Gu Chao, the reborn little brother

He... what does he mean?

Gu Chao had been walking for a long time, and Chu Ming's head kept buzzing as if it had been hit by a heavy object.

He thought about Gu Chao's words over and over again in his mind.

If we got married...if we got married...if we got married...

He said that his things are his, he said that his body is also his, so he does not allow him to get hurt.

Does this count...is it a kind of tactful answer?

Thinking of this, Chu Ming's dark face quickly turned red and hot, and there was a rush of heat and excitement all over his body.

He looked at the sky, it was still a long time before it was dark.

For the first time, Chu Ming wished that the sun could set faster to the west, because Gu Chao asked him to eat at his house, and the New Year's Eve dinner should be a family dinner together.

Family... Does Gu Chao recognize him as his family?

Chu Ming couldn't help grinning big. He tidied up the messy medicine cabinet, and the wound didn't seem to hurt so much anymore.

His eyes are always looking out involuntarily, why is it still dark~

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If the previous Gu Chao thought he should like Chu Ming, it was because this pragmatic man always silently appeared by his side when he needed it; The throbbing that Chu Ming produced when he pressed his lips was because in this strange world, he seemed to be strong and caring, but in his heart, he still hoped for someone to support each other.

But after what happened in the afternoon, Gu Chao felt that he should not only like Chu Ming, but put his heart into it.

I can't see him suffering, I can't see him getting hurt, I can't see him enduring and bearing everything in a place I don't know, and I want to bear it with him, whether it is good or bad.

After thinking through all this, Gu Chao's footsteps returning home became more brisk, the trance on his face had long since faded away, and the cold north wind seemed to carry the smell of spring on his face.

When Gu Chao arrived home, Gu Huai was still the same as before he left, sitting in front of the stove and keeping the stove on a low flame.

"Brother, you seem so happy?" Looking at Gu Chaofei's face, even Gu Huai couldn't help being curious, he just went out for a while, what good happened to his brother?

"Of course you have to be happy during the Chinese New Year." Gu Chao reached out and stroked Gu Huai's soft black hair. This was already his habitual action. Gu Chao liked it very much, and it was also very useful to Gu Huai.

"Today, your Master Chu Ming will come over to have dinner with you."

After hearing this, Gu Huai's whole face was raised like Gu Chao's.

"Really? I'm going to play backgammon against my master. I haven't been able to beat my brother. Maybe I can beat my master."

"You can try it, maybe you can really beat him."

Gu Chao opened the lid of the cauldron. The pork bone soup had been stewed to the point of turning pale. He took a small spoonful of it with a spoon and tasted it. It was fragrant and refreshing. He cut a few pieces of radish and threw it into the pot. I rubbed another small handful of salt, and put the lid back on the pot.

Gu Chao chopped the dried chilies into fine pieces, then put them into a stone mortar, and asked Gu Huai to grind them, and then he started to heat the oil.

Because the pot was too big, it was inconvenient to pour out the hot oil, so Gu Chao turned off the heat, and instead poured the crushed peppers into the hot oil, stirring with chopsticks while pouring.

When the minced pepper hits the hot oil, it makes a sizzling sound, and the aroma of the pepper immediately spreads.

Curiously, Gu Huai wanted to take a closer look. To go to Tai Chi, which was restricted by Gu Chao, he could only stretch his neck to look at it, and there was a scent that he had never asked before.

When the temperature dropped a little, Gu Chao, with a bit of bad intentions, dipped a little red hot sauce with his chopsticks and handed it to Gu Huai's mouth.

Gu Huai couldn't stand the seduction of the scent for a long time, she was very curious, and opened her mouth obediently.

Gu Chao put the chili sauce on the tip of Gu Huai's tongue, and the little man's tongue retracted quickly, the aroma of the chili sauce quickly spread in his mouth, at first he thought it was nothing, except for the aroma, it was neither salty nor bland, Didn't taste anything.

