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Gu Fei hurriedly pushed the door open and went in: “Mom, I’m back.”

Mrs. Chen breathed a sigh of relief: “You’re finally back, you’re such a playful girl.”

“Okay, okay, go wash up and go to bed.”

Getting up early and eating breakfast in the lobby of the inn, Mrs. Chen heard that the Lantern Festival was still one day away. She waved her hands and said: “No need to watch it, no need to watch it. There’s still a lot of work to do at home! I’ll go back after breakfast.”

Gu Fei was still thinking about the shop she saw yesterday. After thinking for a while, she said: “Dad, Mom, you go back first. I have something to ask.”

Gu Zhang didn’t know what Gu Fei was going to do, but he was relieved about his daughter, so he told Gu Sanlang: “Then you stay and drive the carriage for your sister.”

“Don’t leave your sister behind and go out to play like you did yesterday!”

Gu Sanlang said sullenly: “I won’t.”

Yesterday, his mother scolded him so much that he dared not do it again!

Not long after, Gu Zhang and Mrs. Chen took Gu Qing and Gu Erlang back, and Gu Fei asked her third brother to drive to Yipin Pavilion.

Yipin Pavilion had just opened, and the waiter was still cleaning. Shopkeeper Wang was holding a purple clay teapot and drinking tea from the spout.

Gu Fei went in with a bag of cakes, and said to the shopkeeper: “Hello, shopkeeper.”

“Oh, isn’t this Miss Gu? What brings you here today?” Shopkeeper Wang got up quickly.

Recently, Yipin Pavilion has launched two dishes made with chili peppers a day. At first, some people just wanted to try it out for fun, but after eating it, they couldn’t forget the taste and couldn’t help bragging to others. As time went by, more and more people came to eat spicy dishes, which also brought popularity to the restaurant.

The restaurant can only serve two spicy dishes a day, so reservations were required. Now, the spicy dishes that cost two taels of silver per plate have been reserved for a month later.

How could he, the shopkeeper, not be happy to see Gu Fei?

Gu Fei smiled brightly. When she saw Shopkeeper Wang’s enthusiastic look, she knew that spicy dishes would sell well.

“Today I want to ask the shopkeeper something.”

Shopkeeper Wang glanced at the cakes in Gu Fei’s hand and secretly sighed that this girl was very capable at such a young age.

He invited Gu Fei in: “Miss Gu, please go upstairs. As long as I know something, I will tell you everything I know.”

The two of them went into a private room upstairs and sat down. Gu Fei then told her the purpose of the visit: “I passed by this street yesterday and saw an empty storefront over there. I wanted to ask if you know why such a good store is empty.”

Shopkeeper Wang’s eyes flashed: “Miss Gu, are you interested in that store?”

Gu Fei nodded generously.

Shopkeeper Wang shook his head: “I advise Miss Gu, if you want to do business, you might as well look at other stores. That store is not easy to run.”

Gu Fei listened attentively: “Why is it difficult to run?”

“That store is owned by Old Man Huang. Although he is called an old man, he is not that old. He is only about 40 years old. He just looks old. His family used to run a silk shop. His silk shop is the largest on this street.”

“He has only one son. 2 years ago, his son went to Shu to buy a batch of Shu brocade. He was killed by robbers on the way.”

“Only the servant with a broken leg survived and brought back his master’s body with great difficulty. Old Huang’s wife fainted when she saw her son’s miserable state. After half a year, she also passed away.”

“Old Huang’s wife and children were all dead, and he had no intention of doing business anymore, so he sold the silk in the store and closed the shop.”

“After a while, Old Huang gradually came out to walk around. Someone advised him to rent out the shop and collect some rent to support his old age.”

“Old Huang agreed and rented the shop to a family that also did silk business. Who knew that something happened a few days later.”

 

Perhaps Gu Fei’s prayer moved the heavens, the sound of horse hooves did not stop but gradually faded away.

Lian’er watched the horses go away, and then called Gu Fei: “Miss, he is gone.”

Gu Fei touched her chest: “It’s okay, it’s okay, I was scared to death.”

After eating the dumplings, Gu Fei and Lian’er just got up, Lian’er pointed across the street and said: “Isn’t that Lanzhi?”

Gu Fei looked over and saw Lanzhi standing under the lamp, and a young man stood opposite.

The young man was wearing a jade-colored robe, with a tall figure, a fair complexion, and a handkerchief in his hand.

