Peach Blossom at the Bottom of the Fan

Chapter 14
It was different from when she was in Xiaokuayuan, it was Xu's mother who came out to see the half-grown children who were sent to the mansion in person, but now, it was Li's mother who called them into the house one by one for the head of the Gu family to watch.

Gu Sixiao was not at the front of the queue, and could only watch the people in front go in one by one nervously, and when they came out, they either looked bitter or joyful.

Needless to say, there are some left and some not used.

Although Dong Gu is not considered a wealthy family, he is considered a high-class household in Songjiang Mansion, and these half-grown children naturally want to stay.

Gu Sixiao's heart was a little bit uncertain at this time, but that's it, when she was called into the room, she didn't show any sign of fear.

As soon as she entered the room, she was instructed by Li's mother to "quickly greet the lady", and gave a deep blessing to the woman sitting on the table. Gu Sixiao obediently called: "Slave Huaer, please greet the lady..."

Without looking up, she stared at the purple pleated skirt not far away, and pursed her lips.

"Get up! It looks good..." The voice was soft, and Mrs. Zhang sitting at the top had a round face, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, and her face was full of kindness.

Gu Sixiao had met this family aunt earlier, although she was not familiar with her, others said she was a great kind person who ate vegetarian food and recited Buddha's name. Only her sister-in-law, who occasionally mentioned it with a crooked eyebrow and a slight smile, said lightly: "Which one?" The mistress of the house is a Bodhisattva, so she must not be eaten sooner or later."

At that time, she didn't understand, she only vaguely knew that this clan aunt was a powerful person, but now she really wanted to understand how powerful this clan aunt was.

Although she had sneaked a peek at Mrs. Zhang, Gu Sixiao still stood upright, with her head slightly lowered, a little timid and humble, and only raised her head and smiled slightly when Mama Li talked about her , with flattery and caution.

Closing the tea bowl in his hand, Mrs. Zhang looked at Gu Sixiao, smiled and said to Xu's mother: "This is an honest child..."

Mother Xu smiled and said in agreement: "My lady is right, servants like us just need to be honest and do our best to listen to the master. What's the use of so many cleverness?"

You don't need to be too smart, and you don't need to be too good-looking, just like that Caiyi just now, with a coquettish face, if you bring it in, she, the lady in charge, will be scolded by the lady first.

"Your name is Hua'er?"

Hearing Mrs. Zhang's question, Gu Sixiao nodded, "Back to my lady, the little one is called Hua'er..."

Before she could finish her sentence, Mother Li had already added with a smile: "My lady, it's also because this girl has a relationship with your family, and she's also surnamed Gu!"

"Gu Hua'er?" Mrs. Zhang was also surprised, and couldn't help repeating.

Just after saying this, I heard a crisp sound of "pop".

Everyone looked around, but it was Chunhua who had just come out from behind the screen and accidentally broke the dessert plate in her hand.

Gu Sixiao lowered her eyes after just a glance, as if she didn't see Chunhua's eyes as if she had seen a ghost.

"How do you do it? Chunhua! If you can't even do such a small thing well, how can you train these little girls in the future?" Xu's mother took the opportunity to get angry, and in front of so many people, she didn't save Chunhua at all.

On the other hand, Mrs. Zhang glanced back, then smiled and waved her hands, "It's just a plate, forget it, if the girls want to eat some snacks, just ask someone to bring them over..."

Chunhua Weiwei responded, and asked the little girl to come over to pick up the debris, and went to the door to ask someone to go to the kitchen to pass the snacks, but when she walked over, she still couldn't help but secretly glanced at the little girl who was standing honestly.

How could it be called Hua'er?She also has the same surname as Gu. Although she knew it was a coincidence, she was really taken aback when she heard it suddenly.

Gu Sixiao lowered her eyebrows and narrowed her eyes, until Chunhua took the snacks and turned back to the screen, then she looked up.

Although it was quiet behind the screen, Gu Sixiao saw that there was someone behind the screen early in the morning. She thought that Mrs. Zhang also brought her daughter to learn how to deal with housework.It's just that it's not just the girl who was brought in today, but also a few half-grown boys, so it's not good to just sit in the hall.

Coming in and out, Chunhua was serving the little ladies of the Gu family.

I thought she had gained a firm foothold in Zhang's room and was reused, but looking at it now, she was still being suppressed by Xu's mother!Even the girl with big eyes standing behind Mrs. Zhang is more powerful than her.

But, in the end, I still gave three points of face, is it for Steward Fu's face?
Taking a look at Xu's mother, who has the same complexion, but her eyes are full of unhappiness, Gu Sixiao feels a little bit better.

"I see, this child is not bad, let's stay!" Looking away, Mrs. Zhang said lightly, and was about to let the girl take him down.

"My lady..." Mother Li smiled apologetically, and took a step forward. Before she could say anything about the deed of labor, she suddenly heard a commotion outside.

A girl opened the curtain and came in and said, "Lady, the high official is back..."

Mrs. Zhang said "Oh", and before she got up, she felt that the little girl who was talking back had a weird expression.

Before asking, someone in the courtyard was already annoyed: "What are you doing blocking the door? Hurry up and get out of the way..."

The little girl stepped aside in a hurry, and a middle-aged man with a goatee stepped forward to close the curtain and bowed to give way.

