For a few days in a row, Gu Li came to the ancient mansion every day, but he always ate behind closed doors. On the fifth day, the gate of the ancient mansion finally opened, and four or five brocade-clothed guards leading horses came out.

Mei'er, who was guarding the soft sedan chair on the side of the road, stepped forward stubbornly, "The big brothers are fine." ”

The head of the guard, Hong Wei, stiffened his face and looked at the handsome-faced maid blocking the way without speaking.

Mei'er said bitterly, and shrank for a moment, "Please, may I ask a few big brothers, can you trouble a few big brothers to hand over this thing to your son?" As she spoke, her head hung low, and she handed forward a small wooden box in her hand.

The chief of the guard glanced at the soft sedan car parked on the side of the road and shook his head, "I don't know how thick the sky is." With that, he waved his hand and led people on the horse. Several horses immediately became restless, and not only neighed, but also spun in place.

Mei'er was frightened, her face turned white, she raised her head, held the wooden box in her arms, stared at the tall horse with fearful eyes, and hurriedly took a few steps back.

As soon as someone drove it, the five horses stopped neighing, raised their hooves and set off, straight to the eyebrows.

Mei'er screamed in fright, and he couldn't take care of the box in his hand, his face turned white, he closed his eyes, and squatted on the ground with his head in his hands.

With a sound of kicking, the five horsemen ran past Mei'er and rushed straight to the soft sedan on the side of the road. The sedan chair man was frightened and threw off the soft sedan and ran away, and the five riders roared past from the very close to the soft sedan chair, and then walked away in a blink of an eye.

Gu Li, who was frightened, took Mei'er home, and his face was very bad. Mei'er knocked on the courtyard door, lowered his head and invited Gu Li in.

Gu Limai walked in the door, and as soon as the courtyard door closed, she turned around and slapped her eyebrows.

The eyebrows covered his face, his head hung down, tears rolled in his eyes, but he didn't dare to snort.

Yinggu, who had just closed the courtyard door, couldn't help but say, "Miss, there is something wrong with your eyebrows, you can teach her a few words, why slap her." ”

Gu Li was angry, and these words completely angered her. She walked over in two steps regardless of it, and slapped Aunt Ying again without saying a word.

Although Yinggu is a subordinate, because she has followed the Ma family for many years, her status in the ancient family is not ordinary. Ma Shi didn't slap her, but he didn't expect to be beaten by Gu Li today. Her face was hot and painful, and without saying a word, she knelt directly on the ground.

When Mei'er saw it, he quickly knelt down.

Gu Li held back the anger in his heart for a few days, but there was a place for the attack. She pointed at Yinggu's nose and scolded, "A slave should have the consciousness of a slave, don't forget your identity." Dare to teach Miss Ben a lesson, who gave you the guts? ”

Yinggu kowtowed, "The slave deserves to die, please forgive the young lady." ”

Gu Li said hatefully, "You also know that you deserve to die, why don't you die?" You...... Big brother, let go, let go of me, big brother, you hurt me......"

Gu Qingjia kept a calm face, grabbed Gu Li's wrist vigorously, and instructed Yinggu and Mei'er, "Put on your face, don't let Madame see it." There is another thing, in the future, the young lady's diet and daily life will be taken care of by the young lady herself, and you don't have to serve in front of you. ”

Gu Li looked incredulous, "Big brother, how can you do this?" ”

Gu Qingjia didn't say a word, covered Gu Li's mouth, dragged the struggling Gu Li into the house, and kicked the door.

Ying Gu got up from the cold ground, pulled her stunned eyebrows and went to the kitchen.

Since then, for several days, Gu Li has not appeared outside the gate of Gufu Mansion.

Qingshu was very busy, and after fifteen, she, Xu Wuniang and others began to make schoolbags again. The private schools are about to start, and she has to hurry up and make more schoolbags. Therefore, she didn't have time to care about Gu Li's affairs.

Zhou Boyan didn't seem to be in a hurry to leave, and every day he was either locked in the house to deal with letters, or stayed in the school with Mr. Lu, Qingyang and Hao, and heard that he was practicing calligraphy.

On this day, Qingshu was making a schoolbag, and Xiaojuan came in to report it, saying that the housekeeper had something important to say to her. She listened, put aside the half-made bag, and went to the study to meet the butler.

There was no fire, and it was cold in the study. She didn't sit either, but stood and talked with the butler.

