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When Mu Qing returned to the room, he noticed the box brought out from the Gu Mansion. I knew that it was the dowry that Daddy prepared for her, but I never read it out of the box, thinking that Zuo was just a book I liked to read on weekdays. At this time, there was nothing to do, and I suddenly wanted to open it and take a look, so I asked Ah Liu to take a silver key to open the lock.

Unboxing, the top is a set of hand-painted "Shennong's Materia Medica", and the original of "Jin Kui Yaolu". Originally precious and abnormal, Mu Qing stretched out his finger and gently brushed some of the floating dust on it, stunned, Daddy knew that she loved medical records, and even gave it to her. Flip down again, "The Art of War", "Wei Yu", "Liutao", and "Omitted", which are placed in turn. Further down are a few calligraphy, Mu Qing checked them one by one, Zhong Xuan's "Lishu Shi", Wang Xizhi's "Sunny Post when the Snow is Fast" and "He Ru Post", Master Zhiyong's "True Grass Thousand Words", and his "Lanting Collection Preface". Take a closer look, Mu Qing was stunned, the width is all genuine, and it is worth 10,000 gold if you stick it at will, how can the box of gold and silver ornaments left in the Gu Mansion to arrive at Ah Liu's body deed reach the tip of the iceberg in front of him. If the Gu family knew about this, he would definitely regret it.

There is also a small box at the bottom of the box, which is smooth to the touch and has a wisp of fragrance. took out a plain small-leaf rosewood box, opened the box, Mu Qing was so shocked that his fingers trembled, and he didn't dare to reach out to touch the things in the box. It turned out that the box contained the four intact Bayeux Sutras. I don't know how Daddy received these Bayeux Sutras, today, he did not hesitate to lead the flames of war to Linyi, and took them by force, and most of the gains were fragments, so complete and delicate expectations were only collected for a dozen or so.

The other corner of the box is the twenty volumes of "Gu Shang Shu Yishu" that Gu Biao took five years to write before his death, in the past, when Gu Biao studied the classics, Mu Qing often accompanied the left and right to serve the pen and ink, or recited for him in the dark, and now these twenty volumes of books are given to her.

Mu Qing's tears flowed down her cheeks again, not daring to let the tears drip into this box of treasures, she hurriedly raised her hand to wipe the tears, and asked Ah Liu to quickly lock the box and put away the silver key closely. After washing and tidying up, he lay down on the simple couch in the room and fell asleep with teary eyes.

The next morning, Ah Liu served her to freshen up and change her clothes, which was still an all-white corset skirt with a tender green silver clay shawl. A qiē head and face ornament are all put away, and the plain face is like jade. After cleaning up, Mu Qing took Ah Liu out of the room, Du Ruhui was already waiting in the hall downstairs, refreshed, no hangover, seeing her downstairs, her eyes were a little swollen, guessing that she was still sad, she must have been sad again last night, thinking of this, her heart couldn't help but faintly throb, and quickly stepped forward to greet her to have breakfast.

Duzi and Ada set up the car, and as soon as they packed their bags and packed the car, they had to continue to drive. Before leaving, Kang Lang hurried to say goodbye, said a few words to Du Ruhui, and smiled at Mu Qing, only to hear him and Du Ruhui say the last sentence "Jiangdu reunion", and exchanged salutes, which is considered goodbye.

The carriage began to rock again, "Do you want to go to Jiangdu?" Mu Qing asked.

Du Ruhui lowered his head and thought for a while, "Today we can go to Wu County and send you to Guangfu Town, you can go home, can you?" ”

Mu Qing nodded, "It's okay." If you have something to do, just go straight to it, and you don't have to waste time in Wu County. When I arrived in Guangfu, I first went to see my grandfather. ”

"I agreed with Na Kanglang to reunite in Jiangdu, and there are some business matters in Jiangdu that need to be exchanged. There are also two inns to be taken care of, or to spend some time in Jiangdu. Du Ruhui took her hand as she spoke, "You are still in the heat of filial piety, it seems that there is something wrong with me to propose to your parents at this time, why don't you wait for the forty-nine days of hot filial piety, and then I will discuss the marriage." You've been able to calm down during these days. Do you think so? ”

