Gu Qingshan came with his mother and Qingchuan, and the two rooms really couldn't live in, but because the lantern exhibition was approaching, the inns in Nancang County were almost full, and even a small inn like Rugui did not have a vacant room.

The shopkeeper saw that they were introduced by Cui Fu, and they lived for so many days, so they simply cleaned up a utility room in the backyard, but fortunately, they were just sleeping, but it was okay, Gu Shigen and Fang Kui left the room to Gu Shifu's family, and they went to sleep in the backyard.

Before going to bed, Gu Qingzhu kept an account on the mulberry paper booklet, which was a habit she had developed since she opened the noodle shop, how much money she spent every day, how much money she sold, and how much money she saved by Gu Shifu, all of which she remembered clearly in the booklet.

Gu Qingzhu flipped through the previous records, and she had already earned more than 500 wen in three days, which could be regarded as fulfilling the grand wish she made on the first day of opening the noodle shop, it seemed that it was not difficult to go from 200 to 500 wen, but it was not so easy to go from 500 wen to 1,000 wen.

Gu Daya climbed into bed after washing, and saw that Gu Qingzhu was still sitting under the oil lamp, staring at the booklet in a daze, so she asked, "Qingzhu, isn't the account wrong today?" ”

"That's right, it's okay, go to bed early." Gu Qingzhu said, turned to the last page of the booklet, found the name of Lao Yutou, and crossed it out with charcoal along with the three pennies behind him.

Gu Qingzhu blew out the oil lamp, and by the dim moonlight outside the window, he went to bed and lay down beside Qingying, who was already asleep.

The autumn wind was blowing, the branches outside the window didn't know what was blowing, making a rustling sound, Gu Qingzhu couldn't sleep listening to the movement outside the window, and in the dark night, Uncle Xiang's words and Zhou Bantou's bowl of black willow leaf tea lingered in her heart.

"Qingzhu, have you slept?" The eldest girl stretched out her hand, groped Gu Qingzhu's arm through Qingying, and shook it.

"No, what's wrong?" Gu Qingzhu raised his hand and patted her arm.

"My father and mother are going to look back at the family in a few days, what should I do? If I go back, you will have less helpers, and I am afraid that I will be even busier, but if I don't go back, I am afraid that my mother will not be able to take care of me. I couldn't see the big girl's face clearly in the dark, so I only heard her worry.

"As children, we must always put filial piety first, don't think too much, it's important to take care of Uncle Fu, the business here is not busy, it's just a matter of being faster." Gu Qingzhu comforted.

Gu Daya sighed: "I just can't bear to work so hard for you, if it weren't for my family dragging you down, why would you do this business, I used to watch people do business, just to make more money, now we have opened a noodle restaurant, and we are so busy every day that we can't give birth to seven or eight pairs of hands, which is a little busier than Gujiaao's spring tea season." ”

"Let's just do this, sometimes it's common to take care of the head and tail, and when you get used to it in the future, you can sort it out, you think about Aunt Ding, she didn't open the store very well by herself, and it has been open for more than ten years." Gu Qingzhu whispered softly.

"You still don't sleep?" Zhao Di seemed to be noisy, and said in a daze.

"Sleep, sleep, sleep." Gu Qingzhu said again and again.

"Hmm." Zheng Zhaodi turned over, and after a while, her breathing was shallow and long.

The two didn't dare to speak anymore, only stared at the shadows of the trees dangling in front of the window in a daze, sleepiness came up little by little, and their eyelids kept fighting, and gradually closed.

On the second day, when Gu Qingzhu returned to the inn a few evenings, he saw a few stacks of medicine bags piled up in Gu Shifu's house, as well as some packed luggage.

"Mr. Tan said your leg is better?" Gu Qingzhu asked in disbelief.

Gu Shifu said with a smile: "Silly girl, it's so easy, it's just that Mr. Tan said, like me, I hurt my muscles and bones for a hundred days, and as long as I raise it slowly, I thought, raise it here, raise it at home, it's all the same, it's better to go back, and my heart is still steady." ”

Gu Daya stepped forward hesitantly: "Dad, you really want to go!" ”

"You and Qingzhu are doing well here, she is all for us, you have to share more for her." Gu Shifu took his daughter's hand and admonished.

"But you're hurt, and I don't worry about you at home!" Gu Daya didn't expect Gu Shifu to ask her to stay, and she cried when she spoke for a while.

Gu Shifu showed a loving smile: "I'm always better than a day, not only do you have to stay, when your brother sends us back, he also has to come to help, we can't have a conscience, really treat Qingzhu as a cow and horse, only these days, I am very unhappy, not to mention that the days will be long." ”

Gu Qingzhu persuaded in a low voice: "Uncle Fu, you are too polite, or your body matters!" ”

Gu Shigen next to him said: "Don't fight, Ming'er, I'll go back with you, Gu Jiaao has our old bones, and we will take care of each other, you little ones just rest assured, be bold and break outside."

I went to the weaving workshop at noon today to see Xiaohua and Fang Ling, Xiaohua said that Mama Guo gave them two machines, and said that there are only two machines in the weaving workshop, and they now earn more than others every day, I don't know much, but I just look at them both very good. ”

Zheng Zhaodi excitedly held Gu Qingzhu's hand, looked into her eyes and said, "It's a double-paying machine, Mama Guo really taught them!" ”

"Yes, yes, that's what Xiaohua said!" Gu Shigen nodded again and again.

