"Isn't it enough?" Seeing her like this, Tan Zijin seemed to have something unspeakable, and reached into her purse.

"No, no, no!" Gu Qingzhu covered her hand, her face turned red, and she said anxiously, "How much should it be, Master Tan has already given an extra forty Wen Ding money before, and I can't charge you any more." ”

The two pushed again, Gu Qingzhu said that she would not take more, she was short of money, but she had hands and feet, she could rely on her own business, and she refused to soften her bones to be pitied by others.

"Good stubborn temper, is my favorite character, you follow me to the embroidery shop to get some vegetarian cloth, embroidered in the future and sent to Dexing, is it okay?" After a while, Tan Zijin saw that Gu Qingzhu insisted on refusing, so he had to put the money away, tilted his head and asked with a smile.

"This is naturally good, but now that spring is on, the field has to be busy, and it is not necessarily when the embroidery will be completed." Gu Qingzhu bent down to sort out the straps of the back basket, thought about it and said.

"Don't get in the way, you can come whenever you come, I'm not in a hurry." Tan Zijin said with a smile.

The two of them went out of the medicine shop, all the way in parallel, but only a hundred steps to the north is the Dexing embroidery shop, Tan Zijin took out a variety of fabrics, various colors of plain cloth for Gu Qingzhu to pick, she only picked some cotton and linen fabrics, light blue, light green, goose yellow elegant color picked a dozen pieces, she was afraid of getting dirty, and wrapped it in old blue cloth.

Saying goodbye to Tan Zijin, Gu Qingzhu, who was walking in the market, put up a pergola to look at the sun, and saw that it was past the hour, and there was a burst of aroma of food wafting on the street, her stomach grunted very uncontrollably, and after walking down for more than twenty miles, that bowl of porridge was no longer a problem.

Gu Qingzhu glanced at the shops around him, walked through an alley familiarly, walked into a noodle restaurant he frequented, and said to the busy middle-aged woman inside with a smile: "Aunt Ding, wrap me ten meat buns to take away, and then give me three steamed buns to eat on the way." ”

"You haven't been here for a few days, and the meat bun was brought to your younger siblings?" Ding was about fifty years old, wiped the table with his hands and feet, and did not forget to raise his head to talk to Gu Qingzhu.

"Hmm." Gu Qingzhu stood by the door and responded with a smile.

The woman turned and went to the back kitchen, and after a while, she held a coarse porcelain plate with three snow-white steamed buns on it, and in the other hand a pair of chopsticks and a small plate of radish pickles.

Seeing that she was still standing outside the door, Ding Shi hurriedly beckoned: "Come in and sit down to eat, don't you get tired of walking so far in the mountains?" ”

"This ...... Okay. Gu Qingzhu stepped in and sat down at the small table by the door.

Ding's noodle restaurant is not big, because of the delicious taste, the boss is warm and thoughtful, the business on this street is good, on weekdays, when it comes to the meal, there are a lot of merchants and foot forces who come here to eat noodles and dumplings.

On weekdays, Gu Qingzhu does not deliberately enter the store to occupy a seat, often buys steamed buns, and eats while walking.

"You wait, I'll get you a bowl of noodle soup at the back." The woman put down her food, patted her apron, and walked away.

"Auntie, don't bother, I bring water." Gu Qingzhu shook his water bladder and said anxiously.

After a while, the woman brought a bowl of thick white noodle soup, with a few splashes of oil and a few vegetable leaves, apparently made for her.

"This ......" Gu Qingzhu was stunned and didn't dare to take it.

A bowl of eight-treasure noodles costs ten yuan, and for Gu Qingzhu, ten yuan means that she can buy ten large meat buns for her younger siblings to satisfy their hunger, or thirty white steamed buns, which are enough to eat for several days with gruel noodle soup.

"I know you're having a hard time, it's just a bowl of noodle soup, don't want money, you understand that I'm small in this shop, every time I buy steamed buns, I leave, Zuo just wants me to receive one more guest, you take care of me so much, I'm not happy today, I'll invite you to drink a bowl of noodle soup." The woman smiled and pushed the noodle soup in front of Gu Qingzhu.

"Thank you, Auntie, I'll just eat." Gu Qingzhu lowered his head and took a sip, his heart suddenly warmed, they were not relatives and friends, and they didn't even know who each other was, they were just insignificant kindness, but they were carefully remembered and rewarded.

"Eat slowly, I'll pour water on you to the back." The woman couldn't be idle for a moment, and took Gu Qingzhu's water bladder.

A hot bowl of noodle soup and two steamed buns, Gu Qingzhu ate very much, she paid eleven yuan, wrapped the meat bun and the remaining steamed bun in oiled paper, and carried the bamboo basket to buy food.

Walking along the street, there were three or five storefronts that were a rice shop, but seeing a group of people arguing in a circle about something, Gu Qingzhu took two steps forward and looked.

"The price of rice in Changlong has also darkened! Not to mention a heel over last year, yesterday it was one hundred and fifty wen, and today it has risen to two hundred! A medium-sized man said angrily.

"Hey! What time is it now, the price of rice outside has risen like crazy, a few prices a day, like you who are not knowledgeable, saying it can scare you, go, the poor ghost still wants to eat rice, it is better to die and eat the soil! A meaty guy tugged at the corners of his mouth and waved his hand disdainfully.

"Hello, what do you do! Don't buy his rice, look at what he is arrogant! "A sturdy young offspring is not fair.

"Get out, where to buy cheaply, Uncle Ben still doesn't serve you, Shake Huo Huo to buy a liter and a half bucket, and he's still here to worry about it! I don't buy two hundred yuan today, and tomorrow will only go up and not down, and I regret that I have no place to find it! As he spoke, the man snorted and hung a sold-out sign in front of the door.

"Hey! You...... You are clearly hoarding goods and driving up prices! When the people around saw this, they immediately started to make a fuss.

"What's the matter? Buy and sell freely, you can still go to the county government to sue me! The guy snorted nonchalantly with his nostrils facing to the sky.

When Gu Qingzhu heard what they said, she was anxious, if it was at this price, all the money on her body would not be able to buy even three buckets of rice, if she returned the Qin family, their rations would not be enough, but if there was rice not to be returned, she had a troubled conscience, and for a while, she actually regretted eating two steamed buns in a row just now.

"Brother, come on! The previous grain store is one hundred and fifty wen a bucket today! "A little boy of seven or eight years old ran across the street, and he hurried at the crowd.