The crying Gu Ci bit the little handkerchief and waved goodbye to the second brother, the second sister-in-law with a big belly, and took a boat along the Xiaonan Canal to the north, passing through Suyang City and Jinling City, and going to Dingkang City. It is not surprising that this section of the canal between the two cities of Sujin was named Qinhuai River by Taizong, Jinling is the east bank, Suyang is in the west, the lights are red and willow green and the shadow is heavy, it is worthy of being 'ten miles of Qinhuai rouge water, Qihu Shengge Race Merry'. Gu Ci, who strongly asked for men's clothing to travel to Qin Huai, was violently suppressed by Xiao Lu and Gu Yi, so he could only write these two limericks angrily and complain to everyone in the letter.

Hum! Do you think she doesn't know, the master obviously secretly took the little brother to visit the Qinglou, so he didn't dare to let her go with him!

Gu Ci poured out his anger in the picture of "Ten Nights of Qin Huai", painting one every day, if you look closely, you can find the figures of Gu Yi and Xiao Lu appearing in front of some delicate small buildings with dark fragrance......

In fact, Gu Ci knew that several brothers in the family had such an experience, not to do anything, no matter how innocent those girls were, they were really dirty in their eyes. It's just that they need to get used to the occasion, so they are brought by the elders, and I don't know if there will be an opportunity to observe the scene......

Gu Ao and Gu Chong were taken to a private courtyard by Li Zong, and several old and decrepit teachers opened them after redeeming themselves, only for regular customers, mainly singing and dancing. Gu Xi first followed Chi Rui, and then became the king of Runan County, and it is said that there is no secret door in the capital that he does not know. Gu Yi's temperament was too dull, and when he came out this time, Gu Yao and Yuyi asked Xiao Lu to do so.

I think back then, Master was also a true celebrity who wandered around the flowers and leaves.

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Not to mention what everyone in Beijing was happy to see Gu Ci's 'complaint painting', Xiao Lu and his party arrived in Dingkang City during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Tong Canal and Xiaonan Canal are connected by Mihu Lake in Dingkang City, Mihu Lake is located in the south of Dingkang City, it is a big lake with clear distinction between shallow north and south deep Jingwei, the north bank of the lotus leaf field is like weaving, and the south bank is a mixture of ships such as barracuda and dragon.

Chief Steward Xiao took Xie Qing's class and came to buy land and a house in advance, and the house they lived in was located in a small courtyard on the north shore. Nan'an bought several connected shops, liquor stores and foot shops, only saying that the county lord wanted to get a shop to send aquatic products to Beijing to eat fresh.

The Ma family is one of the largest households in Dingkang, but it is an outsider, and the ancestor is a princess with a fief in Dingkang, and the family style is very good, and it is known as a clear name. Ma Sai wine was originally in Beijing, but the only daughter was born on the same day as the old lady, and the old lady was deeply loved.

On the night they checked in, Mrs. Ma sent someone to deliver the post, and in the end, Gu Yi was the only one who went to Ma's house. It was impossible for Xiao Lu to go, Gu resigned, and the old lady had to give her a big gift when she was old, but she didn't want to, so she could only wait for Gu Yi and their family to talk about the friendship between master and apprentice before inviting her.

After Gu Yi came to the door with gifts, he plunged into the matter of buying land and building a warehouse, and was busy with Xiao Da Steward. Gu Ci knew that his large-scale planning plans in Langya City and GDH City made him look at it with great enthusiasm, but the situation in Dingkang was different, there were already very mature logistics facilities and low-level practitioners, and it was not a place where a blank sheet of paper could be planned from scratch. According to Gu Ci's original idea, it is only concentrated on the restaurant, Tongpu Xingjiao shop, Gongqiao Pavilion and Jiukang Tang branches, as well as a small temperature-controlled warehouse. But seeing Gu Yi's enthusiastic appearance, she didn't hit him, and asked him to follow Steward Xiao to investigate.

Study tour, isn't it just to get in touch with the world, and to receive frustration education is also what it should mean.

Within a few days, several girls from the Ma family handed over posts to Gu Ci to ask for peace, and Gu Ci scheduled a banquet for them on August 20. Because the house they bought was small and simple, even the furniture, doors and windows were just ordinary beech wood, and there was no comparison with the sound of the homeless Yishui Jinsi Nan, so Gan Lin and Ganquan tried their best to vow not to let the county lord be looked down upon. One wants to dress up the county lord of their family to blind everyone, and the other wants to make a top-level table that shocks the tongue of the turtle.

After he saw Gu Ci's "Ten Nights of Qinhuai", he suddenly had the desire to paint, and he began to conceive as soon as he got off the boat, and now it is estimated that there is a score.

