Chapter 7

Sure enough, Gu Qingzhu finished speaking, and everyone who had been waiting outside the door for nearly half an hour showed a look of surprise on their faces.

The young lady is too generous. As soon as she came back, she rewarded each of them with two taels of silver. You should know that the monthly money of the first-class maid next to the mansion's master is only 800 patterns, and the two taels of silver must be the monthly money of a first-class maid for three months. If there is only one or two hundred patterns of the gatekeeper and servant who are in the month of one or two hundred patterns per month, it will be more than a year of monthly money.

They came out to welcome the young lady today.

The people here whispered and danced, and smiled happily. Even the maids led by Sister Wang couldn't help but jumped. They lowered their heads and stopped talking after being swept over by Sister Wang's eyes.

Qin got off the carriage and happened to hear Gu Qingzhu's words, each with two taels of silver. More than a hundred people went out to greet her today. For the sake of today's incident, Qin's family told her about the people for many days before they all informed her, in order to give Gu Qingzhu a warning and let her know who is in charge of the uncle's mansion now, but who would have thought that Gu Qingzhu would kill him once he came.

Let alone let the servants have any objections to her, I am afraid that when the whole house is in the future, I will be grateful to the young lady when I see this lady.

He took hundreds of taels of silver at one move. Thinking about his past year, Qin was so angry that he was so angry that he was so generous that this young lady was doing.

Gu Qingzhu walked on the corridor of Zhongping Bo Mansion that had faded from her memory. She hadn't come back for more than 20 years. Since she married into the Wu'an Marquis' Mansion, she came back alone for a while except for the day she returned home for three days and sat alone, and then she had basically never come back.

The Gu family had something to do and went directly to Wu'an Hou Mansion. She looked at her mood and only helped those who were willing to help, but those who were unwilling to help didn't even pay attention to them. Unexpectedly, the causal cycle was cycled, and now she has returned to the starting point.

The yards in Bo Mansion are quite well-behaved and not very large, but they can basically guarantee a small yard for each person. The difference is that some have gardens, while others don’t.

Gu Qingzhu's yard is called "Qionghua", which is side by side with the waterside pavilion on the right back of the main courtyard. Qionghua courtyard is a two-story building specially built by Shen's family at that time. Because Gu Qingzhu doesn't like the humidity, her boudoir is on the second floor. When she pushes open the window to the south of the room and can see the garden. When the window to the north opens, she can see the lush outside the mansion and the archway on Chang'an Street.

When Gu Qingzhu lived in Qionghua Garden, there were many strange flowers and plants in the garden. Of course, Shen also collected them for her. However, she was not here for a year. Some of the flowers and plants had withered, and some even moved the flower pots. I don’t know where they went.

Hongqu finally finished giving the reward, saying that the lady was so generous, all of them were robbers, and when he came to Qionghuayuan, he saw Gu Qingzhu walking around the yard and before he changed his clothes, Hongqu rushed over:

"Miss, why haven't you changed your clothes yet? After you come back, you have to go to the old lady's yard to pay your respects."

Qionghuayuan had already been cleaned up before Gu Qingzhu came back. No matter how much Qin hates Gu Qingzhu, these superficial articles will not be neglected.

Gu Qingzhu's gift was delivered to the room before she was cleaned up. Before she could clean it up, Hongqu took out the clothes she had prepared in advance and served Gu Qingzhu to put it in. There was a diorama in the room that was taller than others. Gu Qingzhu loved beauty since she was a child, so Shen gave her such a big mirror so that she could always pay attention to her appearance when she entered and exited.

I didn't feel anything in the village before. When I returned to the Gu family, there were shadows of Shen everywhere. Although in Gu Qingzhu's impression, his mother Shen had been away for more than 20 years, there were some things, some decorations, and even the layout in the room. Every place was arranged by Shen himself for his beloved daughter. How could Gu Qingzhu not be touched?

Apart from his mother, the only one who made Gu Qingzhu think about this Gu family was grandmother Chen.

Gu Qingzhu wore a plain orchid dress and an ordinary fallen horse bun. He gently went to Songhe Garden where his grandmother Chen lived. Although her father Gu Zhiyuan was a confused man, he was very filial to his mother. Songhe Garden is naturally the best scenery and largest courtyard in Bo Mansion. There are pavilions, rockery, ponds, and lotus flowers are planted in the pond. Every summer, after the lotus blooms, Chen will order people to make lotus cakes for the people in the mansion to use. Gu Qingzhu still misses the fragrance.

Chen's yard is very lively today. The second-person aunt Ning and the third-person aunt Wu sat around the old lady Chen and talked. Gu Yuyao and the second-person sister Gu Jiao got together and talked and laughed. The five-year-old Gu Ningzhi and the third-person young master were chasing and fighting on the ground, which was very noisy.

Seeing Gu Qingzhu appearing at the door, everyone looked over and saw that her skin was as white as snow, her eyebrows were picturesque, her eyes were bright and bright, and her facial features were a standard beauty, especially her long neck, narrow shoulders, and slender limbs, and she had a graceful look every step she took.

Gu Qingzhu's demeanor was even impeccable for the etiquette nanny from the palace. When she married into the Marquis of Wu'an, no matter how hard she tried, Qixuan just didn't like her. Gu Qingzhu looked for reasons from herself and learned her demeanor for more than a year, and her every move was the demeanor of a lady.

Chen seemed a little excited, and trembled at Gu Qingzhu's hands that stretched out: "Good boy, get up quickly and let grandma see you." Chen's legs and feet were not very flexible, and he sat and talked to others on weekdays.

