Reborn I want to be a giant

Chapter 4
"Why did mother tell us this?" Gu Changyan asked lightly.

Chen Mengling sighed, showing a soft side rarely, "Firstly, I want you to know what kind of person your father is, and secondly, I want to tell you that once the reconciliation between me and your father is completed, I will move back to you Grandpa's family. You are the children of the Gu family, and your father will not allow me to take you away. When I was here, I didn't support you, and the house is full of children raised by aunts. Your father is partial, and you Life has always been difficult, once I leave, you have to be aware of your situation." She said, "A child raised by my aunt", and scolded both Gu Yanyun and Gu Changxi brother and sister.

The two brothers and sisters felt as if someone had poured a basin of ice water on them, and they were wrapped in an unprecedented coldness.In his previous life, Gu Changyan had seen all kinds of human relationships, so it is not surprising that his parents finally came to this step of reconciliation.Chen Mengling has never regarded Liang Guogong's mansion as her home, and either lived her life in despair, or started anew with Li.Gu Changyan doesn't care what path she chooses, after all she knows what she wants.On the contrary, Gu Yanqing frowned, and looked at Chen Mengling unkindly.He doesn't care if Chen Mengling wants to become a monk with Li, or to be entangled with Gu Zheng for the rest of his life, but Chen Mengling compromised on Gu Changyan's replacement of Gu Changxi's marriage to the fourth prince, which he couldn't accept.This is not something a mother should compromise on.

Chen Mengling felt guilty when he saw him, and changed the subject hastily, "All my dowry will be left to you two brothers and sisters. I will let people watch them count and hand over the account books to you before leaving. I will also leave some capable stewards to you." You, your grandfather will take care of you." She kept using "I" when she spoke, as if deliberately avoiding the fact that she was their biological mother.

"I married the wrong person but I'm not a fool, and you don't have to be foolish... In the future, there will be new wives in this huge Duke's mansion, and other aunts will be brought in, and children will be born one by one. You brother and sister can't take it lightly. When you don't have power...you can live with money." At this point, she can only give some compensation.

Gu Changyan interrupted Chen Mengling when he wanted to continue explaining, "Since mother has chosen her own path, my brother and I will not stop her. Mother will give the dowry to us brother and sister, and we will do it too." I don’t refuse. I also hope that mother can be at ease and happy after leaving father.”

Chen Mengling's eyes were moist, she knew that she owed her children, but when it came to this point, she was even more unwilling to face her mistakes, thinking: If you want to blame, you can blame Gu Zheng, he caused all this.

The marriage contract has already been cleared by the emperor. Although there is still no clear decree, everyone who should know already knows it, including the fourth prince himself who lives in the mansion.And because Gu Changxi can now choose another good match, in order to avoid future discussion by the common people, the palace still revealed the news that the fourth prince's marriage partner is Gu Changyan, the third lady of Liang Guogong's mansion.

There were good things to say, and there were bad things to say, but they didn't cause much trouble.However, more than half a month later, the news of Gu Zheng and Chen Mengling's reconciliation shocked the entire capital.For a moment there was speculation.Obviously, in this era, women are always at a disadvantage. Chen Mengling's reluctance to marry Gu Zheng in the early years was brought up again.Fortunately, the members of the Chen family were not vegetarians. They sent people to release the news of the envoys from the vassal state to Beijing before the rumors became more serious, which quickly overshadowed the turmoil.

There was an uproar outside, and the house was even more earth-shattering.Aunt An, who was lifted from the ban, was warned by Chen Mengling as soon as she heard about this incident, and she was warned by Chen Mengling first. Seeing the maid who cut off her tongue, she was frightened and had nightmares for many days.Gu Changxi was already in a good mood when he heard that the marriage contract was settled, but he was even more proud when he learned that Chen Mengling, whom he had always disliked, was moving away.However, she always learns badly, and she can cause disasters by herself without others doing it.That day at the dinner table, he made fun of Chen Mengling and Gu Yanqing's brother and sister in public, which offended Gu Zheng, who was already in a bad mood, and sent her to the ancestral hall to be locked up for three days.

Facing the ladder-like tablets of the ancestors of the Gu family, she was so frightened by the aura that she begged for mercy.She had never suffered this kind of crime, but Aunt An was too busy to take care of herself and no one pleaded for her.Gu Changxi had no choice but to keep cursing Chen Mengling and Gu Yanqing brothers and sisters to embolden them.

Aunt Tang has been in charge of the family's dowry, and when Chen Mengling informed her that she was going to order someone to count the dowry, she still had no idea.After all, the Duke's Mansion has accumulated for several generations, so naturally it has a certain family background.But when the steward handed her the accounts to check, she was taken aback.

