"Yes, pearl agate pearls!" Peng Pearl approached Gu Qingzhu and said with a smile on her face.

But when she saw that there was another person named Gu Qingzhu in front of her name, and the three words Gu Jiaao pierced her eyes like the tip of a needle.

"Someone's coming before me." Peng Pearl pulled the burden off her shoulders in amazement.

"This is me." Gu Qingzhu glanced at her and said lightly.

"You came so early, why don't you have to walk for two hours from Gujiaao to Nancang County." Peng Pearl bent over, close to Gu Qingzhutao.

"That's really right, you know Gu Jiaao." Gu Qingzhu stopped his pen and smiled at her.

"No, I don't know, I'm from Cuiping Town, listen...... Listen to what people say. Peng Pearl took a few steps back and stood, she had a hunch that the girl in front of her with a faint smile must have seen through her.

"You are eighteen years old, it is said that you should have married and started a family a long time ago, why do you still come out to work?" Mama Guo walked up to her and looked at her face.

The sun shone on the side of her face, and the fluff that was not visible on weekdays was clearly discerning.

"I ...... My dad is sick, I have to earn money to get a doctor to get him medicine, auntie, you can leave me. Peng Zhuzhu's eyes were red and she wanted to cry.

Gu Qingzhu looked at the girl in front of her in surprise, this is really pretending!

She remembered that the girl who retired from Gu Qingshan's family was the Peng family in Cuiping Town, the surname Peng was rare in ten miles and eight townships, and she saw her age, her hometown was right, and she was even more taboo about Gu Jiaao, presumably the Peng girl who broke the contract and abandoned the marriage was the one in front of her.

As for whether her father is really sick, who knows, if it is true, it is not wronged.

Gu Qingzhu thought of this, pursed his lips, and continued to write.

Thinking about it, Mama Guo was probably moved by her filial piety, and waved her hand to call the girl who was close to her: "Come on, take Miss Peng to the backyard to arrange accommodation." ”

The sun gradually rose, the sun passed through the gaps in the pomegranate trees, and the people who shone were dazzling, although it was early summer, but she had been sitting outside for a long time, and her body was hot, Guo Mama pinched the handkerchief and retreated to the porch, Gu Qingzhu also moved the tables and chairs, and Qingying helped her carefully hold the pen and ink.

In these few hours, several groups of people came one after another, Mama Guo was very picky, not the girl's family, not good-looking, not fancy dresses, even those who painted their eyebrows with charcoal and dyed their nails with impatiens.

After this selection, he left four or five favorites, Gu Qingzhu saw that it was almost three o'clock, and Gu Daya and Zhaodi had not yet come, so he couldn't help but be a little anxious, afraid that he would miss the agreement with Tan Zijin, so he asked Qingying to look at the door from time to time.

"Sister!" Qingying suddenly ran in with a white face, her voice was high-pitched, and she tripped over a pebble and almost fell.

"What's the matter, hell?" Mama Guo was startled by her, patted her chest, and said a little dissatisfied.

"Mama, don't blame, my sister has never been out, and she is timid." Gu Qingzhu hugged her little sister and bowed her head to apologize.

"Sister!" Qingying lowered her voice, glanced at Mama Guo timidly, and quickly lowered her head, understanding that this was not Gu Jiaao, nor was it her own home.

"Okay, you let her run away, and then she will fall again, isn't it adding to the chaos." Mama Guo sat down condescendingly, seeing Qingying's frightened and frightened eyes.

She softened her heart for a while, thinking that she was upset by this heat, so she was angry with this big child, so she wanted to appease a few words, and felt that she couldn't lose the dignity of the housekeeper, so she pretended to be disgusted and said.

"Got it, thank you, Mama." Gu Qingzhu came yesterday, and she almost touched this grandmother's temperament, as long as she worked honestly, she would not be embarrassed for the most part, at most she was a knife mouth and tofu heart.

Mama Guo saw that Gu Qingzhu saw through her intentions, and she was a little uncomfortable picking up the teacup and drinking tea.

Gu Qingzhu turned around and touched the top of Qingying's soft hair, and asked gently, "What's wrong?" ”

"Second uncle......" Gu Qingying swallowed hard, "The cousin of the second uncle's family is here." ”

When Gu Qingzhu heard it at first glance, he thought that Gu Shigui was chasing after him, and he had already gotten up and picked up Qingying and wanted to hide, but when he heard her panting words behind her, he was angry and funny, and scratched her little nose and said, "Gu Erni is here, what's so scary?" ”

As she was talking, Gu Erni stepped in, she saw Gu Qingzhu holding Qingying at a glance, and she was stunned for a moment, and there was a person behind her, who hit her headlong and almost caused her to fall.

"Hey, what are you doing there? Come in or get out! Mama Guo looked at the two crooked and unsteady people at the door, and said impatiently.

Gu Erni walked over with an ugly face, Mama Guo glanced at the patched clothes on her body that were layered and sticky with mud spots, twisted her eyebrows and asked a few words, no matter how poor the others are, there is always a decent dress when you go out, not to mention brand new and wide, it must be clean and tidy.

I haven't seen a girl dress herself as a sloppy beggar, but fortunately she is still born on her face, and said that it was introduced by the eldest lady of the Hu housekeeper of Changlong Wine Fang.

