Arriving at Qingniu Village when it was getting dark, Gu Li just got off the carriage and turned around to see a row of low mud houses in front of him. A gust of wind blew, and the thatch on the roofs flew in the dust.
Gu Li couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth. No wonder the fake daughter refused to come back. This family probably couldn't even afford food and clothing. Life seemed very difficult at first glance.
Gu Li walked to the dilapidated wooden door and knocked. There seemed to be no one at home. No one responded after taking pictures for a long time: "Is there anyone at home? I am Gu Li."
After a long time, a voice came from below: "Are you the new sister?"
Gu Li was stunned by the timid, childish voice, and immediately squatted down, his eyes met a pair of big black eyes. There was also a pair of small eyes under the big eyes. It was a little yellow chicken with only four eyes looking at it. she.
The door opened a crack, and the owner of the eyes was only five or six years old. When he saw her coming in, he ran into the small earthen house a little shyly.
Inside the house, the living room of more than ten square meters was almost full of people. There was only an old table in the middle, with a small kerosene lamp placed on it, but it was not lit. At this time, it was starting to get dark outside. The room was very dark, obviously, and he couldn't bear to light a lamp.
Gu Li smiled sweetly at the people in the room and said hello: "Hello everyone, I am Gu Li."
The people in the room were slightly startled when they saw her smile.
Just now, the Shen family sent someone to tell them that Gu Li was coming back today. They had heard earlier that Gu Lijiao was willful and refused to return to their poor family. They originally thought they were seeing an arrogant and domineering person, but they didn't expect that Gu Li was so willful. Beautiful and kind.
Everyone looked at Gu Li. She was wearing a Ruyi pleated skirt with large peonies embroidered with gold thread on the skirt. She was covered with a transparent purple gauze dress and had a flying fairy bun on her head. Slender and straight, noble and elegant, like a fairy who strayed into the mortal world.
Is she really from their family?
When they were looking at Gu Li, Gu Li was also looking at them silently. In the dimming light outside the door, the expressions of the people in front of her were different. The most eye-catching one is the eldest brother Gu Chen.
Gu Chen is now studying in a school in the countryside and will take the provincial examination soon.
This time he won the provincial examination with first place. Three years later, he went to Beijing to take the examination and became the number one scholar that year. He rose through the ranks and became the youngest prime minister in the dynasty, and was highly regarded by the emperor.
Gu Li walked forward, looked at Gu Chen and called out "Hello, big brother" with a smile. Gu Chen looked at her and replied lightly: "Hello, little sister."
His attitude couldn't be described as eager.
Gu Li looked at the second brother Gu Lun again. The second brother looked clean and handsome. Under the thin clothes, he had a slender and strong body. The eldest brother was a scholar. The second brother was good at martial arts. He later won the first prize in martial arts. He had an army of millions in his hands and fought for the country. Undefeated, almost invincible.
At the same time, the second brother is also the third male lead in the book. After knowing that Shen Rou is not his biological sister, he can hardly conceal his love for Shen Rou. He was completely obedient to Shen Rou, but his thoughts were seen through by the second male prince, who held a grudge against the loss of his heroine. After the prince ascended the throne, he was sent to a remote place and never came back until his death.
Hmm... This doesn't end well. We have to find a way to make this second brother stop thinking about Shen Rou.
Even the steel bars held by Yue Lao had to be broken by him!
"Hello, second brother." Gu Li said with a sweet smile on her face.
Gu Lun glanced at her coldly and ignored her, making the atmosphere slightly awkward.
Gu Li looked at the young man next to her second brother again. The young man had an unruly face, his eyes could almost see the sky, and his arrogant look showed that he was in a rebellious stage.
The eldest brother Gu Chen said: "This is your third brother Gu Yan. Your fourth and fifth brothers have gone out on business and will not be able to come back today."
The smile on Gu Li's face became sweeter: "Hello, third brother."
Gu Yan snorted lightly and turned his head.
The little one beside her was her only brother, Gu Xiaomeng. He timidly walked up to Gu Li and said, "Hello, sister."
