When the brother and sister returned to the village, most of the morning had passed, but the clouds were thick, the sun had not yet risen, and the sky was still dark.

As soon as he entered the village, Gu Anran saw a gray-haired old man hurrying past him on crutches, and he was stunned and hurriedly shouted, "Grandpa Guo, why are you in such a hurry?" Beware of slippery roads. ”

This old man's surname is Guo, his name is Yuzhu, his name is Jiande, he has read books for a few years, his family is quite solid in his early years, he is the patriarch of Guojiatun where Gu Anran and Gu Wan live now, he is not the oldest, but his generation is the largest, he is enthusiastic and kind, and he has great prestige in the village.

The old man turned his head and saw that it was Gu Anran, and his wrinkled face stretched slightly, "It's Gu Dalang and Wanniang!" I was looking for you, and I just happened to meet you...... My good Langjun, don't go out these days, stay at home peacefully, Wanniang is the same, don't go out if you have nothing to do......"

Gu Anran was surprised and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Guo Yuzhu sighed, "...... Xiao Chaoyi, the envoy of Yunzhou, immediately came to our Shanglang and issued a notice, asking us to go to Lang, and several counties in Xialang should fund the suppression of bandits......"

Gu Wan was stunned for a moment, and vaguely remembered a little, for her, this happened a hundred years ago after all, and it was already a good memory to remember a little...... She only vaguely remembered that this time their village seemed to have suffered a disaster, more than a dozen families were allowed to raid their homes, and even several people were killed and injured, as for whether it was a bandit or a rebellion, it was completely unknown.

"Our Guo Jiatun let the apportionment of twenty taels of silver, this is not counted, that group of people has always been lawless, last month the fourth child of the Lao Huang family entered the city, let them say that they were bandits to arrest, if Lao Huang is a day late to redeem people, I am afraid that people will be sent to Xitun to mine, where can they come back alive! Be careful, it's best not to meet those bandits......"

The old man's face was gloomy, and after speaking, he was silent for a moment, and then sighed, "Hey, three months ago, Hong Feng's gang of bandits just came, and now, the surname Xiao is here again, and this day is becoming more and more unbearable." ”

When Gu Anran heard this, a touch of gloom crossed his face, and he sighed: "Yes, in this world, bandits are like combs, soldiers are like grates, and those who are soldiers are the strongest bandits!" Grandpa Guo, don't be too anxious, our Zhaojiatun is a big village, even now in this year, there are more than 100 households, and there are a few solid ones, the big guys get together, it's not that they can't make up, when I came back, my classmates and friends sent a lot of Cheng Yi, in addition, I still have a little savings, wait a little for you to send over. ”

“…… Mrs. Liu left, and the two of you still have the silver by your side, the old man ......" Hearing Gu Anran's words, Guo Yuzhu hurriedly waved his hand and said hurriedly.

"Don't worry, my mother also left me and my brother a lot of savings, enough for us." Without waiting for him to finish speaking, Gu Wan raised her head and said categorically, her tone was very tough.

A look of astonishment flashed in Gu Anran's eyes, and he was a little relieved, and touched her head.

The old man was also stunned, and said with a smile: "Our Wanniang girl has grown up, and she has begun to know that she has shared his worries and solved problems for Grandpa Guo, what a good child!" ”

After saying a few more words, Guo Yuzhu hurried away, Gu Anran also took his sister home, both of them were in a heavy mood, and they didn't take Gu Wan's fairy tales to heart, just because she was young and didn't understand what money was.

As soon as Gu Anran got home, he turned over his bags and carefully calculated the money, the so-called poor family's rich road, he rushed home all the way, and the cost was not small, and now there are only seven taels of silver left on his body, and there is a little scattered silver and copper, and even his own life is difficult, not to mention donations!

"Brother, don't worry, our family is not short of silver."

"Yes, don't worry, big brother will definitely be able to support you." Gu Anran pursed Gu Wan's little head, her face was still cloudy, obviously she still took her sister's words as a joke...... He thought about it, and finally took out a piece of finely carved dragon-shaped jade pendant, rubbing the warm jade pendant.

“…… It's really not good, just take this as a treat, it's a big deal to wait for us to have money left over in the future, and redeem it again! Having said that, Gu Anran's reluctance is still obvious.

When Gu Wan saw this thing, she was even more stunned, how could this dragon pendant be in the hands of her eldest brother, wasn't it lost a long time ago? In their previous life, because of the loss of Long Pei, their brother and sister not only suffered humiliation in the Gu and Fang families, but the sister-in-law almost committed suicide by hanging a beam. The recognition of the two and her uncle has had a lot of twists and turns, if it weren't for her appearance like her mother, I'm afraid that the flesh and blood relatives would never be strange......

Thinking of this, seeing that her eldest brother really intended to take out his family heirloom jade pendant and pawn it, Gu Wan suddenly cried and laughed: "Big brother, what I said is true, our family is not short of silver!" Never mind...... I know that you will definitely not believe it, if it was before, I would not believe that our mother, who has been simple all her life, is still a daughter of a prestigious family......"

Sighing helplessly, Gu Wan grabbed Gu Anran's arm.

"Wan Niang, what are you doing!" Gu Anran was pulled into a stumbling ......

The heavy snow refused to stop, and the charcoal fire in the house was burning strongly, so Gu Wan had to leave the windows ajar to ensure air circulation.

After boiling a bowl of ginger tea, Gu Wan walked towards the basement, which was brightly lit, Gu Anran sat in front of an old mahogany table, holding a scroll and reading carefully, on such a cold day, he actually saw sweat on his forehead. He was almost obsessed with all his attention to the books in his hands, and he couldn't even care about his favorite girl.

Gu Wan smiled, put the ginger tea on the red clay stove and heated it, without alarming the eldest brother, she turned back, remembering the way her eldest brother saw those books in the basement yesterday, she still couldn't help it, it was the first time in her life, she saw the extreme eagerness and excitement in the eyes of the eldest brother, and the jewels couldn't shake his eyes, but those boxes of books made him turn into a fierce beast protecting the treasure in an instant, and he refused to leave the basement for a single night.

is such a good reader, in her previous life, because she was worried that she would be hungry, she sold all the books she had worked so hard to write in exchange for food......

Gu Wan sighed, returned to the study, and sorted out the twelve pages of big characters that had just been written on the table, she was now small and weak, this word was not good, at most it was just upright.

It's a shame that the eldest brother is willing to let her practice calligraphy on rice paper!

Now the reading people use mostly dyed yellow paper, the rich and noble people also often use silk to write words, the snow-white and beautiful rice paper does not yet exist, you can imagine, yesterday the eldest brother saw a box of rice paper specially prepared by her, a box of five-color flower paper, how excited will it be...... But he still didn't hesitate to take the best paper for his sister to practice calligraphy, and he also said that using good paper to practice calligraphy can get twice the result with half the effort!