Ji Wu's favors her, and everyone knows it.

When she was a child, she was playing in her second cousin's study, and she fell in love with a piece of his favorite inkstone, and she had to move back. She turned her head and said to Ji Wu, Ji Wu didn't say a word after hearing it, asked the second cousin to send Duan Yan to her study, and instructed her subordinates to find two good Duan Yan in the warehouse and send them over.

The piece of inkstone was originally given by the second cousin Kaimeng's husband, and he regarded it as a treasure, and that day he stood alone in the study against a clump of green bamboos for a long time, silent. Jin Chao didn't like the inkstone very much, she just liked the sika deer carved on it, and after a few days of playing, she threw it into the corner of the study and got moldy, and then she couldn't find it again.

After this incident, the maid and mother-in-law of the Ji family also understood that even the sister-in-law of the Ji family could not compete with the Jin Dynasty, and who else in the entire Ji family could be favored by Mrs. Tai than Gu Jinchao! She is even more accustomed to being unaccustomed to these people below.

After seeing Qi Dongpan, a large group of people surrounded Ji Wu's family and went to the Shexian Building in the outer courtyard, which was the place where Ji Wu's family returned to see the shopkeepers of various businesses and the stewards of the grange, and the uncle and others had been waiting here for a long time. The Ji family has only one son-in-law, one concubine, and the Jin Dynasty also has two aunts who have already been married, but both of them are married far away and cannot return to Yanjing for a few years.

The eldest uncle and the eldest aunt have a son, the eldest son of a concubine died when he was young, the eldest son is the second cousin Ji Yao, and the concubine is the third cousin Ji Yun, and a daughter born to his concubine has been married. The second uncle and the second uncle's mother gave birth to four cousins, Ji Cang, and two unmarried daughters were born of concubines. Aunt Yun did not give birth to a son and a half daughter, and her status in the Ji family was not high.

At this time, the Jin Dynasty also happened to take out the things he brought, the gifts from each room, the longevity golden lock for his eldest nephew, and the sugar box for his grandmother. When my grandmother saw her take out several boxes of black lacquer candy, she laughed at her: "I still eat candy, I brought so much, I am old, but I can't eat it!" ”

Jin Chao smiled and took her hand and said, "How can you be old, your hair is still black and shiny, and your spirit is better than mine!" ”

Gu Jinrong also saluted the two uncles and cousins one by one.

Ji Yao is the eldest son of the Ji family, dressed in a crescent white muslin cloth, with a jade hairpin in his hair, a handsome face and a tall figure.

Ji Wu and Jin Chao said Ji Yao: "...... Now I'm learning housekeeping with me, but I'm learning fast, the restaurant in Baodi is running for him, the business is booming, and he has made a lot of signature dishes, if you want to try it, let him take you there! ”

Ji Yao smiled lightly and bowed his hand to her: "I haven't seen my cousin for a long time." ”

Gu Jinchao also smiled at him, but she was surprised in her heart, in her impression, she always felt that her second cousin's hobby was reading, not business. He has a kind of gentle and calm temperament of a scholar. However, he is the eldest son of the Ji family, and he is not allowed to pick what he likes.

The uncle is tall and has a calm face, and he is now in his forties. Asked about Gu Jinrong's homework.

Gu Jinrong replied: "...... I did not study in Guozijian, but studied with Mr. Zhou in Qifang Hutong. I have finished teaching "The University" and "The Mean", and now I am teaching "The Analects". When it comes to studying and doing business, Gu Jinrong is a lot more cautious, after all, his uncle is overlifted, and he will participate in the Autumn Festival in three years, but he is not sure in his heart.

The uncle nodded and said, "You are still young, and you don't miss once." Your third cousin is working as a shadow supervisor in the country......"

The eldest aunt smiled: "Now it's a prison!" ”

That's the township test! Jin Chao was also very happy when she heard this, she only vaguely remembered that Ji Yun was overlifted, and later participated in the palace examination, but she was not promoted to Jishi, so forget it. But I don't remember exactly what time it was, so I didn't expect it to be so early.

Ji Yun, who was standing on the side, just smiled, he was very calm.

Gu Jinrong congratulated: "I haven't heard the third cousin say it yet!" It is indeed very difficult for a teenager to lift people! ”

He studied by himself, of course he knew how difficult it was to be lifted, not to mention that Ji Yun was not yet twenty years old.

The fourth cousin, Ji Cang, also said with a smile: "I can't count on the township test, and the third brother will study and do business at home." People are happy to pass the exam, and they are preaching it everywhere, but the third brother is strange, and now he doesn't even want to go out. ”

Jin Chao also felt happy, no matter whether the third cousin could be promoted to the Jinshi in the future, it was also good for the Ji family to raise more people. He took his grandmother's hand and asked her, "Why haven't you written to tell me?" ”

My grandmother smiled: "This autumn is just in middle school, I was thinking about what I told you after the New Year......

