Reborn I want to be a giant

Chapter 19 Opening
Seven or eight carriages with inconspicuous appearances slowly entered the city, passed through the busy city, turned into the east streets of the city, and stopped in front of a big house.

"Mother, is this our home?" The seven or eight-year-old girl looked at the big Song characters on the door plaque, and kept shaking the arms of the woman beside her.

Mrs. Jing was not happy about returning to the capital after so many years, the gloominess in her eyes was even more gloomy than before, but she couldn't and didn't dare to reveal anything about her children. "Yes, we will all live here from now on." Then he softly explained what kind of etiquette to use and how to address people when they went in later.

"Where are father and brother?" Song Yuan asked hastily when she saw that servants had come out to carry things.

"See you soon."

Song Shaoxi had just handed over the government affairs of the government office near the end of the new year. Mr. Song suddenly sent a letter asking him to go back to Beijing first, and take advantage of the New Year's Eve to reactivate his old connections, so that he would not be bound when he officially takes office after the year.

Jing's was naturally dissatisfied, she didn't want her husband to return to Beijing, she wished that he would stay here for the rest of his life.Before that, Song Shaoxi managed to get Song Shaoxi to agree to accompany her back to Jinling to visit relatives after the new year, but the old man gave her such an invitation and said in the letter that if the population was large, he would take the eldest son Song Yuanzhi back to Beijing first. When will Yuan pack up and leave.Song Shaoxi actually agreed, and took Song Yuanzhi away the next day.Mrs. Jing was angry and resentful, it was the first time that the husband and wife separated for the new year after so many years.

Now the old man is in charge of the Song family's foreign affairs, and the old man's stepwife, the Zhou family, is in charge of the inner house.This is also one of the reasons why Mrs. Jing is not willing to return to Beijing. She is born not to get along well with her elders, whether it is her natal family or her husband's family.

"Not here?" Jing's face was pale, in disbelief.

The eldest lady Pang and the second wife Liu exchanged glances inadvertently, but it was Pang who stopped Jing first and explained, "King Xu passed away, and the father-in-law and mother-in-law took some masters to help with the funeral. You know that we The old man had to be taken care of by King Xu when he was in court."

Mrs. Liu's temperament is not as good as Pang's. She came in late, and she has hardly seen this Jing family girl. She only heard that she has made a lot of "great achievements". With her complexion, she couldn't help rolling her eyes, and agreed dryly, "Yes, third sibling, King Xu doesn't know if you're going back to Beijing today." He didn't mean to die two days before you returned to Beijing, what did he have? Way, he also wants to live another 500 years.

All the people present, no matter the master or the servants, were choked up by the second lady's words, and Jing turned from resentment to anger, but a small lump of softness in her palm moved, forcing her to suppress herself. anger.

"Look at what my sister-in-law and second sister-in-law said, I'm tired of traveling, and I'm not feeling well. There's nothing else." She didn't know that when she said these words, her lips were trembling slightly, and the resentment on her face did not dissipate.

Pang Shi took advantage of Jing Shi's turn to tell the women to be quicker, turned around and glared at Liu Shi, then half-coaxed Jing Shi and Song Yuan into the house.

Mrs. Song and Mrs. Zhou went back to the mansion before lighting the lamps. Mrs. Jing led Song Yuan to greet the two elders, but there were no figures of Song Shaoxi and Song Yuanzhi, who wanted to ask but dared not.Mrs. Zhou couldn't see her appearance, so she waved her to go back and rest.It also didn't explain where Song Shaoxi was or what he did specifically.

"Sister-in-law, do you think anyone in our family owes her? Look at her just like that, but she blamed her parents-in-law." Liu clung to Pang's side and murmured.

Pang put down the embroidery work in his hands, and sighed, "She...don't worry about it." Mrs. Liu was late at home and hadn't had much contact with Mrs. Jing. Unlike Ms. Pang, she had been with Mrs. Jing for a while. .

Mrs. Liu peeled a walnut and threw it to the puppy on the ground, "I don't know how my uncle has endured her all these years." She can have two children with her, which is simply extraordinary.

"Okay, if you're not used to her, just hide." Pang Zi scolded impatiently.

After Jing put Song Yuan to sleep, she went back to the house alone to wait for Song Shaoxi. Even though Zhou's maid in charge had just visited and told her that the Xu Palace was small and complicated, Song Shaoxi might not return early.

Married to Song Shaoxi for many years, the two have never been separated for such a long time, Jing was panicked and complained that Song Shaoxi hadn't sent a letter from home to their mother and daughter in the past few months.She is usually a very thoughtful person, and she can't help worrying about her husband meeting someone in the capital without telling her. These days, she hasn't had a good night's sleep.

She waited until midnight, with a haggard face, she finally waited for the little maid on duty in the outer courtyard, "The third master is back..."

"Quickly, go and serve the food and drink... No, there's no need." Jing's joy was quickly suppressed by another emotion.

