delicious little cook

Chapter 554 The Children's Marriage is a Worry
Xiao Yezi, who went to the back street to inquire about the cause of Wen Gushan's death, brought back the same news as Bai Kou said. She was indeed infected with the epidemic in prison and the treatment was ineffective. Several women and children in the family fainted from crying. The scene was very sad to watch.

Gu Yun would not show any sympathy. He proposed to his mother that night to release Wen Gushan's family members. It was his kindness not to resell them, but he would never keep them for use. In addition, their family had to treat Gongzhong and Bai Kou made compensations respectively, and the faces of both parties were greatly hurt by this incident. I don't know how many people outside laughed at the inside thief in the house.

So the next day, the eldest lady ordered the confiscation of Wen Gushan's private property, and investigated whether they had hidden property. After all, Wen Gushan had been the kitchen manager for many years, and everyone had a lot of favours. The family was actually doing well, until Bai Kou had an idea, Wen Gushan's family did not starve to death a year after he was fired, which shows how rich his family is.

As a result, Wen Gushan's family was in constant chaos for a few days, but everything of value was copied clean, and the family didn't even have money for food, let alone go to the government to bring back the body for burial.

All the servants in the mansion saw it, spurned Wen Gushan's family members, and their relatives also ran away one after another, refusing to admit that there was such a disgraceful relative, only Wen Gushan's wife's natal family helped a little food for the child's sake , I dare not give anything else, for fear that the mansion will think that all the private property of the Wen family will be taken away.

Gongzhong copied hundreds of taels of private property from Wen's family, distributed one-third of it to Bai Kou as compensation, and then paid back a few taels of silver for the sake of the fact that Wen Gushan's family members are all family members. It allowed them to get back the remains, but it was not enough to buy a coffin, so they had to send them to the temple for cremation.

After everything was settled, Wen Gushan's family got a good document and left Ye State's mansion penniless.

No one in the mansion envied this kind of generosity. This is actually going out. When you go outside, you don’t have the face to mention to others that you used to be the son of Lord Ye’s mansion. It is already the mercy of the master.

The matter of Wen Gushan has come to an end now, and the master and servants have new sources of gossip and conversation. Within a few days, Wen Gushan's family has been forgotten by everyone, and Aunt Fu, who has been carrying her heart, has also recovered. Vitality, she knew it was all right, Wen Gushan didn't confess her, even if that scum still had a conscience, it was time to die.

After these things were settled, Bai Kou promised to make an apology to a beauty for Gu Jing, but she was busy with business, the construction site and the daily life of the house every day, so it was natural for Gu Yun to take Gu Jing to choose the beauty, and it was completely up to her. He can choose whatever he likes.

Gu Jing went there twice, brought back a carefully selected beauty, got off from the main gate ostentatiously, and took the beauty all the way back to his small courtyard ostentatiously, many people along the way saw that so beautiful A beauty who can't walk.

As soon as the beauty entered the room, Gu Jing's two roommates were immediately left out in the cold, and they directly returned to their previous status as close maids. Tongfang only became a status title. Gu Jing became bored with them.

After hearing Gu Jing complain to him about the evil behavior of the two roommates, Gu Yun turned around and went back to his own room to pinch Bai Kou's face, laughing and calling her the number one naughty ghost in the house.

The third lady knew the ins and outs of Bai Kou sending the beauty, and she didn't mean to blame Bai Kou, but she was worried that her son would be obsessed with beauty, but after observing for a few days, she saw that this beauty was indeed well-trained, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, able to read and write He would say that he was considerate and gentle, serving his son so that his whole body was comfortable, and he was happy every day. Compared with the two rooms, one was heaven and the other was earth.

That being the case, the third wife naturally wouldn't say much. After all these years of marriage, only one child, Gu Jing, was born. Naturally, it's good for him.

February came in a blink of an eye, and at the other end of the government, Zhou Hongshou and Wang Chenan were also sentenced. Their family members and servants betrayed them one after another for their own freedom, and confessed many secrets unknown to outsiders. But it is also a lifelong exile, to open up wasteland for the imperial court in a barbaric land with harsh environment.

Bai Rui received the dowry and the compensation she deserved from the government, and she became rich all of a sudden. Not only did she send her daughter to a short-term education, but she also paid for the medical expenses of the mother and daughter by herself, so she no longer had to rely on white money. Kou supports, although she knows that she doesn't care about this expense, but the older sister doesn't want to take advantage of her younger sister all the time.

The construction site of Xilefang has also entered the stage of laying the foundation. The workshop is easy to build. The soap factory will definitely be put into operation within half a year, but the office buildings can only be built slowly. office space.

As expected, the Ministry of Household Affairs sent a tax officer from the Beijing Cleaning Department to inspect the construction site. Except for Gu Yun Baikou and the contractor on the construction site, the tax officer from the Ministry of Accounting became the person who knew the current situation of Xilefang the most. Everyone in the government and the public knew that the saint was very concerned about it. In this new factory, the national treasury is waiting for the increase in tax revenue, and the merchants are moving after hearing the news, and various resources are naturally being transported here.

Originally, Gu Yun was the number one in the capital when he was on the list in the autumn of that year, and he had already attracted a lot of attention. Now the attention has reached a higher level. Even the aristocratic families in Zhili, the capital, have paid attention to him. It is no exaggeration It can be said that he is the most watched rich son right now.

Especially since he's still single.

However, Mrs. Gu had already announced that she would propose a marriage proposal to Gu Yun after the next spring. At that time, he was 19 years old, and he was able to fully understand the responsibilities and meaning of family.

The next spring will be the year after next, counting the age, there will happen to be girls of the right age at that time, and people will be tempted by coincidence. Ye Guogong is in the Ministry of Rites, and every time it is a break, the colleagues who chat with him always have three or four questions out of ten. to his expectations for his future daughter-in-law.

And if he wanted to marry Gu Yun, Bai Kou behind him couldn't be ignored. It's rare and rare for servants who are capable enough to receive court rewards consecutively, and they are also official servants. It is a safe and reliable hand.

It's just that time is not on their side for girls who want to marry Gu Yun right now. Shi Tianqi chases after her brother Shi Tianmin all day long and asks him to find a way to arrange for her to meet Gu Yun. As long as the two have substantial contact, If there are more times, it can always develop downward.

Originally, Gu Hui was also a way to get close to Gu Yun, but it is well known that Gu Hui has a bad brain. Now she only cares about practicing chess, and Gu Yun is her cousin. What kind of sister-in-law does brother marry, this half-stupid girl doesn't understand at all.

In the end, it was the son-in-law Shi Hao who accidentally heard a gossip from a colleague in the Imperial Academy.

The concubine Gu Xu also has a little sister waiting in his boudoir.

So Shi Hao returned home that night and mentioned this matter to his wife and children.

"Why don't you let Min'er marry that Gu Chan?"

(End of this chapter)