"Look for Lao Lu." The woman looked Gu Jiu up and down: "Who are you?"
Gu Jiu:? ? ?
"Well, I heard that Mr. Lu Qiuzhi is from the academy, and I would like to ask him for help."
"Academy? How can he have that ability? He can't read a word! You have found the wrong person!" After saying that, the man closed the door. Through the damaged door, Gu Jiu could faintly hear the sounds coming from inside.
"I thought the beating was mild last time, but the old guy went out to drink wine and hook up with the little girl again..."
After exiting the alley and looking at the busy streets, Gu Jiu sat on the roadside for about a while and then suddenly realized that he might have been looking in the wrong direction - how could ordinary people know so clearly about the things in the academy.
She should go to places frequented by scholars and inquire. After thinking clearly, Gu Jiu stood up and planned to walk around the city to see what places were worthy of attention.
"Xiaojiu."
Suddenly, a familiar shout came from behind. Gu Jiu turned around and saw Gu Cheng waving towards her.
"You... came by yourself? Can the village chief rest assured?" Gu Jiu looked at Gu Cheng's empty back, confused and shocked.
"cannot."
Gu Cheng turned around helplessly and pointed to one of the shops and said, "Dad was shopping inside to take care of an old friend's business. I came out to take a breath and suddenly saw you. By the way, why are you here?"
"Looking for someone."
"Looking for someone? Who is it?" Gu Cheng turned around with curious eyes.
"Lu Qiuzhi."
As soon as the three words came out, Gu Cheng's eyes widened subconsciously: "Is it such a coincidence? We went to the city this time to find Mr. Lu Qiuzhi."
"Then do you know where he lives?" Hearing Gu Cheng say this, hope suddenly flashed in Gu Jiu's eyes. It's a pity that reality is often very skinny.
"I don't know." Gu Cheng shook his head, looked at Gu Jiu and continued: "You came to Mr. Lu Qiuzhi for Xiao Jing's admission to the academy, right?"
Gu Jiu nodded.
"I don't know if that person is easy to talk to or if there are many people looking for him?"
"More! At least fifteen or six. Among the big names in Yuncheng, Mr. Lu Qiuzhi of the Lu family has the fewest demands, and he must have the most people looking for him!"
Gu Jiu nodded to show that he knew. He suddenly thought of Wang and asked, "Did Gu Zheqi and my uncle go back when you came?"
"No." After the words fell, Gu Cheng suddenly became serious: "But I need to tell you another thing - your aunt is crazy."
Gu Jiu: "...Really?"
Gu Jiu's first reaction was suspicion. He couldn't be just pretending again.
"I don't think you're pretending. As soon as you left that day, your aunt's family came. I don't know what she said. Not long after her family left, your aunt's almost crazy screams came from the yard. The cry. My mother said that by the time everyone heard the sound and passed by, your aunt had torn her coat to pieces and was still mumbling. It seemed like she said something like, 'It's all you, it's obviously you'."
"I saw her with my own eyes the next day, and the look in her eyes didn't look like she was pretending."
Hearing this, Gu Jiu nodded thoughtfully, looking at this sister-in-law, she is really a tough guy!
The village chief, Xu Wanjiu, came out with a small bag of candy and immediately looked around at Gu Cheng's figure.
"Hello, village chief."
"Okay, okay, do you want some candy? I just bought it." The village chief replied and enthusiastically untied the rope from the package for Gu Jiu. At the same time, he did not forget to glare at Gu Cheng, his eyes seemed to say: I Didn't I ask you to stop running around and wait for me for a while?
"No, I don't want to eat it! Really!" I can't just eat white sugar!
"Why are you so polite to the village chief?"
"You're so rude, it's really a waste if you give it to me!" Gu Jiu stretched out his hand and pressed it on the paper bag, effectively stopping the village chief who was trying to break off a piece for her.
"You really don't want to eat it? Don't all children like sweets?"
"...I don't like eating very much."
"Then when you go back next time, ask your aunt to put more salt for you to make the dishes more fragrant!"
"Okay." Gu Jiu smiled a little at a loss and immediately changed the subject: "Village Chief, have you and Brother Cheng found a place to live?"
The village chief seemed to have just come to his senses: "That's not the case yet. Your brother Cheng and I are planning to go look for it. What about the inn where your mother-in-law lives? Your brother Cheng and I should also go and have a look. It might as well be together. There is someone taking care of you.”
"Okay, I'll take you there."
After returning to the inn and booking a room, when he saw Gu Jing and Ye Qingyi, the village chief immediately took out the bag of candy again.
"Village Chief, let's go out and look for Mr. Lu Qiuzhi first."
"I'll go with you." As the village chief put down his things and was about to leave, Gu Cheng quickly stepped forward to stop him.
"Dad, it's enough for the two of us to go. You don't understand, don't you get tired from running back and forth?"
"Dad, aren't you tired? If something happens, you will be in trouble, but you won't..."
"Dad! I have to do something by myself sooner or later!"
The village chief looked at Gu Cheng, who had a serious look on his face, and the request he had made more than a dozen times, and finally nodded.
"Then don't get separated, you two!"
"Will not."
After leaving the house, Gu Cheng seemed to be in a particularly good mood. He even told Gu Jiu twice not to run around as he might run into human traffickers.
