The depressed look on Qing Shu's face did not dissipate, "Sit, I have something to ask you." ”

The housekeeper just stood.

Qing Shu's tone was a little bad, "I'll let you sit." ”

The housekeeper sensed Qing Shu's bad mood and chose the position opposite Qing Shu and sat down.

Qing Shu pondered for a moment, but couldn't help but ask, "My father, when my father was alive, did he have anything in his heart besides his mother", she paused, "Other women?" It was embarrassing for her to ask, but she had to ask. Instead of being kept in the dark, it is better to know in her heart, and if someone turns it out to find trouble in the future, she should be mentally prepared in advance.

When Gu Qiang heard this, his face changed at that time, "Miss, who is pouring dirty water on the general?" Sue me, I'm going to have a good reason with this man. He was really angry, so he forgot the self-title of "old slave" that he talked about on weekdays.

Qing Shu really didn't expect Gu Qiang's reaction to be so big, so he was stunned, so he lowered his voice and told what Gu Ye said in front of the general's tomb. "When I heard that, I just wanted to cry. Whether this is true or not, if it is accidentally spread, will our whole house still have a chance to live? ”

It doesn't matter if Gu Ye scolded Gu Yunhu for deserving of his death, but if Gu Ye's words about Gu Yunhu dying for the princess's son were spread, it would really become a mortal crime. What is the "princess's son", isn't this an act of looking for death on a pole!

The green tendons on Gu Qiang's forehead jumped straight, and his fists were clenched tightly, "Did the young master hear it?" ”

Qing Shu replied uncertainly, "I covered his ears at the time, but I can't guarantee that he heard it or didn't hear it. ”

Gu Qiang endured his anger and said solemnly, "Miss, according to the general's temperament, if you really have someone else in your heart, and you marry and have children in the morning, how can you tolerate a lady who has nothing to do for a few years after giving birth to Miss?" ”

Qing Shu believes this. Gu Ye married into the Gu family, the first child gave birth to a daughter, and then there was no movement for five or six years, until the daughter was seven years old, Gu Ye gave birth to a second child, with Gu Qingyang. This is a very eye-catching thing in the era of "there are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is great".

"Miss, don't mention it again" Gu Qiang suddenly couldn't continue, looked left and right, but couldn't find anything that could write, and finally couldn't, so he could only speak in a low voice as much as possible, "...... Son of the Lord, such a great rebellion. That one, is ...... Home Taboo ...... Heartbreak ......"

The eldest princess, a royal taboo, a wound in the heart of the saint today, a delusional person, there is no forgiveness for killing.

Qing Shu took a sharp breath, she chose to stay away from the capital, and it was indeed the right decision. With a brainless time bomb like Gu Ye by his side, staying in the capital, his head may move at any time. There is a neurotic Gu Ye by his side, and he is too aggrieved this day. If Gu Ye is not the mother of this body, how good it would be!

Qing Shu stroked his heart, which was beating extremely hard because of the fright, and said weakly: "Fortunately, I didn't let her continue and stopped her in time." Just returned home, I also warned Ding Jiamei and asked her to be optimistic about Madame. ”

Gu Qiang was silent for a while, "My sister doesn't have much to do, she is not stable enough, and she is not useful at critical moments." Let me go a few days, I will find a steady and strict-mouthed person to come back and replace my sister from Wenlan Courtyard. ”

Qing Shu nodded, "That's it, my sister is not clever enough, I ordered her a few times, but she didn't understand what I meant." ”

From this day on, Su's mother will go to Wenlan Courtyard at least three times a day. Qing Shu understood that it must have been Gu Qiang who told Su's mother to keep an eye on Gu Ye and Ding's sister.

Now that the whole house has settled down, and the general has also worshipped, the Gu Ye clan has Mother Su to help keep an eye on it, and Qing Shu can't help but breathe a sigh of relief. In this way, the matter of Qingyang's private school and the autumn harvest have become the two most important things. Qing Shu thought about this, lay down weakly, and fell asleep after a while.

On the other side, Gu Ye's family finally fell asleep, and the heart that Ding Jiamei had been carrying finally let go. She observed for a while, and saw that Gu Ye's sleep was heavy, and she should not wake up for a while, so she withdrew lightly, stood in the courtyard and wiped her tears for a while, the more she thought about it, the more aggrieved she became, and finally closed the courtyard door and went out.

