Female supporting roles rely on food to save themselves

Chapter 694 Compensation
"Too... Queen Mother?"

Several people looked at each other.

Gu Xiang only looked at Gu Laoshi's robe, sighed, and didn't explain much.

Gu Laoshi's mouth shrunk, and he wanted to cry immediately, but Jiang grabbed his ears and dragged him to the outside with big strides.

Mrs. Cui was obviously at a loss.

Apparently, she seldom had such a time when she didn't know what to say or what to do, and she didn't say a word for a while.

The wind blows the bamboo forest, and the leaves sing softly.

Gu Xiang said helplessly: "It's not that I'm talking nonsense. Madam Cui may not know it, but everyone in the village may know it. Although our Gu family is just an ordinary villager in this small Guzhuang, I am fortunate to have a good relationship with the current Chao Anguo. This robe is a gift from Duke An and from the Empress Dowager."

Mrs. Cui: "..."

"It's a big deal to say that this is a big deal, but Mrs. Cui didn't do it on purpose. Those who don't know are not to blame. The Queen Mother has always been kind, so I don't think we will pursue it, but we don't want to care about it. It seems that we don't respect the Queen Mother enough."

Gu Xiang thought for a while, "The empress dowager often said that we should be pragmatic in our lives, but pragmatism is not necessary. Why don't we ask Mrs. Cui to do some practical things to make up for it? The dirty clothes of all the people in our village are torn into pieces. How about cleaning the clothes, mending them, and making them look brand new? If the Empress Dowager knew that such a story had happened to the robe she gave her, she would be happy in her heart if she knew that it was thousands of miles away."

Even the name of the Empress Dowager was so simply on Gu Xiang's lips, the corners of Madam Cui's mouth twitched, but she didn't dare to say no.

The expression on Gu Xiang's face was still casual, and after he finished speaking, he smiled at Gu Laoshi and Jiang Shi: "Father, Auntie, go back quickly, I just opened a jar of fruit wine, and when I go to find drinking friends, I will bring you Let’s go for our own wine, it’s more mellow, and drinking some of it will be beneficial and harmless.”

"He still drinks, go drink the northwest wind."

Jiang sneered.

Lady Cui stared at Gu Xiang's back for a long time, and suddenly felt uneasy.

With her current identity, she has lived in Shouling County for many years, so it stands to reason that there should be no flaws.

After a moment of silence, when she thought that she might really have to clean up the tattered clothes in this village and sew them by hand, Madam Cui felt her brain throbbing. Even when she thought of her master, she couldn't calm down.

Hey, this task is getting more and more annoying every time, when will it end.

Mrs. Zhang... the fairyland on earth that Gao Ruyu described, is it really possible?If so, she has done so many bad things, and she probably won't end well in that kind of fairyland, but if her son, her mother, sister, and the most important people in her life can enjoy the happiness in that kind of fairyland She was content with her days, but she didn't care about herself, since she had already rotted into the mud, how could she be considered alive?

Indeed, as Gu Xiang thought, this lady Cui is really not an ordinary person.

As soon as she showed up, the old dog and the others followed the clues to find out the girls and the people around them.

I was stunned to find no trace of the imperial envoy surnamed Hua.

In fact, this Mrs. Cui's whereabouts are a bit complicated. Don't look at her saying that she is helping her son with some chores. Cloth merchants from all over the world communicated.

The old dog was amazed: "It's wider than me."

This lady is a bit powerful.

Her shop is quite famous in Shouling. It's not just a small shop as she said. Ordinary business, it is not impossible for neighbors to buy some ordinary needles and threads on weekdays. Some of them follow the path of small profits but quick turnover, while others follow the path of mid-to-high end.

Everyone said that the Xiang family's Yiran Pavilion always produced some fresh clothes, and the whole Shouling, generally speaking, was her family's clothes in terms of freshness, which could be slightly compared with the prosperous areas in the south of the Yangtze River and the capital city.

The major families in Shouling County, Wangzhi County and Zhou County Captain don't know about it. If you go back and ask the female relatives in the family, you probably have at least heard of the name "Yiran Pavilion".

Of course, in a place like Shouling, truly high-end business cannot be done.

Even the local grain merchants, the salt merchants who have taken the salt in earnest, sell the most inferior grains such as old grains and broken grains.

As for salt, coarse salt is sold all year round.

Mrs. Cui and her son open a shop every day, and there are many customers coming and going, and many people they come into contact with, not to mention Shouling County, surrounding counties, and even prefectures. : "If you keep an eye on it for ten and a half months, maybe you can get something, but for a while, you can't find the whereabouts of the imperial envoy."

This is too slow.

Hua Mantao has been missing for nearly a month, and now it is not known whether he is dead or alive, any further delay, the hope of surviving will be even smaller.

Eunuch Liu is dead, "Uncle Kai Cheng" Zhang Ming is still locked in a cave waiting for his follow-up, but this imperial envoy never sees his life or his death.

The old dog couldn't help feeling a little worried.

It's not that Gu Xiang is not worried, but this matter is progressing smoothly, but do everything according to the destiny, if all the flowers and peaches come to the Nie Jingtai, just waiting for reincarnation, what they do is useless.

'Gu Ji' After the meal time, it became quieter, and only the idle old people in the village could be faintly heard gathering in the garden, playing chess, drinking tea and chatting.

When the Gu family built the house, Xue Ying put a lot of effort into choosing the site, because it was not only for a restaurant, but also for the family to live in, so it took a lot of effort in terms of comfort. Those old people who have reached the point where they only need to take care of themselves are bored at home. Natural love to 'Gu Ji' to join in the fun.

Gu Xiang took peach wine.

Gu Laoshi's taste is as simple as ever, as long as it is big meat and oil, he likes it, and it is very easy to serve. Gu Xiang brought Gu Laoshi a pork knuckle that he stewed so that it melted in his mouth, and made her mother a fried soybean. , just serve the food and drink.

The family of three sat around a table, drinking and eating vegetables. Gu Xiang organized the conversation silently, and said that before going over to give Jiang Shi a shoulder squeeze: "I haven't squeezed A Niang's shoulders for a long time."

Jiang Shi was so coaxed that she lost half of her mind for the time being: "You girl, you only show courtesy every time you have something to do. Tell me, what is it?"

Gu Xiang: "Daddy, Mommy, I became a princess."

Jiang's: "..."

Gu Laoshi hurriedly said: "Okay, my third mother is the little princess."

However, Jiang's face gradually showed a little solemnity. She was different from Gu Laoshi, who was not easy to use. She only heard Gu Xiang's voice, and she knew that what she said was not a joke.

After being silent for a while, Jiang lowered her head, squeezed the corners of her eyes with a veil, and raised her head again, but there was a bright smile on her face.

"It turns out...it's really a princess!"

(End of this chapter)