After the meal, the Gu Yunqiao sisters and Mrs. Wang were busy socializing with the wives of large families, and they accidentally bumped into a male guest who was walking crookedly.

"Which one didn't hit Uncle Ben with long eyes?" The man looked like he was about twenty years old, drunk, he couldn't walk steadily, he almost fell to the ground, and he was about to have a seizure with his eyebrows crossed, but when he saw Gu Yunqiao's pretty face, he immediately smiled.

"Yo-what a pretty girl, what's your name? How old is it? ”

Gu Yunqiao smelled the smell of wine all over his body, frowned, and took a step back in disgust.

"What are you hiding? I've got a crush on you! This is your blessing! Seeing Gu Yunqiao's reaction, the man was dissatisfied.

Seeing this, Mrs. Wang pulled Gu Yunqiao behind her, and said lukewarmly: "I'm afraid this son is drunk, why did he go to the backyard, come on, send him back to the front yard." ”

The others hurriedly set him up and said with a smile: "Sun Gongzi, you are confused, this is the granddaughter of our old lady, the young lady of the Gu family." ”

Sun Tianyang's face was impatient, he turned around and broke away from the hands of others, and said unashamedly: "I don't care whose granddaughter she is, what about the young lady, I have a fancy for my woman, who dares to disobey!" As he spoke, he squinted his drunken eyes and looked Gu Yunqiao up and down unscrupulously, "Girl, follow me, in the future, you will eat and drink spicy food, Uncle Ben will let you be a concubine, how about it?" ”

After that, he stretched out his greasy palm and was about to pull her, but as soon as he poked out, he was clamped by a strong hand from nowhere, and he couldn't move.

"Let go of your dirty hands." Gu Yunji's face was calm, and he pressed Sun Tianyang's hand down vigorously. After lunch, he was thinking about coming to the backyard to see his sister, but he didn't expect to see this scene.

Obviously not as tall as himself, but his strength is amazing, Sun Tianyang tried to break free of his hand several times without success, and couldn't help but be annoyed: "Where did you come from, a wild boy, who dared to be presumptuous in front of Uncle Ben?" ”

Gu Yunji was afraid that today was his grandfather's birthday banquet, so he didn't make it too ugly, so he tried to suppress the anger in his heart and warned: "My name is Gu Yunji, it's her brother, tell you, stay away from my sister!" With that, the strength in his hand relaxed.

Sun Tianyang was unexpected, and was pulling his hand out with all his strength, and almost fell into the pool behind him without paying attention, but fortunately he was stopped.

Hearing this, he smacked the name, then sneered, and said disdainfully: "Who should I be, just a concubine, talking so loudly." Your sister is also a concubine, and now it seems that the concubines who let her be the uncle of this are all worthy of her! ”

"What did you say!" Gu Yunji stepped forward angrily and grabbed him by the collar, his whole body was full of anger, and he was about to fight.

"Misunderstanding! Misunderstand! At this time, Gu Kaili rushed over from nowhere, pulled the two apart, and had a peacemaker smile on his face, "I drank two more glasses of wine, and there are some things that are heavier when the wine comes up, don't take it to heart." After that, he couldn't help but let people pull Sun Tianyang away.

Then, he attached himself to Gu Yunji's ear, half reassuring and half warning: "His father Sun Jin is the general judge of Songjiang Mansion, and he is my colleague, and he doesn't look down on weekdays, don't make too much trouble." ”

Gu Yunji glanced at him, swallowed his anger with a stiff neck, and said no more.

"Ji'er." After a while, Gu Kaizhen walked over from the main hall and looked at Gu Yunji with a complicated expression, "Your grandfather is looking for you." ”

Gu Yunji looked at him and said, "Father, what's wrong?" But grandfather reprimanded? ”

Gu Kaizhen opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but in the end he swallowed the words into his stomach, patted him on the shoulder and said, "No." You'll find out when you go. Gu Yunji didn't know why, he felt that his father was weird, but he still didn't say anything, and went straight to the main hall.

In the main hall, Gu Zhengde sat on the top kindly, and Gu Kaiqi next to him also looked smiling, seeing him walk in, Gu Kaizhen said: "Close the door, and the others go out." ”

Gu Yunji had some doubts in his heart, but he still said respectfully on his face: "Yunji has seen my grandfather and my fourth uncle. ”

Gu Zhengde nodded, picked up a letter on the table, and said, "Ji'er, my grandfather read your article and thought that you wrote very well and were a good material. It coincides with this year's enrollment of Luxi Academy, and we are ready to give you the only place in the family, which is the recommendation letter for admission. ”

Deer Creek Academy? That famous person, known as Luxi Academy, which is equivalent to stepping into officialdom with one foot as soon as he enters school? If you can enter and study there, wouldn't you be able to improve yourself faster and pass the imperial examination as soon as possible?