Seeing her frowning slightly, her lips pursed tightly, and the corners of her mouth turned down, the little servant girl didn't dare to breathe, and quietly stood aside with her head down.At this moment, the voice of another little maid came from outside the house, saying that Song Shaoxi went directly to his aunt's yard.As soon as the voice fell, something fell on the floor in the room.

east city
Gu Changyan and Gu Yanqing were temporarily unable to preside over the opening of the tavern due to their badges of Duke Liang's mansion, so the matter was handed over to Gao Sheng, and the two brothers and sisters were in the private room on the third floor to deal with some temporary omissions.Fortunately, Gao Sheng's talent far exceeded her expectations, which saved her a lot of trouble.She can do the planning of "Opening Remuneration" with peace of mind.

Gu Changyan ordered people to set up two tables by the door, one of which was covered with small portions of appetizers, and the other was neatly stacked bamboo and wooden wine glasses, which were filled with fruit wine. The free tasting event will be carried out in three hours for five consecutive days.And all the dishes and drinks in the store are half price for five days. If you meet a certain amount of consumption, you can also get a small dish or a small bottle of wine.

Sun Zhou climbed up the stairs. He was about the same age as his brother and sister, and he was white and fat. He said he couldn't afford to eat too much, so he sold him to Gu Changyan for 20 taels of silver.Sun Zhou is not very old, he can't do important work, so he can only work as a waiter in the building. Fortunately, he doesn't just eat and don't work, he is hardworking and smart enough, and he is quite smooth-talking. Gu Changyan is satisfied .

Holding a handful of bills in his hand, he put them on the table panting, "Master, I have taken them all back."

"Understood, go down and help Brother Gao."

The little chubby grinned silly at the siblings, turned around and ran downstairs.

Gu Yanqing picked up a ticket with the name of the tavern "Youjian Tavern" and denominations, ranging from one tael, five taels, to ten taels, stamped with the ticket number and the stamp of "Youjian Tavern".

"This is called a voucher, brother, give it to a friend." She planned to distribute some more to Weng Qimin and Xu Ye, and put the rest in the store for customers who spent a lot of money.

Seeing that Gu Yanqing didn't inquire or question, and really took the voucher unceremoniously, Gu Changyan was a little bit emotional, his brother always trusted her so unreservedly, and he didn't know if it was a good thing or a bad thing.

"My younger sister has always been cautious and won't do business at a loss, so my brother can rest assured." Gu Yanqing seemed to see through her thoughts.

Gu Changyan took his arm and said sweetly, "You are the best brother in the world."

Gu Yanqing paused, and said silently in his heart: "Not now, but it will definitely be in the future."

Because the family is flying around, the constraints on Gu Changyan are not as tight as before. She estimates that she can quietly come out for several hours a day in the first few days of opening, but it will definitely not work in the long run, and Gu Yanqing has several major exams this year. , related to his future, and he couldn't be distracted, so Gao Sheng became the big shopkeeper.

"What is this?" Xu Ze looked at the voucher sent by his son in confusion.

"My friend opened a tavern in Dongshi, go and have a look for me." He wanted to go by himself, but he had promised him that Laozi Chunwei would not go out before.

Xu Ze picked up a voucher, "There is a tavern...what kind of friend?" In my impression, this was the first time my son asked him such a request.

"Ordinary friends."

"Since we are ordinary friends, let's talk about it when we are free." Xu Ze threw the voucher.

"Tsk... I'll go by myself." Then she turned and wanted to go out.

"Stop." Xu Ze ordered in a cold voice.

Xu Ye stopped impatiently.

"You and I will go together tomorrow." Xu Ze realized more and more that his son had grown up and had his own ideas, worries and worries.The worst thing is that I don't like to share it with my dad anymore.He really wanted to say a few words: son, daddy knows everything, daddy can help you, but you have to speak.

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When Gu Changyan came home, he wanted to take a nap, but failed. Gu Changyu and his two cousins ​​came to Mujinyuan.When she saw the mighty group of people behind Gu Changyu, she seemed to see another Gu Changxi, but people came, so they couldn't be driven away directly, no, they couldn't be driven away anyway.I had no choice but to force myself to let the little maid prepare refreshments and entertain them in the warm pavilion.

Unexpectedly, Gu Changyu began to criticize the outdated furnishings of the Nuan Pavilion before the stool was warmed up, the food in the Mujin Courtyard was too rough, and there were too few maids and women in the courtyard.Gu Changyan yawned and propped his chin, just listening to her say that he just got Gu Zheng's calligraphy and painting, what kind of jewelry the old lady rewarded, and got four clever little maids.Of course, the highlight was the water-tipped bracelet in her hand, said to be a gift from the Xi family.In the end, with a pure face, she asked her to take out the treasures given by the fourth prince, so that they could learn more.

An Mingzhu echoed from the side, while Duan Shiyi opened her eyes curiously.

"Go back after showing off, I'm sleepy." After speaking, he yawned.

