After being stunned for three or five breaths, Gu Qingzhu suddenly came back to her senses, isn't it just right for him to leave, save trouble, she thought like this, turned around and walked in the other direction.

Dexing Pharmacy, Tan Lide went out to visit friends and was not there, Zhang Pingjin inquired about Gu Shifu's injury, prescribed more than a dozen side medicines, and gave a few extra words, Gu Qingzhu left twenty tea cakes for him to hand over, and said a lot of words of thanks in a row, and invited him to be a guest at Ding's noodle restaurant when he was free.

Leaving the medicine store, Gu Qingzhu rushed back, in autumn, the sky was high and refreshing, walking in the mountains, only to feel that the sky was bluer and whiter, the distant mountains were colorful, red, yellow and green, and spread out endlessly, as if the silk satin woven by the Weaver Girl in the sky with colorful auspicious clouds fell into the dust, covering the eight hundred miles of Taihua Mountains, if it weren't for the tea cakes that couldn't be sold on her shoulders, she really wanted to stand down and take a good look at this dreamlike vast autumn scene.

Back at Gujiaao, it was still early, Gu Qingzhu directly carried the bamboo basket to Gu Shifu's house, handed over the medicine to Sun, and told Gu Shifu what Zhang Pingjin had told him, and finally stuffed the purse under Gu Shifu's pillow.

"Uncle Fu, this is the money that Brother Qingshan earned, you can keep it." Gu Qingzhu said in a low voice.

Gu Shifu pinched the broken silver in his purse, which was as small as a stone, and his face was slightly hot: "Hey, how can I keep these as a cripple!" ”

"You are the village chief, naturally it is better for you to keep it, in my family, you know, grandma and second uncle will break in and loot at any time, and they can't keep the rice, flour and oil, let alone the money." Gu Qingzhu smiled and shook his head.

"Are they okay there? Earn so much money, don't be miserable. Gu Shifu was worried about a pair of children, and he was even more worried about Zhao Di and Fang Kui who were dragged down by him, after all, they were other people's children, if there was a good one, he would really be shameless.

Gu Qingzhu rubbed his legs and said softly: "They're good, we are making food, no matter what, it's always full, the wonton business has been very good recently, the big girl said, when it comes to the meal, there are people waiting in line." ”

"Speaking of which, you took them to do it together, but in the end, you came back, I ...... in my heart" Gu Shifu sighed for a while, choked his throat, and couldn't continue.

Gu Qingzhu didn't think so, and only looked forward to the future: "What's this, everyone works so hard, they all want to live a good life, let's get through this time, pay off the debt, and there will be dividends at the end of the year in the future, and the days are beautiful." ”

Sun nodded as he listened, and the two couples glanced at each other, full of relief.

Qingying and Tie Dan Qingchuan went to the mountains to play crazy for a day, picked half a basket of wild persimmons, and their mouths were full of sweet paste, the three of them chased and played, and came back all the way, Qingying saw Gu Qingzhu, regardless of the dirt and dust on her body, she arched over her, Gu Qingzhu held her in her arms, and smoothed her unkempt hair.

Sun said that he would leave Qingzhu to eat, and their sisters had to stay, and ate a bowl of pumpkin porridge at her house, and the iron eggs were also eaten, and there happened to be a bun brought back, and the three little ones were very happy to eat.

Tea cakes can't be sold, Gu Qingzhu has to sell fresh leaves, the price of Cuiping Town is three percent lower than that of Nancang County, but the road is too far, tossing back and forth is not only a waste of time but also tiring, if you take an ox cart and pay more money for the bamboo basket, think about it, you can only sell it to Cuiping Town, fortunately, the price of Sansheng is accurate, the shopkeeper and the guys are very kind, and everyone has no other extravagant hopes.

Gu Qingzhu picks tea and sells tea during the day, and often takes out the tea leaves that Ran gave her at night, and looks at it carefully, probably because of the summer, the original black-green tea leaves are a little soft and black, and it looks like a person in his twilight years.

Just looking at it, he couldn't figure out anything, Gu Qingzhu decided to go to the Temple of Mercy and Grace in a few days, and talk to Master Ran well, maybe he didn't have any good methods.

A few days later is August 14, according to the convention, the Mid-Autumn Festival school has a holiday, on this day, Gu Qingzhu deliberately got up early, stewed bud porridge in the pot, and went out with a bamboo basket on his back.

Qingying knew that Brother Ah was coming back, so she couldn't sleep happily, she swept the yard and fed the chickens like Gu Qingzhu, even Tie Dan told her to go out to play, she didn't go, she just stayed at home, and ran to the side of the road every once in a while to look, Rhubarb followed her with her tail wagging her tail, not leaving half a step.

Gu Qingzhu bought three-color dim sum pastries in the town, along with twenty tea cakes, and sent them to the school, Liu Yuan was still teaching, and Gu Qingzhu went to the kitchen.

Yang was cooking alone in the stove, and when he saw her coming, he was very happy and pulled her to talk.

"Ming'er is the Mid-Autumn Festival, this is a little heart to send Mr. Liu, he said last time that autumn tea is his appetite, I remember it, if you think it's good, I'll send some next time." Gu Qingzhu took out the contents of the bamboo basket in the same way.

