Chapter 171 Gu Chongshan Comes to Zhuangzi
Since he had agreed to let Gu Xiang get married at the farm, Gu Yan went to tell Gu Xiaogu the next day.
"Aunt, please tell my father that he can let Gu Xiang get married on the farm." Gu Yan said.
"Did you really agree? Your wife didn't say anything, did she?" Seeing that Gu Yan agreed, Gu Xiaogu was also very happy.
“This is what my wife promised. Two days before Gu Xiang’s wedding, I asked Chunxia to clean up the house.
Let them make the arrangements in advance." Gu Yan spoke of Li Wanqing, his tone unconsciously becoming proud.
"Wanqing is a good person. Did she say anything about adding makeup to Gu Xiang? What are you planning to give her?" In a blink of an eye, Aunt Gu thought of something else.
"About the fabric. Wanqing said to give us a piece of fabric." Gu Yan thought of what Li Wanqing said yesterday and did not hide it.
"Just give her a piece of cloth? Third brother, you are so well-off, and you just give her a piece of cloth when her younger sister gets married?" said Aunt Gu.
"What? You think a piece of cloth is not enough? I wonder what my eldest brother and second brother gave us?" Gu Yan said dissatisfiedly.
"Can your elder brother and his friends compare with you? They are not well off, and it's a great honor for them to be able to produce a piece of cloth.
You are well-off. I heard that you buy gold and silver jewelry for Wanqing every year. When Gu Xiang gets married, you can just give her one piece.
This way, your sister's dowry will be more respectable, and everyone will know that you are well-off, which will give you face in front of relatives and friends." said Aunt Gu.
"Just because I have good conditions, I have to pay more. Where's the logic in this?
Don’t say that just because she is my sister, what should I do?
She didn't have me, her third brother, in her heart at all. If she had me as her brother in her heart, she, as an aunt, would not have been stingy when my two sons were born.
Don't say that she doesn't make money. Even if she uses scraps of cloth to make a pair of shoes for the children, it is her love as an aunt.
Since she doesn't consider me a brother, there's no need for her to talk to me about the deep brotherly love.
My wife has done her utmost to agree to marry on the farm." Gu Yan blurted out the words that had been pent up in his heart for a long time.
Gu Yan asked himself if he was good to his two younger siblings, Gu Xiang and Gu Chuan.
I didn't expect that this sister really didn't take him seriously at all.
"Hey, isn't Gu Xiang still young? Why are you arguing with her?
As a brother, isn't it your duty to give in to her a little?" Gu Xiaogu said indifferently.
Gu Yan was particularly speechless about Gu Xiaogu's theory that whoever is poor is right, and he didn't want to say more to her.
Gu Yan suddenly felt extremely regretful about agreeing to let Gu Xiang marry in his family.
But since he had agreed, he didn't want to go back on his word, so let it be. They weren't that close anyway.
After telling Gu Xiaogu about the matter, Gu Yan no longer cared about it.
He is busy with spring plowing now and doesn't have the time to pay attention to this matter.
However, he didn't want to care, but the old Gu family would not let him go.
Perhaps he got the news from Gu Xiaogu, and learned that he had been watching people plowing the land on the farm these days, so Gu Chongshan came over with his whole family.
It really is a family of all ages, Gu Chongshan and Zhang Dahua, Gu Nian's family of five, Gu Bei and Li Yingdi, Gu Chuan's family of three, and Gu Xiang.
Needless to say, it was Gu Xiaogu who led the way. They must have gone to Gu Xiaogu's house first, and then Gu Xiaogu brought them here.
At that time, Gu Yan was watching the farmhands working in the fields.
They don't need a lot of people to plow the land now because they have a lot of cows.
They have been going into the mountains in recent years and have caught many calves.
However, Gu Yan did not raise many cows, only ten.
Zhuangzi's land had gradually increased over the past few years and now amounted to over a hundred mu (approximately 100 mu). Ten cows were more than enough for him.
"Third cousin, third cousin, my uncle and others are here, and my mother asked you to go back." Dazhuang ran over and said.
Dazhuang has been working on the farm in the past few years. Although Gu Yan does not receive any special care, everyone knows that he is Gu Yan's cousin.
Although Gu Yan never said anything, Da Zhuang still enjoyed some invisible benefits.
Not to mention anything else, it’s like every winter, when there is no work in the village, everyone goes home.
Lin Zhuangtou would keep Dazhuang to help him take care of the livestock.
Don't underestimate this little convenience, it can also increase Dazhuang's income by a few taels of silver every year.
I've gone off topic, let's get back to the topic now.
When Gu Yan heard that Aunt Gu was coming with her family, he felt annoyed.
"Okay, go back to work, I'll go back and take a look." No matter how annoyed I was, I had to go back and take a look.
"Mr. Lin, please take care of it. I'm going back." Gu Yan said and walked back.
When Gu Yan came back, Gu Chongshan and the others were looking around in the yard.
"Dad, this house is so nice. It's made of blue bricks and tiles. It's such a big yard for only my third brother and his family to live in. It's such a waste." Gu Nian said enviously as he looked at the three large blue brick and tile houses.
"Oh my god, is this a barn? How many animals can be kept in such a big barn?" Gu Chuan exclaimed as he walked around to the back.
"I heard from Dazhuang that there are ten cows, more than fifty sheep, and more than a hundred chickens on the farm.
There are more than fifty ducks and twenty geese.
Ducks and geese are usually released into the river to eat small fish and shrimps.
I heard from Dazhuang that she lays eggs very diligently." Gu Xiaogu explained.
"If we sell so many livestock, we can get a lot of money, right?" said Zhang Dahua.
"Of course not, Dazhuang said that these livestock, plus the eggs laid by chickens, ducks and geese, can be sold for dozens of taels of silver every year.
And the third brother and his friends would catch a few calves every year to raise.
When they grow up, we can sell them. One can fetch several taels of silver." These are what Gu Xiaogu said when Dazhuang returned.
"Can they be sold for so much silver? Gu Nian, why don't you go catch a few calves too?
This way we can sell more silver and move out of the mountains sooner." Zhang Cuihua tugged at Gu Nian's sleeve.
"Do you think that calf is so easy to catch? It depends on luck to come across a herd of cattle.
And even if I meet him, I may not be able to hit him.
You know how strong the buffalo in the mountains are, and I wouldn't dare to provoke one alone." Gu Nian said angrily.
Gu Bei and Li Yingdi were also whispering.
"The third brother has become really rich. Such a large piece of land belongs to him. How much grain can he harvest in the autumn?" Li Yingdi looked at the endless fields outside with envy in his eyes.
Gu Bei was also envious, and he wanted more.
He heard from his aunt that Gu Yan and his family did not live here, but in the county town.
Then Gu Yan and his family must have a house in the county town.
Thinking that Gu Yan had such a big farm and a house in the county town, and that he heard that Gu Yan's son had been sent to school last year, Gu Bei felt extremely jealous.
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