No money? Gu Qianleng, how could the dignified Seven-Rank Hanlin family have no money?

But Gu An's sad expression told him that this old family member definitely didn't lie.

"What about our family's money?" Gu Qian said bitterly.

"Master, your money is only fifty taels of silver a year, even if you add some ice and charcoal, it is barely enough to live, since Mrs. is sick, the life of the family is also getting worse, and the two taels of silver that have just been taken away by the eunuch are the last bit of silver in our family. ”

Gu Qian's eyes were dark, and he couldn't wait to catch up with the eunuch and ask for the two taels of silver back. But thinking about it, he couldn't do this, looking at Gu An who was kneeling on the ground, and thinking about the mother and maid in the backyard, as well as the small courtyard that entered the second place, Gu Qian was puzzled again, the family was so poor that he couldn't open the pot, why did he still hire a maid?

Trying to find in the memory of the master, I slowly found the answer, Gu An and Xu's mother are the old servants of his family, since he entered the Hanlin Academy, he has followed all the way from his hometown Taihu County, Ginkgo is Xue Yuniang's dowry girl, and the little maid Su Xue is not enough to add Brother Hu'er, and spent two taels of silver to buy a sprinkler girl from Renyazi.

As a five-good young man from the 21st century, Gu Qian felt that it was extremely luxurious to have these few people in the family to serve him, but in the memory of the original owner, there were still relatively few servants in the family, at least he thought that he was thrifty enough. It turns out that although this Beijing official is noble, but he has an excellent face, the family wants to live in a decent house, and you must follow the small servant when you go out, even if you can't afford it at home, hire one temporarily, then you have to pay attention to it.

Especially there are many bosses in Beijing, many colleagues, and a lot of entertainment, the boss has to give gifts on his birthday, the boss's mother has to give gifts on his birthday, and even the boss's concubine has gifts for her birthday.

While searching in the memory of the original owner, Gu Qian couldn't help laughing, no wonder the original owner was depressed and unwilling, no one could stand such a life of dying to save face and suffering sin!

But after sighing, we have to face the reality: where does the money come from?

Although it is early spring weather, Xue Yuniang can't be allowed to lie on the bed, she has to be buried, right?

Gu Qian was so worried that he couldn't help it, he didn't have any way to make money when he first arrived, so he could only discuss with Gu An to see if there was anything else to sell at home, and quickly pawned it to buy a good coffin for his wife! You must know that Xue Yuniang is his wife, and according to the customs of the ancients, she was to be sent to the ancestral grave of the Hui family for burial.

Make a thin coffin, don't say that it doesn't look good, if you can't withstand the bumps on the road...... Thinking of this, Gu Qian quickly stopped his conjecture and respected the deceased.

The master and servant were worried, when they heard someone outside shouting, "Is Master Gu at home?"

When Gu An heard this voice, a trace of joy appeared on his face: "It's ink washing!"

Who is Ximo? Gu Qian was suspicious, and saw Gu An walking out quickly, saluting with a hint of excitement: "The little one has seen Master Chen." ”

"Gu An, where is your master?" the voice of the person who came was very calm, and there was concern in his tone.

"My lord is in the study, and my wife has just ......."

The visitor was shocked, and then sighed again, and said, "I'll go talk to Shenzhi." With that, he pushed the door open and came in.

Gu Qian was about to go out to greet him, when he saw a man in his thirties stepping into the threshold, the person who came was very kind, and Gu Qian naturally extracted this person from his memory.

Chen Jian, whose name is Mingde, and Gu Qian are both Jiahe two-year Jinshi, and they were also elected as Shu Jishi, and they are one of Gu Qian's few good friends.

"Brother Mingde!" Gu Qian took two steps quickly, and before he could speak, his voice was choked.

"Be cautious!" Chen Jian was also quite moved, he took Gu Qian's arm and persuaded him: "I heard about my brother and sister, you have to mourn!"

"Thank you, Brother Mingde, for coming to see me. "Since being ordered to go home for reflection, no one has come to the door for a long time, the original owner's temper is upright, does not know how to be flexible, not only often denounces the bad rules of officialdom, but also looks down on the dictatorship of Lord Shoufu, on impulse, in public against Lord Shoufu a few words, the consequences of the grasshopper shaking the tree do not need to be guessed to think, the demotion of the official or the result of Chen Jian and others' multi-party movements.

"It's me who hurt Yu Niang!" Gu Qian wiped away his tears, a sadness welled up from the depths of his heart, his wife followed him thousands of miles to the capital, not only did she not enjoy the blessings, but also pawned a part of the dowry in order to save face for herself, when she was out and people were staggered for entertainment, she was in charge of housework at home, and every meal of vegetables and rice was to save a few silver dollars.

Gu Qian thought about it and burst into tears again.

Chen Jian looked at him and sighed: "Brother Tiger is still young, and he still needs your care!"

"I know. ”

"The decree has been given, and I am afraid there is no room for turning around. Chen Jian said again: "What are your plans?"

Gu Qian wiped his tears and calmed down: "Go to office." ”

Looking at Gu Qian's plain face, Chen Jian was taken aback, Gu Qian at this time was not the same as Gu Qian in his impression, the former Gu Qian was upright, but his eyes were high, not only did he not know how to be flexible, but he always had some unrealistic ideas. In fact, what if they passed the examination and were selected as a Shujishi? They are only the lowest level of trainee officials, and they are far from being able to dictate to the government.

