She Doesn’t Want the Face-Blind Husband

After a while, Gu Ningran felt that she was finished and didn't want to mention the matter of riding a horse anymore, so she led the horse and stepped on the dirt road, humming a little tune along the way.

The three servants of the old Gu's mansion were picked out by the housekeeper arranged by Mrs. Gu, and then the eldest and young master went out, unexpectedly they went outside Beijing. One of them groaned for a while, then boldly stepped forward and asked, "Master, where are you going? What are you doing? You guys are completely unprepared, so you won't miss your important event, right?"

Gu Ningran figured that when she got near Zhuangzi, she would randomly drag a local to pass a message to Tao Shi. The reason is that it should be enough to fabricate that Gu Ningxi is seriously ill. Otherwise, if something happened to Tao Muxian in the academy, she could always be caught.

As long as she leaves Zhuangzi and is led to a secluded corner, everything will be fine. A female family member, with at least one or two maids by her side, against herself and the three big men behind her, isn't the odds of winning clearly on her side?

Gu Ningran shook her head and looked around, only regretting in her heart that this place under the sky to hold women to work, cold and dirty, has wronged herself. There is no other way, the matter should be done in a hurry, after he gets it, Tao will definitely be obedient to him, maybe he can entertain him to Tao's mansion, it will be beautiful then.

When he left the house last night, for some reason, the image of Mo Qiqi stabbing him with scissors came to mind, and Gu Ningran put a short-handled dagger in his boot at this time. Hearing the servant's question, he held the horse's rein with one hand, leaned over and pulled out the dagger from his ankle, swayed it left and right, and even danced in a circle, showing it to the servants.

"You don't need to prepare anything, just follow me. When the time comes, listen to my order, and you should put on a good posture for me. It should be enough to keep watch." Gu Ningran also warned them vaguely, emphasizing that they must Follow his orders.

**

When Gu Ningxi left the city gate, suppressing her impatience, she asked the guards if there was a person named Gu Ningran leaving the city ahead, and in which direction she was going.

After being guided by the other party, he didn't stop after thanking him, pursed his lips and rode his horse to chase after him. Literary reading and Literary Painting looked at each other, both felt that it was not good, but there was no good way, they could only follow the master and watch while walking.

The wind whistled past Gu Ningxi's ears. He changed from his previous state of riding a horse only for leisure, and waved his whip from time to time to speed up, fully displaying the "imperial" skills he learned in the Six Arts of a Gentleman.

As the horse's back bumped up and down, Gu Ningxi rolled up full of confusion, anger, and fear.

What exactly is Gu Ningran going to do? Is it related to the lady? Can he stop it? One question after another haunted him.

Thinking back to last night, when I first heard that Gu Ningran was going to be unfavorable to the lady, Gu Ningxi felt that she was in a daze, her legs and feet seemed to be conscious, and she led him to the door of the old Gu's mansion.

He ignored the whispered inquiries from Li Shu and Li Hua, and dodged sideways into the shadows.

After a while, a tall man with his hands on his hips appeared at the entrance of the mansion, where the red light was shining brightly, and he scolded the servants in front of the door in a rough voice: "Why hasn't the master's horse been brought to the door yet?"

Hearing some familiar voices, Gu Ningxi wanted to vomit, turned his head in a daze, and asked who was behind him: "This person is my first cousin, Gu Ningran with the same surname, right?"

The servants responded in unison, knowing how to paint and asking one more question: "Master, didn't you say that you will come to Lao Gu's mansion again tomorrow? Now that you are here, do you want to go in?"

Gu Ningxi murmured: "If you don't go in, I want to see what he is going to do."

The master and servant probably didn't expect that Gu Ningran would get on the horse with a few strong men, and pat the horse away along the road. They lost Gu Ningran's trace for a moment.

Gu Ningxi raised her foot to chase after her, naturally hopeless, suddenly like a wild goose that lost its direction, it was about to fall to the ground whining.

He wanted to rush to Tao Mansion to warn his wife, but suddenly remembered that Tao Xinhe and the others seemed to be leaving Beijing today.

Gu Ningxi even felt that Gu Ningran might have heard the news and went outside Beijing to deal with the lady, otherwise why would she need to ride a horse?

He started to run quickly, but later felt that the corner of the robe was in the way, so he lifted the elegant and elegant long robe with books in his hand, without any image, he held his breath and rushed towards Tao's mansion with all his strength.

Knowing books and paintings, he asked the master where he was going, and when he heard the word "Tao's mansion", he found that he could not catch up, so he simply went back to Xingu's mansion to get a horse.

