Gu Jing and Ye Qingyi worked much faster than Gu Jiu expected.

"That's all that's left?" Gu Jiu pointed to the place where Gu Jing gestured to her and asked uncertainly.

"Hmm." Gu Jing nodded: "We can finish it before noon." ”

Indeed, as expected, the two of them finished their work completely at noon, and then went to the back mountain to collect firewood and dig up some mother-in-law.

When Gu Jiu was about to go back, he happened to see Gu Zhiqi. The other party is still dressed in white, holding a folding fan, the only difference is that there is an extra mention of pastries.

Gu Jiu stood high, and from a distance, a carriage was driving away from the village.

It was a carriage in the true sense of the word, and it was completely different from the one she was sitting in the open air when she went into the city.

"Master! Milk! Mother! See what good things I've brought you back?" Before entering the door, Gu Zhiqi's voice sounded in the entire courtyard.

Hearing the movement, Old Man Gu, Old Lady Gu and the Wang family all hurriedly came out of the house.

"Grandpa, you see, this is a new pastry in the city, and even Mr. has never tasted it." Gu Zheqi held the pastry, his face full of pride.

Hearing this, Wang immediately smiled: "Among the children in our family, we Qi'er is the most filial to the elders, and if there are any rare good things, I am reluctant to eat them, so I will take them to honor the elders first." ”

Before the words fell, Gu Jiu and Gu Jing carried firewood into the gate.

Wang's eyes rolled, and Yin Yang said angrily: "But some juniors can't do it, they are selfish and don't know how to honor their elders at all!" Don't let say that bird's eggs are served to the elders, and they don't even want others to see them!"

Gu Jiu heard the meaning of the words, but he didn't bother to deal with them, put down the firewood and was just about to enter the house, when Gu Zhiqi suddenly shouted to stop her.

"Jiu girl, master, I'm happy to let you taste this pastry today. Come on, come and get it! As he spoke, Gu Zhiqi took out a pastry the size of a winter date from the oiled paper bag.

"Keep it for yourselves!"

Gu Jiumu didn't squint and directly pulled Gu Jing into the house.

Inside the house, Gu Jing took out the oil-paper bag in the cabinet and asked, "Sister, should we also give it to our grandparents to taste?"

Gu Jiu looked at the oiled paper bag in Gu Jing's hand and shook his head: "Your cousin took it out, and your grandparents asked for half at most, but after you took it out, you won't be able to eat a piece." ”

Besides, they only like what Gu Zhiqi took out, after all, Gu Zhiqi was cultivated by them with great effort, and people will always save face for themselves.

"Huh? Then I'd better not take it. Gu Jing opened the oiled paper bag, carefully took out a small piece of pastry from it and ate it.

"It's delicious! Sister taste it!"

"No, you can eat it yourself." Gu Jiu reached out and rubbed Gu Jing's head, then turned around and walked to the window. She always felt that Gu Zhiqi was hiding something, or that he was brewing something.

Outside the window, after a few people stood for a while, Gu Zhiqi entered the house with a smile with Old Man Gu under a burst of praise.

In the next few days, Gu Zhiqi was obviously a lot more diligent, and he was more attentive to his studies, and often discussed his knowledge with Old Man Gu.

It's just that the Zhao family still hasn't come back, and Gu Youcai was in a hurry at first, but after Mrs. Gu talked to him, he couldn't help but be in an indifferent attitude, and even began to faintly expect something.

"Mother, are you sure you can do this?"

"Then it doesn't need to be said, when will my mother miss it!"

"Then my son can rest assured!"

Listening to the greedy snickering in the corner, Gu Jiu quietly left the courtyard and continued to do his own thing.

The darkness of the human heart cannot be guessed, and the more unbearable and backward the place, the more it can break through the lower limit of cognition. And all she can do now is to keep adding chips to herself.

After collecting enough cocoons, Gu Jiu put on new clothes and arrived in the town as scheduled with a small burden on his back.

"Quick, let's go, let's go see what's going on?" A girl with a yellow headband pulled her companion past Gu Jiu, her voice carrying a deep curiosity.

Gu Jiu estimated the time, and also walked in the direction of everyone's advance.

"This is a girl from any family at this time, and she is still in a hurry to get married! I'm not afraid of losing my life!" A middle-aged woman said as she looked at the pink sedan chair that was slowly approaching.

"I heard that she was sold by the family who signed a death deed as a housemaid, and this girl also has the means, so she actually climbed up!"

"How did I hear that this girl and Lord Zhao are Zili (fellow villagers)? Anyway, this girl is not a loss, after all, most of the town is owned by Lord Zhao. ”

“……”

Everyone, you say a word to me, Gu Jiu quickly figured out the ins and outs of the matter.

