When Xu Sanniang went, Su's mother was talking in Qingshu's house, so she smiled and repeated Ding Jiabao's words, no more, no less, word for word, and then withdrew.

Qing Shu glanced at Su's mother and said with a smile: "If Yuanhe has a girl who looks at the right eye, you are optimistic about each other, so come and report it to me." In short, choosing a daughter-in-law is your business, and this happy event is the business of the house. "On the question of who Gu Yuanhe marries, she will not talk much, she is only responsible for preparing the wedding banquet for Gu Yuanhe.

Miss Pingxiu and Miss Aqin have their own characteristics, although their temperaments are different, they have the same reputation for diligence and ability, and their character is not bad. In the end, which of these two girls will become Su's mother's daughter-in-law depends on Gu Yuanhe's choice.

In the evening, Su's mother called Gu Yuanhe over.

When Gu Yuanhe entered the house, he saw Gu Qiang avoiding Su's mother and giving him a look. He didn't get it.

Su's mother pushed away Gu Qiang, who was sitting on the chair, and beckoned her son to sit.

Gu Qiang gave his son a glance of "Hello for yourself", and moved to sit on the edge of the kang without any opinion.

"Yuanhe, Cheng Niangzi said that there is a small family surnamed Feng in the town, and there is a sixteen-year-old girl in the family, who looks good and has a good temperament. Tomorrow the shop is closed, let's go and see each other. Su's mother said with a happy face.

"Mother, look at each other, don't worry." Gu Yuanhe said uncomfortably.

When Su's mother heard this, she began to think in pieces, "Why aren't you in a hurry?" You're twenty-two, aren't you in a hurry? Alas! It's all because your father and mother are not good, and you are delayed. Look, a boy of your age has married a lady early at this time, and even has a child. You, the boss is not small, this matter has to be taken seriously, and you can't say anything like not being in a hurry. My mother has always felt sorry for you, and now the whole family is finally reunited, and I don't want anything else all day long, so I want to marry you and come back, so that you can have someone who knows cold and hot in front of you......"

Gu Yuanhe listened to his mother's chatter, and finally knew why his father gave him a look, so he quickly interrupted and interjected, "Mother, I, I'm not in a hurry." ”

Su's mother glared at her son angrily, "Why aren't you in a hurry?" The mother saw that the Aqin girl was good, with a straight temperament, without those twists and turns, and it was also interesting to you, which was good. But my mother also knows that only if my mother thinks it's good, you have to think it's good, so I didn't mention it. My mother can see it, you just don't care about marrying, this is not good. In this way, if you don't care, then it's up to your mother to care. The shop will be closed tomorrow, either you will go to see the Feng family girl, or you will go to see the girl A Qin. ”

Gu Yuanhe was in a hurry, "Mother, don't, no, it can't be like this." ”

Su's mother patted her son's back angrily, "Stinky boy, since you don't want to look at these two, then you sue Sù Niang, who do you have in your heart?" ”

Gu Yuanhe's forehead was sweating, "Mother, no one, no one in my son's heart." ”

Su's mother reddened her eyes, "Are you still thinking about Gu Pingxiu?" If so, tell the truth to my mother, and my mother invited the matchmaker to go on another trip. Deal...... It's a big deal, my mother begged Miss to let you go out of the house. ”

Gu Yuanhe's face changed at that time, "Mother, what did you say?" Even if Gu Pingxiu looks like a fairy, his son will not be confused and leave his father and mother. ”

Su's mother didn't expect her son to be so excited, and pulled her son's arm, "You don't care like this, my mother is in a hurry, don't be angry with my mother." ”

Gu Yuanhe also realized that he was too excited, and hurriedly remedied, "Mother, my son is not angry, and he is not allowed to say such things in the future." ”

Gu Qiang, who had been silent, suddenly spoke, "If you are still thinking about Gu Pingxiu in your heart, let your mother invite the matchmaker to go on another trip." ”

Gu Yuanhe felt a headache, "Dad, why are you also involved?" ”

Gu Qiang waved his hand, "Listen to me finish speaking." Regarding you, Miss came to me a few years ago to ask about it. ”

Mother Su and Gu Yuanhe were stunned.