However, the servants were afraid of disturbing the housekeeper, and complained that they followed their master's temper. When they returned to Xingu's mansion, they did not inform the housekeeper. They quietly greeted the groom, took the three horses away, and forgot to bring their own servants. , Brewing hidden dangers for subsequent tragedies.

Arriving at the Tao Mansion, reading books and paintings, I found that the master had given the precious jade pendant with him to the concierge, and got the direction of Zhuangzi where the master of the Tao family lived.

It was already midnight at this time, everything was quiet, people were tired and horses were exhausted. Li Shu boldly persuaded Gu Ningxi to find a place to rest for the night and talk about it tomorrow morning.

However, he knew that he couldn't persuade his master and son, so he could only sigh and mount his horse unskillfully, and together with Shi Hua, followed Gu Ningxi to the gate of the city.

Fortunately, he and Gu Ningran went out of the same gate, and the gatekeeper was able to explain why.

Shi Hua breathed a sigh of relief, but saw the master talking to himself: "He has been out of Beijing for half an hour, he has been out of Beijing for half an hour."

Gu Ningxi's face became more stern, her brows were wrinkled, and the corners of her lips were tense. She swallowed all the persuasive words of Lihua, and even winked at her younger brother Lishu. The two brothers followed Gu Ningxi's fate and ran towards Zhuangzi, a suburb of Beijing that they had never been to before.

**

Uncle Jichang and his son had breakfast with the Tao family after all.

What made Cheng Shicheng secretly happy was that Tao Cheng seemed to have heard from the farmer that the country is not so particular, and that the whole family, men, women and children, eat at the same table, so he ordered his family to do the same this morning, so as to avoid the trouble of dividing the table.

Cheng Shicheng got his wish and sat at a table with Tao Xinhe, even though the seat was separated from Tao Cheng, it was considered convenient. He carefully memorized which side dishes Tao Xinhe stretched out a few more chopsticks, and which staple food snacks Tao Xinhe chose from several kinds of pumpkins, potatoes, and sweet potatoes, but he had no memory of what he ate for a while.

Tao Xinhe was very uncomfortable in her heart, she ate three minutes faster than usual, and she just wanted to get off the table as soon as possible.

Who would have thought that the third younger sister Tao Xinqiang woke up early in the morning and ran to the river to play, and met Cheng Meng, Ji Changbo's other adopted son. The elder and the younger are eight years apart, but they smell like each other. They had a great time playing in the water, and even had a water fight, and their clothes were wet.

The servants of the Bo's mansion came in with the drenched and trembling Cheng Meng in their arms. No matter how cold Tao Xinhe was, he had to do his duty as the master, and arranged for the young master of the Bo's mansion to take a hot bath and drink **** soup, so as not to suffer from the spring cold and get sick. .

Naturally, the next step is to entertain Ji Changbo, who is worried about his adopted son, and Cheng Meng, who is pestering Sister Qiangniang after dinner, for breakfast.

This morning, the steaming farm porridge was served in large rough porcelain bowls and large pottery plates, occupying the entire table of the Eight Immortals and Octagons, and there was no room for the small bowls and small butterflies that used to be placed in front of everyone in the capital , Tao Cheng, who sat at the head of the table, adapted well, and directly threw his chopsticks to eat.

Sitting on Tao Cheng's left is a distinguished guest, Cheng Shicheng, and next to him is his adoptive son Cheng Meng. The little guy is wearing the rough clothes of a country boy donated by the peasant women in the village here.

Cheng Shicheng reprimanded, "Let everyone laugh at you!" But his hands were unambiguous, feeding Cheng Meng alternately with one chopstick and one spoon, which was like a loving father. All right.

Next to Cheng Meng, there was another one, Tao Xinqiang who was sitting and eating.

When the girl saw Cheng Shicheng, the first thing she asked was: "Cheng Jia didn't come?" Tao Xinhe was so anxious that sparks flashed in her eyes, and she wished she could cover her sister's mouth with her hands.

Cheng Shicheng, however, seemed indifferent to the unmarried girl Dalala asking about the whereabouts of her betrothed adopted son. He sat down at the dining table, waited for the servant to serve the dishes, turned to Miss Tao San, and replied softly: For a few days, my in-laws, Gu's family, were here to play, and when they returned to Beijing yesterday, Cheng Jia went to see them off, and they should come back today, around evening."

Tao Xinqiang seemed to have something to say, Tao Xinhe ground her molars, and interjected: "So that's it. Uncle, when I participated in it before, the wedding date of their youngest son and daughter was said to be in autumn, and the exact date depends on the calendar, I don't know Is it settled now? Qiangniang and Ningniang have always been good friends, don't forget to send her a wedding invitation then."

