The Gu family is a big family in Qingping, in fact, it is not a big family, after all, it has been in business for generations and has a very low status, so the three generations of the Gu family want to come up with a scholar to shine on the lintel, but the sky does not fulfill people's wishes, and finally Gu Qihuai has a seedling of reading, but every time because of his bad background, he was pressed by the master of Futai during the government examination, and he was still a child until he was eighteen years old.

To say that this eighteen-year-old child is not a shameful thing, there are many people who have reached the age of thirty or forty, and by then this Futai adult has already gone to take up his post elsewhere, where can he still manage the affairs of Qingping? The Gu family also felt that they should start a family first and then start a business, so after the government exam, Gu's father and Gu mother asked to help Gu Qihuai about the blind date.

If you don't want to study, you can rely on the Gu family's property, even if Gu Qihuai is not good-looking, I am afraid that the threshold of the Gu family will be broken if you come to the door to say that you are close. This time, when Gu's father and mother chose a blind date for their son, they were cautious, for fear that they would not be worthy of their son.

Regarding these, Gu Qihuai didn't care, he was all about studying, and he had no idea of starting a family, even if the other party looked like a fairy, in his eyes, they were all demons who came to disturb his practice. Therefore, when he saw the handsome and gentle girl of the Li family, he had no fluctuations in his heart.

"Huai'er, take Miss Li to the garden for a walk, it's not interesting to sit here with us." Gu Mu smiled. This girl of the Li family likes both her appearance and temperament, but she hopes that her son can become a jade with her.

Gu Qihuai got up, saluted his mother, and turned to the girl of the Li family: "I don't know if the girl is willing to appreciate the light?" ”

Miss Li glanced at her mother, and with her mother's permission, she got up and went out with Gu Qihuai.

The Gu family is a big family in Qingping, but it is not false at all, Miss Li thought to herself. The Gu family's garden is not much larger than its own, and it is exquisitely arranged, with pavilions and pavilions, and everything is not bad.

"Does Uncle often read here?" Miss Li asked, looking at the books on the table in the pavilion.

Gu Qihuai didn't know why, as Miss Li's eyes looked, she saw the book on the table, shook her head and said, "I don't come here often, I'm afraid it's my father's account book." As he spoke, he walked into the pavilion and picked up the book, but it was not an account book but a copy of "Three Kingdoms" He frowned slightly, except for himself and his parents, who else knew a few words in the house? Someone actually watched "Three Kingdoms"

The girl of the Li family also stepped forward, looked at the title of the book, and asked, "Three Kingdoms"? Is it to write a book about three countries? ”

Hearing this, Gu Qihuai couldn't help laughing, and said to her: "Sort of, write a book on the three countries of Wei, Shu and Wu." ”

Seeing him laughing, Miss Li couldn't help blushing, firstly because of her own embarrassment, and secondly, because Gu Qihuai really looked good when she smiled. In terms of appearance, in Qingping City, she thought that she would not lose anyone, but when she met Gu Qihuai, she began to worry a little about whether she could be worthy of him?

was thinking wildly, Gu Qihuai took the book and said that she was going back, she answered, and when she turned around, she saw a woman hurriedly approaching, seeing the two of them, she bowed to say hello. She didn't care about it, but Gu Qihuai stopped her: "This book is yours?" ”

When the woman saw the book in Gu Qihuai's hand, she couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, shook her head and said, "No." ”

Gu Qihuai smiled, "I seem to have heard that there is a new girl in the house, who can read and break words, is that you?" ”

The woman still shook her head, "Uncle Xu is someone else." ”

Gu Qihuai nodded, opened the title page and looked at it, and said with a smile: "Well, then you tell her, I borrowed the book, and you asked her to come to me to get it." ”

Hearing this, the woman couldn't help but raise her eyes to look at Gu Qihuai, and then lowered her eyebrows and said yes and left.

