The biography of Gu Qi, a poor girl

"Are there perilla leaves to harvest?"

"receive."

Hearing that it was perilla leaves, the stall owner became interested.Nowadays, the world is not good, and medicinal materials are becoming more and more scarce. Perilla leaves have many uses, which is suitable for the current market, and many places collect them. "Look at the color first."

Perilla leaves are not worth much, and no refugee would dare to make trouble in front of the wandering Jianghu people, so Gu Qi generously took out the package and spread it out.

The stall owner took a few slices and looked at them: "The sun-dried ones are not bad, but the quantity is a bit small. This pack can be exchanged for thirty cash. Do you want money or food?"

"If you want food, give it to me with dry wowtou." Gu Qi thought for a while.

I think that the Zhou family will leave the town tomorrow at the latest, and their journey will not be slow before they leave Yuzhou Mansion.I and Gu Danian didn't have any traveling carriages and horses, so I didn't have much time for myself when my family rested next week. It would be a waste of time to ask for coarse grains to cook with a partner along the way, so it would be easier to save trouble with Wowotou.

Before the famine, one penny could be exchanged for two corn buns, but now, one dry corn bun is worth five pennies, which is also priceless.Ordinary food shops have been closed long ago, and not many people are willing to sell rations, and only pedestrians who resell medicinal materials and ironware can have fixed rations in exchange, as long as they don’t need money.

A bag of dried perilla leaves was exchanged for six buns.He wrapped it in old cloth and tied it tightly around his waist.Turning around, I saw a few beggars and refugees sitting slumped in the distance, looking over here from time to time.Gu Qi didn't care and turned to ask the stall owner: "Do you collect astragalus?"

"Do you still have astragalus?" The stall owner Yixi said, "How is the condition, and how many are there?"

Gu Qi took out a section and handed it out: "There are not many, you can take a look first."

"Cut it? It doesn't look like the root." The stall owner wondered.

"It's been some years, and the roots and branches are long, so it's hard to take them. I only took a few sections." Gu Qi was telling the truth, but the ones he took out were not the best ones.

Wild astragalus that is old enough is a good thing, and the market in Yuzhou can't be exchanged for a good price. In addition, astragalus is inconspicuous in the shape of a tree root, and the victims of disasters are far safer if they don't know the goods.

"Looking at more than eight years, this time for money?"

After carefully inspecting the leather surface, he weighed the weight again and squinted his eyes to look at the black, thin and unremarkable little girl in front of the stall, and chuckled: "I didn't expect to be a big customer. Girl, I won't lie to you, astragalus with this weight is usually One piece can be exchanged for two taels of silver, but now I can only give you five taels of silver. How much do you have, and how much do I charge. "

"Not much, a total of four yuan. Give me two taels." Gu Qi didn't hesitate, and took out the other three pieces of astragalus that had been wrapped in advance.Yuan'an Town is located on the border of Yuzhou and next to Jiangzhou to the south. After leaving Yuzhou, it goes all the way to the south. There are many rivers in Jiangzhou, so the drought will naturally ease.

Two taels of silver are not unexpectedly enough to walk into Jiangzhou Mansion.

"Girl, no one came to pick you up?" The chubby stall owner, who had both money and goods, pointed at the refugees who gathered in twos and threes in the distance, teasingly.

He has been setting up a stall in Yuan'an Town for more than half a month, and he is very clear about the style of the refugees and beggars around here. The pedestrians, the stalls of the Jianghu people, these people dare not make trouble, but they are very friendly to those who place orders to pawn. Less polite.

The original people in the town naturally also knew that if they wanted to pawn for food, they had to find a few strong workers from the family to come out with them.To avoid being stalked when you go back.

The easiest thing to tell is the outsider, or a nearby farmer who knows nothing and has nowhere to go. They are sure to be surrounded by people when they leave the street.

Gu Qi looked at the distance with a calm expression, then turned to pick a small rough-crafted dagger from the stall and asked, "What's the price?"

The stall owner raised his eyebrows: "Do you want this? Count you five coins."

Gu Qi took out five coins from the silver taels he had just received with a blank expression: "For a dagger, add two steamed buns, and give me a bowl of water."

"Deal." The stall owner smiled lightly and took the money, handed over steamed bread and water, and waited to watch the excitement with great interest.

Fighting is physical labor, you have to eat.

It was still early, and Gu Qi was not in a hurry, so he ate two dry steamed buns with water in a slow manner.This was the most complete meal that Gu Qi had eaten during his travels. The strange feeling of fullness that he hadn't felt for a long time made Gu Qi's stomach a little uncomfortable.

It's time for some exercise after dinner.

There are yamen officers patrolling the town, and it's not easy to cause people to die.

Sure enough, he just turned out of a street, and the refugees who followed one after another quickened their pace to outflank them.

Gu Qi looked at the surrounding environment sideways, and chose an alley to turn in.

Fortunately, it is a dead-end alley. The courtyards of the residents on both sides have already been locked, and dusty debris is piled up everywhere.Gu Qi was in a good mood, picked and picked, and found a good-looking bamboo basket.I don't know how many days it will take to leave Yuzhou Mansion. There are baskets. If you are lucky, you can collect some medicinal materials along the way, which is better than parcels.

"Little girl, leave the food and money on your body."

Gu Qigang placed the bamboo baskets he had picked up in a corner, and seven or eight middle-aged men with tall, thin, starved faces from the same family surrounded him one after another at the entrance of the alley behind him.

Gu Qi turned around and smiled: "No hurry, first talk about what you have on your body?"

Xu Shi didn't expect that a little girl who was besieged not only didn't panic when she saw her group, but also smiled on her face. For a while, the few people didn't pay attention to the meaning of Gu Qi's words, and only looked at each other. I thought to myself:

Shouldn't it be that I met a fool, it's really a sin.

"Little girl, although you are young, let's not embarrass you, leave everything on you, I will make the decision, and let you go in peace."

The leader was a young man with broad shoulders and a thick back. He looked much better than the few refugees behind him.After speaking, he glared at Gu Qiyi, bared his teeth and threatened:

"If you don't obediently put down your things, be careful that the brothers will tie you up and sell you to other people."

"It's a pity, it's worthless to sell you a few. I don't know if the gang will accept the labor of mining."

Gu Qi took a few steps back and moved his muscles and bones at will. After eating and drinking, the gradually recovered physical strength and the adaptation during this period of time made Gu Qi use this body more and more fit: "Don't talk nonsense, do it."

The crude dagger danced without seeing the blade. Gu Qi tapped the wall lightly with his foot and leaped for life. Before the man in front of him could react, the dagger had already slashed across the neck lightly.

Gu Qi controlled the strength of his hands, leaving a narrow and long opening on the man's neck, reddish blood seeping out, but only scratched the skin and did not really hurt the meridians.