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

Chapter 49 Unique

As soon as Gu Yunxiao's wedding was over, the Dragon Boat Festival holiday for Gu Yunji and the others was less than a few days away. After saying goodbye to his family, he got into the carriage with Su Qi and Cheng Yan under Xudong's tearful gaze, and set foot on the way home. The journey to Deer Creek Academy.

The journey was long, and amidst the swaying carriage, the gate of Hangzhou Fucheng was finally in sight.At this time, the festive atmosphere has not completely dissipated, and people are coming and going at the gate of the city, which looks very lively.

Su Qi suddenly became excited: "Speaking of which, I haven't played in Hangzhou Fucheng yet, why don't we go back to the academy in a hurry and take a stroll in the city?"

Cheng Yan echoed, "Left and right academy will not start classes until two days later, since it's out, let's take a stroll."

Gu Yunji had no objection to this proposal, so a few people entered the city gate, returned the rented carriage to the carriage dealer, and strolled leisurely on the street.

None of them are very familiar with Hangzhou Fucheng, and they don't have a clear destination. They just stop wherever they see.

Su Qi was very interested in everything on the street. He stopped here for a while to look at it, and at this time he was attracted by a candied haws seller. He walked over and asked, "How much is a bunch of candied haws?"

The peddler replied: "A string of five cents."

Su Qi took out the money neatly: "Give me a bunch!" Then he turned to look at the two of them, "Do you want it?"

Gu Yunji was not interested in these children's food for a long time, and said dumbfoundingly: "I don't need it, you can eat it yourself."

Looking at Su Qi's childlike appearance, Cheng Yan felt a little helpless: "My lord, don't you claim to know everything about food, drink, and entertainment in the capital? Why can't you walk when you see candied haws?"

Su Qi gnawed on the candied haws wholeheartedly, and said disapprovingly: "Those are all false names! You don't know, my mother died young, and my father didn't let me eat these snacks when I was a child. I was so greedy. When I grow up Now, and there are always a bunch of rich kids around me, so I am too embarrassed to buy candied haws in front of them, for fear of being looked down upon by them."

"It's good now. No one in Hangzhou Fucheng knows me except the two of you. I can eat boldly without fear of spreading jokes."

As he said that, he glanced at a gadget on the stall again from the corner of his eye, and his eyes lit up immediately. He walked over in three or two steps, picked up a small translucent jar, and asked, "What is this?"

Seeing that he was well dressed, the peddler immediately introduced him warmly: "Master, you have good eyesight. This is a cricket jar made of colored glass." Then, he started to demonstrate, "Look, there is a button here, press it like this , just cover it tightly, no cricket can escape no matter how big you are.”

The more Su Qi looked at it, the more he liked it, and asked, "What a jar, I want it! How much is it?"

The peddler smiled slightly, and stretched out his palm to make a gesture: "Five liang of silver. This is made of glass, and the workmanship is fine. You can't buy it for this amount in the other places."

A jar containing crickets actually costs five taels of silver. Gu Yunji was stunned and was about to stop him, but seeing Su Qi's quick action, he had already paid the money and took the jar in his hand. He said helplessly: "Ancestor! Look! This colored glaze is muddy in texture, most likely it is a defective product that has been eliminated, one tael of silver is worth it, and you actually gave him back five taels of silver, what a generous move."

Su Qi didn't care when he heard the words, carefully put the jar away, and said: "It's all trivial, I won't keep this jar for myself, but give it to the head of the mountain. I will say that I bought it for 20 taels of silver , He must have been very moved when he heard that, and when he was happy, he might have given me that particularly powerful cricket."

Cheng Yan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You really have a good plan." Then, he turned his head to look at Gu Yunji, "Since we're all here in the prefectural city of Hangzhou, why don't you buy something for the head of the mountain?"

Gu Yunji thought it made sense after hearing this. Although Su Qi's gift was inconspicuous, it was better than giving nothing at all.As an apprentice, he goes and returns with others, he can't even compare to an ordinary student, he goes to see his teacher empty-handed, right?
Every time I go to see Xu Chengyu, I can more or less meet Xu Shuhua face to face. After getting along these days, the two are considered familiar.Since you want to give gifts, you can't favor one over another, and you can't leave the teacher's daughter behind. You have to prepare a copy for everyone.

