Gu Qingying immediately stepped forward to hold on to the ladder frame, this was the tacit understanding of their sisters, although she was still so young.

"A bunch of stupid ones, it's better than a doll, go hold on! If it had been left 20 years ago, it would have been killed and thrown out to feed the dogs. Mama Guo grabbed the feather duster in her palm again and knocked it with a snap.

"Is that okay?" People in the mountains are used to climbing mountains and trees, Gu Qingzhu stood at the top of the ladder without timidity, and asked back.

"Point to the east...... Uh-huh......" Mama Guo looked up at her holding the ladder with one hand, leaning out most of her body to adjust the lanyard of the couplet, and her heart couldn't help but be abrupt, and hurriedly said, "Okay, that's it." ”

Gu Qingzhu got down the ladder neatly, squinted his eyes and looked at both sides, making sure that it was about the same height, before clapping his hands and saying, "Mama, what else is there to do?" ”

"Let the little girls do the cleaning, and when it opens in a few days, the old friends of the lord and the young lady will come, and you hang those lights everywhere." Mama Guo pointed to two more than a dozen lanterns under the corridor, which were all fine gold and plum yarn lanterns.

"Okay." Gu Qingzhu agreed, rolled up her sleeves as she walked, and Qingying followed her upside down.

"Xiao Yuan, Xiao Ji, you two don't hurry up!" Mama Guo used a feather duster to shoot two slightly older girls.

"Whoa!" The girls had already been deprived of their claims by this picky old woman, and after they asked them to go, the two immediately dropped the rag in their hands and left, and they were scolded by her again.

Gu Qingzhu looked at the width in front of the door, chose two large lanterns and hung them one by one, and immediately celebrated a lot.

Xiao Yuan and Xiao Ji are mediocre, they are thirteen or fourteen-year-old girls, most of them are girls who serve flowers and plants in the inner courtyard, raise cats and feed birds, and it is common to be lazy on weekdays.

"The soles of my feet are blistered today!" Xiao Yuan saw Xiao Ji holding the ladder, so she turned around and sat on the beauty under the porch to complain.

"Who says I can't say it, my hands are burr, and my clothes are torn!" Xiao Ji said, letting go of the ladder and looking at his own hand distressedly.

They forgot for a moment that Gu Qingzhu was still struggling to hang the lantern on the ladder, and the ladder carrying the heavy weight suddenly lost its support, and it couldn't stand on the smooth bluestone slab at all, and it slipped backwards after a while!

"Ahh Gu Qingzhu was almost about to hang the lantern on the hook, but her feet suddenly emptied, which made her couldn't help but be shocked, and instinctively grabbed the hollow lattice on the verandah, and her whole body hung on the porch and swayed.

"Sister!" Seeing the lantern smashing to the ground, the veil cracking and the bones breaking, Gu Qingying screamed and shouted.

Xiao Yuan and Xiao Ji were immediately frightened, and they panicked to help the ladder, but their hands and feet were weak, and they couldn't move the bamboo ladder, Guo Mama and the others heard the sound, and they all ran over, Guo Mama didn't care about scolding the two girls who were in trouble, just asked someone to take the ladder, but everyone was crowded in one place, the ladder was too long, and it couldn't be moved, and it was noisy and panicked for a while.

Gu Qingzhu, who hung under the corridor with one hand, really couldn't hold on, yesterday in order to break free from the binding, her whole body was sore, and she was frightened and drove all night, she didn't eat or sleep, at this time she only felt that all her strength was drained, and the sweat on her hands was falling off from the lattice little by little.

"Get out of the way!" With a burst of shouts, a sky-blue figure in a long robe rushed over and caught the falling Gu Qingzhu.

"Sister! Woo woo woo ...... "Gu Qingying, who had endured it for a long time, threw herself on Gu Qingzhu and cried loudly.

"How are you?" Mu Jincheng looked at the person in his arms in surprise and muttered.