Gu Yunji was overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt down to thank him: "Thank you, grandfather!" Your grandchildren will live up to your high expectations! ”

"Wait." Gu Zhengde waved his hand, "I have conditions." ”

"As long as you pass under your fourth uncle's name, this letter of recommendation is yours."

"What?" Gu Yunji was stunned.

Gu Zhengde continued: "We want to pass you under the name of your fourth uncle and be his son. Your fourth uncle has no children so far, and as soon as you come, you will be the eldest son of his house, you only need to serve them and their husbands and wives to the end of their lives, and everything will be yours in the future, how about it? ”

Gu Yunji was caught off guard by this news, and after a while, he made up his mind and asked, "Why me?" Generally speaking, the step-heirs are all younger, and I will be fifteen years old soon, so it is not the best choice. ”

Gu Kaiqi said: "I am not in good health, although the younger children will be closer in the future, but it is very laborious to raise. The idea of being old is right, and he may not be willing to treat me wholeheartedly, the most appropriate thing is to find a young man who is not too old and not too young, and it is not very difficult to raise, and he can also stand up to the door in a few years. ”

"Within this range, you are my nephew, closer than others in blood. On the other hand, you have a good talent for reading, and you just came back from the county exam, and your grandfather also said that you have written well and will definitely become successful in the future, and you will have more cultivation value than others, which is why I chose you. ”

Gu Kaiqi brushed the tea foam in the cup, glanced at Gu Yunji, and continued: "I know that as a concubine, you have not been loved and valued since you were a child. But as long as you succeed, you are the eldest son, everything will be different, family property, resources ......" He paused and pointed to the letter of recommendation, "There is also the opportunity to study in Luxi Academy, it is all yours." Just like that Sun Tianyang just now, if you were my son, would he dare to bully your sister like this? ”

But if I were your son, I would have no sister. Gu Yunji thought so.

When he first crossed over, he was not used to everything here, but after getting along for more than half a year, he had long been accustomed to the lively days of the family. There is no intrigue in this family, there is no deceit, there is just love and help between family members.

Gu Kaizhen's pleased and appreciative eyes on the bank of the county school, Gu Yunxiao's persistent and lonely expression on the sickbed, as well as Aunt Zhao's expectant eyes in the backyard and Gu Yunqiao's red and swollen palms...... The scenes of the past flashed in Gu Yunji's mind, his sister, his parents, his brother...... These are all his relatives, how can he abandon them for the pursuit of wealth?

"I don't want to."

Gu Zhengde's expression froze, and he felt as if he had heard it wrong: "What did you say?" ”

"I said, I don't want to." Gu Yunji repeated it heavily, with a firm expression, "Yunji's body, hair and skin and the bones and blood all over his body were given by his parents, and they never owed me. People live for a lifetime, they can't complain about their origins, and abandon their parents and brothers for the sake of wealth, that's what only animals do. What's more, even if I agree today, will the fourth uncle really rest assured that the family business will be in the hands of such a person? ”

Gu Zhengde was in a deep mood: "You can think about it, the opportunity is this time, if you don't agree, this letter of recommendation from Luxi Academy will have nothing to do with you." ”

Gu Yunji's throat rolled and said affirmatively, "I think very clearly." Even if I can't enter Luxi Academy, I believe that with my own efforts, I will be able to pass the examination in the future, and it will be a matter of time at most. ”

"Hahahahaha......" Suddenly, Gu Kaiqi stroked his palms and laughed, "Okay, it's worthy of being the kid I fancy and has ambition!" Saying that, he stepped forward and said to Gu Zhengde: "Look, father, I just said it, he won't agree." ”

Then, Gu Kaiqi picked up the letter of recommendation and stuffed it into Gu Yunji's hand, saying, "That's it, take it, go to Luxi Academy and study hard." ”

Gu Yunji looked stunned: "Fourth uncle...... Grandfather...... I'm ......."

Gu Zhengde showed a helpless smile: "Just according to what your fourth uncle said, take it." Don't worry, you don't have to go through it. Earlier, your fourth uncle said that you wouldn't agree with me and I didn't believe it, but I didn't expect your kid to be really a person who values love and righteousness. ”

The depression in Gu Yunji's heart was suddenly swept away, and the joy in his eyes was difficult to hide. He knelt down and kowtowed to Gu Kaiqi, and said sincerely, "Thank you, Fourth Uncle!" If the fourth uncle is in need, Yunji is willing to provide for the fourth uncle in the future! ”

Gu Kaiqi couldn't cry or laugh: "Okay, your fourth uncle and my family have a big business, and there are more people who want to support me for the elderly, is it your turn?" If you have this heart, you can get up. ”

Gu Yunji's cheeks flushed, and he quickly stood up. Then they said some words of encouragement to him, and waved him out.

Walking out of the main hall, holding the letter of recommendation in his hand, Gu Yunji still couldn't believe it, he really, could go to Luxi Academy to study?