For the remaining two or three days, Gu Qi never saw Yuan Zhe again.
The injuries on his body had healed, but for fear of delaying the flood control process, he got up early and went straight to Qishui County.
"Master Pei, don't do this, step aside."
Zhou Hu rolled up his sleeves, and Yang Sheng and others lifted the shelf and dragged it to the open space outside.
Then he picked up a big board and laid it on it.
The boys brought the porridge pot and steamed buns to the table.
After a while, a long queue formed in front of us.
Yang Sheng patted the dirt on his body, came over and said with a smile: "Are you feeling better, sir?"
Gu Qi smiled and nodded, and asked by the way: "How is Yang Yi's injury?"
"It's okay. I said two days ago that I would come to help!"
Zhou Hu wiped the sweat from his head, put down his sleeves, and came over slowly: "Why don't we go and take a look."
"That's fine." Gu Qi patted Yang Sheng and said, "Let's go."
"Sir, wait for me." Yang Sheng quickly went to grab three steamed buns from the basket and carefully put them into a cloth bag.
"Don't you want more?"
Yang Sheng looked at the white steamed buns in the basket with greed, raised his hand and stroked the bag: "No, others still have to eat."
After that, he led Gu Qi and Zhou Hu back home.
From a distance, I saw Yang Yi holding a broom and sweeping in the courtyard.
The woman was sitting in the courtyard, with a faded crimson quilt spread on her legs. She held the quilt in her hands and mended it carefully. She occasionally looked up at her husband, unable to hide her affection, and was occasionally amused by her husband. Not from ear to ear.
"It's really a beautiful scene in the world." Zhou Hu looked at the small courtyard and sighed with emotion.
Gu Qiyi looked at the yard, his eyes full of envy, and couldn't help but put himself and Han Zizheng into it, and laughed fondly.
"Oh! Why did she turn it out!"
After Yang Sheng finished speaking, he ran towards the courtyard.
Gu Qi and Zhou Hu didn't know why, so they also trotted over.
"Sister-in-law! You started again!"
Yang Sheng pulled the quilt over with a sullen face, startling the woman.
"Why are you talking to your sister-in-law! The bigger he is, the more unruly he is!" Yang Yi stepped forward with a broom and slapped Yang Sheng on the back of the head.
"What are you doing?" The woman stood up and pushed Yang Yi lightly, pulled Yang Sheng over, and rubbed his head: "Your quilt has a lot of holes. The weather is nice today, so I wanted to help you mend them. Mending.”
"Sister-in-law, I'm not a child anymore. I can do this myself." Yang Sheng held the quilt tightly and said nothing to let others touch her.
"You kid..."
Before the woman finished speaking, Yang Sheng entered the house holding the quilt.
"Spoiled you!" Yang Yi pointed at his back and scolded him.
Seeing Zhou Hu and Gu Qi entering the courtyard, the woman hurriedly grabbed Yang Yi, and the two stepped forward: "Master Zhou, Master Pei."
Gu Qi looked at Yang Yi and said with a smile: "It seems that you are doing well."
"It's thanks to you!" Yang Yi touched the small scar on the back of his head and smiled naively: "I'm really sorry. I knew you had been beaten, but I didn't go to visit you."
Zhou Hu took over the conversation and said, "I didn't let him go, for fear of causing trouble."
"It doesn't matter."
The woman smiled with a smile on her face: "Stop standing here, adults, sit down in the room!"
Zhou Hu entered the house first and ran straight to the dark corner: "Auntie, how are you lately?"
The old man sat cross-legged on the kang, smiling all the time.
She did not answer Zhou Hu's words, but only stared at Gu Qi who had just entered the room.
"Master Gu, you are here."
Gu Qi was startled.
Zhou Hu glanced at Gu Qi, smiled and leaned into the old man's ear, saying loudly: "Auntie, you admit your mistake again! That's..."
"I know," the old man raised his skinny hand and stretched it towards Gu Qi: "Master Gu."
