As expected, as soon as the soup was served, Mrs. Zhao pounced on it. Gu Jiu was well prepared. As soon as she rushed forward, he rushed over and pushed her away.
"Second Aunt, have you forgotten how Gu Zheqi went back last night? I tell you, either take the money or get out! Otherwise, don't blame me for turning against you and hitting someone!"
"Gu Jiu! I am your elder!" Zhao stared, obviously not expecting that Gu Jiu would actually fight her. Although she was shocked when she saw what happened last night, she thought that Gu Zheqi and Gu Jiu were of the same generation after all, but she was different, she was the elder!
"so what?"
"You...I'm telling you, if you really piss me off, don't even think about getting married again!"
Gu Jiu: ...how did you all figure out that I wanted to get married? This body is only thirteen years old, a minor! Why are you so anxious?
"Xiao Jing, don't pay attention to her, let's go."
"Gu Jiu!" Seeing Gu Jiu leave without saying a word, Zhao was so angry that she stamped her feet.
Sweet potato with mushroom and egg soup is really a treat.
"It's delicious! Sister, can we go get another bird's egg tomorrow?" After eating four sweet potatoes and drinking a large bowl of mushroom and bird's egg soup, Gu Jing leaned on the chair and touched her own with joy. Little belly.
"Not tomorrow. My sister is going to the city tomorrow. I'll pick it up for you when she comes back. Before that, you can't run to the foggy area. There is indeed danger there." Gu Jiu looked at Gu Jing and said seriously.
"I just said I wouldn't go..."
Seeing Gu Jing's aggrieved look, Ye Qingyi couldn't help but laugh. After the laughter, he became worried again. Then he stood up and took out one tael of silver and thirty copper plates.
"Mom has never been to the city, and I don't know what the situation is like there, but it's good to have some money. You asked for these 30 copper coins from grandpa, and these thirty copper coins are what my mother has saved over the past ten years. Yes, you can take them all!"
Gu Jiu was stunned for a moment and finally nodded.
On this day, Gu Jiu got up early and walked for about fifty minutes to the town. He paid five copper coins and got on the carriage to the city.
"Uncle, when will we arrive?"
It was said to be a carriage, but it was actually an open-air carriage pulled by a horse. There were six people including Gu Jiu on the wooden carriage of about two square meters. Besides her, there was another girl, but the girl kept her head down and couldn't see her expression clearly. The rest are all adult men.
"Is this your first time in the city, little girl?"
Hearing this, Gu Jiu nodded.
"Go by yourself?" The uncle looked back and continued to ask.
"Yes, grandpa asked me to deliver something."
"Give me something." Not sure if it was an illusion, but Gu Jiu seemed to hear the uncle's vague smile: "There's no rush, the time is just right, we'll arrive in the evening."
Gu Jiu nodded, and when he turned around, he suddenly found that the little girl had raised her head at some point and was staring straight at her.
"Do you know where you are going?" A hoarse voice that sounded like a roar came from the girl's mouth.
Gu Jiu was stunned, subconsciously looked around, and shook her head after confirming that she was talking to herself. She really didn't know where to buy silkworm cocoons.
"No wonder, you will regret it when you arrive. It's a pity that you are still so young."
After he finished speaking, he lowered his head as before. The only difference was that there was an additional man looking at Gu Jiu in a warning manner.
Gu Jiu was confused, why did he regret it? Women are prohibited from entering the city? But when she asked about it, she said it was okay!
The carriage swayed all the way, and at noon, everyone began to take out the lunch prepared in advance from their bags and eat it, but the girl was the only one who did not move.
Gu Jiu looked at the man, hesitated, and handed it over with the sweet potato leaf filling.
The sister was stunned for a moment, then took the wowo and started to eat it. As she ate, she started crying. The man who just saw this immediately came to chase me away.
"Girls are trouble, get out of here! If you interfere again, I will tell you to get out of the car!"
At the same time, other people in the car looked at Gu Jiu as if they were looking at a fool.
Gu Jiu sat back in the corner, not knowing what he had done wrong. Could it be that she didn't follow some rules?
In line with the principle of not wanting to cause trouble when sitting for the first time, Gu Jiu said nothing and ate his lunch in silence.
In the evening, the car really got stuck entering the city.
"Okay, you three can get off here. One of the people in the car is a scholar. If you go that way, you may get bad luck."
Gu Jiu looked at the man driving the car in surprise. He always felt something was strange: "Then if I go back, will I wait here for the bus?"
After the words fell, everyone in the car looked at Gu Jiu, and the uncle's voice was even more visibly mocking: "Do you think you can come back?"
"Of course, I must go back!"
"Okay, little girl, I will pass by here in the morning five days later. If you still show up here, I won't take any money from you old man!"
"It's a deal!"
