18 Envelopes

Gu Zhang rubbed over like a puppy: "Mother, I received the silver today, and I also have a share, right?" ”

The bright black eyes looked at it without blinking, and Qiu Niang's heart became soft.

However, she has been attacked several times, and Qiu Niang reacted quickly this time.

She guarded the bottom line and said: "I will buy the things you went to the county private school to study, and then I will give you the rest." ”

She calculated, this time she bought the four books and five classics and one year's pen, ink, paper and inkstone at one time, and there was not much silver left, mainly because the small stones never spent money in vain.

"Okay!"

Gu Zhang doesn't care about these details, as long as he has money to spend.

He's going to the county seat to be chic and happy again!

This world is so wonderful.

"Let's go!"

After half a year of recuperation and exercise, Gu Zhang's body is no longer panting after running a few steps like before.

Several members of the Gu family saw him running and jumping out, and they all smiled.

Wang hurried out for a while, and bowed to the Bodhisattva: "Bodhisattva bless, bless the little stone to be healthy in the future, and when the little stone grows up, you will go to the temple to make a big golden body." ”

Gu Dagen and Old Man Gu, each of them carried a basket, which contained the work to be handed in in the county seat.

The family happily went out.

Walking along the road in front of the door to the entrance of the village, when passing by a house, there were faint sounds of quarrels and cries inside.

The loudest was a grumpy and hoarse male voice.

"Crying, crying, you know crying, there is no rain this year, and the wheat harvest is not watered enough, and there are only a few people working at home? I can't pour enough water when I'm tired, and now I know that I'm crying, why didn't I be clever enough to send eggs to the next door earlier? ”

"You know how to eat when you open your mouth, it's still a step slow to live so close, and you still have the face to cry."

Followed by an unconcealable complaining woman's voice, "I'm not a mother, I talk about those gossips outside all day long, and my mouth is comfortable, but it hurts my family." ”

"It's only one or two eggs a day, I'd rather save a little bit than suffer this hardship, and everyone has lost a lot of weight."

A noisy quarrel and complaining followed, and it was impossible to hear what was being said inside, only the crying could not be contained at all.

Wang sighed.

When she got married, everyone thought she was pitiful, she married a wealthy and powerless person, but there were many people and land next door, and it was a good family.

She didn't know what to say now.

The rest of the Gu family was not affected, and they walked excitedly towards the county seat.

Tonghui Money Village is the largest money bank in the entire county.

"A silver tael or two—"

"Take it."

Gu Dagen stood tall in front of the counter and blocked the small semi-arc hole: "Yes, silver." ”

The guy took it and saw that the stub was actually in the capital, and he immediately smiled: "Please inside, I'll ask the shopkeeper to come over." ”

The rest of the process went pretty smoothly.

The Gu family, who had never entered the bank, quickly succeeded in getting the money.

Fifty taels were exchanged for a large silver ingot, thirty taels for a smaller silver nugget, and the remaining twenty taels for small pieces of silver and ten pieces of silver.

Qiu Niang stuffed two large silver ingots into the intimate pocket she sewed into Gu Dagen's clothes.

took half of the broken silver and five pieces of money, and handed it to Gu Zhang, "Wait for the mother to buy the things at home, don't use them all up." ”

Qiu Niang deliberately only took half of the loose money, but she still wanted her son to develop the habit of reserving silver money.

"Okay, I promise not to be extravagant!" Gu Zhang's white little face was full of well-behaved smiles.

He didn't promise not to spend it!

Gu Zhang's mind was racing rapidly, recalling what other delicious and fun things were in the county.

The clothes are easy to wear, and they are much softer and more comfortable than cotton linen cloth, and they don't rub the skin at all.

Last time I passed by the restaurant, I smelled the fragrant roast duck inside, and bought two to eat.

There is also a pastry shop that I haven't been in before, go in and see what delicious pastries there are!

