Clam Pearl

Gu Zhao and Gu Maobing had been talking all night, their mouths were dry, and when it was about tomorrow, Gu Zhaocai quietly left the dark room. When he went out, he looked back at Gu Maobing, who was writing happily and sincerely, and his heart was full of tears. Putting down a big rock, after all, the most difficult thing to fix, can be considered solved.

Out of the dark room, after passing the Crane Garden, Gu Zhao returned to his small courtyard. There were no male servants in the courtyard in the early morning, only a few third-class girls carrying water to water the flowers in the courtyard. A few days ago, Gu Zhao Maode got a few clumps of good bamboo, so he divided Gu Zhao into several branches. Now the bamboo is planted under the porch. Gu Zhao cherishes it very much. He takes care of one or two every day. Since the bamboo came, he dug a hole, watered it, He did everything by himself.But what he didn't know was that this act revealed his true age, and he looked like an old man. Others just looked at him smiling, and were even curious. Qi Ye always looks like a young man at one moment, but at another moment he is very old.

Back in the bedroom, after a good night's sleep, Gu Zhao opened his eyes in a daze around noon, but inadvertently saw a person sitting in front of the bed. Looking carefully, it was his eldest nephew.

"Hey! Maode, you scared me to death." Gu Zhao stretched out his hands to wipe the cold sweat from his brow, and sat up slowly.

Mianmian and the others who were waiting at the door hurried in, took the spittoon veil, got up to serve Gu Zhao, and helped him change into a sand-green robe.

Gu Zhao was impatient to wear socks, so he went barefoot in the house according to the old southern customs. Since summer, every corner of the house has been covered with bamboo mats according to the terrain, and he is not afraid of getting cold when he steps on it with bare feet.

After simply eating some porridge, the uncle and nephew spread out a large marching map in the bedroom and began to discuss matters.

A few days ago, Gu Yan mentioned a good location, which is the beauty of burying treasures. When Gu Zhao asked him, he just laughed, but didn't say where it was.Since that day, no matter how much Gu Yan desires, Gu Zhao does not ask.In the end, he wanted to say it himself, but Gu Zhao only said that someone else changed the subject, which made him feel very uncomfortable, and finally became angry like a child.

Now, Gu Zhao is also thinking about it, and many things will be handed over to Maode. He will be the patriarch of the family in the future, and there will be more places to experience. Now the opportunity is just right, and the father is still there, so he can give me some advice.It also saves that if something goes wrong one day, his old father suddenly goes away, the sky falls, and it will be too late to pick up anything at that time.

Gu Zhao and Gu Maode looked at the map for a while, and his grandma came to the room and said, Mr. Zibo from Nanhuo shop has sent a message, saying that something has arrived in the south, please go to Kaifeng.

In this way, Gu Zhao only took Xizai, Xinzai and the groom at home in a mule cart, and went out quietly.

On the way, the car swayed slowly. After not having a good rest yesterday, Gu Zhao suddenly felt sleepy and fell asleep in a daze.

I don't know how long it took, but Gu Zhao suddenly smelled a scent of sandalwood in the haze, woke up suddenly, opened his eyes, and saw that there was another person in the car, but it was... Ah Run sitting in the car On the other side of the seat, the corners of his mouth are hooked, covetously looking at him.Gu Zhao hurriedly got up and stretched out his hand to open the car curtain, but outside was a remote place in the outer city of Shangjing, surrounded by tall trees.

Breathing out for a long time, Gu Zhao put down the curtain and looked up and down at Ah Run, only to see that he was still wearing the old monk's robe, a bamboo hat that monks often wear was randomly placed on the side of the couch in the car, and he was wearing a pair of clothes on his feet. Straw sandals, the shoes are full of mud, and I don't know how many miles I have walked.

Thinking about it carefully, it's been a long time since I saw you.

The two of them didn't speak, they both loved face, they just looked at each other foolishly.Later, Gu Zhao also knew in his heart that when Ah Run came out this time, he didn't know how many days and how difficult it would be, so he sighed and said, "Why did you come out?"

