Gu Fang, who had been frozen in the cold wind for more than four hours, finally got his wish and walked into the courtyard newly built by his stepson Gu Shen.

Gu Shen's newly built yard covers an area of ​​about five acres and is divided into two entrances, the inside and the outside. Due to the huge project, only more than half of it has been repaired temporarily.

However, the upper house for Gu Shen and Su Yan has been repaired and built, and it is an extension of the original house.

There are three rooms in total, Chinese and foreign, plus an extremely quiet and elegant study room, which is specially used for Su Yan to study.

Just as Gu Fangshi stepped into the threshold, Fuguier, the little dog who was dozing in front of the fire, immediately raised his ears and tail vigilantly, barking at Gu Fangshi ferociously.

Gu Fang looked up at the red bricks and green tiles, and thought of Gu Shencun's bank full of silver, and felt that even the sound of a dog barking was particularly pleasant.

"Fu Guier, stop barking, there are guests at home." Gu Shen hugged the vigilant Fu Guier on his knees and stroked his fur: "Donger, go make some hot tea."

Su Yan didn't like the arrival of Gu Fang's family, and he didn't know what his young master's nerve was wrong to invite this plague god into the house.

He sat side by side with Gu Shen at the main seat, lowering his head and fiddling with the gaiwan in his hand the whole time.

Today's Su Yan is no longer as submissive and cautious as before. He is aware of his weight in Gu Shen's heart, and also knows Gu Shen's friendship with him, so he also knows that if he doesn't want to give someone a good look in this family, Then you can not give a person a good look.

Gu Fangshi has bad intentions and evil intentions.

Such a person doesn't have to be respected and loved by the elders, just be a transparent person who can speak.

On the other hand, on Gu Shen's side, he chatted very warmly with Gu Fang, as if he completely forgot how this woman kicked him out of the house and beat him in front of the whole village.

"Ting'er, it was my mother who was wrong last time, and Ting'er was wronged by her hot temper." Gu Fang apologized to Gu Shen pitifully with red eyes.

"What is mother talking about? You are an elder, and the younger generation speaks disrespectfully. You should teach me a lesson."

"Oh, it hurts my mother's heart when I hit my son." Gu Fang held his chest earnestly: "I hit you for my mother, and my heart hurts too."

The play of Gu Shen and Gu Fang's filial mother's love and filial piety stunned Cui Cui, the maid who came with the master.

I thought to myself, is this young master crazy?Or just change someone else.

Even if he didn't care about it, he wouldn't forgive Gu Fang so easily.

"Is there anything else my mother wants to do today besides seeing me?" Gu Shen held the teacup and looked at Gu Fangshi opposite with a smile.

"Isn't this mother just here to see you, what else can she do?" Gu Fangshi barely hid the fox tail behind her buttocks: "But you live outside alone, mother is still worried after all. , I’m always afraid that you won’t have enough to eat and you won’t be able to dress warmly.”

"This mother doesn't have to worry." Gu Shen glanced at Su Yan who was playing with the cup lid beside him without saying a word: "Ah Yan has always taken good care of her son."

"That's, that's, mother can rest assured that Brother Yan will take care of you." Gu Fang shook the handkerchief in his hand, and suddenly a look of sadness appeared on his face: "Speaking of which, Brother Yan is still left to you by the eldest sister." Yes, why did my poor elder sister leave so early?"

Gu Shen looked at Gu Fang's pretentious appearance with cold eyes, and secretly imitated the acting variety show that he had seen on TV by accident in his previous life, and gave a score to the acting skills of the former mistress who missed her life.

From the perspective of acting alone, Gu Shen felt that this scene could be scored three points.

If you look at it in combination with the lines, it is only two points at most.

The emotions are artificial and artificial, and the drama is far-fetched.

Even the real little Gu Nanting would feel that Gu Fang's acting skills were fake and exaggerated.

"When my mother adopted Ayan back then, she said that she hoped that I could marry him one day in the future. Now that I've delayed until now, it's time to come." Gu Shen said the following lines quite cooperatively.

"That's right, mother, I have the same intentions these days." Gu Fang put away her tears, and chatted with Su Yan cheekily: "Brother Yan, you and Ting'er are not young anymore, Shouldn't it be time to plan after the new year?"

