Natural disasters in books: I stockpiled goods to escape famine in ancient times

Gu Ji came to Song Shiwei's house early the next morning, bringing a lot of gifts for a visit. Song Shiwei was still asleep at that time.

When Mrs. Cai heard Uncle Qin coming to ask, she looked at Song Shiwei's room in embarrassment. Apart from the master who was sleeping, only Mrs. Cai and Uncle Qin were at home. Feng Rumoli had gone out to buy things.

But the other party came with gifts. Although he was a man, Mrs. Cai didn't think there was anything wrong with her master seeing him. After thinking it over, she stomped her feet and knocked on Song Shiwei's door.

After knocking for a long time, she heard a noise coming from inside. Mrs. Cai was really afraid that her master would blame her, so she spoke in a low voice unconsciously: "Miss, there is a young man named Gu visiting outside the door. Do you want to meet him?"

Inside the room, Song Shiwei sat up sleepily, looking at the door with a confused look. He heard Mrs. Cai's words twice before he realized what she said. He yawned and said, "Please let him in first."

"Well, I'll go right away." Thinking that the master was probably in the main room receiving guests, and that he had just woken up, he would definitely need to get dressed and wash up, so when she saw the young man, Mrs. Cai said with a smile, "Please wait for a moment, Mr. Gu. My master has just woken up."

Gu Ji was stunned at first, then he subconsciously glanced at the sky, regretted it in his heart, pursed his lips and said, "I came too early and disturbed Miss Song's rest."

Although the young man was wearing plain clothes and the material was not very good, he must have been from an average family. However, his temperament was indeed good. Although Mrs. Cai was not valued in her previous master's family, she had seen a lot of the world. Just looking at the polite demeanor of the young man in front of her, she could tell at first glance that he was a scholar with extraordinary talent.

Mrs. Cai's smile widened. She waited until the time was almost right before inviting Gu Ji in. She walked him to the front door and then went to the kitchen to make tea.

Gu Ji walked into the house without changing his expression. When he looked up, he met a pair of gloomy eyes. He immediately bowed and said, "Xingzhou didn't know Miss Song was still resting. I came to visit you rashly. I hope you can forgive me."

Song Shiwei lazily sat on the couch, propping up his head with one hand, and said lazily: "I've already woken you up, does it matter whether you forgive me or not? Or is Master Gu just talking?"

It was the first time that Gu Ji was in the same room with a woman, and she was his savior. He was really nervous and was stunned when he heard what she said.

After all, it was his own fault. Gu Ji bowed again and said sincerely, "If the young lady wants to blame me, I will let you deal with me. I just hope you don't get angry."

Seeing him so serious, Song Shiwei couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth, and his voice was a little gentler than before: "Mr. Gu, please take a seat."

After Gu Ji sat down at the bottom, Mrs. Cai came in with some cold tea, served them to the two of them, and then left without looking up.

Song Shiwei took a sip of herbal tea, and the depression from being woken up early was much better. He turned to look at Gu Ji and asked, "Mr. Gu, do you want to talk to me about something?"

Gu Ji quickly put down his teacup, lowered his eyes and dared not look into the other person's eyes, and said in a gentle voice: "The lady's kindness in saving and helping me in the northern border is remembered in my heart. I didn't know that the lady came to the capital before, but now that I know, I should come to visit. Xingzhou has nothing now, so at least I should thank the lady in person."

"Of course I have to repay the favor of saving my life, but since you said you have nothing, you might as well wait until you have something to show for it before repaying me."

How could Song Shiwei possibly push away a capable person like Gu Ji? The reason she saved him was because she thought he would be useful in the future.

From the very beginning, Song Shiwei's purpose was not simple, and naturally he had to respond in return.

"That's natural. Xingzhou is not an ungrateful person. When you have a promising career in the future, you can always ask for help if you need anything," Gu Ji did not show any strangeness when he heard it. Instead, he admired Song Shiwei even more in his heart.

"Your path to the imperial examination is not going smoothly now?"

"I was lucky to pass the imperial examination and was supposed to be an editor in the Imperial Academy. But something unexpected happened and now I am only a scholar. My duties are quite complicated and my monthly salary is barely enough to make ends meet."

Song Shiwei became interested. The book only said that Gu Ji had a difficult life in the early stage, but did not explain the reason. According to the selection of the Dali Dynasty, the second place in the imperial examination should have been an editor in the Hanlin Academy. How could he become a Shujishi?

Thinking this in his heart, Song Shiwei naturally asked: "What happened? Did you offend someone? A high-ranking official?"

Gu Ji gave her a complicated look, but still said honestly, "I somehow ran into the daughter of the Minister of Works on the day the notice was posted. Later, someone came to ask, but I refused."

Song Shiwei: ...

Wow, they are all looking for a son-in-law from the list. The daughter of the Minister of Works is really fierce. She directly picked a husband from the list.

"Just because you don't want to get married, the Minister of Works is making things difficult for you?"

Gu Ji pursed his lips, looking a little hesitant.

Song Shiwei understood: "The person who is currently in charge of editing is from the Minister of Works, right?"

"How does Miss Song know?" Gu Ji completely forgot about etiquette at this moment, and did not hide the surprise on his face.

Song Shiwei snorted, "Is this hard to guess? Either the Minister of Works really values ​​your talent and wants to marry his daughter to you, or he wants to find a fault with you and pull you down openly and replace you with his own people. For him, it's a huge profit."

"The young lady is extremely intelligent, Xingzhou admires her," Gu Ji said with a wry smile, "She was full of ambition and thought that she would be a sure thing for the editorship, but she never thought that she would end up with someone more powerful than her."

"It's normal that your words don't count. If someone behind you is an official in the court, even if it's only a fifth-rank official, the Minister of Works wouldn't dare to act like this. But good things come hard. The current setback may just be that your opportunity hasn't arrived yet."

Gu Ji probably didn't expect Song Shiwei to comfort him. His depression was relieved at this moment, and he smiled again: "Thank you for your comfort, Miss. I was just obsessed with the boat."

After that, Gu Ji stood up and bowed: "It's getting late, I won't disturb you anymore, I'll visit you another day."

Song Shiwei's mouth twitched, wondering whether you were repaying a favor or repaying evil, but he still said helplessly: "Come again next time, try to come in the afternoon, I'm not free in the morning."

"Okay, farewell."

"Walk slowly."

Not long after Gu Ji left, Mrs. Cai came in with the gift that the other party had brought to ask for instructions.

Song Shiwei took a look and said: "Leave one portion of each snack, and share the rest among everyone."

"Hey, thank you for the reward, Miss."

Song Shiwei pinched her brows and waved away Mrs. Cai. After taking a sip of herbal tea, she got up and walked towards the bedroom, ready to take another nap.

Feng Ru and Jasmine also came back at this time, and as soon as they came back, they ran to the kitchen and filled a bowl with water.

Mrs. Cai found it funny and poured them another bowl of cold tea: "You said you were going out to buy something early in the morning, where is the thing?"

Feng Ru wiped the sweat off her forehead and said with a smile, "I went to buy some ice cream. Sister Song asked me to buy more. I have to go to two more stores. Ice cream in Beijing is really expensive."

"It's hard to live without ice in the hot summer, so it's naturally expensive. Did Miss Feng Ru buy a lot?"