Chapter 66
Marquis Gu was frozen for a long time before he could find his own voice again, "Don"t tell anyone about this in advance, especially my wife. I don"t want her to get work up."
Physician Zhuge said, "As long as Lord Marquis can let my useless disciple off, I will keep my mouth shut for Lord Marquis all my life. However, is Lord Marquis certain that her wife gave birth to twins?"
"This Marquis has confirmed that. My wife was awake when she gave birth to the children."
"Then there is only one possibility."
Mixed-up.
Marquis Gu pondered for a moment and ordered, "Stay in the estate for the time being. I will summon you when something happens."
Physician Zhuge bent over and said, "This one shall always be waiting for Lord Marquis’ commands."
"Step down."
"Yes."
After Physician Zhuge left, Marquis Gu seemed to have been drained of strength as he slumped down on the chair, his brain numb.
The night in the villa was dreadfully quiet, and the cold thin moonlight fell to the ground in silence, casting spa.r.s.e shadows of trees and flowers in the courtyard which swayed gently.
There was no doubt that there had been a mixed-up at birth.
As for how that occurred, one could only ask the servants who accompanied Yao shi at that time.
Unfortunately, after so many years, those people were no longer in the Marquis Estate, and finding them wouldn’t be so easy.
Besides, he wasn’t sure whether the child was still alive.
Saying that he didn"t care at all was false, but to say he cared so much and felt duty-bound to get the child back was also not true.
For the sake of his son"s illness, Yao shi had already exhausted her body too much. He must consider whether Yao shi could withstand the blow of truth.
If telling her would kill her, he would rather let the truth rot in his stomach all his life.
At the same time, he had to consider Jinyu"s situation.
Jinyu was a child he raised in the palm of his hand, he loved her more than his four sons. He didn"t want Jinyu to suffer any heartache.
Finally, there was the child.
He hadn"t decided yet whether to recognize the child or not, but he must find her anyway.
She was Gu Yan"s only medicine supplement; she could save Gu Yan"s life.
"Someone, come!"
“Lord Marquis.”
"Call Grannie Fang over."
"Yes."
Grannie Fang was the Head Nursemaid in the countryside estate and Yao shi"s dowry maid.
Because of the marriage of Yao shi"s younger brother, Yao shi went back to the Yao Residence in Qingcheng without knowing that she was pregnant, and lived in the Yao Residence for six months before returning to the capital. She planned to go back to the capital for labor, but unexpectedly, she gave birth midway.
Grannie Fang was not by Yao shi’s side at that time, but she knew more about the events of that year than ordinary people.
Grannie Fang entered the room and saluted Marquis Gu, "My Lord, are you looking for this servant?"
Marquis Gu raised his hand. There was no light in the room, and his expression was covered by the darkness. The moonlight that slipped into the room illuminated the lower half of his face.
Marquis Gu asked, "In which temple did the Marchioness give birth?"
Grannie Fang: "May I know Why is Lord Marquis asking this all of a sudden?"
Marquis Gu replied faintly, "I heard that the Marchioness often goes to that temple to pay respect to Bodhisattva, that’s why Yan"er"s illness has improved. I plan to light an incense on the temple one of these days as well."
Grannie Fang found it strange. Marquis Gu had never believed in Buddhism, so why did he suddenly want to go to the temple to light an incense?
On the other hand, after going back to the small restaurant to order another serving of pork joint stewed with rock sugar and braised pork b.a.l.l.s in brown sauce, and asking the shopkeeper to pack them in pots again, Gu Jiao went to a clothing shop to buy some pairs of shoes and some sets of clothes.
There were too many things and she couldn’t fit them all in her back basket, thus she packed them in two big bundles and held them in her arms.
Xiao Liulang knew Gu Jiao would come to town today, and as long as she came to town, she would always pick him up from the academy, so he told Second Uncle Luo to wait for a while.
After waiting for half an hour, even Gu Xiaoshun wondered if his sister had gone back already, but before long, Gu Jiao finally appeared.
With her pet.i.te body, she was surprisingly carrying large bundles on her arms, which almost blocked her entire person. She poked her small head beside the bundles with great difficulty, her little face was flushed as she was gasping for air.
She wasn’t tired, but suffocated.
The three men hurriedly went to help her carry the bundles and put it on the cart.
