"Uncle, why?" Lin Zhao was very surprised, the old lady and Meng Ruoying were also a little strange, didn't they just go to Bianjing, why did they react so violently?

Gu Qi calmed down a little, and also found that his words were a little excessive, and immediately said calmly: "Eighteen years, Zhao'er has never been far away, I'm a little worried......"

Mrs. Meng said with a smile: "My son travels thousands of miles, my relatives are worried, and my old body understands." ”

Lin Zhao was still a little suspicious in his eyes, and he always felt that this matter didn't seem to be so simple!

Meng Ruoying said with a smile: "Uncle Gu doesn't have to worry, the Meng family has several businesses in Bianjing, and if someone answers, you don't have to worry about food, clothing, housing and transportation." Besides, you should go with you and see him for yourself. ”

Gu Qi shook his head and said in a low voice: "Yuelun's mother is not in good health, and now she ...... Now that I'm pregnant again, I ...... So I'm afraid it's not convenient to travel far, and I can't leave easily......"

"Is my aunt pregnant?" Lin Zhao asked in surprise.

A trace of loss flashed on Old Madam Meng's face, and she immediately smiled with relief: "Really? ”

"The doctor has already seen it, and I am sure of it, but we are all old and embarrassed to say it!" Gu Qi replied with some embarrassment.

Mrs. Meng smiled: "What's so embarrassing about this, happy event!" You are not yet forty, and your lady is afraid that she is only in her early thirties, just the right year! ”

In this era, women get married early, and Liu married Gu Qi in his teens and gave birth to Gu Yuelun early. In the past fifteen years, the Liu family has nowhere to go, but with Lin Zhao and Yuelun, the couple didn't care, and they didn't expect to get pregnant again at this age. At the age of forty, he was already considered an old man in ancient times, and Gu Qi was still quite happy in his heart. It's just that recently, because of the worry about Lin Zhao and Meng Ruogu's death, Li's pregnancy is empty and joyful, and Mrs. Meng is still sad, so it's not good to say it directly.

"Uncle is always strong, hehe, I want more than one little cousin!" Lin Zhao couldn't help but quip.

Meng Ruoying also smiled: "Congratulations Uncle Gu, I will ask someone to send some supplements to Aunt Liu later!" ”

"Thank you, Miss!"

"Since there is a happy event, then I will talk about the matter of going to Bianjing later, anyway, I am not in a hurry to say this or two, go back and discuss it again!" Seeing this, Mrs. Meng made a round.

When he went home to see his aunt, Lin Zhao smiled and congratulated, although Liu couldn't speak, his face was full of a smile with his mother's surname. Gu Yuelun snuggled up to her side excitedly, looking at her mother's belly, wondering if it was a younger brother or a younger sister inside? It's also excited.

"Zhao'er, this trip to Bianjing ......" Gu Qi didn't have much excitement, and his eyes seemed to be more worried.

Lin Zhao said: "Uncle, I know that you care about me and worry that I will be wronged outside. But don't worry, I'm 18 years old, an adult, and I know how to take care of myself! What's more, there is still Miss Meng in Bianjing, and with the guys from the Meng family to take over, it will be fine. ”

Gu Qi asked, "Zhao'er, do you really want to leave the Meng family?" ”

Lin Zhao said: "Uncle, you have also seen it these days, it is really unpleasant to be despised by others at times, and it is a lot of freedom to stand on your own." I have an idea, you and your cousin have craftsmanship, we can do things by ourselves, not to mention the big rich, the small wealth is safe, there is no problem with a well-off family with a solid background......

However, I see that you seem to have a lot of affection for the Meng family and don't really want to leave, and you do lack capital, so I think Miss Meng's proposal is good...... Good boys have ambitions in all directions, and to tell you the truth, I don't want to do nothing like this for the rest of my life......"

"Zhao'er, you've changed a lot lately......"

Belch...... That is, Lin Zhao knew that he had nothing to say, only to smile.

Gu Qi smiled and said, "Uncle can see that you have grown up!" It's good to be ambitious, but it's a pity ......."

"What a pity?" Lin Zhao found that his uncle had been distracted by his speech recently, and sometimes he was a little inexplicable.

"Oh, nothing!" Gu Qi was sloppy and said: "Although Bianjing is good, it is thousands of miles away, the world outside is difficult, and people's hearts are sinister, and my uncle is worried that you will be wronged and hurt......"

"Don't worry, uncle, it'll be fine. Young people just go out and break through, and if it's good, they can have a successful career. If it's not good, when I hit the south wall, I'll obediently go back to Jiangning to honor you and my aunt, how about it? Lin Zhao didn't know why his uncle was so stubbornly opposed, but no matter what, going to Bianjing was a great opportunity and he couldn't give it up easily.

"This ......"

"Uncle, isn't there something you're hiding from me?"

