As expected, as soon as the soup was served, Zhao pounced. Gu Jiu had already prepared, and rushed over as soon as she rushed up and pushed her away violently.

"Second aunt, have you forgotten how Gu Zhiqi went back last night? I'm telling you, take the money or fuck off! Otherwise, don't blame me for turning my face and hitting someone! ”

"Gu Jiu! I am your elder! Zhao glared, obviously not expecting Gu Jiu to really make a move with her. Although she was shocked when she saw what happened last night, she thought that Gu Zhiqi and Gu Jiu were of the same generation after all, but they were different, they were elders!

"So what?"

"You...... I'm telling you that if you really annoy me, you don't want to marry again! ”

Gu Jiu: ...... How did you all tell that I wanted to marry? This body is only thirteen this year, a minor! What's the hurry!

"Xiaojing, leave her alone, let's go."

"Gu Jiu!" Seeing Gu Jiu leave without saying a word, Zhao was so angry that he stomped his feet.

Sweet potatoes with mushroom and bird egg soup are a real treat.

"It's delicious! Sister, can we go pick up another bird's egg tomorrow? After eating four sweet potatoes and drinking a big bowl of mushroom and bird egg soup, Gu Jing leaned back on the chair and happily touched his little belly.

"Not tomorrow, my sister will go to the city tomorrow, and I'll pay it for you when I come back." Until then, you can't run into the fog area, where there is danger. Gu Jiu looked at Gu Jing and said solemnly.

"I'll just say it's ...... if I can't go"

Looking at Gu Jing's aggrieved appearance, Ye Qingyi couldn't help laughing, but after the laughter, he was worried, and then got up and took out a tael of silver and thirty copper plates.

"My mother has never been to the city, and I don't know what the situation is there, but it's always right to have some money. These two are what you asked for for your grandfather, and these thirty copper plates are saved by your mother for more than ten years, so you can take them all! ”

Gu Jiu was stunned for a moment, and finally nodded.

On this day, Gu Jiu got up early in the morning, walked for about fifty minutes to the town, paid five copper plates and got into the carriage to the city.

"Uncle, when will we arrive?"

It is said that it is a carriage, but it is actually a horse drawn an open-air ground row car, and on a wooden cart of about two square meters, a total of six people sat on the car. There was another girl besides her, but the person kept her head down and couldn't see clearly. The rest are adult males.

"The first time the little girl went to the city?"

Hearing this, Gu Jiu nodded.

"Going on your own?" The uncle glanced back and continued to ask.

"Yes, grandpa asked me to deliver something."

"Send something." I don't know if it's an illusion, Gu Jiu seemed to hear the uncle's nonchalant smile: "Don't worry, the time is just right, it's time to arrive at night." ”

Gu Jiu nodded, and when he turned his head, he suddenly found that the little girl just now didn't know when she raised her head and stared at her directly.

"Do you know where you're going?" The hoarse voice seemed to have experienced a roar, and an unbearable, dry voice came out of the girl's mouth.

Gu Jiu was stunned for a moment, subconsciously looked around, and shook her head after talking to herself, she really didn't know where there was a cocoon on the ground.

"No wonder, you'll regret it when you get there. It's a pity that you're still so young. ”

After finishing speaking, he lowered his head as before, the only difference was that there was an additional man who looked at Gu Jiu warningly.

Gu Jiu was confused, why did he regret it? Women are not allowed in the city? But when she inquired, she said yes!

The carriage swayed all the way, and by noon everyone began to take out their bags and eat the lunch they had prepared, but the girl remained motionless.

Gu Jiu looked at the man, hesitated for a moment, and still handed it over with the nest of sweet potato leaf filling.

The sister was stunned for a moment, took the nest and took a big bite of it, and began to cry as she ate, and the man immediately came to chase me when she saw this.

"is trouble, get out of the way! Interfere again, be careful that Lao Tzu tells you to get out of the car! ”

At the same time, the other people in the same car also looked at Gu Jiu with the eyes of fools.

Gu Jiu sat back in the corner, not knowing what he had done wrong for a while. Could it be that she didn't follow some kind of rule?

In line with the principle of not wanting to cause trouble for the first time, Gu Jiu did not speak, and silently ate his lunch.

In the evening, the car really got stuck in the city.

"Alright, you three are down here. There was a scholar in the car, and if I went there, I was afraid that I would be unlucky. ”

Gu Jiu looked at the uncle driving in surprise, and always felt that something strange: "Then if I go back, will I also wait for the car here?" ”

When the words fell, the entire people in the car looked at Gu Jiu, and the uncle's voice was even more visible to the naked eye: "Do you think you can still come back?" ”

"Of course, I'm going back!"

"Okay, little girl, I'll pass by here in the early morning in five days, if you can still appear here, I won't take a penny from the old man!"

"It's a deal!"

"Haha, you girl, young." The uncle smiled and waved his hand, shook the reins in his hand, and drove away.

Gu Jiu stood in place for a while, and the two monks were confused, and when they reacted, they got out of the car with her, and the two of them were no longer visible.