Qiu Niang had resistance, but the rest of the Gu family didn't have it, and they were dazzy by Gu Zhang's sweet mouth one by one: "Buy, buy, buy!" ”

The old couple couldn't help but take out some of the flowers they had saved recently, and smiled from ear to ear, "If you like Xiaoshi, you can buy it, grandpa/grandma is rich." ”

Old Man Gu even took out the money from the carpenter's work that he had just received and gave it to Gu Zhang.

It didn't take long for the two empty baskets to fill up.

Qiu Niang came back from the other end, and when she saw the two back baskets, her heart stopped.

"Little stones."

Gu Zhang stepped on her feet and stuffed a piece of sesame soft cake into her mouth: "Mother, you try it, my father and I specially chose it for you, you must love to eat it." ”

Gu Zhang flexibly pulled his father to cushion his back.

Gu Dagen didn't notice anything wrong, and said stupidly: "Qiu Niang, this is delicious, you hurry up and taste it, it's fragrant and sweet, I've never tasted such a delicious thing in my life." ”

Qiu Niang also felt the strong aroma of sesame seeds spreading in her mouth, and the sweetness and fragrance seemed to soak into her heart.

Like Gu Dagen, it was the first time in her life that she had eaten such a delicious thing.

What I wanted to say was blocked in my throat by the sweet pastry.

Qiu Niang poked Gu Zhang's forehead, and smiled at a raised face, "Mother, it's delicious!" ”

"Hmm."

Qiu Niang took Gu Zhang's hand and walked in the direction of the bookstore.

"Let's buy the book you saw last time, and you go back and study it slowly."

"Okay."

It just so happens that if he produces anything from the mountains in the future, he can push it into this book.

All the way to the bookstore, not far from the diagonal opposite of the bookstore, is the county yamen.

"Mother, you go buy the Four Books and the Five Classics, and I'll go find the book from last time." Gu Zhang said.

Under the pretext of looking for books, he observed the situation of the county government office opposite.

In the post-apocalyptic base, if the supernatural discovers the danger and hidden danger of the base, they can report it directly to the top.

Those who can become base managers in the fifty-fifth year of the last days are all capable, and as long as the suggestions are reasonable, they can be quickly adopted and implemented.

Now he naturally thinks the same way, but he is a child now, and it is too scary to give such advice, so he wants to send it in through other methods.

"If only the plant ability was still around." Gu Zhang muttered.

If the plant ability is still there, he can use a vine to quietly send the letter in.

"Meow~"

A domineering white cat, parkour from the door, flew to the wooden bookshelf of the bookstore, pacing gracefully from a high place, looking at the people below the bookshelf.

"Oh, Ancestor, why are you here again!" The shopkeeper was just happy about having a big business, and when he saw this white cat, his expression changed.

"Hurry up, catch it carefully, and send it back to the other side quickly, don't let this ancestor harm the book." The shopkeeper hurriedly instructed Xiao Er to move.

The ancestors opposite?

Gu Zhang looked up and observed that the white cat was clean and had ornaments around its neck.

You know, many people don't have accessories these days.

"This cat is so cute, who raised it?" Gu Zhang pretended to be curious and asked the shopkeeper.

Shopkeeper: "This is Wu County's favorite cat, hide it, you can't catch it!" ”

Wu County's pet cat?

Gu Zhang had an idea.

He spared the back and asked Xiao Er to get the most common envelope.

If his family bought a lot, he didn't have any money for this envelope, so he should give it away.

He said to the system, "Is there a nepeta? Redeem me for 5 points. ”

The system was watching the excitement of "cat walking", and when it heard Gu Zhang's request, it was almost so happy that it exploded.

This seems to be the first time that the host has taken the initiative to spend points!

With the first time, will the second be far away?

"Yes, yes, I'll exchange it for you now!" The system hurriedly said, it secretly glanced at the white cat, thinking that it might have to change to a white cat skin!

The white cat appeared, and the host praised it for its cuteness and bought it catnip.

It doesn't have any!

Gu Zhang didn't know that Derpy melon was secretly rubbing and jealous, so he stuffed some catnip into the envelope, and after sealing it, he rubbed it with catnip on the outside of the envelope.

