"That's all I say, you better be careful." Zhao Di couldn't say why, but kindly reminded her.

"Hmm." Gu Qingzhu nodded thoughtfully.

Zheng Zhaodi hurried to dig wild vegetables and hurried away, and Gu Qingzhu handed the eggs in the small basket to the eldest girl.

"What I have at home, you should leave it for Qingying to eat." Gu Daya refuses to resign.

"Your eggs, your mother has saved up to the town to exchange money to pay off the debt, when I don't know, thanks to you and Brother Qingshan arrived in time yesterday, fortunately he is fine, otherwise, I am really sad in my heart, these eggs will make up for him." Gu Qingzhu couldn't say anything, and stuffed the small basket into the hands of the big girl.

"That'...... Then I'll keep it for my brother. The big girl snorted and was no longer humble.

After lunch, Gu Qingzhu picked some of the loquat in the yard and asked Qingying to send it to a few families to taste, she went to the side of the mountain and picked up a load of yellow mud to come back, dismantled all the chicken nests, and rebuilt them.

"Qingzhu, what are you doing here?" Gu Shigen's wife Xu happened to pass by and asked curiously.

"This chicken coop was built when my father was there, and it rained for a day and a night yesterday, and it was soaked inside, so I demolished and rebuilt it, so as not to make the chickens sick in the summer rain." Gu Qingzhu chopped some thatch and yellow mud together, and was stirring vigorously.

"Your Uncle Gen is at home, do you want him to help?" Xu still remembered the last time Gu Qingzhu allowed her bamboo shoots.

"No, thank you Aunt Xu, a chicken nest, I'll finish it in a while." Gu Qingzhu held a shovel and wiped the sweat from his forehead and said.

"That's okay, if you want to help, just talk, you're welcome." Xu said and left.

Gu Qingzhu was busy all afternoon, and finally built a new chicken nest, which was taller and more spacious than the original, spread soft thatch in it, and made a nest for laying eggs.

Qingying, who had been playing outside for an afternoon, came back to see the new chicken coop, very surprised, she was small, she could even climb into the chicken coop to stay, Gu Qingzhu saw that she was naughty, she was not angry and scolded her, she just smiled and watched her get in and out, entertaining herself.

Early in the morning of the second day, Gu Qingzhu handed over her little sister to the Sun family to take care of her, and she went out of the mountain to sell cocoons with the eldest girl and the Qin family.

The silkworm market in Nancang County, from Xiaomankai to mangzhong, only a short fifteen days, so the silkworm farmers in ten miles and eight townships are stuck at this point in time to ship, and the sooner they are sold, the better the price, because the more later, the cocoon collectors have seen more, and the ordinary ones are easy to be depressed, and once the cocoons in other places are collected enough to collect the desired amount, they will leave by boat, and the local price will naturally fall back in the later period.

When Gu Qingzhu and the three of them arrived in the East Market, it was the most popular time in the silkworm market, and it was still like the tea harvest in the spring, each family set up temporary tents, and the guys shouted hard at the door, but the purchased goods were changed from spring tea to silkworm cocoons.

The three of them were not in a hurry to make a move, but went around to inquire about the market, the price of silkworm cocoons this year is good, the first-class can be sold for one hundred and twenty wen a catty, and the other grades are lower in turn, and the most inferior is also eighty wen a catty, which is better than in previous years.

"Miss Gu!" Just as Gu Qingzhu and the three of them were looking around, under a tent, a delicate and slender woman beckoned to them.

"Miss Tan?" Gu Qingzhu walked over to her.

"You're here to sell silkworm cocoons? Why don't you sell it to me? Tan Zijin gave up his seat to the three of them, and the guy brought a pot of tea.

"Aren't you the one who owns an embroidery shop? How do you change the cocoon? Gu Qingzhu asked a little strangely.

"In the past, the silk and satin in my shop were purchased from Suzhou and Hangzhou, but the price has risen three times in the spring of this year, and the better the embroidery, the less profitable it is. Tan Zijin didn't hide it, and said with a light smile.

"We don't pick buyers, as long as the price is right, everyone sells the same." The corners of Gu Qingzhu's mouth raised slightly.

"My price here, you just have to rest assured, it won't be lower than the outside." Tan Zijin said, waving his hand behind him, "Let Steward Yu take a look at the silkworm cocoon." ”

A middle-aged man trotted over and carefully inspected the cocoons in the baskets on the backs of the three people, Gu Qingzhu and Qin's cocoons were big and white, and they were all rated as first-class A, while Gu Daya's medium-sized cocoons were a bit much, and they only got first-class C, which cost ten pennies a pound less.

"Well, if you don't bother with it, you can pick out the big cocoon and price it according to the higher level, and the rest will be counted separately, how about it?" Gu Qingzhu and Qin's silkworm cocoons were really good, Tan Zijin didn't want to miss it, so he proposed.

Her suggestion is already the best way at the moment, even if she goes to the next house, she may not have the leisure time to wait for them to sort slowly, Gu Daya looked at Gu Qingzhu, and Gu Qingzhu nodded and agreed.

Steward Yu asked the young man to find two baskets, and the three of them buried themselves in picking, and the work of a cup of tea was finished, and Steward Yu re-gave the grade, and finally sold it at a satisfactory price.

At the moment when the guy was settling the accounts, Tan Zijin asked Gu Qingzhu: "Miss Gu, are there any girls in your village who can reel silk?" ”

"Most of us sell fresh cocoons, silk reeling is time-consuming and laborious, and furthermore, it is difficult to find merchants who buy silk threads around, and they generally don't do it on weekdays, so I'm afraid there will be less." Gu Qingzhu thought about it, was not at ease, and turned his head to ask the eldest girl and the Qin family, "Is there anyone in our village who knows how to reel silk?" ”

"I haven't heard of it." Both shook their heads.

