The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 375

Chapter 375: 196 Provincial Exam (Combined Second Revision)

It snowed at night, and by morning, the ground was sheeted with a layer of ice, slippery to the touch.

Gu Jiao was prepared for this and had spread the sand she had saved a few days earlier along the walkway and the courtyard.

When she opened the gate to spread the sand further down the alley, she found that the neighbourhood had already taken care of it. There was sand, coal ashes, and straw mats everywhere.

As Gu Jiao wondered who did it, a neighbour opened their door and said, laughing, “Is Xiao Liulang off to take the exam?”

“Aunt Lu.” Gu Jiao greeted, recognizing her grandmother’s mahjong buddy who had visited their house a few times.

Gu Jiao understood. Each household in the neighbourhood had laid their choice of materials on the alleyway. This was why it was so colourful.

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She had always thought that they were isolated, but apparently her grandmother had integrated them into the neighbourhood without her knowing.

Gu Jiao expressed her gratitude.

Afterwards, a few other neighbours opened their doors and expressed well-wishes for Xiao Liulang’s exam success.

Gu Jiao thanked each of them.

Her gratitude was genuine, these weren’t Xiao Liulang’s family members and they were under no obligation to do this for him.

Their kindness was not out of duty, but out of affection.

Of course, some of the credit goes to her grandmother too.

If her grandmother hasn’t been kind to them and told them about Xiao Liulang’s exams, they would probably not have known that such a character existed in the alley.

There were lanterns hung beneath each household’s awning, brightly illuminating the alley as if it were the New Year.

Gu Jiao curved her lips into a smile.

She loved Capital City.

Xiao Liulang was awake too, and they had a simple breakfast.

Knowing they had to leave early today, they had Xia Jingkong sleep in grandmother’s room last night.

The horse carriage was already waiting, but it was not the old butler’s carriage. It was from the Marquis Residence of Xuanping.

Liao Quan, the manager from the Marquis Residence, greeted Xiao Liulang and Gu Jiao with a bow and a smile, saying: “Young master, young madam, please get in.”

Not far away, Liu Quan stood sulking next to another horse carriage. He arrived one step too late, and his carriage was hijacked by his namesake!

Both had the same surname, but they were not relatives.