The cat, which was jumping up and down, smelled the catnip, and ran at him excitedly.

Xiao Er reminded: "Be careful! ”

The elegant and flexible white cat jumped into Gu Zhang's arms, rubbing his hands with its round little head and meowing incessantly.

The wet little pink nose sniffed and sniffed.

"Meow~Meow~Meow-"

The shopkeeper hurriedly asked, "This little brother, you can do well, take it out and put it at the base of the wall a little farther away." ”

"I've done you a favor, but you'll have to give us a cheaper price." Gu Zhang said.

"That's nature!" The shopkeeper wiped the sweat from his forehead, and hurriedly responded, eager to send away this cat ancestor immediately.

This is also exactly what Gu Zhangyi wanted, he hugged the cat and ran out: "Daddy, I'll be back soon." ”

Running to the intersection ahead, turning into a small alley, he took the envelope from his bosom and made a small twist rope out of the rhizome of catnip, which passed through one corner of the envelope and tied the other end outside the collar around the neck of the white cat.

"Go ahead." Gu Zhang pushed the cat's butt and let it go home.

The white cat was obviously a little excited, and wanted to sniff the envelope behind it in a dizzy circle, but it couldn't smell anything, so it could only turn in a circle.

Gu Zhang stood in the distance, looking at this scene with a gentle gaze, like the soft moonlight in the night.

System:!

Big pig's trotters!

It really loves cats!

It secretly rubbed and opened the system skin interface, looked at the huge amount of 100/month cute cat skin on it, and silently hugged itself, "Wow~ It's too expensive!" ”

The white cat tried hard for a while, but he couldn't get the envelope on his back, so he jumped on the eaves in a daze and went straight to the direction of home, "Meow meow!" ”

The white cat is snow-white, and it carries a brownish-yellow envelope on its back, which is particularly conspicuous.

The white cat is the best at reading people's faces, knowing who is the biggest in this family, it slipped through the window into the study, and rushed to Wu County: "Meow meow!" ”

Wu County Lingzheng leaned back in the chair and read the notebook leisurely: "Why did you come back with an envelope?" ”

He took off the envelope, took the paper out of it, and brought out the catnip.

The white cat was immediately attracted by catnip, jumped to the ground, and rolled on the ground with happiness, feeling that the cat life was unprecedentedly wonderful.

Wu Xianling glanced at the content of the paper a few times, shook his head and put it aside: "There are really everyone, it doesn't rain in the sky, what does it have to do with the trees on the ground?" I think it's just that some people are jealous that we can have this entry. ”

The white cat played with catnip and was confused, and if one did not pay attention, the catnip was swept away by the cleaning man.

The white cat who woke up: "Meow? ”

Who stole its fairy grass!

The white cat searched all over the house, but couldn't find any fun and fragrant grass, and finally stared at the only paper that was still dyed with the smell of catnip.

It had the courage to stretch out its claws, and when it hooked, the paper fell into its claws, and the cat, who had done bad things, quickly fled the scene with the baby and played in the courtyard outside.

Yan Xianmei walked in from outside the door, he came to find Wu Xianling for something.

The white cat rolled excitedly, and even the cat with the paper, it hit Yan Xianmei's instep.

"Meow!"

Yan Xianmei found that there were still words on the paper, and turned around and said, "Jiang Wu, you pick up the paper and take a look, don't let the cat harm the official document." ”

Many official documents may seem like just a piece of paper, but they are related to the livelihood of thousands of people.

Jiang Wu's serious expression on his face remained unchanged, he lowered his head and snatched the paper from the cat's mouth, tidied it up a little, and handed it to Yan Xianmei with both hands: "Look." ”

The white cat naturally didn't do it: "Meow meow!! ”

Jiang Wu hurriedly controlled it and didn't let the cat hurt Yan Lao in the slightest.

Yan Laoben just glanced at it casually, but after just one glance, he was attracted by the clear line chart, and then his kind face became serious.