Su Yan kept a cold face, and when Gu Fang called him, he agreed unhurriedly: "You shouldn't ask me what Madam said, I belong to the young master, and when the young master says it, that's the time."

Gu Fangshi was choked up for no reason, just for the sake of money, Gu Fangshi has a very good temper: "Since you both have this intention, then it's easy to handle, mother will mention that you are well-planned." Yes. Speaking of which, Ting'er, you have been away from home for almost a year, and it's the end of the year, and mother hopes that you can take time to go back to that house to have a look, anyway, you are also a descendant of the Gu family. "

Gu Shen was amused by these words, remembering that when Gu Fang kicked him out, he scolded a dozen or so words of beast and bastard.

I can't wait to let all the blood of the descendants of the Gu family out of him, but here today, I have a mouthful of the descendants of the Gu family.

I don't know if Gu Fang's face hurts when he said this?

"Mother." Gu Shen feigned embarrassment and held his forehead: "Mother also knows the absurd things I did before I left home. I'm afraid those uncles and uncles at home will not let me in so easily."

"Silly boy, what are you talking about? You are so promising now, if the uncles and uncles in the family are happy to see you, it's too late, why won't you let in?"

"Since that's the case, please thank my mother to say something nice for me at home. I don't want to make too much trouble when I go home."

After another cup of tea, the conversation between Gu Fangshi and Gu Shen finally came to an end.

Before leaving, Gu Shen even grabbed a handful of broken silver ingots and wrapped Gu Nanzhou in a red envelope.

"Mom, walk slowly. This is my elder brother's wish. Let him save it to buy candy."

This small bag of broken silver was the bait thrown by Gu Shen.

Sure enough, Gu Fang took the bait, and left with the money happily.

After Gu Fangshi left, the expression on Su Yan's face was always cold. He really couldn't understand why his young master suddenly wanted to show good looks to someone like Gu Fangshi?There is also a great sense of closeness.

During dinner, Su Yan excused his lack of appetite and avoided Gu Shen.

Su Yan was still sullen and sullen until he finished washing and fell asleep.

Gu Nanting, who is very good at observing words and expressions in daily life, can naturally see Su Yan's thoughts at a glance, he propped his chin and supported Su Yan's shoulder and slowly pushed: "Ayan, are you unhappy that I let Gu Fang's in today? "

"Young Master, you don't know what to ask." Su Yan turned his back to Gu Shen and refused to turn his head.

"Ayan thinks that I have forgotten what she did to me in the past, and I still welcome her home." Gu Shen embraced the man and put his chin on Su Yan's side face: "Ayan really thinks that I Are you so stupid?"

"Then what is the young master doing?" Su Yan thought for a while, then turned around and met Gu Shen's eyes: "Could it be that he really wants to marry me?"

"I want to marry you on the one hand." Gu Shen put his arms around Su Yan's neck: "I want to go back to the Gu family and get back what belongs to me."

"Huh?" Su Yan frowned slightly: "What does the young master want to do?"

"Although Gu Fang is the head of the Gu family in name, she is a woman after all. Her son Gu Nanzhou is still young, so it is impossible for the relatives in the family to obey her. I also told Ayan that day Now, the reason why she can come to my door without shame is because I want to marry a man, who will not pose a threat to her grandchildren."

"So the young master is thinking about using Gu Fang's family to return to the Gu family?" Su Yan's face softened a little: "Would you like to fight against those uncles and relatives again?"

"Isn't Ayan very smart? Can't even bear my thoughts?" Gu Shen sat up straight and turned his back, as if he was also angry.

"Master, I just don't like your being called Gu Fang's mother." This time it was Su Yan who came after him instead.

"You can't understand that I have been called for so many years. I refused to call her mother when she came in. How did my father treat me?" Gu Shen put on airs and refused to turn around.

"Master, he..." Su Yan lowered his head and recalled, remembering that year when Gu Fang entered the door, his young master refused to change his words.In a fit of anger, Master Gu broke a two-cent-thick jujube board, and Gu Nanting was so painful that he couldn't get up, it was Gu Fang who took care of him for three days and three nights.

