Gu Yi’s happiness was overwhelming, and his pace was a little more casual than usual in front of the Song family.
When he reached the table and stood, he unobtrusively pulled the chair beside him and asked Song Wangyue to sit down, and he himself sat down next to her.
Mrs. Gu took his caution in her eyes and was overjoyed.
Without waiting for the crowd to react, she began to greet them, “Come, come, come, eat, eat.”
Master Gu followed suit with a greeting, “Eat, eat, eat.”
Today there were no outsiders and there were no two separate tables, everyone sat together, Master Song was a bit formal, Master Gu saw this and lifted his glass, “Master, let’s have a drink.”
Master Song hurriedly picked up his glass and drank it all in one go without saying anything polite.
Seeing him finish it in one gulp, Master Gu also followed suit and personally filled it up for Master Song and himself, “What do you think of this wine?”
Master Song drank too quickly and didn’t taste it at all. When he heard Master Gu ask this question, he secretly smacked his lips and realized that his mouth was full of fragrance, “Good wine.”
“If you like it, I’ll have someone send you a jar later, so you can take your time to taste it.”
Master Song hurriedly waved his hand, “I’m just a big old man, it would be a waste for me to give such a good wine.”
“Look at you, the wine is made for people to drink, how can you say it is spoiled?”
Gu Yi quietly gave Song Wan Yue a chopstick of vegetable, “Little girl, eat a little more, you’ve been exhausted this morning.”
Mrs. Gu looked at her eyes and was delighted, greeting Grandma Song and Xu one after another as they ate, not allowing them the opportunity to discover Gu Yi’s little thoughts.
“Little sister, this dish is delicious, try it.”
Song Shen pulled the plate in front of Song Wangyue towards him and also put the dish in front of Song Wangyue, while not forgetting to give Gu Yi a warning glance, don’t think you can be so carefree just because you are in your house!
As if Gu Yi did not see his glare, he reached out and pulled the plate over again.
Song Shen pulled it back again, Gu Yi pulled it back again, and Song Shen was about to pull it again when Song Wan Yue held the plate down and placed it in the middle.
Song Shen glared at Gu Yi again, who glared back in defiance, who glared again, who glared back again.
Song Wangyue gave one of them a kick.
“Ow ……”
“Ow ……”
The two men were caught off guard and their yelps came out of their mouths.
The crowd’s talking came to a screeching halt as they looked over in unison.
Song Shen was so frightened that his heart jolted and his face almost turned white.
Gu Yi smiled and used his left hand, which was not holding chopsticks, to stroke his calf, “It’s nothing, I accidentally touched it with my second brother when I stretched my leg.”
Mrs Gu had been watching from the corner of her eye and naturally saw what had just happened. She thought it was because the two of them were not convinced and were fighting over their legs under the table, and said with a smile, “It’s my fault for not thinking carefully.
It was a large table that could hold more than ten people, and now only eight of them were seated, which was more than enough. Xu was puzzled, but before she could think more about it, Mrs Gu began to greet the people again with enthusiasm.
After the meal was finished, Madam Gu had after-dinner fruit prepared, and only after they had eaten did she have the carriage take them back to the workshop.
Master Song leaned against the wall of the carriage with narrowed eyes, reminiscing about the taste of the wine, he had never tasted such a good wine before, if he hadn’t been in the Gu family, he would have drunk it openly.
Song Wan Yue leaned against Xu, her little head nodding a little, Xu looked at her with a compassionate inclination, “You should go home and rest this afternoon.”
After a busy morning, Song Wan Yue was indeed exhausted, but she shook her head at her words, “There is a resting place in the workshop, I can just take a nap.”
Thinking that it would take quite a bit of work to get home by carriage, Xu did not insist.
When she reached the entrance of the workshop and waited for Elder Song and Grandma Song to go down, she followed them down and turned her back towards the carriage, “Mother will carry you in.”
Song Wangyue was caught off guard and froze.
In her last life she had been an orphan, chosen by the organisation at a very young age, and spent her days wandering between training and death, this kind of warmth had never occurred to her.
After being reborn as Song Wangyue, she cherished this affection and carefully melted into this family every day, but the caution she had cultivated in her last life had always kept a distance in her heart.
“What’s wrong?”
Xu finished, not noticing a movement behind her, and looking back to see her frozen.
Song Wan Yue turned around and a wave of heat rushed into her eyes, she covered her mouth and yawned, her “tears” came out, she smiled and jumped off the carriage, taking Xu’s arm affectionately, “I wouldn’t dare let mother carry me, if father knew, he would be heartbroken?”
Xu’s face reddened at her words and she raised her hand and nudged her forehead, “Are you joking about mother again?”
“How dare I, I’m telling the truth, father loves mother so much, if he knew ……”
Xu hastily covered her mouth, if it was just the two of them, Song Wan Yue would have said it, her father-in-law and mother-in-law were still at the side.
There are three rooms in the workshop for them to rest, one for Master Song and Grandma Song, one for Xu and Song Wan Yue, and another smaller one for Song Shen.
“Miss Song ……”
Xiao Si entered quickly and called out to Song Wan Yue who was about to enter, “The young master said that the weather was hot and it was not good to sleep, so he asked me to send three pots of ice.”
Ice in summer was an expensive thing, and Master Song was just about to refuse when Song Wan Yue had already said thank you and told them to put the ice in the house.
“Yue’er ……”
Elder Song wanted to say that they couldn’t use this ice, but as soon as he opened his mouth, Song Wan Yue knew what he was going to say and said with a smile, “Since Young Master Gu has had it sent to us, let’s use it, don’t refute his good intentions.”
The ice basin was placed on the floor and the room cooled down immediately, and Song Shen rolled on the bed in comfort.
Master Song sighed, “It’s good to be from a rich family, you can sleep so comfortably even in this summer.”
“Who says it isn’t.”
Grandma Song squatted down by the ice basin, reaching out to fiddle with the ice inside as she chimed in, “I see that the ice is no different from the ice that forms in the river in winter, how much effort did they have to put in to save it from winter to summer?”
I don’t know how much effort it took, but it must have cost a lot of silver, don’t look at this little tub of ice, it might be more than our family earned in the past year.”
In the other room, Song Wan Yue and Xu lay down next to each other, Song Wan Yue clung to Xu’s hand and fell asleep in no time.
……
The time passed quickly and it was August, the day when Song Si went to the capital city to catch his exams.
The school was closed two days in advance, so that the students could prepare all the things they needed to go to the capital.
