Chapter 47 At midnight
Gu Xiaoxi looked at her simple old father and smiled slightly, saying, "Don't worry, Dad. I know what's going on. Please sit in the kitchen for a while. Dinner will be served soon."
Hey hey hey…
Gu He nodded with a smile and was pulled to the kitchen by his daughter to sit down.
Chai poured hot water for everyone to wash their hands, and Gu Xiaoxi brought tonight's meal to the table.
Dani's eyes lit up when she smelled the delicious aroma.
Seeing Dani's greedy look, Gu Xiaoxi smiled and picked up a large piece of food for her with chopsticks: "Eat it!"
Dani thanked her aunt: "Thank you, aunt."
"This, this is not possible. Grandpa hasn't even started eating!" Xue glanced at her daughter.
Dani put down her chopsticks obediently and waited for her grandfather to pick up his chopsticks before she started eating with big mouthfuls.
"Sister, this is so delicious." Gu Nanming couldn't stop eating.
"It's delicious, but I can't even tell what it is." Chai also lowered her head and ate voraciously.
"This is pig offal. When I bought meat today, the butcher gave me some big bones and some pig offal.
Many people look down on pig offal, but when prepared properly, it's a delicacy. "Gu Xiaoxi hadn't eaten this in a long time. It would taste even better if stir-fried with pickled cabbage."
"Is this pig offal?" Xue ate another piece and found the large intestine before she was sure that it was indeed pig offal.
"This tastes so good. Sister, you can do something else with your skills." Gu Nanming said excitedly.
hehe……
Gu Xiaoxi smiled slightly and said, "Not now. This chestnut business can be done for a while. The most important thing is that it doesn't require any capital."
Of course she knew that opening a restaurant could make money, but as a chef she couldn't leave the restaurant. The money earned was too slow and it would trap her, so she wasn't considering it for the time being.
Wait until the chestnuts can no longer be sold, and then think about other things in the spring. Anyway, you can't be too picky, otherwise you won't make any money.
"Xiaoxi is right. You have to be down-to-earth when doing business. You can make money this way and that way, but if you are not focused, you won't make any money." Gu He also agreed with his daughter's opinion.
Although it was a bit hard to get these chestnuts, they don't require any capital after all. Xiaoxi doesn't have much capital and it is impossible for him to do a big business. For the time being, this is the most suitable thing for him to do.
After hearing what Gu He said, everyone nodded and enjoyed the meal very much.
After dinner, Gu Dongming and Gu Nanming gave the money they earned from selling chestnuts today to Gu Xiaoxi.
Gu Xiaoxi counted the money and found that he had sold more than one or two taels of silver today, which together with his previous income was three or two taels of silver.
She gave each of them twenty cents a day as wages for their work.
If she gave her too much, she knew her mother and two brothers would not want it.
Even after being given the money, the three of them shook their heads.
"I told you, if you don't want it, I'll go ask someone outside." Seeing that they were unwilling to take it, Gu Xiaoxi started to speak harshly again.
Sure enough, as soon as the words fell, all three of them grabbed the money in their hands.
However, as soon as they got the money, Gu Dongming and Gu Nanming handed all the silver and money to their mother.
Gu Xiaoxi saw her sister-in-law's face change immediately, but she didn't dare to say anything.
She didn't like this atmosphere. Since her eldest brother was married, it was acceptable for him to pay for food, but it was a bit too much to hand over all of it.
"Brother, third brother, you are all tired, go and have a rest! We don't have to set up a stall tomorrow anyway." She stood up after she said that.
"It's okay, we came back early in the afternoon." After saying that, Gu Dongming got up and went out to work.
"Yes, yes, yes!" said Gu Nanming.
Seeing that she couldn't stop him, Gu Xiaoxi didn't say anything more. She looked at her parents and said, "Dad and Mom, I have something to tell you."
Gu He and Chai stood up. Chai asked her eldest daughter-in-law to bathe Bingxue and Ruixue, and then took her daughters back to the room.
After closing the door, Chai lowered her voice and asked, "Xiaoxi, what do you want to tell us?"
