The guy in the shop happily entered the back compartment, and after a while, he walked out with a long brocade box in his hand and followed the palm.

"You try your hands, this is what we specially asked the master of Bozhou to help do, it is tough and soft, and it is as light as chicken feathers!" The person in charge hurriedly took the whip from the man's hand and handed it to Gu Yanzhang.

There was a large empty space on the west side of the shop, and Gu Yanzhang played a set of whipping methods, and he really took advantage of it.

The two took the whip, and then rode home again, and after only two steps, Gu Yanzhang couldn't help but ask, "How much silver is this whip?" ”

Ji Qingling smiled: "Fifth brother is distressed? He added, "It's more expensive than the jade jue you gave me today." ”

Gu Yanzhang only tightened his eyebrows and did not speak.

At that time, he caught up with his birthday two days after the results of the college examination were released, and Ji Qingling sent a whip to celebrate his birthday. At that time, the whip was also specially made, just to find a small shop in Jixian County, and it cost a full six yuan. You must know that at that time, the two of them were a day when copper plates were broken into two flowers, and Ji Qingling refused to buy more good clothes, but he was willing to spend such a large price for him to set a whip that had no important purpose.

Now that he has entered Liangshan, not only does he have many subsidies in the school, but he can occasionally do one or two articles for others, and he can maintain the family of the two for a long time, but Ji Qingling's own life is still very simple, there is even little rouge and gouache in the room, and there are only a few pieces of jewelry. On the contrary, she buys things for herself, but she doesn't blink an eye.

Gu Yanzhang lowered his head, and after taking a breath, he calculated the cost of the whip materials, craftsmanship, and transfer in his heart, and he sighed secretly, only to feel a slight tingling pain in his chest, as if something was about to swell and overflow.

It was still early when they returned home, and the two chatted for a while, and went to change their clothes without mentioning it.

At the beginning, within a few months of Gu Yanzhang entering Liangshan, because outsiders heard the news, there were constantly helpers who came to the door to surrender, saying that they wanted to sell their deeds to the Gu family, and because there were too many matchmakers, Ji Qingling was unbearable, so he simply sold the house and bought another property.

The new residence is close to half an acre in size, about half an hour's trip away from Liangshan College, with a total of two entrances, two wings on the left and right of each entry, and a small backyard, although it is still not very large, but it is enough.

Gu Yanzhang didn't dare to use the people who came to the door to surrender, let alone accept the servants sent by many wealthy families in Jixian County, so he simply hid his name, personally went to the street to find a few tooth people, and picked two very flexible children from them, both of whom were eight or nine years old, and changed their names, one called rosin and the other called pine knot. I bought a girl for Qiu Yue, and hired a cook for two dollars a month, and now the family is doing well.

There are not many houses in the Gu Mansion, so there is only one study, Gu Yanzhang does not go home often, and most of the books are placed in the academy, and this study is used by Ji Qingling most of the time.

Ji Qingling smeared in front of the mirror before going out today, drawing eyebrows and faces, and now that she is back, it takes a lot of effort to unload that pile of things, Gu Yanzhang finished cleaning up, and saw that she couldn't come out for a while, so she simply went straight to the study.

Before returning in October, the study has changed greatly.

As soon as you enter the door, a huge scroll on the opposite wall comes into view, the scroll is covered with silk cloth, and you can't see whether it is a painting or a word underneath. There were several bookshelves erected on the left and right sides of the volume, and Gu Yanzhang approached, only to find that there were many kinds of books on it, all of which were classified and arranged according to the items such as the Heavenly Stem Branch.

Turn around, a few pots of lotus flowers hang down on the top of the windows on the east and west sides, it is early autumn at this time, and a few buds are stretched out, red and white, green and red are entwined, very fresh and pleasant. The lotus pot is made of glass, and when you look through the outer basin, it turns out that there is another pot in the pot, and there are a few small fish in the outer pot, which are swimming around happily.

There were two long tables under the window, more than twice the size of ordinary bookcases, and I don't know where Ji Qingling got them. On the east table, in addition to pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, there are all kinds of miscellaneous books, among which the small dramas and travelogues are scattered, a travelogue about the geography of the northwest is being opened and buckled upside down on the table, and there are a few other pages, on which are densely written fly-headed small letters, which should be the notes made by Ji Qingling.

On the west table, there are many scriptures and annotated books neatly arranged, and the wide desktop is clean, except for a stack of yellow pages, there is no clutter at all, Gu Yanzhang walked over, and on the paper was a new article, which was held with a paperweight, thinking that he hurriedly went out in the morning, and put it here to dry.

Gu Yanzhang took out the yellow pages and read them carefully, this is an article on the system of the former dynasty's Taiwanese, with detailed examples and clear views, especially the argument is very novel, and the style is also very interesting.

At first, he just took it as a pastime, looked at it, and when he arrived at the author's personal discourse, he couldn't help but smile, and when he covered the volume, he still felt that he was still unsatisfied, so he simply put away the pages of the article and pressed it into a volume to be taken back to the academy, planning to take it out to see things and think about people when he was tired of reading in the future.

When he had put away the manuscript, he went to the scroll and gently lifted the silk cloth that covered his head.

But it turned out to be a map of the surroundings of Yanzhou and Xiazhou.

The more Gu Yanzhang looked at it, the more familiar it became, and after thinking about it carefully, it turned out that part of this map was actually a copy of the map around Yanzhou that he used to draw with his memory for reference and analysis, and this one was enlarged many times by Ji Qingling according to that one, and proofread errata from various books, and also expanded the scope to the entire six northwestern states. The map is drawn in great detail, and there are several places, and even important townships and villages are indicated, and a small roll of paper is hung with a thread on each large sign, which does not block people's sight.

He took a roll of paper and opened it to see that the geography, population, climate, etc. of the sign were very mixed, and he didn't know how much effort the little girl had put into it.

For a while, Gu Yanzhang only felt as if someone had planted a small seed from the bottom of his heart, tickling him, and in the blink of an eye, that kind of seed broke its coat and drilled out a bud.

"Fifth Brother Gu, you see that I am worthy of this Yujue!"

Gu Yanzhang turned his head, it turned out that Ji Qingling had already freshened up, changed back into a tender yellow narrow shirt and long skirt, with silk draped over his shoulders, and his hair was not dry, so he only loosely pulled a small bun, and was smiling at himself.

A young girl, since the clear water out of the hibiscus, naturally to carve.

The small cluster of thin buds in Gu Yanzhang's heart stretched out in an instant, spread their leaves, budded, and bloomed into a flower.

His hand involuntarily clenched into a fist, his heart was messed up by the flower, and there was an inexplicable incense, and he smoked himself into a dizzy.