At this time, Gu Qingzhu had already fainted.

"Hurry up, hurry up and send it to the house, Xiao Ji will invite Mr. Zhang to our medical hall!" Mama Guo pinched the handkerchief and waved her hand to command.

Xiao Ji Fei ran away, and Xiao Yuan and several other girls hugged Gu Qingzhu to the backyard.

Mu Jincheng looked up at the top of the corridor, the half-hung lanterns on both sides were swaying in the wind, the same pattern, the same tassel, it was very beautiful.

"Third master, you ......" Mama Guo saw him stunned and said with a smile.

"These days, the lotus flowers in the pond are blooming, and my grandmother asked me to ask if Sister Zijin has time to come to the house to play." Mu Jincheng said angrily.

He was trapped in a private school and studied for two days, and he was already impatient, so he robbed the errand of the bear housekeeper and came out to deliver the letter, he was curious about Tan Zijin's weaving workshop, and took the opportunity to take a look, but unexpectedly saved Gu Qingzhu.

Gu Qingzhu's little face, which was full of cold sweat and pale, made his original interest in sneaking out to play all gone, and his heart was hanging, but he couldn't just break in and ask.

"The eldest lady is in the silkworm market in Dongshi, the ancestors of the Mu family are invited, she will definitely go!" Mama Guo said happily.

"You're not her, how do you know what she thinks? She is planning to open a weaving workshop at this moment, and she may not have time. Mu Jincheng said with his hands on his chest.

Mama Guo was confused by what he said, what does this mean, do you want others to go, or don't you want others to go?

However, the third master of the Mu family has always been a fool, she naturally can't be as knowledgeable as him, Tan Zijin and Mu Mingcheng's marriage has been decided a long time ago, this son can get along with his mother-in-law's family more in advance, especially to please the ancestors, what a good thing, Mama Guo will never let go of this opportunity.

"What the third master said is that I will send someone to invite the eldest lady back and tell you in person." Mama Guo said with a smile on her face.

"Well, that's pretty much it." Mu Jincheng nodded thoughtfully.

Mama Guo immediately called a half-grown girl to find Tan Zijin, turned her head and said, "The sun is scorching at this time, and the third master is drinking tea in the house." ”

"Sister Zijin's weaving workshop, I'm still coming back, look good, I'll walk around." Mu Jincheng pretended to be curious and looked around.

"I'll take a look with the third master?" Mama Guo was about to walk.

"It's such a big yard, I won't get lost, you boil tea and dry, I'll drink it later." With that, Mu Jincheng took care of himself and left.

Mama Guo knew that the ancestors and wives of the Mu family spoiled Mu Jincheng lawlessly, and in the future, Tan Zijin married into the Mu family, he would be the uncle, and she couldn't offend people for the eldest lady, so she went with him.

Mu Jincheng looked at a few rooms, and then walked leisurely to the backyard.

There is a large patio in the backyard, surrounded by a circle of houses, except for the kitchen, firewood room, thatched toilet, and utility room, the rest are side rooms, it is easy to find Gu Qingzhu, and there is a chatter and startled voice from the house in the east.

"Sister! Sister! A childish boy called out with a crying voice.

"Ahh A high-pitched, thin girl's voice.

"Does it matter if you want it?" The female voice was terrified.

"I'm fine, ahem." Gu Qingzhu's hoarse voice, Mu Jincheng could hear it, and his heart was at ease for a while.

"Sir, this way, please."

Two footsteps, one light and one heavy, came, Mu Jincheng flashed into the kitchen, and only turned out when the little girl led Zhang Pingjin into the house.

Just as Mu Jincheng was leaning on the chair, crossing Erlang's legs, and drinking tea leisurely, Tan Zijin hurriedly returned.

"Jincheng, what are you looking for me?" Tan Zijin was very busy, and asked when he caught him.