Listening more and watching more, talking less and doing more is the way for rookies who have just entered the officialdom to be officials, but unfortunately Gu Qian always wants to ascend to the sky in one step and get the blue eyes above. Now hearing him say that he was going to Qingjiang to take up his post, Chen Jian was surprised, and couldn't help but persuade: "Qingjiang is not only thousands of miles away from the capital, but also poor mountains and bad waters, and the villagers are brave, you must be psychologically prepared!"

"I know. Gu Qian said calmly. Although Qingjiang is far away, the county is the second-in-command in the county, and there is only one county magistrate in charge, and he goes to Qingjiang to be above 10,000 people, which is better than mixing with a string of mothers-in-law in the capital.

What's more, Gu Qian has not fully integrated into this era, he is very afraid that when he will show his feet and play with his little life, the current capital is a high-risk zone for him, it is too late to run, where will he dislike the poverty of Qingjiang County? No matter how poor he is, he is now living a poor life?

Seeing that Gu Qian's expression was calm and he had fully accepted the reality, Chen Jian breathed a sigh of relief and shouted outside the door: "Wash the ink!"

A young man in Tsing Yi pushed the door in with a baggage.

Chen Jian took the burden in his hand and put it on the table: "I don't know when you will see each other when you go, this is Cheng Yi prepared for you by the same year, you accept it, if the funeral of your brother and sister is ......"

"Brother Mingde!" When Chen Jian put down his burden, Gu Qian heard the sound of the collision of the silver two, he was an official in the same dynasty, how could he not know the situation of these colleagues, I am afraid that for his trip to Qingjiang, everyone has made up their family resources, right?

Gu Qian's eyes were red again, and this time he was moved.

"I'll go first, if there's anything you need help with, just ask. Chen Jian patted him on the shoulder and turned to leave.

Gu Qian didn't have time to grieve, accepted the silver sent by Chen Jian, and hurriedly asked Gu An to buy a thick coffin on the street and bury Xue Yuniang.

There was no time for a big funeral, only for Xue Yuniang to guard the first seven days, Gu Qian retired from the house, sold the remaining belongings, and took Brother Hu to help the coffin south.

In addition to Gu An and Xu's mother, there was only Gu Qian's ginkgo biloba, and the little maid Su Xue was taken away by Gu An who found a reliable person, his wife died of illness, his lord was demoted, and the family really couldn't afford to support more people. Fortunately, Su Xue didn't want to leave the capital, and when she saw Ren Yazi, she calmly kowtowed to Gu Qian, and followed Ren Yazi with her little burden, so angry that Gu An scolded this girl for having no conscience.

Gu Qian was noncommittal about this, people go to high places, water flows to low places, their family can't afford to raise maids anymore, they can't cut off people's lives, right?

"The master is just too kind. Gu An complained in a low voice.

Gu Qian was speechless, he couldn't even afford to eat, and he still had a fart with a stinky shelf? It was useless to say more, the group went out of the capital, and Bentongzhou hired two small boats to go south along the canal, and they were going home.

The boat was cramped and slow, and the journey was very tedious.

Fortunately, Gu Qian brought some books, and with Brother Hu with him, Cheng Dù was not so bored that he wanted to jump into the river. The original owner's IQ is very high, he never forgets to read, and he can deduct the title and write eight shares, otherwise he would not have been ordered by the emperor at the age of twenty.

It's just that this person's IQ is high, but the EQ is not necessarily high, the original owner is talented, but he is very unsatisfactory in the officialdom, Chen Jian in the same year is about to be assigned to the Imperial Court as the imperial history, but the original owner has not yet found the next home, even if he continues to live in the Hanlin Academy, he has to find a backer, right?

It's a pity that the backer was not found, but he offended the biggest official of the dynasty, thinking of the scene where he went to say goodbye to the master before leaving, but people avoided it, Gu Qian sighed, mixed up to this point, I really don't know what to say about the original owner.

Since he is here, let's live well, it doesn't matter if he dies again, but what about the original owner's children and the old lady? Originally, the original owner was dependent on the old lady, and after passing the examination, the life of the family was more relaxed, and the status in the clan was also improving day by day.

Gu Qian's eyes became more and more determined, and his desire to live well in ancient times became stronger and stronger.

"Daddy?" Brother Hu, who was learning poetry with Gu Qian, raised his head in confusion, "Read, read!"

Gu Qian came back to his senses, touched Brother Hu'er's head with a smile, and said loudly: "Goose goose goose, the song is ...... to the sky."

Caring for the children all the way, and reading the books and letters left by the original owner all the way to deepen their impression, in this way, they traveled to the boundary of Yangzhou in the warmer weather.

It's getting late, and it seems that I can't catch up with the night.

"Sir, it looks like we're going to be on the boat tonight. Gu An walked over and said.

"Hmm. Gu Qian looked at the red sunset on the horizon and nodded, there was not a small amount of time spent sleeping on the boat this way, he was used to it.

"Daddy, Daddy, fish!" said Brother Tiger, pointing happily to the water.

Gu Qian took his little hand, for fear that he would fall off the boat, no matter what, along the way, Brother Hu'er was not sick or sick, and it was enough for him to shout Amitabha.

Found a small dock, tied the cables, and the boat boss went to the back boat to rest. Approaching Yangzhou, the security on the river is much better, and the boat boss is also relieved.

Gu Qian was used to going to bed late, and after Brother Hu fell asleep under the patter of Mother Xu, he hugged a thick cloak and leaned against the wall of the boat to close his eyes and recuperate. Perhaps it was because he couldn't sleep well on the ship, and as he approached the middle of the night, he suddenly heard a strange noise.

Gu Qian suddenly opened his eyes, and in the dim moonlight, he saw a silver light climbing onto the deck.

"Who?!"