The two shopkeepers went to Shuzhou in person. Not only the two shopkeepers, but also more than 200 clerks from two shops went there. The group set off in batches.

This is Gu Qing's plan.

When facing external enemies or pressure, there is more than one way to solve the dilemma. There was a joke in the past life that money can solve ninety-nine percent of the world's problems. This sentence is not entirely true, but it still makes some sense.

The combination of money and an unconventional idea is a way out of the situation.

Standing at the door of Changlongji Shop, watching Hao Donglai and Shi Daxing walking together, the two shopkeepers walked side by side, each with a cold face, but the distance was very close. Occasionally a carriage came in the middle of the road, and Shi Daxing shouted fiercely.

Pulling Hao Donglai's arm to avoid the carriage, they looked like an old couple quarreling and bickering, angry but still in love.

"Let's go and go back to the village." Gu Qing greeted Song Gensheng.

The two of them stayed in Qingcheng County for several days this time. Gu Qing felt uncomfortable for some reason, but he still felt that Shiqiao Village was good, with good mountains and rivers and good people.

Gu Qing bought a lot of things in the city, mostly related to kitchen and eating. He bought a square pot, or should it be called a "ding", some sauces and various seasonings, and Song Gensheng bought a few fancy ones.

The cloth was very soft, and I even gritted my teeth and bought a few feet of green silk.

Gu Qing knew who he was buying these cloths for, and tried very hard to persuade him when he bought them. If he gave such a colorful cloth to a girl who had not yet left the court, it was very likely that she would refuse it. After all, Xiuer is now

Under Gu Qing's care, mother and daughter are no longer short of money.

Song Gensheng was very insistent. Straight male aesthetics told him that the more colorful things are, the more girls will like them. Don’t girls just like colorful things?

So Gu Qing didn't stop him.

Sometimes persuasion is ineffective. You pull his arm and tell him hoarsely that there is a pit ahead, a pit, a pit! He still won't believe it. He has to plunge into it himself, and only after he is bruised and bruised will he suddenly realize, oh,

It turned out that it was really a trap. Then I found myself growing up instantly.

Adults call this "experience".

Gu Qing calls such people "idiots", but they actually mean the same thing.

When I was about to reach the city gate, I was shocked to see two rows of officers clearing the way outside the city gate to separate the crowd. Behind the officers was an oxcart with a simple shed built on the oxcart. It looked very shabby. Song Gensheng hurriedly pulled him over.

Gu Qing stepped aside to the side of the road and whispered to him that this was the county magistrate's guard of honor.

Gu Qing was a little surprised that the county magistrate actually used such a shabby guard of honor. It seemed that he was really an honest official.

The civilians along the way got out of the way and stood quietly to let the guard of honor pass. The ox cart walked slowly. When passing in front of Gu Qing, a corner curtain of the shed on the ox cart was opened. Gu Qing raised his head and spoke with Huang Xian on the car.

Ling's eyes met.

Both of them were a little stunned, and then Gu Qing's eyes turned a little mocking, and Magistrate Huang's expression also darkened. Their eyes collided and they were instantly separated.

After the ox cart passed by, Gu Qing patted Song Gensheng on the shoulder and signaled to continue leaving the city.

In the bullock cart, Magistrate Huang closed his eyes with satisfaction. He saw the look in Gu Qing's eyes just now. In the brief encounter, he only saw a hint of ridicule, but so what?

The porcelain kiln has been sealed, and will never be unsealed. The look in the eyes of a mere civilian, whether it is anger or ridicule, in his opinion is just a helpless and useless venting. After venting, nothing can be changed.

How can the people fight against the officials? It’s funny.

Huang Wenjin exhaled slowly and raised his hands to smooth his beard. The official robe on his body was a bit old. This official robe was made when he took office six years ago. Now there are some wear and tear on the cuffs.

It doesn't matter, if you serve the people wholeheartedly and serve impartially, it is an honor for your official robe to be worn out.

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It was already evening when he returned to the village. When Gu Qing entered the house, he slumped down on the futon in the middle of the yard and exhaled deeply.

The mountain road is too difficult to walk and very tiring. In the future, if you have the wealth to rival other countries, you must build a flat road leading to Qingcheng County.

The door creaked, Zhang Huaiyu poked his head out, looked around carefully, and found that Gu Qing was the only one in the yard, so he opened the door and came in.

Still dressed in white, still looking indifferent, Gu Qing looked at her with interest.

"Have you changed your style today? In the past, you used to show off when you entered the door. Why are you so sneaky today?"

Zhang Huaiyu said dissatisfied: "You are so sneaky!... Hasn't that Jiannan Dao Jiedushi left yet?"

"He didn't leave. He and his entourage stayed at another villager's house."

"Why don't you drive him away?"

Gu Qing was surprised and said: "Are you crazy? I'm just a farmer, and that one is the military governor. Do you think I have the guts to drive him away?"

Gu Qing stared at her face and said: "Do you know that Jiedushi? I found that you have been avoiding him since he came to our village. Are you a long-lost father and daughter?"

Zhang Huaiyu sneered: "How dare you think about it."

"Or did you rob him or beat him in the course of your heroic acts?"

Zhang Huaiyu didn't want to speak and threw a bloody thing at him.

Gu Qing subconsciously reached out to catch it: "What is it?"

"beef."

Gu Qing hurriedly turned to look at the cowshed on the north side of the yard, where a live cow was kept, which was brought back by Zhang Huaiyu.

"You still reached out to it after all..."

"I bought it! I bought it from a restaurant in the county town. You said you knew how to cook beef, so do it quickly." Zhang Huaiyu said impatiently.

Gu Qing was suddenly pleasantly surprised. Beef, it doesn't matter how much he ate in his previous life, but beef in this life is too precious. Strictly speaking, it is illegal meat. The taste is second to none. It tastes like the pleasure of doing bad things during the rebellious period of youth.

, the more illegal it is, the more exciting it is.

I must do it well this time.

Gu Qing, who was a little tired, immediately cheered up. He first cut the meat, shredded the beef and put it in a large bowl, then mixed it with sauce and salt and marinated it. Unfortunately, there was no cooking wine these days, so the taste was inevitably a little dull.

While marinating, Gu Qing turned around and prepared some wild vegetables, onions, ginger and garlic, and cooked the rice.

Zhang Huaiyu watched Gu Qing busy back and forth, with a hint of smile in his indifferent eyes.

"You are really an anomaly. I have never heard of a man who can cook these days. This kind of thing is usually done by women."

Gu Qing said without looking back: "Does a man have to starve to death before marrying a wife?"

"Before you get a wife, you have to have a mother."

"There are no women in my family. Besides, I'm not bragging. Women all over the world may not cook better than me."

Zhang Huaiyu's eyes changed a little, and he suddenly sighed: "You must have had a hard time living alone these years, right? You don't have your parents around to take care of you, so you have to rely on yourself for everything. Is this how you developed your cooking skills?"

Gu Qing burst out laughing: "I didn't even add drama to myself, why do you have to forcefully add drama to me? Such forced sensationalism made me not mentally prepared at all, and the tears had to be brewed for a while."

Zhang Huaiyu said dissatisfied: "I just care about you on behalf of your parents."

Gu Qing suddenly paused while washing vegetables, turned his head and looked at her, and said seriously: "You know my parents, and you took the initiative to come to the village to get to know me. To be honest, you are not the daughter-in-law my parents recognized back then, right?"

Zhang Huaiyu was furious: "That's nonsense!"
Chapter completed!