At that time, Su Yan also thought that Gu Fang would be an excellent stepmother, but who knew that this woman turned out to be a venomous woman, and even Gu Shen's beating because of her was all caused by her in front of Gu Shen.

Because of her taking care of her this time, Gu Shen willingly called her mother for nearly ten years.

"I thought Ayan was the one who understood my thoughts the most, but I didn't expect that Ayan was the same, and only regarded me as a fool who didn't know right from wrong." Gu Shen moved his body out of the bed again, as if he wanted to avoid Su Yan. .

"Master, it's my fault. I shouldn't be angry with you." Su Yan showed embarrassment, and rarely took the initiative to hug Gu Shen from behind: "Young master is my young master, and everything you do is right."

Gu Shen, who lost his temper after Su Yan's pleadings, suddenly turned his head, pushed Su Yan onto the bed, and looked down at him with his hands supporting his wrists on both sides: "Ah Yan who has studied is It’s different, your back is hardened, so you’re not afraid of me anymore, are you?”

"Master." The ambiguous posture made Su Yan blushed involuntarily, and turned his head: "Young Master asked me to study. If Young Master thinks that Ayan is not good at reading, then Ayan will not go to school in the future."

"I asked Ah Yan to study so that he would not be afraid of me. I asked Ah Yan to study so that he could have his own opinions. I asked Ah Yan to study so that we could live a better life in the future. It's getting better and better." Gu Shen leaned down and kissed Su Yan's lips lightly: "But if Ayan gets angry in the future, he can kick me, bite me, beat me and scold me, but he is not allowed to be like today. Ignore me like that."

***

On the day of the winter solstice, there was a heavy snowfall in Shuiyuan City.

Overnight, the whole world became white covered with silver.

Early in the morning, little Dong'er was wearing a newly made padded coat, took his master and his newly bought fur hat, and played a snowman game with the puppy Fuguier in the yard.

Gu Shen and Su Yan also got up early, and today they are going to visit Su Yan's mentor, Mr. Guo.

The thank you ceremony was prepared by Gu Shen early in the morning.

In addition to rituals such as pen, ink, paper and inkstone, there is also an altar of superb old-fashioned flower carvings.

Gu Shen entrusted several merchants who went to Hangzhou Mansion all the year round to find it for two months before buying it back, 50 taels of silver a jar.

It's almost the same price as gold.

According to the system Fuguier's reminder, his daily tasks today are apprenticeship and snow removal.

The weather after the first snow is very clean and clear, and the sky seems to have been washed.

"Ayan, I feel like going for a walk today." The well-dressed Gu Shen stood in the courtyard and took two deep breaths of the cold air.

"Young master, it's more than ten miles away. It will be noon if we go there." Today Su Yan was wearing a snow-white cloak, and the hands covered were also made of white rabbit fur. Standing in the snow, it was almost as close as snow. The same color, but the shiny black hair is like an embellishment.

"Ayan is dressed so nicely today, I don't really want to take Ayan out with me." Gu Shen looked Su Yan up and down, then raised his lips and joked: "It seems that I am not so handsome anymore."

"Okay, okay, master, stop making trouble." Su Yan walked over and took Gu Shen's hand, then turned to call out to little Dong'er who was playing with the puppy: "Dong'er, go and harness the donkey cart, let's go Look at Mr. Guo."

"Ow! Good!" Xiao Dong'er patted the snow on her body, and jumped to hit the donkey cart.

Guo Xuexue's home in a neighboring village.

The old pedant also changed into Songhe Yannian's clothes early in the morning, and sat cross-legged in his living room.

His pale temple hair was combed high, tied with only an ebony hairpin, and the whole person looked like a fairy.

The snow water for making tea in the tea stove on the table has been boiled, and the four exquisite cakes and pastries have been put away, quietly waiting for his favorite student Su Yan to come to the door.

"Sir, brother Yan and Mr. Su are here." The boy who was passing the message in front of the hall hurried over and saluted Mr. Guo who was sitting upright.

"Since we're here, let's invite them in quickly, it's cold outside." The old pedantic, who has always been stern, is in a rare mood, and the movement of the little boy running on the corridor does not make him angry: "After letting people in, go to the back kitchen to see See if the fermented glutinous rice balls in the pot are ready, if they are ready, serve them up."

