There was news from Tangzhou that there was some problem with a batch of goods in the branch. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The info master originally said that Gu Mo would go back to his home and stay at home for a few months, and let Liao Daming, who had been working under Gu Mo, go and take a look. However, Gu Mo was not very relieved, that batch of goods was personally accepted by him at that time, how could something go wrong? He thought that he should go to Tangzhou to find out.

Gu Mo only brought a few people this time, so it didn't take much time to go to Tangzhou. Because Gu Mo didn't know how long he would stay when he went, he told the old lady that as soon as he arrived at the branch, he would write to inform him of the situation there. Gu Ran's wedding date was imminent, and the old lady instructed Gu Mo to return to Dongcheng as soon as possible, and did not say anything else. Gu Wanyan knew that Gu Mo was going out again, and she was secretly relieved in her heart. The two of them have the name of husband and wife on their faces, but getting along only makes her truly understand what it is uncomfortable and awkward.

On the afternoon of Gu Mo's departure, Gu Wanyan went out of the house to do errands for Gu Ran's dowry for marrying his wife, and he naturally didn't see her before leaving.

But Gu Mo faintly felt in his heart that he seemed to should say goodbye to her.

After he stepped on the horse, he turned his head slightly and asked Liao Daming behind him: "Are the mint leaves ready?" ”

Before leaving, he would send someone to the kitchen to get some mint leaves for a refreshing look for his fellow mates. The return is far away, sometimes the trip is several days, the road is far away and bumpy, mint leaves are really necessary.

Liao Daming is a slightly burly, dark-skinned young man, honest and honest. He touched the back of his head embarrassedly, and said to Gu Mo: "Back to the second son, I won't tell you that the little one was careless this time, and he forgot to prepare according to the convention." But fortunately, when the second wife went out in the morning, she had already prepared for the brothers. ”

Gu Mo was stunned for a moment, and wondered, Gu Wanyan?

But he didn't think much of it, waved his hand lightly behind him, got up on his horse, and set off.

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Gu Huan was placed under house arrest in the boudoir, and the old man was slightly moved because of Gu Huan's matter, and he has been feeling tightness in his chest and head these days.

Gu Wanyan was worried, so she sent Suqiu to Yunjitang to invite Xu Dong to give the master a pulse.

Although the old man is only fifty-one this year, because he has been worrying and working hard for Gu's jewelry when he was young, he did not take a back seat until a few years ago, and slowly handed over everything to the fourth son of the Gu Mansion, so his body has not been very good.

It's hard to hurt your body, and that's true.

Xu Dong checked the pulse of the old man, and said to his wife and Gu Wanyan: "Gu Lao's mood is not smooth, and his liver qi is stagnant, so he is unwell. It's not a big deal, I prescribe a pair of medicines to nourish yin and clear the channels, dispel stasis and calm the nerves, decoction twice a day, and also, to keep Gu Lao physically and mentally comfortable. ”

Gu Wanyan nodded, took the prescription prescribed by Xu Dong, and then relieved slightly.

The old man smiled bitterly: "Hey, in my life, I have broken my heart...... 'physical and mental comfort', which is easier said than done, hehe......"

Xu Dong said softly: "Old Gu, the daughter of your son in the house can be talented, why is there anything to worry about? Right now, your body is the most important, don't worry about anything, just have a good rest." ”

The old man smiled, said no more, and nodded.

Madame stood aside, with a gloomy face: "Look at the good things Gu Huan has done, make the old man angry like this." ”

The old man closed his eyes and waved his hand: "That's it." ”

When Xu Dong was about to leave, Gu Wanyan smiled at him: "I'll send you." ”

He nodded, kind of readily agreed. Gu Wanyan and Xu Dong walked side by side. Xu Dong is always dressed in white, and his long hair is draped in a drape, but it does not show a trace of messiness. Coupled with his naturally good-looking eyebrows and eyes, as well as his angular outline, Xu Dong's whole person always looks lazy and casual but attractive. Walking over this way, Xu Dongtai was too eye-catching, attracting the sideways eyes of the passers-by.

Delivered to the gate, both of them stopped.

Xu Dong and Gu Wanyan hadn't seen each other for a few days, and he didn't forget to say hello: "How are these days?"

Gu Wanyan thought for a while, smiled and said, "It's not good, it's not bad." ”

"Oh?" Xu Dongguaner pulled the corners of his mouth, "Ambiguous words, bitterness in my heart?"

