Zhao Ning stayed at home for five days. He wanted to stay for a few more days, but Gu Jingyun and Li Baolu strongly demanded to go to Beijing as soon as possible.

Zhao Ning had to reluctantly send Zhao Ning away after only four days of open water table.

Everyone from Grandpa Zhao Ningbo to his cousins ​​came to see him off, and a group of hula las blocked the entrance of the village directly.

Zhao Ning's grandfather looked at Li Baolu tremblingly, and told him with tears in his eyes: "Grandson, you must study hard to get a Jinshi. It doesn't matter if you fail the exam once. You are still young. We are not in a hurry. As long as you are still alive Just pass the exam."

Zhao Ning: "... Grandpa, I am here."

Zhao Ning's grandfather followed the voice, reached out and touched Gu Jingyun's head, "I know, I know, grandpa just cares about your age."

Zhao Ning: "...Grandpa, move your hand a little further to the right, and what you are touching now is my age."

Gu Jingyun \u0026 Li Baolu: "..."

Zhao Ning's grandfather withdrew his arm with a "swoosh", and when Zhao Ning's father saw that something was wrong, he immediately surrounded the three of them and got into the carriage, "Okay, okay, let's go, be careful on the road, don't waste money on food and drink, other things at home No, you can still get the money for you.”

Shun Xin hurriedly drove up his own carriage, this is what Zhao Ning's father bought for his son after he saw Li Baolu's carriage, he couldn't be driving a carriage while his son drove a mule cart.

So there are two carriages on this trip, and there are a lot more things that can be brought.

If it wasn't for Zhao Ning's resolute refusal, the Zhao family planned to arrange for his two cousins ​​to go to Beijing with him to help with his affairs other than studying.

The carriage left the village and drifted away from the enthusiastic Zhao family. Not only Li Baolu but also Gu Jingyun let out a sigh of relief.

"It's no wonder that Zhao Ningjian is open-minded," Li Baolu said with a smile, "I'm afraid that half of you, a student, will achieve a lot in the future."

The corners of Gu Jingyun's mouth curled up slightly, "It's his luck."

In the carriage following behind, Zhao Ning was picking up his luggage to see what his parents had brought him. He took out a large bag of beef jerky from a bundle, and his saliva was drooling. He just said, his mother is sure. Got him a snack.

Zhao Ning climbed out of the carriage and gave two to Shun Xin, "Catch up and send some snacks to Brother Gu and his siblings."

Shun Xin chewed the beef jerky and said vaguely: "Madam must have prepared it for them too."

Mrs. Zhao did prepare beef jerky for Li Baolu and the others. In addition to beef jerky, there were also dried longan, dried persimmon, dried sweet potato and other dried goods, all of which were snacks for them on the road.

So although the enthusiasm of the Zhao family was very distressing, Li Baolu decided to visit Huizhou next time, not for anything else, even for so many snacks.

You know, these things are not sold in shops outside, they are all eaten by the farmers themselves, and Li Baolu can't buy them even if she wants to.

It was late September when the four stopped and stopped in the capital, and the weather had begun to cool down. Gu Jingyun had already put on jackets, and among the group of four, only Li Baolu was still wearing summer clothes and didn't notice it.

After entering the capital, they went directly to the small courtyard where they lived before.

Li An sent a person here to guard the house, and when he saw Li Baolu, he was stunned and immediately knelt down to pay his respects.

Li Baolu smiled and said: "There is no need to be so polite, you can go back, and tell your master that we have returned to Beijing by the way, and we will meet again if we have time."

The concierge responded respectfully and helped move all the luggage in. He glanced at Zhao Ning and Shun Xin, lowered his eyes and said, "Ma'am, the room has been cleaned, and there are some rice noodles in the kitchen. Please see what else is in short supply." , the slave will bring it to you immediately."

"We take all the important things with us, and we will sort out the rest slowly. You can go back first." Li Baolu gave him five taels of silver and said, "Be careful on the road."

This is to tell him not to be caught and expose this small courtyard.

The porter bowed and left quickly.

Zhao Ning held back for a long time, and finally found an opportunity, "Sister and sister, is this the house of you and Brother Gu?"

"That's right, we stayed here last time we came here." Li Baolu led him into the guest room, "From now on, you and Shun Xin will live in this room, and just hire a cook later."

Zhao Ning paused, "You don't live here?"

"Not necessarily."

Zhao Ning stared, "Do you have other plans?"

"Jingyun's ancestral home is in the capital, so we don't have only this one place to live, but if it goes well, we will come back to live, and if it doesn't go well, we may not necessarily live there."

Zhao Ning felt that something was wrong, and when he was about to ask, Gu Jingyun frowned and said, "Just concentrate on your studies, and don't worry about the outside world. There are many academies in the capital, and there are many scholars on this street. If you have nothing to do, you can go to the teahouse." Go shopping and talk to people more. You have a good foundation, but you still read a few books. I will make a list of books for you later. You can go to the bookstore or borrow or buy, and expand your reading first.”

Zhao Ning immediately withdrew his hands and responded.

Satisfied, Gu Jingyun took Li Baolu away, "Cook, you can find it yourself, Baolu and I have something to do tomorrow."

