Spring Girl's Notes

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Gu Xuanzhi's words came out of his mouth.

When he finished speaking, he felt uncomfortable again.

There are too many doubts in his words: who is the person he likes, where did he meet, how did he like her, is there a secret teaser?

These questions are not easy to answer.

Gu Xuanzhi glanced at his sister's face.

The elder sister's complexion was still good, and she didn't change her face as if a disaster was imminent. She even smiled lightly, and then asked him, "Whose girl is it?"

It really hit the nail on the head.

Gu Xuanzhi doesn't want to talk about it now.

He bowed his head in silence, and said after a long while: "...I don't like anyone, I just don't want to get married so early. Mother said, after February, I will go to Zou's family to give a dowry..."

In this family, not only Gu Xiuzhi was afraid of his mother, but also Gu Xuanzhi and his father Gu Yanzhen.

The lady of a rich family has a relationship with a man in private, and her mother definitely doesn't like it. She thinks the girl is unruly and undignified, and the first impression is not good. Even if she becomes a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the future, she will not be happy. Gu Xuanzhi is in a dilemma.

Gu Xuanzhi also knew about this layer, so he has been hiding it until now.

He didn't want to say.

He didn't want to reveal the trace to his mother, and he didn't have a chance.

But seeing that his mother was about to arrange a marriage for him, he had to say it.

How to say, he is not sure.

He didn't want to be scolded by his mother.

Seventh Sister had been close to him since she was a child, and Gu Xuanzhi was closer to Gu Jinzhi emotionally.In front of Gu Jinzhi, he relaxed his vigilance and kept his words hidden in his heart for a long time.Not hiding it well, speaking it out.

Subconsciously, he also felt that Seventh Sister was his chance to pass the message for him.

Seventh Sister is more reliable than anyone else in passing on the message.

Mother likes Seventh Sister, and Gu Xuanzhi also trusts Seventh Sister, so the secret in his heart was revealed to Seventh Sister driven by this subconscious.But think about it carefully.I also feel that I can't say it so directly, it's too abrupt.

"Lie." Gu Jinzhi smiled, "If you don't tell me, how can I help you?"

Gu Xuan touched his nose subconsciously.

He looked up and looked at Seventh Sister.Seeing my sister with a smile on her face and sincere eyes.Gu Xuanzhi bit his lip slightly.

He was about to speak when he heard his mother's footsteps.

After the mother settled Yan Shao, she returned to Dongci Room.

Gu Xuanzhi quickly stood up, and said to Gu Jinzhi, "Seventh Sister, I'm going out first..." and fled away in a hurry.

Song Pan'er came in and looked at the shaking curtain.There was only Gu Jinzhi in the room, and Gu Xuanzhi was gone.She asked Gu Jinzhi, "Where is Brother Xuan?"

"I said I have something urgent to go back." Gu Jinzhi said.

"What's urgent?" Song Pan'er asked.

Gu Jinzhi smiled: "People have three urgencies..."

Song Pan'er didn't ask any more questions.

She didn't know Brother Xuan's mind, so she never became suspicious.

Gu Jinzhi waited for her to sit down, brought tea, and asked his mother as if chatting: "Mother, you and the Zou family just gave a verbal hint, and haven't really settled down yet?"

Song Pan'er was startled.Said: "Yes. Why, it's not appropriate for you to look at the Zou family?"

Gu Jinzhi didn't think anyone was inappropriate.Marriage depends on fate.Even two people who match in character, appearance, and family background.There is no fate, after all, it is a coincidence.

Not to mention people who have never met, even if they have met, it may not be possible to determine whether two people are suitable.

Husband and wife are like fish drinking water and knowing whether it is warm or not, it is difficult for outsiders to tell.

"Mother, this is a family matter. I will go back to Luzhou after the new year. I shouldn't talk about it logically. You said that Miss Zou's family is suitable, and naturally it is suitable. Don't I believe your vision? I I have objections. But, have you asked Brother Xuan? Does he think it's appropriate?" Gu Jinzhi said.

Song Pan'er smiled: "What does he know?"

Gu Jinzhi just smiled.

Her mother blocked her back with a word.

Marriage in this era is the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker. How can anyone think it is suitable or not?When Gu Jinzhi asked this question, it was a bit confusing.

If she said anything else, she would be exposed, so she changed the subject and talked to her mother about other trivial matters at home.

Gu Jinzhi's second cousin, Song Yanzhao Shuntian, studied in the Hanlin Academy for three years after he became a Jinshi in nine years.Then, Song Pan'er relied on his uncle Gu Yantao's relationship to select Song Yanzhao in the Ministry of Officials.She asked her aunt to be a matchmaker and told Song Yanzhao about Hu Jie.

Song Yanzhao and Hu Jie have been married for four years and have two daughters.

"...During New Year's greetings on the first day of the first lunar month, your second cousin said that your second cousin's monthly offerings were not enough to support the expenses of their family of four in Beijing. Help from the Mausoleum Mansion. She wants to take the children back to Yanling Mansion." When Song Pan'er talked about Hu Jie, she no longer called her by name directly, but replaced it with Gu Jinzhi's second cousin.

The cost in Beijing is high, Gu Jinzhi knows it.

However, Gu Jinzhi remembered that his uncle was a very lucrative job in Suzhou, and the Song family was also a prominent family in Yanling Mansion, so how could there be any shortage?

"Second cousin has just become an official, and has no other income, so it is naturally difficult to make a living. The second cousin's natal family is not rich. Didn't the uncle and aunt say how much they help?" Gu Jinzhi asked.

Gu Jinzhi also knew about the situation of Hu Jie's natal family.