However, after about ten seconds, Gu Huai's pretty face subtly distorted.

He stuck out his tongue, gasping for breath.

"Hahaha." The mischievous Gu Chao couldn't help laughing, and when he had laughed enough, he mercifully poured a glass of water from the kettle for Gu Huai.

Gu Huai drank it in one gulp, but his tongue still felt numb.

"Brother, you are so mean, you deliberately teased me." When Gu Huai spoke, he felt a little bit of a big tongue.

"When you eat, you will know how wonderful it is." Gu Chao said with a smile.

Afterwards, Gu Chao peeled some peanuts, crushed them, poured out the chili paste from the pot one by one, put it in a bowl with crushed peanuts, and mixed the two evenly.

The next thing to do is sweet noodle sauce, because I don't know the specific method of making it, Gu Chao is going to try it casually, maybe I can meet a blind cat and a dead mouse.

He first mixed the flour with water, then added an appropriate amount of soy sauce and sugar, and then stirred evenly. He used the pot where he made the chili sauce just now, without washing it, and poured the mixture down, stirring while cooking to prevent burning. coke.

After the water gradually dries up, it really looks like the sweet noodle sauce in Gu Chao's memory. He tasted it, and it was sweet, salty, and the aroma of chili sauce.

When Gu Chao dipped a little bit with his chopsticks, he reached out and handed it to Gu Huai's mouth.

The little man closed his mouth tightly, and his dark green eyes rolled around, not daring to open his mouth easily.

"Don't worry, brother has tasted it all, it's fine."

Gu Huai cautiously stretched out a little tip of his tongue, quickly licked the top of the chopsticks, put it in his mouth and sipped it, it was salty, sweet and nothing else.

After putting the last sweet noodle sauce out of the pot, Gu Chao started to prepare the last thing, which was to make noodles. After eating hot pot, when the soup was almost dry, put a handful of noodles in it, and the soup absorbed the essence of various foods In the end, the taste is also quite wonderful.

When Gu Chao made noodles last night, there was only a little yellow afterglow in the sky, Gu Chao straightened his back, feeling a little tired, and then he realized that he had been busy all afternoon.

"Master." Without any sound, Gu Huai still relying on Yi Yi's sense of smell, first sensed Chu Ming's arrival, and rushed out with an excited call.

Gu Chao wiped his hand and followed him out.

Only then did Chu Ming walk to the fence gate of their house. Chu Ming walked in front, followed by Gu Chao's big hen and Chu Ming's black pheasant.

When Chu Ming saw Gu Chao and saw the man smiling slightly at him, the heat that had finally dissipated just now seemed to surge up again.

"This is the egg it laid, I'll bring it to you." He blushed slightly, and handed the bamboo basket in his hand to Gu Chao, which contained about twenty eggs.

These days, it has been snowing too much, and the big hen of Gu Chao's family, who is used to "running away from home", has already automatically and consciously regarded Chu Ming's chicken coop as his own home.

My big hen can only lay one egg a day, and it only took five or six days to go to Chu Ming's house, but Chu Ming brought over twenty eggs. Accepted.

It's just that when the two people's eyes collided, it seemed that they were infected, and Gu Chao also felt that his face seemed to be a little hot.

When Chu Ming came, everyone was already there, and the New Year's Eve dinner could finally be held.

Gu Chao opened his mouth and asked Chu Ming to move the small table in the kitchen to one side.

Of course Chu Ming felt a little strange, don't you use a table for eating?But he had seen a lot of strange things from Gu Chao, so he obediently obeyed him, and moved all the side dishes and sauces prepared by Gu Chao to the small table.

Gu Chao took out the iron bucket that was used to make pancakes and fruits before, then took some burning firewood from the stove and put it in, and finally put a small pot on it.

Take the boiled bone soup from the big pot and pour it into the small pot, and the original version of the hot pot is formed.