After taking a sneak peek, Gu Sixiao withdrew her gaze, tightly pinching the corner of her clothes with the hand hanging beside her.

Gu Fu, that bastard who betrayed the Lord and begged for glory!

Slowing down, Gu Sixiao suppressed the anger in her heart, and just peeked at the man who was walking past her.

Slightly fatter, square-faced, with a well-maintained long beard, he raises his hand to stroke it from time to time, and looks upright, like a scholar.

But what this scholar did was...

Seeing the half-cut red skirt floating in front of her eyes, Gu Sixiao's eyes twitched, and she couldn't help but look up.

After seeing clearly that the girl who followed in with her head bowed was Cai Yi, she was so shocked that her jaw almost jumped.

It wasn't just Gu Sixiao who was surprised, everyone in the room who knew who Caiyi was was shocked.It was obvious that someone took him out, but now he was brought back after following the senior officials of the Gu family?

Raising his hand to wipe the corner of his eyes, Caiyi gave a pitiful salute, glanced at the corner of his eyes, but blinked at Gu Sixiao, and the corner of his mouth clearly showed a smug look.

Without telling Caiyi to get up, Zhang's eyes half-closed, but she just walked towards Gu Yong.

"Why is the official at this time—I thought the official was studying in the study in the front yard! Didn't you say that you want to try again next year?"

He is almost forty, and it was more than ten years ago that he passed the examination of scholar. In the past ten years, he also passed the competition three times, but after all, he failed to pass the examination after losing his name to Sun Shan.

When Mrs. Zhang mentioned it, Gu Yong's face was also a bit ugly, but he just said sullenly: "I'm a little tired from reading, so I came back to take a rest. I didn't expect my lady to come here..."

just rest? !
Mrs. Zhang glanced at Caiyi, although she was smiling, but there was no smile in her eyes.

If it was really just a rest, the officials probably wouldn't come to her main courtyard, and would probably go to the bitch's house in Mu Chunyuan.Coming to her now, clearly...

Raising her eyebrows, she waved her hand, Xu's mother understood, and went behind the screen first.

Gu Sixiao could only hear whispers behind the screen, and two young girls came out with the girl, greeted Gu Yong with a smile, and then left the door.

Just now, Mother Xu had whispered the origin of Caiyi in Zhang's ear. Zhang was quick-witted, thinking about the temperament of her own official, she also guessed some clues. She felt ashamed to say such things. Naturally, he didn't want his daughters to hear it, so he dismissed them first, and then turned to Gu Yong.

"The officials came just in time. Brother Xuan and Brother Zhe are also getting older. I thought they should have two long-term companions by their side when they go out, so I chose two honest and well-behaved children, and I was talking about sending them off later. Go to the front yard and let the officials take a look, and then hand it over to Butler Fu to teach—Mother Xu, call the two children in and let the officials have a look..."

Mama Xu responded and signaled Mama Li to call for someone. Mama Li, who was staring at Caiyi and gnashing her teeth, was taken aback. Before she went out to call for someone, Gu Yong had already coughed.

"Cough, I don't think so. Naturally, I can trust the eyes of the lady. Brother Xuan and Brother Zhe are your own flesh and blood. Can you still praise them? Well, this—Yi, stand up Well, let the lady take a good look..."

Caiyi responded to the sound, but intentionally or unintentionally glanced at Gu Yongna, and then looked at Zhang Shi, "Lady, slave girl Caiyi..."

Mrs. Zhang smiled, although her expression was normal, but the hands hidden under the sleeves were almost mixed together.

She didn't make a sound, but Mother Xu wanted to. She took a step forward, and she gave a salute before saying, "Officer, this girl and servant looks a bit flirtatious, so I asked Mother Li to lead her back to teach her first..."

Gu Yong snorted heavily, stared at Xu's mother coldly, and said angrily: "Look! Xu's mother, it is the lady who trusts you too much, that makes you dare to do such a presumptuous thing!? What are you? But It's a lady in charge of the family, and the mistress hasn't seen it yet, so you just throw people out casually, where do you put the lady?"

Yo, this is for a little bitch!
Mother Xu bit her lip, but she didn't dare to contradict her. She just knelt down in a hurry, "This old slave is confused..." She should have dragged this little bitch out herself. !

"Miss, how can such a cunning slave be of much use? If I hadn't happened to come back and bumped into this on the way, I wouldn't have known that our Gu family's scholarly family still has such slaves who bully the master!"

Gu Yong hummed, with an angry expression on his face, but half of his bones froze when he met Shang Caiyi's silky eyes.

Anyone with eyes can see this kind of frowning, but the whole room just pretends not to see it.

No matter how angry Mrs. Zhang was, she could only smile and say: "The official is right, I have taken good care of the big and small of this family—well, the official has worked hard in studying, why don't you go to Muchunyuan... "

Normally, she would never want to keep Gu Yong by her side, but now she only hopes that Gu Yong will leave quickly.

It's a pity that the more she tried to persuade Gu Yong, the more he wanted to stay, "Lady, I also heard what happened from Caiyi just now, and I don't blame you. I only hate Xu's mother for relying on the old and selling the old to do such a stupid thing! Hmm , Coincidentally, Caiyi can read and write, why not just stay in the study and serve her..."

　The first update, there is another chapter tonight, to make up for yesterday's.

　　
　
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