Chapter 73 Not Welcome

Time passed slowly, and in the blink of an eye, several months had passed.

In the past few months, Gu Yan and Li Wanqing have spent most of their time in the mountains, and only go out when they need to sell medicinal herbs.

"Wife, here, this is the silver from this sale." Gu Yan handed over the purse containing the silver.

"How much silver did you get this time? Why does it feel like a lot more than last time?" Li Wanqing said as she opened her purse.

"Yes, there are a few more. Didn't we pick the Kidney Essence Tea the day before yesterday? Manager Liu said that it is a good stuff and asked us to pick more and send them over when we see it in the future." Gu Yan explained.

"Okay, we didn't collect much Kidney Essence Tea before, so we just need to be more careful next time.

But I'm afraid I won't be free these few days. The autumn harvest is coming soon, and we have to go to the farm." Li Wanqing casually put the silver into the money box in the space.

"Well, we have to keep an eye on it. We can probably harvest more than 5,000 kilograms of grain this time. I plan to keep enough for us to eat and sell the rest. What do you think?" Gu Yan said.

"That's fine, leave more rice and wheat, and a little corn for a change of taste.

"Just keep enough beans for us to eat, and sell the rest," said Li Wanqing.

"Okay, let's go tomorrow. There's still some preparation work to do before the autumn harvest. I don't know much about it, so I have to watch and learn from the sidelines.

"No matter what, Zhuangzi is ours. Even if I don't know how to do it, I have to understand the general process and not let anyone fool me," said Gu Yan.

"Well, we'll probably be gone for about a month this time. I'll pack up the things at home first and pick all the edible vegetables outside." Li Wanqing said.

"I'll also bring in the dried chickens and rabbits. You can put them in the space later. I think the smoked bacon is almost done, so put it in the warehouse." Gu Yan also had things to do.

After the two of them had discussed it, they started working separately.

The next morning, Gu Yan and Li Wanqing left the mountains and went to Qingshan Town.

They will stay in the farm for a month, and then it will be the autumn harvest, so they definitely need to prepare some things.

They first went to the grocery store to buy some oil, salt and seasonings, and then bought several large bundles of oilcloth.

I have used up the few pieces I bought originally, so now I’m buying a few more bundles as a reserve.

Then he went to buy pork again, and this time he bought a lot. Gu Yan directly bought out several pork stalls.

Li Wanqing doesn't like wild boar meat, and Gu Yan has also been influenced by him to like eating domestic pork.

Moreover, Gu Yan loves to eat the pig offal braised by Li Wanqing, and he eats it every day.

Every time he went out of the mountains, he would buy a lot of pork, and this time was no exception. He bought up all the pork offal from the pork stalls.

Next, Gu Yan bought a lot of baskets and sacks to store grain.

Finally, Li Wanqing went to the cloth shop again. This time, she came to buy shoes. Although she had made the paper clips, she had not had time to make the shoes.

For the time being, the two of them only bought shoes to wear.

Li Wanqing is a regular customer of the cloth shop and a big customer. Every time she comes, the shopkeeper will receive her warmly and give her pieces of cloth.

In fact, Li Wanqing is not short of fabric, and cloth scraps are dispensable.

But sometimes it's like this: the less you need something, the more you show it. No matter how insignificant it is, the more people will rush to give it to you.

This time was the same. When Li Wanqing went to the counter to pay, the shopkeeper said, "You bought a lot, so I'll give you two extra pairs of insoles and a bag of cloth.

These scraps of cloth are all cut from the finest fine cotton. They can’t be used for anything else, but they’re also good for making insoles or something like that.”

"Thank you, shopkeeper. These are all good things." Although Li Wanqing didn't need them, she would rather not refuse something that was given for free, right?

And as the old saying goes, there are useless people but no useless people. You can take these scraps of cloth and use them to make paper clips.

After leaving the cloth shop, it was almost noon, so Gu Yan discussed with Li Wanqing that they should have lunch before going back.

"Wife, let's have dinner before going back." Gu Yan said.

"Forget it, I don't want to run into your second uncle and the others. Let's go back." Li Wanqing was too lazy to deal with Gu Yan's second uncle and the others.

All the restaurants in this town are located on this street. If she runs into Uncle Gu and his men, there will be a lot of hassle, and Li Wanqing will be in trouble first.

"Or we can go to the snack stand and have a bowl of wontons, otherwise it will take us half an hour to walk back." Gu Yan said.

"Okay, I remember there's a place that sells delicious wontons on the edge of town. Let's go there," said Li Wanqing.

As the saying goes, what you fear will come to you, and this is exactly what is happening to Gu Yan and Li Wanqing now.

Li Wanqing didn't want to meet Uncle Gu and the others, but she happened to meet Uncle Gu who came out to see off guests.

"Goodbye, sir. Welcome to come again next time." Uncle Gu watched the guest go away and was about to go back to the restaurant.

In a blink of an eye, I saw Gu Yan passing by pulling a carriage.

"Gu Yan, Third Brother, where are you going? Come on, it's noon, let's go in and have something to eat before leaving." Uncle Gu said while pulling Gu Yan.

Gu Yan was a little surprised. It was the first time he felt his second uncle was so enthusiastic.

But he didn't want to get too close to his second uncle. This second uncle was a man who would not do anything without profit. He was so enthusiastic, and he might be plotting against them.

Just like what my wife said, he is also afraid of trouble.

"No need, Second Uncle, we are in a hurry to go back." Gu Yan struggled a little, but Second Uncle Gu did not let go.

"Of course I can't. We're already at my uncle's house, so we have to eat before going back." Uncle Gu insisted.

Seeing how persistent his second uncle was, Gu Yan knew that he must have known about the farm and that he must need his help with something, otherwise his second uncle wouldn't be so enthusiastic.

Since he couldn't leave, Gu Yan wanted to see what his second uncle's purpose was.

"Since Second Uncle has invited you so warmly, we'll bother you," Gu Yan said.

"What are you disturbing? Come on in, I'll ask the chef to make some of his signature dishes for us to have a drink.

"Is your niece-in-law in the car? Get out and get in together. Leave the carriage to the waiter." Uncle Gu turned around and called the waiter.

Gu Yan helped Li Wanqing get off the carriage and followed Uncle Gu into the restaurant.

This was Li Wanqing's first time entering Uncle Gu's restaurant. To be precise, it was not Uncle Gu's, but Aunt Gu's.

"Master, are there more guests? Are they in the private room upstairs or in the lobby? Waiter, go and serve tea." Aunt Gu saw someone coming in with Uncle Gu.

Thinking that a guest had arrived, he quickly went forward to greet him.

When I got closer, I found that it was Gu Yan and Li Wanqing who came in.

"Why are you here? What are you doing here? Head of the household, why did you bring them in?" Aunt Gu looked at them with a gloomy face, wishing she could kick them out.

Gu Yan didn't want to come in in the first place, and now that Second Aunt Gu was acting like this, Gu Yan definitely couldn't stand it: "Since Second Aunt Gu doesn't welcome us, then we'll go back."