Chapter 112 Oxcart, Oxcart
Gu Qingcheng sat in the ox cart and adjusted for a moment before opening the system panel.
The transparent interface still shows the same numerical values.
"Bad news, I'll put my points on appearance this time!"
Gu Qingcheng used her consciousness to command Huoshui.
"Okay!"
Huoshui responded and started to operate immediately.
Swish! Gu Qingcheng's personal attribute values were updated immediately.
Gu Qingcheng looked again and found that the value had been refreshed.
Appearance: 50 IQ: 96 Character: 57 Stamina: 75 Gu Qingcheng focused her eyes on the appearance column and scanned it repeatedly. "It's 50 points. There are still 10 points away from the passing line of 60 points."
Once she reaches the passing line, her appearance will not be considered ugly, but rather that of an ordinary person.
Gu Qingcheng touched her dry and yellow hair, and a little hope arose in her heart.
Although she has been a beauty two or three times in the mission world.
But her obsession is her own appearance.
She hopes to become stunningly beautiful in her own world.
"……actually!"
Just when Gu Qingcheng was still thinking about it, Huoshui spoke hesitantly.
Gu Qingcheng came back to her senses, "Actually what?"
What stupid thing does this little idiot want to say? "Executor, I think you should stop being obsessed with your looks and pay attention to your character!"
Huoshui tried to hold back again and again, but still couldn't help it and cautiously made a suggestion.
Well, it was really a little scared by Gu Qingcheng from the previous world.
As an intelligent assistant with positive values, it is hard to imagine that its executor would actively harm others.
He also taught a sinister person whose values were equally precarious.
Huoshui was very worried that if his executor continued to develop like this, he might really become a terrible villain.
"..." Gu Qingcheng didn't say anything, but just gave Huoshui a deep look, letting it understand.
Huoshui: ...Woohoo, this look makes me look more like a villain, doesn’t it?
Gu Qingcheng was too lazy to pay attention to the trouble. She glanced at the system panel again and asked casually, "How many days will the cooling time be this time?"
When asked about his job, Huoshui immediately perked up and answered obediently, "Dear, it will take four days this time."
Gu Qingcheng didn't even need to count on her fingers to understand the rules of the system. As the number of tasks increased, her "waiting" time for the next task would also increase.
Is this to accumulate energy? Or is it to carefully study how to "supplement" her with new rules?
Well, Gu Qingcheng admitted that her heart was so "dark" and she never thought only about the good things.
She would anticipate all possible situations, including the worst one.
Click! Click!
The wooden wheels of the ox cart crushed the yellow mud on the official road, making a dull sound and causing the ox cart to shake constantly.
Even though Gu Qingcheng had modified the ox cart, the carriage was much more spacious than ordinary carriages, and people sitting inside could stretch their bodies appropriately.
You can also change your posture at will, sitting, lying, reclining, or standing up (like a young child like Gu Qingcheng), which is always better than sitting all the time.
However, the bumps of the ox cart will not be reduced due to different postures.
This is a relatively slow ox cart. If it were a horse carriage, it would be even more bumpy.
"No, this bullock cart needs to be rebuilt."
Gu Qingcheng's memory of the previous world was erased, but in her subconscious, there was still a vague shadow——
In later times, there was a better means of transportation.
It does not require any animals such as oxen or horses to pull it, nor does it require any wooden wheels. It is very comfortable to sit in.
She couldn't remember the structure of the car, let alone how the engine and other parts worked.
But she still has some "common sense" that seems to be rooted in her brain.
It’s like the fact that even if a person loses his memory, he can still write and do math.
In the previous world, many of the things Gu Qingcheng learned have slowly penetrated into her soul and become her "instinct".
"Luqi, go ahead and ask if there is any inn or village nearby where we can rest."
Gu Qingcheng is very proactive. Once she thinks of something, she will do it.
She called the maid in a low voice and gave instructions in a soft voice.
"yes!"
Luqi is a few years older than Gu Qingcheng. She is already in her teens this year, but she is still a little maid.
However, as she served the precocious Gu Qingcheng, she became exceptionally calm.
She agreed and knocked lightly on the front of the car.
The driver sitting in front heard the noise, pulled the reins and shouted, "Whoa!"
The sturdy yellow ox stopped obediently.
Luqi opened the car door and jumped out nimbly.
She trotted to the front and found Zheng Mo, the General in Charge of the "escort".
"General, is there any post station or town nearby where we can rest?"
Luqi knelt down and saluted, then asked politely.
"Are you tired, Madam San? Do you want to rest?"
Zheng Mo recognized that this little maid was the one who served the third wife of the Gu family, so he made such a guess.
Luqi smiled but said nothing, just stood there respectfully.
Well, not denying it is tacit consent.
Zheng Mo touched his nose and muttered to himself: Little girls are just pampered.
However, considering that she is a noble lady from an aristocratic family, it is normal for her to be a little pampered.
If it were any other exiled "prisoners", Zheng Mo would definitely not pay attention to their "unreasonable demands".