"No, it doesn't matter, but is there anyone willing to come out to work? In the weaving workshop, a master can be arranged, but only girls. Tan Zijin continued.

"This ......" Gu Qingzhu and the eldest girl glanced at each other.

"Where is your family's weaving mill, how do you calculate your wages, and what about food and housing?" The big girl is a straight person, and she asked a series of questions one after another.

"The weaving workshop is not far from the West Market, as long as you enter the weaving workshop, you can eat and live, there is no salary during the apprenticeship, and you can get started independently after the master's assessment, according to 30 Wen a day." Tan Zijin said with a smile.

"Apprentices aren't paid?" The eldest girl was a little deflated and muttered.

"The construction period of silk reeling is limited, and it will take one or two months, so the sooner the apprentice starts, the more money he can earn, if you have the ability to learn one day to pass the assessment, the next day according to the familiar hand, besides, silk reeling is a craft, you learned this year, come again next year, you can directly receive money according to the work." Tan Zijin was not annoyed at all, and still smiled softly and spoke slowly.

The conditions of this temporary work are too tempting, I think at the beginning, Gu Shifu took the people in the village to Changlong Wine Workshop to work temporarily, and turned over the lees for a month before he was left to do things, and when it came time to settle the bill, he was harsh in every way, and everyone would be more or less cheated by the careless money, but in order to have work to do next year, most of the people in the village could only endure this breath.

"Qingzhu ......" The eldest girl was obviously moved, and she secretly pulled Qingzhu's clothes.

"If you're not in a hurry, I'll go back to the village and ask for you." Gu Qingzhu thought about it, so he agreed.

It's summer soon, there is no work in the fields, embroidered handkerchiefs and sweaty hands, if you can go out to work together, the girls in the village can earn some money to supplement the family, and Miss Tan seems to be very short of manpower, and the conditions given are very good.

"Then please, I've been collecting silkworm cocoons for two days, about 100 catties, if you can come earlier, it's the best." Tan Zijin opened a weaving workshop in the first year, and things were complicated, so of course he wanted to start work early.

"I'll hurry, if I find someone, just let them come here to find you." Gu Qingzhu nodded.

A few people said some details again, and after a while, the account office handed over their money clearly, and Gu Qingzhu and the three of them left Dongshi.

The Qin family wanted to buy grain and rip cloth, and the eldest girl wanted to go to see Liang Mancang, but she was embarrassed to see him alone, so Gu Qingzhu had to accompany her to find the county office.

Unfortunately, the official guarding the gate said that because of the opening of the silkworm market in Dongshi, in order to ensure safety, the street patrol and the catch were scattered, and they would not come back until the evening.

They had just come from there, and they had seen the crowds of people in the silkworm market, and they were trying to find someone from the tide of people, but they didn't even think about it.

"Let's go back, just know that Brother Mancang is here, he is busy with official business, so it's not easy to disturb." Gu Qingzhu pulled the eldest girl and prepared to leave.

"But ......" Gu Daya didn't give up, still turned her head to look.

At this moment, two people walked out of the door, and a handsome man wearing a lotus-blue Suzhou embroidered robe saw Gu Qingzhu at a glance, and hurriedly dragged the young man in the silk coat next to him, who was dressed in lake blue.

"Miss Gu!" Su Duchun called out urgently, and his tone was light and joyful.

Gu Qingzhu turned around when he heard this: "Young Master Su, such a coincidence, your arm is good?" ”

"That is, Mr. Tan is cautious and wants to keep it, but I don't think I'm in the way with my arms hanging down, so I withdrew within two days." Su Duchun walked over with a smile.

"Ahem......" Mu Jincheng, who was following behind, feigned coughing.

He's such a big living person, can't this girl see it?

"Shicai is still a little uncle's sharp eyes, he saw you at a glance, are you here to find Liang Mancang at this time?" Su Duchun asked again.

Mu Jincheng gritted his teeth secretly, this nephew who was not long-hearted was really a pig teammate, so he immediately sold him.

"We went out of the mountain to sell silkworm cocoons, and came to see him, just now the porter brother said that he went to the silkworm market to guard, and we are planning to go back." Gu Qingzhu still pretended not to see Mu Jincheng, this person is a master who dares to open a dyeing workshop if he gives three points of color, but he can't be too embarrassed, so he should ignore it.

"We're planning to go to the East Market, should we not go there? Maybe you can meet it. Mu Jincheng finally couldn't hold it back and said.

"No......" Gu Qingzhu didn't want to have much to do with him, and wanted to say no, but the eldest girl kept pinching her hand, so she had to change her words, "It won't be too troublesome." ”

"It's okay, everyone has a fixed range and barracks for patrolling the streets and catching fast, let's find Cui Fu and ask, it's easy to find." Su Duchun said warmly.

Sure enough, with Su Duchun, it was almost effortless to find Liang Mancang, a few of them sat in the largest temporary camp in Cui Fu, and just drank a cup of hot tea, a street patrol found Liang Mancang.

"Why are you here? What's going on in the village? When Liang Mancang saw the two of them, he asked a little nervously.

"I can't come to you if I have nothing to do, let's go out with Aunt Qin to sell silkworm cocoons, just to see if you are good here." Gu Qingzhu was afraid that the eldest girl would be embarrassed, so she hurriedly spoke.

A person next to him listened to it and wanted to bare his teeth very much, he had only been on duty for a few days, and you missed it like this, it was an extremely serious difference!