She approached the kitchen and saw Xu Sanniang coming out of the kitchen with a dustpan of beans, so she stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "Sister Sanniang, have you seen my brother?" ”

Xu Sanniang saw that the little girl had red eyes, so she pointed to the back of the kitchen, "I'm chopping wood." ”

Ding Jiamei thanked her, followed the sound of chopping wood, turned to the back of the kitchen, and called out timidly brother, wanting to pull Ding Jiabao's sleeve, but in the end she didn't dare.

Ding Jiabao didn't respond, nor did he look up at her, just chopping wood.

Ding Jiamei bit her lip and began to shed tears again, seeing that her brother had been ignoring herself, moving forward little by little, hesitating, she still stretched out her hand and grabbed Ding Jiabao's sleeve, "Brother, can you tell the housekeeper?" I thought, I want to help out in the kitchen. ”

When she pulled her sleeve, Ding Jiabao stopped chopping wood, and her tone was a little bad, "Some things to do, some meals to be content, don't pick and choose all day long." ”

Ding Jiamei cried, "Brother, it's not that I have to choose, I'm not clever enough, I don't have the life to be a big girl, I can only do rough work." It's okay to help in the kitchen, chop wood, or do work in the fields on the Zhuangzi, that is, I just don't want to stay in the ......" She was fed up with the way Madame was going to die, and more importantly, she felt that Miss was not satisfied with her, she was afraid that Miss would drive her out of the house, she was afraid that she would be separated from her brother, and she was afraid that she would be hungry again.

Ding Jiabao was silent, and after the silence, he suddenly looked impatient, "Okay, I know, what should I do." ”

Ding Jiamei still had tears on her face, but there was a smile on her face, she took out a coarse cloth handkerchief wrapped in something from her body, and stuffed it into Ding Jiabao's hand, "Brother, Miss rewarded it, for you to eat." With that, run away.

Ding Jiabao opened his mouth, seeing that she had disappeared, and his eyes were gloomy. Standing for a while, he opened the coarse cloth handkerchief, saw a pear in it, sighed, looked left and right, and saw that the five-year-old little girl was playing with the two-year-old wheat not far away, so he strode over and stuffed the pear into the little girl's hand, "You and the wheat eat." With that, the man returned to his place and continued to chop wood.

The blood relationship between him and Ding Jiamei is a bit complicated, awkward and difficult to speak. The grievances of the previous generation made him not know how to get along with Ding Jiamei.

Many years ago, his mother disliked his father for being poor and once ran away with someone. When his mother came back after a few years, she held Ding Jiamei in her hand, put Ding Jiamei in the house, and hanged herself. The truth of the matter is that the sister-in-law ran away with the brother-in-law, and later the brother-in-law dumped the sister-in-law and married a girl with a family. And the sister-in-law held the daughter Ding Jiamei who was born to the brother-in-law, and had nowhere to go, so she could only turn back, but she felt that she had no face to see people, so she died.

The truth was revealed, but he didn't expect that it was his own brother who kidnapped his daughter-in-law, and his father was so angry that he vomited blood immediately, and it took more than ten days to get better. And when he was young, he was already sensible, and everyone knew about the ugly things done by his mother and uncle, so he left home in a bad mood and became an errand boy. Later, his hometown wanted to be conscripted, and he was not a good partner, so he joined the army at the age of thirteen and left. After that, he was seriously wounded and his face was ruined, so he returned to his hometown with a few taels of silver issued by the army.

These few taels of silver led to another turmoil. His uncle had a hard time in the town, and came to the door to ask for silver. said that his father robbed his uncle's daughter and sister, or returned his daughter, or bought his sister with silver. His father raised the children for his younger brother and paid off the debt. He got angry and threw the seven or eight-year-old Ding Jiamei out in front of his uncle and closed the courtyard door.

His father fell on the bed angrily, but insisted that he take his sister back, saying that if his sister went there, she would be beaten and scolded, she would not be able to eat, and she would starve to death sooner or later.

Ding Jiabao was so angry that he left home again, but before leaving home, he carried Ding Jiamei back and threw it to his father, and beat his uncle. He went all the way north and took refuge in the ancient mansion in the capital. Later, a letter came from his hometown, saying that his father was seriously ill and that he couldn't do it. He took a leave of absence and traveled day and night, but finally failed to make it in time to see his father off for the last time. His father was angry with his uncle, and his uncle came to arrest Ding Jiamei and wanted to sell Ding Jiamei to the kiln.

