Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

Chapter 10 Heading to Fucheng
Time flies, spring is gone and summer is coming, and it is already May in a blink of an eye.The Dragon Boat Festival is approaching, and the city of Huating County is already filled with the smell of rice dumplings. Every household hangs wormwood and wears sachets, and they take each other to the riverside to watch dragon boat rowing.

The Gu mansion is also very busy. Today, the master and wife are going to take the young masters to the mansion to celebrate the festive season with the old master Gu. The luggage, carriages, festival gifts, and all kinds of belongings of the masters must be prepared quickly. It is not early. People are so busy that their feet don't touch the ground, wishing to learn the avatar technique.

"Brother!" Gu Yunqiao held a sachet, and when she got to a crowded place, she tried to reduce her steps, stabilize her figure, and put on a dignified look.After entering Gu Yunji's courtyard, no one was staring at whether she looked like a lady, so they couldn't hold back their temper and ran impatiently.

"Brother, this is a sachet I made with my own hands. There are some spices such as realgar and mugwort leaves in it. You can wear it on your body when you go to Fucheng to ward off evil spirits." Gu Yun looked at the crappy stitches on the sachet. Qiao felt a little embarrassed again, "I just learned some fashionable embroidery patterns from Nanny Feng, and I hurriedly finished the embroidery before you set off. The embroidery is not very good, so don't dislike it."

Gu Yunji took the sachet, put it on carefully at the waist, and praised it without hesitation: "Why would you dislike it? My sister made it for me. The stitches are dense, the pattern is good, the color matching is also good, the embroidery is so good, I can hardly bear to wear it!"

He boasted so sincerely that Gu Yunqiao was in a much happier mood, but when she thought that she and her sisters in the family could not go to Fucheng today and had to stay at home, she pursed her mouth unhappily: "This time you go to Fucheng, but I can only Staying at home is boring."

Gu Yunji smiled and comforted him: "There is a big family in Fucheng, and the place is so big. If we go too many people, we won't be able to stand up. My father said that after the Double Ninth Festival, we will gather together as a whole family when Grandpa's birthday is over." Go to celebrate his old man's birthday. What's more, we left not long ago and came back in the evening, be obedient."

At this time, Xu Dong trotted in from the outside: "Third Young Master, it's almost time, it's time to go."

Gu Yunji stopped dawdling, went to say a few words to Aunt Zhao to say goodbye, and walked out the door quickly.

Outside the gate of Gu's mansion, Gu Kaizhen and Mrs. Wang had already sat down in the carriage at the front of the line, and Gu Yunxiao and Gu Yunlin were also preparing to get on their horses.

In Yuanshen's memory, the last time he rode a horse was when he was nine years old, and now his riding skills are long gone. Looking at the tall horse in front of him, Gu Yunji was a little apprehensive.

"Third Brother." Seeing Gu Yunji's hesitation, Gu Yunxiao said, "If you are not used to it, go and take the carriage in the back." Then, he pointed to an empty carriage in the team, that is for the sake of safety. One of the masters did not want to ride a horse and wanted to take a car, so they prepared in advance.

"It's okay, I can do it." With that said, Gu Yunji stumbled onto the horse with Xudong's help.There are not many opportunities to go out, he still wants to ride a horse to see the scenery along the road, not to mention the bumpy carriage, when he arrives in Fucheng, he is afraid that his bones will be shaken.

When everyone arrived, Gu Kaizhen lifted his head from the carriage and said to the boy, "Let's go."

"Let's go!" The boy turned back and shouted, and then the team began to move slowly.

After a while, Gu Yunji got used to the feeling of riding a horse, so he stepped forward and stood shoulder to shoulder with Gu Yunxiao, and said, "Brother, I haven't been to Fucheng for several years, and I'm not very familiar with the uncles and relatives in the clan. Let’s talk about the people and relationships here, so as not to violate someone’s taboo, it’s not good to offend the elders.”

Gu Yunxiao did not refuse, and introduced: "The last time you went to Fucheng was young, I am afraid you don't have much memory. There are many people here and complicated relationships. This time it is only for the Dragon Boat Festival, and many distant relatives will not come. You It is enough to clarify the branch of our grandfather first."

"Grandfather Gu Zhengde is the eldest son, the current patriarch of our Gu family. He also has a younger brother Gu Zhenglu who is also our uncle. The two brothers have a very good relationship. The two families have not separated until now. I still live in the same mansion. My grandfather has four sons. The eldest son and the youngest son are legitimate sons, and they all live with the grandfather. Our father is the second eldest, and the third uncle who is another concubine will live alone after we get married. gone."

"Uncle Gu Kaili, the current Tongzhi of the Songjiang Mansion, has two legitimate sons and one concubine, named Gu Mingxuan, Gu Mingan, and..."

Hearing this, Gu Yunji couldn't keep up with his brain anymore, and before he could ask a question, Gu Yunlin, who didn't know when to come up next to him, interrupted with a frustrated face: "It's all a mess, it's like a mess, I can't remember so much, let's get to know people slowly in Fucheng. Brother, you just need to tell me if there are any taboos in this, for example, there are hidden pains that cannot be mentioned. "

Gu Yunlin was not annoyed, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Well——grandfather once had a very beloved little daughter who died of smallpox when she was seven years old, and he can't even hear the word smallpox until now. The eldest grandson broke his leg for some reason a few years ago, and he was hopeless in the imperial examination. Don’t provoke him by mentioning this in front of him. There is also the fourth uncle, who suffers from a weak disease and has been in poor health. In two years, grandfather should adopt an heir from the clan to him."

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, and went through the whole Gu family's people and things carefully in his mind, and then said: "Well, that's about it. If there are any omissions, I will tell you when I think about it."

Gu Yunji smiled wryly, and said with emotion: "Our Gu family really deserves to be a big family with hundreds of years of foundation. Just the relationship between relatives makes people confused. It's just uncles and brothers. If you add sisters, sisters, aunts, aunts, etc. , I'm afraid my head will explode."

Speaking of this, Gu Yunxiao showed a trace of pride: "That's natural. Our Gu family has a deep foundation, with many generations of officials and officials, and the children of the family are all over the world. It can be regarded as a famous family in the entire Jiangnan. With our Songjiang Gu family's background, If I become an official in the future, my official career will be smooth, and my colleagues and superiors will respect us three points."

Gu Yunlin was a little disapproving, and complained in a low voice: "You are the son of the first son, of course it is different, the family property is all yours. I am a little son, even if I was born in such a big family, who would care?"

Hearing this, Gu Yunxiao changed his usual mild manner, and became angry in a rare way, scolding: "You are not self-motivated, don't blame your status as a concubine! Although there are differences between concubine and concubine, only the concubine can inherit the family ancestral temple. But whether it is Our family is still the entire Gu family, and the sons and sons of the concubine are all brought up in the same way. How have you ever treated the concubine harshly? Don’t forget, I am also the son of the concubine, and my father is also a concubine! If you dare to say such things again, be careful!"

This is true. Treating the children of concubine harshly is something that lower class people do.A family like the Gu family, regardless of their descendants, educate and train their children in the same way.The only difference is that the legitimate son is born with higher expectations, even if he does not become a talent, he still has the family to support him, but if the concubine does nothing, he will only be slowly forgotten and will not get more resources.

At this time, Gu Yunlin also knew that he had made a slip of the tongue, and apologized for a long time in embarrassment before Gu Yunxiao calmed down.

(End of this chapter)