Mu Qing bowed his head deeply, his fair and delicate face flushed, "Just as Mr. said." ”

Every time he saw her shy appearance, Du Ruhui felt pity, took her hand, put her finger on his cheek, and whispered: "Call me Mr. again, is it so raw?" ”

"The Du family is far away in Duling, how can they open an inn in Jiangdu? Putting the industry so far away. Mu Qing was so ashamed that he didn't know what to do, and only picked a few side words to attract his attention.

"It was my grandmother's dowry." Du Ruhui said: "My grandmother was a big family in Jiangnan, and when she married the Du family, she married some Jiangnan properties and used them as her private property. When I abandoned my official position and left home, my grandmother was afraid that I would be alone and had no support, so she gave me two connected mansions in the market town of Baoyang Lake in Jiangdu. After a pause, there was a layer of sadness in his words, and he said: "The elders of the family blamed me for abandoning my official position and ruining my marriage with the Gao family, and drove me out of my home, and I was not allowed to return to Duling." Fortunately, the brotherhood is deep, and there are frequent correspondence with each other. After my grandmother passed away, I was not allowed to return to my hometown to worship, until the old steward who followed my grandmother and Ada went to Yuhang to vote for me, and I learned that my grandmother had given me all the private property in Jiangnan. I had little time to take care of this, so I entrusted all my property to the old steward, who was a good businessman and rarely loyal. The inn was opened by the old steward relying on the original two mansions. ”

In the past two days, Mu Qing has always felt that his life experience has drifted away, and when he heard Du Ruhui's past, he suddenly felt that he was a little hypocritical. "Then the Ada who came to you with the old steward, is this Ada?" She poked her head out of the car.

Du Ruhui went away from the sadness of the first, "It's him." Don't underestimate it, he has a lot of kung fu. Her mother is a orchid, I don't know who her father is, when she was on the street about to give birth, it was her grandmother who took her in, and she has been staying with her grandmother to serve. Ada has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and at the age of twelve he went to the Western Regions to become a mercenary. Later, when the orchid died, he was probably tired of killing, and went back to his grandmother to be a coachman. After my grandmother left, he also came to join me, and he was also a loyal person. ”

Listening to the ups and downs of other people's dangerous life experiences, Mu Qing thought that she would no longer have the protection of her father and mother, and she would be forced to die in the world like them, and she could no longer indulge in self-pity and indecision like before. In the future, not only will she have to go well, but also Ah Liu, who will follow her without hesitation, which is her responsibility. can't let himself and Ah Liu become a burden to Du Ruhui. Thinking about it like this, I gradually accepted my sorrow.

When the carriage was approaching a small town, the car in front of him could not go. Ada got out of the car to take a look, and came back to report that the axle of the car in front was damaged, and it was barely feasible to go to the town in front of him, or he could find a car shop there and repair it before leaving.

Slowly walking to the town, finding a restaurant, and moving the boxes on the cart, Duzi and Ada went to look for the cart. Mu Qing saw that there was a female shopkeeper standing by the counter in the store, about ten years old, and most of the people in the store were women, so he abandoned the hat and went straight to the store.

The female shopkeeper didn't squirm, smiled and shouted to them to sit down, "This Lang Jun sits here." Today's shop is cooking with squirrel, and there is a new pickled fish. Want to give it a try? ”

Du Ruhui looked at Mu Qing, nodded and said, "Please make it more fine, it's tiring." ”

The female shopkeeper went to the back kitchen and ordered, Mu Qing looked around, "This town is so strange. There are so many women, but they don't see many men. Elsewhere men do the work, here it is mostly done by women. ”

"Hahaha, not only this town, but also the town in the future. Only large towns have been able to increase their population. Without waiting for Du Ruhui to answer, the female shopkeeper walked out of the back kitchen, heard what Mu Qing said, smiled heartily, and went straight to the conversation, "Men go to repair the river and build the palace, and the work inside and outside the home has to be done, and the women don't do it, how can they live?" Now the saint has patrolled the Jiangnan area, and the conscription has been relaxed a lot, and some men have been released home. The sight is even more peculiar. ”

"Why not all of them are released?" Mu Qing said strangely.