Gu Wanyan pouted helplessly, why did Xu Dong always see through her at a glance? However, it is also a pleasure to have such a confidant in life.

She suddenly felt as if someone was in her own bitter water, and she no longer had to worry about things alone.

"I don't believe you can understand it. She tilted her head, and there were three points of indifference and seven points of bitterness in her smile, "But seriously, it's really okay." ”

Xu Dong didn't think so, how good could it be to marry someone he didn't like and didn't like himself? He put his hands on his chest and said, "Take good care of yourself, come to me if you need help." ”

Gu Wanyan nodded yes, Xu Dong was a little uneasy, but he still got into the carriage and left.

Actually, she thought, everything was really fine.

Recalling the days since they got married, the relationship between herself and Gu Mo is not as stiff as it was at the beginning, isn't it? No matter whether he respects each other like a guest or like ice, as long as her life is safe and stable, and nothing goes wrong, she will be very satisfied.

Thinking about it, she smiled contentedly and turned to enter the door.

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Gu Yan is responsible for the design of all the products of Gu's Jewelry, and some of the talented designers of Gu's Jewelry under his management somehow happened to have something together recently, either returning to their hometown, leaving Dongcheng, marrying a wife or marrying someone, and leaving several people one after another. In the jewelry industry of the entire Loulan Kingdom, although Gu's jewelry is large, things are well done, and they are also taken care of by the king's side, but the jewelry business is of course far more than this, and Gu's competitors are still many. Who can say whether there will be a rising jewel in the future, and everyone will surpass and replace Gu's jewelry in Loulan Kingdom?

If you want to win steadily and win in the whole Loulan country, it is indispensable to constantly explore new things. Well, design talent can be said to be the core of the entire jewelry trade.

The operation process of Gu's jewelry is not complicated, it is a simple design, material selection, purchase, production, and trading.

The importance of design is shown in the first place. Then Gu Yan made a mistake now.

Now there are less than ten designers hired by Gu's Jewelry. If the pace of design lags behind or even stagnates, then the impact on the final transaction is still quite large. So Gu Yan decided to recruit talents and talents with design talents.

After seeking the consent of the master, with the permission of the government, he posted notices on the streets and alleys - Gu's Jewelry launched a jewelry design competition, and welcomed outstanding people from all walks of life to participate in this field.

As soon as the notice was posted, a long queue began to form at the registration point on South Lane Street.

Gu Yan was still very proud when he saw that everyone had such a high enthusiasm for the competition he started.

As soon as the registration work is completed, the preliminary competition will be held, Gu Yan stood at the intersection of Nanxiang Street with his arms crossed and looked at the grand registration situation, looking forward to the talented person appearing soon.

Gu Mo sent a letter to his family in Tangzhou, saying that the situation over there was a bit complicated, and he couldn't pull away for a while, afraid that he would have to stay for a while. But in the letter, he promised to return before his big brother's wedding.

At the same time, Gu Mo sent back four sachets embroidered with red peonies along with the letterhead. The four sachets look very delicate and exquisite, and the material is also made of excellent silk, which can be seen at a glance at a high price.

In the letter, he only said that he saw it in Tangzhou, so he bought four for the female relatives in the family - Madame, Gu Wanyan, Gu Huan, and even Aunt Xue.

The old lady couldn't help but be a little surprised, this didn't seem to be Gu Mo's style of acting, although he would often send some things to his home, but most of them were a few jars of good wine or local specialties, or calligraphy and paintings that the old man liked. Gu Mo had never sent these ...... specifically to the female dependents in his family Something that is childish.

In addition to being surprised, the lady rolled her eyes, understood slightly in her heart, showed a satisfied smile, and then said to the master: "If you send it, you will send it, it is the child's mind, what is so strange." ”

So naturally, there is nothing surprising about it.

When Gu Wanyan received the sachet, she really sweated in her heart. She took the delicate and small sachet in her hand, looked left and right, looked up and down, and couldn't connect this small object with the words "given by Gu Mo". She thought to herself, how could Gu Mo's thousand-year-old ice carefully buy such a small gift for the female relatives in her family?

But when I think about it, Madame and Gu Huan have them, and it doesn't seem strange that there is anything strange. Gu Wanyan played with it in her hand for a long time, and then put the sachet on the pillow at the head of the bed.