Zhao Ning watched helplessly as the two went back to their room, leaving him, a friend who was unfamiliar with him.

Shun Xin was excited and anxious, "My lord, why don't I go out in advance to inquire about the news? I can't even find the vegetable market tomorrow."

"go Go."

Gu Jingyun wanted to write a letter of worship, in addition to Zhongyonghou's mansion, there were also the old Qin family and the old He family. Last time he came to Beijing, he hid in hiding, but this time he wanted to appear in front of people openly and aboveboard.

Gu Jingyun sneered, but he didn't know if the people in the capital were ready.

Li Baolu helped to dry the greeting card he had written and packed it up, "Send it to the Zhongyonghou Mansion first?"

Gu Jingyun nodded, and said meaningfully: "Of course, as a descendant of the Gu family, when I return to Beijing for the first time, of course I have to visit my family first."

Gu Jingyun turned to look at Li Baolu, looked her up and down and said, "Your clothes are not suitable, I will go to the tailor shop with you tomorrow to have a look, and then go to buy some jewelry."

Li Baolu immediately covered her purse, shook her head and said, "I'm still young, so I don't want my hair to be full of jewels."

Gu Jingyun said quietly: "Don't worry about money, go to the Gu family and I will give you back as much as you want."

Li Baolu rolled her eyes, and Gu Jingyun knocked her on the head, scolding with a smile, "I knew you cared about money."

Li Baolu sniffed and said, "It's still four months before we arrive in Chunwei. We eat and wear, and you have to ask for money when you go out to socialize."

Gu Jingyun sneered, "Don't worry, no matter how poor the Gu family is, they can still afford this little money."

Although Gu Jingyun didn't intend to inherit the Gu family, he also didn't intend to draw a clear line with them. He would not be soft when needed.

Gu Jingyun put down his pen, looked at the greeting card on the table and sneered, wanting to stay out of the battle for the heir apparent, but also asked him whether he agreed or not.

The still alive Zhongyonghou still has a lot of contacts in the army, which is a rare good move.

Seeing the sneer on Gu Jingyun's mouth, Li Baolu couldn't help poking his swollen cheek with his finger.

"..." Gu Jingyun grabbed her fingers, looked at her helplessly and said, "Be honest, believe it or not, I squeezed your face and swelled it up?"

Li Baolu stopped immediately.

Gu Jingyun looked at his wife who was still wearing baby fat, his hands were itchy, but after all he restrained the impulse in his heart, don't worry, pinching him now will definitely not be able to beat her, he doesn't want to go out tomorrow with fingerprints all over his face.

"Go cook, rest after eating, and send greeting cards tomorrow."

When Zhao Ning came out after washing up, he saw the couple busy in the kitchen. Even though he had seen it many times, he still couldn't help sighing.

How many men in the world would be willing to cook with their wives?

Especially for a young Xie Yuan, not only brother Gu is blessed, but also his younger siblings.

The kitchen killer Zhao Ning sat on the steps and propped his chin to admire their busy figures in the kitchen. A small cabbage with water fell on his head. Gu Jingyun stared at him and said lightly: "Come wash the vegetables."

Zhao Ning had no choice but to get up and go into the kitchen. Shun Xin, who had packed her luggage, immediately ran out into the kitchen to help light the fire.

Zhao Ning washed the vegetables, lighted the fire, Li Baolu chopped the vegetables, and Gu Jingyun was in charge of the spoon. Their lunch was ready quickly, and the division of labor and cooperation was the most efficient.

Tired from the journey, the four of them went to bed after lunch for a while to digest. After sleeping until evening, Li Baolu woke up and found a carriage parked outside the door. After a little thought, he went to open the door.

The previous concierge was standing outside the door respectfully, when he saw Li Baolu open the door, he immediately saluted respectfully, lowered his head and said humbly: "Ma'am, my master asked the young one to bring some things to the young master and madam."

Li Baolu stepped aside, nodded and said, "Come in."

The concierge immediately moved things down from the carriage, except for some rice noodles and meat, the most eye-catching thing was two big boxes, one big box.

The concierge put the rice, noodles and meat into the kitchen, then moved other things into the main room, and opened two large boxes for Li Baolu to see.

"This is the clothes my master prepared for the young master and his wife. The young master and his wife have a long journey to Beijing, and there are always things that are not ready, so my master ordered it first." The porter respectfully said: "Ma'am, let's see what else is missing." , tell the little one, and the little one will bring it to you."

Holding the big box again, he said: "Inside are some jewelry prepared by the master for the madam, the madam may still like it after looking at it, if not, take the smaller ones back and exchange them for you."

Li Baolu twitched the corner of her mouth and opened the box. The inside was divided into four layers, the top one was two sets of silver jewelry, the next layer was two sets of gold jewelry, the third layer was a set of ruby, one set of gold-wrapped sapphire jewelry, and the bottom layer was The upper layer is jade ornaments.

Li Baolu couldn't help but admire Li An's thoughtfulness, and was about to speak when she looked up at the door.

Gu Jingyun appeared at the door a little sleepy. He glanced at the box on the ground and the box in Li Baolu's hand, nodded slightly and said, "I've accepted the things. Let me ask your master when we can meet."

The concierge bowed and said, "Yes, the little one will definitely bring the words."

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