Chapter 62: Brothers’ Marriage
Chapter 62: Brothers’ Marriage
"Madam Wang and the others are young and promising, but I believe that you will also be on the list when the next spring exam comes. Then you can become an official."
Gu Yao smiled and said, "Thank you for your good words."
Gu Xiaoshu saw everything that happened to Gu Yao along the way and felt very distressed.
And he also knew her ambition, so he believed that her wife could also become an official.
After returning home, Gu Yao continued her studies. She couldn't study in isolation, otherwise she was afraid that she would fail the spring examination.
Gu Yao has never been a proud person, she has always felt that she is still lacking in knowledge.
Fortunately, the three months of study abroad allowed her to learn a lot and see the knowledge of literati from other places, which made her realize that there are always people better than you.
The journey back was peaceful, and she didn't encounter any bandits or anything like that. She also bought a lot of things along the way.
She even bought a lot of kelp and seaweed from the sea, planning to let her family taste them when she returned home.
Some of them can even be put in restaurants to make buns, which can also make extra money.
Although she studied abroad for three months, it was already September when she returned to Meicheng.
They finally arrived home at the end of September, and Gu's mother had received a letter from Gu Yao before that, saying that she would be back home this month.
So he kept asking the servants who were guarding the house to keep a close eye on the outside to see if Gu Yao had returned.
When Gu Yao got home, she asked Gu Xiaoshu to knock on the door. The servant opened the door and was very surprised: "Madam, you are back. I asked someone to tell the Tai Madam. The Tai Madam and the others have been waiting at home for a long time."
Gu Yao listened to her words and smiled: "Xiao Shu also brought you a gift. Xiao Shu will give it to you later. I'll go in first."
The guard looked at Gu Xiaoshu and hit her with a smile, "I didn't expect that Miss Xiaoshu would bring me a gift. Thank you very much."
Because Gu Xiaoshu has been in the Gu family all the time, she knows all the servants in the family and gets along well with them, especially the security guards, with whom she has a better relationship.
So when she goes out, she will bring some things for her friends.
When Gu's mother and others heard that Gu had returned, they excitedly came to the front yard.
Seeing Gu hugging her, she said excitedly, "It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back. I thought you wouldn't be back until October."
"We traveled quite quickly, so we came back quickly too. Xiaoshu, take out all the things I brought for my family. Oh, and put these kelp and seaweed in the warehouse. Ask the kitchen to cook some for everyone to taste."
Mother Gu looked at these things and said, "Why did you buy so many things? There's even kelp. We haven't even finished eating the ones you sent us before."
In the past few months, they would receive things from Gu Yao sent from outside almost every once in a while.
Some of them were weird, and some were delicious. It could be said that they almost gained weight in the past few months.
Gu Yao smiled and said, "This kelp is not very valuable, but it is good for the body, so I will buy more. I also plan to ask the store staff to make some buns with kelp and seaweed, and I can make more money from them."
Mother Gu looked at the things and laughed: "You are the only one who knows how to make money. It turns out that you are not only talented in studying, but also in making money. I don't know who you learned this from."
Mother Gu thought that the family's assets were increasing, and even if they stopped going to school in the future, they would never have to worry about food and drink for the rest of their lives and would even have a status.
Ever since Gu Yao won the title of juren, some landlords wanted to transfer their land to her name.
Even the county magistrate was very enthusiastic about their Gu family, and some merchants were willing to give money, so the more Gu's mother looked at them, the more she felt that it was right to let Gu Yao go to school.
"I also read about these business things in books, and I also saw how the shopkeepers operated when I was doing accounting for restaurants, so I understand. Business is indeed a science, but fortunately, my mother helps me manage some of the fields and shops at home, otherwise I can't do it alone."
Gu Yao flattered her mother a little bit. Her family was indeed very good and there was nothing wrong with them. They were all very united, so things would go more and more smoothly for her.
Mother Gu looked at Gu Yao with a loving look in her eyes, and then said, "Speaking of which, your two younger brothers are getting older and are about to get married. I don't know how to find wives for them."
Gu Yao heard this and said: "The two brothers are still young, let's wait a little longer. Besides, they are only twelve or thirteen years old, let's talk about it when they are fifteen."
In fact, Gu Yao didn't really want Gu Yun and his family to get married too early, but she remembered that the law required girls to get married before the age of sixteen, otherwise they would be fined and assigned at will.
No matter how unwilling she was, she couldn't ruin the lives of her two younger brothers.
"Why don't we order them first and choose carefully, what do you think?"
Gu Yao also knew that a good marriage had to be chosen carefully, otherwise it would be a waste of their lives.
"I will look for them when the time comes. However, my two younger brothers are both serious students and have skills. We cannot marry them off casually. We must let them become doctors."
Gu Yao knew that they had to be well matched, and only by becoming a doctor could the interests of both of them be guaranteed.
Although two of the three husbands have similar positions, the eldest husband is always the legal husband and has the greatest benefits, so Gu Yao has never thought of marrying her two younger brothers to the same husband.
She knew that the two of them would help each other as they were brothers after all, but she was reluctant to let one of the younger brothers become the second husband.
Gu's mother knew that Gu Yao was very good to her younger brothers, otherwise she would not have let them learn a craft, and even let them read and learn to read. In addition, each of them was accompanied by a male servant to serve them.
Her two sons lived a very happy life and had made those boys in Gujia Village look bad.
That's why Gu's mother asked Gu Yao about Gu Yun and his wife's marriage.
After Gu Yao came back, she talked to her mother and went to rest.
Ever since I heard about Gu Yun and his wife's marriage, I have been absent-minded, wondering what to do about their marriage.
In fact, ever since she passed the imperial examination, many people have come to inquire about Gu Yun and his wife's marriage, all wanting to get close to Gu Yao.
However, because Gu Yun and the others were still young, Gu's father had not given in yet. This was also something Gu Yao had reminded him of.
Lin Wulang watched Gu Yao come to his side, just looking at the book, but did not turn a page, and asked: "What's wrong, my wife? Is there anything bothering you?"
Gu Yao came back to her senses, put the book down, and sighed: "I was thinking about Ayun and the others' marriage. Today, I heard from my mother that Ayun and the others were also going to find wives, but I couldn't make up my mind, and I didn't know how to find them."
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