After struggling in the real business world for many years, Gu Shen realized a thought-provoking truth.

The truth is: No one can stay sober in front of money.If anyone insists that he is different, it is only because the amount of money in front of him is not enough.

Gu Nanting's stepmother, Gu Fangshi, is a perfectly normal person. To her, the temptation of gold and silver is like the temptation of caramel to ants.

Ever since Gu Yuqiu took her to the ferry of Shuiyuan City to meet the twenty boats of Sangsi that day, Gu Fangshi has been inspired and vowed to be a serious and upright head of the Gu family, combing a seemingly dignified bun all day long, going out early and going late Returning, wandering among the various industries of the Gu family, mingling with those shopkeepers and managers, and merchants who came from afar.

In the family of merchants in the Great Xia Dynasty, although women can be the masters of the family, they always bring a man from the same family by their side when discussing business to show their innocence.

Because of this rule, Gu Yuqiu followed Gu Fang's side logically, and gradually returned to the center of the Gu family's property from a concubine who had been separated a long time ago. Thanks to Gu Yuqiu's contribution, those members of the family who had been critical of Gu Yuqiu's status as a concubine had no choice but to shut their mouths in resentment.

Since this period of time, since Gu Fangshi is always away from the mansion all day long, the heavy responsibility of taking care of Gu Nanzhou also falls on Cui Cui, Gu Fangshi's personal servant girl.

In fact, it’s not that fat guy Gu Nanzhou doesn’t have nannies, it’s just that the two nannies are old people left in the house by Gu Nanting’s biological mother, Mrs. Su. Seeing a reason to drive the two out of the house, they can only be asked to do some trivial chores in the name of nanny.

The people who really take care of Gu Nanzhou have always been herself, and Cui Cui beside her.

Gu Nanzhou, who left Gu Fang's family, is like a wild rabbit that has been scattered on the pasture. He doesn't do his homework every day. He either hugs the puppy, Fu Guier, tosses all over the yard, or rides on the head of the servants at home to do his best. .

Cui Cui, who stayed in the inner house to take care of her, even coaxed and threatened her a few times, but had little effect, so she had no choice but to tell all about Gu Nanzhou's actions these days when Gu Fangshi came back. .

Gu Fang, who was immersed in the business field, had no intention of preaching, and directly lifted the sleeping Gu Nanzhou out of the bed and beat him up.

That night, Gu Nanzhou's hoarse crying could be vaguely heard even in Gu Shen's yard.

***

In the afternoon of that day, Gu Fang's yard was once again full of chickens and dogs jumping up and down.

Gu Nanzhou didn't know what he dreamed about when he was taking a nap. He just crawled out of the bed and trotted out with a big dragonfly-shaped kite. The maid Cui Cui was so anxious that she chased after her with her skirt. go out.

Gu Nanzhou ran along the remote path in the house on purpose, Cui Cui followed Gu Nanzhou's back all the way, and the Kung Fu man disappeared after taking a breath, and only saw Gu Nanzhou carrying a bag under the corner of a wall. Go out with the kite.

"Master Zhou, stop making trouble, come out." Cui Cui looked around and still couldn't see Gu Nanzhou, so she could only walk in the direction of the kite: "Master Zhou, go back with your servant, good master, oops! !!"

Cui Cui stumbled on something, she fell forward unexpectedly, the cold and hard gravel road directly scratched the fleshy skin of her two palms, and her knees were so painful that she didn't slow down for a long time. Come on.

"Haha! You are so stupid! You are so stupid!" Gu Nanzhou, who ran out of the house early in the morning, flashed out from the shade of the corner of the wall with a black and gray string in his hand. Cui Cui laughed so hard that she couldn't even straighten her waist: "It's what you deserve, I made you sue my mother! I killed you!"

Gu Nanzhou threw down the rope, patted the dust in his hands, picked up the big kite he used as bait, and ran away bouncing around.

Cui Cui, who was lying on the ground, was ashamed, angry and hurt, her tears were about to come out, seeing Gu Nanzhou gradually running away, she had to struggle to get up from the ground again: "Hiss, ouch, Master Zhou, please, Master Zhou!" Don't run away, this servant knows it's wrong."

Cui Cui barely stood up straight, every time she moved her knees, her heart ached, she staggered a few steps before stopping in place, panting heavily, calling in the direction of Gu Nanzhou's running away : "Master Zhou, don't run away, this place is too far away, if you want to play, go to the front yard to play, okay?"

In the remote backyard, no one passed by.

Cui Cui, who was injured from the fall, supported the corner of the wall and moved little by little, and finally she simply leaned against the wall in frustration and wiped away her tears.

Thinking that I have reached such an age, the master doesn't want to find a marriage for me, and I have never had a child, how can I discipline others?

