Chapter 120 Visiting Card
Gu Mingda was quick, accurate and ruthless in his actions. Captain Chen and Gu Mingda were already good friends, and since his nephew had even knelt down, he naturally reluctantly accepted the relationship between master and disciple.
Afterwards, Gu Mingda asked Gu Yun to prepare various gifts and send them to Captain Chen's home, as a gift for his apprenticeship.
Gu Yun acknowledged Captain Chen as his master. With this title, other constables in the yamen did not dare to bully him.
Gu Mingda did not take the eldest wife's money in vain. He personally invited the people from the yamen to have a drink at Desheng Tower.
"You need to be more diligent. When you have nothing to do on weekdays, go to your master's house more often to help with the work. Remember?" Gu Mingda reminded.
Gu Yun nodded vigorously.
Gu Yun did not realize the effect of Gu Mingda's arrangements at first. After he officially started working, he was compared with other yamen strongmen in the same situation. They were all temporary workers, and he hardly received any unfair treatment.
The government office is a place where people are treated differently based on their status. Many of the old detectives are experienced and tend to bully the weak and fear the strong.
"Gu Yun, you are lucky. Your second uncle has arranged everything for you." Hu Saner said.
Hu Saner entered the yamen even earlier than Gu Yun. His family spent a lot of effort to find talents to send him in. The acquaintance in the yamen did not help him with the planning like Gu Mingda did.
According to Hu Saner, "I thought I could boss people around after entering the government office, but I didn't expect to be bossed around by others."
Hu Saner had to take a break from his work to complain. He just said a few words to Gu Yun when an experienced constable came over and scolded him, "Hu Saner, the boss is calling for people to move things. You lazy bastard, are you deaf?"
The old man was much more polite to Gu Yun and said, "Ah Yun, your master is calling you."
Even a name can distinguish between closeness and distance.
Gu Yun was just a country boy, but just by putting himself in Hu Saner's shoes, he could feel the suffocation and oppression.
Zhang Yuniang clearly noticed that after Gu Yun had worked in the government office for a few days, he became more diligent.
Gu Yun is not a lazy guy. He can usually do some heavy work at home when it is given to him. But like most men, he doesn't care about work.
After having Hu Saner as a comparison, Gu Yun became more determined to cling to Gu Mingda. He got up before dawn to help the Gu family cook braised food and rushed to do all the hard and tiring work at home. All the things that Gu Mingda used to do were done by him now, under the pretext of not delaying his uncle's studies.
"Ayun has become a different person since he entered the government office. It must be because of his master's good teaching." Zhang Yuniang said to Gu Mingda in private.
Gu Mingda said: "You taught him well. If it were another aunt, she would definitely not let him live at home."
Zhang Yunniang chuckled and said, "It's not like he didn't pay. He's just a young boy, so he just needs to cook more rice."
Neither Gu Mingda nor Old Lady Gu spoiled Gu Yun. Although Gu Yun lived with them, he still had to pay the rent and food money. Zhang Yunniang originally wanted to do the laundry for her, but was stopped by the mother and son.
"He comes back from the yamen so early every day, so he doesn't have time to do laundry," said Old Mrs. Gu.
Old Mrs. Gu understands people's hearts. After the family is divided, they are just relatives. Naturally, many things can no longer be taken for granted as before. When living as a guest, one must have the awareness of being a guest. Only in this way can the relationship between relatives last long.
It had only been three days since Gu Yun entered the government office, but the Gu family felt that he had been reborn.
“Knock, knock, knock.”
Hearing the knock on the door, Gu Yun immediately put down his bowl and chopsticks, rushed out like a monkey, and said, "I'll go open the door!"
Old Mrs. Gu muttered, "Why are there people here so early in the morning?"
Niuniu tilted her head to glance at the peach tree in the yard and said, "The magpie's call may mean good news."
Old Mrs. Gu is old, and she likes to hear auspicious words the most: "Oh, our darling is really good at talking. What darling said must be right!"
Gu Zhao muttered nearby: "The magpie may be calling because it is hungry and looking for insects everywhere."
Old Mrs. Gu wanted to press her grandson's stupid face into the bowl and said, "Eat yours. If you can't speak, don't speak."
Gu Zhao drank the bowl of porridge like a pig, and then handed it to Old Lady Gu with a wipe of his mouth: "Granny, more!"
After muttering something like "This little brat is eating me out of house and house", Old Mrs. Gu unhappily served him another full bowl.
Niuniu, who was standing by, finished her bowl of porridge obediently, put her bowl and chopsticks on the stove, and said in a baby voice, "Grandma, I'm full."
Old Mrs. Gu pulled the child over and asked, "You're really full, do you want some more?"
Niu Niu shook her head.
Old lady Gu reached out and touched the little girl's bulging belly. She couldn't help but tapped it. Then, looking at Niuniu's puzzled eyes, she coughed lightly and explained, "Grandma is just checking if the sweet baby is really full. Okay, go play in the yard."
Niu Niu cheered and ran out briskly.
Old Lady Gu shouted from behind, "You just finished your meal, run slower! Don't get out of breath!"
As soon as she turned her head, Gu Zhao almost threw the bowl into her face.
"Milk, I'm not full yet. I want more." Gu Zhao said.
Old Mrs. Gu was so frightened by him that she almost lost her breath. She said, "Why do you have such a big appetite recently? You can never have enough of anything!"
Gu Zhaoke didn't understand what was being said, so he said with a smile, "What else could it be? It must be because you're growing up. You're already a grown man, how come you don't even understand this?"
Old lady Gu was mad at him again! Looking at her grandson's annoying appearance, the old lady secretly decided to leave all the hidden snacks for Niuniu to eat.
Gu Yun came back again, picked up the bowl and chopsticks and continued eating.
Old Mrs. Gu tapped the bowl gently.
Gu Yun looked at her in surprise and said, "Grandma, you once told me that knocking on the bowl while eating is impolite and you will be beaten."
Old Mrs. Gu felt depressed again as she looked at her two grandsons, each more annoying than the other.
Seeing that Gu Yun continued to eat hard and didn't understand the hint at all, Mrs. Gu could only take the initiative to ask: "Who's knocking on the door?"
Gu Yun then said, "That person called himself Butler Hu and sent a visiting card, saying that he came to visit our house this morning to express his gratitude. He was the one who saved the two children that night."
Old Mrs. Gu curled her lips and said, "Why didn't you do that earlier? It's been several days and you just remembered to thank me."
Gu Yun replied casually: "They said that when the old man in the family heard that his grandson was lost, he fainted in anxiety and was sick for several days before he had the strength to get out of bed."
Only then did Mrs. Gu put aside her dissatisfaction and asked, "Where is the visiting card? Let me see it."
Gu Yun looked at her in surprise and said, "Grandma, you can't read, why are you looking at that? Of course I gave the visiting card to my second uncle."
He seemed to remember something and said, "Grandma, I heard from people in the government that these two children's families seem to be very prominent, and one of them is a high-ranking official in the capital."
When Mrs. Gu heard this, she immediately jumped up in anxiety. She couldn't help but hit Gu Yun on the shoulder: "Why didn't you tell me such an important thing earlier? The house is in a mess, how can we face people later!"
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