Gu Xiaoxi took out a purse and handed it to his mother, saying, "Here is one hundred and ten taels of silver. Please return this money to Grandpa and the others."
"You, where did you get so much silver?" Chai was shocked when she heard this.
Gu He's expression also became serious.
Gu Xiaoxi explained, "I dug up a wild ginseng in the mountains a few days ago. Today, the young master of that family invited many doctors, so I took the opportunity to sell it to him."
"It can be sold for so much, you didn't lie to me?" Chai found it hard to imagine what kind of wild ginseng could be sold for so much money.
Gu He knew that this thing was expensive and that wealthy people also liked it, so it was not surprising that it could be sold at a good price.
"Then you don't have to give it all to us. We have two children, so keep some for yourself," he said.
"Dad, Mom, I've grown up. I'm no longer the little girl who only causes trouble and leaves you to clean up the mess. Don't worry, I sold this old mountain ginseng for a total of 150 taels. After giving it to you, I still have 40 taels left." Gu Xiaoxi told her parents the price of the sale.
After hearing Xiaoxi say this, the couple finally smiled.
Because of the famine in recent years, they can hardly hold their heads up in the village. As long as the famine is resolved, they can hold their heads high and live their lives with dignity.
However, what makes them even happier is that their daughter has really grown up and knows how to feel sorry for them?
Wow……
Chai couldn't help but burst into tears with excitement.
Hearing the noise in the house, Gu Dongming and Gu Nanming, who were chopping firewood in the yard, curiously put down what they were doing, stood up and looked towards their parents' house.
Chai also hurried out of the kitchen, wanting to know what had happened?
When Gu Xiaoxi saw her mother suddenly burst into tears, she was so frightened that she didn't know what to do. She looked at her father for help.
Gu He sniffed quickly and comforted his wife: "Okay, this is a good thing, don't scare the child."
"Yes, yes, mother, I'm just too excited. It's okay, it's okay. When you go to set up the stall the day after tomorrow, I will go back to your grandfather's place with your father and the three children." Chai wiped her tears and said happily.
"Mom and Dad, there's no need to wait until the day after tomorrow. Let's go tomorrow! We'll be at home tomorrow anyway." Gu Xiaoxi was afraid that it would be unsafe for his parents to hold so much money.
This village is too poor. Once they find out that they have money, they will definitely get into trouble.
"Okay, you will all be at home tomorrow, I will let your sister-in-law look after the child." Gu He also felt that it was not safe to carry so much silver on him, so he agreed.
"Mom, from now on my eldest brother and the others only need to pay half of the money. If you collect all the money, they will not have a penny left. What will they do if something happens and you are not at home?" Gu Xiaoxi mentioned this matter.
Gu He felt that his daughter's consideration was correct, and when Chai saw that they all thought so, she agreed.
Gu Xiaoxi told them about what happened and left the house, then went out with the backpack on her back.
Don’t know what will happen tomorrow?
Maybe they have already come this morning and agreed to go, so you can't not go now.
She has to bring back the chestnuts needed for tomorrow tonight.
She was busy until late at night, ran four times, and came back with two baskets each time. Finally, she stopped.
Looking at the people in the yard, she felt that she had to teach the secret of roasting chestnuts to one of them, otherwise, she would not be able to go out even if she had something to do.
My sister-in-law hasn't come to her senses yet, so it's not appropriate to take the risk.
Forget about my mother, she is reluctant to add sugar, but she can’t ruin her reputation.
The eldest brother is not as flexible as the third brother, so the third brother is better.
So she called her third brother into the kitchen and closed the kitchen door.
"Third brother, remember this, you must not be soft-hearted. Listen to what mother said about saving money. Don't save on sugar, otherwise the taste will be wrong and these things will be wasted." Gu Xiaoxi carefully instructed her third brother while operating.
"Don't worry, I know." Gu Nanming certainly knew why their chestnuts sold well.
However, Gu Xiaoxi never expected that before the next morning, at three o'clock in the morning, Chen Qinian and housekeeper Chen Yu came to the village.
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