Miss Li couldn't help but glance at the woman, she looked fourteen or fifteen years old, she was born with beautiful eyebrows, although she was not very beautiful, but she was not bad, at least she would not disappear in the crowd. Looking at Gu Qihuai again, the corners of his mouth were still smiling, and he opened the book and browsed casually. She wanted to say something, but she didn't know what to say, so she could only say, "Let's go back." ”

That night, Gu's father and mother asked Gu Qihuai what he thought of the girl of the Li family, and Gu Qihuai said that people are born with beautiful personalities, but for some reason, they just don't like it. He also told his parents that now he just wants to prepare for next year's exam, and he wants to postpone the marriage until after the crown. Gu's father and mother also attached great importance to fame, so they also fulfilled their son's wish and never mentioned this matter again in the future.

It is worth mentioning that the owner of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" found her before the owner came to find her. He looked at the woman in front of him and said with a smile: "I asked you that day, why didn't you say that this book is yours?" ”

The woman lowered her head and didn't speak, but she didn't know what to say, did she want her to say that she didn't want to show off in front of people? But the books are all in his hands, and he says that he is not pretentious, so it is better not to say anything.

Seeing this, he was not annoyed, looking at the person with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, the corners of his mouth were still smiling, "There are usually not many people going there, but it is a good place to read books, but it is cold in winter, and if you go a few more times, you will get frostbite, and now the weather is cold, and it is easy to get cold when the wind blows, so it is better to go less in the future." ”

"Thank you for your kindness, there are a lot of things in the account room on weekdays, and I don't go often." She said with her head bowed.

Hearing this, he couldn't help but laugh. In fact, he had already inquired clearly, her name was Qin Suosi, and Mr. Zhang Guang was her distant cousin. Since the death of his parents and the possession of his family property by his uncle, he can only take refuge in this cousin. Mr. Zhang felt that she was literate and hyphenated, and it was a tyrannical thing to bring her to do the sprinkling and sweeping maids, so he took her to do some copying work in the account room. As for the account room, this year's rent has been paid, and the rest of the store's accounts will not be calculated until the end of the year, what is she busy with? said this, but she was afraid that she would say that she was lazy.

"It's not uncommon for literate girls to read, but there are very few who can watch "Three Kingdoms", not to mention my daughter's family, even myself, I only know some things roughly." Gu Qihuai said in a harmonious voice.

"The slave and maid only recognize a few words, and take their uncle's book and flip through it casually."

He looked at her and smiled helplessly: "You girl, what's wrong with reading more?" Why are you still hiding it? Mr. Zhang smells of copper, can he still read? ”

Hearing this, she raised her head, glanced at him secretly, and immediately withdrew her gaze, "It's really just a few words." ”

Gu Qihuai looked at her deeply, thinking to himself why this girl was so stubborn, why didn't she dare to admit that she was knowledgeable? Originally, I wanted to talk to her more, but thinking that she must be pretending to be stupid about everything, I lost interest in an instant, waved my hand and let her go. She didn't say anything, saluted, took two steps back, and went out. After she left, he realized that the book had not been returned to her, but thinking about her attitude, he felt a little angry, so he didn't want to return it.

Let's say that Qin thinks about it, and the book wants it, but he thinks that he has to face Gu Qihuai, so he doesn't dare to mention it again. After Gu Qihuai went to study in another courtyard outside the city, she followed her cousin to work in the account room, and she didn't dare to read in the mansion anymore, so the two never saw each other again.

In a blink of an eye, it was the end of the year, and the shops from all over the Gu family came to pay the accounts, she was so busy every day that she was dizzy, and she didn't have the heart to think about any spring and snow. It is worth mentioning that the shopkeepers who came to pay the accounts from all over the country saw that the bookkeeper was a beautiful little girl, all of them were very surprised, and they were busy asking whether they were married.

In this regard, Zhang Guang smiled and said to everyone: "My niece is not married yet, but she is in love with the dog, and I can't bear to beat the mandarin duck." ”

Everyone laughed and scolded: "Your son's teeth haven't grown yet, aren't you harming your niece?" What an uncle! ”

Zhang Guang didn't mind what everyone said, but said frankly: "The female junior holds the gold brick, and the dog always has a time to grow up." ”

Seeing that Zhang Guang said this, everyone couldn't say anything, but they still talked about it in private, saying that Zhang Guang's stupid son, how could he be worthy of such a flower-like girl, it was simply harmful.

