Chapter 121 Welcoming Guests
At the old lady's urging, everyone in the Gu family started moving.
When the Luo family arrived, the chickens in the yard had already been cleaned up, and there was not a single piece of chicken droppings to be found in the chicken coop.
The leader was an old man with silver hair and a sickly look on his face. He needed someone to support him when walking. He walked in trembling slightly, and the Gu family couldn't help but feel scared, fearing that something bad might happen to him in their home.
Not only did the two children come, but there were also many servants behind them, each holding a brocade box in their hands.
Gu Mingda already knew the identity of this old man, so he bowed and saluted on the spot: "Student Gu Mingda, greetings to Lord Luo."
Even though his body was shaking, Mr. Luo still reached out his hand, held Gu Mingda's hand, and said, "I am just an old man in the countryside now, there is no need to be so polite. Zhongde, I am older than your father, you can just call me uncle."
Although Mr. Luo used to hold a high position, he is now retired. He is not a person who cares about ostentation, so he wanted to get close to him. Gu Mingda has always been smooth and transparent, and soon the whole room was filled with the old man's hearty laughter.
During the conversation, after a few casual questions, Mr. Luo said with a surprised look: "Zhongde is a top scholar. Logically, he should have graduated from high school long ago, but he didn't want to delay until now."
The old man was not being sarcastic, but was genuinely puzzled. Gu Mingda quoted from classics and it was obvious from his conversation that he had a very deep and thorough understanding of the knowledge. In the old man's opinion, it would have been normal for him to have become an official long ago.
Gu Mingda said frankly: "It's a shame to say that students are not very lucky in exams. Every time I take an exam, there are always some unexpected things."
Mr. Luo then understood everything and said, "Now that the difficulties are over, the future will surely be smooth sailing."
Gu Mingda immediately bowed his hands to express his gratitude and said, "Thank you for your kind words, old sir."
Mr. Luo turned around again and said to Niuniu, who had a silver bell hanging in her hair, with a smile: "Niuniu, thanks to you, otherwise I don't know where my Zhang is now."
Niuniu waved her hands generously after hearing this and said, "Grandpa Luo, I just have sharp ears. Anyone who hears me will help me."
Looking at the cute little girl, Mr. Luo said quickly, "There are many people in this world who stand by and watch, and it is even more rare to have a kind heart. Your Gu family has a good family tradition, and the children you raised are all talented and beautiful."
Gu Mingda smiled and said, "Uncle, you are too kind. We are just a bunch of kids and don't deserve your praise."
As he spoke, he happened to see Gu Zhao making faces at Luo Zhang. He immediately waved to Gu Zhao and Niu Niu, asking them to take their new friend out to play.
Gu Yun and Gu Yan were older, so they were left behind.
Old Master Luo looked at the two older ones of the Gu family. Gu Yun was full of youthful spirit, and although Gu Yan was young, he was already well-educated. He was very jealous of them.
Mr. Luo has few descendants. His branch of the third generation has only one little grandson, Luo Zhang, who can be called the apple of his eye.
During the conversation, Gu Mingda learned about the situation of the Luo family. The two children rescued that day, the younger Luo Zhang was the grandson of Mr. Luo, and the older Fang Yuan was just the nephew of Aunt Luo.
Fang Yuan's parents both died, and he had nowhere to go, so he had to live with his aunt who was a concubine in the Luo family. He stayed with Luo Zhang every day and was responsible for taking care of Luo Zhang.
Mr. Luo retired last year and brought his two children back to his hometown. His son is still working as an official in the capital. After this incident, the Luo family is grateful to Fang Yuan for risking his life to protect Luo Zhang, and they also treat him as a legitimate young master of the Luo family.
"Zhongde, you focus on your studies, and I'm afraid you have no time to take care of these little ones. Why don't you send them to my Luo's house? A Zhang and A Yuan will be lonely if they study together. With someone to keep them company, they can learn better." Grandpa Luo took the initiative to suggest.
The Luo family had few descendants and not many clan members, so they did not set up a clan school. Instead, they hired teachers of both literature and martial arts to give lessons at home.
During the conversation, not only did Mr. Luo not miss Niuniu, he also mentioned that even the oldest Gu Yun could learn martial arts from the Luo family's martial arts master.
Compared to those brocade boxes piled high, Grandpa Luo's proposal really solved Gu Mingda's urgent problem. He was devoted to the imperial examination. Although he checked the children's homework every day, there were times when he was unable to do enough. Especially for a playful kid like Gu Zhao, he needed a strict teacher to teach him hard.
In the yard, four children gathered together.
Gu Zhao showed off the little goldfish to Luo Zhang: "This is my sister and I's fish. From now on, they will wag their tails for us."
Fang Yuan nodded innocently and said, "A Zhao is right."
The younger Luo Zhang had a constipated expression on his face. He wanted to refute, but the Gu family was their savior. If he refuted, he would seem very ungrateful.
But he didn't agree with Gu Zhao's idea at all.
Gu Zhaoke had no idea what he was thinking, and his face fell on the spot: "Why do you have to put on such a stinky face? Do you want to bully my sister again?"
Luo Zhang was not willing to bear such a heavy blame, and just said: "I can't thank your sister enough, why would I give her a bad face?"
Niuniu was standing aside, looking at him with her big, watery eyes, and asked, "Master Luo Zhang, do you think what my brother said is wrong?"
Luo Zhang felt embarrassed when the little girl looked at him like that, and said, "No... nothing is wrong, don't call me that, you can just call me Ah Zhang."
Fang Yuan said innocently: "Just call me A Yuan."
After saying that, he scratched the back of his head out of habit, but he scratched the gauze wrapped around his forehead and almost tore it off on the spot.
Luo Zhang said angrily: "Brother, I told you to stop scratching your head, but you never learned your lesson. You tore the wound again. Let's see what you can do!"
Fang Yuan laughed: "A Zhang, what did you say? I didn't hear clearly."
Luo Zhang: "I told you to stop scratching your head."
Fang Yuan: “The previous sentence.”
Luo Zhang: “Brother.”
Fang Yuan was visibly happy: "Hey, I'll remember it!"
Luo Zhang never called him brother before, he always just said "Hey". Fang Yuan was so happy to hear his younger brother calling him brother.
Luo Zhang looked at Fang Yuan's silly look and secretly cursed him as a fool. He was so happy just by calling him "brother" that he didn't care about anything else.
Gu Zhao looked at the two of them, but couldn't help wanting to pull Niuniu back, muttering quietly, "They look so stupid."
Niuniu said helplessly: "Brother, they can hear you if you talk like that."
Sure enough, Luo Zhang and Fang Yuan turned around at the same time and stared at Gu Zhao.
Gu Zhao didn't know what to be embarrassed about, so he took the initiative to ask, "Would you like some bugs? I'll take you to find some bugs."
Luo Zhang and Fang Yuan shook their heads at the same time, looking as if they were declining the offer.
Niuniu suddenly became visibly happy and said, "Brother, I accompanied you to look for bugs yesterday, you should listen to me today!"
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