Mr. Guo has been sick recently, and Guo Xiaoxiao is also more than willing to do it. She knew that Yuan Shaocheng refused to come to see a doctor, so she was the only one who went to the pharmacy in person.

The pharmacy was filled with a strong smell of herbs, which was really unaccustomed to Guo Xiaoxiao. Yuan Shaocheng saw that she was uncomfortable, so he invited her to the Green Moss Bridge.

"My father has complied with the doctor's instructions and taken all the medicines." Guo Xiaoxiao lowered his eyes, "The doctor who came to see the doctor before said that this is a vicious disease that has been accumulated for many years, and there is no medicine to treat, according to your opinion, can the doctor be arbitrary?" ”

"Where's the doctor?"

"Dr. Li of Yaohua Lane."

Yuan Shaocheng paused and said, "Although Dr. Li's medical skills are not exquisite, he has deep experience and is well-informed. ”

She understood what he meant when he didn't finish speaking. Life and death are up to fate, and life and death are not up to oneself. Although she knew this truth, she didn't want her father to die. Not long after she took over Zijinfang, her father left with her hands, which is what she is called.

He looked at her sad look and asked, "But what's on your mind?" ”

"It's just a family matter."

"Is it a business thing?"

"How do you know?" She smiled and met his eyes.

"It's nothing more than family affairs and family business."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

She said: "It's been almost a year since I came to Yangzhou, and the housekeeper knows how happy she was when she didn't care about her family in the past. ”

"Then you can be happy now."

"Now." She shook her head, "It's not as good as it was before, how can you be willful?" ”

"That's right." He smiled.

"I've come to ask you today, but I'm just asking for peace. I knew the true condition of my father, and I had a bottom in my heart. ”

"Do you have any plans?"

"As soon as the Su embroidery Linglong Workshop on West Street came to Yangzhou, it became a fierce rival of Zijin Fang. My father is now bedridden and I don't know what to do. ”

He nodded, and added, "Do what you have to do."

She looked at him, puzzled.

"The soldiers will come to block, and the water will cover the earth."

"They compete at low prices and are malicious to each other, it doesn't matter if Zijinfang is in deficit now, what I'm afraid of is the future."

"How about a low-price method?"

"I reduced the cost of 100 yuan per inch of ready-to-wear, and I also reduced it by 100 yuan in order to compete with them. They may have made a bloody investment, and after learning that I had reduced the price, Linglong Fang lowered it by another thirty yuan. ”

"So, it did happen on purpose, what are you going to do?"

"I don't know, my father can't preside over the overall situation now, and most of the embroidery girls in the embroidery workshop don't obey me. The consequence of low-price competition is that both sides lose, the customer profits, and I don't know what to do. ”

He thought for a while and said, "The boat will naturally go straight to the bridge, wait for the time being, and look at the wind first." ”

"Look at the wind first?"

"Yes, don't rush."

Guo Xiaoxiao smiled, leaned on the railing, and said lightly, "Thank you." ”

He also leaned against the railing and nodded with a smile, accepting her thanks.

"There's something I want to ask you."

"Just ask." She laughed.

"The thing that was rumored in Yangzhou before, but is it true?"

"You mean?"

"The Jiang family's affairs."

"What do you say out there?"

"You don't know?"

"At that time, I hid at home every day and didn't go out, so I didn't know much."

"Do you want to hear what the outside has to say?"

"Tell me about it."

"It is rumored outside that the girl of the Hai family robbed the fiancé of the eldest lady of the Guo family, and the eldest lady of the Guo family was angry and closed the door."

"Oh, that's what they said." She smiled, "Anything else?"

"They also said that the eldest lady of the Guo family was arrogant and unreasonable, which discouraged the Jiang family and made the Hai family girl come from behind."

She chuckled again and asked, "Then do you think those words are true or false?" ”

"I didn't know why I asked you, but you asked me in turn."

She took a deep breath and said, "I closed the door, not because I was angry, but because I didn't want to hear the rumors outside. ”

There was a hint of apology in his eyes, and it seemed that he shouldn't have asked.

"You don't have to feel sorry, it's been so long since I took it seriously. If I really mind if you asked, I would have turned around and walked away as soon as you said the first thing. ”

She said after a while: "They say that I am obedient, don't you know who I am?" ”

"You look gentle, but you are tough and twisted in your bones, and when you are stubborn, you look like an angry little bull."

She burst out laughing, "Where? ”

"Aren't you like that?"

"I didn't." She laughed and cried.

"You have." He took her stubble.

When he first saw her, she looked like she was in a hurry, not afraid of heaven and earth. Later, she went to the mountain to find the flower, overcoming thorns and thorns, fearless, and not giving up until she reached her goal. He knew her temper was tough and twisted.

She looked at the ducklings on the lake and said, "If only they could play freely in the water like ducks." ”

"If you want, you can swim in the water as much as you want."

"I don't know how to water."

"You don't know water?" He was a little surprised.

"yes." She met his eyes, "I grew up in Shudi, unlike Yangzhou, there are rivers everywhere, I haven't seen big rivers since I was a child, and it's not strange that I don't know water." ”

He nodded thoughtfully, and then asked, "You are not from the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, why do you look like a woman in the south of the Yangtze River?" ”

She shook her head, she didn't know why. Since she was a child, others have praised her for her gentleness, like water, which is very different from the girls in Shu around her.