Gu Qiang said: "After you were born, the general did not let you become a slave. Your mother didn't know about this, the general only told me, and he didn't need to let your mother know at that time. Yuanbao, like you, was not born into slavery. After the general passed away, I knew that my wife couldn't afford the family business, so I recommended myself to be a housekeeper, and my wife asked me to sign a deed of sale, but my wife didn't know that you and Yuan Bao were not slaves. This is due to the fact that the general did not give your mother's deed of sale to his wife, but kept it in the secret compartment of the study. ”

On that day, the young lady took over the power of the family from her wife and got the deed of sale from the people in the house, and she found that something was wrong. Because there is a deed of sale between me and other subordinates in the house, but there is no one for your mother, you and Yuanbao. But the young lady didn't ask anyone, only kept this question in her heart. After that, I felt that the young lady was worthy of home, so I told the young lady that there was a secret compartment in the general's study, where the things that the general thought were important. Miss quickly found the secret grid, and there was a collection of Geng posts between Miss and Sun Fu, as well as your mother's deed of sale. The young lady took this matter to heart, and did not mention it to anyone. ”

"After the rejection of the courtship, the young lady was silent for a few days, and then talked to me, asking me if you and Yuanbao were slaves, and if your brother was the son of the ancient mansion. I told the general what he had done back then, and showed the good books of the two of you to the young lady. The young lady listened and watched, and seemed to be relieved, and said that it was okay. After that, the young lady confessed that she was willing to buy a small house in the town for you as a new wedding and let you go out to live alone. ”

Mother Su and Gu Yuanhe were very shocked, because they never knew that the general actually had such an arrangement, and the young lady actually said such a thing.

Gu Qiang continued: "I rejected Miss, but Miss persuaded me to think more about you and Yuanbao. What Miss means is that since Yuanbao can't participate in the imperial examination, then you and Yuanbao will be trained to be able to take charge of the shopkeeper on their own. The young lady also said that if you two brothers don't want to be shopkeepers, then let the two of you go out and let you do what you like. ”

Gu Qiang said again, "Yuanhe, don't blame Dad for not telling you earlier. Dad also hid his selfishness, thinking that although Gu Pingxiu was good, her family could not accept her father's background, and it would be you who would be caught in the middle in the future, not someone else, and this day would not be down-to-earth, so I didn't mention it. Dad has been thinking about your family affairs these days, and Dad also wants to open it, since the young lady intends to let you out, and gave you the errand of the shopkeeper, it will not be a problem for you to support your family in the future. If you are still thinking about Gu Pingxiu, then you will marry Gu Pingxiu. ”

Gu Yuanhe couldn't react a little, "Dad, I'm ......"

Gu Qiang waved his hand, "It's like this, but you have to rot it in my stomach for me, and you must not let people know." When you leave the house, you will say that Miss Kai Grace let you out, and you can't mention anything else. Go, don't be in a hurry to make a decision, you think slowly, have a decision, tell sù dad, dad went back to Miss. ”

Knowing that her sons were not slaves, Su's mother cried and laughed, "Yuanhe, go!" Listen to your father, think slowly, don't rush. ”

Early in the morning of the second day, Gu Yuanhe went to the shop to do things without any different colors. As usual, the window of the bean paste bun and the window of the bean sprouts opened first and began to buy and sell. After he arrived, he also began to have guests in twos and threes, with meat and vegetarian stuffed buns, meat sandwich buns, bean paste buns, white flour cakes, bud grain flour cakes for you to choose from, porridge and hot soup are complete, braised pig's head meat, braised eggs and special pickles are also available.

Now the flavor snack shop has made a reputation, not only the people in the town who have plenty of money love to come to eat, but there are guests in Baixian Fu's family will also order a few special dishes from the flavor snack shop, that is, those passing merchants and wealthy families to Kangxi Town, also patronize the flavor snack shop.

The flavor snack shop is a two-point business in the morning and noon. The restaurant does not do early business, and the ordinary snack shop is very small, and the things sold are also single, unlike the flavor snack shop, which is large and the breakfast launched is varied and delicious, which naturally attracts many people who are not short of silver flowers.