Lanzhi lowered her head, her face flushed, and was saying something.

Gu Fei hurried over with Lian’er.

Lanzhi was so anxious that she looked up and saw Gu Fei. Her eyes were full of surprise.

She pointed at the young man in front of her and stammered: “He, this young man picked up my handkerchief and refused to return it to me.”

Gu Fei looked at the handkerchief in the young man’s hand. There was a white magnolia embroidered on the pink satin. It was the one that Lanzhi had embroidered two days ago.

The young man looked Gu Fei up and down, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes. He smiled and bowed to Gu Fei: “Hello, young lady.”

Gu Fei smiled faintly: “This handkerchief is indeed my sister’s. Can you return it?”

The young man smiled: “I didn’t mean to seize this young lady’s handkerchief. I just saw that the magnolia was embroidered so vividly that I asked a few more questions.”

He stretched out his hand and handed the handkerchief to Lanzhi, who quickly took it and tucked it into her waist.

Gu Fei bowed to the man: “Thank you, young master.”

Then he took Lanzhi and left.

After walking for a while, Gu Fei looked back and saw that the young master was still standing there, looking at this side from a distance.

Gu Fei asked Lanzhi: “Why are you alone? Isn’t the second brother with you?”

Lanzhi blushed: “We were together originally. He, he went to the shop to buy something for me, and I waited for him on the street.”

“Who would have thought that a team of lion dancers would come over, followed by many people, and I was squeezed away? The lion dancers just went over there. I was going to go back to find Erlang, but I found that my handkerchief was missing. I was looking for it everywhere, and I saw that the man took my handkerchief.”

Lanzhi pouted aggrieved: “I asked him for it, but he refused to give it to me and asked me all kinds of questions.”

Gu Fei twitched her lips, silly girl, he must have fallen in love with you.

“Then let’s go find my second brother.”

The three of them walked a short distance before they saw Gu Erlang standing on the street, anxiously looking around.

Gu Fei shouted: “Second brother——”

Gu Erlang glanced over here, then ran over and scolded Lanzhi: “Where have you been? Didn’t I ask you to wait for me at the door? Do you know how anxious I am when I come out and don’t see you?”

Gu Fei rolled her eyes silently. Her second brother values ​​women over his sister.

She was standing here like a big living person, but her second brother seemed to have not seen her.

Well, let’s not disturb your date. Gu Fei pulled Lian’er and whispered: “Let’s go.”

The two of them walked and stopped along the way, watched dragon and lion dances on the street, and watched various acrobatics. Seeing that the moon was almost at its zenith, they went back to the inn.

As soon as they arrived at the inn, they saw Gu Zhang walking back and forth at the gate.

As soon as he saw Gu Fei, Gu Zhang breathed a sigh of relief: “You’re back!”

“Girl, why did you come back just now? If you don’t come back, I’ll go looking for you all over the street.”

Gu Fei stuck out her tongue: “I forgot to pay attention to the time.”

Gu Fei hurriedly followed Gu Zhang inside. When she reached the door of a room, she heard Mrs. Chen’s muffled scolding: “You all only care about yourselves. I told you to take care of your sister, and you——”

 

After taking a few steps back, Gu Fei saw an alley not far away and ran into it with Lian’er.

The two ran along the alley for a while and didn’t see anyone chasing them. Gu Fei was relieved.

On the other side, Xiao Yu frowned and looked at the little girl: “Why did you run out too? Mother let you out.”

Xiao Qing stuck out her tongue: “Second brother, I ran out secretly, you must not tell Mother.”

Xiao Yu snorted lightly, only this silly girl thought she had run away secretly, how could she run away with so many maids, women, and guards?

Their mother just turned a blind eye.

Xiao Qing tilted her head: “What were you doing just now?”

“By the way, a beautiful girl was standing here just now, where did she go?”

Xiao Yu turned around quickly, but there was no Gu Fei!

Su Chen also turned back quickly. People were coming and going by the Jinshui River, but Gu Fei was gone.

Xiao Yu frowned. This girl ran away because he didn’t keep an eye on her!

Xiao Qing blinked: “Did I scare the little sister away?”

Su Chen sneered beside her and said: “Don’t blame yourself, it was Cousin Yu who scared her away.”

Xiao Yu frowned slightly but didn’t say anything. The girl might have been scared away by him. If he had known, he shouldn’t have said that he had something to talk about.