"Yes! Sir, I understand!" The little Tong'er ran away without a trace.

A moment later, Gu Shen and Su Yan stood in front of old Mr. Guo Xin with the ceremony of thanking the teacher.

"Master, please accept the disciple's three respects." Su Yan put down the things in his hands, bowed to the ground and gave three big gifts to the old scholar Guo.

Gu Shen was not Mr. Guo Xin's disciple, so he could only bend down and bow three times with Su Yan.

"Okay, okay, the rules are almost over. Today is the winter solstice. It's a snowy day. It's great if you can come here." Facing these two promising young people, Mr. Guo Xin's stern smile lines have already disappeared. Can't hide anymore: "Sit down and have some tea, I'll ask Tong'er to serve the Jiuniang Yuanzi."

"Thank you sir." Su Yan nodded in greeting.

Seeing old Mr. Guo Xin bring a cup of tea, Gu Shen immediately rolled up his sleeves and stepped forward to help: "Mr. Guo, you don't have to entertain us juniors. Today's winter solstice is the day of thanking teachers, so we should serve you."

"Master Gu has always been very sweet-talking, but today I am the host and you are the guests, so the rules cannot be messed up." Mr. Guo picked up the rag beside the fire, lifted the handle of the pot, and poured it into the purple sand pot covered with tea leaves. Inject water.

After pouring water three times, the tea soup was divided into three cups and placed in front of the three of them.

"Mr. Guo, I heard from Ayan that you have a habit of drinking alcohol, so I asked someone to buy a bottle of old Huadiao from Hangzhou. I am young and inexperienced, and I don't know good or bad, so I just brought it here for you to taste. Take a moment." Gu Shen took a sip of tea, picked up the most precious item among the thank-you gifts, handed it to the old gentleman, and said very modestly.

"This is a 30-year-old Huadiao wine. Young Master Gu has spent a lot of money this time." The old man took the Huadiao wine bottle and looked at it carefully, and finally he was reluctant to open the cover to smell the wine.

"No matter how good the thing is, as long as you like it, sir, it is worth it. Aged Huadiao wine is valuable, and the knowledge in your stomach is a priceless treasure. You have taught me so much, and it is only natural for me to give you the best Huadiao wine. "

Gu Shen's words really touched Guo Xuexue's heart, no matter how noble a person is, he would inevitably feel a little bit elated after hearing these words.

Mr. Guo Xin is no exception.

"Master Gu, you don't have to be so polite. I also cherish talents. Brother Yan is the most talented student I have met in the years of teaching." After finishing speaking, the old gentleman did not forget to pat Su Yan on the shoulder to express his agreement.

"Sir, Jiuniang dumplings are ready." Before the chat between the three of them was over, the little boy brought over three steaming bowls of Jiuniang dumplings.

The small glutinous rice balls intertwined with red and pink float in the clear fermented rice soup, exuding an intoxicating sweetness.

"Come on, today is the winter solstice, and you must eat this wine glutinous rice ball." Mr. Guo Xin greeted Tong'er to serve bowls to the guests, and he took the lead in scooping up a spoonful, and took a mouthful along his white beard.

The master moved the spoon, and Gu Shen and Su Yan were no longer polite.

The warm Jiuniang Yuanzi just dispelled the chill during the journey.

After eating Jiuniang Yuanzi, Gu Shen got up and offered to clear the snow in the old man's courtyard.

In the upper hall, only Su Yan and Mr. Guo Xin were left.

The little Tonger cleaned up the empty bowls on the table, and after consulting the old gentleman, he was finally able to play with Little Donger who was waiting for him under the kitchen for a while.

The old man picked up the bottle of 30-year-old Huadiao wine, sniffed the refreshing aroma of the wine through the wine jar, and then raised his head to see his favorite student looking into the courtyard through the window lattice of the upper hall.

A vague figure on the bright window paper is moving in the courtyard, clearing the snow in the courtyard one by one.

"If you really want to see it so much, you might as well open the window and have a look."