Unexpectedly, the other party would react in this way, and the expressions of the three of them were a bit complicated, especially Gu Changyu. Seeing that Gu Changyan did not become ashamed and angry as she hoped, on the contrary, he didn't care at all. How could she continue with this?This is not the result she brought so many people to ask for.

Gu Changyan tilted her head, "Second Sister, don't look for trouble." Just because she's too lazy to spend time in the back house doesn't mean she can't afford it.

"You...why do you talk to my sister like this? I saw you were grounded, and I was afraid that you would be bored, so I brought my two cousins ​​here to talk to you to relieve boredom. You misunderstood me like this." Gu Changyu was full of grievances.

"Okay, the goal has been achieved, let's file a complaint." Gu Changyan really wanted to see the reaction of Gu Zheng and the old lady.

Coming grandly, grandly leaving, Xi'erba watched the group leave from the window sill, and murmured: "Second Miss is like that villain who gained power at one time. Fortunately, I used to think she was gentle and virtuous." If you are really ambitious, you should go to Changleyuan to show off your power, not to seek faults in Mujinyuan, which has nothing to do with the world.No matter how cold the fourth prince treats the third young lady, the young lady will also be a princess in the future, with a higher rank than Mrs. Hou.

At this time, Gu Changyan was already sleeping happily in the warm pavilion with the bedding rolled up.

That night, the old lady called Gu Changyan to Xiangning Hospital.

"Your second sister, Mingzhu, and Shiyi also came to visit you with good intentions. You are good enough to insult your second sister. If I hadn't forced the maid beside her to tell the truth, I don't know how you are secretly jealous of your sisters. Think about it, too. It's not surprising that your mother, who just gave birth but didn't raise her, even committed such scandalous things as reconciliation and separation, it's not surprising that the two of you, brother and sister, have shallow eyes since childhood."

The old lady didn't seem to stop, and Gu Changyan listened to it like a cold statue talking.Whether or not to defend herself with a few words became a question she was struggling with right now.At the same time, she was also very surprised. She didn't feel the slightest bit when the old lady said this about her biological mother.It seems that this reputation of unfilial piety will be carried for a lifetime.

"You know what's wrong?"

Gu Changyan's thoughts that had drifted away were recalled by the old lady's voice, "Grandmother, do you want to invite the maid beside me to ask how long the second sister stayed in the Hibiscus Courtyard today and what she said, granddaughter?" What did you say again?" I originally wanted to go back after listening to the nagging, but the old lady asked her if she knew what was wrong.Of course she was right.

The old lady's eyes were slightly cold, and she carefully looked at this granddaughter who had been neglected by her, and suddenly found that this child was really good-looking, but his temperament was a bit cold.

The look on Gu Changyan's face was a little careless, as if he was not in a hurry from the beginning to the end, and naturally he didn't think there was anything wrong.The old lady couldn't help but think of Gu Changyu's aggrieved appearance in front of her during the day, with red eyes and trying to say good things for Gu Changyan everywhere.

"Go back and copy "The Female Ring" ten times."

"Granddaughter resigns." Gu Changyan left without saying a word.

Copying books is not an uncomfortable punishment for her, she treats it as calligraphy practice.How good it is to practice handwriting, exercise your mind, and a good handwriting is a bonus.

The old lady has recently been disturbed by bad things at home. Although she doesn't regret giving Gu Changyu the marriage in the Weiyuan Hou Mansion, it doesn't mean that Gu Changyu can rely on the two new daughters of the Duke's Mansion and the fiancee of the Weiyuan Hou Shizi. Identity makes trouble at home.The old lady is old, and many things can be judged right from wrong without seeing it with her own eyes.Just now Gu Changyan seemed to be defending himself, but in fact he didn't say anything clearly, he just casually reminded her not to listen to one side and believe one side.

"Seeing that the days are getting closer, this bride not only wants to earn face for herself when she goes to someone else's house, but also can't lose her natal family. Mother Wei will use my post tomorrow morning to invite a nurturing mother to come back and teach the second lady how to behave. Send her newly acquired four servant girls to the yard prepared for Aunt Lin, and you arrange someone to train them." The old lady put down the teacup and sighed long.

Rather than saying that she believed in Gu Changyan, it was better to say that she didn't like Gu Changyu much.How old is Gu Changyan? How old is Gu Changyu?Being grounded for such a long time, Gu Changyu didn't go to accompany her to relieve boredom in the early days, and he didn't go to entertain her in the evening, and he happened to go after Weiyuan Marquis's mansion gave off the gift.The old lady was also young, and she knew what was right and what was wrong after a little thought.

Gu Changyan, who returned to Hibiscus Courtyard, knew that things would not go well, but she just didn't care. The people in Liang Guogong's mansion depended on Liang Guogong for their survival. The interests in the three-acre land.She and Gu Yanqing can't count on this family, not only that, when their brothers and sisters grow up, they will be squeezed by this family until they are worthless.She will never allow this to happen.

(End of this chapter)