Chapter 21: The Genius Zhuge Liang

  Guo Jia squatted down and grasped Ming Er's small hands.

  "You're so cold and you didn't even say a word!"

  In an instant, Ming Er's tears came out. She wanted to reach out and wipe her eyes, but her hand was caught by Guo Jia.

  "Tomorrow is just a little maid, lowly and insignificant..."

  "Don't spout nonsense with me!" Guo Jia cut off Ming Er's words, "Even if one is humble and lowly, there's still the 'lowly' part. If you don't speak, where does the 'lowly' come from?"

  Tomorrow, pouting and muttering, "Anyway, it's useless to say anything."

  At this time, Guo Jia finally discovered that Ming Er, who appeared to be a clever and obedient maid on the surface, was actually a proud and spoiled princess at heart. Because Guo Jia had not listened to her opinion earlier and insisted on coming here to borrow lodging, Ming Er had been sulking with him until now.

  This may also have something to do with her birth, originally not an ordinary family girl, under the influence of her environment, she naturally has a proud temperament, now showing obedience and cleverness is just her intelligence, but not her personality.

  But Guo Jia didn't study psychology, how would he think so much, just simply thought that the little girl was throwing a tantrum tomorrow.

  Indeed, in Guo Jia's eyes, Ming Er was sold into slavery at a young age, became a child laborer, and served people. Such a tragic experience would surely make him feel quite unhappy, occasionally losing his temper, which is also understandable, just as a way to relieve stress.

  "Alright, alright, don't cry, or you won't be pretty anymore." Guo Jia brought out the traditional comforting method.

  "Waaah~~~~" For a moment, Ming Er cried even harder.

  It's just human nature that sometimes when you're not even thinking of crying, but as soon as someone tries to comfort you, you end up bursting into tears.

  It didn't take long for her to recover, probably because she finally sobered up and remembered her current identity, just like she said herself, 'She's just a little maid, lowly and insignificant', yet she still dared to throw a tantrum, this is also because Guo Jia is a good person, if it were someone else, would they have indulged her like that?!

  Soon, Ming was taken to the inner room by the girl to change clothes. Then Ming probably felt a bit shy and chased the girl out, leaving her alone inside.

  At this time, Guo Jia finally had a spare moment to flash a smile at the girl and asked:

  "By the way, I still don't know your name."

  It's really impolite of you to keep shouting like this.

  However, such a simple question made the girl hesitate.

  "What's wrong? Now that things have come to this, is there anything else you can't say? We're not bad people either. Knowing your name doesn't matter." Guo Jia said unintentionally, "Then I'll speak first, my name is Guo Jia, courtesy name Gongxiao; this is Guo Yuan, you can call him Yuanzi directly."

  "Big brother, didn't I just call you A'zi? Why are you calling me A'zi again?" Guo A'zi couldn't help but ask.

  Guo Jia glared at him with a hint of annoyance and didn't bother to say more.

  "Suit yourself."

  "My...my name is...Hu..." The girl's voice finally rose weakly.

  "What was that?" Guo Jia hadn't caught it clearly.

  "Hurry up, hurry!" The girl exclaimed with a red face.

  "Confused?! Haha! Interesting and meaningful name!" Guo Jia burst out laughing, it turned out that the girl had been hesitating about this all along.

  "Hehe." Guo Yuan also started smiling foolishly along with him.

  "I told you this name doesn't sound good! I must get Father to change it for me!!" Hu Tu said with his head hung low in shame.

  At this, Guo Jia's expression changed instantly, and he furiously shouted at Guo Yu.

  "What are you laughing at? Can't you see everyone's embarrassed? Go stand over there!"

  Guo Yuan: "I..."

  "Shut up!"

  Guo Yuan crouched in the corner and started drawing circles...

  "Actually, this name is quite good, no need to change it." Guo Jia said, turning around to face Hu Tu.

  "Don't comfort me anymore, everyone who hears it will laugh," Hutou said.

  "It's funny that this name is interesting, rarely 'confused', your dad is really a clever person. Others don't dare to say it, I'm Guo Jia, those trivial matters are not remembered, but they will definitely remember that in the mountains and fields there was a girl named Hu Tui!" Guo Jia couldn't help but say, this kind of name is very popular in later generations, even to the point of "rushing to register", it's because it's interesting, so people will remember it.

  However, Guo Jia did not notice that his words sounded somewhat ambiguous in this era.

  "Really?" Hu Tu's face turned slightly red.

  Kuo Chia patted his chest.

  "I'm Guo Fengxiao, famous for being honest! Don't believe me? Go ask around, I've never cheated anyone!"

  This scoundrel is cheating people again.

  At this time, Ming Er, who had changed into new clothes, walked out from inside with her original wet clothes in her arms.

  "Look, isn't this good? It's also very pretty." As he spoke, Guo Jia suddenly stared blankly at Hu Die and asked, "Is this your dress?"

  Because Ming Er is still wearing a beautiful dress now, rather than the coarse linen clothes imagined by Guo Jia.

  "What's up? Anything wrong?" Hu Tu asked with a weird expression.

  "Oh, no, nothing." Guo Jia shook his head and still asked, "You obviously have beautiful clothes, why don't you wear them?"

  Is it that you can't bear to part with it? But now is the time for growth, and when she grows up later, she won't be able to wear this dress anymore. Isn't that a complete waste?

  "Dad said that in this wilderness, there are hardly any people around, no need to dress up so nicely." Hutui said in a low voice.

  "If it's not necessary, then what's the point of buying it?" Guo Jia asked unintentionally.

  "This was my old clothes, our family didn't used to live here, Father said he didn't want others to find him, so we secretly moved here." Hu Tu said with some depression, in her eyes, she still believed that the life outside was better.

  Upon hearing this, Guo Jia's eyes lit up instantly. Could it be that he too had the halo of a traverser? Was he about to take in a fierce general?! Not wanting to be found by others, in Guo Jia's eyes, that must mean killing people, committing crimes, offending the powerful, thinking of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, weren't they treated this way?!

  Think about it, who is the fierce general with the surname Hu? Could it be Hu Che Er?!

  "May I ask what is your honorable surname and great name?" Guo Jia hastily asked.

  Hutou was once again on high alert, and seeing this, Guo Jia hastily guaranteed.

  "Don't worry, I absolutely won't spread it around outside. I, Guo Fengxiao, am known for being honest and have never cheated anyone!"

  Hutou thought for a moment, and unexpectedly believed Guo Jia's words. No wonder she was called "Little Fool". She replied, "My father is Hu Zhao."

  "Hu Zhao?" Guo Jia furrowed his brow, he had never heard of this name, "What's his courtesy name?"

  Is it Hu as surname, Zhao as name and Che Er as courtesy name?

  "Zhī Kǒng Míng." Hú Tóu said.

  "Cough!" Guo Jia was suddenly choked by this answer. "What did you say? What words?" Guo Jia asked again.

  "Zi Kongming, you also know my dad?!" Hu Tu exclaimed in surprise.