Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

"Come on, come here, put it here, be gentle!"

"One, two, three... here are twenty boxes, how many are left? Where's the dowry list? Bring it here!"

"Remember to keep the dowry separate from other things in the warehouse. After checking, no one is allowed to tamper with it. After Shuhua passes the door, let her arrange it herself."

Three days before the wedding, the Xu family brought Xu Shuhua's dowry over early in the morning, and it filled two streets, so much that it was almost impossible to fit it in the Gu family's yard.

Because it was Xu Shuhua's dowry, Gu Yunji paid special attention to it. He personally watched every item from registration to storage, for fear that there might be any omissions. He worked hard for a long time before putting everything back together.

"...Young master, help... help, I'm so fast, I can't hold her anymore..."

Not long after Gu Yunji sat down and rested, he saw Xu Dong come in with a big heavy box in his arms, walking staggeringly, his face turned blue, so he hurriedly stepped forward to give his hand: "What is this? It's also a book Hua's dowry?"

"No, it's not..." Putting the box firmly on the ground, Xudong finally breathed a sigh of relief, he was so tired that he couldn't speak coherently, "This is... a wedding gift from General Su Qi to you."

"New wedding gift?" Gu Yunji looked at the box suspiciously, "Aren't wedding gifts usually given on the wedding day? Why did Su Qi send it here so early? And this box is neither tied with red silk nor pasted with happy words , there is not even a word of congratulations, isn't it a bit sloppy in form?"

Xu Dong said: "According to the soldiers sent by General Su to give the gift, General Su originally wanted to give it to you on the wedding day, but although the gift he prepared can represent his heart, it is not convenient for you to meet on more formal occasions. But on the day of the wedding, everyone else gave it, and it would be bad for him not to give it, so in the end he prepared two gifts."

"One is expensive but ordinary, and it is used as a show on the wedding day; the other is this box, which is not very valuable, but rather special. It expresses his sincere wishes and is the wedding gift he really wants to give you."

Gu Yunji shook his head and laughed: "As expected of Su Qi, he can come up with so many tricks in giving a wedding gift. I want to see what his blessing really is."

After speaking, Gu Yunji was about to lift the lid of the box, but the moment the box was opened, he was silent.

Looking at the "a dazzling array of beautiful things" in the box, no, it should be said "chicken bits and pieces", or even "messy" things, Gu Yunji was silent for a while, and then said: "It seems that Su Qi is very self-aware, this gift really cannot be given on the wedding day .”

Even though he had already read the gift list in advance, when he saw these things with his own eyes, the expression on Xu Dong's face was still almost relaxed.

The normal ones in the box are a few furs rich in northern Xinjiang and accessories with local characteristics, while there are many abnormal ones.

Gu Yunji took out a necklace with teeth from the alley, raised his head and asked Xudong, "What is this?"

Xu Dong squeezed out a smile: "When General Su went out on patrol once, he killed a pack of dozens of wolves with only six soldiers. This is a tooth of the wolf king. General Su felt that it was special. It has commemorative significance, so I will give it to you as a wedding gift."

Gu Yunji seemed to be galloping in his heart, but his face was surprisingly calm. He put his teeth back without saying a word, and reached out to pick up another one: "What about this slingshot? It's also a wedding gift?"

Xudong's face froze, and he said with difficulty: "...Yes. General Su likes to hunt birds in his free time. He heard that you are going to get married, so he ran around half of Xuanfu Town, and shot down 99 sparrows. Long Jiujiu's blessings to you, but sparrows are perishable and hard to preserve, so I only sent this slingshot for hunting birds."

Putting down the slingshot, Gu Yunji picked up another brick: "This brick?"

"This... is the brick that General Su used to pad the foot of the bed." Xudong no longer had the courage to look directly at Gu Yunji, and just recited the original words on the gift list, "General Su said, he used to get along with you day and night in Luxi Academy , living together in the same bed, although you live separately, your hearts are connected together, so I send this bed foot brick to show that the friendship between you is as long-lasting as bricks and stones, indelible and indestructible. "

"General Su also said that in the future, he will send a bed foot brick on time every year to 'continue' this friendship."

"...I thank him."

Although he had already made enough mental preparations, Gu Yunji still felt that his understanding of Su Qi was too shallow. Hearing this, he tugged at the corners of his mouth several times without showing a complete smile. In the end, he could only give up. Waves of expression to express their inner deafening speechless.

After a few deep breaths, Gu Yunji mustered up his courage again and asked about the origin of the remaining items in the box.

"These two feathers?"

"These are the feathers of two wild geese, one male and one female. Wild geese are loyal birds. General Su wishes you and Ms. Xu to sing in harmony after marriage and grow old together."

"This straw grasshopper?"

"It's not a grasshopper, it's a cricket. General Su said that the crickets in northern Xinjiang are too thin to fight bravely. It's a pity that he made this fake cricket out of straw and asked you to put it in the glass jar he bought before. Just seeing things and thinking about people, I can always think of him.”

"This knife?"

"This is the dagger carried by the Tatars, a spoil of war captured by the Soviet general."

Gu Yunji breathed a sigh of relief: "Huh, then this is relatively normal."

Xudong's expression collapsed: "...It's not normal either. Tatars are rude and savage, and they don't usually clean up. In addition to cutting barbecued meat for dinner, this knife is also used to shave nails and pick teeth...but This is the first loot captured by General Su, and it belongs to the leader of a Tatar tribe, so it is of extraordinary significance.”

Gu Yunji silently let it go.

……

After reading the things Su Qi sent one by one, Gu Yunji's mood went from being shocked and speechless at the beginning, to gradually getting used to it, and finally completely numb.

No wonder Su Qi could bear to not tell him and Cheng Yan about the fireworks for so long, the relationship is holding back here.

He also said that Su Qi has grown a lot in the past year, he has matured, and his temperament has become more stable, otherwise he would not be able to give such a grand and surprising gift as the fireworks festival.

Thinking about it now, Su Qi is not stable anymore, but the northern border is bitterly cold and lonely, and there is no place to display it at all.Now it was a rare opportunity for him to express, so he sent back the childishness he had saved for a whole year.

What kind of wedding gift is this? This is clearly a vivid reproduction of Su Qi's experience in northern Xinjiang this year.

After carefully covering the box, Gu Yunji said to Xu Dong: "Send this box to Cheng Yan, let him take a good look at it, be sure to explain the origin and meaning of each item in detail, wait for him to read it before Bring it back."

Xu Dong was a little puzzled, and asked suspiciously: "Why, young master? Carrying it over and back again, isn't it superfluous?"

Gu Yunji was expressionless: "Because we are both good brothers of Su Qi, I cannot be the only one who suffers from this crime."