The pretty educated youth became the favorite of the soldier king

The next day, Gu Xiaoqi opened his eyes before dawn.

Gu Xiaoqi was sleeping on the kang in the house last night, but the firewood was no longer effective in the morning and the kang slowly lost its heat, making people shiver and not wanting to get out of bed.

Gu Xiaoqi hid in the quilt and simply slipped into the space. The next second after entering the space, Gu Xiaoqi quickly drank some warm water, and the coldness in his body slowly disappeared.

After washing up in the space, Gu Xiaoqi put on a thin cotton coat and trousers. Under the coat, he wore a duck down vest, thin cotton trousers on the lower body, and a layer of wind-resistant outer trousers on the outside.

As soon as he walked out of his room, he saw steam coming out of the kitchen. Qin Guizhi was already making breakfast. On the ground next to him was a full basket of dry goods that Qin Guizhi was going to take to the market.

Qin Guizhi made porridge, cornmeal steamed buns, and pickles.

I slurped it down and my whole body felt warm. I went outside. It was still dark, but the cold wind didn't make me feel particularly cold.

Because it was market day, there were too many people in the village going to the county town and the oxcart could not accommodate them all. So if you wanted to ride on an oxcart, you had to leave early, otherwise you would have to walk for two hours to get to the county.

After breakfast, Gu Xiaoqi took the opportunity to stick the hot packs on his chest and back, and put one in each shoe. He put on a large and long knitted scarf, covering himself tightly from head to neck, carried his empty basket on his back, and walked out.

As soon as they walked out, Qin Guizhi pulled Gu Xiaoqi towards the village entrance. Gu Xiaoqi thought they came early enough, but most of the people were already on the ox cart.

The two men quickly got on the ox cart and found a seat to sit down. After a while, people came one after another, and the ox cart was full, so they prepared to go to the county town.

Most of the villagers arrived late and could only walk to the county, looking enviously at the ox carts going away in the distance.

Gu Xiaoqi wrapped the scarf tightly around himself and pulled the part of his head forward, hoping to block more wind. He stuffed his hands into his sleeves and huddled up like a quail.

The weather in Northeast China is very cold in the mornings and evenings at this time of year. The ox carts swayed as they moved forward, and many villagers had their hands and feet frozen and stiff. However, Gu Xiaoqi had made preparations in advance and felt that the temperature was still acceptable.

Gu Xiaoqi reached into the basket, and using the cloth curtain above as a cover, he took out a kettle. Gu Xiaoqi unscrewed the lid and drank the hot sugar water in the kettle.

The villagers who were riding on the ox cart stared at the hot steam rising from the kettle, their eyes wide open and they swallowed their saliva unconsciously.

This is so enviable.

It’s not that they don’t want to bring one, but they don’t have a kettle as good as Gu Xiaoqi’s. Look at other people’s kettles, the material is obviously very good. They can’t afford it, and even if they can afford it, they are reluctant to do so!

Not only does it take up space if you bring water, it also gets cold quickly. Who wants to drink cold water in such cold weather?

If you need to go to the toilet, it will be very troublesome. It is better not to drink water and hold it in for one morning. Then drink it after you get home from the market.

Amid the envious eyes of the crowd, Gu Xiaoqi handed the kettle to Qin Guizhi. Qin Guizhi was wearing a lot of clothes, but the cold wind in the morning still made her shiver.

Looking at the steaming kettle in front of her, Qin Guizhi took the kettle and poured the water into her mouth. A warm current entered her body and spread around. Gradually, she didn't feel so cold anymore!

Gu Xiaoqi smiled with satisfaction.

Of course, Xiaoqi brand sugar water is the best!

There’s spiritual water added to this!

An aunt next to her looked at Qin Guizhi enviously.

"Guizhi, Gu Zhiqing is so nice to you! In such a cold day, you can still drink a sip of hot water. I'm so envious!"

Qin Guizhi replied: "Yes, Gu Zhiqing and I get along very well. When Gu Zhiqing comes to live in my house, it's like having another daughter!"

The aunt looked at the two of them and felt that Qin Guizhi was really hypocritical. She must have been attracted by Gu Zhiqing's good conditions and that's why she let him live in her house.

Qin Guizhi has such good conditions, why is she still not satisfied?

But even though he thought this in his heart, he still smiled awkwardly, flattered her a few times, and then said nothing more.

No one spoke along the way. As time passed, the temperature rose a little and became much warmer than in the morning. The ox cart also arrived at the county.

The market was on a nearby street, so Gu Xiaoqi decided to send Qin Guizhi to the market first, find a place and then go shopping on his own.

The two men walked to the next street. People from the Discipline Inspection Commission had set up staff at the intersection. They had to pay a dime before they could enter the market to set up a stall.

Qin Guizhi handed over a dime, and the staff took Qin Guizhi to a location. Qin Guizhi put down the basket directly, took out the cushion inside and sat on the curb, and placed the dry goods in the basket on the urea bag.

Seeing that Qin Guizhi was ready, Gu Xiaoqi prepared to go shopping at the fair.

Gu Xiaoqi had never been to a big market before. In his previous life, he had set up a stall at the big market. He sold dried goods and leftover food that he had picked up from the mountains. At that time, he was very tight on money, and he had to mail some of the food back to Jiang Mei. She had no money in her pocket, so she brought the dried goods that she had saved to the big market to sell.

But the stuff I had was not enough to do anything, so I paid the only remaining 6 cent and finally sold it for 5 cents, which means I only made cents for all the effort.

You have to know that other people all got sick at the same time. After all the trouble, I even caught a cold and felt sick for more than half a month.

During that period, Gu Xiaoqi felt that he was going to die.

In this life, she has no shortage of money, so she won't waste time on this. She also doesn't have any cultural complex about that era. She just wants to happily stroll down the street!

The market was bustling with activity, with food being the main selling point, and some furniture of distinctive styles scattered around. There were those who sold dry goods like Qin Guizhi, as well as those who sold their own homemade soy milk, large fresh tofu, whole sheets of steamed cakes, large meat buns, white flour steamed buns, and piglets.

Gu Xiaoqi looked at each stall excitedly. It was noisy but bustling.

Finally, Gu Xiaoqi bought 5 kilograms of steamed cake and 2 large pieces of tofu.

Gu Xiaoqi took a look at the others and had no interest in them because she didn’t need them!

People come to the market just to watch the fun. Her space is full of delicious food, so there is nothing to buy. Gu Xiaoqi turned around and left the street and went to the county supply and marketing cooperative.

Since he was there, he had to spend some money, so he bought 5 kilograms of mung bean cakes, 5 kilograms of shortbread, and 5 bottles of orange soda. Gu Xiaoqi noticed that the seasonings in Qin Guizhi's kitchen were almost gone, so he bought some more.

After leaving the supply and marketing cooperative, Gu Xiaoqi walked to a secluded alley, took out the basket filled with supplies, took out some of the things bought at the market and the supply and marketing cooperative, put them together, and carried the basket to Qin Guizhi.

On the way, I also met Gao Limei and Gao Shanfeng walking towards the post office together. Now that everyone knows that they are a couple, it's not surprising.

Qin Guizhi's business was also going smoothly. She sold the dried goods for six or seven yuan. She originally wanted to take Gu Xiaoqi to the supply and marketing cooperative to spend some money, but when she saw that Gu Xiaoqi's basket seemed a little heavy, she went by herself.

Gu Xiaoqi asked Qin Guizhi not to buy pork and seasonings, as she bought quite a lot.

In the end, Qin Guizhi returned with a full load. Although no one knew what she bought, one could tell from the basket that it was filled with a lot of things.