Qin Ying glanced into the lobby. It was not meal time yet, and there were only a few guests sitting and drinking tea in the lobby. She nodded and walked in ahead of Gu Fei.

The two walked to a table in the corner and sat down. Qin Ying smiled reservedly at Gu Fei, "Miss Gu, you should know who I am, right?"

Gu Fei raised an eyebrow, "I really don't know the girl. If I hadn't recognized the girl next to you who sent me the post yesterday, I wouldn't even know the girl's last name."

Qin Ying's face flushed slightly, "That's because I was abrupt."

"My grandfather was the mountain chief of Qinglian Academy, and my father was the priest of the Imperial Academy."

"My name is Qin Ying."

Gu Fei looked at her for two seconds and said slowly: "My grandfather is a farmer, and my father is a farmer."

"I run a small business to support my family. My name is Gu Fei."

Qin Ying opened her mouth slightly. She never expected that Gu Fei would say such words. She hesitated and said, "I came today to ask Miss Gu to join our poetry club."

Poetry club?

What does that have to do with me?

Gu Fei waved her hand, "Thank you to Miss Qin for looking up to you, but I won't join the poetry club."

Qin Ying didn't expect Gu Fei to refuse so directly, and frowned slightly, "Miss Gu, in our poetry club, we are all ladies from well-known families. We meet once a month to review everyone's new poems, or to have fun together for the day. It’s so much fun to compose a few random songs.”

Gu Fei said helplessly: "Miss Qin, you have also seen that I have to do business every day, and I really don't have time to write any poems."

Qin Ying looked at Gu Fei and said seriously: "Miss Gu, since you have outstanding literary talent, you should spend your time on poetry. How can you waste your talent like this?"

Gu Fei chuckled lightly, "Oh, this kind of young lady who doesn't know the sufferings of the world is really cute."

"Miss Qin, you may not understand that you and I are different. If you compare Miss Qin to the snow in spring, I am a lowly person."

"I don't have the time or energy to write any poetry. I have to run around for three meals a day."

"Those poems and such are what young ladies like you use to pass the time. They are so far away from my life."

Qin Ying shook her head in disapproval, "Miss Gu, I thought you were not an ordinary person if you could write such a poem. Who knew you were so ignorant!"

"Do you know how many people are distressed because of their mediocre qualifications, but there are people like you in the world who have outstanding qualifications but waste their talents in vain, so people--"

Halfway through the words, Xiao Lu ran over and said, "The shopkeeper, butcher Zhao from the butcher shop is here to pay for this month's meat."

Gu Fei looked over and saw Butcher Zhao standing there with his clothes half open, exposing his belly. She quickly stood up and said, "Miss Qin, wait a moment, I'll be back soon."

Qin Ying followed her gaze and glanced over there. Suddenly she saw Butcher Zhao's protruding belly. Her face turned red and she turned away hastily.

Gu Fei walked to the counter, opened the account book, and quickly calculated the abacus. She paid the money to Butcher Chen, then returned to the corner and sat down opposite Qin Ying as before.

Qin Ying pursed her lips tightly, looking unhappy.

Gu Fei didn't have time to chat with her, "Miss Qin, thank you for looking up to me, but as you've seen, my store is very busy and I really don't have time to write any poems or lyrics."

"Besides, the girl and I are not the same person. If the girl has nothing to do, I won't sit with her."

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