After sitting down, Gu Xiaoshun urged, "Second Uncle Luo, hurry back to the village, I"m starving!"
Second Uncle Luo smilingly answered, "Alright!"
Gu Jiao wiped the sweat from her forehead and said, "Why haven"t you left yet?"
Gu Xiaoshun said, "We’re waiting for you, my brother-in-law said you would come."
Gu Jiao glanced at Xiao Liulang and said solemnly, "After waiting for so long, aren"t you afraid I have already gone back?"
He actually insisted on waiting for her! Really!
Xiao Liulang replied in a light tone, "Then aren"t you afraid that we have already left since you came so late?"
Going here from the clothing shop wasn’t convenient at all. She actually insisted on going the long way round to see if he was waiting for her! Really!
Gu Xiaoshun touched his stomach and muttered to himself: I feel full all of a sudden, how come? [T/N: In case you guys don’t get it, the joke here is ‘being fed by dog food’ / seeing a couple’s PDA.]
When they got home, Little Jing Kong had been waiting at the door for a long time. The elderly woman told him that JiaoJiao would come back after he finished counting from one to one hundred.
He didn’t know how many one hundred he had counted before the oxcart finally entered the village.
He lifted his foot and ran out, "JiaoJiao! JiaoJiao!”
He loved calling her JiaoJiao, and Gu Jiao complied with it. Seeing the little dumpling running towards her, she was about to remind him to be careful not to fall, but he fell first.
He was probably used to falling as he did not forget to cover his little bald head. Like a little wax gourd, he rolled over to Gu Jiao’s feet.
Gu Xiaoshun was carrying the bundles, so Gu Jiao’s hands were free. She pulled Little Jing Kong up and patted off the dust on him, asking, "Did it hurt?"
Little Jing Kong shook his head, "No! It doesn"t hurt! I’m very awesome at stumbling!"
Gu Jiao: Throwing others is awesome, but throwing yourself is just harmful.
"Greet others." Gu Jiao pointed to Xiao Liulang and Gu Xiaoshun behind her.
Little Jing Kong was a polite child; he obediently greeted his brother-in-law and big brother Xiaoshun.
Although he didn’t want to in reality.
Gu Jiao led Little Jing Kong back inside the house.
Little Jing Kong was extremely happy as he bounced around!
When they got inside, Little Jing Kong walked to the kitchen and picked up some big baked sweet potatoes.
"JiaoJiao, eat this sweet potato! I baked it!"
Actually, the sweet potatoes were brought by Xue Ningxiang when she came to cook at noon. The fire was lit up by Xue Ningxiang, and the sweet potatoes were also washed by Xue Ningxiang. Little Jing Kong just put the washed sweet potatoes into the stove with tongs, and even after it was baked, it was still pulled out by Xue Ningxiang.
But in Little Jing Kong"s view, he had completed the core step in baking sweet potatoes—— baking, so this was a sweet potato he baked!
What big sister Xue did was called bringing sweet potatoes, washing sweet potatoes and pulling out sweet potatoes!
Gu Jiao did him the favor of taking a bite.
"Is it delicious? Does it taste good? Is it delicious?" Little Jing Kong tilted his head sideways and babbled on.
"En, it"s delicious." Though it was a bit cold, she was fine eating it. Xiaoshun could also eat them just fine, but Xiao Liulang"s stomach was delicate, so he might get an upset stomach if he were to eat them now.
Gu Jiao took the baked sweet potatoes to the kitchen and heated them up, then took out two bowls, filled them with a portion of the pork joint stewed with rock sugar and braised pork b.a.l.l.s in brown sauce, and brought them to Xue Ningxiang.
Xue Ningxiang gave her some boiled eggs and white steamed buns in return.
When Gu Jiao came back, Little Jing Kong had already arranged the dishes.
A family of five sat down to eat.
Little Jing Kong obediently waited for the food.
Gu Jiao put a piece of meaty but not greasy pork into his bowl.
Little Jing Kong cried out with excitement, grabbed his chopsticks and picked up the meat. However, he had yet to put it in his mouth and only smelled it briefly when his eyes rolled back and he fell backwards with a thud!
He fell sprawled on the ground, his head c.o.c.ked sideways and his tongue stuck out. He pa.s.sed out!
Gu Jiao：“…”
This world did really have people who would faint from eating meat!