Because everyone who came was very present, Gu Nian and her friends held a meeting that very night.
She doesn't dare bother her mother at night anymore, because her father will definitely dislike her. So, she'll wait for her mother to have a good pregnancy, and the rest of the things can be handled by her and her friends.
She hadn't expected the emperor to provide so many people; this had given her a complete infrastructure team, eliminating the need to wait for her fourth uncle to arrive or borrow the Peng family's blacksmith.
Knowing about Gu Xin's food street plan, she immediately said that the food street would be built once the city's public latrines were completed.
Gu Xin was overjoyed to hear this and said that she had a lot of free time recently. She told her sister to just tell her what she needed and she would take care of it. She told her sister to continue with her research and she would definitely get things done for her.
Gu Hui and Princess Jinghe talked about the maintenance of the city walls, and how the Peng family would occasionally lead troops to conduct drills to test the cement-covered city walls.
The effect was excellent. It would have been impossible to destroy the city wall in the era of cold weapons. In other words, Kuncheng's protection was upgraded, which made it easier for them to make money with peace of mind.
Gu Nian directly assigned work to Gu Xin and Gu Si, and Huo Yanyu followed them wherever they were needed.
After Gu Nian finished speaking, Gu Xin brought up an idea: she wanted to visit the place with such nice weather that Madam Peng had mentioned before.
The round trip would only take a day, but she was worried that her family wouldn't allow it, so she thought that everyone should go together. She would invite her uncle to go and take a look. If it was really suitable for farming, they might as well cultivate a large area there. The people who would do the land reclamation could be arranged by Madam Peng Si. There was no war recently, so it would be fine to send a group of Peng family soldiers.
Her older sisters reassured her that everything was fine once the matter was settled, and that Gu Hui and Jinghe could simply ask for another day off when the princess was on vacation.
They planned to rest for nine days, so the sisters made an appointment for the next break.
Nine days is enough time to take care of the people from Qingzhou who came over, as well as the people sent by the Emperor.
It was getting late, and a maid came in to ask if the young ladies wanted to wash up, saying the water was already warm.
Seeing that it was almost ready, Gu Hui told the maid to prepare.
Huo Yanyu suddenly slapped her forehead and exclaimed, "Oh dear!" She looked at Gu Nian and said, "Sigh, it's all because I miss my sisters so much. I forgot there was something else."
Gu Nian: "?"
Huo Yanyu stood up: "Wait a minute! I'm not a fairy anymore, I'm a little carrier pigeon. I've been dazzled by these pretty ladies and forgot my mission for a moment. I'll go get it right now!"
After saying that, he got up and went to his room.
A moment later, she handed Gu Nian a beautiful silk handkerchief containing something wrapped in it.
Gu Nian blinked: "Little carrier pigeon, who asked you to deliver a message?"
Huo Yanyu laughed and said, "Well, it's about a young man that many girls in the capital like. He asked me to deliver something to a girl far away. I don't know if he believes it or not! I haven't opened it to look at it along the way!"
Princess Jinghe teased, "Little carrier pigeon, is that young master surnamed Xue? He always wears black clothes and has a blank expression."
Huo Yanyu nodded: "Yes, yes! Sister Zhen, you're amazing, you even know that."
The Gu sisters smiled along.
They dared not make a fuss now; they still vividly remembered what happened with Li Muyan last time!
The three people pulled Huo Yanyu and Princess Jinghe away from Gu Nian's room.
Gu Nian opened the package; inside was a book, the Book of Songs?
She was a little confused. Was it a gift from Xue Qianyu?
But what does a book of the Book of Songs mean?
She subconsciously flipped it open, and after a few turns, she found herself in the middle, where a maple leaf had been pressed inside for who knows how long, somewhat like the specimens she had made before.
She picked up the maple leaf, examined it under the oil lamp, and saw nothing special about it!
When she put the maple leaf back, she saw the contents of that page.
Green are your robes, so green are the colors of my heart. ... A day apart feels like three months.
She was startled; maple leaves symbolize longing.
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