As if he breathed a sigh of relief, Ah Run stretched out his hand to hold Gu Zhao's hand. He was worried that he would break away and touched it, but he didn't see him resisting, so he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.So she sat behind him, hugged him and sighed, "I miss you... I don't know what's wrong, I know you're fine, your elder brother loves you, and your family pampers you, but I still feel pitiful and aggrieved. I don't know what happened."

Gu Zhao leaned his body over and smiled softly: "Shall I thank you for thinking about me? Lord Yi's words are so interesting, I don't understand how people like you grow up? Talking is talking, beating around the bush. It makes people guess. If you play with me again in the future, let me tell you, I have a place to go to the south..."

Before he finished speaking, Ah Run covered his mouth and said, "There are tens of millions of people in this world. Besides my mother, you are the only one I miss. You also know my situation. If you are not careful, I will be a loser." The body is separated and the family is broken..." At this point, Ah Run smiled wryly and sighed: "Last year I thought I would go if I went, but now there are more of you, I am reluctant to go no matter what. Just go ...I'll hold you too, would you like to go with me?"

Gu Zhao only felt that his whole body was weak from the hot air, and he had never been hugged like this before.He hated himself for being worthless, but his mouth was very hard, and he just said ironically: "You poor monk, you don't have anything to ask for, why pull me. I won't go... If you die, there will be more good people out there Go, that trouble like you caused me to worry about it, not to mention my family and property, but also to die with you? Why? People like you never think too much about others, yes, I’m afraid it’s you This is how your father taught you..."

Gu Zhao complained naggingly, the movement of Ah Run's hands suddenly stopped, and he didn't continue to do evil, he just hugged him motionless, and after a long time, he said in Gu Zhao's ear: "Yesterday, Gong Li gave me poisoned wine."

Gu Zhao was startled, terrified, and turned around abruptly, but Ah Run didn't follow him, just hugged him tightly, and sniffed carefully with his nose, as if he wanted to put Gu Zhaowen in his nose and keep it in his heart.

Almost losing this person, Gu Zhao's heart was in a mess, and he thought in his heart, if he died, there would be no such quiet, gentle and gentle Ah Run in the world, what would he do?Howling?Distraught?It's just a normal emotion, I feel as if my heart is torn apart, and I don't know how many years I will have to be sad before I can forget that Ah Run who was sitting at the desk cutting plum blossoms.

Moved by his thoughts, Gu Zhao, who has always been strong, thought of Ah Run's death, how he was lying alone, how he was carried, how he was changed into luxurious clothes, and put in a thick coffin. mourn.But who knows that this person has been offended, and who can shed tears for him with half a sympathy.Thinking about it, Gu Zhao's eyes were a little wet.What the hell is going on?

Behind him, Ah Run didn't know that Gu Zhao was crying. He was laughing, and after a while he smiled sarcastically and said indifferently, "Don't be afraid. Later, the queen mother issued a decree to block it. Ah Run, you Don't worry, I won't die! I will never die! Hold on, this life, just this time, only this time. There is no way to retreat, from now on... I will never give anyone a chance to force me, even if there is a landslide in the sky I'll kill thousands of people, and I will never retreat again..."

While he was talking, tears suddenly dripped onto his arms. Gu Zhao has always been heartless and never showed any signs of depression.

"Are you crying?"

Gu Zhao was filled with resentment, and wiped his tears with his hand, and sneered, "Ah, yes, why don't you cry, I'm crying for my money! I bought a house and land, and I can repair two palaces! It takes a lifetime of money, It's almost gone, can I not cry..."

Ah Run's heart became hot, so he just hugged him and smiled contentedly, fortunately he was there.

Gu Zhao felt puzzled, and was still talking nonsense: "Hey, you died yesterday, and today I found out, so I cried for you. Tomorrow, Prince Yi died, and Beijing will definitely give you a grand funeral. At that time, what am I, I am afraid that I am not qualified to burn incense for you... But don't expect me to die with you, I regret my life... But, if you go, there will always be someone who ends the song When it's time to leave, at that time, I'll go near your grave, buy a Zhuangzi, and... go to see you every day, I will wait, wait, but I will wait for you for three years at most. Today I will forget you, you can decide for yourself..."