Poor her good-natured person, she was ridiculed like this by a child for no reason, everyone was raised by their biological parents, why should she suffer such a crime?

"Zhou'er, go and apologize to Miss Cuicui."

Cui Cui, who was sobbing against the wall, raised her head in response, and saw that the little demon king Gu Nanzhou who had just run away was being picked up by the collar like a chicken, and it was none other than the young master of the Gu family who was carrying her. Gu Fangshi, the master, has a thorn in Gu Nanting's side.

"Sister Cuicui, I was wrong, I shouldn't have caused you to stumble." Gu Nanzhou lowered his brows and looked pleasing to the eye, without any of the arrogance he had just now.

Cui Cui's face was full of tears, she stared blankly at Gu Shen in front of her, she didn't hear Gu Nanzhou's apology at all.

After careful calculation, she is actually only six years older than the original body Gu Nanting, but because she has been with Gu Fang all the year round, she has always only regarded the young master Gu Nanting of this family as a fluffy child in her subconscious. It's not that he has never seen Gu Nanting's appearance, but he has not seen it at such a close distance, and he has seen it without Gu Fang's presence.He didn't want to meet him today, but the hairy kid in his memory turned out to be so tall, so handsome, so that people couldn't take their eyes off him.

"Miss Cuicui, are you okay?" Gu Shen took Gu Nanzhou's little hand and asked in a warm voice: "I just saw this little guy running fast, and I knew he had done something bad at first glance. After a pass, he told me that he was playing tricks on you. How? Did you get hurt?"

"No, no." Cui Cui swallowed hard, not knowing where to put her hands: "Thank you, Young Master Ting, for your concern, the servant did not fall anywhere."

"Tsk." Gu Shen sighed softly, and took Cui Cui's hands without hesitation: "It's all broken, and you still say it's nothing."

"This, this is not in the way!" Cui Cui's face turned red, and she quickly retracted her hands. She didn't know where this plain shyness came from. It was clear that she had been with her two years earlier. A Lai, the servant of the door, has some involvement, but how can a boy who looks after the door compare with the young master of gold and jade?

"Well, my yard is just ahead, go back and let Ayan and you find some medicine for the wound, it's better than enduring it yourself." Gu Shen suggested quite understandingly, and offered a message Arm: "I see that your leg is injured, it's okay, just help me to go."

"Yes, Master Ting." Cui Cui thought for a while, and put her hand on Gu Shen's arm.

One is that her legs really hurt a little bit, and the other is that she was indeed amazed by Gu Nanting who saved her from danger, and she couldn't help but want to get close to this master who was supposed to be against her.

Sometimes such a woman who lives in the back house all the year round is so easy to move, Cuicui is like this, and so is Gu Fangshi.

"Actually, if you really can't control Zhou'er, you can send him to my yard every morning when you wake up, and let him study with Ayan, so that you won't get in the way of your identity, and you can't say or fight a lot of things." Gu Shen led Gu Nanzhou, who had broken into the goods, and talked to Cui Cui in a nonchalant manner: "We are also a family in the end, no matter what mother has done before, what I have done before, we can't let it go. Outsiders saw the joke, what do you think?"

"Yes, what Master Ting said is very true." Cui Cui limped forward while supporting Gu Shen's strong arm, feeling extremely happy for some reason, as if she had a sweet potato in her bosom.

"Looking back, you should also persuade your mother, and you don't have to confront me like this on weekdays. Ayan and I are destined to have no heirs in this life, and in the future these properties will also be attributed to Zhou'er's lineage. Even if it's just for my reputation, I will serve her as long as she lives."

"Young Master Ting's words will be remembered by this servant, and I will pass them on to Madam." After hearing Gu Shen's sincere speech, Cuicui's happy pastry seemed to be steamed by something, and she felt sweet in her heart.

***

The eldest maid, Cuicui, seemed to be a blessing in disguise because of this fall. Su Yan gave her a lot of wound medicine in Gu Shen's yard, and Gu Shen even went to greet Gu Fang for her. From now on, the little devil Gu Nanzhou would go to Gu Shen’s yard every morning to study essays with Su Yan, and Su Yan would also bring Gu Nanzhou with him when he went to Guo Xuejia’s lectures.

Seeing Guo Xuexue's face, Gu Fang rolled her eyes as if she wanted to go to heaven, and reluctantly agreed.

Every morning, Cui Cui would take Gu Nanzhou to report in Gu Shen's yard on time, and sometimes she would stay in the yard for a while, chatting with the cooks and servants in the yard.

After coming and going, she gradually became acquainted with the people on Gu Shen's side, and everyone was polite when they saw her.

That day, the sky happened to be gloomy, and just after Cui Cui took Gu Nanzhou to Gu Shen's yard, it began to rain heavily, and it couldn't stop for a while.

