Qing Qing’s Childhood
After eating the dumplings, Gu Lan glanced at the time. It was half past ten, which was already long past Qing Qing’s usual bedtime.
He collected all the dishes and chopsticks and threw them into the sink. Someone would naturally clear these things tomorrow. Then he picked up Qingqing and urged the old housekeeper to go back to rest.
The old housekeeper waved her hand, motioning for Gu Lan and the others to leave first.
“The second young master will take the eldest lady to rest first. Your bedroom is cleaned every day and it is very clean. I want to sit alone for a while. I am old and feel light. I can’t sleep at this hour .”
Gu Lan looked out and saw that the security guards patrolling the house were walking nearby. The old housekeeper was not looking at him like this, so he was relieved to prepare to take Qingqing back to the main house bedroom.
“Qingqing say goodnight to the housekeeper grandma.” He turned Qingqing and motioned her to say goodbye.
“Good night, grandma housekeeper.” Qingqing waved her hand, and the soft and waxy little milk voice sound was as sweet as sugar.
“Okay, good night. Miss, please go to bed early.”
The old housekeeper smiled and waved goodbye to Qingqing, watching her being carried away by Gu Lan.
The old housekeeper was the only one left in the kitchen at night. She looked at the empty kitchen and suddenly sighed, her old voice filled with indescribable loneliness.
“Miss, don’t you like eating the dumplings made by the housekeeper grandma?”
In the silence, only the dumplings that hadn’t been touched accompanied the old housekeeper in silence.
Six white and fat dumplings nestled together quietly, like small jade stones that were polished and rounded. Suddenly, the soup swayed slightly, and the five jade stones rolled into a ball again.
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The Gu family is very large, and the entire ancestral home together is comparable to a five-door courtyard. There are courtyards, running water, rockeries, and swimming pools. Naturally, there is also a mansion for people to live in.
The five-story main house in the middle is mainly for the hosts and guests of the Gu family. Next to the main house, there is a small three-story building, which is a residence for the Gu family’s servants and is regarded as a staff dormitory.
The kitchen was separated from the main house because of heavy smoke and fire, and was built in another place not far from the main house.
The entire ancestral home is decorated very quietly, and it also shows its heritage and wealth, which shows that the ancestors of the Gu family are definitely not a simple family.
Because there are only two or three people left in the entire Gu family, and they often don’t come back to stay permanently, the entire main house seems a bit empty and lacking in popularity.
If Gu Lan hadn’t grown up here and was very familiar with every part of it, he would naturally have a sense of intimacy. Looking at this gloomy scene, he might have thought that he had entered some kind of haunted house.
Not to mention, their construction layout and ancient-style buildings are really suitable for use as material for supernatural scenes.
His and Gu Qingqing’s bedroom was on the third floor.
The first floor of the residence is the banquet hall and reception room, the second floor is the guest room and some functional areas for guests to rest, and the third floor and above are the main living areas of the host’s house.
The top floor is a sky garden with a small swimming pool. It used to be Mrs. Gu’s favorite place, but now it has long become a wasteland that no one cares about.
The fourth floor is basically occupied by the elders of the Gu family, Mr. Gu and Mrs. Gu, including the deceased uncle of the Gu family and Gu Yanyu. Their rooms are all on the fourth floor.
As for the third floor, it was completely his and Gu Qingqing’s world.
As soon as he stepped onto the third floor, Gu Lan saw the white chalk line extending from the stairs.
Recalling the origin of this chalk line, his thin lips curled up unconsciously, his throat vibrated, and a low laughter escaped from his teeth: “I didn’t expect this to still be there.”
Qingqing looked at Gu Lan who was laughing suddenly and tilted her head: “Brother, what are you laughing at?”
“Laughing at us, we were naive back then.”
With his eyes lingering on the crooked chalk line with nostalgia, Gu Lan can still clearly remember how he bent over back then, lying on the ground and drawing the line little by little.
In fact, this is an alternative kind of “38th line”, the kind that often appears on the desks of primary school students.
Gu Qingqing has a strong sense of territory, and she does not allow young Gu Lan to enter her room at will.
Once again, little Gu Lan was offended by her. In order to anger his sister, he deliberately opened the door of Gu Qingqing’s room and took all her lipstick…
Bent it all!
He even got them all stuck on the freshly washed white sheets.
Thinking about it, Gu Qingqing, who had just returned home from school, was faced with this “blood-stained” scene…
The string called reason was broken immediately, and it was broken into several sections in a row, and it was impossible to connect it no matter how hard you tried.
At first, little Gu Lan, who was full of pride and thought that he had succeeded in revenge, completely ignored the disparity in force value caused by the huge age difference between the siblings, so that his little butt was immediately spanked.
After the beating, Gu Qingqing angrily pointed at Gu Lan’s nose and yelled: “You are not allowed to step into my room again, or I will beat you every time I see you!”
Maybe he was frightened by his sister’s furious state, or maybe he was aroused to have a rebellious psychology.
Gu Lan, a ten-year-old naughty boy, lay on the ground with his red and swollen buttocks, drew this dividing line with tears, and threatened.
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