The morning rush hour in the shop has just passed, and there are only three tables of guests left to eat, Ning Si is busy picking up the tables used by the guests, only to see the door of the shop open, the curtain is lifted, and two twelve or thirteen-year-old girls who look like maids from two large families walk in.

Wu Xiaoshan, who had just served a plate of bean paste buns for the guests, greeted him with a smile, but saw the two girls snorting at Wu Xiaoshan with their nostrils facing the sky, lifting the curtain left and right, and said softly: "Miss, please." ”

A young lady of fourteen or fifteen years old, holding a handkerchief in her hand and covering her nose, entered the room with an unhappy expression. Behind her, followed by a mother-in-law and four maids. This young lady has a pair of butterfly-shaped golden steps on her head, a peach-colored brocade robe on her body, and a pair of emerald green jade gourds hanging from her waist. And the maid's dress is not good, the material is neither coarse cloth nor cotton cloth, but ordinary silk.

Because it was a female guest, not an ordinary female guest, Wu Xiaoshan subconsciously retreated, the smile on his face was still there, "Is this young lady going to eat breakfast?" Do you want to sit in the cubicle? ”

The young lady frowned.

One of the little girls who lifted the curtain before raised his eyebrows and said, "Get out of the way, you are also worthy of talking to Miss." ”

The shop has been open for a long time, and it is the first time that Wu Xiaoshan has encountered such an arrogant and unreasonable lady and maid, and he looks in the direction of the counter at a loss.

Gu Yuanhe had already come over, and Wu Xiaoshan retreated to the side. Gu Yuanhe's face couldn't see joy or anger, "I don't know why this young lady came to the shop?" He didn't think that this young lady was here to eat, and it was almost the same as looking for trouble.

This time, the mother-in-law stepped forward, "You are the shopkeeper of this shop?" ”

Gu Yuanhe replied, "Yes." ”

The woman turned her head to look at her master.

The young lady had not yet taken off the handkerchief covering her nose, and as soon as she pointed to the round iron bucket in the air on the top, the woman asked, "What is that?" What for? ”

Gu Yuanhe immediately included this young lady and others in the ranks of "wicked people looking for trouble", replied that it was an iron bucket, and the hand hanging on his side moved, and made a certain hint to Wu Xiaoshan and Ning Si.

The woman seemed to be very dissatisfied, "Miss knows that it is an iron bucket, and asks you what it does, but you don't answer what you asked, so bold?" ”

Gu Yuanhe's gaze became fierce, staring at the woman, "Guests are welcome to eat here, and dogs are not welcome to fight people." ”

The woman's face immediately distorted with anger, "Miss." ”

The young lady's gaze was also a little cold, and she motioned to a big girl beside her to speak.

The maid got the instructions and slapped a piece of paper on the nearest table, "This shop, the cook in the shop, my young lady wants it." Then he pointed to Gu Yuanhe, "As for you, you can get out." ”

Seeing that the situation was not good, the guests at the three tables gasped, got up and left the table one after another, and when they saw that the door was blocked by two men, they did not dare to go out, and retreated to the innermost part.

Gu Yuanhe flicked the silk robe without a trace of dust, "The owner has never mentioned selling shops, let alone giving away the cook, I'm afraid you're in the wrong place, please go back." ”

"Presumptuous." The woman shouted, raising her hand to slap Gu Yuanhe.

Let's talk about Ning Si and Wu Xiaoshan, who received Gu Yuanhe's instructions. Wu Xiaoshan returned to the kitchen and told them to seal the kitchen and protect themselves. Ning Si ran to the backyard, climbed the ladder and cautiously looked out a few times, quickly climbed down, put down the ladder and ran into the kitchen, "The back door is guarded, you can't get out." Master Mu, you hurry up and pack up your things, Xiaoshan, you climb over the wall into the east courtyard, I climb over the wall into the west courtyard, let's run out separately, you go to the yamen to report to the official, I will go back to the house to report the news, this matter has to be fast, hurry up. ”

Mu Cong also asked them to leave quickly, and then he and Chen Huzi and his wife put away the important seasonings, stuffed them into the stove pit, and poured the small half pot of braised soup directly into the small pit where the kitchen poured sewage on weekdays, and let it flow down the drain, which was not counted, and rinsed the pot with water to fill the braised soup.