She wanted to ask Su Yan to borrow the rain gear to drive back to Fang's side, but Su Yan made a pot of good Longjing tea and kept her there.

"Miss Cuicui has been coming and going here for a while, and there are some things I've always wanted to tell you, but I just never found the opportunity." Su Yan lifted the teapot and filled a cup with Cuicui, and politely pushed her away. In the past: "It just so happens that the young master went out today, and the weather is bad, so you can stay here and have a cup of tea."

"Master Yan, you are too polite, I am just a servant." The ancients often said that Su Yan, who has read poetry and books, is different from when he was at home earlier, and people have to take a high look. Cuicui's attitude towards him is no longer the same as in the old days.

"Miss Cuicui, what did you say? Ever since the young master helped you to this yard that day, I have never seen you in person." Su Yan picked up the teacup and took a sip of the fragrant tea. Cuicui raised the corner of her mouth.

"Master Yan, what do you mean by that? I don't understand." Cui Cui was not pretending to be stupid, she really didn't understand.

"Since Miss Cuicui doesn't like to beat around the bush, then I'll just say it straight." Su Yan put his glass aside and looked at the steaming water outside the window: "You know, I'm a man. I can't have any heirs, and now the young master wants me to take the exam. If I am really lucky enough to be listed in the future, I will be completely inseparable from my body to take care of the young master. Although the young master said that he doesn't want an heir, I can't really let the young master Just like this, the heir was extinct, not for any other reason, just to not let down the entrustment of my late wife. I originally wanted to find a considerate one for the young master, but the young master shirked it in every possible way until the young master helped you up that day. return."

"Master Yan, what do you mean! Master Ting and I just met by chance that day!" Cui Cui jumped up from the chair with a blushing face, twisted the handkerchief in her hand and bit her lip, trying to defend herself.

"Miss Cuicui, be safe and don't be impatient. I'm not trying to be jealous with you today." Su Yan comforted people to sit down in a low voice, shook his head and smiled: "I just really think you can serve the young master for me. I also took care of him for a period of time. Although I didn't do my best for Mrs. Fang's sake, you know the young master's temper, and you are older. You must be able to manage the yard for the young master and me in the future. The most important thing is that the young master doesn't seem to dislike you from serving by his side. Besides, it's only natural for the mother to give the girl beside her to the young master. Miss Cui Cui is already at such an age, Madam should consider it ,Is not it?"

"This..." The handkerchief in Cuicui's hand was twisted even tighter, she didn't hear Su Yan's other words clearly, and only heard that Gu Shen did not reject her serving by her side.For a woman who has just been fascinated by Gu Shen, this is tantamount to being in love with each other.

"Could it be that Miss Cuicui is unwilling?" Su Yan seemed to see her hesitation, and pretended to be so: "Oh? I understand, Miss Cuicui is thinking of the master-servant friendship with her stepwife, no May I come to have more involvement with my young master. But I want to remind Miss Cui Cui that you are guarding your step-wife and young master Zhou. Even if your step-mother takes a fancy to you in the future, at most you will be assigned to this yard The manager of any place, or any distant relative of my mother's family, no matter how you say it, is inferior to ours. Think about it, if the young master and I have no children, all the property in the future will belong to the young master Zhou. If you come If you can have a son with the young master someday, then the property I share with the young master will belong to your son. If I teach him to read and write in the future, the young master’s child will definitely not be too talented. You will be able to start your career in the next day, and as his biological mother, your status will naturally become honorable."

If there are any masters and servants who can truly share weal and woe in this world?The answer is yes.

But this kind of deep love between master and servant obviously doesn't apply to Gu Fangshi and Cuicui.

A personable, gentle and generous young man from a wealthy family in the prime of his life, a great opportunity to rise to the top is in front of him, who would not be tempted?

This is the case for everyone in the world. When their own interests are not touched, they are very considerate of others.Back when Gu Shen had just made a fortune, Cui Cui, as Gu Fang's loyal servant, could think of letting Gu Fang get close to Gu Shen, so as to obtain Gu Shen's property.

But now Su Yan spread out all these industries and placed them in front of her, waiting for her to reach out for them. The future described by Su Yan made her wish she could get into the sedan chair tomorrow, and give Gu Shensheng a free life the next day. The fat eldest son, then she will be able to sit back and relax as a wife, and even live a more dignified and noble life than her master, Gu Fangshi. Su Yan is a man, and she will never be jealous of anyone else in her life.

When the sky cleared, Cui Cui walked out of Gu Shen's yard in a daze, but she didn't give Su Yan a clear answer after all.

But Su Yan could tell that she was already moved.

This is the plan that Gu Shen said in Su Yan's ear that morning. Gu Shen already knew the cause of the death of the master of the Gu family, but suffered from the lack of evidence.

And Cuicui beside Gu Fangshi is the best witness.

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