Gu Shouxin and Cai Xiaolian hadn't seen their sisters for quite some time, and they had been concerned about them the whole way from Gu Sangu's place to the Li family's.
Gu Xin and Gu Si each took one of Cai Xiaolian's arms: "Mom (Second Aunt), do you think I've grown taller and fairer?"
Cai Xiaolian: "...Yes, yes, yes, not only have you grown taller and fairer, but you've also become much prettier! But why are you all so vain today?"
Gu Xin: "Huo Yanyu said that we are the most beautiful young ladies she has ever seen!"
Gu Si: "Huo Yanyu said that our family's environment is good for people, so she wants to come and be the goddaughter of Second Uncle and Second Aunt, and by the way, raise her to be as beautiful as us!"
Cai Xiaolian: "!"
That dramatic little girl?
Gu Shouxin: ...That little drama queen is really good at coaxing people.
Gu Hui smiled and said, "Second Aunt, Huo Yanyu wants to eat the food that Nian Nian makes."
Gu Nian: "I want to meet their parents. A couple who can raise such a brother and sister are truly extraordinary!"
The book provides little description of the Huo siblings' parents. It seems that Huo Junhao's father was always away serving as an official. Huo Junhao was a child prodigy, so the two siblings lived with their grandparents in the ancestral home, which also made it convenient for Huo Junhao to participate in the imperial examinations.
Sigh, Gu Erdan, that author, is unreliable. I guess only Lu Zheng knows what the Huo family couple are like.
However, judging from Lu Zheng's attitude towards Huo Junhao, the Huo family must be quite good.
Gu Xin shook Cai Xiaolian's arm: "Mom, Mom, I like Huo Yanyu. You and Dad, please recognize her as my little sister!"
Cai Xiaolian: "...You've fallen in love with it after just one trip to the prefectural city?"
Gu Xin nodded vigorously: "Yes, yes! She makes people happy! She's beautiful, generous, funny, and smart! She even looks down on Huo Shentong. She said if she participated in the imperial examination, she would definitely be able to tie for first place with Dad!"
Gu Si chimed in, "Yes, Second Aunt. Like the 3x3 number puzzles Sister Niannian gives us, she doesn't even need to count on her fingers or take notes; she just thinks it through and gets the answer instantly. And the river-crossing puzzles, the candle-blowing puzzles, etc., she really knows the answers right away!"
Gu Nian added, "He answered a little faster than Huo Junhao did back then."
Cai Xiaolian was shocked. This family could produce one child prodigy, let alone two? The genes are really good.
Gu Shouxin had also seen the questions set by Gu Nian. He might not be able to react at first, but it would be much easier once he got used to the pattern.
But the fact that Huo Junhao and his sister, who are at such a young age and have never been exposed to such things, can still come up with accurate answers so quickly is truly remarkable. Calling them child prodigies is no exaggeration.
As for adopting a goddaughter, if their Xinxin likes it, and if the girl is willing and nice, then it's fine to take her in!
The whole family arrived at the Li family's house happily.
Every year on Li Muyan's birthday, he would invite the young masters and ladies he knew in Qingzhou to come and have fun.
Li Muyan has a good friend named Zhu Mingsheng, who is about the same age as him. He is also a handsome young man with a particularly good smile.
Madam Li was once afraid that her unfortunate son had a homosexual relationship with Zhu Mingsheng.
Since Gu Nian appeared, Madam Li has completely given up on this idea.
Zhu Mingsheng's family were shipping merchants, owning dozens of cargo and passenger ships. They monopolized the business in all the prefectures in the southwest of the Great Zhou Dynasty. His family was wealthy, and he was an only son. Apart from being able to go out every day, his situation was quite similar to Li Muyan's.
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