Gu Shifu waved his hand and said: "Forget it, they will probably come back soon, if you go out and go wrong again, it will really become Zhang Lang looking for Li Lang to find Mai Zihuang!" ”

Fang Kui scratched his head, Gu Shifu was right, when Gu Qingzhu left, he said that he was going to the East Market, but at this moment, the East Market must be closed and no one is there, and he is not a master who can pinch and count, where does he know where they went, even if he left the inn, he would be blind and wandering around.

"Take a break, until you're dizzy." Gu Shigen rubbed his forehead and twisted his eyebrows.

Fang Kui had to sit down at the table, thought about it, and poured three more bowls of water to cool it in case they came back to be thirsty.

It didn't take much time, but with the sound of knocking footsteps, Gu Daya's excited voice came from below: "Dad, we're back!" ”

However, Gu Shifu couldn't move, he craned his neck and responded, but he didn't know that his voice trembled and was hoarse.

Fang Kui stepped over and opened the door one step earlier, and the three girls came in like a gust of wind, carrying the faint cold air of the moonlight outside.

"Sister!" Gu Qingying, who hadn't seen her eldest sister for a day, was like a little rabbit, plunging into Gu Qingzhu's arms and rubbing her around.

"Are you good today?" Gu Qingzhu smoothed her hair, Gu Shifu was lying on the bed, Gu Shigen would not tie a little tug, and he was afraid of hurting the villain, so he had to let her hair unkempt for a day.

"Sit down and eat." Gu Shigen pointed to the meat bun on the table.

The three of them ate a little indiscriminately, and hurriedly cleaned up the table, Gu Qingzhu picked up the two corners of the purse, and poured the money inside on the table, or the old or new copper coins collided with a jingling and crisp sound.

The sound was very pleasant to the ears of everyone in the room.

"Fifteen, ten, fifteen......" Gu Qingzhu pulled the copper plate and counted in a low voice.

The eldest girl and Zhao Di were lying on the edge of the table with their arms together, holding their waists straight, staring at the small pile of copper plates in front of them, only to see them piled up from Gu Qingzhu's left hand side to the right hand side little by little, and then moved from the right side to the left side.

"A total of five hundred and eighty-three texts!" Gu Qingzhu counted three times before he said with certainty.

"Wow, that's so much!" Gu Daya, whose eyes were full of light, grabbed Zhao Di's arm and shook it vigorously.

Zheng Zhaodi pursed her lips and nodded vigorously, this is the happiest moment of a hard day.

Gu Qingzhu found a piece of paper, listed the expenses for buying meat and vegetables today, counted and calculated, raised his eyes and said, "We have removed the capital today, and one of us has earned two hundred and nine wen." ”

"Really?" Gu Shifu said with some surprise.

They are in Changlong Liquor Workshop, sweating vigorously every day, but it is only forty wen a day, and they have to be deducted by the caregiver at every turn, and Gu Qingzhu is in the Dexing Weaving Workshop, getting up early and doing double payment silk in the dark, and it is only one hundred wen at the best time.

Even Gu Shigen, who was worried about Gu Qingzhu's young age and didn't think about taking over the noodle restaurant, also put his hands behind his back at this time and leaned over to the table to look at the pile of copper coins with a shiny luster.

Fang Kui leaned against the door, touched his chin and said: "I just said that Qingzhu is lucky, if it goes on like this, you can earn six taels of silver a month, obediently, this is more than what I earn by doing odd jobs for a year!" ”

Gu Qingzhu grinned at him: "Brother Kui, what is this, I will earn five hundred wen or one thousand wen every day in the future, and the sesame seeds will bloom and grow!" ”

"Okay, Brother Kui will point to you to pay your wages and make a fortune with the Gu Jiaao people!" Fang Kui only thought that she was a child with a strong heart, and he didn't take it seriously and smiled.