On the day of the formal banquet, Gu Ci was dressed in a long gown of crimson woven gold nine-tailed Luan phoenix title Nanzhu, with three colorful edging on the lotus sleeves, and the Huaisu moire gauze inside was made into a cheongsam collar placket style, with pearls as buttons, and a large round skirt with a crescent moon white waist with different shades of white silk thread embroidered with a Yunhai fairy crane pattern, and the headdress earrings were pure gold nine-tailed crested faces, inlaid with shiny diamonds, which was the style designed by the prince for her.

If you really can't even flash your krypton eyes, you don't look nouveau riche!

It's that the hair is so heavy that I want to cry without tears.

Two girls came to the Ma family, Ma Jiaqi, the daughter of the big house, and Ma Jiayi, the second daughter of the second room. As soon as they looked at each other, the two girls were stunned by Gu Ci's dress, saw their faces clearly, and were stunned for a long time, and when they got to the dinner table, the Buddha jumped over the wall and the honey barbecued pork completely broke their self-control, and as soon as the last dessert egg tart and double skin milk came up, they almost knelt down and sang to conquer.

Gu Ci didn't see both envy and jealousy in the eyes of the two girls, and they talked very happily, both of them were generous girls, although they didn't know how Ma Jia was during the period, but Gu Ci felt that they could be considered as the little brother and daughter-in-law.

Both the host and the guest were very satisfied with the meeting.

Gu Ci wrote a portrait of a letter, ready to send his opinion home. WHEN ASKING GU YI'S OPINION, IT WAS RARE TO BE EDUCATED BY BLABLA, A LITTLE BROTHER WHO DOESN'T LIKE WORDS.

"Little brother, have you seen anyone? How does it feel? ”

"Everyone is the same, Ah Luan just decides."

"Then how can I do it, I will be the one who will live with you in the future, and I will not live with me."

"Then I have to have a good relationship with you first." Gu Yi said a lot of things surprisingly, "I live the same life with anyone, but I have children and take care of housework, if I have similar interests, it will naturally be the icing on the cake, and there is nothing wrong with having hobbies." But unlike you, the family spoils you, even if you get married, it will not change, if the sister-in-law who marries in has a general relationship with you, she must think that we are too biased and have opinions about you. My brothers don't want you to suffer such a loss. ”

Gu Ci hugged Gu Yi movingly, and vowed to make his favorite Nanyu pork ribs and golden sand wings for the next ten days. Gu Yi, who hadn't hugged his sister for a long time, was very proud, and decided to implicitly show off to the men in the family in the next letter.

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In order to take care of Xiao Lu, who was obsessed with paintings, Gu Ci and the others stayed in Dingkang until almost November, and Yuan Yi wrote a letter almost every day urging her to go back quickly. Seeing that the river would freeze if he didn't take the river again, Xiao Lucai easily packed up his paintbrush and got on the boat to sleep well every day. But there was not enough time to go to Shuofang City for a field trip, but fortunately, Mingxiu got the approval of the prince and would return to Shuofang City to buy land and buy real estate after escorting her back to Beijing. Gu Yi also said that he planned to return to Dingkang City after the New Year to continue to follow Xiao Da Steward, he had already approved Gu Ci's plan, but he was very interested in the details of the specific implementation, so he didn't want to miss this process. If it weren't for the fact that the Langya City project was too vast and long, it would delay the spring of the next year, and he couldn't wait to go directly to Langya to squat.

Gu Ci regretted that he couldn't see the situation of Shuofang City with his own eyes, after all, it is in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, if the water conservancy is not good enough, then the site selection is very important, and it will pay three years for one flooding!

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was ruthless when he found out, saying that if she could return to the capital before the lunar month, he would take her to Shuofang City again next year, if not, don't even think about going there!

Gu Ci stupidly believed the truth, urged the boatman to hurry up, and finally stopped at the south ferry port in Shangjing on the last day of November.

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The one who came to pick up the person was Gu Xi, who had nothing to do recently.

Gu Ci got off the boat in the tent pulled up by the guards, and Gu Xi sent Xiao Lu and Gu Yi to another car, and came in to see his sister. Gu Ci missed him very much, obediently leaned on his arms, and listened to him chanting, "Why is my sister so thin that she doesn't look like a man?" It's still beautiful, though,' giggled.

"Why are you in such a hurry? I thought you had to go through Laba to get there. ”

"My brother said that if I can come back before the lunar month, he will take me to Shuofang City again."

"Silly girl, where are you going to beg your master, it's over, what's the matter with him!" Gu Xi's face was ugly.

