Sioux City overhauled civil engineering, carpenters and masons in nearby towns and villages were in short supply, all ran to the city, there was a master, but also to lay a hand, so the half-old children also followed to earn wages, the official family gave high wages, never in arrears, early in the morning, several large cars were waiting at the corner of the street, and a full car was pulled to the city.

Bai Qianfan also wants to make some money, go out in the morning and come back at night, holding a handful of yellow and clear copper in his hand, he feels beautiful when he thinks about it, but Laurel Yuexiang is resolutely opposed, although Bai Qianfan has been pretending to be a child, but after all, she is a girl, and it is inconvenient to mix in a group of big men all day long, moreover, in the past half a year, they have not taken good care of her, but let her suffer outside, feeling guilty, and more importantly, the king of Chu now lives in Suzhou City, and went to fight the fire that night. What should I do if I don't meet it? Even if he didn't meet Murong Mian, he wouldn't be joking when he met Ning Jiu Jia Tong.

Their worries, Bai Qianfan disagreed, she felt that she and Murong Mian were still almost fateful, she didn't meet Murong Mian that night, and meeting Du Changfeng was the best proof.

But Yuegui Yuexiang objected very much, crying and making trouble, but she almost didn't hang herself, she had no choice, so she had to promise not to go.

Don't go and can't stay at home, carry a small bucket to the stream and ditch to catch loaches, in the early summer, there are more things in the water, lucky can catch the yellow eel, the locals don't eat that, slender one, looks like a snake, the girl and daughter-in-law are afraid to see it, they are generally sold to the north, the water is raised along the way, the water is changed every few days, there is not much left in the capital, but it can be sold at an affordable price, and the rich can afford to eat, she has eaten a few times in the palace of the king of Chu, and it is very rare. I caught loaches and took them to the market to sell, and after catching yellow eels, I kept them for myself to eat.

After walking a short distance, she suddenly stopped, turned around and shouted, "What the hell are you doing, come out quickly!" ”

Behind the tree, his happy little head was revealed, and he ran over with a grin: "Brother Fan, catch the loach, take me there." ”

Bai Qianfan asked, "What are you hiding?" ”

"It's not that I'm afraid of being seen by Sister Gui, she will scold me again when she sees me." Joy said, "She scolded me, and my mother came out to quarrel, so boring, my mother said that she would not be able to get married." ”

Bai Qianfan laughed, "Sister Gui is a typical knife mouth, tofu heart, tell your mother not to go to your heart." ”

Joy muttered, "Women are trouble, it's better for us, the big men who stand up to the sky and the earth, don't be as broken as they are." ”

Bai Qianfan was amused by him and knocked on his head, "How old are you, less than eight years old, are you a big man?" ”

Joy glanced her up and down, "Brother Fan, you seem to have grown taller again, more than a decade?" ”

"If you want to talk about the virtual age, I have to be two years older than you, you calculate, I'm more than ten years old?"

Joy took out his hand and counted, "Nine, ten, eleven......"

Bai Qianfan glanced at him, "Aren't you going to school, why do you still have to break your fingers?" ”

Joy smiled, "Just my three days of fishing, two days of drying nets, it is good to be able to count my fingers." ”

"Look at your idea, your family can open a shop, you can't settle accounts, see how you take your father's hand."

Joy didn't care: "Wouldn't it be enough to ask for a bookkeeper?" ”

The two were talking, and when they heard someone calling them, Bai Qianfan looked up and saw that it was Aunt Qian who rented her shop, and she was still holding her little girl Niuniu in her hand.

The little girl liked her very much, blinking her big sparkling eyes, "Brother Fan, where are you going?" ”

Bai Qianfan raised the bucket, "Get the loaches." Seeing that Aunt Qian was holding a flower cloth in her hand: "Auntie went to buy clothes?" ”

Aunt Qian is gentle, and said with a smile: "Yes, the season has changed, Niuzi and I are doing it alone, Ah Gui has good craftsmanship, go back and let her help do it." ”

"Auntie is looking for the right person, she is free these days, you hurry up and give it to her."

