Gu Qingzhu picked up Qingying, and the three of them quickened their pace and walked over, and when they came to see it, they knew that it was a false alarm.

Dexing Weaving Workshop is about the day of shipment today, there are coolies to move out of bundles of cloth, four carts, piled with cloth wrapped in fine cotton blue cloth, although you can't see the color and material inside, think are excellent.

In the countryside, how many big girls and little daughters-in-law dream of making a skirt from muslin, and on weekdays, they think about it, only when they wait until the New Year, the family has money to spare, and the boys and children have it, can it be the turn of the women.

The cloth from the Dexing weaving workshop is actually wrapped in muslin, and it is conceivable how precious the silk inside is.

The mother-in-law who guarded the door naturally recognized Gu Qingzhu and the others, and while watching the coolies loading the goods, she secretly exchanged a few words with them, knowing that they were here to find someone, so she let them in.

In the silk reeling workshop, the recently acquired silkworm cocoons could not be connected, Mama Guo gave them a half-day off, Gu Xiaohua and Fang Ling were nesting in the house to take a nap, when they heard Gu Daya's hearty voice outside, and they thought that their ears were wrong.

It wasn't until Gu Qingzhu distributed meat buns and steamed buns under the porch, greeted everyone, and Gu Qingying couldn't wait to knock on the door that they really believed that they came back to see them.

Gu Xiaohua opened the door, picked up Qingying, kissed and rubbed her, teased her to giggle, raised her eyes, and met Gu Qingzhu's smiling eyes, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

The eldest girl and Zhao Di squeezed into the door and piled the clothes and dishes they brought from home on the table, Gu Xiaohua and Fang Ling quickly cleaned up, and several people sat down and talked about the situation after separation.

Gu Xiaohua suddenly remembered and said: "A few days after you left, the third master came back once, and asked me, why didn't you stay, I can't say anything, I just prevaricate and say, you go back to your home and serve the tea garden." ”

"The servants and girls here all say that the third master has hysteria, and he speaks upside down, I didn't believe it before, but that day I heard him mutter, saying that you are stupid.

Look, what are these words, Qingzhu has also cooked for him many times, there is no credit and hard work, how can such a person go to tea and cool! Fang Ling was quite angry when she thought about it at this time.

Gu Qingzhu was stunned, what he said was stupid, probably because she refused to listen to him at the beginning, but she made people happy, she still obeyed his wishes after all, and also took advantage of him for nothing, and used the rent he paid to open a noodle restaurant, which is like bringing someone else's hen back to lay eggs, which is somewhat inauthentic.

Thinking of this, Gu Qingzhu's face was slightly red, and he couldn't help but defend him: "Ahem, cough, he's a person, just like that, his mouth is faster than his brain, and he is actually not a particularly vicious bad person." ”

Seeing her say this, Gu Xiaohua and Fang Ling seemed to see a ghost in the daytime, thinking that at the beginning, who followed the execution ground every time they cooked, how could they change their tone now?

Gu Daya continued: "Hey, too, the rich man does things according to his mood, didn't he save Qingying last time, and he can't all be regarded as a bad person." ”

Zheng Zhaodi added water to everyone, and said angrily: "Forget it, it's just a person who meets in Pingshui and will never see each other again. ”

"Mmmm, this is the meat bun we made in the noodle shop, it's fragrant, you can taste it." Gu Daya took out the bun that was still warm.

Gu Xiaohua took a bite, the juice spilled out, and she hurriedly took a sip: "What Qingzhu makes is delicious!" ”

"It's delicious, if you like it, you have to come to the Ding family noodle restaurant in Lihua Lane, we have all kinds of noodles, and we don't bring the same for a month." Gu Daya's eyebrows were flying, and she said with a smile.

There was a knock on the door.

Gu Qingying ran to open the door, and when she saw someone coming, she called very politely: "Hello Mama Guo." ”

"Qingying has grown taller." It was Mama Guo who was wearing a smoky gray satin dark pattern skirt who came in, she touched Gu Qingying's head and said with a smile.

Xiaolai followed behind her with a plate of walnut crisp, and she took Qingying by the hand and walked in together.

Gu Qingzhu and the three of them hurriedly got up and saluted, Mama Guo waved her hand, everyone gave her a seat, Xiaolai put the dim sum plate on the table, and took a piece for Qingying.

Mama Guo took out a silk handkerchief, brushed the stool, sat down and looked at them: "You have been walking for almost twenty days, and there is no news, so you are okay outside." ”

Gu Daya took out the meat-wrapped steamed buns for Mama Guo to taste: "We opened a noodle restaurant, the business is good, Mama Guo, you can eat one." ”

"Oh?" Mama Guo didn't answer, and her eyebrows were slightly frowned up.

Although she has lived in a deep house for a long time, because of the operation of the weaving workshop, she still has some understanding of the rent of the store in Nancang County, and the money earned by Gu Qingzhu alone is not enough to pay for medical expenses, so how can she have the money to open a noodle restaurant?