This was the first time Gu Jiu had really seen the night in the city in this era, and it was different from the tranquility she imagined, the whole night was very lively, with an endless stream of vendors and bustling people.

Gu Jiu casually picked a direction and started walking, paying attention to the shops on both sides of the street and the clothes worn by people passing by as he walked.

"Crooked, we only sell ready-to-wear here, not cloth, you go to that house on the street!" Before Gu Jiu could get close to a clothing store, the junior second inside saw her and immediately walked out and drove her aside.

"Then do you collect silkworm cocoons?"

"You don't understand people, huh? What kind of cocoons do we want when we sell ready-to-wear? on, hurry, don't affect our business. ”

Gu Jiu continued to walk forward in the direction that the man had just pointed out, passing by four or five houses in succession, but they were coaxed out before they could enter the door.

After turning around, Gu Jiu suddenly saw a lot of people gathered in front of him, and they also followed-someone was about to jump off the building.

Through the flickering lights and the overwhelming crowd, Gu Jiu saw clearly the woman who jumped off the building—the person she met during the day.

"Jump, beauty, your uncle and I will take you well below~"

Listening to the nonsense around him, Gu Jiu suddenly understood what the group of people said during the day meant.

At this moment, she suddenly met the eyes of the sister, who was obviously stunned, and then jumped from the second floor in the next second.

Gu Jiu was startled, and subconsciously looked for something to catch her, and seeing that he had landed, he hurriedly took advantage of the chaos to kick the happiest man he had just called.

With a bang, the man was smashed and screamed.

Before Gu Jiu could react, she was suddenly grabbed by the hand and ran to the side alley. Around the corner, the sister suddenly stopped again and stuffed a hairpin into Gu Jiu's hand: "Sell it to buy food to eat, don't go in if you die!" ”

After saying that, he kept running out in the other direction.

Gu Jiu was stunned, reacted and hurriedly chased after him, but that person seemed to have been here countless times a long time ago, and he was familiar with the surrounding terrain well, and easily shook off Gu Jiu and the people in the brothel.

"Someone's going to the river!"

Hearing the shout, Gu Jiu was shocked.

Jumping into the river to commit suicide.

Gu Jiu's heart burned with a strong uneasiness, and he quickly ran in the direction of the sound.

When they arrived, the shore was already full of people, and the people from the brothel had also found it, and were rocking a small boat to catch people. But the sister obviously had no intention of surviving, and let herself sink quickly.

Gu Jiu stood on the shore, holding the hairpin tightly under the white-washed cuffs.

"It's a pity, this little girl looks quite small."

"Wait a minute." Gu Jiu quickly turned around and called out to the eldest lady who had just spoken: "Excuse me, how much is it for a little girl from the village below to be sold here?" ”

"It's all the same, but the ones you come from the village down are all dead deeds. Unless they die, or are resold, they can't get out. This little girl has missed a ...... today."

Half a penny, two hundred and fifty copper coins, and a quarter of a tael of silver.

Gu Jiu didn't hear what the eldest lady said behind him, so he reluctantly smiled and thanked him, and held the hairpin in his hand tightly.

I don't know how long it took, there was no one left on the street, Gu Jiu took out the hairpin and looked at the patterns on it without blinking.

"If you sell it, buy food to eat, don't go in if you die!"

The sister was hesitant, but when she saw her, she jumped off without thinking. If she doesn't show up......

……

The next morning, when the first rays of sunlight spilled on Gu Jiu, Gu Jiu looked at the calm river and finally left the shore.

Huangtian lived up to his wishes, and after looking for another day, he received Gu Jiu in a customized store in the evening.

"How many?"

"Five hundred, but I still have them at home."

As he spoke, Gu Jiu took out the wrapped silkworm cocoon from his arms and put it on the counter. The shopkeeper opened it and looked at it carefully, and asked with a smile, "You raise this?" ”

"No, wild."

"How much do you want?" The shopkeeper asked as he plucked his eyes and put down his cocoon.

Gu Jiu was stunned for a moment, she really didn't know what the market price was. After thinking about the task of fifteen taels of silver issued by the system, and thinking about the one or two taels of silver that the original owner's father had received from the death of the war, he said, "Ten taels of silver." ”

The shopkeeper smiled: "The little girl will sell it for the first time, let me tell you the truth, five hundred silkworm cocoons are only two catties, and the current market price is only five taels of silver." Little girl, if you can get me another two thousand of these qualities, I can mention to you six taels of silver according to the old master's household! ”

"Deal."

"Refreshing!"

Gu Jiu left the store after getting the money, the sun was setting outside and the sunset was rotten, but she didn't know where to go for a while?

Gu Jiu was wandering on the road, and unconsciously walked back to the place where the sister jumped off last night.

Gu Jiu stood downstairs and saw the name of this building - Hongxiang Pavilion.

The lights flickered, and colorful handkerchiefs swirled by the door, as if yesterday's accident was just a dream of Gu Jiu.

Gu Jiu smiled bitterly, and was just about to leave, when he suddenly saw a familiar figure in the crowd.