Chapter 156.2
"It’s her?" Ling Shuxian had a sudden realization. As the cousin of the Marquis Ding"an Estate, she had naturally heard such important gossip.
She had long wondered what her cousin who grew up in the countryside would be like. She was really not disappointed when she saw her today!
“How ill-behaved. She’s not even wearing a veil when going outside, disgracing the Marquis Estate in public!"
Daughters of prestigious families like them were very fastidious. For example, coming to her uncle"s residence this time, she would have people drop the rolling screen when sitting in the pavilion, so as not to damage her maiden"s reputation.
Gu Jinyu smiled and said, "Biao younger sister, don"t say that. My sister has suffered a lot in the countryside, and she was also forced by life to appear in public like so."
Ling Shuxian suddenly asked, "Did she really feed pigs?"
"Ah?" Gu Jinyu was momentarily stunned.
Ling Shuxian said in disgust, "How dirty!"
It wasn’t that Ling Shuxian hated Gu Jiao. She simply looked down on her. She didn’t think highly of Yao shi, and the children born by her had also been raised in the countryside for more than ten years. Who knew what kind of country b.u.mpkin they had been raised into?
And that face, Heavens, what a big birthmark!
So ugly!
Ling Shuxian sneered, "I heard that she used to be mentally challenged? Is she still a fool?"
Gu Jinyu smiled, saying, "My sister has been cured already. Don"t say such things again, biao younger sister. Let"s go and say h.e.l.lo to my sister."
"I"m definitely not going, if you want to go, go by yourself!" Ling Shuxian said in disgust.
Gu Jinyu must definitely go. With so many servants watching, she couldn’t be rude to her sister.
She walked out of the pavilion, walked up to Gu Jiao, called to her affectionately, and then introduced, "...that"s biao younger sister Shuxian over there. Would sister like to come and sit with us?"
"No need." Gu Jiao refused.
Gu Jinyu wasn"t surprised by this response at all. She remained smiling and continued to ask her to stay, "Just sit down for a while."
"I’m not going." Gu Jiao still refused.
Gu Jinyu drooped her eyes and lowered her voice, "Then, sister can go ahead and do her business. Jinyu won"t disturb you any further."
Gu Jiao stepped away.
Just as she took a few steps, it was unknown what she thought, she looked back at Gu Jinyu and said, "I"m going to see Madame. Do you want to join me?"
This was the first time that Gu Jiao had invited Gu Jinyu.
Gu Jinyu paused.
The Madame in her mouth must be their mother.
Was that what she called their mother till now?
Also, why did she suddenly ask her to go with her?
It was rare for her to take the initiative. Reason told Gu Jinyu that this was a good opportunity to mend the relationship between them. If their mother saw her with her sister, she would be very happy.
But that also meant she had to leave Ling Shuxian behind.
Shuxian was Old Madame Gu’s favorite, and all three brothers in the estate were also very fond of her. If she was on good terms with her, Old Madame Gu and her three older brothers would also treat her favorably.
In the end, Gu Jinyu chose Ling Shuxian over Yao shi.
Her mother would still love her the same whether she coaxed her or not, but she had to put constant efforts when it came to her older brothers.
"I"m sorry, sister. I just promised biao younger sister Shuxian that I would give her lessons. I"ll go see you and Mom when the lessons are finished." She said with a sincere expression.
Gu Jiao said nothing more, turning and leaving.
Gu Jinyu then returned to the pavilion.
Ling Shuxian asked, "What did you talk with her about for so long?"
Gu Jinyu answered softly, "She asked me to go to Mom’s place with her, but I thought, I"ll tutor you first before I go."
Ling Shuxian was very satisfied that Gu Jinyu chose her.
Just then, the confidant wet nurse of Old Madame Gu came with a food box, and she presented it, saying,, "Biao young miss, this is the medicine that you ordered this servant to boil for the shizi. Should... this old servant deliver it for you or does biao young miss want to deliver it herself?"
Gu Changqing was ill.
He had always been in good health, but three days ago, who knew what happened but he fell ill upon returning home.
Old Madame Gu immediately informed his maternal family about it and asked Ling Shuxian to live in the estate for the time being, saying that she should perform her filial duty to her, but in fact, she was looking for an opportunity to have her get closer to Gu Changqing.
In truth, it wasn’t Young Miss Ling who instructed people to boil medicine, it was prepared by Old Madame Gu, and the meaning of the confidant wet nurse’s words was to remind Ling Shuxian to bring the medicine and take care of the shizi!
Ling Shuxian also liked his biao eldest brother very much. How could she not understand Old Madame Gu"s arrangement?
"Give it to me, I"ll deliver it myself!"
She took the food box.
After thinking for a moment, she said to Gu Jinyu, "Do you want to go and see biao eldest brother with me?"
Gu Jinyu"s eyes lit up.
Her eldest brother had been ill for a few days, and she wanted to visit for a long time, but she couldn"t get into his courtyard.
Sure enough, she was right to refuse Gu Jiao just now. See, the opportunity to please her eldest brother came so soon!
Thereupon, the two of them went to Gu Changqing"s courtyard.
Unfortunately, Gu Changqing went to the back hill to train with his sword.
When the Old Marquis was still in the Marquis Estate, he was never allowed to be lazy just because he was ill.
He was the unlucky child who had to practice martial arts and swordsmanship despite having a high fever.
Ling Shuxian decided to wait for him in the yard.
However, after waiting for a long time for Gu Changqing to come back, Ling Shuxian gradually couldn"t sit still and began to wander around the yard.
She was the Marquis Estate’s biao young miss, and the Old Madame as well as the three young masters were all fond of her very much. Hence, people dared not say anything about her and only reminded her not to go to the study of the shizi.
But they might as well not have.
Ling Shuxian did the opposite and went there at once.
As soon as she entered, there came a loud bang from the study.
Gu Jinyu"s expression changed and she quickly went into the study, asking, "Biao younger sister! Are you all right?"
……
In Yao shi’s courtyard, Yao shi saw her daughter come again.
She took her daughter"s hand and sat down on the kang bed of the heating room.
"You"ve lost weight." She said with distress.
She had been taking care of three sick people in the past days, unable to eat well and sleep well, so Gu Jiao had really lost weight.
"Are all of them fine now?" Yao shi asked.
"They’re all well." Gu Jiao answered.
All her three young patients were alive and kicking again, but they were still contagious, so Gu Jiao still instructed them to stay at home.
Yao shi, feeling rea.s.sured, said, "It’s all thanks to you, otherwise, with Yan"er"s body, I"m afraid he couldn’t have withstood this disease."
Even a slight cold could take Gu Yan"s life, let alone a pox disease.
Yao shi was aware that behind her back, her daughter had made countless efforts to make her son ten times healthier than before.
This time, it must also be her daughter"s careful care that made her son recover so quickly.
Gu Jiao wanted to say something but felt hesitant.
The pair of mother and daughter were chatting when suddenly a servant girl hurried in, saying, "Madame, eldest young miss, not good! Something happened to second young miss!"