Xiao Qing suddenly caught a glimpse of the figurine in Shitou’s hand, and her eyes widened: “Is this a clay figurine? So cute, let me see it.”

Shitou hesitated, not knowing whether to hand it over and turned to look at Xiao Yu. Xiao Yu took the figurine with a cold face, got on the horse, and left without saying a word.

Su Chen looked at Xiao Yu’s back as his eyes squinted. Something was wrong with his cousin. It was too wrong.

Zhang Ze came over and whispered: “Young Master, let’s go back. We have been walking for more than an hour today. I’m afraid your legs can’t bear it.”

Su Chen agreed absent-mindedly.

Zhang Ze waved in the distance, and soon a carriage came over.

The carriage had been following from a distance, just to make it convenient for Su Chen to get in the car and rest at any time.

Xiao Qing stood there with a pout. Was she a plague god?

When she came, the pretty little sister ran away, her second brother ran away, and now even her cousin was going to run away.

“Hmph, I won’t care about you!” Xiao Qing stomped her feet and left with the maids and guards.

Su Chen got in the car, and soon he opened the curtain and stretched out his hand to Zhang Ze: “Give it here.”

Zhang Ze handed over a small cloth bag.

Su Chen took it, lowered the curtain, and carefully opened the cloth bag.

Inside was a clay figurine. He took it out and looked at it. It was the same as Gu Fei’s clay figurine just now.

This was another one that Su Chen secretly asked Zhang Ze to ask the old man who made clay figurines to make.

Su Chen took the clay figurine in his hand and stared at it intently. After looking at it for a long time, he carefully put his figurine and this one into the cloth bag, and then gently placed it on his knees, looking at it with a gentle expression.

On the other side, Gu Fei and Lian’er had already walked out of the alley, and this end of the alley was connected to another street.

After walking all this way, the bowl of glutinous rice balls that she had eaten had already been digested. There was a shop selling glutinous rice balls at the entrance of the alley. Gu Fei ordered two bowls of glutinous rice balls and sat down with Lian’er to eat slowly.

The glutinous rice balls were stuffed with black sesame, fragrant and sweet. After eating a few bites, Gu Fei suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves coming from far away. She looked up and saw that the person sitting on the horse was none other than the unknown young man with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes.

Gu Fei quickly lowered her head and silently chanted in her heart: You can’t see me, you can’t see me, you can’t see me.

 

Gu Fei could only laugh dryly.

Xiao Yu caught a glimpse of the clay figurine in Lian’er’s hand.

The figurine was wearing a peach-colored dress and had the same hairstyle as Gu Fei. Her eyebrows and eyes looked a bit like Gu Fei’s.

Looking at Su Chen, there was also a dough figurine in his hand. Judging from the clothes and the dress, it was Su Chen without a doubt.

Xiao Yu felt an indescribable feeling in his heart, a little sour and a little depressed.

He suddenly stretched out his hand and snatched the figurine from Lian’er’s hand: “This thing is good, I’ll take it back for my nephew to play with.”

Su Chen frowned: Do you have a nephew? How come I don’t know?

Lian’er was anxious: “Young Master, give it back to me, I can’t give you this thing.”

Xiao Yu ignored her and handed the figurine to Shitou.

Su Chen looked at Gu Fei’s figurine falling into Xiao Yu’s hands, frowning: “Cousin, this is made according to Miss Xiao Fei, it’s not good for you to take it.”

His cousin was a man, and holding this thing was equivalent to holding a small statue of Gu Fei, which was too inappropriate.

Xiao Yu chuckled: “I was wondering why it was so ugly, it turned out to be this girl.”

Gu Fei stared at him angrily, you robbed my things, you also want to slander my beauty!

Xiao Yu saw Gu Fei’s angry look, and his tone softened instantly: “I’m not saying you are ugly, it’s the dough figurine that is ugly.”

“Then give it back to me!” Gu Fei stared at him.

Xiao Yu raised an eyebrow: “No.”

He lowered his voice again: “If you want it, I’ll buy it for you.”

Gu Fei felt that Xiao Yu was deliberately going against her. She glared at Xiao Yu and said in a muffled voice: “I won’t disturb you, cousins, ​​from watching the lanterns. I’m going to go shopping over there.”

Even if she can’t afford to offend him, can’t she hide from him?

“Miss Xiao Fei——”

“Don’t leave!”

Su Chen and Xiao Yu spoke at the same time.

Su Chen frowned and looked at Xiao Yu. What did his cousin mean? It seemed a little wrong. And how did he know Xiao Fei?