The ancient housekeeper reported, "There's a letter from Dexian." Wu Mansion harbored important criminals in the imperial court, the evidence was conclusive, the day before yesterday morning was raided by the officers and soldiers, the men were all arrested, and the old lady Wu, the second lady Ye, the eldest lady, and the third lady were also arrested. More than ten shops under the name of Wu Mansion and three shops under the name of the second lady were all seized by the government. ”

Qing Shu was taken aback, "Is it credible?" ”

"The news sent by the helper personally is naturally credible. Not only that, but several other Wu mansions of Master Wu's relatives were also implicated, although they were not raided, but the lord of the mansion was all arrested for questioning. If it is innocent, it will naturally be put back. If you get on the side of Master Wu's case, it will be difficult to get out. ”

Qing Shu was shocked by this sudden change, but his heart was happy. She originally thought that the mental torture of Wu Ye's family was almost over, and she would wait until the eighth o'clock of the second month to give the Wu Mansion the final blow. I never thought that Wu Fu made a mistake first and was copied by the government, but she didn't have to do it herself. She walked around excitedly, "Are you sure that Wu Zhenjiang and Wu Ye have been arrested in prison?" ”

"Our people saw the officers and soldiers escorting people to the yamen with their own eyes, and they can't be wrong."

"Harbouring the imperial court is a felony, how will it be sentenced?"

"Beheading, distribution to the frontier, depending on the outcome of the trial. Either way, the flourishing Wu Mansion will decline. It is not only the Wu clan people in Dexian County who will be affected, but also the Wu clan people in Kangde Town who will be affected to some extent. ”

Thinking of the extremely hateful Gu Yunfu and the Ma family, Qing Shu said, "When the news spreads, some people will cry and some people will laugh, and it is estimated that there will be a fuss again." ”

After this matter was finished, the ancient housekeeper urged Qing Shu to leave the study quickly, mainly because he was afraid that Qing Shu would freeze.

Qingshu walked towards the embroidery room and asked Xiaojuan, who was following, "Is it twenty-three or twenty-four today?" (Note: In the lunar calendar, 21 to 29 are also known as 21 to 29.) ）

Xiaojuan, "Miss, it's twenty-four." ”

"Young Master Chen and Young Master Luo's yard should be cleaned."

"The housekeeper has ordered someone to clean up today, Miss don't worry."

Speaking of the housekeeper, Qing Shu remembered something and stopped, "You go and tell the housekeeper that you will send someone over tomorrow to send a reassuring pill to the Ma family." In this way, even if I don't want to, Ma still owes me a favor. After that, she wanted to see if Ma would continue to be cheeky and let her daughter come to the door.

Xiaojuan was puzzled, "Reassurance? Miss, is there any reassurance in the house? ”

Qing Shu chuckled, "Hurry up, even if you don't, the housekeeper will conjure one." ”

Xiao Juan went to deliver the news in confusion, while Qing Shu went back alone to continue making the schoolbag.

When the sun turned west, Qingshu asked everyone to call it a day and began to count the number of schoolbags made recently. Years ago, Qingshu, Xu Wuniang and Xiaoyu made eighty-two schoolbags one after another. In recent days, Qingshu, Xu Wuniang, Xiaoyu, Su's mother, Lily of the Valley, plus Lu Niangzi, Zhao's, Cheng Niangzi, and Ning Niangzi (Ning Si's wife), they have made a total of 227 schoolbags. That adds up, that's three hundred and nine.

According to the embroidered pattern on the schoolbag, according to the color of the schoolbag, Qingshu asked people to separate the three hundred and nine schoolbags and put fifteen bags out.

Now that the work has been finished, Cheng Niangzi and Ning Niangzi said goodbye and went home. Mrs. Lu went back to her yard, and she had to start preparing dinner. Zhao was left behind by Qing Shu, Qing Shu said that Dr. Zhou would also come here for dinner in the evening, and Zhou Xing would play in the house, and after dinner, it would not be too late for the family of three to go back together.

In this way, Su's mother pulled Zhao to speak, and Qing Shu was busy determining what would happen tomorrow.

She first went to the storeroom where the sauerkraut barrels were kept. There is no shortage of two hundred barrels of sauerkraut for Zhou Boyan's caravan, and two hundred barrels of sauerkraut prepared for Bu Wu's Yipinlou, all of which are ready, just waiting for someone to pick up the goods tomorrow. She thought of something and asked Steward Ding, "How many young bud grains of rice were dried in the sun last autumn?" ”

Steward Ding replied quickly, "There are still a hundred catties, not much." ”

She thought for a moment, "It's not much, indeed. The young master loves to eat, and he can't give it to Yipinlou anymore, you can find a time to send it all to me. ”

It's okay here, she went to the front again, called the housekeeper and asked, "How is tomorrow's entourage arranged?" ”

And the butler got up. There are two horse-drawn carriages for traveling, and two pallet carts for pulling goods. Steward Ding brought four people from the Fuzhong family and a newly formed ten-person team in the town to follow.

