The farmer has a mall

Chapter 366 Gu Nanyan Infected With Cold

The few people chatted for a long time, and since they made an appointment with Li Yi to visit the Taifu's Mansion early in the morning, Gu Nanyan went back to the house early to rest.

At the same time, in the backyard of a fur shop in the capital, an old man who was over seventy years old held a sharp knife, skillfully peeled off a piece of wolf skin, threw it in a wooden barrel aside and scrubbed it clean.

Xu was a little tired, and he almost couldn't stand still when he got up.

The young man standing beside him stretched out his hand to help him, so he didn't fall down.

The old man was helped to sit on a bamboo chair not far away, looking at the wolf skin soaked in the bucket, he said helplessly, "I'm getting old, I can't even finish this job."

The young man didn't speak, he bent down and poured him a cup of hot tea, then stood beside him with his head bowed.

The old man picked up the teacup, skimmed off the froth on it, and took a sip.

"The winter red sleeves that just fell this year only produce one catty a year, and they are tributes."

He sighed contentedly, and the hot air curled up in his mouth.

"Master knows that this old man likes to drink tea, so he brought all of them here." The old man said cheerfully.

"It's just a way to win you over." The young man couldn't help blurting out.

The old man smiled and nodded at him: "You."

"As a courtier, it's his job to be loyal to the Lord, so why talk about wooing, you can't say such things in the future."

The young man stopped and fell silent again, but his eyes still showed dissatisfaction.

But the reason for his dissatisfaction was not because of himself, but because of the old man in front of him.

This fur shop has been open for decades, and the old man has stayed here for decades, and is accompanied by these smelly fur goods every day.

Not to mention that there is no freedom, and at the end of the day, the only daughter will also be picked up.

The young man was picked up by the old man among the beggars.

At that time, he was only six or seven years old, and he almost starved to death on the street. Finally, some well-meaning people gave him some vegetables, but he was robbed by an older beggar.

He didn't want to give it, but he couldn't compete with others, and he was beaten so hard that his forehead was bleeding.

At that time, the old man couldn't bear to see this scene, so he stuffed a white flour bun for him and brought him back.

Therefore, in the heart of this young man, he is like a relative, and he is naturally not fair for him.

Obviously, the old man didn't take it seriously.

"Can we see the little master today?" He asked.

The young man hesitated and said, "I saw it, but...he seems reluctant."

Far more than reluctance, that impatient look, as if wishing they would disappear immediately.

The old man didn't say a word, looking at the oil lamp on the window sill which was blown by the night wind, he chuckled twice.

No matter how reluctant it is, you can't get rid of the responsibility that flows in your blood.

Just like him, and his daughter.

The old man narrowed his eyes and hummed a little tune.

Different from the popular ones nowadays, the tune of this song is very weird. It is obviously neither flat nor fair, but it is catchy.

Like a country tune from some remote place.

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In the morning of the second day, after breakfast, Gu Nanyan and Gu Yunze went out to the direction of Prince Sheng's Mansion.

Although Gu Yunze didn't like going to the academy, he yearned for Old Madam Bai, a great writer.

Knowing that Li Yi was going to recommend him to the old matriarch last night, she was so excited that she didn't sleep all night. Before dawn, she dressed up in a thick fur and sat in Gu Nanyan's yard waiting for her to wake up.

In the carriage of the General's Mansion, Gu Nanyan hugged the hand warmer, wrapped in a quilt, and huddled in a corner of the carriage.

She looked at the second young master of the Gu family who was obviously too excited as he kept opening the curtain of the car to look out.

"I said, can you be more honest." She said dissatisfied.

"Of course the servants of Prince Cheng's Mansion will let you know. You've radiated all the heat in the car."

Gu Nanyan rolled her eyes at him vigorously, picked up the iron hook under her feet, and dragged the charcoal basin in front of her.

I don't know if it was cold last night, but when she got up today she had a stuffy nose and was more afraid of the cold than usual.