Seeing the cute Gu Xiaomeng, Gu Li inexplicably liked her very much. She walked over, knelt down, and said with a smile: "Hello, Xiaomeng."
The third child, Gu Yan, immediately pulled Gu Xiaomeng aside and scolded him: "It's past what time and you're still not sleeping. Wash your face and go to bed! You act cute in front of everyone!"
Finally, Gu Li looked at Gu's father and Gu's mother, who had been standing silently, stepped forward, bowed, and called, "Father, mother."
Seeing such a beautiful daughter and being so sensible, Father Gu and Mother Gu let out a sigh of relief, feeling moved in their hearts. They didn't expect that Gu Li would come back, let alone that Gu Li would recognize them.
"Okay, okay, okay." Father Gu nodded and quickly asked Gu Chen to take Gu Li to his room to rest. The small earthen house was not big. Apart from the main room, there were only two east and west wing rooms. One of the wing rooms was Shen Rou's room. Brother The six of them were crowded into one room, while Gu's father and mother were often away from home, working for others to earn money. When they came back occasionally, they would lay the floor in the main hall.
Gu Li frowned slightly. In order to show Shen Rou's misery, the book wrote that Shen Rou worked every day to provide education for her seven brothers. Gu's father and Gu's mother also favored boys over girls and treated her badly. They often beat and scolded her. Not enough to eat and not warm enough to wear…
However, if it was really like what was said in the book, would she have such a big room?
of course not.
Shen Rou did not take away her belongings when she left. Although the jewelry and hairpins on the small wooden table were not particularly valuable, they were definitely a large expense for the poor Gu family.
When Gu Li was in a daze, she heard Gu Chen say: "The Gu family and the General's Mansion cannot be compared. You have to make do with it. If there is anything you can't adapt to, we can try our best to satisfy you."
"Usually we are not at home during the day. I go to a distant town to study, my parents go to Mr. Wang's house in the village to help earn money, the second child goes to the martial arts school, and the third child goes to the mountains to chop firewood. You should pay attention to safety even when you are alone at home. There is rice and noodles in the kitchen, so you can make whatever you want.”
Gu Li nodded gently: "Okay, big brother, I remember, I go to a girls' school in the city, and I'm not at home during the day."
Gu Chen glanced at her, frowned slightly and hesitated, but didn't say anything.
Gu Li thought he was afraid that she would not adapt, so she raised her head and smiled, "I am no longer the eldest lady of the General's Mansion. We are a family. I hope that the eldest brother can treat me as his sister."
"Do you know the medicinal materials?" Gu Chen regretted as soon as he asked. The girl in front of him went to a girls' school in the city. How could he not know the common medicinal materials in the mountains? "If you want to go to the mountains to collect medicines, you can Together with the third child, I will ask him to take more care of you."
"Okay big brother."
Facing Gu Li's smile, Gu Chen was stunned for a moment, quickly came to his senses, gave a few more instructions, and exited the room.
Gu Li looked at the room carefully. Although it was not big, the bed was made of wood and looked like it was made by herself. However, every piece of wood had been polished repeatedly and was as smooth as new.
The bed was covered with a cotton quilt that smelled of sunshine. The words on the wall said "Diligence can make up for one's weakness", which should have been written by the eldest brother Gu Chen. On the bedside table were some wooden knickknacks and some clay figurines. Son.
Although they are all worthless gadgets, it can be seen that the people who made them are very considerate, and the Gu family is really good to Shen Rou.
Inexplicably, she felt a little envious. You must know that she had never had any brothers or sisters in her previous life, and she had never experienced this feeling of being loved.
Walking to the bronze mirror in front of the window, Gu Li looked curiously. She had never seen her own face before. Under this photo, she couldn't help shouting in her heart: "What kind of evil face is this!"
Sure enough, like the second female lead in all novels, she is always the most beautiful in the whole novel. In order to set off the silly and sweet heroine, the second female lead must be the most beautiful, scheming, deep-minded and talented, but she cannot get the male lead. Beautiful cannon fodder.
