It gets dark earlier in Western Shu than in the south of the Yangtze River. Ning Weizhou returned just as the food was served in the inn.

Gu Feiwan teased, "My husband came back because he smelled the fragrance, right?"

Ning Weizhou chuckled: "They do want to keep me for dinner, but with a table full of delicious food and a bunch of drunkards, how can I eat it? I'd better come back to have dinner with my wife so that I can eat two more bowls!"

"What? Is it hard to do?" Gu Feiwan never asked Ning Weizhou about his official affairs, just as Ning Weizhou never gave advice on Gu Feiwan's business, so Gu Feiwan asked vaguely.

Ning Weizhou changed into his regular clothes, took off his outer shirt, picked up the chopsticks and picked up Gu Feiwan's favorite food, then sat down and said:

"We came all the way here in a swagger. They were well prepared and showed me how to be a dead pig that is not afraid of boiling water. Seeing their faces too many times really makes me sick."

Gu Feiwan picked up a piece of mushroom with chopsticks and put it into Ning Weizhou's bowl:

"Try this. It is said to grow in the mountains. It is bright red before being put into the pot. It is very delicious."

Ning Weizhou put a piece of meat into his mouth with a chopstick: "Mm, it is indeed fresh and delicious, my lady, eat more!"

"I asked the shop today and they said that the people in the mountains pick the mushrooms that they can't finish eating and dry them in the sun. They put them in cloth bags and they can be kept for a long time. When you eat them, you soak them in water until the leaves are stretched out and then cook them as they are. The taste is still as fresh as when they were fresh."

Ning Weizhou nodded when he heard this: "People in the mountains rely on the mountains for their livelihood and have long been familiar with the nature of mountain products. They are naturally the best at cooking them."

Gu Feiwan served him some soup, put down the spoon and said, "Today, Cheng Sen took me to a private house. When I went in, I saw that it was a place for eating. The head of the family was a woman. The beef and mutton she cooked had no fishy smell, was fat but not greasy, and was very delicious."

Ning Weizhou smiled: "He is such a person. When I came to Qingshan City, he also took me to a military residence, but we had noodles there, a big bowl of noodles with green peppers. It made my scalp numb, but I couldn't stop eating it!"

"Yes, the dipping sauce here is quite unique, very different from that in the capital and Jiangnan. I think the people are shaped by the landscape, and the temperaments of the people are different, so the things they make are also different."

Ning Weizhou pondered for a moment and said, "My wife is right. They think that a strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake. I will give them the upper hand to see."

"It's fine if you know what's going on, my husband. I only know how to do business. I don't understand your officialdom."

Before she finished speaking, Ning Weizhou grabbed Gu Feiwan's face and said, "Let me see which heroine is being so self-deprecating here?"

Gu Feiwan couldn't help but lean towards Ning Weizhou, shouting "It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!", but his evil claws reached out to Ning Weizhou's soft flesh.

After laughing and joking for a while, the two finally sat down and had a good meal.

The next day, the couple was busy with their own things early in the morning as usual. In the afternoon, Ali came over and insisted on dragging Gu Feiwan to the street.

"Madam, that dress is really beautiful. As soon as I saw it, I felt that it was custom-made for you. Why don't you go and take a look?"

Ahri rarely pesters people, so Gu Feiwan felt strange:

"What kind of person is it that our Ahri is so obsessed with him?"

Before Ahri could answer, Qingshuang spoke first: "Since you think my daughter is the best, why didn't you just buy her back?"

Ahri curled her lips and subconsciously hugged her purse: "My silver must be saved for myself and Shi'an!"

Gu Feiwan couldn't help it and pretended to hit Ali: "You heartless person, how much money did I give you? When I asked for food and drink in the past, when did I ever frown? Now you are reluctant to buy me even a piece of clothing, you are really heartless!"

Ahri flashed outside and said, "Madam clearly said that she would let Ahri spend all his money on herself, but now you regret it. This is not the way of a gentleman!"

Gu Feiwan was both angry and amused: "I'm not a gentleman, I'm a woman! Today I'll go with you to see what kind of dress it is. If it doesn't suit my taste, I'll stop paying you!"

Nanny Zhu came in with a smile on her face: "Amitabha, if the girls keep making such a fuss, no one in this inn can stay any longer!"

Gu Feiwan then remembered that this was not his yard, and he quickly fell silent, only pointing at Ali twice fiercely.

When the group arrived at the door, the carriage was already ready.

Gu Feiwan laughed and scolded again: "It turns out that you have planned me all along!"

Ali smiled shyly: "We've already come out, why are you still talking about this?"

After passing three blocks, I heard Ali shouting happily, "This is it!"

Gu Feiwan lifted the curtain and saw that this was the clothing store that Cheng Sen had brought him to yesterday.

"It's our own shop. You just told me about it. Why do you say there's not enough money?" Gu Feiwan got off the carriage and asked curiously.

Ali hesitated for a while before saying, "I haven't even entered the Gu family yet, how can I be considered a member of your Gu family..."

Gu Feiwan pinched her nose and said, "You have already used the Gu family's money, so it has to be true! What's the matter? Do you still want to cheat?"

The clerk in the clothing shop had sharp eyes and saw a carriage parked in front of the shop. He hurried over to greet it:

"Ma'am, Miss, are you here to look at clothes? Please come in!"

He turned around and shouted to the shop, "Two distinguished guests have arrived. Please go to the private room upstairs to wait on us!"

While leading Gu Feiwan and the others inside, another waiter saw them and ran over, but said to Ali:

"Girl, you're here again? Do you want to buy that dress this time?"

Ali glanced at Gu Feiwan: "Let me take another look!"

The guy was smart. Just by looking at Ali's expression, he knew that there was someone else who could make the decision. He immediately greeted Gu Feiwan warmly:

"Madam, you've made the right choice by coming to our place. In Qingshan City, the clothes in our shop are the best. The materials are good and the embroidery is also excellent. The dress that the young lady liked yesterday, I dare to guarantee that it is the only one in the whole of Xishu!"

Gu Feiwan was about to speak when he heard someone arguing at the counter:

"Do you understand? This is top-quality material, which is not even available in Western Shu. I came to your house because we often cooperate with each other, but I didn't expect you to not know the value of it. If you don't want it, just give it to me and I'll sell it somewhere else!"

The guy at the counter refused to budge:

"Wang Qiulian, I didn't report you to the police because I saw you come here so often and the shopkeeper asked us to take good care of you. Do you know whose handkerchief you are holding? You said you embroidered it yourself, but look at the mark here. It's clearly something from our Gu family shop! You said you had something from the Gu family and you had to sell it to us. Are you thinking we are blind?"

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