"Is it because of the Zhou family who came this morning?" Gu Shouxin asked.
"Isn't that right? Second brother, how did you know? They even went all the way to the county to look for you?" Gu Laosi was taken aback, then asked in surprise.
"We just happened to run into Young Master Zhou. Let's go, we'll talk about it over there!" Gu Shouxin explained simply.
"Where are Second Sister-in-law and Niannian? Mother wants you to come over for dinner." Gu Laosi looked into the house.
"Xinxin, go tell your mother and sister to stop what they're doing and let's go to Grandpa and Grandma's house for dinner," Gu Shouxin said, patting Gu Xin's head.
"Okay!" Gu Xin obediently went inside to call for help.
A short while later, the mother and her two daughters came out together, closed the door, and headed towards the old house.
They were delayed in the county town for quite a while, and it was already late afternoon.
In Sanchakou Village, people eat two meals a day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Usually, the old family would have already eaten by this time, so they specifically asked Gu Laosi to come and call them, presumably because they had prepared a meal and were waiting for them.
Therefore, Gu Shouxin did not refuse.
Zhang was in her postpartum confinement period, and Gu Hui had already brought her food into the room.
The entire Gu family was gathered in the main room of the old house, a rare occasion this year when the whole family was present.
"Father, Mother, the young master of the Zhou family has already told me about the land... What do you think?" Gu Shouxin recounted Lu Zheng's words about the sorcerer and then sought the opinions of his parents.
"A sorcerer? This Master Zhou is something else, now even farming requires a sorcerer to determine the direction?" Grandma Gu clearly didn't believe in such things.
Having lived in the village my whole life, this is truly the first time I've ever heard of anyone needing to consult someone about the orientation of their land for farming.
“Mother, Master Zhou is rich. I think he has his eye on the land behind the second son’s house. If he wants to rent it, let’s rent it to him! Anyway, we don’t plant any crops in the winter!” Gu Shouren said.
"Although the land deed wasn't given to you when your family was separated, what's rightfully yours has been assigned to you. If you want to rent it, go ahead! But this land cannot be sold; the land deed remains with us. We'll get new deed for you brothers after the fourth son gets married and settles down," Grandma Gu said after thinking for a moment.
She had thought about this issue after being rejected in the morning; it was only possible to rent, not sell.
Even if her second son becomes a scoundrel again someday, at least there's still land, so her wife and daughter won't starve.
“Alright, when Young Master Zhou comes tomorrow, I’ll have him come to my mother’s place to sign the contract. The Zhou family is a large and wealthy family, they wouldn’t cheat us.” Gu Shouxin nodded and said.
"Second brother, have you seen what that young master Zhou wants to plant? What does it look like? Can we plant it?" Gu Shouren was quite curious about this.
Besides his immense strength, his greatest skill was farming, so he was very interested in the Zhou family's crops.
He remembered that after the chili seeds were discovered by the imperial court, he was the first person in his village to grow them. It was at that time that he fell in love with farming and felt a great sense of accomplishment.
“I really don’t know. But brother, when Young Master Zhou arrives tomorrow, you can go and see for yourself,” Gu Shouxin said, shaking his head.
"Now that we've finished talking about this place, Second Brother, how did your trip to the county town go today? Did you sell that shredded chili pepper?" Grandpa Gu asked worriedly.
"Dad, it's sold out. We've also reached a long-term cooperation agreement with a restaurant in the county. And as for the cakes, from now on, the four of us won't have to set up a stall anymore," Gu Shouxin replied.
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