Chapter 18 - Break through the iron shoes
He’s pharmacy’s rough laborer, tall and majestic, with extraordinary bearing, surprised Gu Qingzhou, and she took a few more glances.
“He’s new here to help, and he’s dumb.” Mu Sanniang explained.
Gu Qingzhou smiled, with a innocent and innocent face, and followed Mu Sanniang inside.
Sitting down with each other, Gu Qingzhou told Mu Sanniang about her master’s current situation: “He is in good health, but his guilt has affected his family, causing you to run around and have nowhere to live.”
“What!” Mu Sanniang was sad, “The family is a combination of honor and disgrace. He has been away from the world for many years, and we can’t find him.”
“Master doesn’t want you to go to him.” Gu Qingzhou said, “You are my master’s sister, and will be my aunt in the future?”
Suddenly there was a beautiful and cute little girl who called her aunt, as if her brother had a successor, Mu Sanniang burst into tears, and immediately took off the jade bracelet on her wrist and put it on Gu Qingzhou’s hand: “such a good niece, aunt is blessed !”
This is even accepted.
The scorching sun in the morning penetrated through the gap of the carved window lattice and fell on Gu Qingzhou’s face. The blue silk hair lined the side of his face, making his skin more and more snowy, his cherry lips filled with elixir, and his eyes were deep.
This girl is so pretty, the more Mu Sanniang looked at her, the more she liked it.
Mu Sanniang thought that Gu Qingzhou went to her from the countryside, and immediately wanted to pack the house for her to live in. Gu Qingzhou hurriedly grabbed her: “I don’t live here, auntie, I live in my own house.”
“Your own?” Mu Sanniang was surprised again.
Gu Qingzhou reported her home and told her family’s situation again.
“Are you the daughter of the Deputy Minister of Customs?” Mu Sanniang was shocked.
Undersecretary of Customs, he was nothing among the wealthy and famous in Yuecheng, but he was a great official in the eyes of ordinary people.
Mu Sanniang didn’t expect that Gu Qingzhou was actually a lady of the official family!
When she was happy, Gu Qingzhou told Mu Sanniang about her family’s situation and the purpose of her entering the city.
“… After my mother gave birth to me, my health has not been very good. Within two months of her death, my stepmother was pregnant with twins; my uncle was stabbed to death in a smokehouse, and the police department closed the case It’s time to let it go. What’s going on behind this, I want to understand.” Gu Qingzhou said.
This is what she came to the city for.
She wants to take back her grandfather’s property, and she also wants to find out the reason for her mother’s death and find out the murderer of her uncle’s murder.
At the same time, Gu Qingzhou told Mu Sanniang, “the night I just got home, my two younger sisters used scissors to cut my face. Fortunately, I found it.”
The two talked for nearly an hour.
The excitement in Mu Sanniang’s chest gradually dissipated and turned into cold air. She inhaled coldly and said, “They will punish you for doing this to you!”
Gu Qingzhou smiled: “The way of heaven is holy, the time for retribution has not yet come.”
She was optimistic, and Mu Sanniang was relieved.
At noon, Gu Qingzhou stayed at Mu Sanniang’s place for lunch, and Mu Sanniang also briefly introduced the current situation of her family.
“The old man is gone. Now, of the five children, three are studying at school and two are at home.” Mu Sanniang said.
Mu Sanniang’s eldest daughter is thirteen years old this year. She is studying in a public girls’ school and is literate. The same school as her sister; the third is a son, eight years old, who has just started school.
The remaining two are also sons, one is six years old and the other is four years old, and they have long gone to play.
The huge family, Mr. He and Mu Sanniang, who hoped for their sons to become dragons, were supported by their meager income and had already been burdened with heavy burdens.
“…Auntie, I can go to your pharmacy for a consultation.” Gu Qingzhou said, “Business is getting better day by day, we can open a traditional Chinese medicine hospital, which is more popular than Western medicine!”