Gu Chao distributed a small bowl to everyone, and each small bowl contained two spoonfuls of sweet noodle sauce, half a spoonful of chili sauce, and sprinkled some chopped green onion on top.

"Brother, how do you want to eat this?" Gu Huai held the small bowl and pursed his mouth. Did they just eat this tonight?

"This is not for eating directly, but for dipping."

After the water in the small pot boiled, Gu Chao picked up the meat paste mixed with flour, stirred it again, then scooped up an appropriate amount with a spoon, and put it into the boiling soup, waiting for about a dozen In seconds, the sinking meat paste floated up again, rolling and rolling on top of the soup, turning into meatballs.

Gu Chao picked up the meatballs and put them into Gu Huai and Chu Ming's bowls one by one.

"Like this, dip a little of the sauce in the bowl, and then eat it." Gu Chao picked one up himself, and then demonstrated it to the other two.

The meatballs are springy. After the sweet noodle sauce and chili sauce are mixed, they are sweet and refreshing with the aroma of crushed peanuts. The meatballs contain the rich juice of pork bone soup. When you bite down, the taste buds in your mouth are instantly opened.

"Brother, it's delicious! This meat...is delicious." Gu Huai's eyes were wide open, and there was a twinkle in them.

Listening to Gu Huai's words, the exhaustion from a busy afternoon seemed to disappear all of a sudden, and Gu Chao showed a satisfied smile.

"This is a meat dumpling. Lean meat and fat meat are chopped into a puree. If you want to put it down spoon by spoon, when it floats, it will be cooked."

As Gu Chao said, he poured some of the meat paste from the bowl into the hot pot, then raised his eyes, staring straight at Chu Ming, with a deep smile shining in his dark almond eyes.

Chu Ming looked into Gu Chao's eyes through the steam from the small hot pot. His eyes seemed to be asking, what about you, do you think it's delicious?

"It's delicious." He said, nodding vigorously.

Inside the house, there is a steaming New Year's Eve dinner, and outside the house, there are lights on in every household. This is the night of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new in Gujia Village.

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This New Year's Eve dinner, just under Gu Chao's demonstration, the other two were constantly amazed and praised. They ate for almost an hour, and when Gu Huai finished the last bite of noodles, he finally yelled that he couldn't eat any more. Yes, but his tongue kept licking his lips, his lips were bright red, all made spicy by chili sauce.

Chu Ming was not much better. Although he didn't say anything, his abdomen was rarely swollen, and his face was slightly dumbfounded. This was obviously due to food accumulation in the abdomen and insufficient blood supply to the brain.

"Didn't I just say that I want to play backgammon with your master, let's go to the next room to play." Gu Chao had already started to clean up the dishes, so he sent the two of them away.

Eating too much, Gu Huai forgot about it a long time ago, after being reminded by Gu Chaoyi, he immediately straightened up and stood up, "Master, come with me for a game and see if I am better at backgammon or you are better."

Gu Huai's face was full of smiles and joy, as if he had won before he even started.

Chu Ming didn't answer Gu Huai first, but took the put away bowls and chopsticks from Gu Chao's hand, "I'll clean it up, you go play with Xiao Huai."

"It's fine if I come. I've been playing with him for the past few days. I finally changed someone today. You can go and play with him." Although Gu Chao refused, Chu Ming's words were really useful, Gu Chao My heart felt warm when I heard it.

Some things are so simple, in the small details of life, just a movement, a look, a word, can make people warm up in winter.

Gu Huai was urging beside him, but Chu Ming still helped Gu Chao move the table, cleaned the small pot, and tidied most of it before leaving the kitchen with him to kill a game of backgammon.

When Gu Chao finished washing the bowls and chopsticks, swept the floor, left the kitchen and returned to the bedroom, he saw Gu Huai lying on the bed, with the cotton coat on his upper body unbuttoned. On the little belly, rubbing it again and again.

"He eats too much, I'll rub it for him." Chu Ming heard the door opening, raised his head, and kept moving his hands.

