After Gu Mengping sent off a few brothers, he ordered Xin'er and Qiao'er to go to the ear room to rest, and he sat cross-legged on the bed in the bedroom of Mohuayuan, his mind echoing the "Mencius" that the old monk asked him to memorize.

Thinking of the old monk, Gu Mengping's heart became sad.

I don't know if the old monk is good? Did you eat on time?

There is also righteousness and purity......

When he went down the mountain, he lied to Yingsleeve and said that he would go back for a few days.

I don't know if Yingsleeve will cry when he sees him not coming back for a few days?

He was thinking about it here, and in the blink of an eye, it was already dark.

It's time for dinner.

Gu Mengping was meditating on the bed, thinking about it again, but he didn't feel how hungry, but Xin'er and Qiao'er in the ear room were hungry.

Xin'er is older than Qiao'er, and she is half a head taller than her, so she behaves more well-behaved than Qiao'er. She glanced at the gate of the courtyard through the window lattice of the ear room, and saw that the inside and outside of the Mohua Courtyard were quiet, as if there were only three of them. That is, there is no mother-in-law to come to hold the lamp, and there is no mother-in-law to stand at the gate of the courtyard to welcome and send.

I already knew that Fourth Grandma Xie didn't pay attention to this concubine at all, otherwise she would have kept him on the mountain for twelve years.

Now that the fifth young master has returned, he has arranged him in the Mohua Courtyard, which is the farthest away from Yuan Ruju.

Thinking of this, Xin'er couldn't help but sigh.

She is the son of a family, in order to let her enter the house to serve the young master, her mother and son spent a lot of money. I thought I could go to the Sixth Young Master's Yixing Courtyard, but I didn't expect to come to the Ink Flower Courtyard......

When is the day of the beginning?

That's it, even if you come, you will be safe. In the future, serve the fifth young master well, talk less and do more things, and ask for the grace of the fifth young master in the future, and it will be the glory of her life to be able to marry a family and have children.

Qiao'er, who was sitting next to her and kept talking, didn't have so much thought, she used to be a rough maid in the Fan Mansion of Suiping County, and because she was implicated in being sold, she was very satisfied with being able to stay in the Gu Mansion as a maid. Especially when I heard Mama say that she could serve the Fifth Young Master, my heart was even more excited, and I was full of longing for the future, so I couldn't help but talk more.

The Fan family is a big family in Suiping County, and most of the children in the clan are people and talents. When the first emperor was still there, he issued a county order of the five products. If it weren't for his age, he wouldn't be able to do it for a few years, but I'm afraid that the Fan family would be even more powerful than now.

It's just that Xin'er is a stuffy gourd, no matter what she says, she just echoes it, she said that her mouth was dry all afternoon, but she didn't even drink saliva. Seeing that he hadn't been able to eat a meal until it was dark, he couldn't help but be dissatisfied.

"Speaking of Fan Mansion, we can't help but talk about the food of Fan Mansion, I heard that it was specially invited from Yangzhou...... When I was working as a maid there, I had dinner at the beginning of the day (17 o'clock in the afternoon...... Oops, we've been standing in the yard all day, and we haven't eaten breakfast or lunch yet? Speaking of this, Qiao'er turned her head to look at Xin'er, "Sister, how do I see that no one cares about this courtyard, what is the origin of this young master in this ink flower courtyard?" Why didn't Mrs. Fourth turn a blind eye to him? I heard that he was born to a concubine and went home for the first time today, is it true or not? ”

"What did Qiao'er sister say? As long as we serve the young master well, when will it be our turn to chew the young master's tongue? Xin'er snorted, but her stomach roared uncontrollably.

Qiao'er was stunned for a moment, and then pointed to Xin'er's stomach and chuckled.

In an instant, Xin'er's face turned red like a burning cloud, angry and angry.

took a sip and turned her face away.

Qiao'er first ate and laughed, then was so happy, and finally simply pointed at Xin'er and laughed.

……

Gu Mengping naturally didn't know about the fight between the two servants in the ear room, and after he finished meditating, he casually ate the food sent from the stove room, and called Xin'er and Qiao'er to the main room to talk.

