Chapter 24： brother and sister

Chapter 24 Brother and Sister

The two brothers and sisters circled to the backyard of Cihetang, then turned east, passed through a hall, and went all the way east, and came to a quiet courtyard.

Compared with the bustling Cihetang, Yuheng Garden is quiet and peaceful, and every place you see is a lush green shade that moves with the wind.

The autumn wind blew through the hem of the brother and sister's clothes and the ends of their hair.

"Eldest Young Master." A thin old woman in her early fifties bowed cautiously to Gu Yuan.

The servants and wives who stayed in this courtyard were all rude wives and maids, and they didn't have the opportunity to serve the masters of the Hou Mansion on weekdays, so their behavior, words and deeds were somewhat rigid and restrained.

The old woman bowed and looked at Gu Yanfei carefully.

Since Mrs. Tai took the eldest girl to Danyang City, rumors have spread in the mansion, saying that there will be a new second girl in the mansion. Could it be this one? !

"Second girl will live here from now on." Gu Yuan said, while glancing at the desolate and deserted yard.

The old servants of the eldest house in Beijing are now mostly serving by Gu Yuncong's side. It is not suitable to transfer these people back to my sister. They have to choose some more loyal and reliable people.

Gu Yuan pondered in his heart where he could transfer some people, and he tapped: "What the second lady says is what you want, and there must be no violation. Otherwise, even if the long house is not like it used to be now, I have to clean up you guys. This gentleman can still do it.”

He casually glanced at the old woman, his eyes were sharp like a blade, and he had an aura of not being angry and arrogant.

The old woman only complied with her promise, and immediately summoned other people in the courtyard to greet the two masters together.

The arrival of the    brothers and sisters made the lifeless Yuheng Garden suddenly noisy, and the servants began to tidy up and clean in a hurry.

"Sister, I'll show you around."

When Gu Yuan faced Gu Yanfei, his expression softened again, he led Gu Yanfei to walk inside without haste, following her pace.

Every plant, tree and object here have memories of their parents.

"After my father and mother got married, they lived here. This is the swing that my father built for my mother."

"My mother planted this little bamboo forest when I was born, and she also planted those chrysanthemums... My mother likes to grow flowers, so my father deliberately separated this garden from the garden."

"The Taihu stone used in this rockery was sent by my uncle from thousands of miles away."

“…”

Gu Yanfei didn't know what Gu Yuan said, and she listened with relish.

In the past life, Gu Yanfei listened to Mrs. Gu Tai in everything, and lived in the Caiwei Courtyard on the northwest side of Cihetang under the arrangement of the other party, and had never set foot in this Yuheng Court.

Gu Yuan walked all the way, talked all the way, and said a lot about the long house, including their father Xian Dingyuan Hou Gu Ce died in battle eight years ago. Ce's younger brother Gu Jian inherited the title, which is now the Marquis of Dingyuan.

After about a minute of incense sticks, the two brothers and sisters who had walked around the courtyard came to the main room.

The windows in the house are bright and clean, spotless, but empty, except for some necessary furniture such as cabinets, tables, chairs, beds, etc., there is nothing else.

"Sister, you will live here in the future, you can arrange it however you want, don't make yourself wrong..." Gu Yuanzheng was speaking, but was interrupted by a soft cat meowing.

The milk cat that woke up jumped up from Gu Yanfei's arms, flew from the window to a big tree outside the window, stretched out, then happily rubbed its claws on the branches, making a "swipe" sound. .

Gu Yanfei caressed the sleeves wrinkled by the cat casually, smiling lightly.

Gu Yuan also laughed, his eyes soft as water.

My little sister is so old, and he doesn't know what to do for her when he sees someone who is about to reach her...

He racked his brains for a long time, suddenly slapped his forehead, took out a few hundred taels of silver notes from the purse around his waist, and stuffed them all into Gu Yanfei.

"If you have anything you want to buy, just buy it, and don't make yourself wrong. If it's not enough, tell me again."

There are only four hundred taels here, which is not much, but Gu Yanfei knows that this is the entire net worth of the eldest brother.

There is a saying that parents are not separated. Mrs. Tai is still alive, so the Hou residence has not been divided.

The long house has no private property, and even the mother Xie's dowry is also in charge of Mrs. Tai. Gu Yuan's salary is to be handed over to the public school. On weekdays, he himself lives on the monthly money of the Hou's residence, at most occasionally a little extra money or something. , I saved the money.

"Thank you big brother." Gu Yanfei took the bank note and smiled.

A young girl has a beautiful face. She doesn't need makeup or jewelry, just a small smile, like a hundred flowers blooming, she is indescribably beautiful.

Gu Yuan felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.

Sister is no longer an ignorant and naive child. What he missed has already been missed. All he can do is pamper her and treat her as nicely as possible, so that she can always smile as candidly as she does now.

While talking, Juan Bi served hot tea to the brother and sister.

Gu Yuan took a sip of the tea and frowned slightly, so he summoned the old lady and said, "Go to me and find a few jars of Chinese parasol... Forget it, I'll go back by myself."

He couldn't help but sigh in his heart: What my sister lacks is more than a tin of tea!

Thinking about this, Gu Yuan didn't even care about drinking tea, and warned, "Sister, you have just arrived, and you are tired from traveling all the way. Take a good rest first. There are still many things to do these days." After speaking, he left in a hurry.

Gu Yanfei watched his back disappear at the gate of the courtyard, and just went to the beautiful couch for a while to rest.

The setting sun gradually slanted westward. When Gu Yanfei woke up, she was in good spirits again, and was dragged by Juan Bi to visit her new boudoir.

The boudoir has been tidied up, and the few furniture in the house have been rearranged, simple and neat.

Just like in Danyang City, there was a large bookcase by the window, but there was nothing on the bookcase and it looked empty.

There is no pond outside the window, so Ju Bi put a large blue-and-white porcelain vat the size of a washbasin on the desk, and the vat was empty.

Kuanbi said with a smile: "Girl, there are no fish right now, the slaves will go out to buy two goldfish in two days."

"Meow!"

The milk cat heard the sound and jumped into the big blue-and-white porcelain vat happily. It deeply agreed with the suggestion of Kuan Bi, which means that the fish soup is good!

Gu Yanfei walked around the room, and just as he sat down, the old woman came to report with a beaming smile that Mamma Li of Cihetang had come to ask to see her.

Mr. Li is the most powerful confidant around Mrs. Tai. She always smiles at people on weekdays. She is not only prestige in this mansion, but also popular.

"Second girl." Li Mammy bowed her knees with a smile on her face, looked at the room that was still being cleaned up calmly, and pursed her lips.

If it wasn't for the eldest young master's insistence, Mrs. Tai originally wanted the second girl to live in Caiwei Courtyard, and before going to Danyang City, she ordered her to clean up the courtyard.

Now that the Caiwei Garden has been tidied up, it is better than this Yuheng Garden.

The eldest young master is a man, so he is not careful enough after all.

The thought flashed by, Mammy Li didn't plan to remind Gu Yanfei that he could ask Madam Hou for some decorations from the storeroom, she just smiled and said, "Madam Tai asked you to come to the ancestral hall tomorrow."

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