"Isn't that simple?" Li Rong laughed. "My older brother and I are both boys. We two boys can give my second sister a new outfit and some small trinkets. I think my second sister will be very happy."
Is this okay?
"Gu Sang, don't worry, leave this matter to my brother and me. My brother is a careless person. If my brother and I go, and we need our second aunt to give us some advice, then we will be even less able to do this well. Gu Sang, just wait for the good news. Don't be surprised when it comes, or you'll have insomnia."
"Yes." Gu Sang nodded. She knew that Li Rong was right.
"Alright, I'm sleepy too, I'll go to sleep first, you should go to sleep early too." After saying this, Li Rong closed her eyes. Although Gu Sang was also sleepy, she couldn't fall asleep no matter what.
Seeing that Gu Sang's eyes were still open, Li Rong looked at her curiously and asked, "Gu Sang, aren't you asleep yet?"
"I'm not asleep yet." Gu Sang sighed. "Li Rong, do you think we're being a bit irresponsible? We clearly said we'd send something to Uncle and Aunt, but we didn't. Isn't that disrespectful to them?"
"What are you saying? Neither you nor your eldest brother are wrong. Your second uncle and aunt have been so good to you, so you have no reason not to give them gifts. Besides, your second uncle and aunt have been so good to us, and if we don't give them any gifts, it means we don't treat them as our elders. Isn't it a bit unfair of us to do that?"
"Li Rong, I'll leave this matter to you and your older brother. You two can make the decision yourselves. I'll just do you a favor. As for the rest, it's up to you two."
"Don't worry, Gu Sang, I will do my best to handle this matter properly."
"Mm." Gu Sang nodded.
The next day, Gu Sang and Li Rong got up early and soon arrived at the Liu family's house.
When Xie heard the knocking, she got up and opened the door to find Gu Sang and Li Rong standing there. Liu smiled and waved to them, "Gu girl, Li young master, please come in."
"Thank you, Auntie," Gu Sang and Li Rong said in unison.
"Alright, hurry up and eat, it'll get cold soon," Liu said with a smile.
After finishing their meal, Gu Sang and Li Rong said a brief goodbye and returned home.
"Mom, I'm back." Gu Sang called out as soon as she entered the house.
"Yes, you're back." Li, who was sitting in a chair reading a book, looked up at Gu Sang.
"Hmm, Mother, what are you looking at? You seem so engrossed," Gu Sang asked.
"Oh, it's nothing, I was just flipping through it." Li regained her composure and focused her gaze on the book.
"Mother, you don't need to read anymore. Your eyes are uncomfortable, so lie down and rest for a while," Gu Sang said.
"Okay, then." Madam Li nodded. "Go to sleep first, and wake me up when you wake up."
"Okay, I understand."
"Okay, I'm going to sleep now."
"Yes, Mother, goodnight."
"Okay, goodnight."
Gu Sang yawned and went back to her room.
After returning to her room, Gu Sang washed up and went to bed.
She slept for three or four hours, until the sky gradually darkened, and then Gu Sang slowly woke up.
When Gu Sang woke up, she found herself still in bed with no one beside her. She felt a little strange. Why had she been sleeping in bed ever since she came back?
"Never mind, it's still early anyway, I'll sleep a little longer," Gu Sang said, closing her eyes again to continue sleeping.
A short while later, Gu Sang opened her eyes again, got up and dressed.
"Mother, I'm all packed and ready to go," Gu Sang said to Li Shi after she came out.
"Okay, be careful on the road, and let me know when you get to the county town safely," Li said with a smile.
"Okay."
After leaving the courtyard, Gu Sang rode her horse towards the county town. By then, it was already noon. She found an inn in the county town, checked in, and ordered several dishes.
After finishing her meal, she began to gather information.
"I heard that a group of big merchants came to the county today, and each vehicle was full of goods."
"Really? Who's coming this time? Which village are they from?"
"He came from the capital; I heard he's a merchant named Lin Yun."
"Then they must be from the capital. The capital must be very prosperous."
"Yes, it must be very prosperous. If you don't believe me, I'll take you to see it for yourself."
"Then please take us there quickly."
After finishing her meal, Gu Sang left the inn and headed towards the market.
The market was packed with people, and Gu Sang couldn't find any stalls selling goods even after searching around.
Gu Sang searched again but still couldn't find a stall selling goods.
Just as Gu Sang was about to go to other places to look for goods, she suddenly heard someone shouting loudly in front of her: "Look! There are people fighting over there!!"
At that moment, Gu Sang saw two raggedly dressed boys fighting together.
Gu Sang saw the two boys desperately swinging their weapons at each other. Although their weapons were old, they were very sharp, and the clash of their weapons produced a piercing sound.
After observing for a while, Gu Sang realized that the two boys were ordinary children from farming families.
Gu Sang walked towards the two boys, and when she reached them, she shouted, "Stop!!"
The shout startled the two fighting boys. They stopped fighting and looked in the direction of the sound. They were stunned. They never expected that a girl would dare to step forward and break up the fight.
"What... what do you want to do?" one of the boys asked at this moment.
"Me? Of course I'm here to break up the fight. What else can I do but watch you two continue fighting?" Gu Sang retorted.
"We're not fighting, we're not sparring, we're just exchanging pointers," the boy replied, then stepped aside, leaving Gu Sang an opening.
Seeing this, Gu Sang ignored him and walked straight to another person.
"Hey, what are you trying to do? I'm telling you, you better get out of my way, or don't blame me for beating you up." At this moment, another boy yelled at Gu Sang.
Gu Sang ignored the person and walked directly in front of him.
Gu Sang approached step by step, while the man slowly retreated. Finally, Gu Sang cornered him, forcing him into a corner...?
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