Guo Qianqian's appearance follows her mother Duan's, although she is beautiful, she looks a little mean. Although the two have the same father, they look very different.

"It's getting late." Guo Xiaoxiao looked at the sunset in the distance, "Let's go back." ”

"You go back first, I'll stand here for a while."

"Okay."

It happened that Xiaolan hurriedly ran over and called Guo Xiaoxiao urgently.

"Miss, it's not good!"

Xiaolan leaned over and said something in Guo Xiaoxiao's ear, Guo Xiaoxiao's face changed greatly, and he turned to Yuan Shaocheng and said, "There is an urgent matter at home, I have to go back quickly." ”

Yuan Shaocheng nodded slightly, and Guo Xiaoxiao took Xiaolan back to Guo's mansion. On the way, Guo Xiaoxiao asked, "Did my father say anything?" ”

Xiaolan said as she walked: "The master said that he was not sick, and the lady went to see the guest." ”

"How are they talking?"

"Master Gu brought a matchmaker, and he also brought a bunch of dowry gifts, and Madame is not easy to refuse."

Guo Xiaoxiao thought about it and suddenly stopped leaving.

"What's wrong with you?"

"I shouldn't have gone back now, yes, I shouldn't have shown my face." Guo Xiaoxiao hesitated back and forth, "The girl's family shouldn't come forward." ”

"But Miss, the affairs of the house have always been decided by the master, and now the master is sick in bed, it is inconvenient to see guests, and the lady is a speechless person, I'm afraid it won't last long."

Seeing that Guo Xiaoxiao was still hesitating, Xiaolan said again: "Have you forgotten what happened to Murong Gongzi last time?" At that time, the old man thought that you were old and should talk about family affairs, so he agreed. Madame does not dare to say a word of rebuttal to your future husband. ”

"What can I do?" Guo Xiaoxiao was so anxious that he walked around the alley, "Do you really want me to show up?" ”

"Miss, Madame is soft-hearted, and she can't see the pitiful appearance of others whispering. If the old man Gu put on an attitude of sincerely asking for marriage, and the matchmaker instigated him, the lady might have nodded and agreed. ”

"No, I'll have to take a look." Guo Xiaoxiao still took Xiaolan back to Guo's mansion.

Guo Xiaoxiao had just arrived outside the door and heard the conversation of several people in the hall, and she first stood by the door and listened carefully.

A middle-aged man's voice came from the room: "The dog is the same age as Ling Yuan, we are the right match, and I am also sincerely asking for marriage for the dog, you see ......"

"Hearing you say so much, I only know about Ling Lang, but her father is in charge of everything in this family, and I am a lady who can't speak."

Listening to the voice, the person who spoke was Mrs. Guo.

Another woman spoke, and it seemed that she should be a matchmaker: "Mrs. Guo is a mother, and you naturally have the final say in the affairs of her children." If you nodded, it was also Master Guo who nodded. ”

There was the sound of boxes being opened in the room, and several boxes were opened.

The matchmaker said again: "This Master Gu sincerely asks to marry the eldest girl of your family, you see, before he got started, he brought so many dowry gifts." ”

Guo Xiaoxiao thought to himself, this matchmaker is really a good means, this pro has not said that he has sent a lot of dowry gifts into the door first, which makes people embarrassed to refuse.

Mrs. Guo said: "I understand what you mean, but her father ......."

"Mrs. Guo is not worried about Young Master Gu?" The matchmaker interrupted Mrs. Guo's words, "I dare to pack a ticket for this, Young Master Gu is loyal and kind, and will never treat Ling Yuan badly, you can rest assured." ”

Master Gu smiled: "I heard that Ling Yuan will be nineteen in July this year. ”

Without waiting for Mrs. Guo to speak, the matchmaker immediately smiled and said, "Yes, yes, Mrs. Guo, it will delay Miss Guo in another year." Why didn't Mrs. Guo take advantage of Ling Yuan's good years to find a good husband for her? If you wait any longer, it'll be really late. ”

These words pierced Mrs. Guo's heart. All girls marry at the age of fifteen or sixteen, and after the age of twenty, they become old girls.

Guo's family has a lot of money, even if he raises Guo Xiaoxiao for a lifetime, he can afford to raise him, but the girl will marry when she is older, and if she doesn't marry, she will be gossiped about, why doesn't Mrs. Guo know?

When he was still in Shu before, Guo Xiaoxiao happened to be in time, but considering that he was going to move to Yangzhou, he was worried that she would be too far away from her mother's house in the future, so he didn't say goodbye. Last year, the matchmaker talked about Hanfu's family affairs, but Guo Qianqian intervened again. In order to avoid the limelight, it has been dragged out until now, and he will be almost nineteen years old.

Mrs. Guo sighed and said, "Of course I want to find a good family for Xiao Xiao, and I don't want to delay her." The dowry gift given by the Gu family is really bothered, as long as the Gu family treats her well and does not let her suffer, her father and I don't care about these imaginary things......"

Guo Xiaoxiao listened to her words and seemed to have the intention of agreeing. She secretly screamed that it was not good, why would she stay if she didn't move at this time? She immediately got up and walked in.