Tie Kui Extra Story (62)

When Ning Zhan got the news, he immediately asked the people around him to inquire about Gu Pengyu's news.

The news sent by the dispatcher was the same as what Xiao said, Gu Pengyu is not only good-looking, but also very talented. He was already a Juren at the age of sixteen, and he was the ninth in that class. This result is quite good.

"What else? For example, is there a housemaid or any good friends?" Ning Zhan felt that family background, talent and learning are secondary, and character is the most important.

The person sent shook his head and said: "My son, the rules of the Gu family are very strict, and the servants dare not speak casually. For the time being, we haven't found out."

It's a good thing to have strict rules at home, but it doesn't mean that Gu Pengyu is really good.

After thinking about it for a while, Ning Zhan went to Brother Yu and asked him to help him find out the details of Gu Pengyu.

Brother Yu laughed and said: "You are a younger brother, you really care about being a father."

That's what he said, but he still agreed to help Ning Zhan investigate Gu Pengyu. After all, this is related to Ning Ruhui's lifelong happiness. If something goes wrong, Ning Zhan will regret it for the rest of his life.

At noon that day, Brother You said to Ning Zhan: "Gu Pengyu has no friends, nor does he like a girl. He has a personal servant girl who takes over the house, but the Gu family has this rule. send away."

The young master of a rich family will let the maid teach personnel affairs before getting married. Yuxi doesn't like this, but she doesn't interfere with other people's rules.

Although Ning Zhan felt uncomfortable, he also knew that Gu Pengyu could not be blamed: "Your Highness means that this marriage of the Gu family can be promised."

Qiyou shook his head and said: "Gu Pengyu is one of the most famous talents in the capital, and his character is also very good. But if you want your sister to live comfortably for the rest of her life, then don't agree to this marriage."

"Why?"

Qiyou said: "Gu Pengyu is not only good at reading, but also proficient in temperament, even chess and painting. What about your second sister? Which one is she proficient in playing piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and prose?"

Ning Zhan paused, and said, "What do the couple do with living a life and being proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting?"

Qiyou smiled lightly and said, "Gu Pengyu's personal servant girl can write and draw, especially the one who took over the house. She is a good painter. It can be seen that he likes versatile girls. Your sister can't do anything. What do the husband and wife talk about together? Could it be talking about food, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea with him?" Like his parents, they usually sit together to talk about important military and political affairs, or about their brothers.

His father was very impatient to listen to trivial matters at home, and her mother seldom talked about them.

After thinking for a while, Qiyou changed his mind and said, "Put yourself in the shoes of a girl who can't read a single word. You married because of your parents' orders, but would you like her?" Thinking about it, Certainly not.

Ning Zhan immediately retorted: "My sister has been able to read since she was five years old, and she can write very well." However, Ruhui is not interested in such things as piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

Qiyou smiled and said: "To the talented Gu Pengyu, your second sister is no different from an illiterate country girl. Besides, Gu Pengyu's maids are all beauties, and they are all gentle and understanding Your second sister can only be considered average in appearance, and has a hot temper. Do you think he will like your second sister?" In fact, seven out of ten girls from the Xungui family are average-looking. No way, genes are like that. Ning Ruhui's appearance is actually considered good among a group of noble girls.

Ning Zhan grasped the point this time and asked, "Are all the maids around Gu Pengyu beauties?"

"It's only worse than the maids around my elder brother." The maids around their brothers are all good-looking. And the most beautiful ones are the eight around Qihao.

Ning Zhan was dumbfounded. His second sister and the maids around His Royal Highness are not even a little bit different in appearance.

Thinking of this, Ning Zhan said with some annoyance: "What does it mean that the Gu family put such a beautiful maid by Gu Pengyu's side?"

Qiyou said: "If you want to know, this must be what Gu Pengyu asked for."

Ning Zhan's face darkened in an instant: "The grandma of the Gu family must know what Gu Pengyu likes. Knowing that her son likes beauties, she even came to propose marriage. I don't know what An is thinking." It was obvious that she wanted to cheat his second sister. For a lifetime.

"Gu Pengyu regards money as dung, but since he is the youngest son, he won't get much of his family property. Uncle Anyang is famously rich. Your second sister will definitely have a generous dowry in the future. Besides, your second sister is so powerful and young. You can open a shop and make money by yourself. Let Gu Pengyu marry your second sister, and Gu Pengyu will have nothing to worry about for the rest of his life." This is actually Qiyou's guess. However, he didn't check his guess. Grandma Gu came up with this idea.

"Hey, the Gu family married my second sister, not a daughter-in-law but a housekeeper who can make money?" If so, it would be too shameless.

Qiyou chuckled lightly, and said: "You can't say that. After all, Gu Pengyu's conditions are so good, and there are countless girls who want to marry him. Maybe Gu Pengyu still feels wronged!"

Ning Zhan snorted coldly and said, "Whoever wants to marry will marry, anyway, my second sister won't marry."

After the two talked, Ning Zhan went home. Instead of going to see Xiao Shi, she went directly to the backyard to find Ruhui.

Hearing Ning Zhan say that Gu Pengyu can't marry, a thought came to Ruhui's mind: "Does he have a sweetheart?"

Ning Zhan shook his head and said: "No. But this guy likes the beauties who are small birds and versatile, so the maids around him are not only beautiful, but also good at playing piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. In addition, this guy spends money like water, often buying some at a high price. Ordinary calligraphy and painting, inkstones, etc."

