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. Li Baolu even proposed the idea of ​​going to Beijing separately. Zhao Ning was afraid that he would be left behind, so he said goodbye to his parents immediately.

   Zhao's family's running water table had only opened for four days and had to reluctantly send Zhao Ning away.

  From Grandpa Zhao Ningbo to his cousins, all came to see him off, and a group of hula la directly blocked the entrance of the village.

Zhao Ning's grandfather looked at Li Baolu tremblingly, and said with tears in his eyes: "Grandson, you must study hard to get the 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 have a lifetime. Just pass the exam.”

   Zhao Ning: "...Grandpa, I'm 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 to the right. What you are touching now is the same year as me."

  Gu Jingyun & Li Baolu: "..."

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

   Shunxin hurriedly drove up his own carriage. This was bought by Zhao Ning's father for his son after seeing Li Baolu's carriage. He couldn't be driving a carriage, but his son was driving a mule carriage.

   So there are two carriages on the road, and there are a lot of things that can be brought.

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

  The carriage left the village and drifted away from the enthusiastic Zhao family. Not only Li Baolu, but also Gu Jingyun exhaled.

   "It's not that Zhao Ningjian is talkative and cheerful," Li Baolu said with a smile, "I'm afraid that half of your students will achieve a lot in the future."

   The corners of Gu Jingyun's mouth twitched slightly, "This is his luck."

In the carriage behind, Zhao Ning was pulling his luggage to see what his parents had brought him. He took out a large package of beef jerky from a bag, and his saliva was drooling. Get him snacks.

  Zhao Ning climbed out of the carriage and divided two for Shunxin, "Come up and bring some snacks to Brother Gu and younger siblings."

   Chewed the beef jerky and said vaguely, "My wife 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 dry goods, all of which were used as snacks for them on the road.

   Therefore, although the enthusiasm of the Zhao family is very distressing, Li Baolu decided to visit Huizhou next time.

   You must know that these things are not sold in the shops outside. They are all sun-dried and eaten by the farmers themselves. Li Baolu can’t even buy them if she wants to.

   It was late September when the four of them stopped and stopped in the capital. The weather was starting to get slightly colder, and Gu Jingyun had already put on his jacket. Of the four people, only Li Baolu was wearing summer clothes and didn't notice.

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

  Li An sent someone to guard the house here. Seeing that Li Baolu was just stunned, he hurriedly knelt down to greet him.

  Li Baolu smiled and said, "You don't need to be so polite, you can go back. By the way, tell your master that we are back in Beijing. If you have time, we will meet again."

The concierge responded respectfully and helped bring the luggage in. He glanced at Zhao Ning and Shunxin, lowered his eyes, and said, "Madam, the room has been cleaned, and there are some rice noodles in the kitchen, please take a look at what you are still missing. , the slave will bring it to you immediately."

   "We will 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 doorman bowed and left soon.

   Zhao Ning held back for a long time, and finally found an opportunity, "Brother and sister, is this your and Brother Gu's house?"

   "Yeah, we stayed here last time we came." Li Baolu led him into the guest room, "You and Shunxin will stay in this room in the future, just ask a cook when you come back."

   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 are not the only place to live, but if it goes well, we will come back to live. If it doesn't go well, we may not live there."

Zhao Ning's intuition was a little wrong, and just as he was about to ask, Gu Jingyun frowned and said, "Just focus on your studies, don't worry about the outside world, there are many academies in the capital, and there are many scholars on this street, you can go to the teahouse if you have nothing to do. Go shopping and talk to people more. You have a good foundation, but you still read a little bit. I will list some books for you later. You can go to the bookstore, borrow or buy, and expand your reading first."

   Zhao Ning immediately grabbed his hands and responded.

  Gu Jingyun was satisfied, and took Li Baolu away, "Cook, find yourselves, Baolu and I have something to do tomorrow."

   Zhao Ning eagerly watched the two return to the room, leaving behind his unfamiliar friend.

   Satisfied, excited and apprehensive, "Young Master, why don't I go out ahead of time to inquire about news? I can't even find a vegetable market tomorrow."