Gu Mengping smiled lightly: "I just came back from outside, I am not familiar with the situation at home, I don't know if the two sisters are born in the family, or are they from outside?" In addition to the two sisters, is there anyone else in this ink flower courtyard? ”

Hearing him ask, Xin'er hesitated, and when he saw Qiao'er who was about to move, he lowered his head slightly.

Qiao'er took a step forward and said crisply: "Back to the fifth young master's words, the maid's name is Qiao'er, she just came in from outside, and she used to serve in the Fan family......" She spoke, and raised her eyes boldly, seeing Gu Mengping's handsome and handsome face, and smiling kindly, her voice became more and more soft, with a hint of enchantment between her eyebrows, "What the maid used to do was to serve tea and pour water, and lay out the quilt in the room, if the fifth young master didn't dislike it......"

She lowered her head suddenly, and a red cloud flew over her face.

Xin'er hooked the corners of her mouth, lowered her head, and only looked at the corners of her skirt.

Gu Mengping suddenly lost the interest in talking to her, but the smile on his face became more and more kind, "That's it, it's good." You must be tired after standing all day, so go down and rest first, and talk about anything later. ”

Seeing Qiao'er retreat happily, Gu Mengping looked at Xin'er, who lowered his eyebrows and was pleasing to his eyes.

"You're the son of the house?" Gu Mengping smiled and looked at Xin'er.

Xin'er changed his frizziness and clumsiness in the courtyard in the afternoon, and his short body was blessed, and he replied yes.

Gu Mengping's eyes flickered, and his gaze stopped on her.

That Qiao'er is obviously not a docile person, and listening to her words was recently released from the Fan Mansion. Gu Mengping is not a child, so he naturally knows that it is rare for a maid to be released in a big family, and if it is released, it is nothing more than an accident in the house, and the maid and wife are involved.

And this new child, she looks at her hairy during the day, but if you look closely, you can find that she has an idea.

Xie Shi arranged this way, presumably to see how he would use them?

Gu Mengping smiled lightly, "Even if I have a child, my sister must know where I came from, so I won't be a lie." I'm a person who likes to be pure and doesn't like to be disturbed, and I just meditate and read the scriptures on weekdays. According to the current situation, there are only the two of you around me, everything is complicated, if there is anything, my sister just has an idea for me, and I will come back and forth when I encounter a big event. The implication is that he entrusted the entire Mohuayuan to Xin'er, and he was only a hands-off shopkeeper.

But Xin'er broke out in a cold sweat inexplicably, and her face was a little more afraid.

"It's night, my sister should rest early!" Gu Mengping waved his hand as he spoke.

Xin'er was stunned for a moment, then blessed, turned around and walked to the door.

But there was some hesitation.

Gu Mengping smiled: "If my sister has a place she wants to go, just say it." ”

Xin'er's footsteps were suddenly flustered, and he hurriedly turned around to defend himself, but saw that Gu Mengping had already left his seat and got up.

Sweat dripped down his forehead like rain.

Gu Mengping, who returned to the bedroom, sat under the window in a daze, thinking of the old monk on the mountain.

He fully understood what the old monk meant, it was to tell him that the people of the end of the year also had a day to take off, so that he would not be embarrassed by his identity and status, and just use the identity of Gufu's son to go to the scientific examination. But if you want to use this identity to achieve a career, you must be as filial as Mencius's maid.

It's just that......

Gu Mengping smiled.

Is the identity of the fifth young master of the Gu family easy to borrow? If he uses this capacity, he will have to be falsely wronged......

If it is fatherly and motherly, he can still cope with it.

But seeing that Gu Weisheng and Xie treated him like this, one of his earlier hearts had already been drenched with cold water.

Although he also understands that he is a concubine, he does not expect the Xie family to treat him like a parent.

But......

It was almost at the end of the hour (almost 21 o'clock) that someone was sent to deliver dinner, and I just sent two ignorant little maids to work in the courtyard on errands, how should I be a housewife?

He didn't know that Xie was losing his temper because of dinner at this time.

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