What to do if you have too many golden fingers? Walk sideways!

The next day, Gu Xi and Chu Zhao brought a group of villagers back to the city.

Some of the women in Caogou Village were sent away yesterday, most of them went to live with their relatives, and now there are more than 30 left without anyone to rely on.

Gu Xi thought that both his home and the store needed help, so he told the women that if they had nowhere to go, they could go to Yazhi Pavilion.

After returning to the city, Gu Xi left the team and pulled a carriage of supplies home. This time she was restored to her female body.

Although Yazhi Pavilion had good business, the number of customers gradually decreased. After all, jewelry was not a rare thing if there were too many of them.

This time I brought back a batch of skin care products, all of which are domestically-made creams and lotions that are cheap in modern times but very useful.

These things are consumables. Once the market is opened up, it will definitely be a long-term business.

Qi has also taken over the shop next to Yazhi Pavilion and is waiting to stock the goods.

In the West Garden, the family reunited and enjoyed themselves happily.

On the other side, Chu Zhao returned home after settling the villagers.

Mrs. Ren looked at her dirty son with disdain and said:

"Hurry up and wash yourself, put on the clothes I prepared for you, and go out with me."

Chu Zhao asked, "Where are we going?"

"Go to your Aunt Qi's house."

"Don't go."

"Oh, say it again?" Mrs. Ren opened her eyes wide and flexed her fingers with her hands clasped together.

Chu Zhao immediately covered his ears, "Mom, you two are reminiscing about the past, it's so awkward for me to stand there. Your son is now leading an army, can you please stop pulling my ears all the time?"

Ren smiled coldly: "Even if you are a first-rank official, you are still my son."

Chu Zhao was helpless. The rule in his family was that if his mother was happy, the whole family would be happy. Now that his father was not at home, he could not afford to offend his mother.

Madam Ren has never given up the idea of making Gu Xi her daughter-in-law. Recently, she has been going to Qi's place every few days to try to persuade her.

My son hadn't been home for more than half a month. When he finally came back, he always took him to pay his respects to his future mother-in-law to make his presence felt.

The mother and son came to the West Garden. Since they were familiar customers, the servant invited them in directly.

As soon as Chu Zhao entered the room, he saw Gu Xi applying something on Gu Ping's face in the yard.

"Ping'er, how is it? Are you feeling more moisturized?" Gu Xi asked.

Gu Ping touched his face and said in surprise:

"It's really moisturizing, and my face feels smoother. The wind is strong in the northwest, and it makes my face chapped. This balm is great, and it works immediately after I apply it."

"Xi'er is back?" Mrs. Ren didn't expect it to be such a coincidence today that she would meet Gu Xi returning home.

Normally, Gu Xi only comes back once every few days.

"Aunt Ren." Gu Xi and Gu Ping bowed, and when they saw Chu Zhao behind them, they bowed again, "Greetings, Major General."

"What young general? Why are you being so polite to him? From now on, just call him Brother Zhao, and he will call you Sister Xi and Sister Ping." Madam Ren held Gu Xi's hand with a smile on her face.

Gu Ping called out sweetly, "Hello, Brother Zhao!"

Gu Xi: “…”

Chu Zhao: "..."

Chu Zhao knew that Gu Xi was the prospective daughter-in-law chosen by his mother, but was it really a good idea for his mother to be so obvious about it when nothing was decided yet?

Mrs. Ren ignored their embarrassment and asked:

"Xi'er, how many days will you stay this time?"

Gu Xi said, "Two days. Although the business of the shop is good now, we still need to go around and find more new and unique goods to keep the shop going for a long time."

"Thank you for your hard work." Mrs. Ren felt a little distressed.

But she also knew that this family depended entirely on Gu Xi for support.

They were unwilling to accept help from the General's Mansion. Before Gu Yuan could set up his own household, Gu Xi's burden would not be lightened.

Madam Ren and Gu Xi came to the main courtyard and tried the skin care products that Gu Xi brought with Qi. Chu Zhao felt uncomfortable being with these women, so he asked:

"Didn't Dasheng come back? Where is he?"

Gu Xi replied calmly:

"My cousin came to the shop to get some silver, saying he was going to buy some supplies. I don't know where he is now."

Chu Zhao felt that Qi Dasheng was going a bit too far. How could he always ask for money from a group of women and children?

But when he thought that the supplies he bought were definitely used for military training, he felt that their Chu family was sorry for Dasheng.

"Tell him that if he needs money in the future, he can come to me. It's not easy for you to run a shop and support your family."

Gu Xi's eyes lit up: "Major General, are you rich?"

She couldn't call him Brother Zhao or anything like that.

Chu Zhao said awkwardly: "There are some more or less. If he is short of three or five hundred taels, I still have some."

Only a few hundred taels? Poor fellow!

Gu Xi curled his lips and muttered:

"That's not as much as my cousin's dividend. My cousin has shares in the shop."

Mrs. Ren, who had just finished painting her face, teased her son:

"Your sister's shop is making a fortune now, Zhao'er, don't embarrass yourself by using the little salary you have saved."

Chu Zhao: "..."

Mother!

"Zhao'er, look, how does your complexion look after you applied this lotion?" Mrs. Ren touched the skin on her face happily and felt it became much more moisturized and smoother.

"Yeah, that's good." Chu Zhao answered mechanically without moving his eyebrows.

But what I was thinking in my heart was, what reason should I find to leave?

Here comes the reason.

Gu Xi said to Qi:

"Mom, you and Aunt Ren try this cream again. I'll send this batch of stuff to the shop first and see how to arrange it more appropriately."

Chu Zhao stood up from his chair and said:

"I'm going to help!"

Mrs. Ren raised her eyebrows. Wow, this silly son finally has some good eyesight.

Gu Xi thought that when he got to the shop, someone would need to help him move things. Since his family was short of manpower, he did not refuse.

At the door, there was a carriage parked with more than a dozen large boxes loaded in the back, filling the carriage to the brim.

"Major General, please drive the carriage."

"Okay, tell me where to go." Although Chu Zhao came from a prominent family, he often went out, so driving a horse-drawn carriage was not a problem for him.

"Dongsheng Street, I'll show you the way when we get there." Then Gu Xi sat directly on the shaft of the cart on the other side.

Chu Zhao frowned, "You're just going to sit here?"

Gu Xi pointed to the pile of goods in the back and asked, "Where should I sit?"

Chu Zhao saw that Gu Xi had no awareness of the difference between men and women, and he, as a man, seemed shy. So he said with a sullen face:

"Then you hold on."

As he spoke, he raised the whip and drove the carriage towards Dongsheng Street.

The carriage rumbled, and the two men took each side, neither of them saying a word.

When turning the corner, a half-grown child suddenly rushed out from the alley, running wildly with a windmill in his hand, and almost hit the horse.

"Whoa!" Chu Zhao pulled the reins and applied the emergency brake, but because he used too much force, the horse neighed and raised its front hooves, and the carriage, which was turning, fell to one side.

Gu Xi had just been distracted, and was shaken by the carriage and crashed directly into Chu Zhao.

Xiangxiang's soft body hit Chu Zhao's arm, and he suddenly felt a bang in his head. The blood in his body began to flow faster, but he dared not move.