novelhk Chapter 136: Climbing the Window
Chapter 136: Climbing the Window
The four of them had originally been very interested in going up the mountain, but after the little girl's disturbance, they naturally lost interest. However, Guo Zhi was still thinking about the little wolf, so the four of them took the newly adopted little girl up the mountain and sat for an hour. They really couldn't wait for the wolf to appear, so they went down the mountain.
The five of them returned home. Guo Xin looked at the embarrassed little girl and said, "No matter what your name was or where you came from, it won't matter anymore. From now on, you'll be called Pu Ying. Just stay with Guo Zhi and you'll be considered one of her playmates."
Pu Ying lowered his head and said hello, then stood behind Guo Zhi.
Guo Xin looked at Pu Ying and was too lazy to say anything. After all this trouble, he was already hungry, so he rolled up his sleeves and said loudly: "I'll cook for you today. Spicy chicken and stewed pig's feet with soybeans..."
A series of dishes were named, and everyone went to the kitchen together in a lively manner.
Pu Ying followed behind, and when she arrived at the kitchen and saw Guo Xin cooking by herself, she said in a panic, "Master, let me cook. After all, I am a servant, so how can I let the master cook by himself? Besides, the food I cook tastes very delicious."
When Guo Xin heard the word "master", he couldn't help but shudder in his heart. This title made him sound like a landlord who really exploited the people.
Then he said, "Don't call me master, just call me Miss. Besides, you are not a real slave in our house. We bought you in a hurry. In the future, you can help with some important chores at home and accompany Zhier. The wages are the same as those in the workshop."
Pu Ying looked at Guo Xin with moved eyes and murmured, "I thought I would have to do countless dirty and tiring work, but I didn't expect..."
Thinking of this, Pu Ying almost cried again. She blinked hard to hold back the tears, reached out to grab the servants from Guo Xin and his group, and took on all the responsibility.
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At the hour of Hai, Guo Zhi quietly crawled into Guo Ruo's bed. She didn't know when it started, but she liked having such private time with her elder sister very much. Whenever she had any confusion or insights, her elder sister could always give her a lot of comfort, which was completely different from the feeling she had with her second sister.
Guo Ruo looked at Guo Zhi's round head, turned to Guo Zhi, and asked, "Why are you here again? What's bothering you? Is it about the academy?"
"No, I just feel so strange. I got a maid out of nowhere today. This was something I couldn't even think of in the past. A year ago, we were so poor that I almost became the wife of my uncle's stupid son."
Guo Ruo said: "In fact, we didn't buy you a maid on impulse. Even if Pu Ying didn't run into us today, we would still choose one for you. After all, we will return to the capital in a few days, and we will officially become the granddaughter of the General of the Cavalry."
Guo Ruo paused, and then continued: "The legitimate granddaughter is the descendant of a noble family. Those young masters and ladies have many slaves around them, and some of them are carefully selected from childhood and grow up with them. You naturally cannot fall behind, otherwise, when you return to the capital, won't you be laughed at?"
Guo Xin said with a smile: "I'm not afraid of being laughed at. I spent my days in the academy like this. Those noblemen and ladies couldn't do anything to me!"
Guo Ruo helplessly tapped Guo Zhi's forehead with his finger and said, "You! You suffered so much in the academy, why didn't you say anything, you just bore it all by yourself. Speaking of this, we actually wanted to match Xi'er with a book boy, but your grandfather wrote to me a few days ago, saying that he had chosen a book boy for him. You will see him when you arrive in the capital."
Guo Zhi nodded in agreement and said, "You really can't be vague about my brother's affairs. After all, he will be a high-ranking official in the future. It's better for the bookboy around him to be smart, otherwise there will be no one to talk to in the future."
Then he said, "Sister, what happened to Pu Ying today actually made me feel that we are still very lucky. At least we didn't run into such a bad parent, and we haven't really sold ourselves to other families."
Guo Ruo smiled and looked at Guo Zhi, waiting for her to continue.
"I used to just sigh about my luck, and never thought that I was happier than many people to be able to get to where I am today. My heart was still full of resentment and resentment towards the past. Not only did I think that my uncle and others were not good, but when I compared myself with other young ladies in the academy, I just felt that I was very bad and had a bad fate."
"It was only today when I saw Xiao Pu, who is about the same age as me and has similar experiences, that I realized how happy and difficult life is now."
Thinking of this, Guo Zhi sighed and said, "I never thought that after studying in the academy for so long, I would still need to compare to know happiness. I was really blinded by the prosperity around me before."
Guo Ruo waited for a long time, and when Guo Zhi didn't say anything else, he said, "It's not too late to know now, and the academy doesn't teach these things. Even if you learn, it's just an understanding from the books. In the end, you still have to experience and feel it to truly understand the truth of this world."
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This time, Guo Xin brought no one else with him except a servant, and planned to live a quiet life for a few days. Therefore, the servant only lived in the small house farthest from Guo Xin's house, and no one else was guarding outside the house.
Outside the blue brick house, behind a tree which had few leaves left, stood a man. He kept rubbing his frozen hands and breathing out air to warm his body.
Seeing that they seemed to have truly fallen asleep, he tiptoed over the wall and entered Guo Xin's yard, looking around from time to time, worried that someone would come out and see him.
The man walked to Guo Xin's window, his mouth grinning from ear to ear, took out a very thin bamboo tube from his arms, poked a hole in Guo Xin's window, and blew air into it.
This was a drug he bought from a black marketeer in town. It was said to be sold to customers by brothel girls for the purpose of flirting, so it must be extremely useful.
The man waited outside the door for a long time, put his ear close to the window, but seemed to hear no long breathing sound. He pushed the window open, picked up a small stone at his feet and threw it in. After waiting for a while, and still seeing no sound, he climbed through the window.
Just as the window was opened and the man leaned in, with his feet in the air, he was hit on the head by a stick from behind. The man closed his eyes and was hung in the air.
"Sister Guo Xin! Sister Guo Xin! Wake up!" Pu Ying shouted in a low voice.
She was so anxious that she started calling out the original name, but she didn't dare to call it too loudly. After all, this was not a glorious thing. She heard some time ago that a distant sister had her reputation tarnished and was forced to marry him, otherwise no one would want her.
"I'm awake, don't worry."