"Oh, yes!" Gu Ci suddenly realized, and wondered, "Why didn't my brother come to pick me up?" He doesn't know I'm back? ”

Gu Xi didn't say a word, pinched her face with a cloudy face, got out of the car and walked out.

Gu Ci curiously lifted the curtain of the car and looked out to see what he was doing, they had too much luggage, and the guards were evacuating the people nearby so that they could make their debut, and they wouldn't leave for a while. She was about to look up at a Fulai Inn on the side of the road, when Gu Xi ripped off the curtain outside the car, "Don't look at it, he'll come over in a while." ”

Gu Ci couldn't understand who 'he' meant, and suddenly heard a hanger's voice outside shouting excitedly, "Ah Qi, who are you?" ”

Gu Yi roared back angrily, "Chi Azhan, you are looking for death!" ”

Then there was a sound of punching and kicking.

Gu Ci pouted, this is Chi Qiyu's voice?

Suddenly, the curtain of the car opened again, and it was Yuan Yi who came in. Gu Ci was overjoyed, and was about to speak, when he squeezed to his side, pressed his finger on her lips, and smiled to signal her to silence. It seemed that he had snuck in, and Gu Ci's peach blossom eyes that were smiling big became crescent moons, but he struggled to stay away from him.

It was quiet outside, the carriage began to move, and Gu Xi rode a horse and Chi Qiyu were arguing in front. However, Gu Ci didn't pay attention to what they said, she was cautiously looking at a peach blossom powder mutton fat jade bracelet that Yuan Yi gave her on her wrist, and what was even more rare was that there was a blood stain that was as strong as fire and in the shape of a phoenix's wings.

It's definitely worth a lot of money......

Gu Ci felt that his arm was so heavy that he was about to tremble.

Yuan Yi looked at her dumbfounded, leaned into her ear and whispered, "Birthday present." ”

Gu Ci remembered that not only did his longevity not land this year, but she also forgot to send the gift in advance at that time, and it took him more than ten days after his birthday to receive it, so he couldn't help but bow his head in disdain. Yuan Yi raised her right hand for a while, not knowing whether to touch her head or pinch her face, and finally tapped her nose.

Gu Ci shrank his neck, moved away a little quietly, and whispered flatteringly, "I have a gift for you, and I will let Mingxiu send it to you tomorrow." ”

"It's not sincere for someone else to send it."

"Then if I can come out the day before Laba, I will bring it to Zhishuangzhai for you?"

"It's a deal."

Yuan Yi stretched out her little finger to hook her little finger, and her thumb gently pinched her fingertips like a translucent pink and moist little fingernail. Gu Ci felt that the temperature of the earlobe touched by the hot breath he exhaled just now was a little high, and now it was hot with her little thumb, she wanted to break free but couldn't shake it off, and twisted her hand again, and secretly glanced at this prince with 'skin ** disease' in wonder, why were the palace maids in the East Palace so unhelpful? Can't you let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince hug left and right to soothe it?

Yuan Yi didn't know what she was slandering in her belly, but when she saw that her cheeks suddenly flushed, like the shy pink cherry blossom petals that had just been dyed in early spring, her heart moved, and she whispered to her a little nervously and expectantly, "Mingxiu and I will go to you at night, just remember to leave a maid." ”

Gu Ci asked nervously, "What's wrong?" ”

"Marriage."

Yuan Yi smiled and leaned over her, Gu Ci hurriedly put one hand against his chest, covered his mouth with the other, and stared at him with round eyes - this person is going to mess around again? She's grown up!

Yuan Yi looked uncertain, kissed her on the paw hatefully, and then took her into his arms and kissed her forehead before turning around and getting out of the car.

Leaving Gu Ci embarrassed and confused for a while.

Thinking that he is twenty adults this year, sure enough, the matter of the crown princess is imminent! If you plan to go back, you will make another copy according to the form for Gu Ao to find a daughter-in-law, and make some food to comfort His Royal Highness the Prince, who is about to marry three people.

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After returning home, Gu Ci put aside the prince's affairs, hugged his mother and Yeye, who had specially rushed back from the yamen, and cried darkly. Gu Yao had enough of the addiction of holding his daughter, threw the little tear bag to his wife to solve it, and took Gu Yi to chat with Xiao Lu. As for Gu Xi, Gu Ci didn't see him when he entered the door, and I heard that Chi Qiyu was fighting in the martial arts arena. After a meal that I don't know if it's breakfast or lunch, the mother and daughter can be regarded as stopping, Yuyi hugged the beautiful daughter who was washed and cleaned and dressed up well, and then shared gifts and talked about homely things together.