Mr. Guo Xin's words pulled Su Yan back to his senses, and he quickly bowed to the old gentleman opposite: "Sir, the student is rude."

"You, can't I see your thoughts?" Mr. Guo put the wine jar in his hand on the table: "You have this Young Master Gu in your heart, and you study hard here for the sake of being able to one day Is it worthy of him?"

"Sir." Su Yan, whose mind was broken, lowered his eyebrows and pursed his lips, waiting to listen to the old man's teaching.

"I think this young master has you in his heart, so you can rest assured. Moreover, this young master can turn around in such a short period of time and start from scratch, which shows that he will be promising in the future. You can Entrust yourself to him, and the days to come will be smoother."

About an hour later, Gu Shen swept the yard clean.

The daily task is completed, and a winter solstice blind bag gift package is obtained by the way.

Gu Shen has already accumulated a bunch of such blind bag gift bags in the compartment of his backpack, because the soap business is booming, he hardly needs to open such blind bags anymore.

Most of the rewards were put in the backpack by Gu Shen to eat ashes.insomnia flight zl

On the donkey cart on the return journey, Gu Shen lay facelessly in Su Yan's arms, and sighed and beat his old waist: "Oh, I'm almost exhausted to sweep the snow for Mr. Guo, and you don't say you love me."

"Aren't I hugging the young master? Why does the young master still think about me?"

Gu Shen raised his head and pointed to his own cheek: "At least you have to think about it?"

Su Yan smiled, and thoughtfully kissed Gu Shen on the cheek: "Is this okay?"

"Well, it's more or less like this." Gu Shen put his head back into Su Yan's arms contentedly: "By the way, when I went to sweep the snow, what did you and Mr. Guo talk about?"

"I didn't talk about anything, but Mr. Guo said that you are a person worth entrusting, and I want me to trust myself to you." Su Yan lowered his head and looked at the dog skin plaster in his arms: "Actually, Mr. Guo doesn't need to say, I have already It's the young master's man."

***

Shortly after the winter solstice, it is New Year's Eve.

This is the first time for Gu Shen and Su Yan to celebrate the New Year at their home.

There are red lights hanging in the huge courtyard, shining beamingly on the snow-white earth.

Behind the shadow wall in the middle of the courtyard was an extremely ugly snowman. The snowman was Xiao Dong'er's masterpiece. Gu Shen also helped a little by adding nose and eyes to the snowman, and using leftovers from the workshop Lipstick powder draws a mouth for the snowman.

It's okay if the mouth is not painted, but the snowman looks even uglier when it is painted.

In the warm room, Xiaodong'er and the puppy Fuguier were sitting on the dining table at the same time, looking at the fat and big elbow that had been stewed to the bone in the center of the dining table, drooling and drooling.

This sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner was ordered by Gu Shen from the Xinghualou in the city.

The color, fragrance and taste are complete, and they are all steaming.

There is a New Year's Eve dinner for the New Year's Eve, but you still have to make the dumplings you should eat in season.

The two divided the work, Su Yan was in charge of making the dough, and Gu Shen was in charge of mixing the stuffing.

Su Yan, who has lived a difficult life with Gu Shen, has a lot of research on the matter of kneading dough.

But Gu Shen, who was in charge of mixing the stuffing, knew nothing about cooking, no matter the past life or the present life.

Especially in ancient times when there was no electricity, where can I find a wall breaking machine that can quickly decompose pork into minced meat?

Just relying on the extremely heavy kitchen knife at home, Gu Shen felt that even if he was exhausted, he would not be able to finish chopping so much pork.

After tossing and turning for half an hour, in order to ensure that Su Yan could eat meat stuffing in Dali, Gu Shen finally took the meat and knocked on the door of the aunt's house next door with a blushing face.

The aunt next door was a straightforward person, without saying a word, she gave Gu Shen the meat stuffing that she had prepared, and she sternly refused Gu Shen's thank you.

In her words, the fresh meat and bacon in her family this year were all earned from Gu Shen's sweet potatoes, and it was too late for Gu Shen to be happy after eating her.

In the evening, the dishes are served on the table.

Gu Shen and Su Yan were still busy in the kitchen. The hot water in the firewood pot was already boiling, but there were not many dumplings that were actually formed.