Gu Qingzhu walked over and saw Chen's eyes holding tears. He pulled out a veil to wipe her. He had no resentment for being sent to Zhuangzi for a year, not a single trace of it. This kind of forbearance that was not as good as lust was enough to shut up those who questioned her.

Gu Yuyao looked at Gu Qingzhu, and saw that she was dressed in ordinary clothes but could not hide her outstanding appearance. She felt so sad in her heart, but on the surface she had to pretend to be in a deep sisterly state:

"Sister, you're finally back. I don't know how much I miss you during your stay in the mansion."

Gu Qingzhu looked at her and smiled slightly: "Since I miss me, why don't you go to the village to see me?"

Gu Yuyao lowered her eyelids with guilt and dared not say anything more. Her appearance looks very similar to Qin's family. She looks very well-educated and well-educated. She is famous for being a talented girl in the circle of noble women in Beijing. In her last life, she married He Pingzhou, the second son of the reverent Marquis's family. She didn't have much contact, so she didn't know what the relationship between the couple was.

"Now, Qingzhu is back, and the sisters can get together again." Wu, the aunt of the third house, cleared the siege for Gu Yuyao, and everyone smiled, and the topic was revealed.

The mother outside came in to pass the message, saying that the eldest son and the second son heard that the eldest son were back, so they came to meet him specially at the old lady.

The eldest son was Gu Hengzhi, the eldest son born to Qin. Now he has transformed himself into the eldest son of the Bo Mansion. His status has increased. Instead, Gu Qingxue, the eldest son born to Shen, the former mother of Gu Qingzhu, became the second son of the second son.

Gu Qingzhu, everyone in the family, can ignore her, but her younger brother, can't ignore her.

Two tall and thin boys walked into the door. On the left was Gu Hengzhi. He was in a bookish and gentle manner, wearing a moon-white Confucian uniform, with a rather elegant demeanor. It is said that he is known as the "Suyu Master", which comes from his every move. Compared to him, his junior seemed a little lazy, wearing a round collar and straight-up collar. If he hadn't had a good face, he really dared not wear such a color of clothes. He walked a little hunched when he walked. Even if he was straight, he couldn't stand for a long time. He couldn't help but move some small movements in his hands. He touched the corners of his clothes and grabbed the sleeves. In short, he was absent-minded.

He dared to treat Chen to the family, let alone her sister he didn't like very much. After asking a few questions about how she was doing in the village, he gave up and took the initiative to retreat behind Gu Hengzhi.

On the contrary, Gu Hengzhi, a humble gentleman, asked Gu Qingzhu about his well-being and showed his elder brother's demeanor. Compared with him, the younger brother had almost no advantage on the surface. But if he was more inward, Gu Qingzhu felt that Gu Hengzhi was not as good as his younger brother.

He secretly went to Chencang with a poor daughter, but when the other party became pregnant, he later married the daughter of the Minister of Works. The poor daughter could not stand the blow and committed suicide by hanging a beam in front of the Gu family overnight, with one corpse and two lives.

When Gu Qingzhu returned home, except Gu Zhiyuan did not meet, he basically met everyone. Chen kept her in Songhe Garden for dinner. After the meal, Gu Qingzhu returned to Qionghua Courtyard. Hongqu had helped her clean up and place all the commonly used items such as clothes. The room that was still empty before seemed to fill some of it.

Standing in the corridor on the second floor, looking forward, Gu Qingzhu pulled out a gold chain from his neck. There was a gold pendant under the gold chain. The gold pendant was the key. After Shen passed away, he handed the key from the private warehouse to Gu Qingzhu. Gu Qingzhu hid it closely on weekdays, and never left her when eating, sleeping, and taking a bath.

Hongqu came out with a quilt in his arms. Seeing that Gu Qingzhu had taken out the gold chain, he hurried over to remind him:

"Miss, put it away quickly. This is the baby left to you by the lady, so you can't be taken away by anyone."

Gu Qingzhu put the baby back into her clothes and asked Hongqu: "Who will take it?"

Hongqu didn't say anything, and hurried down with his chin. Just now, Madam Li was passing by with a bag, and the hint was obvious, but Gu Qingzhu naturally understood.

While Hongqu and the others were cleaning the house, Gu Qingzhu walked to the inner room, and there was a cabinet that was taller than a person. This was also carried back with Gu Qingzhu's greeting. It was Gu's private warehouse. Gu Qingzhu had never dared to open it in the village before. Now that he has come back, he can finally open it and take a look to consolidate his impression back then.

The cabinet was opened and there were indeed many treasures inside. Needless to mention the silver notes, the silver notes were calculated in a small denomination of fifty taels. The two stacks added up to about 30,000 to 40,000 taels. Adding jewelry, jade carvings and gold statues, it looks like more than 200,000 taels. Although these are nothing compared to Shen's real dowry, they are definitely not a small amount.

I still remember when she opened this private warehouse in her last life, she only saw these physical things, 30,000 to 40,000 taels of silver notes, and jewellery. Only a few things engraved with their mother's name remained in the warehouse, and all the others were gone. As for whom, Gu Qingzhu is very clear now.

The next morning, Gu Qingzhu asked Hongqu to carry a food box to the "Anchangyuan" where Gu Qingxue was. Before Gu Qingxue got up, he asked his maid and said that he had played with crickets too late last night. Not long after he went to bed, Gu Qingzhu didn't wake him up and left the food box.
Chapter completed!