Thinking of this, Gu Yunji made up his mind and took the two of them straight to the largest bookstore in Hangzhou Fucheng.

As soon as he entered the bookstore, Gu Yunji beckoned for an idle boy to come over, and asked, "Do you have any bilingual translation dictionaries about Western characters? Preferably from the British Isles?"

The guy was a little puzzled: "There are books in Western languages, but what is a bilingual translation dictionary?"

Gu Yunji explained: "It's similar to "Shuowen Jiezi", with words in Western characters on it, and annotations and translations in Korean characters next to it, so that people can use it to learn Western languages."

The guy went through it carefully in his mind, and found that there was indeed no book that met his requirements, so he shook his head and said, "I've never heard of such a book."

Seeing that Xu Shuhua seemed to be quite interested in studying Western characters, Gu Yunji planned to buy books on this subject for her.I was afraid that she would have read it by giving me any Western book, so I wondered if there was a bilingual translation book that she could compare and improve her language proficiency.

Now hearing the other party say no, Gu Yunji sighed, and was about to give up this farewell gift when he heard the clerk stop him:
"Although we don't have the bilingual translation dictionary you mentioned, there is "Catholic Essentials", which has Western characters and Korean characters, and it happens to be translated by a foreigner from the British Isles. Would you like to read it? "

Gu Yunji suddenly became interested again: "Yes! Show it to me."

Soon the buddy brought the book over. Gu Yunji took a look and found that this "Catholic Essentials" is a scripture about Christianity. The first half is written in English, and the second half is written in Chinese characters. The Chinese characters are well translated from the original text. Very appropriate, it can be seen that the translator is proficient in both languages.

Although it is not as good as a bilingual dictionary, it is already good, and Xu Shuhua should also be able to use it.Gu Yunji was very satisfied with the book, and immediately paid for it.

Su Qi couldn't hold back the curiosity in his heart, and asked, "Why didn't I hear that the head of the mountain still has research on Western characters? Yun Ji, are you sure he will like it if you give it to me?"

Gu Yunji said: "This is not for the teacher, it is for Miss Xu, she is very interested in Western characters."

Su Qi patted Gu Yunji's palm lightly, and said, "Yum wood head! How can you give this to a girl? You shouldn't be sending some hairpins, right?"

Gu Yunji said sternly: "Miss Xu is the teacher's daughter, and I am the teacher's disciple. Although we are familiar, we are not close. I am unmarried and she is not married. If I give some hairpins for girls, it will seem too ambiguous." Wouldn’t it be misunderstood by others? It’s bad for Ms. Xu’s reputation.”

Su Qi didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Okay, you are more thoughtful than us." He said so, but in his heart he felt that Gu Yunji was too dull, and he should be more ambiguous at this time, otherwise how could there be a better relationship between the two in the future?

Gu Yunji couldn't see what he was thinking, but he didn't want to do that.That would not only make him look like he has ulterior motives and is easy to lose people's favor, but it is also likely to attract gossip to Xu Shuhua, which is not good for her, so forget it.

Gu Yunji didn't bother to talk to him, and went straight to the pastry shop to pack a large box of pastries.

Su Qi looked like you finally got on the road: "That's right, even if you don't give away makeup and hairpins, it would be nice to give you some food."

Gu Yunji shook his head: "This is not for Miss Xu, this is for the teacher."

Su Qi couldn't understand more and more: "Who would give pastries to my teacher as a gift? The head of the mountain is a great Confucianist in the world, with high morals and high esteem. Even if he doesn't give anything else, at least he should give some brushes, ink, calligraphy and paintings, right? You bring a box of pastries in, sure. Won't he kick you out?"

Gu Yunji was confident, and said confidently: "You don't understand, he will definitely like it if I give it to you."

Cheng Yan couldn't help laughing at the side: "We don't understand. Everyone gives girls hairpins and you want to give books, and everyone gives teachers calligraphy and paintings but you want to give cakes. You, Mr. Gu, are really good at giving gifts. Unique."

(End of this chapter)