"Hmm...brother, it's hard." Gu Huai frowned slightly, holding his mouth shut, and looked at Gu Chao with pitiful eyes.

Looking at Gu Huai's little eyes begging for comfort, Gu Chao couldn't help but not arouse his sympathy, instead it made him laugh out loud.

With Gu Chao's smile, Gu Huai turned into a bitter face.

Gu Chao's smile turned Chu Ming into petrification in an instant, and in those black eyes, a young man with a smiling face was reflected in his heart.

"Master," Gu Huai felt that the big palm on his belly suddenly stopped moving, and he shook Chu Ming's arm, "Master, rub it for me again."

Chu Ming hurriedly came back to his senses, lowered his head sideways as if a little embarrassed, and concentrated on caressing Gu Huaishun's stomach.

Although he seemed to be in good health, the sharp-eyed Gu Chao still saw the base of Chu Ming's side ear, which was flushed.Gu Chao's heart seemed to be sprinkled with a handful of icing sugar, it was sweet.

When Gu Chao walked in, he saw that the chessboard was placed on the bedside inside Gu Huai, and there were already five sunspots on it. While packing up the chess pieces, he asked, "Who won?"

Hearing that, Gu Huai's small mouth pouted even higher, "Of course it's master, master is the same as brother, he won't let me do it."

Maybe it was because I ate too much today, or maybe it was infected with the joy of the Chinese New Year. Today's Gu Huai is particularly childish, but Gu Chao thinks it's pretty good, so it's in line with his age.

Gu Chao played chess with Gu Huai, although he always won, but Gu Huai's ability to make secret arrangements was not weak. Chu Ming seemed to be a person with a dull personality, but he didn't expect that the little clever ghost couldn't beat him.

Gu Chao looked at Chu Ming with unexpected appreciation.

"Why don't master and brother play a game and see who is better between you two." Gu Huai suddenly suggested.

Chu Ming and Gu Chao exchanged glances, since they were idle anyway, it would be good to entertain the boredom with a chessboard. The chessboard was set up again, and the two each held a piece and started to play chess.

In the first round, Gu Chaosheng was the winner; in the second round, Gu Chaosheng was still winning, but the victory was not as easy as the previous round; in the third round, Chu Ming had already seen Gu Chao's way, and blocked him with nowhere to go. The two sides kept stalemate.

The thinking time before the chess pieces landed on the chessboard continued to lengthen, and it was Gu Chao's next turn. Just as he was dragging his chin and thinking about how to place the chess pieces, he heard a slight snore.

Chu Ming heard it too, and the two looked to the side at the same time. Gu Huai, who was lying on his stomach to watch them play chess, had already lay down on his side. Maybe he ate too much at night, and Gu Huai's breath was heavy. Little snores.

"It's too late today, why not go down another day?" Gu Chao whispered.

"En." Chu Ming responded, picked up the chessboard on the bed with both hands, turned around and put it on the table, and then began to pack the chess pieces, while Gu Chao began to help Gu Huai drag the cotton coat outside, and then stuffed him into the quilt Inside, cover the corners of the quilt.

Silently, the two cooperated quite tacitly.

People here have the habit of getting up early and going to bed early, and there is no custom of keeping the year old, so after Gu Chao took care of Gu Huai, Chu Ming also left, and Gu Chao sent Chu Ming out.

The snow has stopped during the day, and the moonlight at night is also clear and bright. When it falls on the snow, the refracted light is white, illuminating the night road, and dragging the figures of the two together under the moonlight. long.

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In the early morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, Gu Chao's house welcomed its first guest, who unexpectedly was Gu Yong.

Gu Yong was wearing a brand-new dark blue satin padded coat with a wide and long belt around his waist and a jade pendant with a red thread on it. In just two months, the little overlord of the Gu family village had become a Pian Pian good son.

Gu Chao also felt that Gu Yong seemed to have become a little different, more mature, with a calmer temperament, gradually exuding the charm of a mature man.

