Gu Zheng had already told Mrs. Tai about the help of the Liu family, so Mrs. Tai was very grateful to the Liu family, and she didn't have any shelf in front of them...... Liu replied one by one generously, and his unpretentious style made Mrs. Tai appreciate it a little more when she saw it.

Later, Mrs. Tai also called Zhang Dahu and Zhang Erhu brothers to take a closer look, and asked Zhang Dahu brothers with a smile about their age, whether they had ever read and other common questions. Brother Zhang Dahu also learned from Liu's appearance, and replied without being arrogant or humble, and he was not panicked at all when he saw the nobleman at a young age, and he did not have the slightest intention of inviting credit or flattering.

Mrs. Tai's impression of the Liu family is quite good, so after she and the Liu family talked a few words, she ordered Mama Yu to take out the thank you gift prepared in advance: "This time, thanks to the help of your family, my granddaughter can return to me safely and soundly, this is a little bit of my wife's heart......"

Mrs. Tai didn't say it very clearly, but after she said the same meaning, Mama Yu sent the things to Liu, and asked Liu to accept them with a smile.

On the tray covered with red jokes was neatly stacked with a plate of silver, and all of them were ingot-shaped, with fifty taels of snowflake silver! After a rough estimate, Liu knew that the plate of silver was thousands of taels, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart that this Cen Mansion was worthy of being a high-ranking family, and it was thousands of taels of silver as soon as he made a move.

Of course, although it was the first time for Liu to see so much silver, he didn't have the slightest greed, and he didn't change his original intention to accept the silver, he only shook his head and pushed the tray back in front of Mama Yu, and politely refused: "Mrs. Xie is very kind, Mrs. Tai's kind little woman understands it, but the little lady can't accept this silver, and asks Mrs. Tai to take it back." ”

Seeing this, Zhang Erhu on the side also had the courage to straighten his waist and added: "My mother is right, we can't accept this silver!" Zheng girl has grown up with us since she was a child, and we should help her when she encounters difficulties! ”

Liu's refusal surprised Mrs. Tai, and at the same time made her look at Liu's mother and son, she also became a little curious: "Tell me why can't you accept this thank you gift?" ”

"If the little woman thinks about getting something in return every time she helps others, then it is like accumulating blessings and virtues and setting a good example for the children? And if the little woman is bent on returning, then the gang may be blamed in turn, right? In the long run, I am afraid that no one will dare to accept the help of the little woman again. ”

Although Liu is just a rural village woman, and her words are very simple, but there is a truth in these words that everyone in the world knows——— "Kindness is not reciprocated".

Liu obviously also taught this truth to Brother Zhang Dahu, and she must have also taught Brother Zhang Dahu the words "self-reliance...... I saw that Zhang Erhu not only agreed with Liu's actions very much, but also took the initiative to add: "My eldest brother and I are manly husbands, we can make money by our own skills!" ”

After listening to the words of Liu's mother and son, Gu Zheng couldn't help but admire them a little, and even more admired their quality of "people are not exhausted"!

However, Gu Zheng sincerely wanted to thank the Liu family, so after thinking about it carefully, Gu Zheng smiled and proposed a compromise method: "Grandmother, since Aunt Liu is unwilling to accept the thank you gift, then we should not force her, otherwise wouldn't it make the original good thing become a bad thing?" ”

Knowing that he didn't repay the kindness, this made Mrs. Tai very embarrassed: "This ......"

"Don't worry, grandmother, I have a good idea!"

