Chapter 98

Gu nianbin did not expect Xia Xiaowan to return to his ancestral home with them. Fang Yaru said that she invited Xia Xiaowan to come. Gu nianbin couldn't say anything. He had nothing to do with Xia Xiaowan for a long time, but Xia Xiaowan and his mother became friends, but he could not interfere.

On hearing her son's attitude, Fang Yaru blew up on the spot and scolded Gu nianbin. But for Gu Guangxian's good advice, she would not give up. She had such a big hope and was only one step away from success. How could she have given up all her previous efforts? However, Gu nianbin doesn't often go home. She can't see anyone and has nothing to do. She talks to Gu Guangxian for several times, saying that Gu nianbin doesn't know what to think. Such a good girl actually gives up. Gu Guangxian's recent health is not very good, just listen to also don't express opinions, Fang Yaru a person to say is not interesting, slowly on the light. She really liked Xia Xiaowan. Although Gu nianbin made it clear, she always held a little hope in her heart. So when Xia Xiaowan mentioned the ancestral home, she immediately invited her to go with her.

Gu's ancestral home is located in Fenglei Town, about 100 kilometers away from G city. It is an ancient town with a long history. It has beautiful mountains and waters, simple folk customs and convenient transportation. It was quite prosperous in the past. Later, it experienced wars and disasters and gradually declined. Later, the government appropriated money to rebuild the ancient town and develop it as a tourist attraction. The town grew prosperous again. Shops lined the streets, which still kept the old-fashioned style. Some young people who had gone to work in the city came back to run some small businesses related to tourism.

Gu's ancestral home is in the south of the town. Many years ago, the family was the richest man here. Most of the shops and countless good fields in the town were owned by the family. After the development of the family, the ancestral house was expanded again, connecting a large area of mountains and waters nearby. At that time, the scenery was incomparable. Unfortunately, the family fell into decline, and the shops and fertile fields were sold, and then the mountains and waters returned If it belongs to the government, only the ancestral home is still intact.

Fang Yaru asked Gu nianbin to come into the room, but he asked him to take Xia Xiaowan around for a walk.

Xia Xiaowan listened and shook her head, "no, I'll go by myself. Can such a big man lose his way? "

"Maybe," Fang Yaru said with a smile, "this room is like a maze. Don't talk about you. Sometimes I feel dizzy."

Gu Guangxian also said: "yes, nianbin, Xiaowan is a guest. It's the first time for her to come. Please take her around."

As a kind of hospitality, it's not unreasonable to show the guests around the ancestral home. Gu nianbin said with a smile, "please. It takes a lot of effort to walk all these rooms together."

Xia Xiaowan saw that he said so and nodded with a funny smile and went with him.

Fang Yaru sat on the carved mahogany sofa, looking at Gu nianbin and Xia Xiaowan walking out side by side, smiling all over her face.

Gu Wenxian said with a smile, "I think you still don't give up."

"Don't you think so?" Fang Yaru said: "what a perfect couple. I don't know what nianbin thought. They agreed to have a look at each other at the beginning, but now their attitude has changed. Where can I find such a good girl? They are knowledgeable, educated, and have excellent moral character and knowledge. Ah! I'm so worried

"Don't take dim sum," Gu Guangxian said, "children and grandchildren have their own happiness."

"My son is thirty-two. If I don't step up, when can I have a grandson?" Fang Yaru said with a deep sigh.

Gu Guangxian's spirit is not good, and he is too lazy to answer.

Xia Xiaowan followed Gu Nianbin as like as two peas. He found that the place was exactly like Fang Yaru's maze, and there were doors everywhere. All the porches were the same. They were all in a big way, and they were really lost.

The ancient houses are all carved balustrades and painted buildings. The mahogany painted columns can see people's shadow. The quiet corridor is reflected in the pond in the courtyard. The stone lions in front of the door are simple and honest. The stone walls in the front yard are beautiful. There are also blue and simple bricks and tiles and the overhanging eaves under the blue sky. It seems that people have strayed into time and space.

Xia Xiaowan walked all the way and was astonished. She said to Gu nianbin, "I didn't expect your ancestral home to be so big and beautiful!"

"It's a house with three entrances and three entrances," Gu nianbin said. "In fact, it's small, and there are seven entrances and eight entrances. According to my father, when my grandfather was still young, there were people in every room here, and there were groups of servants. All the people in and out of the room were eight lift sedan chairs. The neighbors were afraid to avoid it. The scenery was boundless. Unfortunately, the family fell into decline and became what it is now. "

Xia Xiaowan's eyes came back from a carved window bar and said with a smile, "it's not bad now. Haven't you carried forward Gu's family?"

"No matter how much money you earn, it's in vain if your ancestors can't get it back." Gu nianbin said with a sigh.

Xia Xiaowan said, "do you mean Gu's Centennial building?"