But he naturally didn't know what made Gu Yong grow up overnight.

"Brother Chao, happy new year."

"Gu Yong, you too, happy new year."

When Gu Yong came, Gu Chao had just woken up and hadn't even started preparing breakfast, so the two exchanged auspicious words.

"My father asked me to bring this to you." Gu Yong handed the bamboo basket in his hand to Gu Chao. Inside the bamboo basket was a rather big cloth bag, which was bulging, and it must have contained a lot. thing.

"What is it?" Gu Chao asked.

"I don't know, my dad said, you should know."

Gu Chao took the bamboo basket, and then opened the cloth bag. Inside was white flour-like stuff, but the color was whiter than flour, and the degree of fineness was different. I think this should be glutinous rice flour.

In the north, rice is a rare commodity, not to mention glutinous rice, which is more valuable than what Gu Yong brought before, and this time it has no name, Gu Chao definitely cannot accept it.

"This is too expensive, I can't accept it." Gu Chao refused.

Gu Yong seemed to have been prepared for a long time, and said without rushing: "My father also said that if you don't accept it, he will tell you that this item is not for you, but for your mother. , the cook in our family doesn’t know how to make this kind of thing, when your mother was in the south, you would use this to make food every first day of the new year.”

It's Gu An again...

Gu Chao was startled. The last time Gu Wu asked Gu Yong to bring osmanthus cake, he said that Gu An liked to eat it. This time he brought glutinous rice flour because of Gu An.

Gu Chao in his previous life was a typical southerner. Early in the morning on the first day of the lunar new year, he ate round and fat glutinous rice balls. When he bit into it, what came out were black and fragrant sesame seeds, which were soft in his mouth. It is glutinous and sweet.

If this world is the same, then Gu An must have eaten glutinous rice balls every year on the first day of the new year.

Gu Chao has committed a difficult situation, should he accept it or not?

"Don't be embarrassed, just keep it. If you feel bad, why don't you do me a favor?"

"What are you busy with?"

"If there is any news from Song Wei at any time, you can write me a letter and tell me, I...I want to leave for a while."

"Are you going to live in Wenshui Town?" Gu Chao didn't think too much about it, thinking that Gu Yong was just doing it for convenience, so as not to travel between Gujia Village and Wenshui Town.

"No, our family is going to move to the south." Gu Yong said, there was no expression of joy on his face, but a little disappointed.

"Why do you want to move all of a sudden?" Back then, Gu Wu returned to Gu's Village because of the idea of ​​returning to his roots with fallen leaves.

"You know, in addition to our adopted cousin Gu Bao, I also have a biological brother Gu Wen. A Wen has been in poor health since he was born, and has been kept at home by my mother. He went out. Ah Wen is already fourteen years old, but his health is getting worse and worse, and he is not getting better at all. My father said that the warmer weather in the south is more suitable for Ah Wen to recuperate. Years ago, my father sent some people first, I bought a mansion in the south, and in the next few days, I will visit all the relatives who need to visit, and our whole family can go there."

A few days ago, Song Weicai just got married and passed the end of the year, and Gu Yong was about to leave. Although Gu Yong and him were not very close friends, Gu Chao still couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

"Well, the south is warm, and there is a place like spring all year round. Your brother will definitely get better after he passes away." Although Gu Chao was sad, he still blessed Gu Yong with a smile.

"I'm in Gu's Village, and my best friends are you and Song Wei. If..." Gu Yong thought for a while, he didn't want Gu Chao to know his thoughts about Song Wei, but he wanted to tell Gu Chao something, he Thinking about how to say it would be better.

"Well, I understand. If Weiwei comes back, or brings a message, I will definitely write to you." Gu Chao didn't think too much, and followed what Gu Yong said before.

"Then I'm counting on you, Brother Chao. When I get to the south, I'll write to tell you the exact address. Don't refuse this one." Gu Yong took out the bag of glutinous rice flour from the bamboo basket and put it in Gu Yong's mouth. towards the hand.