At this time, there was the sound of tables and chairs falling to the ground in front of him, as well as the shouting of Gu Yuanhe. Mu Cong picked up the kitchen knife and went out, Chen Huzi told his daughter-in-law not to come out, and also carried a kitchen knife out, and closed the kitchen door, and told her daughter-in-law to quickly top it from the inside.

Besides, Ning Si first sent Wu Xiaoshan into the east courtyard, and then ran over to top the back door, and then climbed over the wall into the west courtyard. There is someone in the courtyard who is drying clothes, and she is the owner of this grocery store. The lady of the proprietor was not afraid when she saw Ning Si who jumped into the courtyard, but silently pointed to the west wall of her house, meaning to let Ning Si climb over the wall again and not go out directly.

Ning Si didn't have time to thank him, so he climbed over another wall, and there was no one in the backyard here. He picked up a basket in the corner of the wall, swaggered open the back door and went out, and saw a row of eight sturdy men standing outside the back door of the flavor snack shop, glanced at it several times, and walked away unhurriedly. When he got to a place where those people couldn't see, he lost his basket and ran for his life. After all, he has been doing fast fishing for a few years, and he is very familiar with the town, so he took a shortcut, climbed over the wall and through the alley, and finally ran to the ancient mansion and slapped the door of the mansion with a shocking sound.

Qingshu was sitting in the middle of the house embroidering a purse, and when she heard that someone was going to rob her shop, she immediately threw away the half-embroidered purse and hurried to the front. "Who is going to rob my shop?"

Because Ning Si ran desperately, he ran too quickly, and as soon as he was relieved, he quickly explained the matter in general, and said that the lady who wanted to rob the shop was not from Kangxi Town, and she didn't know where she came from.

This kind of thing happened without warning, and Qing Shu had no clue at all. But now is not the time to find a clue, the most important thing is to protect yourself and the shop. "Butler, how many people can be drawn from the house?"

Gu Qiang reminded, "Miss, you can't take away the strong men in the house for the shop, if there is a case, only the women and children are left in the house, doesn't this give the bad guys a chance to take advantage of?" ”

Qing Shu understood what Gu Qiang meant, since someone dared to suddenly break into the shop to make trouble, someone dared to break into their mansion, and he had to guard against it. She looked at Ning Si, "You should have a lot of friends!" If you are bold and dare to follow me to kill, you can recruit me, hurry up. ”

Ning Si thought for a while, and suddenly had an idea, "Miss, there are many people in the town who have returned from the army, they don't have a serious livelihood, and they often work part-time jobs to earn a living. They are easy to find, because they will gather at the entrance of the market and wait for a living. They have killed and cut people on the battlefield, and they are not stage frightened. At this time, Ning Si recommended these people to help Qingshu and let these people help Qingshu strengthen his courage. How would he know that Qingshu has always given herself courage, and where does she need others to help her strengthen her courage.

Those who have been on the battlefield will naturally be ruthless. Qing Shu nodded, "Go quickly, how many people recruit as many people, you take them directly to the shop, and then I will pay them." ”

When Ning Si ran out to find someone, Qing Shu ordered Xiao Juan to bring over the spear she used to practice on weekdays. Months have passed, and she is no longer the girl who wields a stick, and has already practiced a real spear. She also instructed Gu Qiang, "Guard the house, except for the wife and children, everyone has a stick, who dares to break in, beat to death with a stick, and I will naturally have an accident." ”

Qingyang ran over with a trumpet bow and arrow, "Sister, I'll fight the bad guys with you." ”

Qing Shu didn't treat him as a child at this time, "Xiaoyang, my sister is going to protect the people in the shop, you have to stay in the house and help my sister protect the people in the house, you know?" ”

Hearing this, Qingyang nodded heavily, "Okay, Xiaoyang helps my sister protect the people in the mansion." ”

Qing Shu solemnly explained to Gu Qiang, "The young master and the mansion are handed over to you." In extraordinary times, I will allow you to use my father's twin guns. ”

Li Dalang was bringing the horse, and Xiaojuan brought Qingshu's spear. Qing Shu turned over and got on the horse, grabbed the reins with one hand, grabbed the spear with the other, lightly clamped the horse's belly, and with a roar, the jujube red horse first raised its front hooves and neighed, kicked and trotted out of the mansion.