"Oh, no, no......" Gu Qi knew in his heart that his nephew was smart and eloquent, and if he stopped it, he was afraid that it would be counterproductive. And he has already made up his mind to go to Bianjing, and he can't stop him for a while, so why don't you let him go! It's been so many years, and the man is dead...... Zhao'er is just running a restaurant in the market, so there shouldn't be anything wrong......

"Since you have to go, go for it! But you have to promise your uncle not to be too public, to know how to be humble in everything, and to take care of yourself......"

Promised! Hehe, Lin Zhao was excited, and said with a smile: "I'll keep a low profile, no problem, uncle doesn't have to worry!" Then he asked, "What about my cousin?" ”

Gu Qi pondered for a moment and said, "Just let her go with you, but she is still young and a girl, you have to take care of her!" ”

"Uncle, don't worry!" Lin Zhao swore an oath. He didn't know that Gu Qi was thinking, if his nephew and Miss Meng were fated to be inseparable, it would be good to let him be his son-in-law!

"You wait!" Gu Qi returned to the room for a moment, took out a red cloth bag and handed it to Lin Zhao. When I opened it, it was a crystal clear jade pendant, carved with the pattern of auspicious clouds and Xu.

"This is the only image your mother left you, take it with you, and she will bless you in the spirit of heaven!" Gu Qi said sadly, and his eyes were slightly moist.

Mother? Lin Zhao stroked the auspicious cloud jade pendant, it has been a long time since he came to this era, but it was the first time he came into contact with his mother's information. In Lin Zhao's original memory, it seems that the information about his parents' life experience is very weak, and he only knows that his ancestral home is Zhuozhou, and his parents are dead......

Lin Zhao said softly: "Uncle, you rarely seem to talk to me about your father...... I want to ask you, what kind of person is my father and my mother? What was the situation at home? ”

Gu Qi was silent for a long time, and said in a low voice: "Your father is a kind and benevolent person, knowledgeable, well-cultivated, and a good person...... Your mother was a beautiful and virtuous woman, kind...... You had three brothers, but unfortunately they all died...... Your father and mother have high hopes for you, but unfortunately it was a fire that year...... Flood...... Alas!

Your mother entrusted you to me, and I took you all the way to escape from the famine and wander around, until I came to Jiangning and was taken in by Mrs. Meng...... Your parents have spirits in the sky, and they will be very happy to see you grow so big, smart and capable! As he spoke, his voice was already a little choked.

Lin Zhao also sighed, although it was only a few words, there was too much heaviness behind it. Obviously, my uncle didn't want to mention it, maybe he didn't want to suffer too much! I wanted to ask for details carefully, but it was not easy to open my mouth at this time.

"Take this jade pendant with you, don't lose it!"

The only relic left by his parents, Lin Zhao knows the preciousness very well, and he should keep it properly.

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Gu Qi agreed, and Meng Ruoying's side naturally couldn't ask for it, so they hit it off. In a few days, they were ready to go to Bianjing.

In view of the fact that Gu Qi has been in the Meng Mansion for many years and has a lot of nostalgia, Meng Ruoying asked Gu Qi to serve as the chief housekeeper of the Meng Mansion to help her take care of her grandmother. After all, Old Madam Meng is already seventy years old, and she can't do her filial piety, she must have a proper person by her side to take care of her, and Gu Qi is undoubtedly the most suitable person.

With such an arrangement, Gu Qi naturally would not refuse, and readily agreed. Mrs. Meng was also very satisfied, and at the same time sent someone to take good care of the Liu family, maintain the fetus, and transfer all her love for her great-grandson to this unborn child. Several times said that when the child is born, they will take care of it together, and they should be teasing their grandchildren and chatting about masturbation.

Gu Yuelun's girl's surname, although she was reluctant to give up her parents, her father and cousin agreed that she would go to Bianjing, and she also wanted to go out to play, so she readily agreed to go.

In this way, everything is in order, Lin Zhao and Meng Ruoying both said that they will return home at the end of the year, and Mrs. Meng and Gu Qi are a lot more relieved.

At the beginning of April of the first year of Xining, Lin Zhao, Meng Ruoying and Gu Yuelun, surrounded by many family servants, bid farewell to Mrs. Meng and Gu Qi and his wife, and left Jiangning to take a boat to Bianjing.

Gu Qi was not at ease, and deliberately sent it to the dock, until the boat disappeared where the water and sky met, and then left in a daze. Lin Zhao was okay, but Gu Yuelun couldn't help crying under her sadness.

On the river, Lin Zhao stood at the bow of the boat, glanced at Jiangning City behind him, and sighed lightly! With a wave of his sleeves, he took away the worries he was full of. As soon as I turned around, I saw that the sky was clear, the river was more urgent, and the breeze was gentle, just setting sail......