Gu Qingzhu was full of worries, walking slowly all the way, bowing his head and thinking about it, racking his brains without a clue.

Mu Mingcheng watched Gu Qingzhu leave, and sat down at the table: "I see that you have something to say, but the third brother is difficult for you?" ”

"Hey, the third master is not bad in nature, he is tired of those bastards outside, and now somehow, he wants five hundred taels of silver from me, and the master has already explained that he will not let him spend money indiscriminately, but I can't entangle it......

Second master, you are the most sympathetic to the subordinates, although I know that the money must be coaxed by others, but what can I do, now, I don't know how to settle this account. Han Shouyi hung his head and stood beside him, patted the palms and backs of his hands, and said helplessly.

"The five hundred taels are temporarily recorded in my name, the third brother is the age of fun, on weekdays, my father let you be the shopkeeper to detain him, it is not easy, if you really can't control it in the future, how much money will be recorded in my name, after all, you can't let you be empty." The corners of Mu Mingcheng's mouth curved slightly, and he smiled lightly.

"You can use the money in the shops everywhere, it is the money given by the lord to make up for this hole, what will you do in the future?" Han Shouyi asked with some concern.

"I usually feast just to eat, drink tea and listen to plays, and occasionally accompany the uncles to negotiate, I can't spend so much on coming and going, besides, I just allowed two or three shopkeepers who are as old as you, and there is still money to be drawn in the store next to it." The corners of Mu Mingcheng's narrow eyes were raised, and the smile deepened.

"The second master is very good to the third master, and I don't have to say anything to us, the shopkeepers." Han Shouyi looked admiring and gave him a thumbs up.

"The shopkeeper Han has an overreputation, I and Jincheng are brothers of the same mother, and he is a few years older, he rarely has such wanton behavior as a child, until now I still regret it, and now how can I ignore his nature, fortunately, Sansheng is managed by the shopkeepers with heart, but there is no shortage of this money." Mu Mingcheng smiled and waved his hand.

Gu Qingzhu has intractable troubles, since she has no time to listen to the gossip of others, the days are short in winter, she queued up to buy grain, asked about the price of tea and delayed too much time, seeing that the sun has set in the west, she is worried that it will be difficult to walk on the mountain road when it is dark, people are easy to wrestle, not to mention, if the rice noodles are sprinkled, it will be terrible, so she spent an unprecedented penny to take the ox cart back to the way.

The old man who drove the cart was a dull man, he smoked vigorously, and drove the ox cart fast, Gu Qingzhu and a few women she didn't know huddled together, she held the bamboo basket tightly in her arms, for fear that the rice noodles would be thrown out.

Gu Qingzhu was just a fifteen-year-old girl, she went out at dawn, ran around for most of the day, and bought rice noodles with twists and turns.

Because it was getting late, Gu Qingzhu didn't dare to stop, she was afraid that when she unloaded the back basket, the hot pain in her shoulders would make it difficult for her to carry it again, so she only leaned the back basket on the big stone to relieve herself when she couldn't walk along the way, so that she could take a breath and drink some water.

When she climbed the cockscomb mountain with her hands and feet, the sun had slipped to the west mountain, the huge sunset set the sky with red glow with gold edges, the dead branches and old leaves in the mountains seemed to be lit up, and the warm light was shining everywhere, and the unknown birds in the forest were chirping, as if calling friends to lead tired birds to return to their nests.

At this time, Gu Qingzhu was not in the mood to see the scenery when she came, she turned the mountain pass, tried her best to stabilize her figure, and carefully walked over the steepest ridge, when she came to a gentle place, she found that in the colder and colder mountain wind, her back was completely soaked with sweat, and her legs were also very tight.

Gu Qingzhu half-leaned on the rocks to rest and wipe his sweat, and at this moment, Gu Qingsong, who was carrying a bamboo basket, suddenly appeared at the bend of the bamboo forest path and called her: "Sister......"

"Why are you here, Qingying?" Gu Qingzhu stood up, took two steps, and looked behind him.

"I saw that it was getting dark, so I came to greet you, Qingying was playing with Tie Dan at Aunt Qin's house." Gu Qingsong said, and ran over with a happy face, reaching out to pick up Gu Qingzhu's back basket.

"Slow down, wait for me to put it down." Gu Qingzhu found a raised and flat stone, carefully rested the back basket on it, and slowly removed the strap by himself.

"You just take the noodle bag down, it's all rice, you be careful, don't spill it." Gu Qingzhu held the back basket and said to Gu Qingsong.

"Sister, why are you carrying so much, you hurt yourself carefully!" Gu Qingsong carefully patted off the rice grains on his noodle pocket, and blamed him a little distressedly.

"I'm not tired at all when I came back in an ox cart." Gu Qingzhu pinned the broken hair of his sideburns behind his ears and said with a smile.

"Sister, let's go home." Gu Qingsong put the noodle bag in his own basket, looked at Gu Qingzhu deeply and said.

"What are we going to eat in the evening?" With two buckets of weight missing, the pain on Gu Qingzhu's shoulders suddenly improved.

"I braised sweet potato porridge when I came, and I can eat it when I get home." Gu Qingsong walked in front with a sullen head, and Gu Qingzhu couldn't see the sourness in his eyes.

The sister and brother whispered, and the mountain road suddenly became short and easy, and they soon arrived home, and the thin ink-like night followed like a shadow, enveloping Gu Jiaao gently.