Zhao brought his mother's family and people from the same village to find him, and asked for a refund of the money and release him with affection, but this Lord Zhao felt that he had lost face and refused to agree. After coming and going, he let Gu Qi marry in as a concubine.

The sedan chair stopped in front of the small door, and Gu Qi walked out of it wearing a brand-new pink coat. The face is powdered, the eyebrows and eyes are happy, and the hand is a handful of colorful candies.

The surroundings instantly became crowded and noisy. Gu Jiu left the crowd and went to the designated location to wait for the car.

Not surprisingly, the car arrived on time in the evening, Gu Jiu sold the cocoons and then returned to the inn, accompanied by Xiao Er, knocked on the door. Almost moments, the door opened from the inside.

After entering, Gu Jiu found that there were no less than four hundred booklets in the room.

"So much?"

"That's the amount for one day tomorrow." Hongge poured a glass of water and handed it to Gu Jiu and said.

"Can it be sold out?"

"Yes, didn't you say the last time you left that it would be nice if there was a special person to help promote the sale?"

Gu Jiu nodded, and motioned for the latter to continue: "I contacted the sisters in the previous pavilion and asked them to help inquire, guess what?" I didn't find anyone, but one of my sisters gave me a good idea. ”

"Not every family in this city has money, and there are a lot of people who are worried about food and clothing."

"I contacted the women and children, and for every booklet I sold, I gave them two copper plates, so that I could sell hundreds of more copies a day."

Hearing this, Gu Jiu's eyes were shocked, Hongge was even smarter than she expected.

But one thing she was curious about was that there were so many women in the city who could read. She thought that a story would be capped if it sold 100 copies.

"Then what kind of stories do you think these young ladies like? I'll lean back next time. ”

"Huh?" Hongge looked at Gu Jiu in surprise when he heard this: "Most of the people who can buy are men!" ”

Gu Jiu: ???

Gu Jiu thought about it, most of them were indeed bought by men when they set up stalls that day, but she always thought that those people were bought by the female relatives of the family. I didn't expect to see it myself......

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing, by the way, look at this." As he spoke, Gu Jiu took out a piece of paper from his arms, and unfolded it to reveal the handwriting inside.

"It's ...... My new name?"

"That's right! Suzuo. Taken from Long Yi Yang Yang, and Ling Yang Yang. ”

Lingyang, Hongge silently recited the name in her heart and nodded.

"From then on, I'll be called Suzu."

The days in the city pass quickly, watching the lights rise and fall, and in the blink of an eye, it is the day of separation.

"Lingyang, I'll have to come back in March next year when I go back this time." Gu Jiu said as he ate the little chaos that Ling Yang bought.

The city gate arrives from mid-October every year to March of the following year, and can only be entered and exited. There are no good people in the Gu family, the mother and younger brother of the original owner are still at home, and she occupies the position of the original owner, so she can't just take care of herself.

Ling Yang nodded, Gu Jiu is different from her, she still has a family, and it is impossible for her to be here all the time: "I originally wanted you to go back and buy more food, but I suddenly thought that you have land in the countryside." ”

Gu Jiu was stunned: "What's wrong?"

"No, it's just that I found that a lot of people died in the war, and I guess the price of food will rise."

Gu Jiu nodded, thinking that although one acre of land must be enough to eat, he couldn't help but buy seventy catties of multigrain noodles and put them in the space when he passed by the rice grain store.

When he arrived in the town, Gu Jiu got out of the car and walked home, and met Gu Qi halfway.

"Yo, I didn't expect my sister to wear new clothes one day!" Gu Qi stretched out his hand in a high-profile manner, revealing the bracelet on his wrist and showing it to Gu Jiu.

"Something?"

"Of course, my sister is here to thank my sister today, if my sister wasn't stupid, how could I have the opportunity to eat meat every day!"

Hearing this, Gu Jiu showed an expression of sudden realization, and stretched out his hand: "Then how much money are you going to give to show your gratitude?"

Gu Qi turned his wrist for a moment, and looked at Gu Jiu in disbelief: "Gu Jiu, are you really stupid?"

"And you're going to give me more?"

"You...... You stupid person is waiting to suffer in the village for the rest of your life! Gu Qi turned around and left angrily, while Gu Jiu went to buy a small pot without any fluctuations.

The three of them don't use much pot, and they can save some firewood by changing to a small pot, and the rice is still hot when it's cold in winter.

……

It has not rained once since her soul pierced, but the sun hangs high every day.

Seeing that it was time to harvest, but the corn in the field was still very small, the villagers began to get anxious, and ran to the village chief's house one by one, and the frequency became higher and higher.

The village chief had no choice but to gather everyone together and discuss a solution.

"Village Chief, this is not good! In this way, how can our family Bao'er still study?"

As soon as the village chief finished talking about the solution, someone jumped out and denied him.