"Okay, I will accept it for my mother, thank you, Gu Yong."

Gu Yong left, and the figure in the blue robe went further and further away. Gu Chao felt heavy in his heart. This farewell, each side of the north and the south, did not know when we would see each other again.

The glutinous rice flour in his hand is also heavy, because he owes Gu Yong, and he is also thinking about it. Gu An, who once had friendship with Gu Wu, and Gu An, who lived in the south, is outside Gu's village. Guessing what he has experienced, based on the things Gu Wu sent, he feels that Gu An should still be nostalgic for the south, but for some reason, he chose to stay in this remote small village in the north.

Since it was what Gu An wanted to eat, for breakfast today, Gu Chao decided to use glutinous rice flour to make gnocchi, but there was no sesame to make the filling, so the gnocchi was changed to small glutinous rice balls.

Gu Chao took one-half of the glutinous rice flour and put it in a large bowl. Because he was not sure how to mix the glutinous rice flour with water, he kneaded the flour while pouring water until the grains completely disappeared, and the glutinous rice flour had been kneaded into a whole Great dough.Then divide the big dough into several small doughs, knead the small dough into long strips, pull out the particles about the size of peanuts from one end, and knead them into small glutinous rice balls.

Put the pot in cold water, boil the water until it boils, when the small glutinous rice balls are rolling on the top, come out of the pot, add sugar.

There is no fermented rice, so the taste is still a bit lacking, but Gu Chao is already very satisfied. Gu Chao filled three bowls, and Gu Huai and Gu Huai each had a bowl. He put the other bowl away and planned to send it to Gu An's later. Go to the grave.

With the lesson from last night, even though Gu Huai was hungry, he didn't dare to eat more.

There were still some uncooked small glutinous rice balls left, so Gu Chao took a small basket, piled a layer of clean snow on the bottom, arranged the small glutinous rice balls neatly one by one, and covered them with a clean cloth.

Gu Chao remembered that when Gu An was still around, it was Gu Cheng and his family who went there on the first day of the new year. Even though Gu An is gone now, the proper etiquette should still be observed.

He carried the basket of small glutinous rice balls, led Gu Chao, and walked towards Gu Cheng's house.

When Gu Chao arrived, there were already guests at Gu Cheng's house, and the children were playing in the yard, and Qu Hua was too busy to touch the ground. When he saw Gu Chao, he asked him to sit in the room, and then he was busy I can't see him anymore.

Seeing that this was the case, Gu Chao didn't want to bother him too much, he just put the things he brought into the kitchen of Gu Cheng's house, then went to Qu Hua and said a few auspicious words, and then told him how to cook the small glutinous rice balls, and got up Goodbye.

Qu Hua stretched out his hand to hold Gu Chao, and took out two red envelopes wrapped in red paper from his arms, and stuffed them into Gu Chao and Gu Huai's hands one by one.

"Don't be polite to Auntie, one for each person, I'll take them all, if you don't take them, don't come to our house in the future."

"Auntie, we'll take Xiaohuai's, but I don't need mine." Gu Chao wanted to put his share back into Qu Hua's hands.

"It's impossible to be polite to Auntie. You are not married yet. You can accept this red envelope."

There were several calls from the room, and Qu Hua didn't have time to chat with them. He stuffed the red envelopes in their hands, and he turned and went back to the room.

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After the beginning of the new year, the weather is getting better every day, and the thick snow that has accumulated has gradually melted away.

Let’s talk about Gu Chao and Chu Ming. Although the relationship between the two has changed in a state of mutual acquiescence, it does not actually have much impact on the lives of Gu Chao and Chu Ming. It is still the usual day after day. .

It’s just that every morning, Chu Ming would go to Gu Chao’s house under the pretext of delivering eggs. When Gu Chao was making breakfast, he would help him break the ice on the upper layer of the water tank and help him split large pieces of wood into firewood. Then Gu Chao will keep him for breakfast.