Tao Xinqiang nodded vigorously, as if she just wanted to ask this question. Cheng Shicheng looked at the three female family members of the Tao Mansion across the table, smiled and promised to send the wedding invitation to each of them, and said meaningfully: "A Tao, you have made great contributions to their marriage, and I will save the chairman's interview for you when the time comes." s position."

Tao Xinhe sneered from the bottom of her heart, she has nothing to do with both men and women, what chair is she sitting on? There was nothing but a smile on the face, no rebuttal or answer.

Beside Tao Xinqiang is Tao Shao's wife, Mrs. Hong. She probably didn't sleep well at night, so she occasionally yawned and raised her hand to cover it. Loss of appetite, rarely use chopsticks.

On the other side of her is Tao Xinhe. Originally, because the Hong family insisted on asking Gu Ningxi for a painting, Tao Xinhe was obviously indifferent to her.

At this time, outsiders were present, and her eyes slipped to Hong's belly, which was not yet swelled. She sighed silently, leaned slightly towards her siblings, and asked softly, "Is it not to your liking? Why don't you ask the chef to make some more?" How about custard?"

Hong did not expect that her eldest sister, who had been avoiding her for the past few days, would take the initiative to bow down. She was overjoyed for a moment, tears flashed in the corner of her eyes, and she responded repeatedly: "Sister...thank you, sister, I'm fine...vomit."

Pregnant women are sick. Hong Shi has always only had nausea and never had morning sickness, but this morning he suddenly contracted the symptoms that the doctor told him to appear. She retched without thinking about anything else, covered her lips, rushed outside, and vomited a large puddle at the door, including undigested food and yellow-green acid water.

Tao Xinhe remained calm, after all she had learned a lot about pregnancy in order to possibly conceive in the future. At this time, she hastily confessed to everyone present, picked up the hem of her skirt and stepped over the threshold, walked to Hong Shi, stroked her shoulders with a little effort, and got a grateful glance from Hong Shi when she was breathing heavily.

After that, she and Hong's maid sent Hong back to the house, and before leaving, arranged for someone to quickly clean up the dirt at the door. She herself didn't show up anymore, she just sent someone to pass a message to Tao Cheng, saying that she was with her younger siblings, please forgive her father and distinguished guests.

Cheng Shicheng procrastinated to drink tea after the meal, and chatted with Tao Cheng for a long time, but he still didn't wait for A Tao to show up, so he secretly told himself that the future would be long, and he took Cheng Meng, who had wet the borrowed clothes, to leave. Invite Tao Cheng to take the younger generation to play with them.

Tao Xinqiang tugged at her father's sleeve, begging to look at Jichangbo Zhuangzi. She had heard Ning Niang describe the vastness and interestingness of Zhuangzi before, although Ning Niang also heard second-hand information from Cheng Jia.

Tao Cheng shook his head, and tapped the foreheads of the three daughters: "Silly boy, your sister avoided Ji Changbo for fear of being too late. You didn't see it? His family's Zhuangzi was right next to him. He must have lied to him about it." He Niang, otherwise He Niang would not have arranged for us to come and live. In short, if your sister didn't say anything, I wouldn't come over."

Tao Xinqiang was straightforward, and she didn't defend herself against her own father. She pouted and said, "At the end of last year, Gu Sicheng also lied to my sister many times. Do you remember? My sister is still sweet with Gu Sicheng, if he hadn't proposed to take a concubine Then they won’t be reconciled. The story of coaxing has already been turned over. In my opinion, Ji Changbo’s deception is much better than Gu Sicheng’s deceiving his sister to meet Mo.”

Tao Cheng hated iron and steel, and said sharply: "Shut up! I don't comment on your sister's affairs, what nonsense are you talking about?"

Then he calmed down, Tao Cheng taught the three daughters: "The matter of husband and wife is far more complicated than you imagined. Your sister understood at the time because she valued the relationship between husband and wife, but there must be a wound in her heart. Otherwise, if Gu Ningxi did not have such a history of cheating, Just mentioning concubinage, your sister should be patient and ask the details carefully, maybe she will help Gu Ningxi find a way to be a considerate orphan, instead of getting divorced without saying a word like now. In the final analysis, it was Gu Ningxi who hurt the trust of the two first. "

"And what about Cheng Shicheng? Between him and your sister, there is no such foundation of trust at all. He cheated when he came up, and your sister's perception of him naturally fell to the bottom, and she even ignored the basic etiquette of seeing off guests. So, this The two men are still incomparable with your sister. Qiang Niang, maybe you will understand after you have rolled around in the world of mortals."