The members of this ten-person squad are no strangers, they have all enlisted in the army, and they have also served as temporary guards in the ancient mansion for a few days. The ancient mansion no longer needs temporary guards, these people discussed it, formed such a team, and no longer went to work part-time. They are a bit like a dart master, and a bit like a guard, in short, escorting goods for the employer or escorting the employer on a long journey. Because of the surname Li who took the lead, everyone scratched their ears and scratched their cheeks and finally took a Brother Li to protect the safety team.

Ning Si heard it, and said that it was not good, so he asked Gu Yuanhe to help him choose a name. Gu Yuanhe looked embarrassed, and said that if he couldn't do it, he would call the peace guard. In this way, they gave up the name of Brother Li's peace squad and took the name of the Ping An Guard.

As the saying goes, it's hard to get started. The safety guard team was formed, but no one asked them to do anything, and they were sad all day long. Let's go to do short-term jobs again, but where do you get so many short-term jobs in winter? It's because it's hard to work on a short-term job that they want to do this errand. When they couldn't hold on and give up, at the end of the year, they received the first order of business, Gufu wanted to send two truckloads of goods to Jinyang City, and asked them to escort them.

They were overjoyed and safely delivered the two truckloads of goods from the ancient mansion to the Guji bun shop in Jinyang City, and brought back the letter from the shopkeeper Du. In this way, they got the first payment of labor, two taels of silver. In addition to the expenses of food and accommodation on the road, they each received more than a penny. While they were grateful to Gufu, they finally had some confidence and no longer thought of giving up.

Now, the ancient mansion is going to Jinyang City again, and he will give two taels of silver to the escort silver, and ask them if they can leave. They said yes. In this way, the ancient housekeeper only sent four housekeepers to Steward Ding.

Qing Shu has no objection to the housekeeper's arrangement. Because she helped the safety guards slowly build a reputation, she instructed her. The more they used the safety guard in their ancient mansion, the people in the town would gradually identify with the safety guard, so that when necessary, they would find the safety guard, and the members of the safety guard would be able to support their families.

Seeing that Qing Shu had no objections, the ancient housekeeper asked, "Miss, how many guards are you going to send?" ”

Qing Shu said, "Four people are enough. The two young masters are one guard, Mr. Lu is one guard, and the rest of them can go to support wherever they are needed. ”

And so it was settled. There was nothing to do all night, and it was the second day in the blink of an eye. Everyone had breakfast early and began to prepare for the trip.

At this time, Qing Shu was in Qingyang's house, personally selecting and packing a change of clothes for Qingyang.

Qingyang and Hao walked around behind Qingshu like tails. Qingyang kept asking, "Sister, don't you really need to shout?" If you don't shout, how do others know that they want to buy a schoolbag from us? ”

Qing Shu replied with a smile, "You followed Mr. to Wenjie Academy to learn from the students of Wenjie Academy, not to sell schoolbags. Don't shout, if the gentleman thinks you've lost his face, he'll hit you on the palm with a ruler. ”

Qingyang's face was more worried, "Sister, what about our schoolbag?" Aren't we going to sell our school bags? ”

Qing Shu chuckled, "Don't worry, at a young age, how can you look like an adult who worries about her livelihood all day long!" Seeing that her younger brother still had a sad look on his face, she couldn't cry or laugh a little, "Don't worry, don't worry, don't think so much." Sister tells you the truth, you don't have to shout, as long as you carry your schoolbag and follow your husband into Wenjie Academy, someone will pay attention to the schoolbag you are carrying. When the time comes, you don't care about anything, follow Mr. wholeheartedly, and then show yourself well when you are fighting. In this way, when you leave the college, someone will talk to you and ask you where you bought your school bag. At that time, you will say that you bought it in the newly opened auspicious village in the city, and you are not allowed to say anything else. ”

Qingyang didn't have to worry about selling schoolbags, but he inquired about the price again, "Sister, people ask me how much silver I bought it, how should I answer?" ”

Qing Shu smiled and stretched out two fingers.