"Oh, it doesn't look difficult, but how to do it is so much more difficult than it looks?" Gu Shen rubbed the sweat on his face: "Ayan, why don't you put some meaning in it, the New Year's dishes on the table It's getting cold."

"Young master, are you hungry?" Su Yan pinched the skin of a dumpling relatively skillfully: "Then make another ten. You have to make up an even number. It will be auspicious to eat on New Year's Eve."

"Okay." Gu Shen wiped his hands on the apron: "After dinner, shall we go to the yard to set off fireworks?"

"It's good, it's just you and me plus Xiao Dong'er, so it's kind of deserted."

"Who said there are three people, and there are rich children? No matter what we say, we are a family of four." Gu Shen looked at Su Yan's hands rolling the dough, staring at a piece of dough that became able to wrap under the pressure of the wooden stick The dumpling wrappers filled with meat, the whole process is smooth and smooth, which makes people eager to try: "Ayan, let me try making dough wrappers, maybe it can be made faster than me?"

"Master, let's save it. The number of times the young master comes to the kitchen is limited. Let me come, and it can be faster." Su Yan said, took another piece of dough and rolled it on the chopping board: "Young master, when you Really think about it, do you want to marry me?"

"Why do you suddenly ask such a question?" Gu Shen was puzzled, why Su Yan jumped from rolling dumpling wrappers to the topic of marrying him.

"It's nothing, I just suddenly thought that if the young master marries me, there will be problems with the heirs in the future." Su Yan continued to say with his hands in his hands: "People who marry male wives either want to take concubines for their husbands, or they just make them concubines." From home, the husband and wife accompany a room of sisters to make a concubine for the purpose of childbirth. The young master is not willing to have a concubine or other concubines. In the future, when he grows old and sees other people's houses full of children and grandchildren, will he feel that it is too late? desolate?"

"I don't understand why Ayan said that. Since I chose a man as my wife, I chose the path of infertility? Since I like men, why do I need other girls to bury my life for me?" Gu Shen hugged Su Yan's body, and slowly and seriously tightened his arms: "I chose you to be my wife because I like you, just because you are Su Yan. Not because of you Fertile or not, beautiful or ugly, fat or thin, but I like you, I like you, I just like you. If you feel that the New Year is deserted, I can set off more fireworks. In the future, I can still Earn more money and buy a bigger house. There are countless servants in the house. Every year, I invite songs, dances and plays to add to the fun. When we are seven or eighty, they have children and grandchildren around their knees, and we have thousands of acres of fertile land and mansions. Ten thousand, when the time comes, who is envious and who doesn't know."

Su Yan was warmed by Gu Shen's words, and also amused.

He raised the corner of his mouth and struggled for his arm: "Young Master, don't hold on, serve the dumplings quickly, Xiaodong'er will have to eat his elbows in a while."

The white and tender dumplings were wrapped with delicious meat fillings and put into the pot, floating and sinking in the boiling water.

This is Gu Shen's first year in ancient times.

This New Year's Eve, Su Yan is by his side, and after tomorrow, he will return to his former Gu family under the name of Lunar New Year.

Seek justice for his original body, get back everything that originally belonged to Gu Nanting.

When the new year passes, everything will have a new beginning.

The dumplings were cooked, Su Yan picked up a plate, and dragged him quickly from under the kitchen to the dining room.

In the dining room, Xiao Dong'er and Fu Gui'er almost saw a hole in that elbow.

"Ah, you two are finally back! Can we serve dinner?" Xiaodong'er wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth, and Fugui'er, the puppy, was also full of anticipation.

"Eat, move your chopsticks, you've been waiting for a long time." Su Yan put the hard-won dumplings in the middle of the table.

The house was filled with warmth, and the sound of firecrackers being set off by several neighbors came from outside the house.

Gu Shen was about to pour a glass of wine, but he sighed deeply, but after filling the glass, he saw that the big alluring elbow on the table had been torn in half by the hungry little Dong'er.

He raised his head and poured the wine into his belly, picked up his chopsticks and began to join in a battle for elbows related to the New Year's happiness index.

You can't lose, if you lose, you will be hungry.

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