His father was buried by his clan on the back mountain. And the Ding family's sister, secretly helped by the clansmen, escaped from his uncle's hands, and wandered somewhere. He gave the family's meager property to the clansmen who took care of his father a lot, went to the town, broke into his uncle's house, beat his uncle half to death, and forced his uncle to sign the deed of sale of Ding's sister. In this way, Ding Jiamei does not have to run away anymore, because Ding Jiamei has no relationship with his uncle's family.

Ding Jiabao returned to the village and showed Ding Jiamei's deed of sale to the clansmen, so that the clansmen could tell Ding Jiamei that there was no need to run away. and left a few pieces of money for the patriarch, so that the patriarch could marry the Ding family sister to a good boy, and let the clansmen take care of it more. Everything was arranged, and Ding Jiabao set off to return to the capital.

As soon as he left the town, he found a little beggar behind him. He went, and so did the little beggar; He stopped, and so did the little beggar. He glared, and the little beggar was not afraid of him, but called out to his brother, saying that he was a sister. Ding Jiabao sent his sister back to the village and set off again. Unexpectedly, Ding's sister chased out barefoot for more than ten miles, scolded her, beat her, and she had to follow. In the end, Ding Jiabao failed to be ruthless, carried her all the way to the capital, and took her into the ancient mansion.

Ding Jiabao couldn't face Ding Jiamei, because Ding Jiamei's appearance followed his mother, and followed his mother who couldn't hold his head up in his life. Because of their suspicions, the relationship between their brother and sister seems to be close to each other, and they seem to be close to each other, and they are maintained in a very strange way.

The gloomy mood made the scar on Ding Jiabao's face look even more hideous. His chopping of wood was also ruthless, venting his unspeakable anger and sadness in his heart.

Xu Sanniang, who was about to enter the kitchen, went around to the back of the kitchen and looked at it for a while, and beckoned to her daughter who was playing not far away.

When the little girl saw it, she hurriedly pulled the wheat over, "Mother." ”

Xu Sanniang bent down and whispered to her daughter.

The little girl nodded heavily, pulled the wheat and leaned towards Ding Jiabao, shouting uncle.

When Ding Jiabao saw it, the gloom on his face receded a lot, and he put down the axe, "Walk slowly, don't trip." As he spoke, he took a few big steps forward, caught up with the two small ones, stretched out his arms, and easily picked up the two small ones, one left and one right.

When Xu Sanniang saw it, she turned around and left, returned to the kitchen, washed the selected soybeans, and then soaked them in cold water. The soybeans that are fed to the livestock have now become a favorite dish for the whole province. Stir-fried soaked in salt water is salt beans; The raw beans are soaked in water, which can be used to stew soup, stir-fry, and can also be boiled with seasonings and served with some green vegetables to make a cold dish.

Since he had something on his mind, Qing Shu woke up after only two quarters of an hour, took his own list of various small books that could become a kind of livelihood, and flipped through them. This is a notepad that she cut paper and sewed with thread to make it easier for her to memorize things casually. She nodded, bought the grange and harvested it in the autumn, which was unexpected. It was time to purchase a large number of beans such as soybeans and adzuki beans, which had been planned before.

Now is the season to harvest beans, and every family will plant some of them. Compared with grain, the price is quite cheap, and it is easy to store when it is harvested and hoarded in this season, so it is not afraid of insects or moisture.

When she was thinking about whether to pull it to this house or put it on the grange after receiving it, Xiaoyu came in to report, and the housekeeper invited her to the front yard living room.

Qing Shu couldn't believe his ears a little, "Who did you say was visiting?" ”

"What the housekeeper said is that Da'an is a generation of masters who are full of peach and plum in the world, Mr. Kong." The little fish repeats again.

Qing Shu was stunned, Huo Di stood up, "Quick, don't change your clothes, you see what's wrong with me, hurry up and tidy up." "By the way, hurry up and inform the young master, and let the young master go to the front hall to meet Mr. Kong."

When Qingshu tidied up a little, when he arrived at the front hall, Qingyang was visiting Mr. Kong.