Gu Zheng didn't wait for Mrs. Tai to finish speaking, then quickly interrupted, and put forward her idea: "Aunt Liu's family not only has a small sugar house, but also several acres of land planted with rice, vegetables and fruits and other crops, we might as well make a long-term agreement with Aunt Liu, let them regularly send their own vegetables and sugar to our house, we will give money according to the market price, and no one will take advantage of each other!" ”

After Gu Zheng finished saying what he thought of, he took Mrs. Tai's arm and said coquettishly: "Grandmother, do you think my method is good?" Anyway, these things are what we need to buy in our house on weekdays, aren't they all the same for everyone? ”

Mrs. Tai knew that Gu Zheng wanted to help the Liu family in another way, so she would not object: "Okay, the method we think of is wonderful!" This matter is decided, and when I go back, I will ask the housekeeper in charge of procurement to come to you to talk to you in detail, and we will buy as many things as your family sends over, and we are not afraid of more! ”

In this way, the Liu family has a very stable channel for selling their own things, which in the final analysis is the Zhang family taking advantage of the Cen family, which makes the Liu family still feel a little uneasy: "This ...... That's not big, is it? How can the rice vegetables and jaggery made by our countrymen get into your blue eyes? ”

Mrs. Tai waved her hand disapprovingly, and said, "It's okay, there are many people in our house, just give them food." ”

"That's it! Aunt Liu, don't refuse my grandmother's kindness, who are we going to buy this thing from? You're not taking advantage of our family, you're just cooperating with our family and helping each other......"

Gu Zheng said something badly, and dragged Zhang Dahu's brothers to persuade them for a long time, and they finally took the errand with an embarrassed face, and promised to send those things from their own production to Cen Mansion on a regular basis from now on.

And Gu Zheng took great pains to thank the Liu family in this way, so that the people who helped her got their due rewards, and she left Aotou Village with Mrs. Tai and returned to Cen Mansion to live in Huiquan Courtyard...... All the things that happened before have come to an end here, and Gu Zheng has finally returned to the stable, comfortable, contented and happy little life before.

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After Mrs. Tai returned to the Cen Mansion, she quickly re-announced the identity of Gu Liniang as "Aunt and Grandmother of the Cen Family" and Gu Zheng as "Cousin of the Cen Family", and ordered the people in the house not to discuss the identity of Gu Zheng's mother and daughter from now on, otherwise once discovered, no matter who it is, they will definitely be severely punished.

Because Gu Zheng had officially recognized his relatives and met Master Cen and others before, this time after Mrs. Tai took Gu Zheng back to Cen's mansion, she did not let her meet Master Cen and others again, and only told Master Cen and others to treat Gu Zheng as if it had never happened before, and let them treat Gu Zheng as always.

Mrs. Tai felt sorry for Gu Zheng who had just lost her mother, so after entering the house, she was granted a few days off, so that she could just stay in Tingquan Courtyard to take care of her body, and she didn't have to go to Rongshoutang to calm down in the morning on weekdays, and she didn't have to go home to study for the time being......

But it was said that after Gu Zheng turned around outside and returned to Tingquan Courtyard, he felt deep emotion as soon as he walked into the familiar room, especially when he saw the two maids who treated her sincerely and Zhen'er, Gu Zheng's heart that had become empty due to Gu Liniang's departure was finally filled with more than half of it——— that's right, in this big mansion, in addition to Mrs. Tai, who really loved her, there were also a few good sisters who really treated her and never disliked her!

Spoon Er and Xiao Er didn't expect Gu Zheng to return to Tingquan Courtyard again, so as soon as they saw Gu Zheng come back, they greeted him happily, and Spoon, who had always spoken straightforwardly, was even more happy and cheered: "Great! The girl is finally back to live! We don't have to be apart again! Whining...... Girl, you don't know how much the slave misses you in your absence! ”

"Look, the slave has been worried that you are not doing well outside, and I remember it every day until I lose weight!" The spoon didn't forget to push the chopsticks on the side while talking, and betrayed the chopsticks with a red nose: "And the chopsticks, she has been thinking about you, girl!" She always laughs at me for crying on weekdays, but during the time you left, she couldn't help but secretly shed tears every time she entered the house where you used to live...... Hmmm......"

Before the spoon could finish speaking, he was unceremoniously covered by the spoon and said: "You little girl is greedy and talkative, it's strange if you're not fat!" ”

After serving Gu Zheng into the house and changing into a dress that he used to wear at home, Zhen'er held Gu Zheng's hand tightly and said in a firm tone: "The girl comes back this time, and in the future, our master and servant will slowly live better and better!" ”