Ah Run chuckled: "I'm not going to die, I begged you for the first half of my life, you are so heartless, how dare I relax."

Gu Zhao stared, furious in his heart, he just held A Run's hand tightly, feeling the temperature above, hating himself for his incompetence in his heart, thinking of those who traveled through time in the past, stomping their feet would shake the world , He can roll up a big era with just a finger, but he can't do anything.

In this life, never give others the slightest chance to take away anything from yourself when you are unwilling, never!

Gu Zhao, who was angry in his heart and wanted to get angry very much, wanted to vent, but was reluctant to bite himself, he was afraid of pain.So, he grabbed Ah Run's arm and bit down hard!

Ah Run didn't move, let him bite, just stroked his hair one by one, thinking in his heart, work harder, work harder, it's almost time, it's time, when then, we can be together forever and ever Drag him to live or die, it's up to you.

A gust of wind blew through the forest, and the car was quiet, the two of them didn't speak, they only knew in their hearts, let's just look at it like this, but they don't know when the next time will be.

Gu Zhao went away for a long time, and only returned home in the evening. When he came back, he didn't know what happened. He was in a very bad mood, so he just sat in the room in a daze.

The evening breeze was blowing, and in the yard, Mr. Yu Geng and Mr. Ding Jiu, who had just returned from the north, were also looking at the new bamboos.A few days ago, the family sent them to pick up Young Master Sun from the second master's house. They did receive him, but there was too much luggage there, and Yu Geng had something to do at home, so they had no choice but to come back first and wait.

Mr. Ding Jiu squatted there with his sleeves tied up, looking at the few dwarf bamboos, he was just rare, he said: "There are quite a few of these things in Beijing, those households with high thresholds always have a few clumps of Runrun houses, just In the first few years, the weather was frighteningly cold, so this thing couldn’t survive in Beijing. I didn’t expect it, but I can still see it now.”

Mr. Ding Jiu said that in the first few years, perhaps there were some small ice ages here, the temperature was suddenly cold, and many crops were cut off.

This is probably what the ancients often said about the time of day.

Mr. Yu Geng didn't think about these bamboos, he was thinking about something in his heart. During this period of time, he always felt that Qi Ye was doing something without telling him, but he couldn't tell what it was, so let's inquire carefully. He couldn't ask anything, but in his heart, he just felt awkward.

No, just settled down today, Qi Ye said again, he wants to send him to Zhuangzi in the south, ask him to help transport some special products, and bring his grandma's family back along with it.Of course, Bi Liangli also wanted to go back together.

Being valued is a good thing.Yu Geng reported the news, and the higher-ups were also willing. After all, Gu Zhao's Nanhuo shop was so prosperous, and the higher-ups also paid attention to the news from the south.

Accidentally, he got a good job, Mr. Yu Geng was naturally happy in his heart, but when he thought of the miasma in the south, he was really afraid.In the past two days, he was really happy and afraid, very contradictory.

"You said, these days, my seventh master can't wake up, and I don't know what to do in the middle of the night." Yu Geng asked indifferently.

Mr. Dingjiu was still squatting, and he didn't mind burying them. He was holding a few handfuls of good soil and burying them on the bamboo roots, taunting him while burying: "We are just joking around with people, you have food and drink." Just stay there, what Qi Ye can do, he is just a country boy, he has no errands, no rights outside, and he is not familiar with the place in Shangjing, so he will make troubles! He will make troubles according to his identity, what do you think... ...Oh, just see the summer wind blowing, you green shoots will rise up."

Mr. Ding Jiu started to sing to the bamboo after he talked about it. He thought about it, if new bamboo shoots sprouted on the ground next year, he would tell Lord Qi a few times, and if he wanted some, he would go back to his old house to raise them.

