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Gyrfalcons, after all, were not really domesticated birds. They were wild animals. When it attacked people, it wasn’t as simple as pecking angrily at their targets a few times like chickens.
It rushed into the girl"s hat, opened its hard beak and pecked down at the girl"s eyeb.a.l.l.s!
The girl instinctively raised her hand to block the attack, but though her eye was protected, her neck was exposed, and the little falcon pecked at the girl"s neck instead!
"Ahh——"
The girl screamed in pain and waved her hands indiscriminately. She managed to shoo the little falcon away, but it also caused her hat to fall off.
Little Jing Kong turned his head when he heard the noise and saw the fierce battle, and when he looked at the girl"s face, he gasped in puzzlement.
Neighbors on both sides also heard the noise and opened their gates and ran out.
"What"s wrong?"
"What"s going on?"
"Who is it?"
Seeing so many people coming at once, the girl couldn"t be bothered to find fault with Little Jing Kong and fled with her sleeve covering her face.
"Are you all right?" Uncle Li came over and asked Little Jing Kong.
"I"m fine." Little Jing Kong shook his head.
When Little Jing Kong got home, he confessed about Little Nine’s pecking at people, "...Little Nine is not usually so ferocious. I don"t know what happened to Little Nine…"
Little Nine might be a raptor, ferocity was in its bones, but it never hurt people easily.
Gu Jiao had some kind of guess in her heart. She looked at the candied haws in Little Jing Kong"s hand and asked, "Did she give the candied haws too?"
Little Jing Kong nodded, "Well, she asked where my brother-in-law lives. I told her, I don"t know!"
Gu Jiao thought for a moment and then added, "Did she say who she was?"
"She didn"t say." Little Jing Kong shook his head. "But I have seen her before. She is a student of the women"s academy. "
The women"s academy was situated next to the medical hall. Little Jing Kong would pa.s.s by the women"s academy every time he went to the medical hall from the Imperial Academy, and he would often b.u.mp into the students coming outside.
It was just that Little Jing Kong didn’t know the other person"s name.
At night, when Xiao Liulang came home, Gu Jiao told him that a student of the women"s academy had been inquiring about him.
Xiao Liulang was surprised, "I don"t know any students of the women"s academy."
Gu Jiao briefly paused, then asked, "Could it be that your reputation became so big that some admirer came here looking for you?"
Xiao Liulang shook his head, saying, "If that’s the case, they should have gone to the Imperial Academy to find me instead."
Normally, only when he couldn’t be found in the Imperial Academy would people ask for his address and drop in for a visit.
Gu Jiao had a rough guess that this person probably came for her.
Gu Jiao thought of the previous falling pot accident, kitchen knife incident and the medical dispute.
"Is something wrong?" Xiao Liulang asked.
Gu Jiao said quietly, "It"s fine, I can handle it."
A girl who only played dirty tricks behind her back wasn’t even worth being pinched by her fingers.
Xiao Liulang didn"t insist on getting to the bottom of things. He took out a purse from his wide sleeve and said, "For this month"s household expenses."
Gu Jiao stared at him fixedly, "Where did you get this? Don"t you have to prepare for the palace exam?"
He earned all his money by copying books and writing articles for others. Although it wasn’t physical work, it would also take up his study time and energy.
Besides, he didn"t just study during the day, he also had to tutor Little Jing Kong, Gu Yan and Gu Xiaoshun, and the three of them had different learning progress and receptivity levels.
Old Chief could help occasionally, but it was mainly Xiao Liulang who took care of them.
Gu Jiao asked herself and concluded that she didn"t have the patience to tutor her younger brothers with their homework. She might just end up spanking them.
Well, except Little Jing Kong who always got good grades.
But just because Little Jing Kong was well-behaved in front of Gu Jiao did not mean that he was also a good child in front of Xiao Liulang. The little guy had a sharp mouth and a lot of crooked reasoning, which was a great cause for headache.
Gu Jiao knew this in her heart.
Gu Jiao said, "Don"t work too hard and exhaust yourself."
Xiao Liulang said, "I don"t want you to work too hard and exhaust yourself either."
As soon as he said this, he was stunned for a moment.
What kind of nonsense was this? How could he utter such cheesy words?
Gu Jiao, however, listened with delight, looking at him with her chin resting on her hand, and her eyebrows bent into horizontal crescent moons, “My husband is so nice."
Xiao Liulang blushed.
……
The following day, Imperial Academy had cla.s.ses but Qinghe Academy was on a holiday.
Xiao Liulang took a reluctant Little Jing Kong to school.
Gu Xiaoshun and the younger son of Uncle Zhao next door planned to dig out a bird’s nest and asked Gu Yan if he would go with them. Gu Yan said he wasn’t as he wanted to go to the medical hall today.
Gu Yan hadn"t been to Gu Jiao"s small courtyard yet.
Gu Jiao agreed to take him out after breakfast, and said to Gu Xiaoshun, who was running fast ahead, "Don"t forget your carpentry lessons in the afternoon!"
"I know, big sis!" Gu Xiaoshun and Zhao Xiaoyang ran away with big strides.
Sometime ago, the medical hall received too many patients. They became too busy and overwhelmed and had to halt the milk tea business. Today Gu Yan came just in time; Gu Jiao asked him to sell the milk tea.
Gu Yan who just wanted to be a baby in peace, "…"
The medical hall used to start the business at the period of sishi(9-11 am) every day, and there was also a physician on duty at night in case someone came during those hours. But now that the business was good, they opened half an hour earlier.
The medical hall soon became busy.
Gu Jiao was sampling the medicinal herbs in the medicine cabinet. In ancient times, due to the limited storage conditions, the shelf life of medicinal herbs was greatly shortened, so she had to check them from time to time.
Halfway through the inspection, the little medicine boy beside her suddenly called her in a low voice, "Young Miss Gu."
Gu Jiao turned and saw the little medicine boy pointing to the lobby. Gu Jiao looked conveniently and saw An Junw.a.n.g dressed in white, standing there like a moon.
An Junw.a.n.g was accompanied by his two younger sisters, namely Zhuang Mengdie and Zhuang Yuexi.
Zhuang Mengdie and Gu Jiao were already old acquaintances. After all, Gu Jiao had sold her so many things, and she could barely be considered as one of her own little golden customers. As for Zhuang Yuexi, Gu Jiao wasn’t very familiar with her.
The Zhuang Family sisters were wearing the uniform of the women"s academy, a white silk dress with yellow linings at the edges. Their waistlines were wrapped very exquisitely, showing the graceful beauty of young ladies.
In terms of appearance alone, Zhuang Mengdie was actually superior, but it was a pity that this girl was a straw bag and was very foolish in temperament.
As for Zhuang Yuexi, one couldn’t say she wasn’t beautiful, but she was still a little behind Gu Jinyu"s beauty.
However, her makeup and temperament were so exquisite that she suppressed Zhuang Mengdie.Raz P."s Thoughts
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