Gu Ci brought back the most paintings and sculptures made of shells this time, and in order to ensure that they were not damaged, she wrapped several layers of soft cloth and buried them in the sand. Therefore, their boat was so heavy along the way, because it was used as a sand carrier. Fortunately, sand is useful and can be used to make cement, so it will not be wasted.

The manuscript is a painting in Xiao Lu's early years, one zhang wide and three feet high, and the selection is made of ink-colored small shells little by little. The queen mother is a variety of bright shells and conch composed of a large 'nine birds towards the phoenix' shell carving, the nine birds are red hibiscus birds, yellow orioles, orange canary, green parrots, green luan, blue flycatchers, purple golden cranes, black-backed cranes and white albatrosses, in addition to the 'green luan' on behalf of herself, the other eight kinds of birds, but also deliberately found live together to send. This will be cleaned up, and the person will send it in, and by the way, please hand over the Ann brand, and she will enter the palace tomorrow to entertain her relatives.

The ones sent to her family are not so fancy, they are all the size of the folio screen, and she made the manuscript herself. Dad's is "Fishing Alone in the Cold River and Snow", the brother and sister-in-law's grapes, pomegranates, lotus pods, longan and other good meanings. Prepared for the mother and mother with the most elaborate preparation, framed with shells and glass as the surface, pressed with a costumed bust she painted for her parents. The mother is wearing a princess dress, and the father is wearing a vermilion court dress, just like a modern wedding photo.

When Yuyi saw it, her tears were about to fall, and she hugged her daughter and rubbed it. When Gu Yao returned to the house, he saw that the mother and mother were still crying, and they coaxed them for a long time. The sharp-eyed Gu Ci found that his father was also very moved when he saw the wedding photos, and immediately intimately said that he wanted to go back to make up for sleep and not be a small candle in the world of two.

When I woke up, it was dinner time, except for Gu Xi's absence, the family finished eating happily and shared a lot of new news with Gu Ci.

For example, his third brother's first son is named Liuliu, and the family will come back for the New Year this year.

Gu Ao's family has now also set off to the north, and it is safe to return by sea.

Gu Xi took a fancy to Qin Xiuyong as his own idea, and followed the king of Runan County to handle the case, Qin Xiuyong could come up with a lot of good ideas, so he moved the idea of proposing.

The empty half of the mansion over there has been sealed, and Gu Yao is ready to wait for Gu Ao to get married, so how to plan at that time, let Gu Ao and his wife make their own decisions after they return to Beijing to settle down.

The college funded by the Protectorate Mansion is called 'Lingde', not far from Junzifang, Gu Hong and Gu Wenkai brought a lot of sponsorship, but Gu Yao didn't spend any money. The class started in September, and the first mountain chief invited Niu Tan's champion father Niu Zhun, which couldn't be more praised!

The prince's proposal for the establishment of the 'Hongdu Gate School' was also approved by the emperor, and a piece of land near the West Market was specially approved, in which students could study from the age of three to fifteen. There are professional teachers to teach each subject, such as the master of Gongqiao Pavilion, the director of the Water Conservancy Department, etc., and Song Yu is invited for a subject of quyi. The mountain chief is naturally the prince himself, and the people who work below do not bother the two masters, and Gu Hong and Gu Wenkai continue to be on top.

Gu Ci remembered the marriage of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and asked.

Yuyi said with a smile, "Most of the girls in the capital are chasing him, and they don't have to worry about having no daughter-in-law", and began to blabla how many family proposals he received.

At first, Gu Ci thought that there were many people who proposed marriage to Gu Yi, but when he heard it, he felt that it was wrong, and interrupted Yuyi's words with a red face, "Mother! Who are these proposals to? ”

"Stinky girl, who else can it be! You're the only girl in our family! "The daughter didn't react just now, it's not that she didn't open up, but she misunderstood that the woman took the initiative to propose marriage.

“…… I'm only eleven years old......" Gu Ci's voice trembled.

"It's twelve after the New Year! It's not like you will fall in love at first sight, and after that, you will be busy with a bunch of things, and you will not be able to finish until you get married at eighteen. ”

Yuyi's tone was too proud, Gu Ci couldn't tell her clearly, and went directly to her father, "yes, I'm not married, I don't want to leave home." ”

Gu Yao patted his daughter's back with great relief, "It's okay, the threshold of our house is a few inches thinner, and your mother is so flattered that she is proud to show off with you." We won't get married so early, at least we'll have to get married after eighteen or twenty. ”

Gu Yi suddenly interjected, "Who are you mentioning?" ”

Xiao Lu also listened with great interest.

Yuyi dug up Gu Ci and sent her to prepare something to enter the palace tomorrow, obviously not letting her listen to this topic.