Ji Wu is also very happy, the Ji family has not produced a person who is talented in reading for many years. If Ji Yun can pass the examination to participate in the palace examination in the future and win the Jinshi, then the glory and prominence of the Ji family may be unprecedentedly prosperous!

Gu Jinrong looked at Ji Yun and admired him a little, and asked him: "Then is it feasible for me to discuss the craftsmanship with my third cousin later?" ”

Ji Yun nodded: "Naturally, you are welcome to come!" ”

After meeting him in Shixian Building, Gu Jinrong followed Ji Yun and Ji Cang to the study, and wanted to discuss the craftsmanship with Ji Yun, Gu Jinchao naturally liked him to have more contact with the people of the Ji family, at least much better than with Gu Lan.

Ji Wu returned to Dongpan with her.

My grandmother was very worried about her mother's illness, but the Ji family had a lot of affairs, and she couldn't get out of it at all, so she went to see her mother once half a year ago.

Jin Chao could only tell her that everything was fine, but she didn't dare to tell her grandmother about her mother's illness last time, for fear that she would worry.

Ji Wushi took her hand and said to her: "Sister Chao, my grandmother hasn't seen you for half a year, but I think you are a lot more sensible......"

She was very melancholy in her heart, if nothing external changed her, how could Gu Jinchao suddenly become sensible. She thought it was Ji's illness that made Jin Chao sad.

Gu Jinchao naturally knew what his grandmother thought, but he was a little self-deprecating in his heart, if only his mother's illness really made her wake up.

Although my grandmother had a stern face, she treated her very gently. She just pampered herself, without the slightest purpose, and without asking for any reason.

Such a preference, whether it is a past life or a present life, the Jin Dynasty only has this one grandmother.

Mother Song brought up a plate of lotus root flour sugar cake that Jin Chao loved to eat, and looked at Ji Wu holding Jin Chao's hand by the fire and talking, so she smiled and said, "Miss Biao should come back often, as soon as you come back, Mrs. Tai laughs more." ”

Mother Song was the dowry girl of Ji Wu's family, and she has been with her for more than 50 years, and she is the most important person in Ji Wu's family.

My grandmother also smiled and said to her, "You don't come back often!" Not long ago, I raised a pool of water lilies for you, I thought you would come here in the summer to escape the heat, who knows that when the water lilies bloom, the leaves have wilted, and you haven't come back yet. ”

Jin Chao likes to enjoy water lilies, and she likes lilac and orange the most.

Jin Chao could only smile bitterly, she didn't know about her grandmother's water lilies for her.

It's just that she came back this time, not just to see her grandmother...... She also had to inquire about Yun Xiang's niece.

Jin Chao asked about Aunt Yun.

Ji Wu frowned and said, "Your second uncle's aunt...... I don't really care, last year, your second uncle accepted the girl Wanyun next to your second aunt, and the aunts didn't move around much. Why did you suddenly ask about her? ”

Jin Chao said very calmly: "My mother is sick at home, Aunt Guo and Aunt Du are old and decrepit, it all depends on Aunt Song serving my father, in addition to serving my father, she also has to take care of her mother's illness and take care of the affairs of the inner courtyard, I am afraid that she will not be busy." I want to find another aunt for my father. ”

Ji Wu's hand holding Jin Chao tightened. His face also became serious.

“…… I didn't plan for such a thing earlier! Tell me now! ”

Gu Jinchao smiled: "It turned out that my mother had never answered...... We haven't even asked our father yet, and we want to find a suitable person to bring back. ”

The grandmother looked at her for a while, and the Jin Dynasty didn't explain, the grandmother was so smart, she could naturally understand what she meant.

His father was appointed as the head of the household department, in charge of the secretary, in charge of the military reserves, cashiers and taxes, grain, and warehouses. Lin Xianzhong, the left attendant of the household department, is his teacher, and he has seen Lin Xianzhong more favored over the years, and he has made friends with Fan Chuan, a member of the cabinet assistant minister Dongge University, it is the time for Lin Xianzhong to be promoted, once he is promoted, his father must also have many benefits, at this juncture, his father will not take concubines casually.

But if he doesn't accept a concubine and let Aunt Song be so favored, sooner or later she will have to conceive a concubine. In her previous life, half a year after her mother's death, Aunt Song gave birth to a concubine and was supported as a stepmother. But the child was born more than a month prematurely, do the math, if the father does not take a concubine, Aunt Song will get pregnant in about half a month! At that time, who can stop her from becoming the wife of the Gu family!

Therefore, this matter cannot be delayed any longer, and it must be done within this month and a half.

Grandmother thought for a long time, and when she seemed to have paid attention, she asked: "If you want to find an innocent and obedient girl, it is not difficult, I have many good-looking girls here, why did you ask Aunt Yun again?" ”

Ji Wu really understood Jin Chao's mind and knew what kind of steproom she wanted to find for her father.

Jin Chao smiled slightly, if others heard this, they would definitely look at her with strange eyes, but grandmother would not.