Chapter 10: The Younger Brother
Mother took Jinrong's hand and said, "Learning from Mr. Zhu is better than before." It's just that your mother looks like you've lost weight, do you eat well and dress well in Qifang Hutong? ……”
Gu Jinrong said: "Since I am going to study, my son also understands that he must be diligent, and you have to send food and clothing to his mother every month, so it is naturally indispensable." My son is thin and just misses his mother, and you are seriously ill in bed, but I can't come back to see it......" asked the scholar to bring a few boxes," ...... Some tonic herbs, these things are sold very well in Qifang Hutong, so I bought some for you. ”
He picked up a small box with carved peonies: "This is for the eldest sister." ”
Gu Jinchao took it and thanked him, and Ji was very relieved when he looked at it: "You two are siblings, you are closer than other brothers and sisters, if there is anything unexpected for your mother in the future, Brother Rong, you have to help your sister, don't let others bully her." ”
Gu Jinrong comforted her when he heard this: "Mother, you haven't seen your son succeed in studying, how can there be any accidents, you will definitely be able to live a hundred years in peace......"
Mother asked Gu Jinrong how his homework was and how he was reading the four books, Jin Chao thought that Gu Jinrong was only twelve years old, and the four books were only roughly read, and he had to be older before Mr. would start the class and give a deep lecture. My mother hadn't read much, so she didn't know about it. Gu Jinrong was not impatient and answered his mother's words smoothly.
After asking, Ji asked him to go back to Jingfangzhai first, tidy up his things and then rest, he was also tired of traveling all the way.
Jin Chao didn't speak for a while.
The Ji family has been feeding for so many years, and naturally she can understand everything, and the relationship between Jin Chao and Jin Rong is not good, she has always known it. The two siblings didn't communicate much just now, she leaned on the big pillow and looked at her daughter.
When Gu Lan and Lu Li passed, it was the sixteenth birthday of the Jin Dynasty, and her daughter looked as delicate as a begonia, but she was dressed elegantly. The black hair has a satin luster under the halo of the sun, the eyes are as clear as a pool of water, and the complexion is delicate and white. With such a look and such a family, she must marry a good husband to be called her daughter.
Ji remembered Master Xue just now and said, "...... Miss is very smart, and she uses her heart to learn embroidery, so she learns quickly. ”
Since her daughter's illness, her temperament has been much calmer, and she is very comforted.
"You and your brother should move around more, and if you are a fellow mother, you will have to help more in the future." Ji instructed Jin Chao, "Originally, you were impatient with your brother's liveliness, but now don't worry about this, if I die, then you only have your brother to support you......"
Gu Jinchao knew in her heart that it was not easy to change a person's opinion, and it was not good for her to be too close to her brother for a while. She had a degree in her heart, and when she heard that her mother was worried about her body again, she didn't say anything more. Rather, it brings up something else: "...... Is there anyone in the shop manager where your mother got married? I want to borrow something to do. ”
Ji thought for a while and said: "The shopkeepers on the shop are all loyal and honest people, and the stewards of the grange and the house are also good. The shopkeepers of those shops in Baodi can use ......"
Didn't ask her what she was going to do.
Ji Shi also told her in detail which shopkeepers were loyal, which were very clever, and which were very smart.
Jin Chao also understood that her mother wanted her to be familiar with her own dowry, and her mother's dowry was very rich, and it would be for herself and her younger brother in the future, so she naturally needed to be clear.
Ji Shi felt exhausted after talking for a while, and Jin Chao served her to sleep. He asked the accompanying Qingpu to go back and get the words of the two famous artists, and wanted to go to Jingfangzhai to visit Gu Jinrong first, he was still young, as long as he could talk about it, he would naturally be close.
She thought in her heart, and walked to Jingfangzhai with Qingpu, and the little girl went in to say it, and welcomed her to the east room to sit first.
Gu Jinrong came in after a while: "...... was packing up the books, and the eldest sister had been waiting for a long time. ”
Jin Chao smiled and said, "I bothered you." My sister heard that you like calligraphy, so she deliberately accepted two characters, and you can see if you like it. ”
Let Qingpu open it and show it to Gu Jinrong.
Gu Jinrong praised when he saw it: "Mr. Ishida's words are unrestrained and dashing. The words of the Zhizhishan people are gentle, they are all very good, and the eldest sister bothered. His facial features have not yet opened, and he is a little childish, but he has a head when he talks about this.
Jin Chao looked at Gu Jinrong and thought of his child Chen Xuanlin, and said that his nephew was like an uncle, and Xuanlin was also so old when he was young......
Gu Jinrong really liked these two words, and he couldn't put them down, but he didn't say a few words to Jin Chao. After a while, a little girl came in: "Young Master, the second young lady is here!" ”
Gu Jinrong's eyes lit up immediately, and he put down the scroll and hurriedly walked out: "Is the second sister here?" ”
The little girl followed behind him and said, "Young Master, you haven't put on a cloak yet, don't freeze!" ”
"Out of the way!" Gu Jinrong didn't care at all.
