Chapter 26 Chapter 26 Gu Ma’s Careful Thoughts

Qing Chuan smiled, pointed to the signboard on the door and said, "Look, although it is written as a clothing store here, many passers-by on the street are illiterate. If you don't put your clothes outside, how will they know you?" Does this shop sell ready-made clothes or shoes?" Gu Xiaochun thought about it too, looking at Qingchuan's smiling face, he felt a little embarrassed, turned his head and said uncomfortably: "I know, but don't work so hard in the future, let me do this kind of rough work Just do it." Qing Chuan waved her hands indifferently, and said, "No, you are the boss, and I am a female worker. I take your wages, and of course I have to do things for you. Is there any reason for you to do it for me?"

Gu Xiaochun was stunned unconsciously when he heard this, a slight disappointment flashed in his heart, and he muttered in a low voice: "But... I don't think of you as a female worker in my heart..." Just as he was talking, there was a loud sound of gongs and drums from the other side of the street. Qing Chuan only saw Gu Xiaochun's mouth move, but couldn't hear what he said, and asked, "What did you say?" Gu Xiaochun looked at Qingchuan's delicate facial features, his face flushed all of a sudden, he didn't have the courage to say it again, and quickly said in a secretive way: "I didn't say anything."

Qing Chuan had a simple mind, and after hearing what Gu Xiaochun said, he didn't think about anything else. His attention was immediately attracted by the crowd on the street, and he saw horse-drawn carriages passing by, and eunuchs followed each of them. Accompanying them, there were even guards on the left and right to clear the way, and the team was very spectacular.Qingchuan asked Gu Xiaochun strangely: "Hey? Who are these people, so majestic?" Gu Xiaochun glanced at it, smiled, and replied: "It's a palace lady chosen for the palace." Chosen for the palace?Qingchuan looked curiously, and saw occasionally the curtains on the carriage were blown away by the wind, revealing a young woman dressed in uniform inside, Qingchuan suddenly realized and nodded: "Oh, I see, these are all chosen for the emperor. woman."

Gu Xiaochun laughed when he heard it, and corrected: "No, the women selected for the emperor are selected every three years, and these are court ladies selected once a year, and they are for serving people." It turned out that there were differences in the selection of girls by the Qing court. Eight Banners girls were selected every three years for the selection of queens and concubines, or for marriage to princes and nobles.The show girls dressed in three banners are selected once a year, but after entering the palace, they are responsible for the chores in the harem, and they can't leave the palace to marry until they are twenty-five years old.

But today these are women from ordinary families in Baoyi Sanqili, who are used as court ladies after entering the palace. How could Qingchuan distinguish the difference between elegant ladies and court ladies? He only saw how powerful they were when he selected some palace ladies to enter the palace, and he couldn't help sighing in a low voice: "The palace ladies are so magnificent, isn't the beautiful lady even more magnificent? If I can enter the palace, I will see you." It would be nice to see Yongzheng, I am his big fan." Gu Xiaochun listened to Qingchuan's muttering, but he couldn't understand what she was talking about, so he couldn't help asking: "Who is Yongzheng? What is a super fan?"

Qing Chuan was startled, it was still the Kangxi Dynasty, many years before Yongzheng ascended the throne, so people nowadays naturally don't understand who she is talking about.Qing Chuan secretly regretted that she must not be so outspoken in the future. If others knew her identity from a later life, she did not know how much trouble she would cause! Seeing Gu Xiaochun looking at her strangely, Qing Chuan hurriedly laughed, and covered it up: "Oh, I told you, you don't know, don't ask, go in and do your work quickly, the guests are coming soon! Money, making money is the most important thing!"

As he spoke, he quickly pushed Gu Xiaochun into the shop. Gu's mother was packing the clothes on the container, seeing Gu Xiaochun and Qingchuan coming in from the outside talking and laughing, she couldn't help but put a smile on her face.These days, with the help of Qingchuan, the sales of ready-made clothes in the store have been very good. Gu's mother's frowning brows have long been relaxed, and her face is always full of joy, sweeping away the sorrow of the past. She could see clearly what she wanted. She had originally disliked Qingchuan as a visitor, and her family background was unknown, but after seeing Qingchuan's cheerful personality and hard work, she thought that as long as her son liked her, she would marry this girl. Not bad.