Mu Sanniang laughed, thinking it was just a joke. Although she was Mu Zonghe’s apprentice, how could a sick person believe her if she was a child?
“Well, you come to play often.” Mu Sanniang doted on Gu Qingzhou, even if Gu Qingzhou couldn’t see a doctor, she let her go to the pharmacy often and get close to each other.
“Yes.” Gu Qingzhou smiled.
Mu Sanniang saw that she came alone, and after leaving her for lunch, she called her little guy and asked him to take Gu Qingzhou home.
The new fellow had a short haircut, an ill-fitting short jacket, and was tall and sturdy.
When he looked at Gu Qingzhou, his eyes were cold.
Gu Qingzhou looked at him carefully, but saw that he had a wide forehead and a high nose, deep eyes and thin lips, even if he was not dressed properly, he was still a bit dignified and graceful.
He is a natural nobleman.
A person with such a good temperament must live in an excellent family. Why did he become a little guy?
Gu Qingzhou’s eyes turned slightly, and she vaguely guessed the identity of this person.
The guy accompanied Gu Qingzhou out, and Gu Qingzhou raised his face and asked him, “Are you born dumb?”
The tall locust tree branches, through the warm and thin winter sun, fell on the girl’s slightly raised face.
The man’s expression remained unchanged, he was too lazy to answer, and continued to walk out.
Gu Qingzhou didn’t expect him to shake his head or nod, and followed his footsteps.
After leaving Ping’an West Street, there was a rickshaw in the distance. The man snapped his fingers neatly, and called a rickshaw to come over as if he called his own car.
He made a gesture to Gu Qingzhou, meaning to let Gu Qingzhou get in the car by himself, but he quickly turned back to the pharmacy without any intention of staying any longer.
Very personable guy!
Gu Qingzhou looked at his back. Shopkeeper He and Mu Sanniang, who had never seen dignitaries, didn’t know his depth, but Gu Qingzhou knew a little.
There was a slight smile on her lips: “It seems that I have found a noble person!”
Good harvest today.
People’s luck comes, and they can’t stop it.
Gu Qingzhou smiled, and after finishing the matter, he returned to Gu’s mansion by car.
By the time she got home, it was already dusk. The dazzling golden sunset has dyed the three-story small western-style building of Gu Mansion. Outside the milky white railings, the half-walled climbing tiger swayed in the wind, bathed in the sunset, and it was brilliant.
This little building is so exquisite.
Gu Qingzhou’s eyes revealed a sharp and steady look that did not match her age. Standing outside the big iron gate with tangled branches, she carefully looked at Gu’s mansion, but did not knock on the door for a long time.
What a nice house, it’s her grandfather’s.
“Did my mother and uncle grow up in this house back then? What was their childhood like?” Gu Qingzhou stood quietly at the door, trying to find the past.
She remembered that this small building was now in Gu’s house, and there was a faint sneer on the corner of her lips, and the laughter was cold.
After a long while, she knocked on the door of Gu Mansion.
“Madam.” Gu Qingzhou entered the door and saw that Gu Guizhang had not returned yet, only Qin Zhengzheng was sitting on the sofa in the living room, his eyes were sombre, Gu Qingzhou stepped forward and shouted softly.
Qin Zhengzheng raised his chin slightly and nodded arrogantly.
Gu Qingzhou went upstairs.
Then, she heard the phone ring.
Qin Zhengzheng went to answer the phone.
Gu Qingzhou crouched on the milky white railing, pretending to admire the golden sunset in the distance, but his ears were listening to the voice of the phone downstairs.
Gu Qingzhou didn’t hear what he said, but Qin Zhengzheng’s voice was extraordinarily flattering and excited.
Needless to say, it was from the Commander’s Office.
Gu Qingzhou sneered and went back to the room to rest. Qin Zhengzheng should have intercepted this call and would never tell Gu Qingzhou.