"Sister-in-law, sit down and take a sip of tea, in the future, you will be busy in hundreds of shops in the Mu family, and it will not be a while and a half." Mu Jincheng stood up with a hippie smile and gave up his seat.

Tan Zijin was so screamed by his sister-in-law that his cheeks flew away, but he couldn't blame him, so he had to pretend not to hear, sat down at the table, and waited for him to pour tea to eat.

"Why are you free today, I heard your eldest brother say that you have been studying at home recently." Tan Zijin took a sip of tea, and his face faded a little.

"You know I can't read those Rausch books, it's all my father who forced me, why are you sarcastic about me." Mu Jincheng ate a piece of plum cake absentmindedly.

"You should be more careful, Uncle Mu is also for your good!" Tan Zijin persuaded in a low voice.

The Tan family and the Mu family are world friends, frequent contacts, Tan Zijin often lived in the Mu family for ten days and half a month, and when she was older, she avoided suspicion, she was beautiful and good-natured, and got along well with the Mu family brothers and sisters, so she naturally talked to Mu Jincheng and took the style of the eldest sister.

"It's a good thing that you haven't passed the door yet, otherwise, with more people preaching to me, I really won't have a good life." Mu Jincheng glanced at her and shouted loudly.

"It's itchy!" Tan Zijin was shy, stood up and pretended to fight.

"Miss." Zhang Pingjin walked through the door with the medicine box on his shoulder, and stood and saluted.

Tan Zijin turned his back, calmed down, and went out to ask, "Why is Mr. Zhang here?" ”

"Oh, that's right, when Miss Gu was hanging the lanterns under the porch just now, the ladder slipped and almost fell, so please ask Mr. Zhang to take a look." Mama Guo, who was following behind, hurriedly stepped forward to explain, and didn't dare to say how dangerous it was at that time.

"Is there anything wrong with her?" Hearing this, Tan Zijin was still taken aback and hurriedly asked.

"It's not a big deal, it's just that I'm a little tired, eat some food, sleep and it's fine." Zhang Pingjin waved his hand.

"That's fine, that's fine." Tan Zijin saw Zhang Pingjin leave, and said to Mama Guo, "Let the kitchen make something soft and easy, send it to Miss Gu, and let her rest in the afternoon." ”

"Whoa." Mama Guo was also frightened, but fortunately no one died, so she agreed.

Mu Jincheng listened to Zhang Pingjin's words, and wondered in his heart, they were still having dinner together yesterday, Gu Qingzhu didn't say that he wanted to work in the weaving workshop at all, not to mention, how could she be tired and faint after a night, she looked at the thin people, but she was not a person with low energy.

"It's about to be dinner, are you going to eat here?" Tan Zijin turned his head and asked.

"What do you have to eat here, grandmother asked you if you want to enjoy the lotus, I got your news, and I have to hurry back to tell her about the old man." Mu Jincheng already knew that Gu Qingzhu was fine, so he didn't want to stay here.

"At this time every year, the thousands of acres of lotus flowers in the pond are the grand scenery of Nancang County, and the ancestors invited, how can I not go!" Tan Zijin saw that he was asking knowingly, and couldn't help but glance at him.

There is a big garden called the Wind Garden in the backyard of the Mu family, the pavilions and pavilions in the garden are all exquisite, the winding water verandah is all exquisite and gorgeous, and the most amazing thing is the thousand acres of lotus pond behind the courtyard, its water is not only connected with the wind garden, in the summer, the lotus fragrance is gusting with the wind, the whole backyard is rippling with the fresh breath of hibiscus, so it is named the wind pond.

Although the pond is the private property of the Mu family, there is a special person to take care of the plant, but it does not refuse outsiders to play, in the summer, there are often young ladies from the big families of the high gate to row a boat to enjoy the scenery, of course, there are vassal elegant talents who chant poems and paint here, it is one of the must-go scenery in Nancang County in summer.