Xiao Yu said uncomfortably: “I have something else to ask you.”

Gu Fei thought about it. He was only asking her about the gun. She sighed: “Young Master, I really can’t agree to that. Please let me go.”

Xiao Yu was stunned for a moment before he understood what Gu Fei was talking about. He just subconsciously made an excuse. He didn’t know why, but he didn’t want her to leave.

Hearing Gu Fei says this, Xiao Yu snorted ambiguously.

Su Chen heard Gu Fei’s words and couldn’t help asking: “Cousin, what did you ask Miss Xiao Fei to promise you?”

Xiao Yu said lightly: “This is between me and her, you don’t have to worry about it.”

He suddenly glanced at the lamp in Gu Fei’s hand, and his face suddenly darkened.

He also has this lamp, but the shape is slightly different.

No doubt that this lamp was given to her by Su Chen.

Thinking of her holding the gift from Su Chen, Xiao Yu felt his chest getting more and more stuffy.

At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the side: “Second brother, Brother Chen, you are all here.”

Several people turned their heads to look over.

Gu Fei saw a cute little girl, who looked about twelve or thirteen years old, wearing a red apple-colored fox fur cloak with gold-woven satin. Her little face was wrapped in white fur, her eyes were round, and her face was full of baby fat. She looked very cute. Behind the little girl were a bunch of maids, old women, and guards.

Gu Fei rolled her eyes, and seeing that no one was paying attention to her for a while, she hurriedly pulled Lian’er and quietly retreated.

 

Xiao Yu’s face suddenly turned red, and he turned back and glared at Shitou fiercely. You called her Miss Xiao Fei too?

Shitou was puzzled: What’s wrong? Miss Xiao Fei is indeed pretty!

Xiao Yu urged his horse to go towards Gu Fei, and after two steps, he suddenly stopped.

Gu Fei had already turned around and walked away. She was holding a colorful lamp in her hand, and there was a young man beside her.

Xiao Yu recognized the back figure at a glance. It was Su Chen!

Xiao Yu’s face suddenly darkened, and he stared at the backs of the two people, watching Su Chen turn his head to peek at Gu Fei from time to time, or turn his head to talk to her in a low voice.

Xiao Yu suddenly turned his horse’s head, squeezed the horse’s belly, and the horse galloped.

Shitou and Zhuzi also turned their horses’ heads to catch up.

Shitou saw that Xiao Yu was running too fast and panicked. He shouted at the top of his voice: “Young Master, there are so many people. Please control yourself. Don’t run too fast. You might bump into someone!”

After Xiao Yu ran for a while, he heard Shitou’s shout and pulled the reins. The horse slowed down.

Shitou caught up and asked, panting: “Young Master, didn’t you say we were going to Mingyue Bridge? Where are you going?”

Xiao Yu replied coldly: “Back to the mansion!”

Shitou was about to cry. The Lantern Festival only happens once a year. It was so hard to see beautiful young ladies all over the streets. He wants to feast his eyes on them. Why do they have to go back?

The horse walked forward for a while, and Xiao Yu suddenly pulled the reins again.

He turned the horse’s head suddenly, walked for a while, and turned to another road.

After turning a few corners, Xiao Yu finally turned to the road by the Jinshui River again, but in the opposite direction of the previous one.

He slowed down his horse and looked forward, and saw the young man and woman in the distance slowly walking towards this side.

Shitou saw that the prince stopped running, so he also had the mind to stare at the young ladies on the road.

While looking, Shitou suddenly said: “Oh, why is the young master’s cousin with Miss Fei?”

Xiao Yu sneered: “Then go and take a look.”

Three horses swaggered in the middle of the road, and pedestrians dodged one after another.

Gu Fei suddenly saw a few horses coming in front of her, so she also walked to the side of the road while looking over.

On the horse in front of him, there sat a young man with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, wearing a purple gold crown, a brocade robe inside, and a black mink coat outside. Although he was young, he was imposing.

What a handsome young man! Why does he look so familiar?

Gu Fei was stunned for a moment, and quickly turned her head away, holding up the lamp to cover her face.

Damn it, isn’t this the young master who insisted on buying her gun!

Can she still turn around and run now?

Xiao Yu had been staring at Gu Fei, and when he saw her movements, he became even more angry.

He urged his horse to walk quickly towards the two of them, looking down at Su Chen and saying coldly: “Cousin is in a good mood. He has not yet fully recovered from his injuries, but he has come out to watch the lanterns with the young lady.”