"Uncle Fu, the two hundred wen earned and the one thousand wen congratulatory gift money given by Patrol Officer Cui, as well as Brother Mancang's eight taels of silver, are all kept by you, and I will keep the rest as capital." Gu Qingzhu put a blue cloth purse at the head of Gu Shifu's bed.

This man in his forties was hot: "No, no, no, I'm a waste, how can I take this money for nothing!" ”

Gu Qingzhu said in a serious voice: "You are the village head, you are the backbone of our Gu Jiaao, Brother Mancang's money has to be kept to build a house, Lord Cui's congratulatory gift will be returned one day, and the rest of the money earned is still too little, don't worry, I will let it get more and more!" ”

Gu Shifu didn't know what to say, he only clutched his purse tightly, and the green tendons on the back of his hand were bulging.

There was silence in the room for a while, and Gu Shigen spoke: "You guys are tired for a day today, go wash and rest." ”

Gu Qingzhu nodded, accepted the money on the table, and took Qingying and the eldest girl Zhaodi back to their own room.

Gu Shigen took advantage of Fang Kui to fetch water to wash, he sat on the edge of Gu Shifu's bed and sighed: "Qingzhu, this girl is all good, belch, it's just that her life is a little harder, her mother is dead and her father is not there, and grandma and second uncle are scoundrels, even if they earn some money in the future, it will not be enough to fill the hole." ”

"In the past, I could still rely on the name of the village chief to hold Gu Shigui, but now I am a cripple, he has nothing to fear, he just has to go to heaven." Gu Shifu touched his leg and said in annoyance.

Gu Shigen patted him on the shoulder: "Look at the old man in the play, don't be angry and arrogant, take a shocking shot, the prisoner is so frightened that he has nothing to do, you are the village chief, you should have the bearing to kill and decide, in Gujiaao, who dares not to listen to you, I, Gu Shigen, will not agree!" ”

"It's still our old brothers who can talk about it, if the world is here, it's a different situation." Gu Shifu pursed his lips and shook his head.

Gu Shigen agreed: "God doesn't open his eyes, good people don't live long, and wicked people live for thousands of years!" ”

Sentimental for a moment, the two sat silently, and after a while, Fang Kui's hair was wet and he came back, and the three of them fell asleep separately.

It's been seven or eight days like this, Gu Qingzhu and others get up early and stay late, the business of the noodle restaurant is getting better and better, those old guests may bring new diners to the room, and the officials are constantly introducing people, and occasionally they have to queue up for dine-in at noon.

Gu Qingzhu still went to the East Market to sell steamed buns at night, and witnessed the temporary lantern sheds springing up like mushrooms after a rain.

The work of secrecy has been done to the extreme, and the lantern craftsmen of each family cannot leave their respective sheds before the exhibition, so Gu Qingzhu's business is very prosperous, and some people know that she also sells all kinds of noodles, and they all want to try it.

The noodles and dumplings made in hot soup can't be brought to Dongshi, Gu Qingzhu had to tell the address of Ding's noodle restaurant over and over again, the craftsmen can't get out, but the steward can walk around, can't help but be curious to eat, never forget, and miss it even more.

She also often goes to the wharf, in addition to Zhou Bantou's gang, she also met more other people, steamed buns on the wharf are better than meat buns, not because the meat buns are not delicious, but the price of steamed buns is low, one or two, and it is tight to ward off hunger.

The coolies were all from poor families, and occasionally they were not rich for a while, as long as there was a team leader as a guarantee, she was willing to owe one or two times on credit, and gradually, when the time came, people began to wait for her and her steamed buns intentionally.

At noon on this day, the Ding family's noodle restaurant was in full swing, the noodles were fragrant, the diners were crowded, and the take-out steamed buns were also lined up.

"Wow, what are you doing?" Suddenly, a man's shrill voice burst out.

Hearing that the tone was not good, Gu Qingzhu looked over, a man wearing a dark cyan silk coat, twenty-seven or eighteen years old, five short figures, two mustaches on his lips, roe deer, and a very raw face.

