heads of the two people, sighed lightly, suddenly remembered something, and reported to Gu Mingqin: "Eldest Miss, the second lady and the third lady are here." ”

"What are they doing here?" Gu Mingqin frowned slightly, looking unclear.

"It's not about the monthly money. The master went suddenly, and the house has been busy for more than a month, so the monthly rules of each room have not had time to be sent, so ......" Gu Zhong said, but saw Gu Mingqin holding his forehead with his hands and closing his eyes, looking exhausted. Gu Zhong was a little unbearable when he saw her like this. Cautiously tentatively, "Why don't I send them away and let them come back in a few days?" ”

"How long have the two of them been here?"

"I came here this afternoon, and I've been waiting for a long time." Gu Zhong replied very carefully while observing her.

Gu Mingqin closed his eyes, leaned against the door, and let himself rest for a moment before he opened his eyes again, looked at his younger brothers and sisters beside him, and turned to Gu Zhong again: "Uncle Zhong, Mingyin and Yue Chong have handed it over to you, you take them to take medicine and eat something, and I will meet them." With that, he walked on.

Gu Zhong hurriedly stopped her: "Miss, forget it today, you finally came back, rest for one night and talk about it tomorrow." ”

"No, you can't hide for a while. They were able to keep me clean for so long, handle Daddy's funeral properly, and didn't come over and make a big noise, I am already Amitabha. Now it's time to deal with these issues, and I'm going to be able to deal with things in the hospital in a down-to-earth manner. Gu Mingqin said this, walking forward as she spoke. Suddenly remembering something, he asked Gu Zhong, "Where is Yue Cheng?" ”

"Miss Qiyu, the eldest young master hasn't come back yet."

"What, haven't come back yet?" Gu Mingqin was taken aback, but then there was a burst of worry, the eldest brother wouldn't be in danger like himself, right?

Seeing Gu Mingqin's nervousness, Gu Zhong said comfortingly: "Eldest Miss, don't worry, the eldest young master should still be in the academy at this time." When the eldest young master went out this morning, he told me that the big exam is coming, and he may stay in the academy and read for a while, so he may come back a little later, and the eldest lady doesn't need to worry. Seeing Gu Mingqin's brows furrowed, as if he was uneasy, thinking that it was because of today's incident, he was shocked, so he comforted him again, "If the eldest lady is still not at ease, I will pick it up in person after a while." ”

"Then it's troublesome Uncle Zhong." Gu Mingqin bowed slightly, expressing gratitude. Looking up, the living room was brightly lit, and the figure could be faintly seen. I didn't expect to wait so long, for the money, it was really hard for them. But this time, it is not so easy to get the money from your own hands. Gu Mingqin sneered in his heart, took a deep breath, and walked towards them with his head held high.

"Yo, Sister Gu, you're back, but let's wait."

Before he entered the house, a strange voice sounded in his ears. Gu Mingqin looked up and saw that she was a woman dressed in flowers, looking at herself, smiling but not smiling. This person is Gu Mingqin's third uncle, Gu Jiadong's wife, Hu Shi. I saw her shaking her fan and looking at herself with a smile. Looking at her appearance, Gu Mingqin only felt nauseous, suppressing the surge in her stomach, Gu Mingqin stepped forward and bowed to them slightly: "Second aunt, third aunt." ”

The woman standing next to Hu looked young, but she was silent and well-behaved. Facing Gu Mingqin, he blessed his body and smiled. Xu, Gu Mingqin's second aunt, and the wife of the second uncle Gu Jiawei. Born in a scholarly family, quite educated. On weekdays, he is also very caring for Gu Mingqin's sisters and brothers. As an individual, Gu Mingqin still likes to have more contact with this second aunt, but when it comes to the very unreliable second uncle, Gu Mingqin feels a headache.

It turned out that it was good to say that Daddy was still there, and he didn't need to worry about the affairs of the family, but now he ......

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"

A few light coughs forced Gu Mingqin to come back to her senses and face the noisy woman who disgusted her: "Third aunt, is there something wrong?" ”

Hu Shi coughed lightly before he spoke: "Sister Gu, since you are back, then we will not talk darkly, let's talk." When the eldest brother was still there, how did the family live. In our family, five taels of silver a month, this is the eldest brother, that is to say, the rules set by your father. Now that your father is gone, in the past two months, we have been grief-stricken considering that you have handled the funeral, so we have not thought of mentioning this matter to you. Now, two months after the funeral, it's time to return to normal. We're all too poor to open the pot. Yue Feng, how many days have you not seen meat? I know that Yue Chong and Yue Cheng are your younger brothers, and our Yue Feng are not outsiders, they are all children of the Gu family, you can't favor one over the other. ”

"Third aunt, don't get me wrong, Daddy just passed away, I just took charge of the house, and the family's accounts haven't been figured out yet. When I am free, take a closer look, I will definitely distribute the monthly routine of each household as much as possible, I hope the third aunt can wait patiently for a few ......days" At the beginning, adhering to the principle that more things are better than less things, Gu Mingqin tried her best to persuade her, but she didn't want to, but the result of this was that someone kicked her nose in the face-

"Sister Gu, what do you mean, don't give money, don't you, let's drink the northwest wind? Okay, you Gu Mingqin, I really never expected that my eldest brother had just passed away, and you had just taken charge of the family, and you would start abusing our family members. Didn't you let your dad die without a blind eye? Hu Shi pointed at Gu Mingqin, his eyes were full of anger, "I told you Sister Gu, don't cry poor in front of me." I advise you, hurry up and take out the money, otherwise, I will take Yue Feng to live in your house every day, eat and drink at your house......"

"Okay, the third aunt is willing to live with us, Mingqin can't ask for it." Gu Mingqin said, bowing slightly to her. Turning his head to look at Xu Shi who was speechless next to him, the other party just looked at him with a sad face and frowned. Seeing this, Gu Mingqin could only sigh helplessly in her heart. Turning his head to look at the Hu family, Gu Mingqin then smiled, "If the third aunt and cousin are willing to live with us, maybe we can save a few taels of silver every month." ”

When Hu Shi heard this, he "chuckled" in his heart, looked up at the girl in front of him, and was dumbfounded. What does she mean, she won't even deduct her own five taels of silver every month, right?

Pretending not to see her surprise, Gu Mingqin just said to herself: "Third aunt, these days, my niece and I have taken a cursory look at the account books at home to understand the income and expenditure of the family. As far as the situation in our own family is concerned, the four sisters and brothers, the father, and a slave, the monthly expenses are at best four taels of silver, and if there are no special circumstances, five taels of silver, it is inexhaustible......"

"Sister Gu, what do you mean, do you think I'm deliberately trying to deceive you?" Hu was furious.