GTB Chapter 19

Chapter 19: Is Yun You Gong Zi an Old Man?

“Didn’t I say it was obtained by chance! Otherwise, where would I buy it? And I don’t have that much silver!”

Jiang Jiuchu said deliberately, she really had a headache. Could someone take away her suspicious and inquisitive brother? She didn’t want him anymore.

“Really? You can get it without silver? Take your brother to get one someday?”

Jiang Jiuchu, hearing this, looked at Shí Qingya with a resentful expression, thinking, “Sister-in-law, you could actually have my brother live in the princess’s mansion.”

Shí Qingya, receiving her gaze, immediately defused the situation, “Jiuchu said it was obtained by chance, so it must be because some opportunity helped someone, that’s why she got this painting. Why do you have to ask so many questions?”

Jiang Jiuchu’s eyes lit up when she heard this and immediately followed Shí Qingya’s words, “My sister-in-law is so smart, she guessed it right away.”

“Oh! What kind of chance was it specifically?” Jiang Jiuche looked at his sister, looking like he wouldn’t give up until he found out.

Jiang Yuan, seeing this, grabbed the painting he had been longing for, “Hey! Give it to me, this is what Jiuchu gave to her father. What are you worrying about? Is Jiuchu someone who would steal or rob?”

Jiang Yuan’s words did not dispel the questioning look in Jiang Jiuche’s eyes.

Jiang Jiuchu knew that she wouldn’t be able to get away with it today if she didn’t explain clearly, but the more her brother was like this, the more she dared not tell the truth.

“Oh! Forget it! You won’t let me keep any mystery at all. I’ll tell you, I’ll tell you. If you have the ability, you can go to the alley tomorrow and help an old man who is starving and about to faint. Oh, and he has to be carrying a book basket, and he has to be an old man with the air of an immortal.”

“Yun You Gong Zi is an old man?” Jiang Yuan looked at his daughter in surprise and asked.

“Um… it should be! That old man saw that I was carrying pastries in my hand, so he asked me for a piece of dessert, saying that he was passing by here and happened to have a deficiency of blood, and eating something sweet would help him recover. When I heard this, I gave him the whole bag. When the old man saw this, he casually took this painting from his book basket and gave it to me.”

Jiang Jiuchu, using the inspiration her sister-in-law gave her, took out her previous real experience to replace it, and said it very smoothly.

“I thought Yun You Gong Zi was a young gentleman, but he turned out to be a wandering old man. No wonder he can paint such artistic conception, no wonder his paintings are so few, and no wonder no one has ever seen him.”

Jiang Yuan looked at the painting in his hand and couldn’t help but sigh, completely convincing the skeptical Jiang Jiuche.

Madam Ye saw that the conversation was almost over, so she opened her mouth to greet, “Alright, alright, let’s eat!”

After she finished speaking, she looked at Jiang Yuan, who had been staring at the painting, “And you, put the painting away first, and take it to the study to look at it slowly later. Let’s eat first.”

“Brother, where’s your gift? Don’t you think you can’t compare to me, that’s why you’re staring at me and asking questions!”

Jiang Jiuchu saw that the crisis had been resolved, and immediately began to retort, thinking that she would have to mock her brother twice as much later, not wanting to leave him any face at all.

Jiang Jiuche snorted coldly and then took out a brocade box and handed it over, “Father, this is what Ya’er and I are giving you. I hope you like it.”

As soon as these words came out, Jiang Jiuchu was stunned. Okay! Her brother and sister-in-law gave it together, what else could she say?

“Good, good, you have a heart.” Jiang Yuan accepted it with a smile. Actually, as long as it was given by his children, he would be happy no matter what it was.

“This must have cost a lot of silver!” Jiang Yuan opened the brocade box, picked up the jade thumb ring inside, and looked at the two of them, “Don’t give me such expensive things in the future.”

“Ya’er specially picked this for you, so please wear it!” Jiang Jiuche said, glanced at Jiang Jiuchu’s frustrated expression, and knew what she was thinking.