Aunt Qian said yes, dragging Niuniu to leave, but Niuniu refused, and wanted to follow Bai Qianfan and Xile to catch loaches, Aunt Qian couldn't help her, and was relieved to Bai Qianfan, so she let her go.

Joy was obviously not very happy with Niuniu's joining, pouting and calling her a little girl, Niuniu picked up her fist and hit him, Joy twisted her waist and ran away, laughing insolently, Niuniu screamed and chased after her, the two of them ran away with a smile, Bai Qianfan strode behind him with a bucket, and looked at the two children who were playing with a smile.

When they were catching loaches and yellow eels in the ravine, Jia Tong's subordinates passed by them with portraits and entered the street without squinting.

One by one, they opened the door, and when they saw the young girl, they took the portrait and compared, and compared it all the way from the street, and soon arrived at Bai Qianfan's house, where the money shopkeeper sat in the grain and oil shop in front, and when he saw the people in the yamen, he quickly nodded and greeted him.

Wearing a navy blue official uniform was a counselor, surnamed Li, and the two in gray shirts on the side were retinues.

Counselor Li glanced him up and down, "What's your surname?" Where do you live, and who else is in the house? ”

The money shopkeeper replied: "The little one surnamed Qian lives in the backyard, and he has a wife and daughter at home." ”

"Are you in the Yellow Book?"

"Enter, it's a small booklet." The money shopkeeper took out a brown piece of paper from his bosom and handed it over.

Counselor Li opened it and looked at it, "Well, take this official to the backyard to have a look." ”

Someone happened to come to buy something, and the money shopkeeper smiled and said: "Official, you see that I can't get out, you enter the backyard from the alley on the side, and they are all there." ”

Even in the front and back yards, Counselor Li didn't embarrass him, and said, "Okay, you're busy, I'll take a look in the backyard." ”

He took two followers out of the door and turned into the path on the right to go around to the back, the courtyard door was hidden, he pushed it open casually, "Is there anyone?" ”

Yuexiang sighed, looked at it, quickly shrank back, and said to Yuegui in horror: "It's someone from the government, what should I do?" ”

Aunt Qian was about to discuss with Yuegui about making clothes, and when she saw her so panicked, she was not surprised, "What are you afraid of the people in the government doing?" ”

Yuegui hurriedly explained, "No, aren't we not included in the yellow book, Ah Xiang is afraid of ......"

As soon as she said this, Aunt Qian understood, and reassured: "It's okay, there is an aunt here." ”

While talking, when the people arrived at the door, Aunt Qian hurriedly invited them to come in and sit, and called Yuexiang tea.

Counselor Li didn't sit or drink tea, but just looked at the three of them, "What's your surname, where are you from?" ”

Aunt Qian was not in a hurry: "Back to the official master, the family name of the people's wife is Qian, and the grain and oil shop in front of her is opened, and the plaque says that Qian Ji is our family, this is my daughter, and we are from Ke Township." ”

Counselor Li's gaze swept over Yuexiang Yuegui's face, opened the portrait, and compared it carefully, the two girls were about the same age as the people in the portrait, one had a round face and a gentle appearance, and the other had a pointed face, which was pretty and beautiful, but it was obviously far from the person in the portrait.

He accepted the portrait, but he still did not lose his etiquette in front of the beautiful girl, and said with his fists clenched: "This official was ordered to do an errand and scratched." ”

Yue Gui had the courage to ask: "Official, who is on this portrait?" Why look for her? ”

If someone else asked, Counselor Li didn't bother to answer, but when the beautiful girl asked, he said a few more words, "This is the will of the above, the people below us only know how to do things, and the people on the side don't ask much, anyway, the people in and outside the city are looking for the person on this portrait, don't go out these days, there is an army stationed outside the city, saying that they saw a young girl, don't ask the reason, catch it first." ”

Yuexiang was timid, and with a sigh, her face turned pale.

Counselor Li took pity on the fragrance and cherished the jade, and comforted: "Don't be afraid, it's okay to stay at home." ”