"No."
Gu Jiu shook his head and said, but Lu Qiuzhi was worried and continued to ask.
"Then you're not saying anything weird, right? If so, I hope you can keep it a secret. I'm creating new works during this period, and I don't want anyone to speculate over them again before I publish them!"
Gu Jiu nodded as if he understood: "Uncle Lu, you are worrying too much. You stopped talking when you were drunk last night. You couldn't wake up even if you shouted. You were so sleepy."
Lu Qiuzhi responded with a smile, his eyes never moving away from Gu Jiu from beginning to end. After several confirmations and no clues were found, he felt relieved.
But keeping it is always a disaster!
The reason why he has been able to keep the news under wraps for so many years is not because he is soft-hearted!
Lu Qiuzhi looked at the poison hastily hidden in the corner, and immediately thought of another way to eliminate Gu Jiu without exposing himself.
"Xiao Jiu, stay for dinner tonight."
Lu Qiuzhi opened his invitation and said that he originally planned to let others kill her, but since she was sent to her door, he would die early.
"Okay, I just have something to show my uncle."
Gu Jiu walked to the table, put the bundle on the table, and opened it to reveal the mushrooms, wild vegetables and a small piece of home-pickled bacon inside.
"The day before yesterday, when our village chief came to the city to do business, he happened to meet me. After we started chatting, I told him about you, Uncle Lu."
"Oh? Really? What did you say?" Lu Qiuzhi asked warily.
"They said that Uncle Lu is a gentleman from Summit Academy. He also said that he has many books at home with beautiful handwriting."
The fourteen-year-old girl has red lips and white teeth, is lively and high-spirited, and makes everyone happy with every movement and smile.
"So these things were also given by your village chief?" Lu Qiuzhi asked, pointing to the things in the bag. His eyes seemed gentle, but in fact he was worried.
"That's right. The village chief said he didn't know what you liked, so he gave you some of everything. If you don't like anything, just tell me and I will promise not to show up again."
Lu Qiuzhi stepped forward and flipped through the things a few times and said, "Xiao Jiu, do you, the village chief, have something to ask for? I promised you in advance that I'm currently working on a new work, and I'm afraid I don't have much time."
"I know, but it won't take much time." Gu Jiu stepped forward and said urgently: "The village chief hopes that you can spare one day every month to teach knowledge to the school-age children in our village. If you have any conditions We can all mention it!”
"Children of appropriate age?"
"Boys in our village are old enough to study after they are three years old, but girls need to be thirteen years old." Gu Jiu explained.
Lu Qiuzhi said thoughtfully: "In this case, it is said that it is for children of school age, but it is actually for those girls, right?"
Gu Jiu scratched his head and said nothing.
Seeing Gu Jiu like this, Lu Qiuzhi immediately had the whole story in his mind. It is said that you can study at the age of thirteen, but in fact no one is willing to let girls spend money to study, so these children have to do housework at home.
But the village chief probably saw Gu Jiuji come to the city and wanted to help others. As for why we only schedule one day a month, it’s just that we can’t find that kind of reason, and we’re afraid of being discovered if we do more.
A girl of thirteen or fourteen.
The corner of Lu Qiuzhi's mouth curled up slightly, and his mood suddenly improved a lot, but he still refused on his face: "Xiao Jiu, you should know that the students I teach are either talented people, or they have been admitted to the scholar's examination, and at the worst they have to be children. ,you……"
"Uncle, maybe those sisters have good talents. For the sake of things, give them a chance to try!"
Lu Qiuzhi thought distressedly for a long time before nodding: "Xiao Jiu, I only agreed because you are a talented person. You must never give up books in the future!"
Gu Jiu nodded vigorously: "Thank you, Uncle Lu!"
"Uncle Lu, when will you be free? I will tell the village chief later and ask him to bring all the sisters in the village here on time."
"It's okay for the last two or three days, but as I said before, they can only come to me at the entrance of the mirror!"
"Okay!" Gu Jiu continued with a smile on his face: "Then don't bother Uncle Lu. The village chief is still waiting for my good news in the inn!"
After exiting the mirror field entrance, Gu Jiu turned around and hid, and after being 100% sure that no one was following him, he quickly ran towards Hongxiang Pavilion.
"Is it done?" the madam asked.
"right!"
There is no shortage of ways in Hongxiang Pavilion, and it is easy to find a few suitable girls who are thirteen or fourteen years old.
"The induction is almost done now, so let's set the time for the day after tomorrow."
"good."
The madam stood up, walked to the window and pointed at "Jiuyang Book Store". Gu Jiu's eyes showed confusion. Before she could ask, the madam explained: "The Shi family's people have been in there for half an hour."
! ! !
Shi family? That arrogant young lady is here again?
Here's your chance to make money!
Gu Jiu entered the bookstore with anticipation. As soon as he entered, before he could see where Ling Yang was, a voice came over: "This place is occupied by the Shi family today and is closed. Get out of here!"
