That evening, when Grandma Xiao returned from gathering herbs, she saw Gu Ren crawling around playing at the entrance of the yamen before even going home. She picked up the child and went inside.
Gu Ren leaned on Grandma Xiao's shoulder, inhaling the faint scent of herbs emanating from her basket: "Old lady, why don't you just go find your sisters? Why did you carry me inside? I finally managed to sneak out. You're too healthy, going to the mountains alone to gather herbs in this cold. Aren't you afraid of being eaten by wild animals?"
"Old Gu! Why didn't you tell me beforehand? Did you miss me so much that you abandoned your Chuan-ge to spend your next life with me?" Grandma Xiao shouted as she entered the inner courtyard. But when she saw the couple come out, she exclaimed, "Oh, so you're together! I thought you had abandoned your Chuan-ge."
Grandma Gu said speechlessly, "We can't abandon Brother Chuan, no matter who we abandon. Old Xiao, are you like a fish that's entered the sea now that you're here?"
Grandma Xiao put the child down and excitedly went forward.
Grandma Gu: "Once we entered Kunzhou, Xinxin started pointing at all kinds of flowers and plants and reciting their names and medicinal properties."
Grandma Xiao laughed heartily: "It seems my mantle has been passed on! Xue'er doesn't like it, Yuan Yuan understands a little but is bothered by trivial matters, but Xiao Xin Xin is the best. She learns everything quickly, can apply what she learns to other situations, and is very smart!"
Everyone inside came out to greet Grandma Xiao.
Grandma Xiao put down her basket, washed her hands, and started helping with the tidying up.
From her, the Gu family learned more about Kuncheng.
After having dinner at the yamen, Grandma Gu and Gu Xin escorted Grandma Xiao back home, which was also a way of getting acquainted with the place.
As someone learning a craft, Gu Xin naturally had to carry the herbs back for her master.
Previously, when Gu Xin wanted to call her "Master," Grandma Xiao firmly disagreed. She said, "If this little girl calls me 'Master,' wouldn't Old Gu be a generation above me for no reason? Absolutely not."
Grandma Xiao lived in a military dependents' home. Most of the families were asleep at the moment. The area consisted of rows of small courtyards and was very safe because it was next to Peng Family Army's northern camp.
After sitting with Grandma Xiao for a while, the grandmother and grandson took the oil lamp and went home together.
Bai Er had been following Gu Xin around, probably because he was used to it in Beijing. He didn't get too close to Gu Xin, as long as she was within his sight.
Gu Xin, carrying an oil lamp in one hand and holding her grandmother's hand in the other, was in a good mood: "Grandma, it feels like we're back in the village. It's just that we have to go out of the city to farm. Hehe, Uncle said he's going to check things out outside the city tomorrow! He wants us to come with him to clear land, and he'll even give me a share of the land we clear!"
Grandma Gu: "Don't listen to your uncle. He's just trying to trick you into taking Bai Er and the others with you. Let him handle his own affairs."
Gu Xin shook her head: "Anyway, I have nothing to do. Before, I wanted to be like Brother Yuanyuan, to have my own house and land in every place. I'm better than Brother Yuanyuan, his was inherited, mine was earned by myself."
Grandma Gu couldn't help but laugh and asked, "Do you like being with A-Yuan?"
Gu Xin nodded: "Yes! Grandma, let me tell you, this is my secret, I've never told anyone before. Once, I saw you and Grandpa sitting under the big tree, Grandpa was tending to his flowers, and you were watching him from your chair. I was thinking, if I get old one day, the old man I want to see is Brother Yuanyuan. Hehe, so embarrassing! I don't dare tell anyone."
Grandma Gu teased, "You know how to be shy? Didn't you say you wanted to ask A-Yuan if you were the one he liked? You dare to ask that, and you're still shy?"
Gu Xin: "Didn't Grandma teach me this?"
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