Chapter Seventy-One: A Strange Woman
There were two taels of silver in their arms, and the two of them didn't dare to stay on the street longer, so they walked in the direction of the bookstore according to the place that Wu's father said.
Wu Qingzhu was also in a hurry at that time, so he just took a few words and took a suit of clothes and got into Wang Gongzi's carriage.
I heard him mean that there was a master in the county next door who was going to take office, and the academy invited this master to hold poetry meetings and lectures for five consecutive days, and all of them students could participate.
Before leaving, they said that they would put the letter at the bookstore if there was news, and today they came to see if there was any letter.
People have been away for four or five days, and there is no news at all, and the family will be worried.
After looking for a long time, they finally found the three words Lin Shuyuan, and the two of them couldn't help but touch the sweat on their heads again.
When they entered the store, they informed the shopkeeper of their intentions, and the shopkeeper was very enthusiastic when he heard that it was Wu Qingzhu's family.
"It turned out to be the little lady of the Wu family, Wu Gongzi asked me to give you a message, saying that you would stay there for two more days, so you don't have to worry too much. There are also some letters here, you can go back and read them. Without waiting for two more questions, the shopkeeper opened his mouth.
Helan took a look at this bookstore, quite disappointed, and when she came, she was thinking about whether there was a chance to meet it, but now I'm afraid that I really can't meet it.
"Can I ask when the shopkeeper saw my father-in-law?"
"I didn't see Wu Gongzi, the day before yesterday I went to the bookstore in the next county to do some errands, and the shopkeeper told me."
"Oh, thank you, sorry for the trouble."
After knowing that they couldn't find any news, Helan and the others could only plan to leave.
When he was about to go out, Helan suddenly thought of something, and turned back: "Shopkeeper, can I know where the book I copied is consigned?" I want to take a look. ”
The talkative shopkeeper was not impatient, and also opened his mouth with a smile: "Understand, understand, on the shelf on the right, most of them are also children's enlightenment books, and they sell quite well." ”
Helan blushed, and after bowing as a woman, she walked in the direction pointed by the shopkeeper.
Helan didn't have any other thoughts, just wanted to see how her man's books were selling in this bookstore, and how the characters were, that is, she wanted to know more about her father-in-law.
The two of them are usually busy with their own work, Wu Qingzhu spends eighty or ninety out of a hundred times a day in the study, and in a place like the study, except for the three people who are studying, Grandpa Wu does not let them in.
Helan only turned a few pages, and left here with Qingmei without staying long.
Walking and walking, Qingmei suddenly opened her mouth: "Sister-in-law, I just ......"
"Huh? What's wrong? ”
"I seem to have seen Wu Tiezhu."
"He? Shouldn't it, didn't it mean that he was taken away by officers and soldiers? ”
"Maybe I was wrong, but I just accidentally glanced at it, and I didn't find it if I looked closely."
After listening to Qingmei's words, Helan also subconsciously looked around, and after finding nothing abnormal, she comforted Qingmei and said, "You must be wrong, if he comes back, will he go home?" Just like his mother, he must beat the gong and drum to tell the neighbors. ”
Qingmei wanted to say something more when a woman's voice came from next to her: "Does the girl know how to get to Wujia Village?" ”
Helan and Qingmei were attracted by this sentence and turned their heads to look over.
I saw that this woman was dressed in a dark wide long dress, holding a long sword in her hand, and a white veil on her head, she was not low, and even Qingmei's height of 1.63 meters looked petite standing in front of her, and she was more than 1.7 meters tall.
"May I ask which Wujia Village are you asking?" Helan was stunned, and then opened her mouth.
"How many Wujia villages do you have here?" Through the veil, the woman's frown could be faintly seen.
"It should be one, hehe." Helan also felt that what she asked was a little silly, and smiled awkwardly.
The woman was stunned, thinking to herself that she had asked the wrong person, and then said, "If the girl doesn't know, I'll ask someone else." ”
"That, we are from Wujia Village, do you have something?" Qingmei on the side explained when she saw that the woman was leaving.
After listening to Hou Qingmei's words, the woman turned around again, and asked uncertainly: "Are you sure?" ”
At this time, Qingmei and Helan nodded together with great certainty.
"Can you show me the way?"
"It's quite far from the village, if the girl doesn't dislike it, she can go back with us, and Uncle Haishen in the village will drive the carriage back later."
The woman looked the two of them up and down, and then looked up at the sun in the sky: "Then thank you two girls." ”
In this way, the three men stood in the shadows under the city gates.
Qingmei glanced at this girl several times, as if she could understand something from this girl, but the girl hadn't moved since she stood still, and the two of them stood aside and didn't bother.
Helan also glanced at it a few times, quite curious, looking at the figure, she felt that this woman was quite handsome, just listening to the voice would be a different feeling, soft, cute, it was simply the exclusive of the cute girl.
The woman didn't say much along the way, and after paying a penny, she sat down at the back of the carriage, a little further away from the others.
When I was about to get home, there were red clouds floating in the sky, which was very beautiful, and the sun next to me was like walking in a painting.
When everyone left, Helan and Qingmei looked at the woman and planned to leave before she could speak.
When the woman saw that there was no one next to her, she stepped forward and stopped the two people who were leaving: "That's ...... Do you know where Wu Tongsheng's family is? ”
The two people who asked this sentence were quite surprised, what does this mean?
Helan looked at the woman vigilantly, and the girl's family opened their mouths to ask about their father-in-law, what is going on?
In a hurry, the words asked were also a little serious: "What are you looking for him?" ”
"Is there something just that?"
"What is something?" Helan gritted her teeth, quite a bit of a posture of not asking anything and not giving up.
The woman looked at Helan suspiciously, and then opened her mouth clearly: "An elder of mine asked me to come here to deliver some news, and the one I want to find is Wu Qingzhu and Wu Tongsheng." ”
Qingmei smiled and took the woman's words: "This is Wu Tongsheng's wife, I am his sister, please follow me." ”
With that, he led the way to his own place.
"My name is Mu Qing, you can call me Qing'er."
As soon as she heard that the two of them were the people she was looking for, the woman's tone was a little softer.
"My name is Wu Qingmei, my sister-in-law's name is Helan, and the household in front of me is my house."
"Mmmm, finally found."