Gu Jiu: ...The corner of your mouth is really hard to suppress.
"Where do you think it would be better for us to go shopping next? In Yuncheng, this is the first time my father has let me go shopping alone!"
Gu Jiu: ...Then what am I?
"Aren't we looking for Mr. Lu Qiuzhi?"
"Oh, yes, yes, I almost forgot! Let's go to the teahouse first to find out the news."
The two came to the teahouse, but neither got any useful information. The people here were obviously more difficult to get useful information from than the people Gu Jiu had just asked.
"I don't think they will say anything at all." Gu Jiu grabbed Gu Cheng who was about to move forward and said: "The eyes of those people just now were either confused or wary. As you just said, there will be many people looking for Lu Qiuqiu Sir, if you look at it this way, we are in a competitive relationship. Who will tell the competitors key information?"
"What should we do?" Gu Cheng asked with a frown.
"Go back first and think of other options later." Gu Jiu suggested.
But it was impossible to go back. Gu Cheng was in a high mood, and he even cared about an ordinary stone.
"This brush...haven't you seen it?" Gu Jiu looked at Gu Cheng's face with curiosity and asked in confusion.
"I've seen it before. But this is different. My father took me to buy it before, but I bought it myself!" After saying that, he paid the money happily and went to the next store.
Gu Jiu followed behind and sighed. Forget it, don't argue with him. He spent most of his time in bed recuperating. Now that he was suddenly "free", it was normal for him to be strange.
The two of them wandered around like this for more than 30 minutes, until Gu Cheng was out of breath and couldn't walk, so they stopped and planned to go back.
"Dad, look, I bought all this myself!"
As soon as he returned to the inn, Gu Cheng couldn't stop proving himself. When Gu Jiu returned, Ye Qingyi was doing embroidery, and Gu Jing ran over and hugged her.
"Sister, if it's hard to get into the academy, I won't go there. I can still study well on my own."
Gu Jiu smiled and rubbed Gu Jing's head and said hello.
It's just that this academy is not as simple as teaching knowledge. If Gu Jing wants to continue on the road of studying in the future, then entering the academy or getting related to the gentleman who teaches in the academy is a must.
Gu Zheqi relied on the talents in the town and the bridge provided by Gu Wensheng to get connected with the academy, and he successfully became a scholar. But that scholar in town...if she remembered correctly, that man had a very good relationship with Gu Wensheng. Asking him for help in this situation was tantamount to asking for trouble.
Just when Gu Jiu and Gu Cheng couldn't find a chance to turn around, the Shi family suddenly came looking for them.
"Are you the girl that day?"
Accompanied by Shi Xuyao, Yi Yi in a blue shirt entered the bookstore. He looked around and saw that Gu Jiu was the only one, and guessed that Gu Jiu was the girl Shi Xuyao mentioned.
"My lady's fiancé did not hesitate to come to the Land of Smoke and Willows just to see you?"
Gu Jiu:? ? ?
"Fiancé? Who is he? Have I met him?"
Gu Jiu looked at the woman in front of him in surprise, and then at Shi Xuyao standing next to her. The next second his eyes fell on Shi Xuyao, and half a second later he suddenly remembered where he had seen this person.
"You mean Gu Zheqi?"
Shi Yuyan frowned and scolded: "You should be called Young Master! You run a bookstore after all, why don't you even know this etiquette?"
"...He is my cousin, right?"
At this time, Shi Yuyan was confused: "Aqi is your cousin?"
"Yes, we grew up in the same yard."
Shi Yuyan was silent for two seconds and continued: "Then you shouldn't hit people. Do you know that Aqi was so painful that he didn't even fall asleep that night? If Aqi hadn't kept saying nice things to you to stop me, I would have I came to see you the next day. Also, why did Aqi say you killed your aunt?"
Gu Jiu sighed in his heart: I have never been so disgusted in my life, A Qi? What kind of name is this that deserves to be condemned by heaven?
"This young lady, first of all, he came to my shop to instigate me. Secondly, everyone in the village knows the cause and consequences of my eldest aunt's matter. And the most important thing is that my eldest aunt is still alive. If you really think that I am... If you lie, you can go to Gujiacun and ask!"
"...Aqi said you bribed the village chief."
Gu Jiu:......
"A Qi said, A Qi said, since you believe it so much, why are you asking me? Miss, I need to open for business and eat. If you have nothing to do, just ask your people to stand aside. The traffic is like this. There’s no way I can do business!”
Gu Jiu pointed to the dozen guards standing in two groups outside and said.
Shi Yuyan took out the purse containing silver from her arms unhappily and threw it on the counter.
"Isn't this lady a guest? Since you and A Qi grew up in the same courtyard, why would you check so many things? A Qi never cares about these external things!"
Without saying a word, Gu Jiu opened his purse and poured out all the money inside, then threw the purse back.
"There are only seventeen and a half taels of silver in it, which adds up to our income in less than a day. Seeing that this is your first time here, Miss, I will give you a discount, rounded up to one day. But I won't have this discount next time."
"What do you mean?" Shi Yuyan frowned, her tone unkind.
"It means that you bought the business hours of 'Lingyang Bookstore' today, and now you can stay as long as you like."
Gu Jiu opened the cash box and threw all the money in. It was great. He finished a day's work in ten minutes.
"You, believe it or not, I smashed this place for you!"