Xiaojuan grabbed a stick in her hand and ran to follow. Ding Jiabao also carried a stick in his hand and chased after him.

Gu Qiang stood inside the gate of the mansion and shouted, "Protect Miss, you try to hold on, help will come soon." "After making sure that Xiaojuan and Ding Jiabao heard it, Gu Qiang hurriedly asked Cai Tieniu to close the door of the mansion, and personally went to seal the back door, and according to Qingshu's explanation, except for Gu Ye and the children, the people who stayed in the mansion were men and women, and each person had a stick. At this time, Gu Qiang had to rejoice, fortunately, Miss brought back four strong men from Zhuangzi yesterday and did not let them go back.

Qingshu's equestrian skills were average, and he was worried that he would hurt people, so he didn't let the horse gallop. Ding Jiabao ran in front to lead the way, which was naturally a shortcut.

When passing through an alley, he saw a few beggars sitting or lying on the side of the road, Qingshu's heart moved slightly, and with a sigh, he grabbed the reins and let the horse turn around in place a few times, and then shouted, "Do you want to eat bean paste buns?" ”

The beggars were indifferent.

Qing Shu spoke again in the puzzled eyes of Xiaojuan and Ding Jiabao, "You beg every day, and you may not be able to fill your stomach." I am the daughter of General Zhongwu, the young lady of Gufu, I have an errand here, if you can do it, you will give each of you ten bean paste bags. ”

The beggars now realized that the young lady on horseback was indeed talking to them. Ten bean paste packets per person? The sound of swallowing saliva is one after another. A gray-haired, unrecognizable beggar asked in a hoarse voice, "What errand?" ”

"I want you to send two pieces of news. The first news, today's lady from a powerful family brought many people to break into the flavor snack shop of the ancient mansion, wanting to rob the flavor snack shop of the ancient mansion and the recipe of the secret lo-mei in the shop. The second news, the strong men who have been in the army within a radius of 100 miles, those with good character, as long as they dare to rush to Kangxi Town before dark, dare to stand on the side of the ancient mansion and deal with the powerful, this girl promised that after the incident, she would give these strong men a safe errand to do. ”

The beggar asked, "Give us something to eat first, and we will agree." ”

"Yes, come with us." Qing Shu drove and took the lead.

The beggars hesitated, but eventually followed. Passing by a small food stall selling wowotou, Qingshu stopped, asked Xiaojuan to buy ten wowotou and gave them to the beggars, and then continued on his way.

When they arrived, there were many people looking around from afar. Ding Jiabao shouted, and the crowd moved left and right, making way for a passage.

Qing Shu sat firmly on horseback, carried a spear in one hand, and only brought a maid and a strong man to his shop.

I saw more than a dozen uniformly dressed strong men standing in front of the flavor snack shop, and a gorgeous carriage pulled by two horses was parked next to it. Bai Xianfu arrived with six servants, but he couldn't enter the shop, and he was pacing back and forth with his hands rubbing his hands helplessly at the moment. Seeing Qing Shu arrive, Bai Xianfu almost cried, and stepped forward, "Miss Gu, you can be regarded as here." ”

Qing Shu had a pretty face, "Yo, isn't this Lord Bai?" I heard that a few thieves with no eyes ran to my shop to make trouble, as a parent official, you didn't go in and tied up the thief, what are you doing standing here? ”

Bai Xianfu felt that he had been wronged, "Miss Gu, you must have heard it wrong, where did the thief come from?" Misunderstanding, complete misunderstanding. Miss Gu, don't you know, this is a noble person from the Xiao Mansion in Jinyang City. ”

Qing Shu's cold eyes swept over, "Noble? This girl didn't see it, but she only knew that a slut had run to this girl's territory to spread wild. And subconsciously clenched the spear with both hands.

Bai Xianfu's head suddenly slammed, and he almost fainted with fright.