Sun pressed the back of his hand on the corner of his eye and nose, and held back his sadness and said, "Look, you are all out of breath!" ”

That night, Gu Qingzhu failed to persuade Gu Shifu to stay after all, and on the second day, they packed up all the remaining things and moved to the noodle restaurant first, Gu Qingshan settled the account of the inn, and went out to hire an ox cart to carry his family and Gu Shigen back to Cuiping Town.

When I returned to the village, it was almost evening, and almost all the villagers who got the news came to visit, sighing at what happened to Gu Shifu, of course, there were also those who gloated behind their backs, Gu Shigui was one of them, but with Gu Qingshan and Gu Shigen, he didn't have the courage to jump.

Gu Qingshan was busy at home for two days, Gu Shifu urged him to go to the noodle restaurant to help, he thought that the autumn was cool, so he mourned that the Qin family went to Gu Qingzhu's house to get the autumn clothes of the three sisters and brothers, and wrapped Gu Qingsong's clothes separately.

Qin's stuffed another hundred yuan in the green pine baggage, this is the money for selling summer tea, the Wu family has come to the door to make noise countless times, the Qin family is not easy to bully, every time he slammed back, in the end, he left enough money for Qingsong's pen and ink for two months, and then converted the ration money according to the cheapest grain price in Cuiping Town.

Gu Qingzhu's chickens have always been fed by the Qin family, and the chickens don't lay eggs in the hot summer days, but when it's cool these days, she picked up a dozen, and she also wrapped them, added some side dishes, and brought them to Qingsong.

Gu Shigen and Zheng Jialu, as well as Fang Kui's father and mother, knew that Gu Qingshan was going to Nancang County, so they all asked him to bring things to the children outside, autumn clothes, side dishes, eggs, and all kinds of flower cloth baggage, bulging, stuffed with a huge back basket.

On the third day, Gu Qingshan ate a bowl of fried rice and went out, rushed to Cuiping Town, Gu Qingsong was reading a morning book, in the room where he stayed, he untied the burden one by one and showed it to him, and told him to put away the money and remember to eat eggs.

And Gu Qingsong is most concerned about the eldest sister and younger sister, Gu Qingshan naturally reported peace on his behalf, and he didn't say a word about his father's affairs, so as not to mess up his state of mind when he was studying.

The two talked for a while, and then they heard Mr. Liu in the school start to memorize yesterday's book, Gu Qingshan hurriedly urged him to go quickly, and he also rushed to Nancang County by himself.

He was reluctant to take a ride, and when he walked to the Ding family noodle restaurant, just in time for the most diners at noon, Gu Qingshan put down his things, didn't care about resting, washed his face with well water, and began to help.

There are five days, the Qixi Festival lantern exhibition is about to open, a large number of visitors to watch the lanterns or the whole family out, or three or five confidants together, from the water and land to the Nancang County.

Nancang County is located at the junction of the north and south, this small county has never been so lively, the streets and alleys are full of outsiders coming and going, they do not understand the southern dialect of the north, looking for accommodation, looking for restaurants, looking for scenery, endlessly.

The business of Ding's noodle restaurant is almost full, and now there is no need to be introduced by the officials, and the flow of people in the streets and alleys will follow the fragrance of noodles.

Gu Qingzhu saw it through the window of the noodles, she was both happy and anxious in her heart, happy that the daily income was rising, and the anxiety was that her own shop was not big enough, and some people couldn't wait to change to other homes.

Finally coped with the wave of people at noon, it was too late, and the six of them sat down and ate a simple bowl of noodles.

Gu Qingshan put down the bowl and began to pick up the huge back basket: "Big girl, these are the autumn clothes brought by Xiaohua and Fang Ling's family, you have to send them empty, this weather is going to be cold." ”

"Qingzhu, my brother is here, we finally have a foil, why don't we go to the weaving workshop in the afternoon." Gu Daya said with two burdens.

Gu Qingying raised her little face, frowned, and said seriously: "Well, I'm going too, I miss Mama Guo!" ”

"I think you're missing her snacks." The big girl bent down and scratched her little nose, squeezed her eyebrows and said.

Gu Qingying turned her head, plunged into Gu Qingzhu's arms, and said coquettishly: "Sister Bad, I won't tell you." ”

Several people were amused by her, and Gu Qingzhu rubbed the top of her hair: "Okay, let's go see Xiaohua and Fang Ling today." ”

"You guys can go on your own, it's okay to play a little longer, there are not as many diners at night as there are at noon, and there are ready-made noodles and buns, Aoyama and I can handle it." Fang Kui said with a smile.

Since opening this noodle shop, Gu Qingzhu is like an iron-clad person, getting up early and greedy for darkness, buying pork side dishes, making ingredients and sauces, dozens of catties of flour every day, making noodles, kneading noodles, rolling noodles, everything does not fall, not only cooking noodles and dumplings in the store, remembering the habits of special guests, but also going out to sell steamed buns, busy all day long like a spinning top being smoked, and he didn't have to rest for half a moment.

It's hard for their sisters to go out today, and he wants to make her relaxed.

Gu Qingzhu recombed Gu Qingying, nodded and said, "Well, it just so happens that there is nothing to do today, let's go immediately, I will come back later, and I will directly carry the steamed buns to the East Market." ”

The eldest girl and Zhao Di each held a burden, Gu Qingzhu held Qingying in one hand, and carried half a basket of steamed buns on the other arm.

Before the four of them reached the Dexing Weaving Workshop, they saw three or four carts parked at the door from a distance, and some people kept loading things into it, Gu Qingzhu glanced at the big girl and Zhao Di, and they were also looking at her, and the three exchanged worried looks.

Could it be that something happened to the weaving mill?