Qingyang blinked his black and white eyes, remembering what his sister had said, saying that the materials used were the best, and two pieces of money were unlikely, so he guessed, "Two taels of silver?" ”

Qingshu nodded.

Since selling Spring Festival couplets, Qingyang is very obsessed with doing business, so he asked excitedly, "Sister, how much can we earn after removing the capital?" ”

"About a tael of silver!" That's what she estimated. The materials and the brocade thread consumed account for a certain amount of money, the manual cost of making zuò, the transportation fee, the cost paid by the shop for it, etc., and these costs are deducted from the selling price of two taels of silver, which is almost the first to make money.

Qingyang just wanted to cheer, but someone interrupted him.

"It's only a tael of silver to make money, and your selling price is low."

Qingyang immediately ran over and looked up at Zhou Boyan, who came uninvited, "Brother Yan, my sister said that it sells for two taels of silver each, is it low?" ”

"Rare is expensive, now your schoolbag is the only one to sell, two taels of silver is too low, five taels of silver is just right." Zhou Boyan said.

Qing Shu pondered for a moment and felt that Zhou Boyan's words were not unreasonable. She thought that the price of two taels of silver would be good, but she didn't expect it to be higher. In business, Zhou Boyan knows much more than her, and she is convinced. However, she still wanted to make sure again, "Five taels of silver, can it really be sold?" ”

"I'm going to sell it." Zhou Boyan understood that she was tempted, so he gave an affirmative answer.

Qing Shu hesitated for only two seconds, "Cheng, according to yours, five taels of silver each." It is estimated that this price can only be sold once, so it is time to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune at a price. ”

Qingyang immediately exerted his temperament as a small wealth fan, cheered, and stretched out four points, "Sister, we can make so much silver on one side, if all three hundred are sold, then, then ......" Okay, he couldn't say that number excitedly.

Qing Shu smiled, lowered his head and continued to sort out his brother's clothes, but said, "Don't be too happy, I don't know if you can sell them all!" In short, if you earn more and earn less, sell more and sell less, you just have to follow Mr. well, do a good job of what Mr. explains, and don't be distracted to think about selling school bags. In the end, she added, "Hao is the elder brother, if the younger brother is not attentive enough when he is discussing, Hao remember to remind the younger brother, okay?" ”

Hao, who had been standing quietly beside Qing Shu, whispered, "Okay." ”

Qingyang also said that he would listen to his husband and his sister, and he would not be inattentive.

Zhou Boyan had a smile in his eyes, listened quietly to the conversation between the three of them for a moment, and cleared his throat, "Ah Shu, I have temporarily decided to go to Jinyang City with Qingyang and them, do you have anything to tell my brother?" ”

Knowing that he was leaving, Qing Shu turned around in surprise, "Are you leaving today?" Are you going back to Beijing? ”

"I won't be back to Beijing for the time being. There is an errand in Jinyang City that is very tricky, and my brother must go and deal with it himself. If there is no accident, it will take as little as seven or eight days, or as many as ten days, and you will be able to get back from the errand properly. ”

He said the errand was tricky, and she was worried. But he actually called himself his brother in front of others, and she immediately gave him a blank look, "You are not my brother." ”

Zhou Boyan leaned down and whispered something to Qingyang. Qingyang nodded, glanced at Qing Shu, walked over to pull Shanghao, and went outside.

Qing Shu didn't know why, "What did you say to Xiaoyang?" ”

Zhou Boyan moved to her side, stretched out his arm around her waist, and whispered to her, "My brother is going out, what does my sister have to say?" ”

Qing Shu didn't shake off his arm, but just muttered dissatisfiedly, "What brother and sister, it's uncomfortable to listen to, don't talk like this." ”

"If you call me a brother, I won't say it."

She raised her arm and gave him a crutch, but her mouth said, "Stay safe, don't get hurt again." ”

He said lightly, "Okay." ”

She began to complain, "Why don't you say it in advance when you want to go out?" At this time, I can't prepare anything for you. ”

He nodded solemnly, and then said, "I haven't sorted out my clothes over there, so why don't you go over now and help me prepare a change of clothes." ”

"Don't even think about it. Hurry up, don't get so close to me. "She started to chase people.

He hugged her waist and didn't let go, "Since you have sorted out Qingyang's outfits, you have to treat them fairly, and I have to tidy them up over there." ”

She didn't have time to refute, but she heard Qingyang's voice from outside, "Mother Su, my packing is ready, it was prepared by my sister, don't worry, you don't need to check." ”

Isn't that blocked? Is this still worth it?