I don’t know why, but I feel a little timid.
Gu Qi swallowed nervously. Although the old man recognized the wrong person, he couldn't help but tremble every time he called out Mr. Gu.
Yang Yi seemed to notice that Gu Qi was not feeling well, so he stepped forward and said softly: "Don't be afraid, sir. My mother recognized you as Master Gu. She has been completely confused since my father left."
Gu Qi carefully stepped forward, gently held the old man's hand, and sat down by the kang.
The old man leaned forward and stared at Gu Qi non-stop.
Yang Sheng rolled up his thin quilt to the wall, leaned over and said with a smile: "It's strange to say that although my mother is confused, most of the people who have been here remember it. Only Mr. Pei came twice, twice Everybody admits their mistake.”
Gu Qi raised his eyes and looked at Zhou Hu.
Zhou Hu didn't lose his composure like last time. He just stared at the stove in a daze, his eyes red.
The old man raised his hand and grabbed Yang Sheng, who hurriedly handed over his arm.
"Master Gu, I have to entrust you to take care of my little son."
Gu Qi glanced at Yang Sheng and said with a smile, "Don't worry, ma'am."
"He's not as good as his brother, he doesn't make people worry! My old lady, I'm asking you to be a matchmaker and find him a wife. Take care of him for me!"
"Mom, what are you talking about?" Yang Sheng was a little shy, lowered his head and lifted the thin quilt up to cover the old man's legs: "My lord is busy, don't let me worry about my son's affairs."
Judging from Yang Sheng's appearance, he seemed to be in his thirties.
If a family is crowded into two rooms, it will definitely cause a lot of inconvenience.
How many families like this are there in Tuzhou?
Before he could feel melancholy, he heard Zhou Hu sighing next to him.
"Hey!" Gu Qi raised her hand and patted her thigh, and said loudly to the old man: "What a coincidence, isn't it? After we move to the village, I will let the children of each family look at each other. Yang Sheng is so kind-hearted and lively. , will surely capture a woman’s heart!”
Zhou Hu looked at Gu Qi and couldn't help but laugh.
Maybe I have experienced too much and encountered too many helpless things, which makes me more prone to depression.
Gu Qi is more like the rising sun that breaks through the long dark night. He seems to have unlimited abilities, able to overcome obstacles and lead people out of the haze. No matter how many nasty and dirty things we have experienced, we can still remain optimistic, perseverant, and kind, just like a lotus flower that is not stained by the mud, blooming quietly there, no matter how big the wind and rain, it cannot destroy it.
"Master Pei,"
"Um?"
Zhou Hu looked at Gu Qi, the mist in his eyes condensed into crystal tears, and fell down.
He raised his hand and swiped it, saying, "Thank you."
Gu Qi smiled and squeezed his shoulder: "Let's go outside and talk about relocating the village."
Everyone moved outside the house, and Yang Sheng moved a low stool for the two adults to sit down. He took out the steamed buns from the cloth bag, handed one to each brother and sister-in-law, then turned around and went into the house to serve my mother.
The woman broke it open and handed half of the bun to Yang Yi.
Yang Yi accepted it with a smile and quietly stuffed it into his arms.
Yang Yi chewed the steamed bun and asked eagerly: "Sir, are we going to start moving the village?"
Gu Qi nodded: "It's been delayed for too long. I want you to greet the people and move to Xu Ting County in Yingjiang County in the next two days."
"Sir, can this be done?" The woman looked worried: "I just fought with the people of Xu Ting County, and if I go again, wouldn't it be..."
"That's why I have to arrange for you to go to Xu Ting County." Gu Qi had a plan, but he couldn't elaborate at the moment, so he could only reply: "Don't worry, nothing will go wrong."
Yang Yi nodded: "Sure."
After a detailed explanation, Gu Qi and Zhou Hu began to walk back.
"grown ups,"
"Um?"