Seeing this, Gu Qingzhu couldn't say anything, so she had to write her name on paper.

Although Gu Erni was illiterate, she was relieved when she saw Gu Qingzhu bowing her head and writing, she just saw Gu Qingzhu sitting there, and she thought that she would not be able to do it, but she didn't expect that she was a temporary messenger who was caught writing, and she didn't have any ability to report personal vendettas.

Let Gu Erni on the side, look at Gu Qingzhu's pen tip, she thought about it that day her father tied up Gu Qingzhu, saying that he wanted to marry Yang Dafa, it was all a play, but he wanted to cheat her money, but she didn't expect that this girl had such a big ability, she ran away in the middle of the night, not to mention, and went to the village chief to complain, so that a group of men in the village came back in a big way, taught his father to be obedient, and beat Yang Dafa so that his nose and face were swollen, and he drove out of Gu's family.

Her family's luck has been terrible, bad things one after another, just ate a lesson in the morning, her father was still lying on the bed and grabbed the sky, in the afternoon the housekeeper of the gambling house came to collect debts, her father did not turn over anything in Gu Qingzhu's house, naturally there was no money, the steward saw that he couldn't squeeze oil and water, and he happened to see her digging wild vegetables and came back, so he said that she would go to the weaving workshop to work and pay off the debt.

Her father didn't think about it, he smiled and agreed, Gu Erni was actually willing to leave this unlucky home, her father gambled and owed a lot of debts, and her mother and grandma blindly doted on that stupid brother, beat and scolded her, and did the most and hardest work every day, but she still couldn't eat.

Thinking of this, she looked up again at the tall eaves and columns of the weaving mill, and the lantern tassels fluttering in the wind, the sun was dazzling, and she couldn't open her eyes.

"You come with me." Xiaolai stood not far away, beckoning to her.

Gu Erni saw her wearing slippery and scallion-colored silk clothes, standing there like a willow tree that had just sprouted in spring, she was ashamed of herself for a while, bowed her head and walked a few steps, and followed her.

The girl who came in after Gu Erni had a sallow complexion, deep-set eyes, high cheekbones, and the clothes on her body were obviously shorter, revealing her thin arms and ankles, and she looked even more skinny.

"What's your name?" Mama Guo glanced at her, drank tea by herself, and moistened her throat.

"My name is Yang Daniu, seventeen this year, from Yangjia Village." These words seemed to have been thinking for a long time, holding back all the way, and when she saw someone asking, she poured beans into a bamboo tube and said them all at once.

The corners of Mama Guo's lowered eyes lifted, if it weren't for the eager light in her eyes, she would have taken the girl in front of her as a fool.

"Who is there in your family, a big girl's ......" Mama Guo didn't continue, seventeen years old, the same age as a flower, even if the family is poor, it will not look like a dried vegetable that has been dried ten percent.

"At home...... There is only one elder brother in the family. Probably didn't expect to ask this, Yang Daniu twisted the corners of her clothes and said a little uncomfortably.

Thinking that this brother would not succeed, Mama Guo didn't ask, but said, "What will you do?" ”

"Cooking, digging wild vegetables, picking herbs, sewing clothes, I can do it all!" Speaking of this, Yang Dayu straightened her waist.

"Have you ever raised silkworms?" Mama Guo asked coldly.

"I didn't ...... I haven't raised it, and I don't have a mulberry garden at home. Yang Daniu lowered her head and continued to wring her clothes, but quickly raised her head again, and said in a very fast tone, "I can learn, I can definitely learn!" ”

That tone was really pitiful, and even Gu Qingzhu, who was sitting on the side, felt a little pity for her.

Seeing that the already shabby clothes were about to be wrenched out of a hole again, Mama Guo somehow moved her heart of compassion, waved her handkerchief and said, "That's it, you can go in with Xiaolai." ”

"Whoa!" Yang Daniu was overjoyed, but somehow it was good, she kowtowed to Mama Guo when she lay on the ground.

Mama Guo had never seen such a simple one, so she waved her hand again and again: "Go quickly, go quickly." ”

Yang Daniu was covered in dust like this, and followed Xiao to the backyard with a smile on her face.

"Green Bamboo!" Just as Gu Qingzhu turned his head to look at Yang Daniu, he heard the voice of the big girl from the door.

Gu Daya came a total of four people, in addition to her and Zhao Di, there were also Gu Xiaohua, the eldest daughter of Gu Shigen's family, and Fang Kui's sister Fang Ling.

Although they looked a little darker, they were wearing clean clothes, their hair was neatly combed, Mama Guo looked pleasing to the eye, and it was introduced by Gu Qingzhu, she only asked a few words, and then asked Xiaolai to bring people in.

Gu Qingying was naturally happy when she saw them, so she obediently left with the eldest sister in order not to disturb the eldest sister.

From time to time, there are so many people, Mama Guo carefully selects, and the elderly people are also a little tired after talking all morning.

The sun at noon became more and more intense, the sun made the bluestone slabs on the ground hot, and Mama Guo's ass was sitting out of the water, she saw that Gu Qingzhu's back was wet with sweat, so she said: "Qingzhu, put away the table, if you haven't signed up yet, you must be a lazy thing, we don't have to wait!" ”

As she was talking, a girl suddenly burst in, leaning on the wall with one hand and her waist with the other, panting: "Wait, Mama, please wait!" ”