She knew about Chen Mengling's generous dowry, and it was a hot topic in the capital at the time, but she was in charge of the Duke's Mansion for so many years, and she didn't see how much it was, so she wasn't very surprised.The reason why she behaved like this today is because Chen Mengling's already rich dowry has been multiplied several times under the effective management. Nowadays, even the married royal daughters may not have such a large amount of property.And these things belonged to Gu Yanqing brothers and sisters, so she inevitably felt a little uncomfortable.

After a while, Chen Mengling's dowry was counted. Before leaving home, Chen Mengling specially ordered people to carry all the things into the warehouse of Hibiscus Courtyard, and put a heavy lock on them.Compared to Gu Changyan's favorable situation, Gu Yanqing didn't want to accept these things.He kept holding his breath and couldn't vent it.

"Brother, from today onwards we really depend on each other." Gu Changyan took his hand and said softly.

"Why are they so cruel?" Gu Yanqing murmured.

With a large amount of wealth in her hands, Gu Changyan was in a more relaxed mood. If Chen Mengling felt that money could be used to make up for it, then she would appreciate it.After all, she and Gu Yanqing still have a long life, and the Gu family is unreliable. It is not a bad thing to have more money, at least they can live on.However, none of them expected that before the dowry was warmed up in Mujinyuan, someone from the Chen family would come.

It was Liu Fu, the chief manager of the Chen family who came, and he brought three accountants and a group of assistants. He said that he was ordered by the old man of the Chen family to transport all the dowry back to the Chen family. He did not say the specific reason, but took There was a letter between Chen Mengling and Mr. Chen.

Because of the marriage gift at the beginning, the Chen family asked Chen Mengling to compromise. Chen Mengling has never returned to the Chen family since she married into the Gu family, and the Chen family's visit was also when the siblings were born and washed up.Later, they resumed contact one after another, but the brothers and sisters still haven't been to the Chen family, they just know the people of the Chen family, and the family relationship is very weak.Therefore, although it is difficult for the siblings to understand this matter, they are unable to prove anything.After all, the letter really only said Chen Mengling and Li, and the dowry given by the Chen family should not stay in the Gu family.

The Hibiscus Courtyard was lively, besides the two dazed brothers and sisters, Gu Changxi, Gu Changyu, Aunt Tang, Aunt An and a lot of maids and women were watching.Gu Changyan held Gu Yanqing's hand, afraid that he would impulsively reason. Who would have thought that Gu Yanqing didn't do anything, but just quietly accompanied his sister, watching the boxes of things being counted and transported away.

Liu Fu brought a lot of people, and they were all transported on the same day, leaving a messy warehouse.

Gu Changxi covered her mouth and snickered, and Gu Changyan looked back at her before restraining herself a little. After feeling guilty for a while, she felt that the other party had such an attitude towards her, so she glanced back and left with a handkerchief.The others didn't plan to stay longer after she left.

At night, Gu Changyan was still affected by the events of the day and couldn't sleep.He got out of bed and walked to the dressing table, and took out Chen Mengling's letter from the drawer.Inside were two 1000 taels of silver bills.Chen Mengling didn't know what happened in the Chen family, but Gu Changyan couldn't control it anymore, and it was all her own choice.

Gu Yanqing didn't fall asleep either, forbearance during the day, all the grievances surged up in the middle of the night, torturing his young body and mind.He went out, intending to take a walk in the yard, thinking that he would fall asleep when he was tired, but he saw the lights in his sister's room.

"Master, why didn't you sleep?" Tweety who was on duty at night asked in a low voice.

"I see that your lights are on." My sister always puts out all the candles when she sleeps.

"Miss is awake, let's go in." Tweety sent him into Gu Changyan's room, then turned to the kitchen to boil hot water and make tea.

The arrival of her brother was unexpected and Gu Changyan felt a little distressed. Originally, she planned to think about things like making a living by herself. Since her brother was unhappy, it might be the best way for the two of them to bear it together.

The two of them calculated the money they saved plus the 2000 taels given by Chen Mengling, and the total is currently only 820 taels.Gu Changyan's idea is to buy property first. In her previous life, one of her hobbies was to buy things that preserve value.This point coincides with Gu Yanqing, but Gu Yanqing's idea is that one day he will move out of the Duke's Mansion, and it is always good to have his own house outside.

Early the next morning, Gu Changyan asked his nanny, Nanny Gong, to seek out a reliable middleman.