"go Go."

  Gu Jingyun wanted to write a pilgrimage. In addition to the Zhongyong Houfu, there were also the old Qin family and the old He family. The last time he came to Beijing, he was hiding, but this time he wanted to appear in front of people openly.

   Gu Jingyun sneered at the corner of his mouth, but he didn't know if the people in the capital were ready.

  Li Baolu helped to dry and pack the adoration letter he wrote, "Send it to the Marquis of Zhongyong first?"

  Gu Jingyun nodded and said meaningfully: "Of course, as a descendant of the Gu family, when I first returned to Beijing, of course I had to visit my own family first."

  Gu Jingyun turned his head to look at Li Baolu, looked her up and down and said, "Your clothes are not suitable. I'll go to the clothing store with you tomorrow, and then I'll go get some jewelry."

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

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

  Li Baolu rolled her eyes and Gu Jingyun tapped her on the head and scolded, "I knew you were distressed about money."

  Li Baolu sniffed and said, "There are still four months until Chunhong. We have food and clothing, and you have to ask for money when you go out for entertainment."

   Gu Jingyun sneered, "Don't worry, no matter how poor the Gu family is, this amount of money is still affordable."

   Although Gu Jingyun didn't plan to inherit the Gu family, he also didn't plan to draw a line with them, and he wouldn't be soft-hearted when needed.

  Gu Jingyun put down his pen and sneered at the invitation post on the table. If he wanted to stay out of the battle for succession, he had to ask him if he would agree or not.

  The Marquis of Zhongyong who is still alive 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 but stretched out her finger and poked his bulging cheek.

  "..." Gu Jingyun grabbed her finger, looked at her helplessly and said, "Be honest, believe it or not I pinch your face to swell?"

  Li Baolu stopped immediately.

  Gu Jingyun looked at his wife who was still wearing baby fat, and his hands were itchy, but he managed to restrain the urge in his heart. He was not in a hurry. He would definitely not be able to fight her by pinching him now. He didn't want to go out tomorrow with fingerprints on his face.

   "Go to cook, rest after eating, and you will send the greetings tomorrow."

   When Zhao Ning came out of the shower, he saw the couple busy in the kitchen. Even though he had seen it many times, he couldn't help but sigh.

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

   In particular, he is still a young man, Jie Yuan. Not only is his brother lucky, but his younger siblings are also blessed.

  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 and wash the vegetables."

   Zhao Ning could only get up and go into the kitchen. Shun Xin, who had packed up his luggage, immediately ran out into the kitchen to help set the fire.

   Zhao Ning washed the vegetables, cooked the fire to his heart’s desire, Li Baolu cut the vegetables, and Gu Jingyun was in charge. Their lunch was ready quickly, and the efficiency of division of labor and cooperation was the highest.

   The journey was exhausting. The four of them went to bed after eating lunch. After sleeping until evening, Li Baolu woke up and found a carriage parked outside the door. After a little thought, she went to open the door.

The concierge before    was standing respectfully outside the door. When he saw Li Baolu open the door, he immediately saluted respectfully, lowered his head and said humbly, "Madam, my master asked Xiao Xiao to bring something to the son 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 striking thing was two large 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.

"These are the clothes my master prepared for the son and his wife. The son and his wife have a long way to go to Beijing, and there are always things that are not complete, so my master pre-orders them first," the concierge said respectfully, "Madam, let's see what else is missing. , tell Xiao Xiao, Xiao Xiao will bring it to you."

   took the big box again and said, "There are some jewelry prepared by the master for the lady. The lady likes it. If you don't like it, I can take it back and exchange it for you."

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

  Li Baolu couldn't help but sighed at Li An's thoughtful and thoughtful manner, and looked up at the door just as she was about to speak.

  Gu Jingyun appeared at the door drowsily. He glanced at the box on the ground and the box in Li Baolu's hand, nodded slightly and said, "I'll take it, ask your master when we'll meet."

   The doorman bowed and said, "Yes, the little one must bring the words."

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