Chapter 180: Low-Key Visit to Beijing
Gu Mingda looked at the miserable appearance of his little brother with runny nose and tears. Although he still couldn't connect this dirty little beggar with the handsome young man in brocade clothes yesterday, he couldn't help but believe that these two were the same. one person.
After all, if it weren't for this, he wouldn't have cried so miserably.
"Pretty brother, please stop crying. I'll give you my candy." Niu Niu poured out a few candies from her purse and gave them to her little brother.
Mr. Jinyi has been hungry all day, and his eyes are glowing green now when he sees the food, but before he eats, he still maintains his politeness and says: "Thank you, little sister."
After saying that, he stuffed the candy into his mouth.
He shed tears while eating: "Yesterday...that...old Taoist priest, he...he was a big bad guy!"
Gu Mingda suddenly felt that his previous precautions were ridiculous. This guy looked to be only fifteen or sixteen years old, not much older than Gu Yan. He looked innocent and cute, so he had no ability to do bad things.
When Niuniu heard this, she originally wanted to argue. In fact, her first impression of the old Taoist priest was quite good. After taking a look at Gu Mingda, she clenched her little fists and thought to herself, Daddy has said that you can't live a life worse than One's own people argue.
Gu Mingda didn't expect that his daughter was so good at learning and applying. After listening to her daughter's caring words, she was proud to have raised a good, kind and well-behaved child.
"Pretty brother, stop crying. Are you hungry? I'll treat you to a meal." Niu Niu said.
When the little brother heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and then he looked at Gu Mingda shyly.
After all, for such an old man, it was really embarrassing for him to treat a little girl to dinner.
"My money bag has been stolen. You treat me to dinner now. When I arrive in the capital and meet up with my family, I'll treat you to Zuixianlou!" said the pretty boy, patting his chest.
Niuniu shook her head and said: "I don't want to eat Zuixianlou. I actually want to ask you if there is any way to cure seasickness."
After the pretty boy heard this, he immediately said: "It may be useless for you to ask others, but you are really right to ask me."
Niuniu and Gu Mingda cheered up instantly.
The little brother rummaged around in the sleeves of his worn clothes for a long time, and then took out a packet of pills.
"You hid the pills so deeply!" Niu Niu looked surprised.
Hearing this, the younger brother's face was full of pain, and tears flowed down again, and he said: "Originally...it was originally the purse where the money was supposed to be put...it was supposed to be placed in the innermost part...I put it reversely with the purse where the pills were put... …”
As he said this, he felt more and more that everything was caused by himself.
Niu Niu quickly comforted him and said, "If you don't cry, don't cry. You are a good boy. We good children don't cry."
The little brother couldn't stop his tears at all.
Gu Mingda on the side sighed and asked helplessly: "How old are you?"
The little brother cried and said, "I'm seventeen."
Gu Mingda fell silent immediately. He recalled that when he was seventeen years old, was he also so careless?
"How to take this medicine?" Gu Mingda asked.
"Take up to three pills a day. If you don't get seasick, don't take it. It's the palace..." The little brother had a second thought and changed his mind abruptly: "It's a pill specially made by an old doctor to treat seasickness. I get seasick every time." , it will be effective after eating it.”
Gu Mingda took the heavy bag of pills, each one about the size of a soybean, and smelled it closely. Although he could smell the smell of medicine, he couldn't tell what medicinal materials were inside.
"I made a lot of medicine." Gu Mingda said with emotion.
However, the little brother didn't have any thoughts and said directly: "I originally wanted to go to Linzhou for a visit. If everything went well, I would also take the road to see the sea. But I didn't expect that damn old Taoist priest to coax me back to the capital and ask for In such a dishonorable way!"
After hearing what he said, Gu Mingda secretly thought that if he really wanted to go to Linzhou, it would not be unusual to bring so many medicines.
The younger brother was taken into the superior room by them. Gu Mingda used money and asked the boatman to bring a meal.
After getting the food, the little brother immediately ate hard. Gu Mingda saw that he didn't have enough to eat, so he bought another one.
After finishing his meal, the little brother finally came to his senses, looked at Gu Mingda with an apologetic look, and said, "I'm sorry, I'm so hungry. I haven't eaten for three meals."
Gu Mingda raised his eyebrows when he heard this. They boarded the boat yesterday morning, and the younger brother had eaten three meals. Was it stolen just after boarding the boat?
When the younger brother heard Gu Mingda's inquiry, his face was full of hatred and he said: "How did I know these people had such long hands and didn't know what they did, so they took my purse away. I was unconscious the whole time."
"When I was buying food, I couldn't find the money to pay the bill, and I was ridiculed by the boatman!"
"I have never suffered like this. When I return to Beijing, I will ask my mother to make the decision for me and find out who is the evil person who stole my money!"
Listening to the younger brother's tearful accusations, Gu Mingda was keenly aware that it seemed that the young master's mother was the one who made the final decision.
In this case, either the mother's family is stronger than the father's family, or the mother is now in charge of the family business.
But he saw that the young master's words seemed to be deliberately evasive. It was obvious that he didn't want to reveal his identity, so Gu Mingda didn't ask any more questions.
But Niuniu was very curious about the old Taoist priest: "Pretty brother, how did the old Taoist priest harm you?"
Listening to the little girl's question, the young master blushed instantly. Fortunately, his face was now dark and covered with a lot of dirt, so it was hard to see the change in his face.
"He... he didn't know where he got it, but he accurately told me about my family's affairs, and he also scared me that my family was in great trouble... He urged me to return to Beijing quickly..." The young man mentioned the old Taoist priest, and he wanted to bite his gums to pieces.
Niuniu was very surprised and said, "Even so, handsome brother, you shouldn't be in this situation now. You have so many servants and don't seem to lack money. How can you be so miserable?"
The speed at which the young man fell into misery was abnormally fast in the eyes of the father and daughter.
"My last name is Shen, little sister, you can just call me Brother Shen."
The young man kept listening to the call of "handsome brother" and felt embarrassed.
At this time, a wave came from outside the cabin, and Brother Shen couldn't help but cover his forehead, and then quickly took out a pill from his purse.
After he swallowed the pill, his complexion improved soon.
Seeing that he was taking the medicine, Gu Mingda's doubts finally disappeared. After asking for Shen Xiaoge's consent, he poured out some pills and gave them to Zhang Yunniang later.
Shen Xiaoge still remembered Niuniu's question and explained: "That ox-nosed man told me that my family was waiting for me to save it, and asked me to go to Beijing as soon as possible. He also said that I should avoid people, not charter a boat, and not bring servants. I should take a boat to Beijing like an ordinary citizen."
"If he hadn't said that, how could I be so miserable now! My purse was stolen! I can't even afford a meal!"
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