“Okay, Ya’er has a heart, I like it very much.” Jiang Yuan had just put on the thumb ring when he heard his son say again, “Dad, Ya’er and I have another gift for you and Mom.”

There’s another gift? Jiang Yuan and his wife both looked at their son and daughter-in-law in surprise.

Jiang Jiuchu was also stunned. She didn’t expect her brother to have another gift. Looking at her brother’s happy expression, could it be… this is the main event?

Shí Qingya saw that everyone was looking at them curiously and said embarrassedly, “Don’t listen to Jiuche, it’s not a gift, it’s just good news. I… I’m pregnant.”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this and it took a long time to react. Their faces all showed joy, and Madam Ye said with a smile:

“Who said this isn’t a gift? This is a great gift. Oh! When did you find out? Why did you hide it from Mom!”

“Mom, I only found out yesterday. I wanted to tell you then, but Jiuche said to wait until Father’s birthday today to give everyone a surprise.”

Madam Ye glared at her son after hearing this, took Shí Qingya’s hand, and said with a smile:

“Don’t listen to him next time. This kind of good thing is a surprise no matter when you say it. Tell us a day earlier! We can be surprised a day earlier.”

“Mom, you don’t know, my brother did it on purpose, just waiting to use my future nephews and nieces to suppress me today!”

After Jiang Jiuchu finished speaking, she looked at Jiang Jiuche, “Okay! Although you don’t talk about martial ethics, I admit defeat. After all, I’m going to be an aunt, and I like children the most. The baby born to my brother and sister-in-law must be good-looking.”

Madam Ye remembered something and said quickly: “I heard that the day after tomorrow is the annual prayer ceremony at Ning Yin Temple. Mom will go to pray for you and the baby in your belly.”

After Madam Ye finished speaking, she looked at her daughter, “Your sister-in-law is newly pregnant, so you need to be careful in the first three months and it’s not convenient to go to crowded places. You accompany Mom the day after tomorrow.”

“Okay, Mom, I haven’t been there yet!” Jiang Jiuchu thought that she had been in Kyoto for a year, and it seemed that she had never left the city.

The next day,

After Jiang Jiuchu had lunch, she took her maid out of the mansion.

The carriage slowly stopped at the entrance of Mo Feng Pavilion. She took the veil handed over by Lu Luo and said, “You wait for me here, or you can wait for me at Jade Shop in front. I’ll come back after I deliver it.”

“Yes, Miss.”

As soon as Jiang Jiuchu entered Mo Feng Pavilion, she saw Leng Da coming down from the stairs. After learning that Song Fuge was upstairs, she went directly to the third floor.

Song Fuge looked at Jiang Jiuchu, who was holding a wooden box, and slowly put down the teacup in his hand, thinking that he was going to be full of tea.

He guessed that she would come to thank him, but he didn’t expect her to come in the afternoon this time.

He glanced at the mahogany box in Jiang Jiuchu’s hand and said in a leisurely tone, “Did you bring me pastries again?”

“No! Not pastries, this is definitely something you haven’t eaten before.”

As Jiang Jiuchu spoke, she mysteriously opened the wooden box, as if it contained some treasure.

Song Fuge looked at the red fruits in the wooden box, which looked very similar to raspberries, but they were as big as dates, red and attractive.

“This is……..?”

“This is the foreign berry given to my sister-in-law by the Emperor. It was sent to Beijing by foreign tributaries on horseback. My sister-in-law gave me some. It’s very delicious. Brother Fu, please try it.”

It turned out to be a tribute. Song Fuge looked at the small number of fruits, reached out and picked one up to taste it. It tasted very good, sweet and juicy.

He raised his head and saw the little girl staring at him expectantly as he tasted it. Song Fuge knew that the little girl must like to eat this fruit very much. He nodded and said:

“Well, the taste is good, but since it’s a tribute, I’m afraid your sister-in-law can’t share much, right? Did you bring them all to me?”