Gu Fei was shocked that Su Chen and this unknown young master knew each other. No, not only did they know each other, they were cousins!

Su Chen didn’t expect to meet Xiao Yu, so he could only bow: “Cousin Yu, are you here to see the lanterns too?”

Xiao Yu stared at Gu Fei and sneered: “This young lady looks so familiar.”

Hearing Xiao Yu’s words, Gu Fei had to put away the lantern, bowed to Xiao Yu, and laughed dryly: “Greetings, young master.”

Xiao Yu seemed to have just seen Gu Fei clearly, and his eyebrows softened slightly: “It turned out to be Miss Xiao Fei.”

Su Chen was stunned: “Cousin Yu knows Xiao Fei?”

Xiao Yu got off the horse and said lightly: “Not only do we know each other, but we have a deep connection, don’t you think so, Miss Xiao Fei?”

 

Gu Fei walked forward with the lantern, and Su Chen walked on her side to block the passers-by for her.

After walking a short distance, Gu Fei saw a small stall making figurines.

The finished products included small animals and small people, each of which was colorful and lifelike.

The old man who was setting up the stall was making dough figurines for a little girl.

After a while, a little person was made.

The dress on the figurine was similar to that of the girl, and even the eyebrows and eyes of the little person looked about 50% similar.

Gu Fei stopped and said: “Uncle, can you make one for me?”

The uncle handed the figurine to the little girl, looked up at Gu Fei, and then looked at Su Chen beside her, and couldn’t help but exclaim: “What a perfect couple.”

“Why don’t you make one for each of you, young master and young lady?”

Su Chen’s ears turned slightly red when he heard the word “perfect couple”, and he smiled and nodded.

The uncle took the red clay and started to make it.

After a while, a small, cute Gu Fei in peach clothes was formed, even with folds.

A bamboo stick was inserted under the figurine to make it easier to hold.

Gu Fei took it and held it in her hand. Just as she was about to take out the silver, Su Chen took a step faster took out a piece of silver, and handed it to the uncle.

The uncle took it with a smile and started to make Su Chen again.

The old man spent more time making Su Chen’s figurine and even restored the pearl on the silver crown on his head.

Su Chen held the little figurine, looked at the figurine in Gu Fei’s hand, and his lips moved slightly.

He wanted to exchange with Gu Fei.

He wanted that little Gu Fei and also wanted to give her this little Su Chen in his hand.

But Gu Fei had already walked forward.

Su Chen followed, hesitating for a moment and not speaking, and Gu Fei was soon attracted by the gourd lantern on a small stall on the side of the road.

This gourd lantern was a gourd with hollowed-out carvings and a small candle inside, but it is really very delicate and beautiful.

She handed the figurine in her hand to Lian’er, and she picked for a long time, picked a butterfly one, gave a copper coin, and held it in her hand happily.

Su Chen looked eagerly at the figurine in Lian’er’s hand. Lian’er saw him staring at the figurine, so she put her hands behind her back and looked at Su Chen vigilantly.

Su Chen smiled bitterly, and said: “Never mind, let’s go.”

After walking a few steps, he suddenly stopped, waved to Zhang Ze, and whispered a few words.

Zhang Ze nodded and ran back the way he came.

Unconsciously, they had reached the Jinshui River.

Gu Fei was stunned for a moment when she looked at the famous Jinshui River.

There were countless flower boats and pleasure boats on the river, and each boat was decorated with colorful lanterns. The water waves reflected the colorful lights. The whole river was full of light, and the sound of stringed instruments floated with water vapor and a little fragrance, just like heaven on earth.

On the flower boats that were close by, she could still see the flower girls on the boats.

One of the flower girls was wearing a golden scarf, and the golden hairpin on her head shone with the lights.

No wonder, people say that Jiangnan was the richest place in the world. What was the meaning of being drunk like this?

They stand on the bridge to watch the scenery, and the people watching the scenery are watching you from upstairs.

Xiao Yu was riding on the horse as if struck by lightning. He stared blankly at Gu Fei’s profile not far away, and his heart was beating like a drum.

Shi Tou saw that the young prince suddenly stopped and stared blankly in one direction, and he also looked over.

He stared at Gu Fei for a long time before he said in surprise: “It’s Miss Xiao Fei. Miss Xiao Fei is dressed so beautifully today. I almost didn’t recognize her.”