Her dowry was probably because she was reluctant to use it to subsidize the family.

And the uncle's family is very rich, Gu Jinzhi can get a glimpse of it from his mother's dowry.With a son who is a Beijing official, the parents should be extremely proud, how could they not help?

"Why don't you help? Now your second cousin is the only one in our family who is an official. Who doesn't want to support him? Even if your eldest aunt really doesn't want to give money, you can borrow it from your second uncle.

Your second cousin said she was going back to Yanling Mansion, and I thought she just wanted to borrow money, so I slipped her tongue, and I can lend her 1000 taels of silver for a few months.She was straightforward and said no need, and would leave for Yanling Mansion after February, Cheng Yi was enough.It was decided. "Song Pan'er said.

Gu Jinzhi didn't want to guess unfamiliar people with "ulterior motives".

Gu Jinzhi still doesn't know much about Hu Jie.For those who do not know well, it is not easy to judge the intention of other people's behavior.

Gu Jinzhi had some thoughts in his mind.If it's not suitable, I didn't answer the call.

"...Your eldest cousin is in Yanling Mansion, and now he has a family. He is unlucky, and he has not been able to go to school after all these years. Your uncle has been excellent in the examination for three consecutive years, and has reported to the court. Find an errand for your eldest cousin in Yanling Mansion." Song Pan'er continued, "Your eldest cousin will stay at home to start a business in the future. Your second cousin may be worried that your eldest aunt secretly handed over the family property to Your big cousin?"

In this era, officials with rank five and above have been awarded excellent performance for three consecutive years.You can report to the imperial court and seal your wife and son.

There are also many kinds of officials in the imperial court. Yin officials are specially paid for their salaries.

No one could guess what Hu Jie was thinking.

Her family members are all in the capital.

She left behind her husband, let go of her mother's family, and took her children back to Yanling Mansion to serve her in-laws.Apart from praising filial piety, in this era when filial piety is the first priority for the common people, it's really hard to pick other faults.

But the unreasonableness in the middle, everyone knows it well, but can't say it out.

Song Pan'er couldn't say anything in front of outsiders.Only in front of her daughter did she speak out.

Gu Jinzhi thought of Hu Jie when she was a child.

When in Beijing.Hu Jie was a bit domineering and self-willed; when she arrived at Yanling Mansion, as the daughter of the prefect, she was even more arrogant and noble.The aristocratic families in the Yanling Mansion all respected Hu Zeyu, and Hu Jie also claimed to be from the Marquis Mansion, so he fawned on her a lot.

In these years, Gu Jinzhi had never had a close relationship with her.

Hu Jie has many advantages.But she is just a child after all, and she is not as transparent and refined as Jiang Xin.Gu Jinzhi is a worldly person who has experienced half a hundred years in his previous life, no matter how lonely and boring he is, he really doesn't have the innocence to have a close friendship with Hu Jie.

People who don't know each other well can't talk about deep understanding.

Gu Jinzhi didn't really understand Hu Jie.

If Hu Jie was really worried about her family property and went back to Yanling Mansion, leaving Song Yanzhao alone in Beijing, it would be really stupid.

From her standpoint, maybe she thinks she's brilliant.By going back to Yanling Mansion to serve the parents-in-law and familiarize themselves with the property of the in-laws' family, so that after a hundred years from the in-laws in the future, the uncle will have the final say on how to divide the family, and they will suffer a lot.

Little Beijing officials without qualifications are very short of money.

Hu Jie's natal family couldn't help them.

But the lineage of the Song family in Yanling Mansion has never been an official in the capital for several generations.The Song Clan in Yanling all counted on Song Yanzhao to gain a foothold, and in the future, they will lead the Song Clan's children to shine brightly.If someone becomes a Beijing official, the Song family's status in Yanling Mansion will also rise.

The big and famous families pay the most attention to status and reputation.

Not only the uncle, but other cousins ​​are willing to help Song Yanzhao as much as possible.

How could they offend Song Yanzhao by unequal distribution of family property?

Hu Jie's natal family is said to be from the Yongxi Houfu family, but it is a side branch of Sanfu.Her father has no other brothers or cousins, so Hu Jie may be a bit unfamiliar with the big family's way of getting along.

It's okay to let her go back.

It is better to understand early than to be suspicious all the time.

"...My uncle is in office all the year round, and my third cousin is married far away. It would be nice for my second cousin to take the children back to keep my aunt company." Gu Jinzhi said, "If the second cousin Always in Beijing, maybe I really think that my uncle and my aunt are partial to my cousin's family, blowing the pillow wind, my first cousin and second cousin are not in harmony. Let her go back and have a look, and she will understand everything .”

Song Pan'er smiled helplessly.

"I'm afraid she didn't even discuss it with her natal family..." Gu Jinzhi said, "If they discussed it, Hu Zeyu would probably persuade her."

"I think it was her and her mother's idea that they didn't tell Hu Zeyu that it was true." Song Pan'er said.

Gu Jin smiled.

She felt that her mother's guess was reasonable.

Gu Jinzhi then asked Hu Jie's children: "...Who do you look like?"

Song Pan'er liked Hu Jie's two daughters very much.Girls are precocious, and Hu Jie's eldest daughter is already three years old, she looks exactly like Hu Jie, beautiful and smart, with the tone of a young adult, her speech is clear and sensible, which is especially painful.

Hu Jie had no other relatives or friends in Beijing except her natal family, and Song Pan'er welcomed them, so she often brought her children to Gu's house as a guest.

When mentioning Hu Jie's daughter, Song Pan'er talked for a long time.

It was half afternoon.

It wasn't until Yan Shao woke up that Song Pan'er was interrupted.

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