"Father." Gu Xiaoran quickly clung to Gu Qian when she heard he was leaving. "Xiaoran wants to go with you."
Gu Qian thought of what his teacher's wife had told him, hesitated for a long time, and then nodded. "Alright, Xiao Ran will go with Father."
"Gu Qian, have you thought this through?" Qiu Yan felt exhausted even in the peaceful city of Baiyang with her child, let alone in the harsh and cold border region.
This man has slowly entered her heart.
Gu Xiaoran looked at Gu Qian, then at Qiu Yan, her eyes glistening with tears.
In the end, he reached out to Qiu Yan and hugged her, saying, "Mother, Xiao Ran wants Mother."
When Gu Qian heard Gu Xiaoran speak so bluntly for the first time, his heart skipped a beat.
He opened his arms and hugged them both tightly.
He felt he had let Gu Xiaoran down, and felt even more guilty towards Qiu Yan.
"Father, please don't go."
Gu Qian patted Gu Xiaoran's little head, "Daddy will be right back."
As long as the border is pacified, he can come over every now and then, and gradually, Xiao Ran will get used to his departure.
Gu Xiaoran seemed to understand but not quite, and Qiu Xu pulled her to take a shower.
Before leaving, Gu Qian took out a stack of silver notes from his pocket. "I am stationed at the border year-round, so it is inconvenient for me to carry them with me. This is my savings from recent years. I entrust it to you for safekeeping."
Qiu Yan didn't take it, so Gu Qian stuffed it directly into her hand.
Seeing that Qiu Yan was focused on making money, and having overheard that she liked making money, Gu Qian subconsciously assumed that she liked money.
Men earn money to support their families, and didn't the master give all the money he earned to his wife?
Qiu Yan looked at the silver note in her hand and declined to accept it.
"Take the money back. I have my own money." The silver notes Gu Qian gave her last time were still there. Apart from spending some on building a house for the Li family, Qiu Yan hadn't touched a single penny.
"I've already told my second uncle to help us build a courtyard house in Baiyang." Gu Qian always found a way to get Qiu Yan to accept the banknotes.
"Build a courtyard?" Qiu Yan fell into deep thought instantly.
She had this idea before, but had not yet put it into practice.
She suddenly understood why her second uncle had kept the two Wu brothers alive.
"Where should we build it?" Qiu Yan asked.
"It's our house, you decide what to do with it." Gu Qian nodded to Qiu Yan, then mounted his horse.
"Gu Qian!" Qiu Yan chased after him a few steps. "It's not safe to travel at night. Let's go again early tomorrow morning."
Gu Qian's heart trembled slightly. This woman had finally decided to try and keep him.
He turned and dismounted, then gently kissed her forehead.
"Today is the deadline; we can't delay any longer. Wait for me to come back."
Before leaving, Gu Qian turned back to look at Qiu Yan one last time, gave her a reassuring look, and then left.
Qiu Yan felt a little strange. She stared at Gu Qian's departing figure for a long time before turning around.
Why does this man always like to walk at night?
She opened the wooden box.
When she unfolded it, she was truly taken aback.
She just mentioned it casually yesterday, but she didn't expect Gu Qian to give her both money and land.
This... shocked her greatly.
Since arriving in this other world, Qiu Yan has experienced one unexpected thing after another, but this incident was the most surprising to her.
Tonight, Qiu Xu and Zhu Silang will share a room, while Zhu Juan and her daughter will sleep together.
There's nothing we can do; the backyard is just that small.
The next morning, just as dawn was breaking, while Qiu Ling'er and Gu Xiaoran were still fast asleep, Qiu Yan took the land deed and headed to the southernmost part of Baiyang City.
The southern part of the city is a residential area.
The street shown on the land title is located at the very end of the residential buildings.
The houses here are much more dilapidated than the one my aunt lived in.
Qiu Yan was wondering yesterday why Gu Qian was able to buy an entire street, but now it's not surprising.
She held the land deed and walked around the place for a long time.
As soon as he looked up, he saw the county magistrate strolling here with his beloved concubine.
What a coincidence.
Qiu Yan nodded.
"Lord Tang, it's a pleasure to meet you."
Hu Ying's eyes flashed with intense jealousy, fearing that the adults would take a liking to Qiu Yan.
Tang Yi and Qiu Yan exchanged glances and immediately noticed the land deed in her hand.
"It really is you."
Tang Yi initially thought it was just someone with the same name, but now it's confirmed that it is indeed her.
This girl is giving her a real headache.
It was because she frequently sent people to the county government that his daily workload increased considerably.
However, this was his duty, and he couldn't complain.
The man came to him yesterday, saying he wanted to buy the entire street in Baiyang. He was pestered so much that he had no choice but to sell all the land there to him.
There was nothing he could do; that person was not someone a mere county magistrate like himself could afford to offend.
Not only that, the man also said that if anything happened to Miss Qiu Yan in Baiyang City, he would be held responsible.
That threatening tone infuriated Tang Yi.
Tang Yi wished he could fight him.
However, he couldn't afford to offend them.
"Is it strange that it's me?" Qiu Yan herself was also puzzled as to why she would run into the county magistrate here so early this morning.
Tang Yi couldn't understand how Qiu Yan, a mere peasant girl, could have married Gu Qian.
"Oh, I just wanted to know, what's your relationship with Gu Qian?"
"You two know each other?" Qiu Yan asked, somewhat surprised.
Tang Yi replied, "The military generals often come to our county to recruit soldiers and collect grain, how could I not know him? Miss Qiu, you still haven't told me what your relationship is."
A military general? This Gu Qian is really low-key. Qiu Yan smiled and said, "We... have a very close relationship."
"A close relationship?" Qiu Yan's answer confirmed Tang Yi's suspicions about their relationship.
It seems he should be more polite to Miss Qiu Yan from now on.
"Lord Tang, it's getting late, I'll head back now." Qiu Yan was very busy, she didn't have time to chat with the magistrate.
"Wait!" Tang Yi stepped forward. "Miss Qiu, I would like to ask you to take someone back with me. I wonder if Miss Qiu would be willing?"
Hearing Tang Yi say this, Qiu Yan already knew who it was, but she still asked, "Who?"
"Song Jiao." Tang Yi knew that Song Jiao was Qiu Yan's person, so he wanted to buy her from Qiu Yan.
Hu Ying's face turned from red to black, and she looked as if she wanted to tear the handkerchief in her hand to shreds.
Qiu Yan felt some sympathy for Jiang Liu for choosing such a lecherous man.
Qiu Yan's thinking is different from that of the ancients. Perhaps people here are used to it. In any case, she cannot accept a man like Tang Yi.
"I'm sorry, Miss Song Jiao will be playing the pipa at Xingyue Tower. If you enjoy listening to music, please come and support us at Xingyue Tower often."
"You actually refused me?" Tang Yi felt awkward as soon as he said it. "Miss Qiu, how much did you pay for Song Jiao? I'm willing to pay three times the price to redeem her."
Qiu Yan parted her thin lips slightly, "Three daughters!"
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