"Meow meow!" The white cat is so angry that the cat's tail hits people.

"Good!" Yan Lao saw the content behind and couldn't help but say yes!

Jiang Wu has followed Yan Lao for so many years, traveled to many places in the Xuan Dynasty, and done many things that benefit the people and benefit future generations, and he has never seen him applaud an article so much: "What is written on this?" Haven't you always liked to look at these crepe things? ”

Yan Lao stroked his beard and was surprised: "Although I can't be sure that what this person said is true, the situation described in the article is very consistent with the places we have visited. ”

"The person who wrote this article has extraordinary insight and a lot of insight, and must be a wise man who has traveled the world."

Jiang Wu was not happy, in his heart Yan Lao was a real wise man, and he didn't know how many practical things he had done for the people of the world: "Is it really so powerful?" ”

Yan Lao has read the content on this piece of paper back and forth three times, and the more he reads it, the more he feels that it makes sense, and it is consistent with what he has seen and heard, and he is to the point and the words are incisive.

The more I look at it, the more itchy I get, and I can't wait to introduce him as a confidant immediately!

He handed the article to Jiang Wu: "Look at it, we have traveled through so many places, and now we encounter rare and little rain in Ningdu Mansion, have you ever thought about logging?" ”

He said, "You go and find out who wrote this." ”

Jiang Wu was silent after reading it, it was indeed different from those crepe articles, he also felt quite reasonable, and responded: "Yes, my subordinates will go and check." ”

***

Yonghe Village, Gu Family.

A circle of people sat on the long wooden table, and in the stoneware plate, there was a roast duck with a bright and ruddy color and a slightly crispy skin, and on the oily paper next to it, neat osmanthus cakes and sesame soft cakes were spread out.

Coupled with the stewed fragrant chicken, the rich aroma of meat, mixed with a hint of sweet delicate aroma, makes people swallow saliva.

Not to mention, in the bowl in front of everyone, there are piles of rice like small mountain buns.

In front of Old Man Gu and Gu Dagen, there was also a small bottle of wine.

"Eat! Today is a big day for our family, so let's eat more. Wang looked at the table full of meat and white rice, and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes.

When she got married, everyone said that she was going to suffer for the rest of her life, and she thought so herself, but she didn't expect that she would be able to live such a good life when she came.

Eat meat, eat fine grains, and eat all-you-can-eat!

Old Man Gu also took a shallow sip of wine, and his eyelids, which were always drooping, were raised, obviously the whole person was extraordinarily energetic: "Eat, Xiaoshi, you eat more, make up for your brain, Qiu Niang, you also eat more, we can't do this family without you." Dagen, you can eat it too, we have saved up enough energy, and we will go to harvest wheat in two days! ”

Gu Dagen grinned: "I think our wheat harvest is also good this year, it's a good year!" ”

Qiu Niang is also happy, one hundred taels, enough for ordinary farmers to live a lifetime in peace, as long as they divide the farming, no matter what happens in the future, they are not afraid!

When everyone excitedly expressed their feelings, Gu Zhang was stuffy and ate the food that was fed in the bowl.

After a round of chatting, he ate with a shiny mouth and a satisfied face.

He picked up a piece of osmanthus cake, smelled the aroma of the pastry, and said, "Let's build a house, right?" Just build the kind in the county, blue brick and big tile house! ”

The four adults of the Gu family who eat deliciously, drink beautifully, and are immersed in a happy future:!

Gu Zhang didn't wait for them to speak, and continued to speak: "We can build it bigger, live in a spacious place, not to mention, we can also plant some fruit trees in the yard, let's dig another well......"

Gu Zhang didn't have the concept of home before.

The house in the base is just a place to sleep.

But now, he feels that it feels good to have a home, not to be surrounded by zombies, and not to worry about the contribution points being divided by others when they are not old enough.

This is his roots, there are relatives who think about him wholeheartedly, no matter how rich he is in the future, how far he goes, and when he is tired of playing outside, he can come back.

