The game of mutual growth and competition between the Gu siblings was formed in just a few words!
The four sisters had no objection to this, while Gu En, who was dozing off in class, sneezed several times.
The teacher asked with concern, "Gu En, has the weather changed recently? Have you caught a chill at night?"
Gu En stood up hurriedly, bowed his head with some guilt, and said, "Thank you for your concern, Mr. Xie. I caught a slight cold, but it's nothing serious."
He's dozing off! The master is so concerned about him; shouldn't he be taking a nap?
"I'll have your teacher's wife make some ginger water in a bit, come and drink it. Alright, sit down!" the teacher instructed.
"Thank you, Mr. Xie!" Gu En sat down, no longer daring to doze off.
He still knew what was right and wrong; if he dozed off again, he would feel like he was letting his teacher down.
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Gu Nian's estate was well-maintained when the family of four came to tidy it up before. Several days have passed, and there's no indication that any wild animals have come to the estate.
"This person really knows how to enjoy life, building a manor here! I'm a native of Sanchakou Village, and I've never been here before!" Grandma Gu found it quite amazing as she walked along.
The previous owner of the estate, that scholar, really knew how to find a good place!
“Mother, there wasn’t a road coming from the back of our mountain before, so you didn’t notice. I had to work out a path with my eldest brother the other day, based on the directions. It’s the place Xin Xin said was difficult to walk on. I was thinking of getting my eldest brother and fourth brother to help smooth it out sometime.” Gu Shouxin pointed in a direction as he spoke, “There’s a small path over there, only wide enough for two carriages. It was specially built by that scholar. This path leads to the official road from Zhoujia Town to the prefectural city. It takes about half an hour to get to the official road from here.”
"That's very convenient. It will make it easier for people in your village to travel in the future," Grandma Gu said.
"Oh! Second brother, are all the flowers in the village left behind by that scholar?" Grandpa Gu asked with delight, pointing to the vast flower fields.
"Probably! When my older brother and I came here before, we thought it was crops. Later, when I came with her mother and the children, there were already flower buds. It seems that the weather has been good recently, and all these flowers have bloomed." Gu Shouxin could lie without batting an eye.
"Lanlan, come quick! Look at this flower. It looks like a rose, but the blossoms are smaller. The leaves have veins, which roses don't. And the color is much brighter red." Grandpa Gu wasn't finished talking; he even pulled Grandma Gu along.
"Look at this one, little by little, like a sky full of stars. And this one..." Grandpa Gu walked along, his eyes and heart only on the flowers in the flower field and his wife holding his hand. As for the children, well, they've all grown up, no need to worry about them anymore.
"Dad, Mom, why don't you go and make some tea? Let's go look at the flowers too!" Gu Nian suddenly thought of wrapping a bouquet of flowers for Grandpa to give to Grandma.
"Go have some fun! You sisters go out for a walk and get familiar with the area!" Cai Xiaolian nodded and said.
Gu Nian started picking flowers and then arranging them together, though she wasn't really good at arranging them.
But some of my girlfriends know how!
Gu Si immediately saw through Gu Nian's intention. She wrapped a bouquet of flowers herself and handed it to Gu Nian: "Sister Nian, do you want to put them together like this?"
Gu Nian's eyes lit up. "Wow, Sisi is pretty good! She has great taste!"
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