CHAPTER XIV
Because of this little episode before the meal, the female relatives did not go to the banquet hall to eat, and the Chen family set up a banquet in the backyard to entertain Mrs. Gu, and did not allow the Zhao sisters to attend, and ordered them to think about it behind closed doors.
The celebration banquet was not very pleasant, and Mrs. Gu sat down for a while after dinner, and then took her leave.
In the evening, Gu Nanye also returned to the small courtyard, and Mrs. Gu called Gu Nanye to the room alone to talk about things.
Gu Nanye thought that his mother was going to ask what happened in the living room of the Zhao family, but he saw his mother say with a sad face: "Mrs. Zhao asked me about Xiao Xuan'er's family history, what should I say?" ”
Gu Nanye realized it as soon as he heard it, and asked, "Mrs. Zhao wants to marry Taixuan for Chen Heng?" ”
Mrs. Gu asked in surprise, "It seems that this is the plan...... How do you know? ”
Before lunch, Mrs. Zhao kept inquiring about Gu Nanye, and from time to time mentioned how well-behaved her eldest daughter was.
Mrs. Gu thought that the Zhao family wanted to talk to Gu Nanye, but after lunch, Mrs. Zhao suddenly said that she looked at Taixuan and felt close to her, and wanted to know which girl she was and wanted to know her mother.
Gu Nanye said coldly: "Don't pay attention to them. ”
Mrs. Gu really doesn't look down on the Zhao family and the Chen family.
But still worriedly asked: "But Xiao Xuan'er follows us like this, it is never a way." She is growing up day by day, if there are good people to talk about, how should I respond? You can't let the little girl come forward by herself, right? ”
"Mother is too worried, she is only thirteen years old, and it is too early to say that she is married." In a few years, someone will come to worry about her life's events.
Mrs. Gu thought that her son was a man who didn't understand this, so she said patiently: "It's not too early to say that you are thirteen years old, and it takes time to look at each other's favorite families, prepare dowries, and learn to give money, but unfortunately Xiao Xuan'er doesn't have a mother to worry about these for her, I want to help her, but it's just ......."
Mrs. Gu's eyes lit up and said, "Why don't I accept Xiao Xuan'er as a righteous daughter!" ”
Gu Nanye refused without thinking about it: "No." ”
Mrs. Gu didn't expect her son to refuse so simply, she looked at him with strange eyes and muttered, "Why not?" Do you ...... to Xiao Xuan'er?"
Gu Nanye's head hurt, he interrupted his mother's thoughts, and said: "Taixuan's biological father is still alive, but it is not suitable to recognize each other now, I will take her affairs to heart, and my mother should not think about it." Anyone who said kiss to her refused first. ”
Afraid that his mother would ask something again, Gu Nanye left after speaking.
After a celebration banquet, Gu Nanye's reputation not only did not improve, but also worsened.
It is rumored that he disposed of a little girl who accidentally made a mistake at the banquet, and also discarded one of the arms of his wife and brother.
Audacious and cruel!
Mrs. Gu sighed, but she was helpless.
Xin's mother suggested: "Madame should find a daughter-in-law, the general is already twenty, how can there be no caring person in the family?" If there is a young lady, young people are more social, and people outside will naturally know what kind of person the general is, where do you still need to worry about these things? ”
Since the Taishou Mansion came back, Mrs. Gu was also thinking about this matter.
The first few years were delayed because of the war, and now only the last Guangming Pass has not been recovered, and it is time to hurry up the marriage of his son.
Mrs. Gu said with annoyance: "I have lived in a simple house for the past few years, how can I know whose girl is waiting to be married, and where can I find a suitable person?" ”
Gu Nanye is in a high position, and he can't go to a matchmaker like ordinary people to say goodbye.
Mrs. Gu thought about it, and sighed again: "Ono is about to enter Beijing to be entitled, and when he is crowned, there should be a lot of powerful people in the capital who want to befriend, and I am afraid that his marriage is not something I can decide." ”
Qu Muge sat next to Mrs. Gu's knee, embroidering the fan face one by one.
She quietly eavesdropped on the two elders talking about Gu Nanye's marriage, and when she heard that Gu Nanye was going to Beijing, Qu Muge couldn't help but ask, "When will the general leave?" ”
"Ono said that the time has not yet been decided, but I think Xu Baoru is already reorganizing the team, so it should be soon." Mrs. Gu said reluctantly.
Gu Nanye had been in Jinling for a whole month, and Qu Muge had forgotten that he would not stay here for long.
He wanted to enter Beijing to be sealed, and then return to the northwest border pass to continue the war, and when the Guangming Pass was recovered, most of the generals of the first army still had to continue to stay at the border pass with their soldiers and horses.
I don't know when I'll see you next time.
The emotions of separation suddenly came to his heart, and Qu Muge felt that his eyes were sore, and his mood was strange.
It was probably because of the sense of security that Gu Nanye brought to her during these days that made her dependent, and she suddenly had to separate from the people who were trustworthy and relied on in this world, Qu Muge was a little flustered.
She tried her best to restrain herself, pretending to be okay and said to Mrs. Gu, "Madam, can I go to the city in the afternoon?" Miss Zhao Er wrote to me, saying that she and her sister wanted to apologize to me and invited me to Qi Fang Pavilion for dinner. ”
Although Mrs. Gu doesn't like the two girls of the Zhao family, she is not a person who does things desperately, and since the other party has taken the initiative to apologize, there is no need to refuse people thousands of miles away.
"Then let Xu Baoru send you into the city and come back early."
"Okay."
After lunch, Qu Muge went down the mountain early.
After entering the city, she did not go directly to Qi Fang Pavilion, but wandered around the various teahouses on the street.
When she came across a storyteller, she would sit down and listen for a while, and then change to another one.
After visiting the teahouse, she went to the bookstore again, looking through what books were sold in it, and whether there were any good books.
After shopping, she asked Xu Baoru again: "Brother Xu, have you ever listened to a little song in the boat workshop in Jinling?" I heard that there are many famous song and dance workshops next to the Qinhuai River. ”
Xu Baoru was taken aback, shook his head and said, "The general governs the army strictly, we can't go to that kind of place to have fun." Girl, do you want to play? That's not going to work, that's not where the girl's family can go. ”
Qu Muge shook his head, but didn't explain much.
In the month that she came to this time and space, Qu Muge was making rice worms by Mrs. Gu's side, although she was happy, she was always uneasy in her heart.
One is that you can't support yourself, and relying on others is not a long-term solution; The second is that she wanted to repay the great kindness of the Gu family's mother and son, but found that she had nothing to do and couldn't help at all.
Recently, Mrs. Gu was very angry because of Gu Nanye's bad reputation, Qu Muge thought about it, and gradually had an idea in her heart and wanted to try it.
In her previous life, she was originally a newspaper editor, and she couldn't do anything else, but she could still write a small manuscript, and she also knew the importance of mastering public opinion.
If you want to grasp public opinion, you must first control the propaganda channels.
She wants to write the story of Gu Nanye's war into a small book, whether it is told to the storyteller, sold in a bookstore, or made up a small song to sing, as long as there is a way to go, she can slowly guide public opinion, so that Gu Nanye will become a hero loved by everyone, not a demon king that everyone fears.