"Why is it so early today?" Ji Qingling looked at the sky, and was a little surprised, and couldn't help but smile and greet him, "Fifth brother has never had dinner?" ”

Gu Yanzhang was busy for a day, and only ate something at noon, at this time, he listened to the question, and saw that there was only one Qiu Shuang next to him, and there were no outsiders, so he went to pull Ji Qingling's hand first, held it in his hand, and shook his head and said: "I haven't eaten it, but there is porridge at home, take two bowls of thick ones and eat them with me to pad my stomach." ”

At this time, it has entered the summer, one is hot, and the other is a few months before in order to save rice, and the three meals a day in a house are mostly porridge, although the grain and materials transferred from Jingnan and Guangnan East Road have gradually been ready, and many businessmen have also heard the wind, but the family has not changed for a while, and it is still a lot of porridge and water.

Ji Qingling hurriedly said: "I also drank porridge at night, and I think there is still something leftover at the moment." ”

Saying that, he turned his head first and asked Qiu Shuang to go to the kitchen to pick it up, and then turned around and asked with some hesitation: "Or do you want the kitchen to make a real meal seriously?" I'm at home all day, and I don't move around much, and it doesn't matter if I drink some porridge and water, and the fifth brother is always running outside, and I am afraid that I will not be able to resist eating this soup and water. ”

Gu Yanzhang shook his head and said, "After running for a day, I have no appetite, but now I am just hungry, but I still don't want to eat anything, just take the porridge and forget it." ”

He saw that there were a lot of flowers and trees around, and there were many mosquitoes flying around between the branches and grass blades, so he took Ji Qingling's hand and said: "It's a little dark, there are mosquitoes everywhere, I'll go back to the wing room with you first, don't stand here, I don't know if I am bitten, and I will be itchy again in a while." ”

The two went back to the room, Ji Qingling went to wash his hands, but Gu Yanzhang went to change the riding boots into the shoes he wore at home, and when the two of them were tidyed up, they happened to see Qiu Shuang coming in with two food boxes.

In addition to a small pot of porridge in the food box, there were only two or three side dishes, and she didn't even need the little girl to help, so she put the plates and bowls in place.

Because Gu Yanzhang often said, "It's really strange and boring to eat alone", even though Ji Qingling had already eaten it, he also sat with a small half bowl of corn porridge.

She remembered that she had eaten a plate of small dishes at night, which was filled with shredded ginger and white vinegar, sour, spicy, and spicy, very appetizing, so she glanced at the table at this time, picked out the plate, moved it to Gu Yanzhang, and said with a smile: "Fifth brother eats this!" ”

He added: "If you have an appetite for eating, ask the kitchen to cook now - the fire is ready-made, or it will be ready in a moment, and then fry two side dishes and send them to eat." ”

Gu Yanzhang drank a bowl of porridge, first put his stomach on the bottom, he was not so hungry, he was reaching out to pick up vegetables, he heard her say this, but he laughed and said: "Are you afraid that I will be hungry?" ”

Ji Qingling nodded seriously, sighed and said, "Actually, I'm afraid that the fifth brother will be thin...... I have been here in Guangnan for less than a year, and I have lost a lot of weight, I thought that I could make you fatter when I arrived, but who knows that it is useless. ”

Glancing at Gu Yanzhang again, he said: "I originally wanted to ask the kitchen to prepare lunch for the fifth brother, and send it to the front office when the time comes, but you are not there for nine out of ten days, and I want to prepare some durable, so that the turpentine can be carried on the body, if you are hungry, you can also put a cushion on the bottom - only some people always refuse to bring ......"

Speaking of the latter, there was a point or two of anger in his tone.

Gu Yanzhang couldn't help laughing, he looked at Ji Qingling, and explained: "I went out with the people in the yamen, and everyone else ate together, only I opened a small stove, and took out the food from the pine knot baggage, everyone watched, it's not good to hide?" There were as few as seven or eight people in a line, as well as one or twenty people in the area, as well as the local people and officials, and they couldn't tell a mouthful, but it looked ugly, so they simply didn't bring it. ”

As he spoke, he called Qiu Shuang again, and ordered: "Ask the kitchen to cook." ”

Qiu Shuang left in response.

Ji Qingling was a little nervous, and said: "Fifth brother, I'm just saying, if you really can't eat, don't be reluctant, and hold your stomach to be uncomfortable......"

Gu Yanzhang smiled and comforted: "You only sit and talk with me, if you really can't eat, I won't force it." ”

Ji Qingling used to pay attention to food and not say anything, but now the two of them have too little time to get along in a day, so they don't restrain this, just pour a cup of tea and talk with them.

There was only a small pot of porridge on the table, which was the amount of three bowls, Gu Yanzhang drank the side dishes in a few clicks, he didn't go away, wiped his hands with the handkerchief on the table, and sat and waited for the kitchen to bring the food.

It was rare that the two of them were free at this time, so Ji Qingling sent the girl out to guard, and asked quietly: "Fifth brother, I heard from outside that Wu Hanlin is going back to Beijing to report on his work in the next few days, but is it true?" ”

On the same day, Xu Jizong went south with an edict, which exempted Wu Yi from the post of governor of Yongzhou and the rest of the dispatch in Guangnan, but he was a high-ranking official and important minister, and his injuries had not healed.

The face is enough, but no matter who knows, once he returns to Beijing, it will not be a good thing waiting for him.

Wu Yi naturally knows this.

It has been almost three months since he received the holy decree, and because he no longer has been sent by Yongzhou, according to the rules of the court, he can no longer live in the back office, so he has to move to the post station.

In Yongzhou City, except for Chen Hao, Wu Yi's official quality is the highest.

When he came, he took a large group of people, and accepted two small ones here, although it was less than two years, the concubine of Xinna, and the room brought by him was quite competitive, and asked him to hold three a year, and now he moved up, and the family members, servants, relatives, doormen, and staff, there were dozens of people, and the post guards vacated the side rooms where the sundries were placed, and they could not fit it, so that many of the generals of the counterinsurgency army who originally lived in it were forced to move out, and asked them to live, but they were still crowded.

- However, Rao is like this, Wu Yi still refuses to return to Beijing, and only uses the reason that his injury has not healed, and has been cheeky to stay in Yongzhou.

Because of these deeds in the past, when Ji Qingling heard the rumors outside that "Mistaken Zhizhou" was going back to Beijing, he couldn't believe it, so he simply took this opportunity to ask.

Gu Yanzhang nodded and said, "It's true, Li Bojian has been looking for me for the past two days, just for this matter." ”

Ji Qingling suddenly felt strange and asked, "What does it have to do with Li Tongju when he walks away?" ”

Gu Yanzhang said with a smile: "According to the usual practice, before returning to Beijing to report on their work at the end of their term of office as a pro-people official, the state and county officials should send each other, and they should also find dozens of people, take off their boots and give Wanmin umbrellas, Wu Hanlin wants to return to Beijing, and it is not difficult for officials to make up, and the state government will call the shot, and it will be enough to fill the head, but the people are not easy to find......"