"Wait until we save some more money and buy more land...... Gu Zhang's black eyes were shining, as if they were embedded with stars in the sky.

The whole family also fell into the sweet dream he sketched.

They have worked hard for more than ten years, whether it is to buy a few more pieces of land, or to study with small stones, plus a magnificent blue brick and tile house, they will really be one of the best people in Yonghe Village, or even ten miles and eight townships!

Then it's really different!

Even if the silver money has been hidden at home, Qiu Niang subconsciously covers her purse.

The scary thing is that she was really moved by the words.

Could it be that the money earned by the little stone is destined to not be saved?

Maybe the happiness in front of him is too real, or maybe the future outlined by Gu Zhang is too good.

Before the family had finished eating, they made a decision to keep twenty taels for backup, and half of the remaining money was used to build a new house and half to buy land.

Gu Dagen said: "Then I'll go to the village chief to approve a piece of land first, wait for the summer harvest and summer planting, and then talk about building a house to the outside world." ”

Qiu Niang nodded: "Now that our family says that we want to build a house, there must be enough people to help." ”

Old Man Gu sighed with satisfaction: "It's really different from before." ”

Qiu Niang thought of Gu Zhang's cleverness: "Little stone, you go with your father, so as not to trouble the village chief to help sign and stamp your handprint." ”

Gu Zhang nodded: "Okay!" ”

***

Half a month after the wheat filling period, it is time to harvest.

It was late May.

In a mansion in the county seat.

"Any news?" Yan Lao asked anxiously.

Jiang Wu crossed his hand and saluted, and replied: "My subordinates are incompetent, and I didn't find out who sent the article." ”

Yan Xianmei's face was lost, and he got up: "Let's go, go out and take a walk." ”

Just two streets away from the mansion, a middle-aged man bumped into someone else, and the booklet and discs in his hand were scattered all over the place, just in front of Yan Lao and the others.

"I'm sorry."

This middle-aged man is the son of the village chief, the tiger's father. The wheat is about to be harvested, and the village chief needs to report to the yamen in order to calculate the tax.

The village chief couldn't leave, so he sent his son on this trip, and by the way, he brought an official document that needed to be reported to the yamen.

He bent down to pick it up.

With a wrong eye, Yan Xianmei saw Gu Zhang's handwriting, which was the literature of Gu Jiaxuan's new land for building a house.

Although Gu Zhang's article blurred the handwriting, the literati at this time had the ability to "read people by words", which was not at all understood by Gu Zhang, a calligraphy layman from the last days.

"Wait!" Yan Xianmei hurriedly retained.

But the tiger's father is also a tiger, seeing the two of them dressing, for fear of getting into trouble, he bent down and hugged the literature, and ran away as soon as he slipped away.

Jiang Wudao: "Master, I just saw it, it is the literature of Yonghe Village. ”

Yan Lao's face was happy: "Can you see clearly?" ”

"See clearly."

Yan Lao sighed with emotion: "It's actually Yonghe Village again? The keel car last time was convenient and exquisite, with wide applicability, and the little doll was also clever and intelligent. Unexpectedly, this great talent also lived in seclusion in Yonghe Village. ”

"It seems that Yonghe Village is a treasure land, and it has given birth to two strange people, it's a pity that I didn't see it last time."

Yan Xianmei sighed with emotion, and couldn't wait to walk in the direction of the city gate.

"Don't worry, you forgot about the appointment you have in the past two days?" Jiang Wu hurriedly stopped.

Yan Lao knocked his head with a folding fan and regretted: "I would have agreed to any poetry meeting if I knew it earlier, it would be a waste of time." ”

Jiang Wu hurriedly said: "It's the summer harvest in two days, don't you love this scene the most?" I just went to see it that day, and I not only saw the harvest scene, but also found a bosom friend, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone? ”

"Okay, I'll wait two more days."

Two days went by in a flash.

The wheat is ripe, and many families are planning to start harvesting it today.

There are many people around the Gu family's field, which is particularly lively.