The pretty widow is addicted to money, and the little wolfdog asks for a hug

Zhao Ying was horrified when she heard this. What did "he went to our house by himself" mean? Didn't my daughter go through the imperial guards?

Then... wouldn't he become a fugitive slave?

Gu Qinghuai saw Zhao Ying's worry, and she whispered, "Mother, that boy is very skilled in martial arts. Do you think these mere guards can hold him back?"

"I... don't know," Zhao Ying shook her head. She didn't know what it was like to be a martial arts expert, so it was difficult to answer.

Gu Qinghuai narrowed his eyes slightly and leaned close to her ear: "Mother, I suspect that boy deliberately sneaked into the criminal slave team. He may have other purposes."

"Intentionally sneaking into the group of criminal slaves?" Zhao Ying was shocked. "Why? It's so painful."

Along the way, those criminal slaves were tortured beyond recognition, even worse than beggars on the street.

The boy looks to be only twelve or thirteen years old at most, about the same age as Wuzai. Why does he have to endure such hardship at such a young age?

Gu Qinghuai nodded, "Even if it means suffering, he still wants to do it, which shows that what he does is more important than himself.

Mother, no matter what his purpose is or what he wants to do, he is not a bad person who has lost his humanity. I am sure of this."

Zhao Ying looked nervous and grabbed Gu Qinghuai's hand: "Will he bring trouble to our family?"

Gu Qinghuai stopped, looked into Zhao Ying's eyes, and said seriously: "Mother, I have a feeling that if he is in danger, he will do his best to get rid of our family. Besides, even if something happens to him, your daughter is not a pushover."

When she has enough points in the future, she will buy a powerful pill for everyone in the family. If all else fails, she will buy them pistols and bombs to see who can defeat them!

She doesn't want to make herself miserable if she lives her life over again!

Zhao Ying was comforted by her daughter's firm eyes, "Okay, Huai'er, do whatever you want."

She is not smart and listens to her daughter in everything.

"By the way, mother, his name is Xiao Shitou," Gu Qinghuai raised the corners of his lips unconsciously.

She felt that "Little Stone" was definitely not the boy's real name, but his real name should be more or less related to "stone".

Zhao Ying felt inexplicably relieved.

Anyone who is called "Little Stone" should not be a bad person.

Xiao Shitou, you can tell he’s a good person just by listening to him!

At noon, Gu Qinghuai and Zhao Ying went to the noodle stall to eat noodles.

Zhao Ying was reluctant to eat, so she just asked Gu Qinghuai to order a bowl of noodles and she would just drink some noodle soup.

She hadn't done any work all day, so she didn't deserve such a good lunch.

In the past, I only ate two meals a day while working.

How could Gu Qinghuai listen to her? He directly ordered two bowls of shredded pork noodles, with the shredded pork piled up high.

Zhao Ying: ...

My God! She is already living the life of a rich woman!

Only rich women do nothing and still have three meals a day and be full every time.

After eating the noodles, the mother and daughter went to the dry goods store to buy some ginger, garlic, peppercorns, soy sauce, sugar, vinegar and other seasonings.

We said we would eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks, but how can we do without seasoning?

However, many spices are not available in Daxia Kingdom at present, such as chili pepper, star anise, bay leaves, cinnamon, white button, cardamom, tangerine peel, etc.

Or maybe those seasonings also exist in Daxia, but they have not been developed yet.

Edible spices are generally herbs as well, and they are certainly recorded in the Complete Collection of Herbs.

Gu Qinghuai decided to take some time to go into the mountains to look for it. If he found it, the condiment business could also be a business line.

If you can’t find any, just buy some seedlings from the system and plant them yourself.

Behind the village is Heiyun Mountain. It’s such a large area, you can grow whatever you want.

The big iron pot was not purchased.

The iron pots in the blacksmith shop are relatively small, of poor quality, and very expensive. One pot costs six taels of silver, and two pots cost twelve taels.