"You are so polite, Qingsong is smart and hardworking, we all like him a lot, your family is having a hard time, don't break the bank like this." Yang pressed her hand and shook her head.

Gu Qingzhu tried his best to persuade: "Auntie, respect the teacher, it should be, Mr. Liu is interested in Qingsong, and I am still owed a bundle in the spring, I am grateful in my heart, the tea is made by me, please don't dislike it, there are not many of these pastries, keep it for Mr. to eat when he reads at night." ”

Seeing that she was sincere, Yang had to accept it, and she made two more dishes at lunch, leaving the Qingzhu sisters and brothers to eat with them.

Because tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, most of the students in the school are teenagers, and they can't sit still in the afternoon, just looking forward to going home early.

Gu Qingzhu had already packed up Qingsong's things, and the two sisters and brothers quit Liu Yuan and his wife and walked out of the school together.

The sun was still shining overhead, the sisters and brothers went to the market, Gu Qingzhu weighed two catties of glutinous rice flour in the grain store, because of the festival in the afternoon, there were still hawkers and people who came and went to buy in the vegetable market in the afternoon, Gu Qingzhu picked two and a half large crucian carp, and bought some spices and the like.

Gu Qingsong hadn't been home for a long time, he tucked the corners of his robe on his belt, and walked fast along the way, passing over many mountain people who had returned home, and those aunts and aunts couldn't help but praise him with admiration, such a handsome young man.

Hearing this, Gu Qingsong was thin-skinned, and he couldn't stop his steps, almost trotting up to Cockscomb Mountain.

He wanted to sit on the big rock on the top of the hill to rest, but there sat a man, a man whom he hated very much.

Gu Qingzhu came later, and saw her brother's whole body tense, standing with his back to her, she walked over and patted him: "What's the matter, sit down and rest for a while." ”

The person sitting slowly stood up and spat on the ground: "It's really unlucky, how can I meet you anywhere!" ”

Gu Qingzhu provoked a sneering smile: "Gu Erni, do you still know to come back?" At this time, I'm afraid what awaits you is not a reunion dinner, but a beating of stir-fried meat, you'd better beg you to bring back enough money, otherwise, you won't have good fruit to eat! ”

"I don't need you!" Gu Erni, who was wearing a brand-new bean-red thin cotton skirt, bluffed, and her hand tightly clutched the burden she was carrying cross-body, for fear that Gu Qingzhu would pounce on her and grab it.

Gu Qingzhu pulled Qingsong to sit down on the stone next to him, and snorted from his nostrils, "Who is willing to care about your, ask for more blessings." ”

Gu Erni sat here for a long time, not a hometown timidity, she was hesitating how to go home and say what she had been doing these days, she had not earned a penny in the Dexing Weaving Workshop for two months except for an injury, and later went to the Changlong Weaving Workshop with Peng Pearl for a month and a half, although it was said that it was five taels of silver a month, and she was in charge of food and housing, but she really entered the weaving compound, it was not like that.

For example, each person has to make eight catties of silk ingots every day to be qualified, if there is a slight flaw in the wiring or sequel, the whole silk ingot is not counted.

This is very demanding, even if a skilled hand like Gu Qingzhu does only seven or eight catties a day, but the weaving workshop manager doesn't care if you can complete it, even if it is done in the middle of the night, she only needs to be weighted, so she doesn't care about people's lives or deaths.

For example, if you eat slowly and drink too much water, you have to deduct money even if you go to the toilet more times.

These are added together, and the first three days are the apprentices who have no salary, and the last three days are not working, and they are not counted as wages.

She has been out for more than three months, and if she gets more than six taels of silver, she only needs to say that the apprentice will not be paid for a month, and she can still get through the tricks, but now that she only has such a small amount of money, how can she explain the past?

Gu Dabao is a man, in addition to taking him as the life of the heirloom ~ root, the rest is gambling money, the rest, whether it is people or things, in his eyes there are only two kinds, one can be used for gambling money, one can't, for the former, he will do whatever it takes to gamble money, and for the latter, he has only one word, fight, fight to death!

She worked hard for more than a month to earn this hard-earned money, which was not enough for her father to gamble in one night, but if she dared not to give it, she would definitely be beaten to death.

After thinking about it, Gu Erni couldn't help but regret coming back, she would rather be squeezed in the weaving mill than go home, her father and mother would only treat her as a cash cow, but the last batch of autumn silkworm cocoons in the weaving workshop have been completed, the silk reeler has no work, how can the weaving workshop raise idlers?

Gu Qingzhu didn't know that heaven and man were at war in her heart, so their sister and brother sat for a while, drank water, and went back along the mountain road.

Qingying was at home, she was in a hurry, she saw Gu Qingzhu's sister and brother from a distance, and immediately rushed over, Rhubarb ran next to her, the hair on her whole body shook in the wind, and her ears stood up.

Gu Qingsong stood up early, half-bent down, caught the little sister who jumped into his hand, instantly raised it above his head, and spun it in place a few times, making the little girl giggle non-stop.

"Okay, I'll choke on the wind for a while, and I'm going to cough again!" Gu Qingzhu hurriedly stopped the two crazy people.

Gu Qingsong hugged his little sister, and the three of them went home together, Rhubarb followed Gu Qingzhu, and the sunset pulled their shadows out for a long time.