Gu Qingzhu naturally knew her doubts, and hurriedly said: "By chance, a friend's noodle shop happened to be empty, so he helped us to run it first and earn some medicine." ”

"Oh, that's it." Mama Guo lowered her eyes and said, "If you are having a hard time outside and want to go back to the weaving workshop, you can come at any time, in a word." ”

"Thank you Mama for your kindness." Gu Qingzhu stood up and poured her a bowl of water, "Recently, the Qixi Lantern Exhibition is about to open, and the business of the noodle restaurant is okay." ”

As he was talking, the door of the house was suddenly pushed open, and a tall woman and child broke in, and said with a burning voice: "Mama, the merchants who buy silk thread are here, and they are waiting!" ”

"You have to change your panicked temperament, how many times have you been taught, you have to knock on the door when you come in, and you always have no memory!" Mama Guo said with a heavy face, and turned to Gu Qingzhu and said, "It's time to ship in the weaving workshop today, you guys play first, and I'll take a look at the front." ”

After speaking, Mama Guo hurriedly left with Xiaolai.

The girl who was reprimanded by her stood by the door with her hands tied, and then raised her head and shouted, "Miss Gu, you are here." ”

Only then did Gu Qingzhu see clearly that the girl in front of her was Yang Daniu, she had gained weight, her face was rounder, and her skin was whiter than before.

"Well, let's take a look at Xiaohua and Fang Ling, this is the meat bun we made, you take two and try it." As he spoke, Gu Qingzhu wrapped two meat buns in oiled paper and gave them to her.

Yang Daniu pinched the paper bag and said a little crampedly: "Thank you." ”

"They're all gone, but you're down here!" Gu Daya said with a smile.

Although Gu Qingzhu won the last food competition, Gu Daya will not forget that Yang Daya and Gu Erni are a gang, and they also helped the punished person to intercede for treatment several times, as for the later destruction of the silk reeling machine, she was not involved, Gu Daya was also quite surprised, but she attributed this to Jia Min looking down on Yang Dayu, thinking her clumsy, but let her escape.

Therefore, she is extremely hostile to Yang Daniu.

"I ...... I don't have any land at home, I can still earn some money by eating and living here, all, I ......" Poor Yang Daniu had a clumsy mouth, and she looked at Gu Qingzhu for help.

Gu Qingzhu walked over and patted her thin shoulder: "Go get busy, don't let Mama Guo look for you." ”

Yang Daniu smiled gratefully, turned around and trotted away.

"Qingzhu, what are you doing letting her go, I haven't scolded her yet." Gu Daya crossed her waist and twisted her eyebrows.

Gu Qingzhu coaxed her softly: "Okay, we finally came out for a trip, are we here to quarrel?" ”

"Hey, she's not easy, recently a man often comes to her to ask for money, and if she doesn't give it, she scolds her, and she scolds her for anything dirty, I heard that it's her brother, or her own child, and it's enough for her to be uncomfortable." Gu Xiaohua sighed and said.

Fang Ling continued: "Since the three of them left, no one wanted to live in a room with her, Mama Guo saw that she was honest and responsible, so she asked her to guard the warehouse with her mother-in-law at night, and subsidize her a little money every month. ”

"Let's go and see the shipment, the silk ingots we made at the beginning are afraid that they are also woven into silk." Zheng Zhaodi said with interest.

Gu Xiaohua smiled and squinted: "There will be a batch of goods in the weaving workshop for about ten days, when you come, you are transporting the whole horse out, but it is all wrapped in advance, and you can't see the color of the silk, I might as well take you to see the silk threads selected for the merchant, those are first-class and good." ”

Several people walked out of the door giggling, Gu Qingying wiped the crumbs of walnut crisp on her mouth, stepped away from her short legs, caught up with the eldest sister, and held her hand tightly.

Gu Xiaohua led everyone to a secluded flower wall, across the cross begonia window, it was a small courtyard, it looked like a warehouse, and saw several men bowing their heads to pick silk threads, those bundles of silk threads were dyed with extremely bright colors, flashing crystal light in the sun, reflecting the faces of those people who looked a little better.

Gu Daya carried Qingying on her shoulders, and several people stretched out their heads to look around, and muttered in a low voice, the Luo Pa they embroidered had never used such a good thread, and it made people happy when they looked at it, but Gu Qingzhu's eyes shifted from the huge silk thread plaque to the goods burden resting in the shade of the merchant.

The merchant's load can be regarded as a juggling treasure chest, with large chests with many drawers hanging at both ends, and a circle of raised planks around the chest, and some objects that are particularly easy to attract people, such as the rattle of the little baby, the silk thread of the women, the maltose of the child, and even the flat pole has no room for it, with a bundle of feather dusters tied at one end and a few kites tied at the other end.

These are the goods they want to pick up to sell in the townships, usually the girls in the county like to buy silk embroidery, but the country girls can only afford cotton thread, so in his drawers, there are several kinds of embroidery threads, as for others, such as rouge gouache and the like, it is also divided into good and bad.

Of course, they also accept things, such as exchanging mountain goods, which is also possible, but his price is low, and only those who don't have time to go out and wait to use it will barter.

The entrance to Gujiaao is difficult to find, and the ridge is steep, and few merchants can carry a burden into the mountain, so Gu Qingzhu knows for the first time that there is such a business in the world.

Her eyes slipped on the two magical boxes for a long time, and a whim, a thing that had been bothering her for a long time, suddenly turned around.