The Prime Minister's Darling

Chapter 201: 127 Group’s Favorite (Second Update)_2

Xiao Jingkong: Oh, I’ve been found out!

Yes, the cunning Monk Xiao Jingkong secretly had Gu Xiaoshun make an extra wooden figurine of himself, and stealthily placed it in Jiaojiao’s room!

Now he could spend every day with Jiaojiao! n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Gu Yan was not pleased and asked Xiao Jingkong to move out of Gu Jiao’s room.

Xiao Jingkong refused to move.

He even sternly said, “This is Jiaojiao’s gift. You can’t ruin Jiaojiao’s things!”

Fine, I won’t ruin it. I can move in, right?

In the end, Gu Jiao, Gu Yan, and Xiao Jingkong all moved into Gu Jiao’s little house, and Gu Yan’s house was left empty…

Gu Xiaoshun gave two Buddhist scriptures he had carved himself.

In exchange for helping him carve the wooden figures, Xiao Jingkong took out his monk accessories, put on his Buddha beads and monk’s robe, and pulled out a small wooden fish, and earnestly performed a Buddhist ritual for the scriptures.

So, these scriptures have been consecrated!

Gu Jiao flipped through the Buddhist scripture in her hands, somewhat incredulous.

Gu Xiaoshun was the most worry-free child in the family, but precisely because of this, he was often overlooked by his family members.

Gu Jiao was unaware that in just a few short months, he had learned so many characters, many of which were obscure ones.

“Can you read them all?” Gu Jiao asked.

“Yes, I can,” Gu Xiaoshun nodded.

My Brother-In-Law said that if I couldn’t read them, I wouldn’t know what to say if someone asked me what I had carved in the future.

So, even though it was really hard, he made a great effort to remember all these words, including their meanings.

Seeing Gu Jiao deep in thought, Gu Xiaoshun scratched his head, “Sis, you don’t like it?”

Gu Jiao looked up and smiled: “I do, I like it very much.”

Gu Yan gave Gu Jiao a hand cord.

He bought it with the hard-earned money he made himself.

Since the moment he refused to move back to the Marquis Residence, his father had discontinued his monthly allowance. Gu Jiao did provide him with some spending money every month, but using Gu Jiao’s money to buy gifts for her didn’t feel right to him!

So, he decided to earn his own money!

There were not much chores to do at Granny’s place, he didn’t know how to make copies like Brother-In-Law, and he didn’t understand carving like Gu Xiaoshun. After much thought, he targeted Xiao Jingkong.

Xiao Jingkong had a monthly rental income of thirty silver, a total local tycoon in their house.

The process of Gu Yan making money was like this——

Feeding Xiao Jingkong’s chickens every day, five copper plates!

Walking Xiao Jingkong’s chickens every day, five copper plates!

Cleaning up chicken dung every day, five copper plates!

Praising Xiao Jingkong every day in a flamboyant way, ten copper plates!

He worked for ten days in total and earned two hundred and fifty copper plates.

He originally had his eyes on a pair of pearl flowers, but he didn’t have enough copper plates, so he settled for a hand cord with jade beads on it.

Gu Yan had had stones in his previous house that were worth more than this jade, but those stones were not earned by him.

Gu Jiao put on the hand cord. It looked nice.

Gu Jiao also prepared a gift for Gu Yan. He didn’t open it in public, he wanted to go back to his room and secretly unwrap it!

Xiao Jingkong was itching to know what Jiaojiao gave Brother Gu Yan!

“Granny, where’s your gift?” Gu Yan asked.

“I don’t have one!” The old lady turned her face away.

Gu Yan huffed, “I clearly saw you secretly working on something every day!”

Gu Jiao turned to look at the old lady.

The old lady grudgingly pulled out a small embroidered bag, put it on the table, and then refused to look at anyone, “It’s nothing good!”

Gu Jiao picked up the embroidered bag.

Xiao Jingkong moved closer to take a look, and was surprised, “Wow! Granny! You can embroider ducks, too!”

What ducks? Those are mandarin ducks!

One is your sister! The other is your Brother-In-Law! And there are some duck eggs… no, they’re mandarin duck eggs!

Look at how this cheeky monk changes the subject!

The old lady didn’t know how to do embroidery.

The fact that she didn’t turn the mandarin ducks into eggs was due to her secretly ruining many silk pouches.

Gu Jiao’s pouch was indeed worn and needed to be replaced.

The old lady seemed to be oblivious to the outside world, but she had a meticulous mind.

Gu Jiao smiled slightly, “Thank you, Granny.”

The pouch made by the old lady was indeed not beautiful, but it was very practical, it was divided into several layers, which could hold banknotes, small silver pieces, copper plates and small objects separately, and there was a special compartment for a sewing kit.

Who else could think of something so detailed?

This was the old lady’s love for Gu Jiao and her superb skills.

The Yao family made two sets of clothes for each of the children.

After coming to the Capital City, Gu Jiao no longer needed to chop firewood up the mountain. So Mrs. Yao made her a set of clothes suitable for doing housework, and another set was as elegant and gorgeous as the dresses worn by the noble girls in the Capital City.