Shen Zhuo and Gu Sanniang left Luosong County, did not stop all the way, and returned to Lixian County not long after, but said that the two of them had just arrived home, Xiao Yezi and Yu Ge'er were leading Qin Auntie's little grandson Brother Ming to hopscotch in the yard, seeing the two children who had not been seen for many days, Gu Sanniang's heart was hot, she shouted: "Xiao Yezi, Yu Ge'er, my mother is back!" ”

"Mother!" Xiao Yezi was the first to come back to her senses, she shouted happily in her mouth, and ran towards Gu Sanniang quickly, and the royal brother who followed behind was afraid that she would fall behind, so she also hurriedly ran towards Shen Zhuo and Gu Sanniang.

This time, Gu Sanniang and Shen Zhuo didn't see the child for a month, she put one in her arms and asked, "Did you listen to Grandma Qin at home?" ”

Xiao Yezi and Yu Ge'er replied in unison: "Listen! ”

Aunt Qin in the house heard the movement outside, she came out and saw his husband and wife's house coming, and said with a smile: "I guess you two should come back in a few days." ”

Gu Sanniang said hello to Aunt Qin, thanked her for helping to take care of the two children at home, and then took out the Tuyi bought along the road and gave it to Aunt Qin, Aunt Qin accepted it with a smile, and gossiped a few words with each other, as if she remembered something, she turned her head to look at Shen Zhuo and said, "A few days after you and Sanniang went out, Sun Juren sent his family to look for you." ”

Shen Zhuo was puzzled, he had no contact with this Sun Juren, what did he do with him?

"Did Sun Juren ever say that he was looking for me?"

Aunt Qin shook her head, she said, "That's not to say, the family who came only handed over a post and a letter, saying that when you come back, I will go to his house." ”

Xiao Yezi next to him thought for a moment and said, "I put away the post and letter, I'll go get it." ”

Saying that, Xiao Yezi ran into the east chamber, and after a while, I saw her take the letter and post out, Shen Zhuo opened it and glanced at it a few times, then put it away again, Gu Sanniang asked curiously: "What is Sun Juren looking for you?" ”

Shen Zhuo replied: "Don't pay attention, he is going to Beijing to catch the exam, and he wants to invite me to go with him." ”

Gu Sanniang nodded twice when she saw this, she knew that Shen Zhuo was not keen on official careers, and she had never heard him mention the matter of scientific research recently, thinking that he probably wouldn't go along with this Sun Juren, so thinking about it, Gu Sanniang left this matter behind her and ignored it.

Let's say that the two of them have been out for more than a month, and there is still a mess to take care of at home, first Brother Yu indulged for a month, and now his father Shen Zhuo is back, he has to put away his distractions and study. And then there is the business in the shop, although there is Zhu Xiaoyue to help, but she doesn't know how to keep accounts, after Gu Sanniang arrived home, she couldn't take a few days to rest first, and immediately began to sort out the account book overnight.

Shen Zhuo saw that he couldn't move her, and knocked on the table with his fingers dissatisfied, and said: "Silver is inexhaustible, there are only a few accounts that come and go, when can't it be counted tomorrow?" ”

Gu Sanniang said while dialing the abacus: "How can I wait until tomorrow, I have not been in the shop for so long, I have to walk around the homes of several big customers, if this relationship fades, who will take care of our family's business." ”

As she spoke, Gu Sanniang had already added a few strokes to the account book, and she said again: "Besides, the shortage of things in the shop must also be counted, I will go to Tongcheng in a few days, I heard that Dai Chunlin's rouge has a new color." ”

Shen Zhuo heard that she meant that she had just come back, and she was going out again, so she said, "Then I will go with you." ”

Gu Sanniang put down the pen in her hand, she turned her head and glared at him, and said, "Is this what a master looks like, do you count how many classes have been suspended in the school hall this year?" There is a bundle ceremony in the student's house, you are also careful, don't ask others to pay attention to us behind their backs. ”

Shen Zhuo said: "This world is very chaotic, you are walking around outside with a woman's house, how can I put my mind at ease, just stop, and there are not many horizontal and vertical this time." ”

Gu Sanniang shook her head, she didn't bother to talk to Shen Zhuo anymore, his mouth was full of truth, she couldn't talk about him even if she practiced for another hundred years.

"You go to sleep first, I'll rest when I'm done with these pages." Gu Sanniang said.

Shen Zhuo glanced at the moon in the western sky outside the window, he put down the book in his hand, and blew out the candlestick without thinking about it, the room suddenly became pitch black, Gu Sanniang said helplessly: "You person, what do you want me to say?" ”

"With his thousands of dollars, eating and sleeping is a big deal!" As he spoke, he took Gu Sanniang's hand by the moonlight, and the two went to the bedside.