Mr. Yu Geng stood at the same spot, thought for a long time, and finally had fun, yes, Qi Ye is just a country boy, how can he get out of this Pingzhou alley?He has no power in his hands, but it's a good thing. I've lived my life with fear, and finally had a good life with Master Qi. What are you thinking about? When the time comes, I'll go to the south and write down what I see.When the time comes, it will be another great achievement!It is not known whether the son can be exchanged for an excellent child.

Thinking of this, he spit on the ground, dug a few handfuls of black mud from a large flower pot on the side, and mixed it into the roots of the bamboo.

"Go...go over there, you just don't understand, the soil you got is neither thick nor fat, and you can't support it..."

The two diners in the courtyard were making a fuss, and Gu Zhao had already made a plan here.

Seeing that the day passed without blinking, when it was dark, Bi Liangli entered the room with a post in his hand. Gu Zhao accepted the post and felt a little better. He forced a smile and said, "I will send them forgotten."

But it turned out to be Xue He and Yang Tingyin, these two are also considered talented, both entered the second class, one won the 42th place in the second class, and the other won the [-]nd place, and now they are all fulfilling their wishes, but it is a pity that the final Li Yongji, who lost his leg, doesn't know how sad he is at Lanruo Temple. Look, Li Yongji is still the head of the invitation post now. He is afraid that he was abandoned by Gao Sheng's friends, and now he is the host.

Gu Zhao called Mr. Ding Jiu and Mr. Yu Geng in from the window, played a game of chess, and passed the post to them to read.

Mr. Yu Geng accepted the post, looked at it a few times, envious in his heart, his eldest son is also in the second class, but he is the third from the bottom, and he is still the third from the bottom to be taken care of by his superiors.

Today's meaning is to let go out, experience experience, where compared to the two in the previous post, it seems that they have all stayed in Beijing and lived at the feet of the emperor.

Mr. Ding Jiu played a few moves, and he disliked Qi Ye as a stinky chess basket, so he dropped the chess pieces in his hand, and also accepted the post to read for a while, but shook his head gently and said to Gu Zhao: "Qi Ye, what the old lady means, recently Beijing is very chaotic, and the family is not allowed to go out to be mischievous, you see, if you change the time, tidy up the Crane Garden, and then ask the family to have a lively small theater, it is better not to stay here."

Gu Zhao blinked his eyes. He knew about the recent chaos in Beijing. He went out tonight and didn't have to go home until tomorrow. There was a curfew on the street.It's okay not to go out.

After thinking about it, he said to Bi Liangli: "Go and tell them that you have been caught in the heat for the past few days, and you can't go out. When you loosen your body, invite them to play at home. Oh, go and get the good paper I bought, Cut a few knives, bring back seasonal fresh from the south, and pick out some good brushes and send them away."

In the future, I will always have to do things in Beijing, and it is time to cultivate some of my own strength.

Bi Liangli nodded, and was about to go out when Gu Zhao called him again: "Brother Nai, ask Fu Ji to go out with you, he can speak well and save you from making gestures."

Bi Liangli thought for a while, then nodded with a smile. He also likes that kid Fu Ji. He is smart, sensible, and doesn't talk too much. Bi Liangli will go back to the south in a few days. , he would be more than willing to teach him.

Seeing that Gu Zhao liked his little disciple, Mr. Ding Jiu also felt that he had a lot of face. After Bi Liangli went out, he followed up with a few compliments, which made Yu Geng very envious.

A few people got the talk, and they talked about the scientific examination in Beijing in the room. It was nothing more than that this year's number one scholar was a little older, in his 50s, and he didn't know that he would be able to give Jinshang Kang a few years of hard work. This year, whoever was arrested as a son-in-law in the imperial list, this person is not a thing. There are wives and children at home, but they just hold back and don't say anything. They only complained on the second day after entering the bridal chamber. Pity this rich lady in Beijing, accidentally I became a concubine.

Gu Zhao was listening to the excitement, but Mianmian opened the curtain and walked in with the wind, which seemed to be a good thing, otherwise why would he be blushing.

Mianmian entered the room and gave Gu Zhaofu a look, then said with a smile, "Master Seven, Young Master Sun from the Second Master's family has arrived and is entering the door."