The female shopkeeper stopped laughing and lowered her face, "The fortification is not finished, how can I let it go?" I heard that more than 40 palaces will be built along the river, and there are only 20 of them, and the rest will be completed within a time limit. My man was unable to stand because of a leg injury, so he cleared the steward and promised money, and was able to go home a few days ago to recuperate. She glanced at the other two women in the shop, "Their men won't come back." One was swept away by the current, and the other was weak, overwhelmed, coughing up blood and dying. If I don't leave them to do something, won't the children of my house starve to death? ”

Mu Qing once heard that the Grand Canal was very advantageous at that time, and Yu Tian communicated the north and south, so as to facilitate the transportation of public grain and control the situation in the south of the Yangtze River. For the people, the transportation is dredged, the business and passengers are convenient, the business is prosperous, and the people are also good for the country. But I don't know how heavy the labor is, and I don't know how many lives have been lost in the canal, and I can't help but be stunned. Look at the female shopkeeper and the woman who works in the store, she sighs deeply that the world is hard, she is used to being pampered, and when she comes out, she realizes that there are still so many people, struggling in difficulties, but they still have to go on day by day. I don't feel a little respect for her.

While speaking, a woman came over with a meal, and the female shopkeeper personally placed it on the side, Du Ruhui thanked him and inquired, "So, the palace supervisor who presided over the fortifications is still in charge of Jiangdu?" ”

"My man was picked up from Guangfu in Wu County a few days ago, thinking that the Guantang River was dredged to the boundary of Wu County. I heard that Wang Shichong didn't pay attention to the affairs of the river palace, and how to curry favor with the saint all day long. Speaking of Wang Shichong, the female shopkeeper couldn't help but feel a little disgusted.

"And who's in charge now?" Du Ruhui asked.

The female shopkeeper frowned, and said disdainfully: "Wang Shichong's lackey, Du Yan." As soon as she finished speaking, a guest called her at the door, so she hurriedly got up and said "slow use", and went to the door to greet her.

Du Ruhui was suddenly stunned, stopped, put down the dishes and chopsticks, and looked at the table for a while. Mu Qing reached out and touched his fingers, "What's wrong?" ”

He came back to his senses, looked at her, and said softly, "The Du Yan that the shopkeeper just said is my uncle. ”

"Are you angry that she is disrespectful to your uncle?" Mu Qing asked.

Du Ruyan shook his head slightly, "This uncle is not a straightforward person, and he is good at opportunism. When he was the emperor, he learned that the emperor was good at using the master who lived in seclusion in the mountains, and he also went to Baishan to live in seclusion, while plotting to make the emperor know. Unexpectedly, the emperor laughed angrily when he learned about it, and said, both hidden, not as if hidden in the mountains and rivers of the south of the Yangtze River. He exiled him to Jiangnan. It was not until the current lord succeeded to the throne that he was allowed to return to the Eastern Capital, which caused everyone to laugh at us. Speaking of this, Du Ruhui couldn't help but smile coldly. Xu was because he had been in Jiangnan for many years, and Wang Shichong sent him to handle the dredging of the Jiangnan River. In the past, there was still a grandfather at home, but now he has left home, and there is no restraint, and it is unknown what dirty and shameless things he will do. Today is Guangfu, and I don't want to see him. ”

The Du family's family affairs, Mu Qing was not easy to talk about, so he had to bow his head silently to eat. After a while, Du Qi and Ah Liu entered the store, but they didn't see Ada, and asked the reason, but Ada saw that there were many women in the store, so he didn't want to enter the store, so he ate some Hu Biscuits by the car, and took care of the two cars by the way. Du Ruhui beckoned the shopkeeper to serve some more food, and then went out of the store to talk to Ada.

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