Qingchuan is a dexterous girl, but she is a little slow in the word "love".How did she know that Gu Xiaochun had already developed a heart of admiration for her, let alone that Gu's mother had already tested her as a daughter-in-law. Seeing that Gu Xiaochun's mother and son treated her better and better, she was only glad that she met a kind person. So he became more and more serious in his work, helping the mother and son of the Gu family to make the clothing store more and more prosperous. The only thing that troubled Qingchuan very much was that she had never been able to find the forest she traveled through.

Ever since the business of the clothing store got on the right track, Qing Chuan looked for an excuse to find relatives and went out to find the woods whenever he had free time, but he searched all the woods near Beijing city, but he couldn't find the tree with a big hole in the middle. trees. On this day, Qingchuan went out to search for half a day, but found nothing. When he came back, he looked a little downcast.Mother Gu's heart moved when she saw it, she avoided Gu Xiaochun in the shop, called Qingchuan into her room secretly, and asked with concern: "How is it? Still can't find it?"

Qing Chuan was a little depressed and shook his head. Gu's mother gently held Qingchuan's hand, but asked, "You have been at our house for a while, I wonder if you are used to life here?" Qing Chuan couldn't help but feel a little strange when she asked such a question, but still nodded and replied, "I'm quite used to it." Mother Gu couldn't help showing a smile on her face, and asked again: "Then do you want to live here forever?" Qingchuan was taken aback for a moment, not knowing what she meant by asking, so he asked hesitantly: "Auntie, what do you mean...?"