Nanny Gong came back from Dongshi soon, and at the same time brought back a booklet, which was given by the middleman, and said that she would return it after reading it.The brochure shows the floor plan of the house, the location, the approximate area, and the price below.Gu Changyan searched carefully for half a day, and saw several big houses, but the prices were all extremely high.The money in her hands is only enough to buy a big house in a good location, or two small houses in an average location.She thought about it, asked Nanny Gong to take it back, and asked for Zhuangzi's booklet from the middleman.

She has no choice but to choose the one that is more useful to herself and her brother at the moment because she is short of money.

When Nanny Gong came back again, Gu Yanqing had already dismissed class.The brother and sister nestled in the study, thinking about what Zhuangzi to buy together.Gu Changyan sighed deeply, because she found that even the Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing was expensive.But no matter how expensive it was, she still had to buy it, so she chose two Zhuangzi, one big and one small, priced at 800 taels and 400 taels respectively, and then booked a two-story street-facing small building with a courtyard on Dongshi Street.Early the next morning, the brother and sister took the banknotes and boarded the carriage to Dongshi.

"Miss, the shops in Dongshi are too expensive. You can buy one in other places for 100 taels. The yard is much more spacious than here." Xi'er walked around the shop.

Gu Changyan chuckled and did not respond.It's just that this small building is really not big, and even the courtyard behind it is also small.The idea of ​​building an inn had to be dismissed.But in this location, you can do anything. The only downside is that the house is so dilapidated that it looks like it needs to be demolished and rebuilt. "It's no wonder that 500 taels can be taken down," Gu Changyan sighed heartily.

Originally, he wanted to go out of the city to see Zhuangzi, but he heard that the journey was far away, and it would take a long time to drive the horse-drawn carriage, and he would definitely not be able to make it back to the city at night, so Gu Changyan had to give up.Wu Gui, the husband of Gu Yanqing's nanny, Jin Nanny, is the property manager of the Duke's Mansion. Knowing that his sister was worried about manpower, he took the initiative to find Jin Nanny and asked her to ask his man to help him check the situation of the two Zhuangzi.

Two days later, Nanny Jin brought Wu Gui over and said that Zhuangzi was far away and the houses were dilapidated, but the place was very large and the fields were quite fertile.It has been idle for many years, and many outsiders thought it was unowned, so they took part of the land without authorization.Wu Gui's idea is to have a reliable manager in charge, otherwise it will be difficult to clear everyone away in a short while.

Gu Changyan thought about it and decided to buy it.At present, the two brothers and sisters are not short of rations for the time being, and it is not a matter of three to five months to expect the output to be exchanged for money. Since Wu Gui thinks that those are fertile fields, it is already profitable to hold the title deed.The meal had to be eaten bite by bite, and she decided to tidy up the Zhuangzi slowly after the shops in Dongshi were tidied up.

Twelve years ago, the capital lifted the curfew in order to promote tax revenue, so the capital is very lively at night.Dongshi is an area with a large number of people in the capital, and the shop does nothing, only rents out, and makes a good profit a year.But compared to doing it yourself, it is still too slow.So Gu Changyan didn't intend to rent out the shop.She plans to open a specialty bistro.

Fortunately, the land price in Beijing is high, but building a house is not too expensive. The complete set of materials for demolition and reconstruction is less than 250 taels, but there is no way to save time. There is a gap between the New Year's Eve and the construction will not be completed until February of the next year.Gu Changyan didn't force it either, she happened to be thinking about the food in the tavern during this period.

"Where did you get the money?" Gu Changyan looked at the small purse on the table, which was bulging full of scattered silver and copper coins.

Gu Yanqing pursed his lips, "Just take it." Anyway, it wasn't stolen.

"Are you going to perform?" A boulder was smashed in the chest, and a long sword was swallowed in the mouth.

"There's no such thing." He thought instead.

"How did this money come from?" Gu Yanqing had already given her all her savings, and she didn't think her brother could get so much money in just a few days.

I can't hide my sister from anyone, Gu Yanqing was defeated, "I made money by helping others with their homework." The Gu family is a rich family, and the children of the family school who can afford to help with their homework are not short of money. Well, this gang of dandies spend a lot of money on weekdays.

Gu Changyan poured out all the money in his purse, and after careful calculation, it was indeed quite a lot, more than 40 taels.Looking up at Gu Yanqing's embarrassed look, she secretly sighed again.It must be doing homework for a lot of people without sleep. "Brother, you take the money to buy books and pens, and my sister won't buy anything for you for the time being." The Duke's Mansion will not leave any money every month, and clothes for the four seasons will not be left behind. A lot, the expenditure is really not that big.

(End of this chapter)