At the age of 79, Mr. Kong is one of the few people in the world who lived a long life. He has white eyebrows, white beard and white hair, and his forehead is deeply wrinkled by the years, but his complexion is healthy and ruddy, his back is slightly hunched, and his eyes are gentle and wise. Mr. Kong Lao is a philosopher, the word Nian'en, and he was born as a Jinshi, and he is a generation of masters in Da'an who is full of peach and plum in the world, and he is also one of the masters of the current saint when he was the prince. When he was middle-aged, he traveled all over the world and wrote "Study Tour", which was regarded as a treasure book by the world.

When they met in front of Weiran Academy, Qing Shu didn't know the identity of the old man at that time, but after hearing someone tell him, he realized that the old man was a big man. How did such a character come to the small Kangxi Town and their ancient mansion? With such a question, Qing Shu stepped forward to greet Mr. Kong.

Mr. Kong looked at the sister and brother standing in front of him, smiled, stroked his gray beard and asked Qing Shu, "The old man heard that Miss Gu is looking for a private school teacher for her younger brother, is there such a thing?" ”

Qingshu, "Yes, there is such a thing. ”

Mr. Kong snorted and asked, "The old man heard that the ancient girl has been collecting agricultural books?" ”

Qingshu, "Yes, there is such a thing. She was suspicious in her heart, she only mentioned this matter to Bu Yuyan, and Bu Yuyan helped her get some agricultural books, but how did the old man on the other side know?

Mr. Kong asked with a serious expression: "Why did the ancient girl want to collect agricultural books?" ”

"To farm and support the family, of course." Without thinking about it, Qing Shu blurted out, and after speaking, he was stunned for a moment, and saw that everyone present looked at him with strange eyes, so he blinked his beautiful apricot eyes, "Isn't food the foundation of people's livelihood?" If you don't farm, where will the food come from? Without food, how can you feed your family? The atmosphere was still very strange, and she hesitated, "What? Isn't that right? ”

Qingyang raised a smiling face, "The agricultural book that my sister and I read together, we will farm together in the spring next year." ”

Qingshu replied happily, "Okay, Xiaoyang wants to help her sister farm while studying." "Her younger brother can't be a young master who doesn't divide grains.

Gu Qiang couldn't help but cough and reminded them that there was a distinguished guest.

The two sisters and brothers hurriedly reined in and stood respectfully.

Mr. Kong smiled, "Little boy." ”

The little scholar standing behind him stepped forward, took out a small cloth bag, untied the mouth of the small cloth bag, and put it on the table in Mr. Kong's hand.

"This is an unknown seed given to him by a friend he met at sea when he traveled to Dajin Kingdom. It is said that when this seed is planted, it will produce a small red fruit after it grows, which is very bright. One theory is that its fruit is poisonous and will cause diarrhea if eaten, so it can only be used for ornamental purposes; Another theory is that its fruit can prolong life when eaten. ”

Qing Shu was stunned when he listened, or poisonous, or the fruit of longevity, what could it be? There are so many species growing on Earth, who knows exactly what that means. Not to mention the ancient times with great limitations, even in modern times, there are more people who don't even know the ordinary crops that grow in the fields.

In modern times, there are convenient transportation and vegetable greenhouses, so the supermarket gathers all kinds of vegetables and fruits from all over the world, enriching people's tables and making people gain knowledge. Even so, there are many, many vegetables and fruits that people don't know. Unless it's a professional, anyone can recognize what a seed or plant is by looking at it. She didn't think she would know each other, so she didn't move forward.

"The old man came to make an appointment with the ancient girl." Mr. Kong said unhurriedly.

How did this run to the promise again? Qing Shu asked suspiciously, "What?" ”

"These seeds, the old man left to the ancient girl. Next year, if the ancient girl can plant it and let it bear red fruit, the old man will give the girl the "Study Tour" and "Miscellaneous Talks on Agricultural Affairs" brought by the old man today, and he will not take a penny. ”

Qingshu wants to say, no matter what "Study Tour" or "Miscellaneous Farming Talk" you have, this girl is not uncommon. If you can't plant it, find this girl to plant it. What should I do if I plant a book and send it away, but I can't plant it? Halfway through the words, hum, don't try to pit her.

Qingyang tugged at Qingshu's skirt and whispered with a fascinated face, "I want "Study Tour". ”

Qing Shu didn't want to think about it, "Sister bought it for you." ”

When the little scholar heard this, his eyes widened, "How can Sir's books be so easy to buy, there is nowhere to buy them if you have money, hum!" ”

Qingyang nodded violently, and then called out to his sister