Although the people in the village didn't believe Chu Ming said that there were wild wolves, Chu Ming would still patrol alone every night. During the patrol, he would walk around in front of Gu Chao's house a few times. Talk for a while, then tell him to take care of the cold, and tell him to go home early and sleep.

The days passed in a flash until the fifth day of the new year, but Gu Chao has not been idle these few days. He could not think of what to do with the silk threads brought by Gu Antuoqin's shopkeeper before, but on the first day of the first day of the new year, he saw After seeing Gu Yong's clothes, he had an idea instead.

Most of the northerners are relatively rough. You can tie a piece of long cloth around your waist and tie a knot to form a belt. But southerners are particular about food and clothing. From neckline to cuff buttons, from skirts to belts, they can change patterns. Come.

With the continuous development of transportation, food and clothing from the south gradually spread to the north.

From Gu Yong's clothes that day, one can get a glimpse of it.

After much deliberation, Gu Chao still thinks that making a belt is the most reliable. The belt can be made into an independent object, and it can be matched with silk thread made of texture. This kind of dazzling exaggeration, Gu Chao thought, the sales should be good.

So in the past few days, he made three belts, two with totems embroidered in gold, and one with a blue and white porcelain pattern embroidered with blue silk thread on a white background. The former shows wealth and honor, while the latter is delicate and elegant.

What Shopkeeper Qin said before was that on the eighth day of the lunar new year, he came to pick up the goods for the agreed money bag, but before the fifth day of the new year, Gu Chao had finished all the work on the money bag and the newly made belt, so the fifth day of the new year Early that morning, when Gu Chao was preparing breakfast, he also prepared lunch by the way. He originally wanted to send Gu Huai to Qu Hua's place, but Gu Huai said that he could be at home alone, so Gu Chao started to eat from last night. Told him a bunch of things to pay attention to.

Although the snow had already melted, the road was still difficult to walk. It took Gu Chao longer than last time to reach Wenshui Town, and then found Xiangyun Cloth Village to deliver goods to Shopkeeper Qin.

When Gu Chao took out the three belts, shopkeeper Qin's eyes lit up, he laid the belts flat, stroked them lightly, and praised repeatedly, "Brother Chao, you are really not easy, how did you figure it out?" The belt was made with the silk thread I brought last time, this luster is really rare, rare!"

"I just tried to make a few, but I don't know if they can be sold." Gu Chao said modestly.

"Brother Chao, don't worry, I will definitely sell it for you, and at a good price!" Shopkeeper Qin assured him, patted his chest, then stared at the belt made by Gu Chao, and couldn't help showing admiration again.

After that, Gu Chao handed over the newly made purse to shopkeeper Qin, and shopkeeper Qin also gave him the previous share of the bill, which was actually a whole five taels of silver.

"Shopkeeper Qin, is this too much?"

"Not much, these are your share. Everything is expensive every year, and of course the things in our cloth shop are too."

Gu Chao thanked shopkeeper Qin, "Treasurer Qin, besides sending these things over today, can I ask you for a favor?"

"Oh? What are you busy with?"

"I heard that there is a morning market on the streets of Dongcheng next to the pier. I want to rent a stall in the morning market. I wonder if shopkeeper Qin has any acquaintances? He knows this."

There are three main streets in Wenshui Town, namely Xicheng Street, Zhongcheng Street, and Dongcheng Street. Xicheng Street is close to residences, Zhongchengjian is the most prosperous street for shops, Xiangyun Cloth is on Zhongcheng Street, and Dongcheng Street is close to the river. In the morning, there will be various hawkers with stalls selling various things.

"Brother Chao, do you want to do business?"

"I want to sell some food."

Shopkeeper Qin remembered the meatloaf he tasted when he went to see Gu Chao last year, "I forgot, brother Chao is very handy, not only is he good at embroidery, but also good at cooking."