"You know that, too." Gu nianbin said with a bitter smile: "that's my father's heart disease. He always wants to take back the building in his lifetime. Unfortunately, we don't even know who the owner is now. "

"Can't you find out from your relationship?" Xia Xiaowan asked.

Gu nianbin shakes his head: "he is a very low-key person. He is entrusted with the middleman. I have been checking these years. I know nothing about him except that he is not from G city.""Why don't I ask the family to help you ask, but you can't find out. I'm afraid I'm not going to play."

"No," Gu nianbin said, "I'm just saying it casually. You don't have to worry."

Xia Xiaowan nodded and continued to follow him. Gu nianbin pushed open a wooden door, pointed to the empty courtyard and said, "this is the place where the wedding ceremony was held in the past. It is said that 20 tables can be placed."

Is this a big place, but can it really hold 20 tables? Xia Xiaowan expressed doubt. Gu nianbin saw her bewilderment and said, "of course, it's not the big round table now. In the past, all the tables used were square eight immortals, with eight people sitting at one table. Look at the bricks on the ground. When they were built, they were carefully measured according to the size of a banquet

Xia Xiaowan suddenly realized this and sighed: "in the old days, people were more particular than modern people. Modern people set up a table, have a ball or something, just have an open space

"Speaking of the ball," Xia Xiaowan continued, "I saw Du Xiaoxian at my cousin's Bar Mitzvah party last time."

"Oh? Is it? " Gu nianbin's light tone is obviously not how to say.

Xia Xiaowan didn't notice it and said, "at first glance, I almost didn't recognize it. It's like a changed person. I didn't expect that she was still a little beauty when she was dressed up. "

Gu nianbin hummed twice, "it's average."

"Her little boy friend is also good-looking. It's a good match for them to stand together

Gu nianbin raised his mouth and brought out a shallow smile, "do you think they are very well matched?"

Xia Xiaowan said with a smile: "not only I think, but also their classmates feel the same way, listening to my cousin said that they have not been good for a long time, but the relationship is very good, in the campus often double in."

"Is it?" Gu nianbin said faintly: "if you don't study well at a young age, you start to fall in love. I have to talk to her."

Xia Xiaowan pretended to be surprised: "why, don't you know at all? I thought she told you

"How could she tell me such a thing?" Gu nianbin stepped on a small stone on the side of the road and said, "if you don't say it, I don't know."

"Ah Xia Xiaowan spat out her tongue, "that's what I shouldn't say, I'm..."

"It's OK. I want to thank you for telling me that." Gu nianbin said, pointing to a door in front of him, and said, "this is the back door. Behind the door is the mountain. Before, all the mountains near here belonged to our family, but later it was taken back by the government. Now I have bought this mountain back. I have built roads, built pavilions and planted some ornamental trees. The scenery is good. Do you want to go up and walk?"

The words with a little invitation to ask the meaning, but the tone is light, Xia Xiaowan said: "you don't have to accompany me, I go up and walk by myself, anyway, it's still early for dinner time."

Gu nianbin nodded and said good, then turned and left. Xia Xiaowan looked at his back, and his mouth showed a smile, very gentle, very quiet, like a rose in the dark corner.

Gu nianbin is sitting on the corridor smoking. The reflection of the carved window bar is reflected on the ground, bringing out the warmth and beauty of the old time. He follows the reflection and looks at the wooden window bar, which is carved with crane ring fairy Pavilion, single legged crane, and pavilion around the cloud. It is complex and exquisite. It will take a lot of effort to carve such a windowsill! Gu nianbin was staring at the complicated pattern with complicated lines. Suddenly, he felt like a mass of numbness in his mind. He had a myriad of thoughts, cutting constantly, and making a mess

After throwing away the cigarette end and sitting in silence for a while, he got up and went to the hall. Gu Guangxian was lying on the mahogany rocking chair to keep his eyes closed. Fang Yaru saw him come back alone, and asked curiously, "where is Xiaowan?"

"She went up the hill." Gu nianbin sat down, took a sip of the tea handed over by ah Ling, and said, "I'll be back at dinner time."

"Oh Fang Yaru called out, "how can you let her alone? What if something happens? She is a guest and a girl. You should accompany her

"The road on the mountain is not complicated and easy to walk. What can happen?" Gu nianbin calmly lowered his head to drink tea, ignoring his mother's fuss.

Fang Yaru glared at his son, and then saw that Gu Guangxian still closed his eyes to nourish his spirit. He was afraid to quarrel with him, so he didn't say anything.

However, when Xiao Bonian said that he could have dinner, Xia Xiaowan still didn't come back. Fang Yaru blamed Gu nianbin: "what did I say? It's time to go back. Go find it. Lao Xiao, you also ask people to go up the mountain to find out. Don't really have anything wrong."

Gu nianbin also felt strange, so he quickly took people up the mountain and scattered to look for them. He had been halfway up the mountain until he saw Xia Xiaowan sitting on the ground with a painful face.