“Niannian, I think you have a prejudice against him!” Gu Hui was taken aback and looked at Gu Nian.

Gu Nian shook her head: "No, I just feel that we're not familiar with each other, so why would I ask him to do something like this?"

Gu En: "Sister Niannian, we're very close. Brother Ayuan even said he'd teach us how to set traps and hunt in the mountains in the spring!"

Gu Si: "Yes, yes, you also need to teach me and Sister Xinxin."

Gu Xin: "Yes, sister, Yuanyuan and I share the same birthday! I promised to give him a birthday present."

Gu Nian: It seems these two share the same birthday! Oh well, let's invite them. Watching an old man with an unknown mental age get into a brawl with kids, hmm, that'll be interesting.

"Alright! Since we're so familiar with each other, let's invite him too!" Gu Nian compromised.

The siblings tidied themselves up, and apart from being a little dirty, they didn't look like they had been in a fight.

After discussing the arrangements for meeting with the Gaojiacun group on the second day of the Lunar New Year, they went back to the old house together.

...

At the old house, Uncle Yang was already quite drunk and started talking to Gu Shouxin about his recent business. He said he wanted to open his own shop because the things Cai Xiaolian and Gu Nian had come up with were so practical.

Upon hearing this, Cai Xiaolian exclaimed, "Hey, that sounds like a good idea!"

The toiletries have been decided, and she doesn't need to keep an eye on Zuijianglou every day. Why not cooperate with Master Yang to open a shop?

Although Master Yang's status is not as high as Madam Cheng's, he is a villager and is very familiar with the Gu family. So there's no need to worry about other issues.

So Cai Xiaolian started talking to Yang Xiaohuan. During the conversation, she discovered that Yang Xiaohuan had a good business sense. The fact that Master Yang could talk about opening a shop after drinking today was the result of Yang Xiaohuan's constant nagging in his ear.

The two became more and more excited as they talked, eager to find a shop and make a big splash right away.

Seeing the children come in, Cai Xiaolian quickly waved and called to Gu Nian: "Niannian, come here, I have something to tell you."

"What's wrong, Mom!" As soon as Gu Nian went over, all the children followed and gathered around the brazier.

“I was talking to your Aunt Huan about opening a shop, a furniture store,” Cai Xiaolian said.

“That’s great! Grandpa Yang’s cooking skills are so good, it’s a shame he doesn’t open a shop,” Gu Nian nodded.

"This little girl has good taste!" Yang Xiaohuan gave Gu Nian a thumbs up. She had said this about her father for a long time, but he had always refused, saving money for her dowry! It was only recently that the things Gu Nian had made her father do that finally swayed him.

"Hehe, anyone with eyes can see it," Gu Nian laughed. "Aunt Xiao Huan, Mother, what are your plans?"

Cai Xiaolian and Yang Xiaohuan told Gu Nian what they had just discussed. Gu Hui, Gu Xin, and Gu Si listened with great interest, but Gu En couldn't stand it and ran to the kitchen to listen to her grandparents.

At midnight, Uncle Gu lit firecrackers at the gate, and after a while, he told the children to go to sleep. However, only Gu En went to sleep, while the other girls continued to listen to Cai Xiaolian and Yang Xiaohuan's plans for the furniture store.

Grandpa Gu was used to going to bed early, so he stayed up until midnight before going to sleep. Grandma Gu and Grandma Xiao were chatting in the kitchen.

The three Gu brothers continued to drink with Master Yang, who was already quite drunk.

Half an hour later, Grandma Gu and Grandma Xiao cooked the dumplings they had made at noon and brought them over for everyone to have as a late-night snack.

After eating dumplings, Master Yang finally couldn't hold on any longer and passed out drunk. Uncle Gu helped him to his room to sleep.