These words fell into the ears of Gu Qihuai, who followed his father to check the accounts, and he asked his father if Zhang Guang's son was really stupid. Father Gu said, stupid doesn't count, but his appearance is not good-looking.

Gu Qihuai frowned slightly, he thought that Zhang Guang was sympathetic to his niece before he took him to his side, but he never thought that he had such a plan, it was really despicable.

Thinking like this, he entered the account room, Zhang Guang was reconciling accounts with others, and Qin Suosi sat aside and copied something. When Zhang Guang saw Gu's father coming, he hurriedly came over to say hello, and the shopkeeper who came to pay the account also stepped forward to greet him. Gu's father introduced people to Gu Qihuai, and those shopkeepers immediately praised Gu Qihuai with their eyes closed, but fortunately, Gu Qihuai was used to seeing such a scene, and those words passed through his mind and nothing was left.

"I'll go check the accounts." He whispered to his father.

Gu's father was busy maneuvering, so he didn't care about him. He came to Na Qin Suosi's side, looked down at the account book she wrote, and couldn't help but be a little surprised, the words were strong and powerful, and they also had the flavor of Yan's family, making him feel that he was not looking at the account book but the book.

"Don't read books and practice calligraphy?" He put down the ledger and smiled at her.

She looked up and glanced at him quietly, and said softly: "Uncle said that he was laughing, but he was just writing casually." ”

"Proud," he laughed, "I think it's overkill to let you keep accounts, you should open the library to accept students." ”

"You're laughing again."

"No, I really think your handwriting is better than mine. It's better to do this, I'll help you run a school to teach writing, and dividends will be distributed at the end of the year, what do you think? ”

Hearing his serious tone, she couldn't help but purse her lips and chuckle, looked up at him secretly, but she didn't know what to say, she gave him a salute and retreated to the inner room. Gu Qi's nostalgia is still unfinished, but he can only sigh that the beauty is too shy. Just as he was thinking about it, he heard someone outside the house calling his father, and when he looked around, he saw an eleven or twelve-year-old boy running in and showing off his newly bought candy man to Zhang Guang. Zhang Guang hurriedly pulled him and asked him to call someone. The boy called out writhingly, looked around, and asked him where his father and sister Sisi were.

He looked at the child, who was rude-looking, and did not know how to be polite, and his heart suddenly felt disgusted. At this time, Qin Suosi walked out of the house with a teapot, and when the boy saw someone, he threw himself into her arms and almost overturned the teapot. She frowned and said, "Be careful, what should I do if you burn it?" ”

The boy still ignored her, and said to her, "Look at my new candy man." ”

She put down the teapot, glanced at the sugar man, and said with a smile: "Well, it's very good-looking, Ah Rong is really good at picking." ”

The child said excitedly that he wanted to take her to buy it with him, and at this time, Zhang Guang finally found that his son didn't know how to be polite, and scolded: "Sister Sisi is doing things, looking for your mother." ”

Shouted at by his father, he pouted and went out. Gu Qihuai hooked the corners of his mouth, looked at Zhang Guang, and thought to himself that he was worthy of being a bookkeeper, this wishful thinking was very good, his son was obviously overwhelmed, the Zhang family was not rich, but there were always some assets, and if he handed over his son to either defeat or be deceived, if he married his son Qin Suosi into the family, the assets in the family would naturally be taken care of. It's just that how can his son be worthy of Qin Suosi?

Just as she was thinking, she had already poured tea and served it to him. He took the tea and said to her: "The people in the account room are all men, and it is not convenient for one of your daughters to stay here, do you want to change places?" ”

Hearing this, she was a little surprised, she couldn't imagine that he could still think about this, but where is there a more leisurely job than the account room? Thinking of this, she shook her head calmly and took the teapot to Father Gu's side.

Gu Qihuai looked at her back, took a sip of the crude tea, and frowned slightly.