Chapter 123 Everyone Has Their Own Little Thoughts
Ever since Zhang Cuihua left, Gu Yan sat there in silence. Li Wanqing knew he might be feeling bad, so she didn't bother him and continued making clothes for the child.
Gu Yan didn’t think about anything else, he just felt that his parents would definitely come over next, which would be troublesome.
Isn't it better for everyone to just keep to themselves? Why do you have to get involved when you see him doing better?
It was impossible for me to agree to this. I wanted to pass on this skill of collecting herbs to my children in the future.
After all, digging and preparing medicinal herbs is a serious skill. If you learn it, at least you can ensure that you won't go hungry.
"Wife, my parents will definitely come to find us. Remember, no matter what they say, you don't have to agree.
I plan to pass this craft on to future generations. Even if they don't achieve anything in the future, at least they won't have to worry about going hungry." Gu Yan warned Li Wanqing in advance, fearing she would soften her heart.
"I know, you really don't plan to teach them?" Li Wanqing herself would of course not agree, but she didn't know what Gu Yan was thinking.
After all, they are his parents and brothers and sisters. Even if there is not much affection between them, there should be some.
"I won't teach you. This is a skill that requires making a living. They want it as soon as their upper lip touches their lower lip. How can it be so easy?
Humph, just wait and see, they won’t give up. If my parents don’t work, Gu Bei and Li Yingdi will be the next ones to come.
And the fourth brother is also a man with ulterior motives. I suspect that he was the one who leaked the news that we were digging for medicinal herbs.
He was just too embarrassed to come over and ask me to teach him, so he went to bother the boss and the others.
"My brothers? They all have their own little thoughts. They're not particularly vicious, but they're all very selfish, myself included. Should we really say we're a family?" Gu Yan said self-deprecatingly.
Li Wanqing felt distressed when she saw Gu Yan like this: "You are different from them. If they had been nice to you before, you would definitely not ignore them, right?"
"No, Wanqing, I'm actually the same as them. They're not nice to me, but I'm not much nicer to them either.
Just like now, all I think about is our little family and our children. As for my parents and brothers, I haven't thought about them at all." Gu Yan said.
"That's great. As the old saying goes, repay evil with kindness, how can you repay kindness? We are all ordinary people, not saints.
I like you like this. If you help your parents and brothers without any bottom line, then I won't live with you. " This is Li Wanqing's sincere words. If Gu Yan is a person who can't figure things out, she will have to divorce him even if she marries him.
"I'm glad you don't dislike me." Gu Yan put his head on Li Wanqing's shoulder.
"I like you so much that I can't wait to like you. How could I dislike you?" Li Wanqing patted his head soothingly.
"Zhang Cuihua is my uncle's cousin. She often came to play here when she was little, and my parents loved her very much.
When she grew up, they decided to let her marry the eldest brother. Because they used to visit each other frequently, her parents treated Zhang Cuihua a little differently.
Zhang Cuihua also knew this and often went to her parents' house to steal things.
Not only my parents' family, but also our brothers, if there is something she likes and she can't get it herself, she will ask my parents for help.
I guess she's at her parents' house right now, and she'll bring them here soon." Gu Yan knew her cousin very well, having grown up with her.
"Come on, then. We're determined not to agree anyway, so there's nothing they can do." Li Wanqing said indifferently.
"I know, I just feel annoyed. If possible, I really want to stay away from them." Gu Yan said.
“Why not? If you want to stay away from them, let’s buy a house in the county.
This way, we stay away from them and won’t see them normally.” Li Wanqing said.
"Go to the county town to buy a house?" Gu Yan pondered the feasibility of this matter.
"Yes, let's go to the county town to buy a house. I originally wanted to buy a house in the county in the future. Now it's just a little earlier." Li Wanqing said affirmatively.
"Okay, I'll listen to you. How much silver do we have left? Do you want me to go hunt some wild deer or something?" Gu Yan was afraid that after buying a house, the family would not have enough money to spend.
"I don't know how much more there is, but there must be several thousand taels of silver.
Just wait, I'll take it out and we'll count it." Li Wanqing said as she took out all the silver and banknotes in the space and placed them on the kang.
"I'll count the banknotes and you count the silver." Li Wanqing made a quick decision.
"Okay." Gu Yan agreed and started counting.
"I have 1,400 taels of silver notes here. How about you?" The silver notes were easy to count, and Li Wanqing finished counting them in a few strokes.
Because Li Wanqing asked Gu Yan to exchange most of the banknotes for cash, it took Gu Yan a little longer.
It was not until a quarter of an hour later that Gu Yan finished counting.
"I have two thousand six hundred and thirty-five taels and seven hundred and fifty-three copper coins here." Gu Yan gathered the copper coins into a pile and put them back into the bag.
"One thousand four hundred taels plus two thousand six hundred and thirty-five taels, our family now has four thousand and thirty-five taels.
These are quite a lot. Even the most expensive house in the county town is only a few hundred taels, so there is no pressure to buy a house.
After I give birth to the baby, we will go there again and hunt more wild deer, bison and other animals.
You usually dig medicinal herbs, which is enough to cover our expenses this year. If things go well, we can even have a lot left over." Li Wanqing put the banknotes and silver into the space again.
Seeing that there was still so much money, Gu Yan felt at ease.
He also felt that what his wife said was right. If he worked harder, not to mention hunting, but just medicinal herbs, he could not only earn enough money to feed his family every year, but also save a lot.
"Okay, I'll dig up more medicinal herbs in the fall. Ganoderma lucidum is valuable, so I'll go a little further this time to see if I can find more.
"Then we'll try to hunt as many wild deer and bison as possible. They're not as valuable as tigers and bears, but they're not bad either," Gu Yan said thoughtfully.
"Okay, let's see if I can go with you. With me around, we can hunt those large animals." Li Wanqing said.
"You can't go, at least not this year. If you want to go, wait until next year." Gu Yan said quickly.
Just kidding, Li Wanqing was about to give birth at that time, so how could we dare to let her go.
Li Wanqing also knew that she might not be able to go this year, after all, the baby in her belly would be about to be born by then.
The two of them were talking, and before they knew it, it was noon. Gu Yan asked Li Wanqing what she wanted to eat, and he would make it.
"Wife, what do you want to eat for lunch?" Gu Yan said.
"Let's eat rice, then make some stir-fried lamb with green onions, stew some sauerkraut noodles with some pork belly in it, and then mix some cucumber to relieve the greasiness." Li Wanqing said after thinking for a while.
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