"Haha, you girl, you are so young." The uncle smiled and waved, shook off the reins, and drove away.
Gu Jiu stood there for a moment and Monk Zhang was confused. When he realized what he was doing, the two people who got out of the car with her were no longer in sight.
This was the first time that Gu Jiu had truly seen the night in the city in this era. Different from the tranquility she imagined, the whole night was very lively, with an endless stream of vendors and bustling people.
Gu Jiu randomly picked a direction and started walking. As he walked, he paid attention to the stores on both sides of the street and the clothes worn by people passing by.
"Wai Wai Wai Wai Wai, we only sell ready-made clothes here, not cloth, you go to that store on the street!" Before Gu Jiu had time to approach a clothing store, the waiter inside saw her and immediately came out and drove her aside.
"Then would you like to collect the cocoons?"
"You can't understand human language? We sell ready-made clothes, what kind of cocoons do you want? Gungun, hurry up, don't affect our business."
Gu Jiu continued walking in the direction the man pointed just now, passing four or five houses one after another, but he was coaxed out before even entering.
After twisting and turning, Gu Jiu suddenly saw a lot of people gathering in front of him, and he followed them - someone was about to jump off the building.
Through the swaying lights and the swarming crowd, Gu Jiu saw clearly the woman who jumped from the building - it was the person she met during the day.
"Dance, beauty, your uncle, I will catch you down 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. The latter was obviously stunned, and the next second she jumped from the second floor.
Gu Jiu was startled and subconsciously looked for something to catch her. When he saw her landing, he quickly took advantage of the chaos and kicked the most attractive man he had just called.
With a bang, the man was hit so hard that he screamed.
Before Gu Jiu could react, someone suddenly grabbed her hand and ran to the side alley. At a corner, the sister suddenly stopped again and thrust a hairpin into Gu Jiu's hand: "Sell it to buy food. Don't go in even if you die!"
After speaking for a moment, he ran out in the other direction without stopping.
Gu Jiu was startled, then realized what he was doing and hurriedly chased after him. However, the man seemed to have been here countless times and was familiar with the surrounding terrain. He easily got rid of Gu Jiu and the people in the brothel.
"Someone is drowning!"
Gu Jiu was startled when he heard the shouting.
Jump into the current - commit suicide by jumping into the river.
Gu Jiu felt strong uneasiness in his heart and ran quickly in the direction of the sound.
After running, the shore was already crowded with people. People from the brothel also found the place and were fishing for people in a small boat. But the sister obviously had no intention of surviving and allowed herself to sink quickly.
Gu Jiu stood on the shore, holding the hairpin tightly under his washed-white cuffs.
"It's a pity, this little girl looks quite young."
"Wait a minute." Gu Jiu quickly turned around and called to the lady who had just spoken: "Excuse me, how much does it cost for a little girl from the village below to be sold here?"
"They're all the same for half a buck, but the people from the village below you all signed death deeds. Unless they die or are resold, they can't get out. This little girl missed something today..."
Half a coin, two hundred and fifty copper coins, a quarter of a tael of silver.
Gu Jiu didn't hear what the aunt said behind him, so he forced a smile and thanked her, holding the hairpin in his hand tightly.
I don't know how long it took, but there was no one on the street anymore. Gu Jiu took out the hairpin and looked at the pattern on it without blinking.
"Sell it to buy food, but don't go in even if you die!"
The sister was hesitant at first, but when she saw her, she jumped down without thinking. If she didn't show up...
…
The next morning, when the first ray of sunlight shone on Gu Jiu, Gu Jiu looked at the calm river water and finally left the shore.
Huangtian paid off, and after another day of searching, he received Gu Jiu in a custom-made 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, then asked with a smile: "Does your family raise this?"
"No, wild."
"How much do you want?" the shopkeeper asked, taking off his eyes and putting down the 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 to him by the system, and then thinking about the one tael of pension silver that the original owner's father had died in the battle, he said, "Ten taels of silver."
The shopkeeper smiled: "This is your first time selling it, little girl. Let me tell you the truth, five hundred cocoons are only two kilograms, and the current market price is only five taels of silver. Little girl, if you can get me two thousand more cocoons, For something of this quality, I can pay you six taels of silver according to the old owner!"
"make a deal."
"readily!"
Gu Jiu left the store after getting the money. The sun was setting outside, but she didn't know where to go for a while.
Gu Jiu was wandering on the road and unknowingly walked back to the place where his sister jumped last night.
Gu Jiu stood downstairs and saw clearly the name of this building - Hongxiang Pavilion.
The lights flickered and colorful veils rotated by the door, as if yesterday's accident was just a dream of Gu Jiu.
Gu Jiu smiled bitterly and was about to leave when he suddenly saw a familiar figure in the crowd.