Ruhui didn't understand, and asked, "What do you mean by paying a high price for ordinary calligraphy, painting and inkstones?"

"It's those calligraphy and paintings that he likes. They were only worth three to five taels, but he bought them for a hundred and eighty taels. Outsiders compliment him for his insight, but I think he is a fool with a lot of money." This is not Ning Zhan's nonsense. , but it does happen. But Ning Zhan is exaggerating, Gu Pengyu has only done this kind of thing twice.

Ruhui also felt that Gu Pengyu was mentally ill, and couldn't help but ask, "Did the wind blow all the money for his family?"

Ning Zhan sneered and said, "Who says it's not! Second sister, with the speed of spending money, Jinshan Yinshan won't let him lose. Besides, the Gu family is a scholarly family, but it's not a wealthy family. The youngest son of the eldest son will definitely not get much property in the future. If you marry him, the burden of supporting the family will fall on you."

Ruhui was still a little bit reluctant, hesitated and said: "He is a Juren now, and he will definitely be able to pass the Jinshi examination in the future. He will also make money when he becomes an official."

"Second Sister, you have been housekeeper for a long time. Do you think that if the family only relies on Dad's salary, we can live a life of luxury?" Ning Hai's salary adds up to several thousand taels a year. The money is only enough for the two sisters to buy a few sets of better jewelry. Thinking about silk and satin brocade clothes and jade food is a dream.

Ruhui was silent.

Ning Zhan said: "Second sister, you are not as good as the maids around Gu Pengyu, and you are so incomprehensible in piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, poetry and fu. Do you think Gu Pengyu will look up to you? He doesn't like you, but Would it be good for you?"

Ruhui recalled the scene where the two met in Lingshan Temple, and Gu Pengyu was very polite to him. If you just meet a girl from an acquaintance's family, this attitude is fine. But if it is a blind date, this attitude seems very cold.

"Second Sister, what you said just now is not pleasant. But it is related to your life's happiness, you must think twice before you act." Ruyi's wedding date has already been set, it will be in February next year. Peng Kangshun was very concerned about this marriage and went to Ning's house whenever he was free. With Peng Kangshun's attitude, life will definitely not be bad after Ruyi gets married.

Ruhui asked: "If you don't like me, why do you look at me?" She also likes Gu Pengyu, otherwise she wouldn't ask such a silly question.

Uncle Anyang's mansion is indeed rich, even if most of the property is handed over, the money that can be saved before is not returned to the public. Of course, Ning Hai voluntarily handed it in, but Yuxi confiscated it.

Ning Zhan said: "Everyone knows that we are a wealthy family. If your parents love you so much, you and the eldest sister will definitely buy you a generous dowry. In addition, the second sister can earn hundreds of taels of silver a year by opening a teahouse. Gu Pengyu married Without you, I won’t worry about having no money in the future.”

The teahouse was opened by Ruhui with her own money, firstly for fun and secondly because she wanted to earn some pocket money. But I didn't expect that the teahouse would earn seven to eight hundred taels a year. To the Ning family, this amount of money is nothing, but the average official family's annual expenses are only so much.

Ru Hui's face suddenly sank: "Emotional, they Gu family use me as a tool to make money?"

"Second sister, why should you be angry? We just don't agree to this marriage." People are selfish, and the grandma of the Gu family must want her son to live well.

Ning Zhan saw that Ruhui was very sad, and said in a low voice, "Second sister, I'll go and tell my mother about this."

Although Ruhui likes Gu Pengyu, the other party doesn't like him. It's not that she can't get married, so why bother.

After calming down, Ruhui said: "No, I will tell my mother about this myself." What kind of eyes does her mother have! If Ning Zhan hadn't been careful, she would have been tricked.

Ruhui went to Xiao Shi and said that she did not agree with the marriage. He didn't say that the Gu family's purpose was not pure, but that Gu Pengyu would definitely attract bees and butterflies if he looked too good. And she didn't want to deal with those women who came to her door all day after she got married.

Xiao Shi was so angry that her heart ached: "She is like this, how can I reply to the Gu family?" She said that Gu Pengyu was too good-looking, so she didn't want to. If you spread it out, you must not be laughed at to death.

No matter how much she likes this marriage in her heart, Ruhui has had her own ideas since she was a child, and Ning Hai has said that Ruhui must agree to the marriage, Xiao can only politely reject the Gu family.

Grandma Gu was a little surprised when she heard that Ruhui didn't like Gu Pengyu. Looking at the appearance of the second girl of the Ning family that day, she thought that the marriage was a certainty. Unexpectedly, the Ning family refused to marry.

Gu Pengyu was secretly relieved to know that the Ning family rejected relatives. The second girl of the Ning family had no looks, and she was so fierce that she didn't look like a girl. After seeing him that day, he was full of reluctance. It's just that Grandma Gu said that this is a close relationship, and it's useless for him to object.

Looking at Grandma Gu's appearance, Gu Pengyu said: "Mother, don't worry, I will definitely marry someone better than the second girl of Ning's family in the future." Many girls, when they saw it, they secretly agreed. Therefore, Gu Pengyu is very confident in himself.

Knowing children is better than mother, how can Grandma Gu not know Gu Pengyu's thoughts. It's just that the Ning family refuses relatives, so it's useless to talk more.