17. Missing
So that's what happened. Die'er didn't get a hairpin, so she was probably disappointed. Gu Ning rubbed his temples with a headache, then looked at the puffing butterfly in front of him, and said, "I was too tired that day, I forgot." Don't worry, I'll buy you a good one as compensation later. ”
Die'er was attracted by his words, and asked nervously, "Is it from the Golden Jade Pavilion?" ”
Gu Ning nodded, "The Golden Jade Pavilion is the best." ”
"That's a few thousand taels of silver!" Die'er was startled and hesitated: "Young master, you can buy a medium one for Die'er, if it really doesn't work, it's okay to be middle and low-class." ”
Looking at her serious consideration, Gu Ning sighed in her heart, this girl is too simple!
Now that she is poor and white, she depends on her for food, and with an empty promise, Die'er laughs happily.
Gu Ning was infected by her smile, and thought to herself that the first money she earned after recovering her strength would buy a hairpin for this girl first.
A few days after I went back, my physical condition gradually improved, the decoction prescribed by the old doctor was very effective, and the high fever subsided.
Gu Ning re-operated the wooden sword, and he was exhausted from practicing every day, but even so, his physique still did not improve, and the Qingfeng Sword could not be pulled out.
In the evening, he sat in front of the steps of his house, pondering why.
It's not a way to go on like this, tomorrow is the spring year, it's the first season of the battlefield of the heavens...
Die'er was washing clothes on the other side, looking at Gu Ning's sad face, her big smart eyes dimmed, Die'er thought: The destruction of the dantian is a big blow to a genius like the young master, right?
The next day, something strange happened, Gu Ning got up in the morning and found Die'er looking at him with a smile. Today is the first time Die'er has taken a break from work, Gu Ning thinks it's good, this girl has been working in the cloth workshop for more than half a year, and she should have rested for a while.
Die'er said: "Young master, the cloth shop paid the monthly money yesterday, let's go eat and burn **?" ”
Gu Ning originally wanted to refuse, the roast chicken was too extravagant, and he couldn't stand Die'er's hospitality, so he was dragged to a restaurant in the slums.
Die'er said a lot at the dinner table, recalling the interesting things she used to have in Gu's house, as well as the poverty but happiness she had lived these days, and said, Gu Ning is not the same as before, more close to people, Die'er smiled: "I like the current young master." ”
"Why?" Gu Ning was curious.
"The young master used to be very kind to people, but he always gave Die'er a sense of alienation." Die'er frowned and considered the wording, as if she was not good at expressing it: "The book says that the maid's life is hard, she has served in the master's house for a lifetime, and when she goes out, the old man is yellow, no one wants to ask for it, and the money she saves is used to die alone." ”
Die'er said: "But whether it is in the Gu Mansion or now, Die'er is very happy." ”
Gu Ning was flustered when she heard this, what happened to the girl today, Jing said some sensational words, and stared at Die'er's eyes: "What did you do?" ”
Die'er turned her head over, and no matter how Gu Ning asked, she refused to say more. After eating, the leftovers were taken away, and Die'er said that she had only taken a break from her morning's work, and that she had to go on to spin.
Gu Ningti slipped through the leftovers, and when she saw Die'er trotting away, and when she was almost out of sight, Die'er smiled and waved her arm, and said loudly that he should not worry.
When he walked home, Gu Ning's heart went up and down, and when he went back, he saw a note on the table, with crooked words written on it, which was left by Die'er, to the effect that he should open the cabinet when he came back.
"This girl, what are you doing..."Gu Ning muttered, walked to the wooden cabinet and opened it, and after seeing the contents clearly, a look of surprise appeared on his face.
In the cabinet is a brand new quilt, embroidered with a beautiful dragon and phoenix pattern, implying the dragon and phoenix among people, and a small black wooden box, on which is a note.
This time, the handwriting looks much better, it should be that Die'er is looking for someone to help write it, Gu Ning picked it up, and his expression froze.
It turns out that today is his eighteenth birthday, and according to the custom here, a coming-of-age ceremony can be held. Then he looked at the note, which read: 'I wish the young master a speedy recovery and become a martial artist.' ’
Gu Ning's heart was warm, playing with the small wooden box, and when he heard that there seemed to be a round thing inside, he opened it and saw that it was an emerald green elixir!
"Pills? How can that girl afford it? Smelling the fragrance of the elixir, Gu Ning felt chills... Die'er's monthly money in cloth spinning, less than one or two silver a year, looking at the color of this elixir, the value is less than a hundred taels, where does Die'er get the money?
In the small wooden box, there is a label produced by Dange, indicating the name and usage of the pill. When I went to the hospital a few days ago, the old doctor mentioned the 'Shaping Pill', the market price, two hundred taels of silver!
A thunderbolt sounded in Gu Ning's head.
After closing the door, he hurriedly ran to the cloth spinning, and when he arrived, he was out of breath, and Gu Ning saw that the proprietress of the cloth workshop was dyeing cloth in the yard.
The proprietress was puzzled: "Little brother, are you here to buy cloth?" ”
"Find someone, Die'er, a girl!" Gu Ning was anxious, recalling the expression of the roast chicken and the butterfly, wouldn't it be a scattered meal.
Gu Ning felt panicked for the first time, he didn't have it when he was imprisoned, and he was also very calm when he was expelled from the family, and for the first time, he felt helpless. Die'er's girl has no ability, and the only way to get two hundred taels of silver is to sell herself.
The proprietress poured cold water on him, and the other party said, "Butterfly? That girl left yesterday, and I still wonder why. ”
I only heard the proprietress complain: "Many people like the embroidery made by the girl, and I said that I gave her more monthly money, but I still refused to stay." Little brother, are you the girl's brother? ”
Gu Ning's head was buzzing, and he didn't hear what the proprietress said behind him at all.
Coming out of the slum in despair, Gu Ning rushed to the major green buildings. The place to sell oneself is nothing more than this kind of place, and it is also possible that it was taken by a young master and bought it privately.
But Gu Ning was penniless, and there was no money to open the way in the process of finding someone, which was extremely difficult, and he was often blasted out by the guards if he couldn't ask a few words in the Qinglou, and he saw that it was getting dark, and he hadn't found any news of Die'er.
This girl, just gone? Gu Ning was hollow in his heart, sitting on the stone hill on the side of the road, surrounded by the city of Pianfang, many people looked at him curiously, and some pointed at him:
"This person is a bit like the Gu family."
"The Gu family? The one who committed the robbery and was demoted from the family? ”
"Stay away from him, maybe this man will become a thief."
Surrounded by rumors, Gu Ning turned a deaf ear, and his mind was full of butterflies and laughter. Suddenly I didn't want to go back to that small dilapidated house, these days have been warm and it has become deserted, except for the old jujube tree in front of the door, he is probably the only one left.
'If Butterfly never came, I'd feel better now.' ’
Gu Ning looked a little lonely, before the battlefield of the heavens began, the cold reality gave him a fist. He thought to himself, no wonder he pulled out the Qingfeng Sword. Since the death of the master, he was so fragile, and the indomitable sword heart had already been thrown out of the clouds, how could the Qingfeng Sword be willing to recognize this kind of person as the master.