Gu Xiang turned around and took a leave of absence from Lao Du.
The Huotou Camp was worried about letting her go back alone (Zhou Dong, a strange boy, is not a human being in the hearts of a big guy). Although the military camp is not far from Guzhuang, due to the famine in the past few years, many refugees became bandits and hid in the mountains and ridges. The young girl's house was wandering around, and she was like a sheep entering the tiger's mouth.
Lao Du went to find a carriage himself, and asked Afeng to take people to move out two bags of grain and half a fan of mutton from the warehouse.
"We buy these things cheaply. Look back and give you 40 cents to the account."
Lao Du smiled kindly, "By the way, let Afeng, Lao Dog and others escort the little lady for a long time."
After saying that, he turned around and reminded Afeng and others: "I'm so happy to take care of you Gu Chu. Don't come back now. When Gu Chu's visits to relatives are over, I'll take the people back to me. Be careful on the road and never make any mistakes."
Afon and the old dog responded in unison.
Gu Xiang smiled and moved her silver box to the carriage. There were three small silver ingots in the silver box, one tael each, and the remaining five taels were stuffed into the bottom of the box. She didn't value these few taels of silver more. She only needed to use silver to do snack business. Secondly, although there was not much silver in the military camp, it was a huge sum of money to put it in the Gu family, and it was easy to cause trouble if she exposed her whiteness.
However, she could bring more things she could use, so she went to the warehouse to flip through two new quilts and four sets of cotton clothes, and a few leather cloths. The fabric was only gray, but it was better than the linen woven by the farmer and the price was cheaper.
Zhou Dong was secretly shocked when he saw Gu Xiang stuffing things into the car and calm down. Nowadays, cotton is a rare treasure, much more expensive than silk and hemp. Ordinary people can't even see it. In other words, Zhou Dong was at least in charge of the county government office, so he could recognize the rareness of this thing.
He couldn't help but look at Gu Xiang again.
The villagers all over the village said that the third wife of the Gu family went to Yongyijun alone, and they didn't know what torture they would suffer.
It’s a pity to say, and it’s not uncommon for kind-hearted people to say goodbye to you.
While his parents sighed at home, they were also very glad. They often said in private that the two families had a tacit understanding of their engagement and had not yet left the courtesy. If this marriage was really settled, even if their family could regret the marriage, they would not look good in appearance.
Zhou Dong was not very concerned about getting married before. In his opinion, it would be better to marry any woman as a wife. Anyway, his parents would not find a bad thing for him.
But after seeing Gu Xiang, his parents asked him to meet others again, but he began to feel awkward.
The girl I was looking for was to let the matchmaker blow it into a flower. In the end, it was not as good-looking and had a good temperament. Zhou Dong believed that he was loyal, but just because Gu Sanniang was "invited" to Yongyijun as a cook, he had to give up the marriage that had been almost the same. He couldn't help but feel a little reluctant.
After that, Gu Laoshi was about to come to Yongyijun to send a letter to his home, so he volunteered to replace Gu Laoshi and wanted to see Gu Sanniang with his own eyes.
But he walked into the Yongyi Army camp with trepidation and was led to the kitchen to see Gu Xiang, he suddenly realized that the villagers and him seemed to have made something wrong.
The young lady of the Gu family has a significant status in the military camp.
Zhou Dong lowered his head slightly and looked at Gu Xiang from the corner of his eyes.
Gu Xiang stood on the stone steps in front of the kitchen door, and explained things slowly. A group of soldiers surrounded her, standing respectfully and obeying orders.
"You should eat the pickled vegetables in these jars quickly. Don't move the rest. I'll deal with them. The marinade I cooked must be boiled once a day, and you can't stop the fire. Don't take a look for me."
Lao Du repeatedly agreed with kindness: "I watched it myself. Such a good marinade must not be broken."
Maybe I was in a good mood just after I got the Shengyin, or maybe the ingredients were fresh, and the newly made marinade Gu Chu's day ago tasted hundreds of times better than the old marinade.
Vegetarian meat stewed with old marinade and broth can greed for everyone's teeth, but now it's a new one, just throwing it in and ordering wild vegetables, and you can just eat three big cooked cakes.
Since Chu Gu cooked this marinade, Lao Du Da heard the rustling sound outside the kitchen at night. Obviously, the taste of this marinade made the soldiers ready to move, and he would sneak over and take a look from time to time.
Seeing that they were walking back and forth, they were scared by the wild cats and dogs that were always wandering around and trying to steal food, he didn't say anything.
After Gu Xiang finished his instructions, he greeted Zhou Dong and got on the carriage. Before the person left, Li Sheng hurriedly came over with a small box.
"My little lady, the Duke of the State knows that you are going back to your hometown to visit your relatives. The younger ones are willing to offer some local etiquette, which is also considered a wish."
Gu Xiang was stunned for a moment, wanting to refuse, but these were rewards from the top, and there were so many people there. He would be reluctant to push him, which would make the Duke look bad.
As soon as she hesitated, Li Sheng stuffed the box into the car.
Old Du smiled and said, "Okay, leave early, Afon, be careful when driving."
Afeng nodded and gently lifted Zhou Dong's arm: "Brother Zhou, please help me to take the carriage to make do with me?"
Zhou Dong got into the car in a daze, walked out of the distance and was still rushing in his heart - even the Duke of the State gave the Gu family's Sanniang a good fortune? How much face does Sanniang have in the army?
He was a little uneasy at this moment.
His parents had a quarrel with Gu's family because the marriage failed, but it was a bit awkward. The two families had been a little uncomfortable these days, and there were a lot of rumors in the village these days, so he didn't know whether his mother had been involved.
The mountain road is rugged and the mountain wind makes people's cheeks hurt.
Gu Laoshi and Jiang were sitting in the yard chopping firewood and washing clothes. Both of them were a little absent-minded.
"I wonder if Boy Zhou has sent the letter? Did Sanniang ask him to send a few words back?"
Jiang sighed, "You said, when this child was in front of me, I didn't feel much worried about it, but with this separation, I felt really...ah!"
As we were chatting, a few young men outside shouted loudly: "Uncle Gu, the third lady is back."
Jiang quickly stood up and looked into the distance. Sure enough, he saw a carriage coming from the entrance of the village. The boys in the village rushed to follow him. The Gu couple was also shocked.
It was a carriage. The horses pulled by the carriage were all red and strong. Even if the countrymen could not compare with horses, they would follow animals. This was obvious that they were good animals.
The carriage slowly stopped in front of the Gu family's door. Afeng jumped out of the car and opened the door for Gu Xiang. The old dog raised his arm with unique eyes and asked Gu Xiang to get off the car with his arm.
The sun shines, his daughter's face is red, her teeth are white, her eyebrows are beautiful, and her hands are slender. Although she does not apply any makeup, she is graceful and has a beautiful appearance.
Jiang's heart was thumping.
Gu Xiang smiled: "Dad, mom."
Jiang immediately came back to his senses, and he hurriedly grabbed Gu Xiang's hand and took it back into the house. After rubbing it for a while, he was reluctant to let go, and drove Gu Laoshi out and asked him to boil water for the child to wash.
"Change your clothes quickly and relax."
After washing up, Gu Xiang changed into homely clothes, drank a cup of hot water to warm her stomach, and then he was about to go to the next door to pay homage to his grandfather and grandmother.
At this time, Afeng had already helped to remove all the luggage in the car, and piled up half of the yard in a row, causing many people to watch outside, and there were noise and discussions.
Chapter completed!