Iron tools in ancient times were so expensive!

The bottom line is that iron ore mining and iron smelting technology are too backward. It seems that iron smelting technology is mentioned in the book "The Art of Hundreds of Craftsmen".

However, she doesn't need it, so she can buy anything she wants from the system in the future.

Thinking about the large number of things that required points to purchase, Gu Qinghuai couldn't wait to return to the village.

She wants to earn points like crazy!

Little Meng Wuhuan, she is here! She is here with candy!

When returning to the village, Gu Qinghuai and Zhao Ying did not take the ox cart.

On the way back, Uncle Lei is never in a hurry and likes to stop and pick up manure.

Cow dung, sheep dung, human dung, whenever he came across dung, he would stop to pick it up. When he had accumulated enough, he could sell it to villagers or use it to fertilize his vegetable fields.

Therefore, riding a ox cart is not as fast as walking.

Old locust tree in the south of the village

A few old men were sitting under the big locust tree at the south end of the village, chatting idly.

When Gu Qinghuai and Zhao Ying passed by, they were stopped by Kuhua Nai.

Kuhua Nai, whose full name is Wu Kuhua, is from the same village as Gu Qinghuai’s grandmother. They were playmates when they were young and had a very good relationship when they grew up, like sisters.

She was the matchmaker for Zhao Ying and Gu Heng's marriage.

Normally, Kuhuanai is very protective of Zhao Ying's family, so when she called, Gu Qinghuai and Zhao Ying walked over and chatted with her for a while.

Gu Qinghuai had nothing to hide as to why she left the Zhou family. She answered whatever Kuhuanai asked.

The other elderly people nearby were also listening with great interest, but they all expressed strong dissatisfaction with the Zhou family.

Kuhua Nai held Gu Qinghuai's hand, her eyes full of heartache: "It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back, the Zhou family is nothing! We don't have to care about them anymore!"

Gu Qinghuai nodded repeatedly.

She must not take the initiative to find a topic, otherwise Kuhuanai would drag her to talk and talk and talk...

Even so, Gu Qinghuai still heard shocking gossip from Kuhuanai's mouth.

Wu Guizi was actually having an affair with the head of Qingpo Village again, and was caught red-handed.

Some people concluded that Wu Guizi was a scoundrel who liked powerful and influential women. Zhou Genchang was the first victim, and Qingpo Village was the second victim. From now on, the gentry and headmen of each village should be careful.

When Gu Qinghuai heard this big news, he intuitively concluded that the matter between Wu Quezi and the head of Qingpo Village must be related to Zhou Genchang.

After all, whoever benefits is suspicious.

Zhou Genchang has gone from being a despised adulterer to an innocent and pitiful victim, and his reputation has been greatly restored.

That old guy Zhou Genchang has really sinister intentions.

Since he is stinky, he will drag more people to be stinky too, so that his stinkyness will not be the most obvious and prominent one.

I guess Zhou Genchang won’t stop.

Who will be the next person to be "harmed" by Wu Guizi?

Apart from Qingpo Village, the closest village to Zhoujia Village is Tuniu Village.

Oh no, Uncle He is in danger!

Gu Qinghuai decided to remind He Lizheng in the evening.

After finally finding an opportunity to end the topic of bitter flower milk, Gu Qinghuai and Zhao Ying got up and prepared to go home.

Suddenly, an old woman's shouting voice was heard behind me.

"Gu Qinghuai! You are a widow who brings bad luck and loses money! You killed your own man, and your in-laws don't want you anymore, so you should just die out there! Who asked you to come back? Our Gu family is a family of scholars and has a great reputation, but you have ruined our reputation!"

The speaker was an old woman in her sixties with a pointed face and droopy eyes. Her hair was combed meticulously and she wore a cloth scarf on her head. There were several deep "川" lines between her eyebrows, making her look dry and old.

But her back was very straight and she held herself like a noble lady.