Jin Chao looked at the two words that were thrown on the table, and his heart was cold. I heard a gentle and gentle voice again: "Our eldest young master has grown a lot taller, and the second sister can't catch up with you." ”
The two sisters and brothers came in while talking, and Jin Chao saw that Gu Lan was wearing a bright red gold satin jacket all over the place, and his complexion was beautiful. Jin Rong was a little taller than her, lowered his head and smiled at her: "No matter how tall my brother is, he is also the younger brother of the second sister!" ”
Gu Lan patted him on the shoulder: "Why don't you say that the eldest sister is also here, and I don't have any preparations." "Say hello to the Jin Dynasty again.
Jin Chao smiled: "It's not in the way, he just rejoiced to see you." ”
Gu Jinrong said: "The eldest sister said it doesn't matter, but you still talk about me!" The tone is brisk, this is what a teenager of eleven or twelve looks like.
Gu Lan took Jin Chao's hand: "The eldest sister doesn't often come to sit with me these days, but today is a meeting, our two sisters have to talk well," and turned around and instructed Gu Jinrong, "Why don't you serve tea to the eldest sister, don't you say that etiquette is better?" ”
Gu Jinrong smiled: "It's not too late, what kind of tea does the eldest sister like to drink?" ”
Jin Chao felt that if he continued to stay here, he would probably be annoying.
She got up and said, "Mother still needs someone to take care of her, so I'll go first." When you are free, come and see your mother, she misses you day and night. Speaking of his mother, the smile on Gu Jinrong's face was a little less, and he nodded.
When Jin Chao walked into the verandah, he also heard Gu Jinrong's voice: "...... This is for the second sister, I carved it myself, the ivory carving of the Eighteen Arhats. You don't like gold and silver, so it's best to put them in ......."
The smile on Jin Chao's face slowly retracted, and Qing Pu followed behind her in silence. Walking out of Jingfangzhai, he saw a frozen lake, and Jin Chao didn't want to go back for a while, so he walked along the corridor to the pavilion on the lake, looking at the withered branches on the opposite bank.
Qingpu has always seen that the young lady is flying and bright, but she is rarely so silent, and she can't bear it for a while: "...... The second young master is just not sensible, you and the second young master are the closest after all, and he will understand when he grows up. ”
Jin Chao shook his head: "...... I don't really care about that. ”
She sat in the pavilion blowing the cold wind, and took out the small carved peony box in her sleeve, which was an ordinary Hetian jade pendant. The carving is the Xianglu Suki that is fashionable in Yanjing.
In front of the people he likes and is close to, Gu Jinrong has a childish side. Xuanlin may be the same, looking at her as a stranger with the title of mother, she is naturally such a young man. Jin Chao smiled self-deprecatingly, put away the jade pendant again, and said, "It's time to go back to see my mother." ”
The estrangement between Gu Jinrong and her is really not shallow, and I am afraid it will take a lot of effort to change this relationship.
Just thinking about how Gu Lan treated him in the future, Jin Chao felt a little unwilling.
Does Gu Lan really regard Gu Jinrong as his younger brother, or is he just the eldest son of the Gu family? When she and her mother drove Jin Rong out of the Gu family, they thought about Gu Jinrong's trust and dependence on her today.
Gu Lan took the delicate ivory carving in Gu Jinrong's hand, and looked really detailed, and the Buddha was lifelike.
"You really went to learn ivory carving." She blamed a little, "My sister is just joking, learning these things will take you time to study, if this homework is pulled down, how can I explain it to my father!" ”
The last time Gu Jinrong came back, Gu Lan inadvertently said that he liked ivory carving technology, and Gu Jinrong went to learn this in order to please his second sister. He said: "This is not in the way, our academy master teaches well, and he has much more time than the inmates of Guozi's study." ”
Gu Lan talked about Gu Jinchao again: "...... Although there is something wrong with the eldest sister, it is also the eldest sister, you can't disobey her. I'll go to say hello to my eldest sister tomorrow, and she's mostly fine in the morning. ”
Gu Jinrong felt a little for a while: "She used to treat you like that, you still speak for her, second sister, don't be too gentle - people are good and are bullied!" ”
Hearing Gu Jinrong say this, Gu Lan was quite helpless: "After all, the eldest sister is the eldest daughter, how can I disobey her, last time she saw a girl in my courtyard, she was about to leave directly, and I treated that girl very well." She was reluctant to leave...... But I didn't dare to keep her, I was afraid that she wouldn't be able to live a good life now in Qingtong Courtyard. ”
Gu Jinrong frowned: "There is such a thing!" I'm going to get the girl back for you, Gu Jinchao has always been such a temper, you want whatever you like, don't ......be in a hurry."
Gu Lan hurriedly said: "Second sister told you this, I didn't want you to help me, I just wanted you to be more respectful in front of the eldest sister, it's okay for me to be a little angry, the important thing is that you have to treat the eldest sister better." After all, she is the eldest daughter of the Gu family! ”
Gu Jinrong was a little disdainful for a while: "She, the eldest daughter, has already lost the face of the Gu family, and many people who study with me know her, and they all say that she is just a straw bag, with a good skin, a bad temper, and no shame!" Is...... What a ......."
Gu Lan stroked his back and said softly: "No matter what others say, she is also your sister whose blood is thicker than water, don't say such things." ”
Gu Jinrong said in a low voice: "I'd rather not have this sister......"
Welcome to the majority of book friends to come and read, the latest, fastest, and hottest serialized works are all here! For mobile phone users, please go to M. to read.