"Where did he come from, and what did he want?" Turned his head to look at the big girl and Zhao Di.

"I don't recognize it, I listen to the accent like a local, he wants a bowl of three fresh noodles, no coriander, I see that he looks like a big mouse, especially remembered." Gu Daya thought about it and said firmly.

"What? Didn't a pant come out to speak? The man said again.

Gu Qingzhu stopped the eldest girl and Zhao Di, walked over by herself, pulled out a little smile and said, "The small shop is really busy at this time, and the hospitality is not good for a while, may I ask, what's the problem?" ”

The man crossed Erlang's legs and said contemptuously: "You are busy, is that the reason for doing the wrong thing?" ”

"I just asked, you ordered three fresh noodles without coriander, isn't this bowl exactly?" Gu Qingzhu replied neither humbly nor arrogantly.

Hearing this, the man looked like a mouse with his tail cut off, jumping three feet high: "Nonsense, I clearly ordered Babao noodles not coriander, you whole this, do you want to cheat people out of money, Babao noodles are half the price of three fresh noodles!" ”

The man shouted at the top of his voice, causing the people in the dining room to look over, and he was even more proud, staring at Gu Qingzhu with his neck curled.

"How can you open your eyes and tell nonsense! You obviously ordered three fresh noodles, and I repeated it! Gu Daya rushed out at once and said eagerly.

Gu Qingzhu grabbed her, and turned to the man and said, "Please wait, Babao noodles will come soon." ”

After speaking, she took three fresh noodles and forcibly dragged away the unconvinced Gu Daya.

"I'm not wrong!" Gu Daya shouted in a low voice.

Gu Qingzhu drank: "I didn't say you were wrong!" ”

"If you remake the noodles for him, you mean I'm wrong!" Gu Daya's eyes were red.

Zhao Di grabbed Gu Daya: "Are you stupid, there are so many people watching outside, do you want to make a chicken and dog jump and scare the diners away?" ”

"But I'm not wrong!" Gu Daya is stubborn.

"We naturally believe you, but that person is here to make trouble, and we can't send him away with this bowl of eight-treasure noodles, and we are waiting to see how I teach him!" Gu Qingzhu knocked the iron spoon on the edge of the pot, making a thumping sound.

After a while, Gu Qingzhu personally delivered a bowl of hot eight-treasure noodles to the man, and the man pulled it with chopsticks a few times in disgust: "That's it?" Also eight treasure noodles? ”

"Shredded chicken, meatballs, fish balls, quail eggs, kidney flowers, peanuts, fungus, dried tofu, there are eight kinds of meat and vegetables, and there are also green vegetables, shredded bamboo shoots, tomatoes, if you count these, there are more than ten kinds." Gu Qingzhu was not annoyed at all, and said lightly.

With a "snap", the man dropped his chopsticks heavily: "What is a treasure?" You countryman haven't seen it, gold, silver and jade, glass jade, pearl coral is called treasure! ”

When Gu Qingzhu heard this, he snorted and laughed: "You're right, this is a treasure, is it possible to eat it?" ”

The man stared at the round eyes like a mouse: "Since you say it's a treasure, it should be these, you don't care if I can eat it!" ”

"I heard that there is a famous dish in Suzhou and Hangzhou called squirrel fish, according to what you said, you have to find a squirrel in the dish!" Gu Qingzhu sneered.

The diners in the dining room burst into laughter!

The man was a little panicked, his eyes wandered, he slowed down, and threatened viciously: "You are cheating and deceiving the diners, I will go to the yamen to sue you, and sue you until you are bankrupt!" Otherwise, now, immediately, immediately give me ten taels of silver as compensation! ”

"You just have to go and sue, I don't have any money, and I don't have the leisure time to play with you, but there is an elder brother, he works as a catcher in the yamen, if you go, go directly to him." Gu Qingzhu shook his head and spread his hands helplessly.