Wei Wu paused in his scolding and subconsciously touched his neck. After realizing what was happening, he became even more furious, his ears and face flushed, and he glared at him angrily.

Xie Fuyi looked back at him unmoved: "If you curse louder, it would be best if you could get all the government officials here."

Wei Wu gritted his teeth and shook the sword pointing at him three times. In the end, he was still concerned about Gu Qinghe's reputation and did not curse him again.

Gu Qinghe looked helplessly at Xie Fuyi in the carriage: "Master, please stop teasing him."

Although Xie Fuyi had a cold expression on his face, his condition was obviously much better than when they approached the carriage.

No longer as depressed and listless as before.

Xie Fuyi hummed lightly and said, "I will not accept you as my disciple. Take me out of Nanning Town, and I will protect you closely in the future."

Wei Wu's eyes widened even more, and the sword in his hand moved forward another three points: "What do you mean?! Stealing my job?! I won't agree!"

Xie Fuyi looked at him without any emotion: "I didn't ask you to agree."

"!"

The Black Hawk finally came down and flew to the southeast of the town entrance.

Wei Wu sat in the driving position, his men whipping the carriage along the bumpy road. When they were about to leave the town, a team of soldiers were checking the identities of people coming in and out.

He took out the token of the Huainan Palace, and the officers and soldiers were immediately terrified. They bowed and stepped aside, not daring to check the people in the carriage anymore.

The road back to Chui Liu Village was particularly bumpy this time. Halfway through the journey, Wei Wu's anger had subsided a lot, and Gu Qinghe called him "Xiao Wu" in a gentle voice.

The road suddenly became flat, and Xie Fuyi in the carriage also withdrew his hand.

Gu Qinghe sat back down, calmed down and asked, "Brother, why did you go to the execution ground? And saved him?"

Since he was no longer her master, she could only change back to her original title.

However, he seemed to be a little dissatisfied with this title, and she didn't know if it was her illusion.

Xie Fuyi said, "I have something to ask him. Don't worry, I will send it back as it is after I ask him."

The last four words were spoken with some gnashing of teeth.

He doesn't have the temperament of a young boy like Wei Wu.

This was the first time she saw him showing such emotion in the few days they had known each other.

Send it back as is.

I don't know if she sent it back as she thought.

After all, County Magistrate Wang is a criminal who is going to be beheaded.

When the carriage returned to Gu's house, it was already dark.

In the past two days, Gu Qinghe not only bought a land deed outside, but also bought a piece of land in the village to build a new house.

As she brought back more and more people, the Gu family's adobe house could no longer accommodate them, and Aunt Gu couldn't bear to see them live under trees or on roofs.

Besides, Chang'an and Xier are grown up now and can no longer sleep in the same room with Aunt Gu.

So, the two most independent-minded people in the Gu family got together and decided to buy a piece of land near the mountain not far from the Gu family and build a new house.

Most of the helpers hired for the construction of the new house are villagers who are capable of doing this job. After all, it is better to keep the money in the family.

Aunt Gu was at home watching over the construction of the new house and providing two meals a day for the villagers, while she was outside supervising the construction of the restaurant. As for the restaurant necessities that Liu Bai bought, it was not that she didn't want to buy them, but she had limited funds.

The things he bought were equivalent to an investor, so this was the main reason for giving him the status of second partner.

Jing Se, a money-hungry person, naturally didn't know about this relationship.

As it got dark, the sound of construction work could be faintly heard near the mountain. Aunt Gu hadn't come back yet, but Xiaoqi and the others, along with Chang'an and Xier, had already cooked the meal.

Chang An was standing on a stool and preparing to put vegetables into the pot when someone picked him up from behind. He was startled and looked back quickly: "Aunt! You're back!"

The child's voice was full of surprise and joy, and Gu Qinghe couldn't help but laugh along: "Well, go play, auntie will do it."

Xier hung behind her like a little tail. When she saw Changan being put down, she opened her hands and said, "Aunt, I want to hold you again!"

The first thing Gu Qinghe did when she came back was to pick up Xier, who was scooping water to wash vegetables in the yard. She whispered mysteriously in her ear that she would take her to the kitchen to see Chang'an.

When she walked into the kitchen, she saw Chang'an cooking on a stool and was immediately at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

She picked up the little girl again, and Xiaoqi and the others who were working at the stove, whose faces were blackened by smoke, also raised their heads.

The three black faces said joyfully in unison: "Miss!"

Gu Qinghe didn't know whether he should praise them for still helping, so he patted their heads one by one and sent them all aside.

"Go wash your faces and hands and come back here."

The fire in the stove was burning weakly. When the wind blew gently, the fire gradually dimmed, but it never went out.

After Xiao Qi and the others came back, Gu Qinghe picked up the fire tongs and dug a hole in the middle of the firewood. He said, "Next time you light a fire, leave a hole here. Air will circulate in the middle, so the firewood will burn faster and your eyes won't get irritated. This way, you won't have to blow air and wipe your tears at the same time."

After saying that, she looked at the three people who were no longer little cats and asked gently, "Do you understand?"

"Understood, thank you Miss!"

Most of the food they eat is what others don't want or eat, and they have no conditions to cook for themselves.

I am very fortunate that there are people who will not despise them and will teach them patiently.

Xiao Qi carefully recorded this scene, the tears in his eyes sparkling in the orange-yellow firelight, making it hard to ignore.

Gu Qinghe sighed softly and patted his head: "Don't cry, you call me Miss, so I will naturally take on this responsibility."

This was the first time in Xiao Qi's 3-year life that someone had said something like this to him.

He doesn't understand what responsibility is.

He only knew that he learned one word today: "loyalty".

The old teacher invited by the young lady to teach said: In our body, there is a lively beating heart, and the combination of the middle heart and the upper heart is called "loyalty". Once we have learned this word, we must live up to it.

He asked the Master how he could live up to this word.

The Master said that serving the monarch with one's whole heart is loyalty.

He understood, and took out the beating heart from his body and presented it to the young lady, which meant loyalty.

Serve the lady and be loyal to her.

He remained silent for a moment, gently feeling the warmth above his head, and murmured these eight words without words.

A big fire started, making crackling sounds in the stove.

Xier was so surprised that she clapped her hands and said, "Aunt is so amazing! Xier wants to learn from you!"

Gu Qinghe stood up and scratched the little girl's nose, then asked with a smile, "What did Xier learn from the teacher today?"

In the early spring of next year, I will let her and Chang'an and others go to school.

This was decided early in the morning.

Aunt Gu said that the two of them had never received any formal enlightenment. Gu Qinghe thought that Xiaoqi and the other three were in similar situations, so she simply hired an old student from the neighboring village to teach them at home.

"We learned our aunt's name! And the word 'loyalty'. Brother Xiaoqi was even more amazing. He even asked the teacher what the word 'loyalty' meant!"

"Really?" Gu Qinghe looked at Xiao Qi and smiled faintly, "What does loyalty mean?"

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