Before leaving, Qiu Yumei told Qiu Yan and the other three, "Xiao Yan, take Gu Qian and the two children and come to your aunt's house for lunch later."
Qiu Yan smiled and replied, "Okay."
Qiu Ling'er didn't dare to get close to Gu Qian, but Gu Xiaoran seemed to have gotten used to it.
Gu Qian hadn't expected that what had just happened would frighten Qiu Ling'er. It took him a while to comfort her and calm her down.
He didn't want Qiu Ling'er to fear him or think he was a bad person.
Because of what had just happened, Gu Qian didn't want Qiu Yan to go back to setting up her stall.
However, Qiu Yan told him to shut up.
What you gain through a man is not real; only what you gain through yourself is truly secure.
Renaitang sold some herbs, and Xingyuelou gave Uncle Li some wild game. Qiu Yan planned to take the two children out for a good time, and also take a day off for herself.
After casually buying some snacks to satisfy the two children's cravings, they went to a bustling market area.
It's called a bustling area because of the crowds in front.
Amidst the crowded throng, there were street performers, juggling troupes, and people playing a game of ring toss...
A young man, holding iron rings, kept shouting, "Come on, take a look, ten rings for ten coins..."
Most of the items in front were worthless, practically worthless. In the back were teapots, porcelain, cloth dolls, and copper coins.
The copper coins came in denominations of one wen, two wen, three wen, and five wen.
At this moment, there were quite a few pedestrians standing in front of his stall, and quite a few teenagers playing the ring toss game.
However, only a few managed to get the pieces.
Seeing Qiu Yan and her friends walking towards them, the young man smiled and said to Qiu Yan, "Miss, whatever you win is yours. Have a try."
Qiu Yan looked at the last row and paid the young man twenty copper coins. "Twenty laps, please."
"Okay."
The young man was overjoyed. After receiving the money, he promptly gave Qiu Yan twenty iron rings.
Qiu Ling'er and Gu Xiaoran immediately became interested, looking like it was a lot of fun.
Gu Qian looked at Qiu Yan in front of him with great interest; she didn't look like a country girl at all.
Qiu Yan handed the remaining nineteen rings to Gu Qian, held one ring in her hand, aimed at the row of copper coins in the farthest distance, and then threw it forcefully. The ring landed accurately on five copper coins.
"Okay..." Instantly, the surrounding area erupted in an uproar.
Half the morning had passed, and they still hadn't seen anyone manage to catch it that far.
The onlookers were surprised that Qiu Yan, at such a young age, had such excellent aim, and they all stood still, clapping and cheering.
Qiu Ling'er and Gu Xiaoran cheered, "Sister is awesome!"
Gu Xiaoran also called her "sister," but Gu Qian glanced back at her and said, "Xiaoran, you're from a different generation."
Gu Qian was already smiling, and he recalled the scene when he had a chance encounter with Qiu Yan in the deep forest, where Qiu Yan caught a rabbit.
The young man's face froze. This girl...
He thought to himself, it was all just a coincidence.
However, just as he was thinking this, the next moment, with a whoosh, another five coins fell into Qiu Yan's trap.
Before he could react, another one...
The young man looked pained; this girl must be here to cause trouble.
The cheers around them grew louder, and the two children couldn't stop smiling.
In the end, Qiu Yan got four five-coin sets, four three-coin sets, four two-coin sets, and four one-coin sets, without missing a single one.
With only four laps left, she looked at Gu Qian and said, "You do it."
The young man breathed a sigh of relief. He refused to believe that the man and woman in front of him were more powerful than each other.
However, he miscalculated.
Gu Qian barely looked at the circle; he casually tossed it, and a blue-and-white porcelain teapot landed in his circle.
The young man was almost in tears.
The onlookers stared at the man in astonishment. They had encountered a master; how long must he have practiced to be able to match his moves so accurately?
In the blink of an eye, the last teapot was gone.
Then, four more teacups were lost.
The teacups were stacked in pairs.
He felt bad even if it wasn't worth much.
A ring toss game earned Qiu Yan over twenty copper coins, after deducting the cost, plus two tea sets from Gu Qian.
The three men left satisfied with the money and tea set, leaving the young man looking utterly dejected.
If he had known, he shouldn't have struck up a conversation with that girl; he made a huge mistake.
At noon, the four of them went to Qiu Yumei's house.
Before going, Qiu Yan and her friends went to Flower Food Street again to check out the surrounding shops and plan ahead, thinking about where to rent or buy a shop in the future.
Afterwards, they went to the market and bought fish, meat, nuts, pastries, candied fruits, and other snacks.
At this moment, Qiu Yumei had already started cooking. Seeing that Qiu Yan and the others had bought so much food for lunch, she couldn't help but complain.
Qiu Yumei steamed a pot of hot buns and slaughtered a wild pheasant that Gu Qian had sent that morning; it was almost ready to be stewed.
Qiu Yan went to kill the grass carp and, based on her experience from her previous life, made a steamed fish.
It was the first time Qiu Yumei and Gu Qian had tasted Qiu Yan's fish cooking, and they thought it was really delicious.
While everything was peaceful on Qiu Yan's side, Qiu Dafu was in a much worse mood.
He had just returned home this morning when the county magistrate appeared before him, looking at him with hostility.
Not only today, but yesterday, Hu Ying also tried to pick a fight with him, but Qiu Dafu successfully defused the situation.
Tang Yi accidentally dropped some loose silver coins on the ground. Looking at the red figure in the distance, an idea suddenly came to him.
"Pick it up, and the money is yours!"
He thought that if Qiu Dafu took the money, Jiang Liu would naturally look down on him.
Qiu Dafu clenched his fist, walked calmly past Tang Yi without even glancing at the broken silver, and moved away from him.
"Stop right there!"
Tang Yi called out to Qiu Dafu from behind.
He was a dignified county magistrate, and everyone bowed and scraped before him, but Qiu Dafu was an exception.
"Didn't you hear what I said? You're just a lowly servant. Shouldn't you nod and greet me when you see me?"
What guard? He was clearly a man Jiang Liu had deliberately found to provoke him, and he was indeed provoked.
Qiu Dafu paused for a moment. He didn't want to live this oppressive life for even a day longer. He felt like he had just left prison only to fall into a wolf's den.
"I am not a servant of the Tang family!"
He didn't turn around and continued walking. When he looked up, he saw the woman in red in the distance looking at him.
He felt stifled inside, but his sharply defined features remained expressionless.
Qiu Dafu's indifferent demeanor made Tang Yi feel ignored.
He's a dignified county magistrate, why should Qiu Dafu ignore him!
He refused to believe that he, a dignified county magistrate, couldn't even discipline a newly arrived guard.
Jiang Liu returned to the courtyard and began to slowly sit and drink tea, while her maid Cuizhu massaged her shoulders.
The next moment, Qiu Dafu's straight figure came into view.
Qiu Dafu cupped his hands and looked at Jiang Liu.
"lady."
"Don't worry about it." Jiang Liu said gently. Qiu Dafu looked at her beautiful face and his heart trembled slightly.
This isn't a matter of whether I care or not. "Being in the Tang residence has been incredibly oppressive. I don't want to be trapped here again after just gaining my freedom. Madam, from now on, I'll be at your service whenever you need me, but I must leave today!"
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