After three days of registration, four days later, the preliminary round of the jewelry design competition began.

There are more than 800 people who have signed up, some from Dongcheng and some from other places. Gu Yan borrowed the ten schools on Fengnan Street as the location of the preliminary competition, and the scene was quite large, and they were almost in time for the annual imperial examination.

The pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and the paints and watercolors used in the drawings are all provided by Gu Fu, and the contestants only need to use their brains and wave their hands to sketch and splash ink according to the questions made by Gu Yan.

The topic of the preliminary round Gu Yan took a lot of effort to ponder.

There are only three words in the title: Haojia, Spring, and Cardamom.

Gu Yan pulled Gu Zhang to observe the preliminary competition together, and he could also temporarily act as a supervisor. The brothers hid in a small dark room in a certain school, discussing how the preliminary round would go.

Gu Zhang glanced at Gu Yan's topic, squinted at him, and expressed his disapproval: "What kind of topic is this?"

Gu Yan immediately showed a surprised expression, and then grabbed a brush with one hand and waved it in the air: "Feeling, understand? That's what I want!"

Gu Zhang was silent when he heard this, smiled stiffly, and then opened the door and went out, wanting to go around the various examination rooms and take a look.

Walking around the examination rooms of the three schools, Gu Zhang finally felt a little bit of Gu Yan's so-called "feeling".

Most of the samples drawn by most people are almost bracelets or bracelets, which fits the word "Hao Wrist". The materials of the jewelry are different, some people paint jade, some people paint gold and silver, and so on.

As for the words "spring" and "cardamom" in the title, they are both imaginary concepts. Presumably, it is all about the contestants who need to describe the artistic conception in the artwork, but this Gu Zhang doesn't understand it very well.

As he walked, Gu Zhang got tired of looking at it. Many of the drawings are the same, nothing particularly eye-catching. Gu Chang is responsible for the management of the buying and selling transactions at Gu's Jewelry, mainly dealing with customers. While looking at the works of the contestants, he thinks from the perspective of ordinary people. Every time Gu Zhang looked at a work, he thought about what he would think of this piece of jewelry if he was a lady or a young lady.

It wasn't until he saw this work that there were two bracelets on the drawing, one large and one small, both with a red rope as the base, and silver ornaments attached to them, and the silver ornaments were faintly depicted with a mandarin duck pattern. Gu Zhang guessed, it seems that this is designed for a pair of people who are in love? This design really makes him feel a sense of "spring" in his heart, and it also has the meaning of "cardamom". This drawing has not yet been completed, but it immediately attracted Gu Zhang's attention, he saw it with relish, and only went to look at the person who painted this picture for a long time.

I saw a woman with fair skin and a delicate appearance, holding the brush seriously and carefully mentioning it on the drawing, and was not affected by Gu Zhang who was standing next to her at all.

Gu Zhang's heart was impressed for a moment, so he silently wrote down the name in the upper left corner of the woman's table-Yang Chuhe.

After silently reciting the name twice in his heart, Gu Zhang left with steps.

After an hour-long preliminary round, the participants left Fengnan Street one after another. Gu Yan instructed his subordinates to put away all the artwork of the competition after the ink was dry.

There are more than 800 pictures in total, and Gu Yan wants to carefully look at them one by one, so he doesn't know when the rematch will be scheduled, and only announces that the retrial list and retest date are to be determined.

But before Gu Yan's rematch began, about mid-September, Gu Mo returned to Dongcheng.

When Gu Mo returned home, the old man and his wife were all in the East Garden, and Gu Wanyan was busy in the front hall alone.

He instructed Liao Daming to settle his suits, and as soon as he raised his foot, he stepped into the front yard and walked to the front hall, and the first person he saw was Gu Wanyan.

At that moment, Gu Wanyan was sitting next to a coffee table, looking at the book with her head down intently. It was Su Qiu, who was standing beside her, who noticed Gu Mo walking towards them first.

When Su Qiu saw Gu Mo, she immediately bent down and whispered in Gu Wanyan's ear, "Second wife, the second son is back." ”

When Gu Wanyan heard this, she was surprised for a while, and reflexively looked up, just bumping into Gu Mo's gaze, and the two looked at each other tacitly at this moment.

Gu Wanyan met Gu Mo's eyes, and a little doubt suddenly arose in her heart, why Gu Mo's gaze ...... Looks a little different?