It turns out that I have already made money! ! !
"Are you deaf?"
Gu Jiu: "Well, this is my shop."
Upon hearing this, the curtain of the inner room was immediately opened.
"Are you Gu Jiu?"
Four people walked out of it, and the person walking at the front looked at Gu Jiu and asked.
"yes."
"You have to be here at noon tomorrow no matter what. If you're not there, you won't be able to stay in this shop." After saying that, several people bypassed Gu Jiu and left the shop.
Looking at the backs of several people, Gu Jiu was immediately confused. He just left without explaining anything?
"Here, are they affecting our business and giving us money?"
"Yes, I gave you twenty taels." Ling Yang came out and continued: "Those people have been here since noon, and they are looking for you when they come up. They won't leave even if you are not there, and they won't sit outside for fear that you will be far away. He ran away. More importantly, he didn't let me go, saying he was afraid that I would report the news."
"Thankfully you came today, otherwise I wouldn't know where I would let them sleep tonight."
Gu Jiu nodded: "But if anything happens at noon tomorrow, you need to tell me in advance. I have nothing to do with the Shi family."
"Maybe it has something to do with your cousin."
"Gu Zheqi?" Gu Jiu asked doubtfully.
Ling Yang nodded in affirmation: "Some people came to buy brochures this morning, and I heard one of them saying that they were going to eat at the restaurant owned by Shi's family tomorrow, saying it was discounted."
"What does that have to do with Gu Zheqi?"
"The connection is that after he said this, he said: When will we, like Brother Gu, find a young lady who is not only pretty, literate, but also rich. So I guess this matter has something to do with him."
Gu Jiu nodded and went to do other things, not taking this matter to heart. If it is really related to Gu Zheqi, it is nothing more than showing off. If it is not related, it is a waste of time to continue guessing.
The next day, Gu Jiu came to the shop early, but when he arrived, he found that the four people who came yesterday had already arrived.
I looked at the motionless people sitting at the door, and then at the dawning sky. I couldn't help but wonder if these people were talking about noon yesterday.
"Are some of you buying brochures?"
Gu Jiu stepped forward and opened the door and asked. Those people didn't speak when they saw Gu Jiu, and they still sat like that.
Gu Jiu: "???"
"Stay aside and don't affect my business."
Hearing this, the four people sat aside in cooperation. As soon as Gu Jiu entered, several people looked at each other, and they all saw annoyance in each other's eyes.
He was just a poor scholar in an underground village, but he dared to instruct them! Their ladies all said that as long as they made sure to arrive at noon, Gu Zheqi actually asked them to come and wait in the early morning. If his own lady didn't like him very much, who would pay attention to him!
"Waiwai, it's almost time, pack up and come with us."
At 9:30 in the morning, one of the people walked in and said, rubbing his buttocks, this ground is really hard!
Gu Jiu: "Is there something wrong with your eyes or is my clock broken? Isn't it even ten o'clock?"
"Don't you need time to walk over there?"
"Yuncheng is so big, where is it worth walking for three hours? First of all, let's agree that I won't go to remote places. I have other things to do in the afternoon."
While he was talking, another person came in. He stretched his long-seated back and said, "It's okay. I really don't want to stay here for a second! Girl, go early and stay late." But it’s different, we’re going to the largest restaurant in Yuncheng, so if we go early, we might get a lot of benefits!”
Gu Jiu:......
"Add money."
Several members of the Shi family: ...Don’t even think about it, how can anyone earn money and work for their boss out of their own pockets!
"Stop the ink stains. If you keep complaining, the brothers will just carry it away!"
Gu Jiu sneered and pointed at the back door: "I know the terrain here much better than you do! Do you think if I suddenly ran out and hid from you for three hours, would I miss your lady's business?"
"Either you guys need to pay more, or you can continue to wait. Whenever my bell rings, we will leave! It doesn't matter if it's a minute earlier!"
The two people who came in after hearing this wanted to get angry and curse, but were afraid that Gu Jiu would really run away: "Just wait."
With that said, the two of them went out together. After a while, four people came in and took out four taels of silver and put them on the counter.
"Put it away and follow us!"
"At least eight taels. Don't think I don't know that you guys pocketed part of the money your lady gave me." Gu Jiu raised his eyelids and said.
"Don't talk nonsense. We have been with the lady for so long, how could we do such a thing! In this way, each of us will pay you four taels out of our own pockets, but you must leave with us immediately after you take the money! There can be no further delay!”
After hearing Gu Jiu's words, several people were obviously panicked for a moment.
"Okay, no problem."
After agreeing on the money and closing the door, Gu Jiu cooperated with them and walked to the restaurant as agreed.
Twenty minutes later, Gu Jiu looked at the restaurant with the red cloth and suddenly realized what was going on - this was an engagement! But why would you want to find her if you are engaged? Aren't you afraid that if she is unhappy, she will cause trouble?
