The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 137

Chapter 137: 106 Treatment, the little monk with a clever mind (two updates combined into one)

At dinner, the entire family watched as Little Monk Jingkong was fiddling with a golden abacus, all of them feeling as if they were about to get blinded by its dazzling brilliance.

Little Monk Jingkong did not have much understanding of gold; the currency he knew about was only copper money and silver because these were the only types he had spent in his house so far.

As he said, he only liked the golden abacus because he thought it looked nice.

Gu Jiao: Perhaps every child likes shiny things?

Just one bead from the golden abacus, if sold, could provide for their family’s meals for a year. But they still had moral integrity; no matter how poor they were, they would never consider taking advantage of Little Monk Jingkong’s golden abacus.

At night, Gu Jiao helped Little Monk Jingkong to tidy up all his belongings again, and found that apart from the golden abacus and the Buddhist scriptures, there were no other valuable items. The rest were just old and broken playthings, which didn’t seem worth much money.

Gu Jiao sighed in relief, “That’s more like it. A monk with too much wealth is quite terrifying, isn’t it?”

It seemed that Little Monk Jingkong’s master loved him very much. Even though they were quite poor, because Little Monk Jingkong liked the golden abacus, his master did his utmost to acquire one for him.

The private school had abaci for the students and didn’t require students to bring their own. So Little Monk Jingkong would only bring out the golden abacus at home for revision, and wouldn’t take it to school.

This saved them a great deal of trouble.

The next day, as usual, Xiao Liulang took the three “eldest kids” to school, and the Yao Family’s lady came to their house with gifts brought by Gu Jinyu.

As expected, Gu Jiao did not accept any of them.

She did not force Gu Jiao to accept them.

The Housemaid whispered, “Madam, you should persuade Miss. Even if the second Miss is not her biological sister, she should at least pretend to accept the gifts.”

The Housemaid wasn’t really standing up for Gu Jinyu. Gu Jiao was not even her biological daughter; to her, giving Gu Jiao any attention was a privilege. However, sometimes, appearances are important.

A young lady should behave like a young lady.

However, Mrs. Yao spoke gently, “As long as Jiaojiao is happy, it’s good. In this world, there is no rule forcing someone to accept another’s goodwill.”

The Housemaid sighed.

After Mrs. Yao left, Gu Jiao went to the town to order iron tools.

Zhan Country had strict control over the production and sale of iron and salt; Gu Jiao needed a large number of farming tools. She needed to register at the Yamen and obtain an official document granting permission.

Gu Jiao went to the Yamen.