The Gu family is different after all.
Gu Heng was a famous scholar in the country and had been the teacher of two generations of emperors.
Even though Chen Jing, the powerful official who had already held the emperor hostage, did not dare to do anything to Gu Heng.
In order to drive away this old minister of three dynasties who was of noble birth and highly respected, Chen Jing could only "exile" him under the pretext of an imperial edict.
Before issuing an order, word of the matter must be leaked to give the Gu family enough time to make arrangements.
When Gu Yi and Princess Jiangling led the entire Gu family to flee the Southern Dynasty, the garrison stationed in Jiankang and on the riverside only tried to stop them symbolically.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Let the Gu family’s large group of people easily cross the river and escape!
During this process, although Gu's relatives and friends helped, it was also because Chen Jing did not give a strict order.
Chen Jing just wanted to monopolize the government, not to make enemies with all the noble families in Jiankang.
The Gu family is an old aristocratic family in the Southern Dynasty and a local resident. Chen Jing would not kill them all.
Chen Jing was like this, so Zheng Mo, as a small follower, would not deliberately make things difficult for him.
"I just looked around and there's a town 20 miles ahead. It's noon now, so why not take a rest in the town?"
Zheng Mo suppressed the messy thoughts in his mind and said to Luqi with a smile.
"Thank you, General!"
Luqi bowed gracefully, bowed politely and expressed her thanks.
Zheng Mo smiled, and a glimmer of expectation flashed in his eyes as he looked at Gu Qingcheng's ox cart.
Well, okay, Zheng Mo admitted that the reason he cooperated like this, besides because he was wary of and respected the Wujun Gu family, was also because he felt that "one should be grateful to the one who has benefited from it".
Oh my, the Gu family is indeed a family with hundreds of years of history, and the family heritage is extraordinary.
The ancestral recipes alone are amazing.
Thinking back to the Tongding Lamb I had yesterday, my mouth is still watering.
While Zheng Mo swallowed his saliva, he secretly wondered: What kind of delicious food will the young lady from the Gu family make today?
…
Zheng Mo was destined to be disappointed today.
Because Gu Qingcheng's mind was now full of how to rebuild the ox cart to make the journey more comfortable for her grandfather and herself.
Meals?
There was an inn in the town. Gu Qingcheng ordered people to book the inn and arranged for the Qianniu Guards and rangers to move in.
The inn's kitchen provides guests with meals and hot water according to normal standards.
Zheng Mo: ...Although there were no surprises, I wasn’t treated poorly either. It was pretty standard.
Gu Qingcheng: ...Of course we can't always create surprises. If they get used to "surprises" and suddenly there are none, they will be unhappy and even resentful.
Gu Qingcheng understood the principle of gratitude for a little help and resentment for a big help too well.
"Ah Qing, are you tired?"
Gu Heng didn't know about Gu Qingcheng's plan. After arriving in the town, he got off his ox cart.
When the old man found Gu Qingcheng, he felt a little distressed.
His little granddaughter is only six years old, and yet she has to suffer the hardships of sleeping in the open and wandering with him.
Aqing has always been sensible. When her family went through a huge change this time, she showed wisdom and ability beyond her age.
Arrange all travel matters in an orderly manner.
To the extent that Gu Heng almost forgot the age of his granddaughter.
Alas, it’s all his fault. He neglected Aqing.
"No! Aung, are you tired?"
Gu Heng felt sorry for Gu Qingcheng, and Gu Qingcheng also cared about her grandfather.
The old man is already over sixty years old, which is definitely considered a "long life" in ancient times when the average life expectancy was no more than forty.
The property was confiscated, they were exiled... although the Gu family did not suffer a catastrophic disaster.
But being "escorted" away from Jiankang, traveling thousands of miles directly to Lingnan, was not only physical torture for Gu Heng, but also a psychological loss.
He didn't defeat Chen Jing. He was a loser and was driven out of the capital in disgrace.
His children and grandchildren were also like stray dogs, and had to flee the Southern Dynasty and go to the Northern Dynasty.
This is truly a shame for the Gu family.
As the head of the family and an elder, Gu Heng has an unshirkable responsibility for all of this, and also feels deeply guilty.
So, after leaving Jiankang, Gu Heng felt a little depressed while sitting in the carriage.
His energy and spirit seemed to have dissipated a little. In just two or three days, he looked older.
Gu Qingcheng was originally smart and perceptive, and she lived two lives and had many adventures.
She could see the changes in her grandfather at a glance and could understand his psychology.
She proposed to stay in the town not only to rebuild the ox cart, but also to give her grandfather a new "interest".
"You want to rebuild the bullock cart? Hasn't our bullock cart been rebuilt?"
After hearing what Gu Qingcheng said, Gu Heng indeed showed a curious expression.
"It's not enough, Aung, our ox cart can be improved even better!"
PS: It’s the Little New Year in the south. As a native northerner, I’m really curious, little cuties in the south, do you really not eat dumplings, but glutinous rice balls?! (_)?
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