Mother Gu smiled and said gently: "Although we haven't been together for long, I can see that you are a hardworking and good boy. Since ancient times, we have married wives and virtuous people. Although our family has a little money, we don't know how to treat your family status. Take it very seriously, you know this kid Xiaochun, he has a solid heart, he is a first-class good man..." Gu's mother praised her son like a princess selling melons, but Qingchuan became more and more frightened the more she heard it, and when she thought of Gu Xiaochuan's blushing at every turn when she saw her recently, her heart suddenly brightened, and she asked Gu Xiaochuan in astonishment. The mother said: "Stop——Auntie, you don't want me to marry Xiaochun, do you?" Mother Gu smiled and said nothing. Qingchuan waved her hands in fright and said, "No, no, I can't marry Xiaochun." Seeing that Qingchuan didn't seem to be shy, Mother Gu couldn't help but ask, "Why?" Qing Chuan didn't know how to explain to her that he was not from this era. After thinking about it, he could only vaguely say: "Because... because I am not from here, I will go back sooner or later." Mother Gu laughed when she heard this, and said, "Silly girl, we women, our home is where our husband is. There is no reason why we have to go back to our hometown to get married. Besides, don't you have no relatives in your hometown?" Even if there is no reason why she has to go back to her hometown to marry someone, but she can't be asked to marry someone who was three hundred years ago!Qing Chuan felt unacceptable even after thinking about it, and kept waving his hands and said, "I...I don't know how to explain it to you, anyway, I can't marry Xiaochun." As he said that, he was about to hide, but when he opened the door, he saw Gu Xiaochun standing outside the door holding a new dress.Qingchuan was taken aback for a moment, and said in surprise, "Xiaochun?" Gu Xiaochun's complexion was a little pale, he grinned reluctantly at Qingchuan, then hurriedly turned around and strode out.Gu's mother chased him out of the house, and shouted anxiously: "Xiaochun! Xiaochun!" But Gu Xiaochun didn't seem to hear it, and ran out with even bigger strides. Qingchuan guessed that Gu Xiaochun must have overheard the conversation between her and Gu's mother just now, and after thinking about it, she said to Gu's mother: "I'll go after him, and I'll explain to him." After saying that, he chased Gu Xiaochun and ran out. Besides, Gu Xiaochun, he didn't come here on purpose to eavesdrop on the conversation between his mother and Qingchuan.He had just made a new dress for Qingchuan, and brought it over to ask Qingchuan to try it on, but when he didn't want to, he heard Qingchuan say that he could not marry him.Gu Xiaochun is a kind person with a thin skin, now that he heard Qingchuan reject him so flatly, he felt uncomfortable in his heart, and couldn't hold back on his face, so he ran out in a panic. Gu Xiaochun ran straight to a rather remote grove, stopped alone under the tree, turned his head and glanced at Qingchuan who was chasing after him, only felt more embarrassing on his face, pursed his lips hard, and said: "I know I don't deserve you. It's all my own wishful thinking. For the sake of our acquaintance, can you save me some dignity and stop watching my jokes?" Although Qingchuan didn't like Gu Xiaochun, he was grateful to him, and he didn't want to let him misunderstand that he looked down on him so he rejected him. Hearing what he said, Qingchuan hurriedly said calmly: "No one laughs at you, No one said that you are not good enough for me. It’s just that you can’t just have feelings. I’m very grateful that you saved me. In my heart, I always regard you as my relatives. Being together is different." However, Gu Xiaochun couldn't understand what he heard, so he couldn't help asking: "What's the difference? Isn't the relationship between men and women based on the orders of their parents and the words of matchmakers?" Qingchuan wondered if she could explain to him that a man and a woman need to be in love together, but now is not the time to popularize modern love concepts to him, so he can only say: "You are here, but we are not." .” Gu Xiaochun's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly said, "I can follow your rules." Qingchuan suddenly felt a little dizzy, "Impossible!" Seeing that Gu Xiaochun was still looking at herself with doubts, Qingchuan could only continue to explain: "I... I don't know how to explain to you, anyway, Xiaochun , I will always treat you as my dearest person and best friend, I can’t give anything else, and I can’t give it, do you understand?” Naturally, Gu Xiaochun didn't understand, but Qingchuan had already reached this point, and he couldn't say anything else. Seeing that Gu Xiaochun turned around and went away without speaking for a long time, Qingchuan only thought that he was angry, so she couldn't help walking around in front of him, and deliberately provoked him: "So ignore me? A man, you won't be so stingy Bar?" Gu Xiaochun looked slightly embarrassed, and quickly shook his head: "Of course not." "Are you okay?" Qingchuan asked again. Gu Xiaochun nodded: "It's okay." Qing Chuan breathed a sigh of relief, patted his chest exaggeratedly, and said, "That's good, let's go back." As he said that, he turned around and walked back first, but Gu Xiaochun behind him didn't move.Qing Chuan turned around in surprise, and saw Gu Xiao Chun blushing slightly, lowering his head and saying quickly, "Qing Chuan, I won't give up, sooner or later I will make you like me." After finishing speaking, he didn't dare to look at Qingchuan, he just jumped over Qingchuan and ran forward, and disappeared in the blink of an eye. Qingchuan was a little dumbfounded, what did she say before?Oh her god, why is Gu Xiaochun so stubborn?Also, why does Gu Xiaochun run away without a trace when he is shy!Moreover, why is he shy, she is the woman, okay?If she wants to run, it should be her running, right? Qingchuan was completely speechless, there was no other way for her, she really had no other place to go now, no matter what Gu Xiaochun thought, she would have the cheek to continue living in his house, anyway, she was working for him in exchange for food.Qing Chuan walked back while doing mental construction like this.After walking not far, suddenly I heard a gust of wind blowing overhead, as if someone jumped down from the tree. Qingchuan turned around in shock, before he could see the masked man behind him, he felt a pain in the back of his neck, his eyes went dark, and he lost consciousness immediately.Immediately afterwards, two masked men jumped down from the top of the tree, and one stepped forward to lift the unconscious Qing Chuan from the ground, and ran out quickly. An unremarkable oil-covered carriage parked outside the forest, and a man dressed as an ordinary businessman greeted him from inside, took Qing Chuan over, turned around and asked the man in black, "Has anyone seen it?" The man in black shook his head, and replied: "The kid who was with her ran away first. We only took action after seeing him run far away. No one saw him." The businessman nodded in satisfaction, put Qingchuan into the carriage, and said: "That's good, I'll send the man to the master right now, you guys, be careful where you go." Several men in black nodded in unison, and after seeing the carriage disappear into the distance, their figures also scattered into the woods.When Gu Xiaochun found out that Qingchuan hadn't returned to the shop and came back, there was already silence in the woods, and Qingchuan seemed to have disappeared out of thin air.