"Why haven't you seen His Highness Prince Zhe lately?"
Gu Qi shook his head: "I don't know, he had a fever a few days ago."
"I guess it was a moment of intense anger."
"Is there anything I don't know?"
Zhou Hu walked side by side with her, looking at the farmland in the distance from time to time: "During the trial, Feng Rui said some unpleasant things."
"say what?"
"I can't remember clearly." Zhou Hu thought for a while and said, "It seems to say that His Highness is addicted to... addicted to male sex?"
"Ah?" Gu Qi couldn't laugh or cry: "Is this Feng Rui crazy?"
"Haha, I feel strange too. Be careful, sir," Zhou Hu pulled Gu Qi and avoided the potholes, and continued: "I have never seen His Highness have any intimacy with anyone. If I say I care, it is only for you and me. Ordinary people are just different.”
Zhou Hu suddenly stopped, as if wondering.
He turned around and faced Gu Qi directly.
When they first met, Gu Qi was a fair-skinned scholar. Zhou Hu just thought he was a young boy and didn't take a closer look at him.
After that, I was impressed by Gu Qi's intellectual vision and felt that she was even more majestic.
But now, if you look carefully, you can see that even if she is sick and has made her body thin, if she is decorated with pearls and rouge, she will definitely be a beauty that is the same as any other!
"What are you looking at?"
"Oh, cough." Zhou Hu blushed: "It's okay, let's go."
The two continued to walk forward without saying another word.
Gu Qi glanced at Zhou Hu, whose ears were slightly red and a little absent-minded.
"Zhou Hu, tell me more about the cases of the past few days!"
"Zhou Hu?"
"Zhou Hu!"
A roar brought Zhou Hu back from his thoughts.
"What's wrong, sir?"
Gu Qi put her hands on her hips and just stared at Zhou Hu: "I should ask you this. Why were you absent-minded after you came out?"
Zhou Hu's eyes were wandering, not knowing where to focus his gaze.
Finally, he stared at the mutton-fat jade around Gu Qi's waist and looked at it again and again: "Sir, what is engraved on this jade? It's so unique."
Gu Qi lowered her head, smiled and rubbed the pattern on it: "This is a ferret."
"Can I see it?"
Seeing Zhou Hu reaching out, Gu Qi subconsciously covered the jade pendant, took a step back, and said with a smile: "No."
"I think this jade is of great significance," Zhou Hu took back his hand and said mysteriously: "Isn't it a gift from your sweetheart?"
Gu Qi was noncommittal and lowered her head shyly, unable to stop smiling.
Zhou Hu looked a little disappointed and looked at the mutton-fat jade in trance.
"Okay, let's get down to business."
Gu Qi looked up and saw that Zhou Hu was "wandering" again, so she slapped him suddenly.
"What's wrong, sir?"
Gu Qi frowned: "Are you okay? You looked like this when you came out of Yang Yi's house. If you have something on your mind, you might as well say it."
Zhou Hu exhaled and replied calmly: "No."
After that, he continued to walk forward. When Gu Qi saw him like this, he stopped asking.
The coachman was waiting at the entrance of the village. When he saw Zhou Hu coming out, he took out the horse stool from the coach.
The two got in the car and chatted for a while on the way back.
Gu Qi looked at Zhou Hu and couldn't help but frown.
This man devoted his whole life to the people of Qishui County. He was young, had no high authority, and no heirs.
What makes him so melancholy and unable to recover for a long time is probably the problem of the people.
Accompanied by the creaking sound of the carriage, the two arrived at Zhou Hu's residence.
The crowd in front of the porridge shop has long dispersed, but there are still leftover porridge in the pot, and the basket next to it is empty.
Gu Qi didn't care. He took a spoonful of gruel and stood there and took a few sips.
Zhou Hu followed her example and swallowed everything left in the pot.
Then together with the boy, we dismantled the porridge shop.
He then sent Gu Qi back to the governor's office.
Not a problem.