After a few more days, the affairs at home were finally straightened out, but Gu Sanniang did not go to Chengtong City, just because Zhu Xiaoyue suffered from the cold, if she left, there would be no one to take care of the shop, Gu Sanniang had to ask someone to bring a letter to the shopkeeper Wang, she asked for a batch of rouge, and asked him to put it on the boat and bring it back.

On this day, Gu Sanniang was guarding the shop, and a few women came in from outside, among these people, a few of them were familiar faces, and one or two looked a little angry, after they came in, they walked around the store a few times, and one of them muttered: "Why does the rouge in your shop always come and go?" ”

Gu Sanniang said with a smile: "I just entered the new variety, but it will take a few days to arrive." ”

The woman's face was a little silly, and then she went to look at something else.

Gu Sanniang noticed that among these women, one of them was wearing a somewhat old dress, and there was no hair ornament in her hair except for a wooden hairpin, after she came in, she didn't look around like other women, but looked up at Gu Sanniang from time to time, Gu Sanniang was slightly puzzled, she said to the woman: "May I ask what the little lady wants to see?" ”

A woman who was watching the pearl hairpin on the side listened to Gu Sanniang's words, then turned her head to look at her, and said with a smile: "I'm afraid you don't recognize her, she is Sun Juren's wife Li, and she will go out shopping with us today." ”

Gu Sanniang suddenly realized, speaking of this Li she has also heard of, when Sun Juren was still a showman, he relied on Li to do embroidery work, for him to read for more than ten years, during which he also went down three or four times, and finally took a test to raise people's fame, this Sun Juren has since concentrated on being a lifter, but in order to provide him with a study, the family has always lived a tight life, even so, in order to be worthy of his identity as a lifter, this Sun Juren squeezed out money from the family's oil, salt and silver, and bought two or three small houses to fill the façade, He often has to hold this poetry meeting and that tea party, poor Li is a woman's family, and the family relies on her to support her inside and out, thinking of this, Gu Sanniang can't help but be in awe of the woman in front of her.

Li Shi does not go out on weekdays, one is that she has to work at home, where is there time to guess, and the other is that she announced that she should maintain her identity as a lady, and she should not show her face lightly.

Recently, Sun Juren went to Beijing to catch the exam, and today several neighbor women invited her to go shopping together, Li really couldn't refuse, so he put down his work at home and followed them out for a walk, but she was shy in her pocket, and she went shopping for most of the day, but she just didn't buy it.

Before entering Longxiu Village, Li remembered that others had said that the shopkeeper in this shop was originally a widow, and she had just remarried Shen Juren in the county not long ago, she was curious, this is all a lifting lady, how can she be embarrassed to do business on the street, hasn't she heard of Shinong Industry and Commerce, businessmen are at the bottom, her behavior like this, maybe it will affect Shen Juren's career, if this is placed in her home, she is absolutely not allowed.

Thinking like this, Li Shi spoke, and she asked: "A few days ago, my father-in-law sent his family to post and invite Shen Juren to the cold house for a small gathering, but I don't know why Shen Juren didn't go to the appointment. ”

Gu Sanniang listened to her and spoke in a crepe, presumably she was also a literate and hyphenated, she smiled and said: "I have always been unable to leave the museum, thank you Sun Juren for bothering." ”

Li hesitated, then looked at Gu Sanniang again, she opened her mouth and said: "I heard that Shen Juren is not going to participate in the Spring Festival this year, I said a word Gu shopkeeper, don't worry, isn't it just to become famous in the world for ten years, Shen Juren is not willing to give it a try, and you should also persuade you to be a lady." ”

Gu Sanniang smiled silently, she saw that this Li family was a little stupid, but people came to the door as guests, she couldn't argue, so she had to say casually: "Where do I know these things as a woman, these things are all up to my father-in-law." ”

When the two of them were talking, a woman beside her turned her head to Li and said, "Everyone has their own fate, maybe Shen Juren doesn't want to go to the exam this year, so why should you worry about others." ”

Another person also interjected and said: "That's right, Sun Juren went to Beijing to catch the exam, you can wait to be an official mother with peace of mind." ”

"You are so good at taking the test, if I remember it well, Sun Juren's reputation has also been tested three or four times."

Several women were gossiping, and Li's face on the side was flushed, even Gu Sanniang felt embarrassed for her, but these people didn't have a taboo, and they kept talking about 'falling off the list' and 're-exam', so Li listened to it for a long time, and finally found an excuse to go first.

After this episode, Gu Sanniang still guarded her shop, and in the afternoon, seeing that there was no business in the store, Gu Sanniang closed the shop and returned home.

Gu Sanniang listened to it for a long time, Shen Zhuo in the house read a sentence, the students read a sentence, Gu Sanniang sat in the courtyard while sitting on the work, while listening to the sound of reading aloud, who knew that in less than half a day, the courtyard door was knocked, Gu Sanniang got up to open the door, it was the guy from Dongsheng Inn, he held an oiled paper bag in his hand, and said: "There is a letter from Shen Juren." ”