Xiao Liulang really didn't want Gu Jiao to visit the old fox of the dean, but this proposal was unanimously approved by his family, who was his aunt.

Old lady: "Well, it's time to pay a visit." ”

Xiao Liulang depressedly hugged the quilt and went back to the house.

Gu Jiao looked at him in surprise: "You ...... tonight Are you still sleeping on my side? ”

Xiao Liulang felt a sudden embarrassment in his heart: "...... Gone wrong. ”

Gu Jiao raised her eyebrows and clasped her hands around her chest arbitrarily: "I haven't seen you make a mistake after living in Westinghouse for half a year, but you have made a mistake after living here for three days." ”

Xiao Liulang was choked so that the roots of his ears turned red, and he said angrily: "I said that I made a mistake!" ”

Gu Jiao calm: "Oh." ”

Xiao Liulang: "......"

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Gu Jiao did what she said, and counted the annual gifts that bribed the teacher that night.

The next day, Gu Xiaoshun came over for breakfast, and when he heard that his sister was going to take him to visit the dean near the hot spring villa, he was so excited that he screamed.

I've grown so big! I haven't been out this far yet!

I've grown so big! My sister hasn't taken me out yet!

The truth is...... If Gu Jiao didn't take him, Xiao Liulang would not allow her to go out of such a far door alone from a girl's house.

It was not possible to go there by ox cart, the ox cart was so slow that they might still be wandering halfway when it was dark, but the car shops in the town were closed, and the carriage could not be hired.

After thinking about it again, Gu Jiao appeared in the Rejuvenation Hall with her younger brother.

Facing the sudden arrival of Gu Jiao, the second owner looked a little inexplicable: "What advice does Miss Gu have?" ”

Gu Jiao's face did not change and said: "I have thought about it, the hot spring villa is indeed not far away, it will arrive in an hour by carriage, let's hurry up!" You have the carriage! ”

Yesterday, I swore that I wouldn't go to the clinic, why did I change my mind after one night's work?

The second owner looked suspiciously at the burden she was holding in her hand, and Gu Xiaoshun, who was also holding a big burden outside the door, "Why did you bring someone and so many things?" Are they all used to heal diseases? ”

Gu Jiao shook her head with a smile: "These are New Year's gifts for the dean, I forgot to say it, my father-in-law's dean lives near the hot spring villa, and I can stop by to visit his old man after seeing the patient in a while!" ”

The second owner almost squirted out a sip of tea, I see that you are going to visit the dean, and treating people is the way, won't it hurt to say that the carriage is so fresh and refined!!

The two owners finally compromised.

The second owner, Gu Jiao, Gu Xiaoshun and the old doctor got into the carriage together.

The carriage was running very fast, and in less than an hour it arrived at the house near the hot spring villa, with a tall plaque reading Loei.

This should be the dean's other residence.

It is said that the dean was originally an official in the capital, but his mother was seriously ill, so he resigned and left Beijing, and bought a separate residence here for his mother to live for her life.

Gu Jiao took Gu Xiaoshun out of the car and knocked on the closed courtyard door.

After a while, a domestic servant opened the door for them, and saw that it was two shabby-dressed countrymen, and he did not show any disdain, but politely asked, "May I ask ......who are the two of you?"

Gu Jiao said: "My father-in-law and my younger brother are students of Tianxiang Academy, and they came to visit the dean. ”

"Ahh The servant was stunned.

"What's the matter?" An old voice came from the house.

The servant hurriedly turned around and said, "Back to the old lady, it's the master's student!" ”

The old lady said in a somewhat confused voice, "Then why don't you invite someone in?" It's cold, let people come in and drink a cup of hot tea. ”

Although Gu Jiao had never met the dean, the attitudes of his family and servants made people feel very comfortable.

The servant opened the courtyard door and said, "Please come in with me, master, he went out fishing, if it is fast, he may return in a while, and if it is slow, it may not come back until dark." That is my old lady, my lord's mother. ”

The servant took the two to visit Mrs. Li, but when they came to Mrs. Li's bed, the other party was already asleep.

Mrs. Li has reached her old age, and like a little baby, she wakes up and sleeps every day without a fixed number.

"Let's sit in the tea room for a while, and I'll serve you some tea." The servant took Gu Jiao and Gu Xiaoshun to the tea room, serving tea and burning charcoal, greeting them very thoughtfully, and not being contemptuous at all because of their humble status.

Gu Jiao sat for a while, estimating that the dean would not come back so soon, and Mrs. Li did not wake up so quickly, so she told the servant that she would go to the dean by herself.

The fishing place was not too far away, and the servant showed her the way.

"I'm going too." Gu Xiaoshun said.

Gu Jiao coaxed: "In case the old lady wakes up and finds that we are not there, she will think that we are neglected." ”

"Oh." Gu Xiaoshun obediently stayed.

Gu Jiao got out of the house, turned around and got into the carriage of the second owner.

"I thought it would be a long time." The second owner said.

"The Dean isn't here." Gu Jiao asked, "Where is the patient you are talking about?" ”

"Well, there." The two owners waved their hands and pointed at the end of the trail, leading directly to the green mountains, the scenery at the foot of the mountain is beautiful, the houses are scattered, and it is the hot spring villa of the famous Ding'an Hou Mansion.

The second owner didn't introduce much about the identity of the other party, but he was the youngest son of a certain marquis in the capital, who was born prematurely and had a weak disease from his mother's womb.

"That little boy is about the same age as you, and it is rumored that he will not live to be fifteen." The second proprietor said regretfully.

"Isn't that just a year left?" Gu Jiao is fourteen years old this year.

"Isn't it? However, it may not last until June. ”

"Is he really that sick?"

The second owner sighed and nodded: "Yes, poor Mrs. Hou, there is only such a son under her knees." ”

Although the little boy still has a dragon and phoenix fetal sister above him, this can't make up for the pain of losing his son.

This information that has nothing to do with the condition of the second owner did not explain to Gu Jiao.

As he spoke, the carriage came to the entrance of the hot spring villa.

There is a huge cornice archway here, with the hot spring villa written in gilded characters, and on the far right side of this word is a line of small cursive characters - Ding'an Hou Mansion.

Several people got out of the carriage.

Gu Jiao stood under the magnificent archway, as small as a rabbit.

The grandeur of the Hou Mansion is vividly displayed, and this is just a mountain villa under its name.

The second owner passed by the villa many times, but it was the first time he really came here, and to be honest, he was also shocked by the big archway in front of him. Of course, what he didn't know was that the reason why Gu Jiao was looking at the archway in a daze was not because he was shocked, but purely because he was thinking about whether the gold on the archway was real.