Afterwards, shopkeeper Qin took Gu Chao to meet the officials in charge of street vendors in the city, and then Gu Chao registered according to the official procedures, and paid a deposit of [-] Wen and the rent of [-] Wen for the first month. It's done, if he wants to open, he can set up a stall tomorrow.

After the work was done, Gu Chao went to Dongcheng Street for an on-the-spot investigation. Most of the eaters bought buns and steamed buns, or rented two stalls, set up tables, and made noodles. There are a lot of workers, and there are still customers until lunch time.

When Gu Chao passed by a restaurant, he caught a glimpse of a familiar voice inside.

Why is Chu Ming here?Gu Chao had some doubts in his heart.He stopped and stood at the door watching

Chu Ming was talking to the shopkeeper of the hotel, and when he turned around, he also saw Gu Chao outside the door. He waved to Gu Chao, said something to the shopkeeper, and turned around to come out.

"Some things were delayed today. When I went to your house again, Xiao Huai said that you came to the town. Are you done?" Chu Ming seemed to think that he would meet Gu Chao, calm as usual, not surprised.

"Why did you come to town?" Gu Chao was a little surprised.

"I'm here to collect the bill, and I'll do some things by the way." Chu Ming pointed to the restaurant behind him, "The game I hunted before was sold in this restaurant. Yes, if you have any problems in the future, you can also ask him for help."

After hearing Chu Ming's words, Gu Chao's doubts became more serious. How could he need the help of a shopkeeper of a restaurant in Wenshui Town as a resident of Gu's Village.

"Aren't you coming to the town to set up a shop? It's better to have an acquaintance take care of you." Chu Ming continued.

Gu Chao thought about it, it seems that when he was talking with Chu Ming, he did mention the idea of ​​selling pancakes in the town, but...but he just mentioned it casually.

"you remember?"

"Well, I remember what you said." Chu Ming replied, "I'll take you in and get to know Shopkeeper Li."

"it is good."

Gu Chao walked into the restaurant together with Chu Ming. Shopkeeper Li was not tall, a little fat, with a smile on his face, and seemed to be an easy-going person.

"Shopkeeper Li, this is the friend I told you just now that he is going to set up a stall in the town. His name is Gu Chao. I hope you can take care of him more in the future."

"Brother Chu's friend is my friend, don't worry, I can still talk on this street, and I won't let your brother suffer." Shopkeeper Li smiled heartily and boldly agreed.

"Thank you, shopkeeper Li." Gu Chao thanked.

Afterwards, Chu Ming and shopkeeper Li had some extra politeness, and they left the restaurant together.

"You follow me, I will take you to a place."

Chu Ming walked in front, and Gu Chao followed behind. The two bypassed the front door of the restaurant, walked through an alley, and came to the back door of the restaurant. The back door was open and connected to a small courtyard with a well inside. There was a boy squatting on the side washing vegetables.

When the boy saw Chu Ming, he called Brother Chu Ming, and he seemed to be an acquaintance of Chu Ming.

"This is what I want to show you." Chu Ming pointed to the other side of the yard, where there was a trolley parked, a square wooden shelf, and a stove on the left of the shelf, which was bigger than the broken one that Gu Chao made at home. The iron buckets are much better, and there are some bars nailed to the right side of the shelf, which can be used to hold some things.

"This is..." Gu Chao moved his eyes from the cart to Chu Ming's face, his expression full of disbelief.

"I made this these few days. I originally wanted to send it to your home, but today I heard that you came to the town, so I was in a hurry. I just pushed the car and came here. I have already told Li The shopkeeper agreed, you can lend me this place to put the cart, from now on you just need to push the cart out in the morning, and push the cart back after noon.”

Chu Ming spoke bit by bit, speaking slowly and steadily, without the slightest hint of showing off or pleasing Gu Chao. What he said and what he did seemed to be very common and should be done.

Gu Chao listened to every word and every word,