Gu Yunze put down the car curtain in embarrassment, seeing his younger sister's cheeks flushed from the cold, he felt guilty immediately, and hurriedly poured her a cup of hot tea.

"It's the second brother who is too impatient, but it's very cold?"

As he said that, he turned around and closed the car curtain more tightly, and said apologetically, "I think you don't seem to be energetic today, but you didn't sleep well last night? Do you want to see a doctor first?"

Seeing the Tai Tuo is a big deal, but my younger sister's health is even more important. If he falls ill because of this, his mother is afraid that he will take his skin off!
Wrapping the quilt tighter around his body, Gu Nanyan sucked in his blocked nose, and rolled his eyes again.

"It's just a slight cold, and I've already taken medicine."

Xu Shi drank some wine last night and blew a cool breeze, which made her sicker. She swallowed a few cold medicines before going out.

She has always been physically strong, and she looks like she can go up the mountain to fight tigers with a stick on her shoulders all day long, this is the first time Gu Yunze has seen her like this.

Although I don't know what a cold means, seeing her like this, I know she has contracted a cold.

Gu Yunze felt even more guilty when he thought of his younger sister getting up early to go out with him when he was sick.

"How about... I will go to the old master's side by myself, you should go back to the house and rest."

The wind and cold can be big or small, my sister must be sick because of overthinking about the birthday banquet and not getting enough rest.

Facing the worried eyes of the nerdy second brother, Gu Nanyan shook his head decisively and refused.

Li Yi had already made an agreement with others, the three of them will visit together today.

If she missed the appointment, it would inevitably leave a bad impression on others. If Gu Yunze was implicated and he was not accepted as a student, wouldn't she have suffered this morning in vain?
Seeing his guilt, Gu Nanyan changed the subject and asked curiously: "I don't think you are like the one who doesn't like studying. It stands to reason that there should be good students in the academy. Why don't you want to go?"

For attendance at the academy, he can go up to seven or eight days a month, and sometimes he can't see anyone for a whole month.

As far as the virtue of fishing for three days and drying the net for two days, if it weren't for his good grades, he might have been kicked out by the dean long ago.

"I have already memorized the content taught by Mr. Academy by heart, and going to class is just a waste of time."

Seeing that she insisted on following, Gu Yunze knew that he couldn't persuade her, so he didn't say anything, and sat down in front of her with a small stool to shield her from the wind.

"It's better to go to the bookstore a few times and buy some good articles to study carefully at home. It's better than sitting in the academy."

After saying that, he poked the charcoal fire with an iron hook to make it burn hotter.

This is true, as far as she knows, Gu Yunze set up two separate rooms in his yard, and opened the middle wall as a study.

I heard that there are too many books in it to fit.

"Then how many books have you read so far?"

Gu Nanyan asked this out of curiosity.

Because she often heard people in the General's Mansion say that he is extremely talented in reading, and he can finish reading an inch-thick book in just three days, and he has already mastered it.

For Gu Nanyan, who was sleepy when she opened her textbooks, she was very envious of this kind of super-student brain.

"Not much."

Gu Yunze shook his head and sighed: "You also know that although I occasionally go out to study, my mother doesn't allow me to go far, and I still live in Beijing most of the time."

"So these years, I have only read the books in more than a dozen bookstores in the capital."

Scholars are very lofty, especially those great Confucianists, who always like to be independent and float away from the world.

Therefore, many famous artists are not in the capital, but live in seclusion in remote and secluded countryside or small towns, and few works flow into Beijing.

When he said this, there was some regret and shame on his face, as if it was a shame that he had only read the entire book in the capital.

Gu Nanyan, who couldn't read a single page: "..."

Was she taken by Versailles?
Seeing his younger sister staring at him with a blank face, Gu Yunze didn't notice anything wrong with what he said just now.

Instead, he said with a longing face: "Although the old master is an emperor's teacher, what he teaches is the way of an emperor, but he is also a leading Confucian."

"It is said that there are more books in the family than in the library in the palace, and many of them are isolated copies collected from various places, which cannot be found outside."

(End of this chapter)