In the Gu family courtyard, Gu Yaoniang ran into Gu Xingzhi's courtyard like the wind.
She held a thin piece of paper in her hand, her skirt billowing gracefully behind her. Before she even arrived, her voice had already traveled through the corridors and reached Gu Xingzhi's ears—
"Second Uncle! Pingsheng is almost here!"
Gu Yaoniang ran into the courtyard and discovered that there was another woman there. The woman's appearance could only be described as pretty, but her every glance exuded endless charm.
Upon seeing Gu Yaoniang enter, Gu Xingzhi gestured for the woman to leave.
Gu Yaoniang watched the woman disappear outside the door with curiosity, then turned to look at Gu Xingzhi.
She thought Gu Xingzhi would introduce the woman's identity, but Gu Xingzhi said nothing. Instead, he leaned back in his chair, unfolded his folding fan, and asked, "Is Pingsheng almost here?"
Remembering her purpose for coming, Gu Yaoniang forgot her curiosity and curiosity about the woman's identity and exclaimed with delight, "Second Uncle! I just received a letter from home saying that since we are ready, we can set off in five days. The letter was written ten days ago, so that means we set off five days ago! Doesn't that mean we'll be there soon?"
Gu Xingzhi said "Oh," and then added, "Little girl, you're quite good at calculating. There are still five or six days left, so it'll be almost here?"
His voice was somewhat deep, yet it carried a clear hint of pleasure.
Gu Yaoniang glared at him. She refused to believe that her second uncle wasn't a little agitated!
Gu Xingzhi was naturally not unmoved. In front of Gu Yaoniang, he maintained the dignity of an elder and remained very composed.
As soon as Gu Yaoniang left, he summoned Uncle Zhong and instructed him to arrange for someone to wait at the city gate from today onwards, and to bring Gu Pingsheng home when they saw him.
He also instructed that the residence prepared for Gu Pingsheng in the Gu family mansion be tidied up.
Uncle Zhong acknowledged, but didn't leave, looking somewhat troubled.
Gu Xingzhi snorted, "Speak if you have something to say."
Uncle Zhong looked troubled: "Sir, none of us have ever seen the young master before! What if we've mistaken him for someone else?"
Gu Xingzhi was taken aback, and tapped Uncle Zhong's head with his fan: "What's the purpose of having a mouth below your nose?"
Uncle Zhong nodded quickly and went out to run errands.
Gu Xingzhi rubbed his nose. He had been in such a hurry when he went to Qingyun County last time that he had completely forgotten to see Gu Pingsheng. The last time they met, Gu Pingsheng was still nestled in his mother's arms, unable to move!
He didn't know Gu Xingzhi's current height, weight, or build, so how could he tell Uncle Zhong?
In Shuojing City, most of the merchants, if not from the Lu family, are from the Gu family.
The Gu family mainly dealt with rice, flour, oil, and other grains directly with farmers, while the Lu family employed many craftsmen who mainly dealt in embroidery, Xuan paper, writing brushes, ink, and jewelry.
The Gu family business and the Lu family business were originally two equally prominent businesses in Shuojing City. Now, the young master of the Gu family and the head of the Lu family business are frequently in contact, and the Gu family and the Lu family have a constant business relationship and rely on each other.
In Shuojing City, most of the wealth is concentrated in the hands of the Gu and Lu families.
Such wealthy merchants easily incite resentment among the common people. However, when the people of Shuojing City mentioned the Gu and Lu families, very few would say a bad word about them.
The Lu family was a prominent family in the capital, and the common people naturally held such noble families in high esteem, so they would not usually gossip about them behind their backs.
Moreover, after the second young master of the Lu family went into business for some unknown reason, although the Lu family's business grew bigger and bigger, it never engaged in any business practices such as competing with the people for profit, forcing people to buy or sell, or abusing its power to oppress people.
The owner of the Gu family came from humble beginnings, but he was extremely generous and fair, and possessed a keen business sense. Not only did he establish himself in Shuojing, a city teeming with merchants, upon his arrival, but he also quickly gained a foothold in the city.
He even single-handedly reversed the business climate in Shuojing City.
Because Master Gu was fair in his business dealings, always leaving room for maneuver and sharing profits, the business atmosphere in Shuojing City was much better than before. Even the small vendors who used to cheat on weights and measures were much more disciplined.
There's no other reason than that in the past, there were many such people, and it didn't matter which store people bought from; they would always get ripped off. But with the Lu and Gu families as industry benchmarks, if someone still did business improperly, customers would all switch to other stores.
Therefore, merchants in the capital racked their brains to figure out how to make more money while giving customers good deals.
The people of the capital benefited greatly from this, and naturally had a very good impression of the Gu and Lu families.
Recently, another interesting thing happened in the Gu family.
Master Gu's niece took over the Gu family's Jinyu Tower, officially inheriting Master Gu's mantle. This niece was also a close friend of Princess Ruining, who enjoyed the Emperor's favor.
Princess Ruining was an outstanding woman of the Dacheng Dynasty, known for her noble character and exceptional talent. Anyone who could gain her favor was certainly no ordinary person.
Princess Ruining is currently plotting something big: to establish a girls' school in the capital. This is no secret.
The young master of the Gu family provided a large amount of money for the preparation of the girls' school.
Opinions in the capital city were divided on the attitude towards girls' education.
However, the girls' school has not yet officially opened its doors to students, and there is no conclusion yet on how it will be taught. Most people are still taking a wait-and-see approach.
However, this did not prevent the people of the capital from developing an even stronger liking for the Gu family. After all, they had made a very important contribution to the education of the Dacheng Dynasty.
Families with daughters who want to send them to school to study have a much better opinion of Gu Jia.
Gu Erniang's leg has improved a lot and she can walk again, but the broken bone still hurts a bit.
However, she was left with a lingering illness, and Yu Erniang's gait was ultimately different from that of ordinary people, with one foot sinking deeper than the other. Yet, she was very content, saying that it was a blessing to have survived.
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