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Shen Yi didn't expect Gu Qingzi to think of such a place and couldn't help but to smile. He echoed, "Indeed, but I still like to walk around after dinner."

Gu Qingzi snappily glanced at Shen Yi, then she turned around with her back facing Shen Yi and started to chop firewood.

Shen Yi shook his head and laughed. He didn't mind and turned around to go for a walk somewhere else.

After the time it took to make two cups of tea, Gu Qingzi finished splitting the firewood for tomorrow. When she straightened up, she hit her waist and said to Shen Yi, "Mr Shen, I'm leaving."

"Be careful." Shen Yi said.

"Got it." Gu Qingzi agreed, but inwardly, she muttered to herself, "Be careful when you're not even a hundred meters away from me."

After returning home, Gu Qingzi resigned herself to her fate and went to the kitchen to boil some hot water for herself. After splitting firewood for a long time, she was drenched in sweat.

After washing her face and rinsing her mouth, Gu Qingzi quickly fell into a deep slumber from exhaustion.

The moonlight shone on her fair and delicate face, and her beautiful eyes suddenly emitted some light. It turned out to be the power of space!

It was repairing Gu Qingzi's body, and they saw that Gu Qingzi's hands, which had been covered in a thin cocoon and blisters from splitting firewood, had slowly returned to normal.

The next morning, when Gu Qingzi woke up, she felt refreshed. She stretched lazily and went to the kitchen to help. Madame Gu had already started cooking. She acted as her assistant and ate breakfast.

Gu Qingzi went to dig up some wild vegetables while carrying a bamboo basket on her back. Gu Qingzi rubbed her eyes as she walked, thinking, "Alas, I eat wild vegetables every day."

He also understood in his heart that Old Man Gu had no money.

When they arrived at the forest, Gu Qingzi looked at the wild vegetables under the bushes. For a while, she didn't want to pick any of them … No matter how harmless it was, it was still vegetarian. Furthermore, it was different from wild vegetables a thousand years later. The taste of wild vegetables now was much worse than those a thousand years later.

However, other than that, there was nothing else that could be eaten. Submitting to his fate, he bent down to pick up the wild vegetables he saw and threw them into the bamboo basket behind him.

He felt like eating meat. He raised his head weakly and looked at the sky.

Gu Qingzi walked slowly to the river's edge and gave it a few casual glances. "Eh, what's that?"

Gu Qingzi saw a dark patch under a tree. Under her curiosity, she walked over to take a look. When she squatted down to take a closer look, Gu Qingzi's eyes lit up. This was — Mu Er!

It was finally time for a change in taste. A few days ago, when Mu Er went to the market to take a look, she discovered that it was rather expensive. It seemed that Mu Er and the others had definitely picked it up in one go, but she didn't know how to keep some.

With these words, Gu Qingzi picked up the cluster of wooden ears, left a few small ones, and left.

She decided to trade the wooden ear for money and went to the grass market at the entrance of the village to exchange some meat with the butcher at the stall. "Thank you, Big Brother." He threw the meat into the bamboo basket and left.

When they got home, Gu Qingzi found Madame Gu and took the meat out of the bamboo basket. "When I was digging wild vegetables in the forest, I found the fungus, and then I went to the entrance of the village to exchange the meat. Since Second Sister doesn't have enough milk, I'll make a meat soup for Second Sister-in-law."

"Ai," Madame Gu nodded her head and took the meat, "You are much more sensible than your Second Brother."

Gu Qingzi pursed her lips and smiled, "Second Brother, forget it, let's not talk about him anymore. Mother, go to the kitchen and give second sister-in-law some stew. I'll go wash the dishes."

"Alright." Madame Gu took the meat and went to the kitchen. "It's just about time for dinner."

At noon, the family sat in the living room for lunch. Lian Qingmei, with a cold expression on her face, ignored Gu Wei.

"Mom, this is?" After sitting down and looking at the broth in her bowl, which no one else had, Lian Qingmei didn't know what to do.

"Qingmei, this is the meat that Qingzi went to the forest at the back of the mountain to exchange for some wild vegetables. She said that your body needs some nourishment, hurry up and eat." When the order came to an end, Madame Gu picked up the utensils and began to eat.

Lian Qingmei's heart warmed. In the morning, she was still arguing about leaving him, but now, she felt that if she had such a sister-in-law, she wouldn't need to part with him. Besides, she glanced at the guard and slowly lowered her head.

Therefore, Gu Qingmei did not mention the matter of He Li anymore.

At home, no one answered Gu Wei. Gu Wei and Gu Loong spoke, but Gu Loong didn't even look at him. He looked at Gu Qingzi, but Gu Qingzi looked away.

Gu Wei lowered his head in dissatisfaction and then looked up at the crowd, "Let me tell you, I, Gu Wei, was born to do big things. I don't care about small things like running away from home and doing big things."

Everyone still ignored Gu Wei and the atmosphere became awkward.

Gu Wei looked at the crowd as if he didn't know anything, "You guys said every day that there's no money in your family, so there's no meaning in that. Let me tell you, you can never get any money by staying in this village. I won't only stay in the village in the future, I want to go to Beijing!"

Gu Qingzi's eyelids kept jumping. Hearing Gu Wei's whimsical words, she felt that it was ridiculous. Did he really think that he was the top scorer for the Imperial Examinations?

Most of them were top scholar who had spent their entire lives on minor official positions. They did not have any real talent, so this was all just a dream.

Seeing Gu Wei's words becoming more and more heated, Gu Qingzi frowned. It wasn't that she didn't want to hear someone talking at the table, it was just that this person was Gu Wei, and what he said was impossible. She had enough to eat, so she put down the bowl and chopsticks, "Are you sure you want to go to Beijing? Run away from home? "

Gu Wei thought that Gu Qingzi was moved by his words and revealed a proud smile, "Why, Third Sister, are you planning to leave with Second Brother?"

"No, I just feel that since Second Brother chose to leave and has no attachment to this family, then," Gu Qingzi said as she looked towards Old Man Gu, "Dad, Second Brother said it like that, otherwise, you would …"

"Let me do it!" "Actually, I don't need to pay too much." Gu Wei automatically continued, and his eyes lit up.

Gu Qingzi sized up Gu Wei before shaking her head and chuckling, "Dad, please kick Second Brother out of the family tree. This kind of person, since our family's temple is small, won't be able to contain such a great Buddha."

"Gu Qingzi!" Gu Wei didn't expect it to be like this.

"Sure." Old Man Gu, upon seeing Gu Qingzi's mouth, scared Second Brother, so he went along with what Gu Qingzi said.

"Dad, I was just joking." Gu Wei was most afraid of Old Man Gu, so he instantly rebutted what he had just said.

"Qingmei, try this dish. Third Sister, I'll split the firewood later." Gu Wei looked at the two of them ingratiatingly.

"Second Brother might as well go to work with Big Bro instead of doing such useless work." Gu Qingzi said coldly.