Grandpa Village Head is worried lately because so few wheat ears are sprouting, which means the grain harvest will be reduced.
It's unclear what the villagers in the village should do.
Gu Lili asked the people in the village to help make candy, so at least she could have some money to buy food.
well!
I wonder if taxes will be reduced this year due to the reduced wheat harvest.
Otherwise, many people would probably have to eat wild vegetables to fill their stomachs instead of grain.
Fortunately, it wasn't a dry day, so there were still wild vegetables to eat!
“Okay, Grandpa Village Head, there’s one more thing I need to tell you. If Uncle Dazhu and Aunt Dazhu are free, could you come and help me out? It’s fifteen coins a day, but no meals are provided,” Gu Lili asked.
Gu Lili naturally trusted Uncle Dazhu and Aunt Dazhu.
Fearing the village head might be too embarrassed to speak, Gu Lili spoke first.
The village head was deeply moved when he heard what Gu Lili said.
"Lili, then let your Uncle Dazhu go and help first!" the village head said with a smile.
This opportunity to make money is truly rare.
They can work without even going to Donghai Town, and the wages are no less than those in Donghai Town.
The village head tried his best to assign one honest person from each household to work for Gu Lili.
This way, each family can at least make some money.
Summer is here, but we won't be struggling to make ends meet.
Gu Lili nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll trouble you, Grandpa Village Head!"
As Gu Lili spoke, she took something out of her arms.
When the village head took a look, he discovered it was tobacco leaves.
"Grandpa Village Head, you always seem to be troubling me. This tobacco leaf is something I bought in Donghai Town a few days ago. You can keep it and try it out!" Gu Lili said as she handed the tobacco leaf to Grandpa Village Head.
Gu Lili had just bought the tobacco leaves from the mall. She felt bad for always troubling the village head.
If you offered money to the village head, he definitely wouldn't accept it.
So, Gu Lili catered to his tastes and bought him some tobacco leaves.
Grandpa Village Head repeatedly refused, saying, "Lili, we're all neighbors, you don't need to do this. Why bother with such a small matter?"
This gift clearly pleased the village head, who verbally refused but then brought the tobacco leaves to his nose and smelled them.
It was obvious that the village head was very satisfied with the tobacco leaves.
This scene was witnessed by the village head's grandmother, who had just returned from work.
The village head's grandmother laughed, annoyed, "You old rascal, you keep saying no, no, but look at how wide your mouth is practically stretched to your ears!"
Grandpa Village Head had no hobbies in his life; his only enjoyment was smoking some tobacco in the yard after meals.
The village head chuckled and said, "Old woman, Lili is still here. How can you say that to me in front of the child? Don't I have any dignity?"
Although the village head said that, he didn't look angry at all.
Gu Lili watched the two bickering with a smile, feeling incredibly warm and cozy.
Grandma Bai glared at Grandpa Bai, then smiled and said to Gu Lili, "Lili, have you eaten? Stay for lunch at my house later!"
Because the village head's grandmother had just entered the house, she did not know the purpose of Gu Lili's visit.
After listening to Gu Lili's explanation, the village head patted her chest and said, "I'll take care of this for you! I guarantee I'll handle it perfectly!"
Who is the village head grandma? She's the kind of person who chats with people every day when she goes out.
Although she married into the village from another village, she still had a good understanding of the people there.
That was in no way inferior to the village head's grandfather.
"That's wonderful, Grandma Village Head, thank you so much!" Gu Lili said gratefully with a smile.
Gu Lili absolutely believed what the village head's grandmother said.
The village head waved her hand and said, "What's the trouble? I'll go right now."
After finishing her sentence, the village headwoman put down what she was holding and hurriedly walked out the door.
Grandpa Village Head smiled and shook his head. His wife's energy was just like when she first married him.
I have to say, the village head is really efficient!
Sure enough, Gu Lili had just returned to her own courtyard from the village head's house, and before she could even sit down properly, people started arriving at her house one after another.
Many of them were familiar to Gu Lili, including Tie Dan's mother and Si Zhu's father.
"Lili, I heard from Auntie the village head that your family is looking for someone to make candy. What do you think, Auntie?" Tiedan's mother asked with a smile.
The others also looked at Gu Lili expectantly, even though the village head had notified them to come.
But I don't know if Gu Lili will accept them.
Seeing that almost everyone had arrived, Gu Lili smiled and said, "Auntie, and fellow villagers, don't worry. Since it was the village head who notified you to come, it must be because she thinks you are all good people that she sent you to help me. However,"
Gu Lili changed the subject, saying, "Although it was the village head's grandmother who notified you to come here, I have to make this clear from the start: I will never use anyone here who doesn't have a clean reputation!"
If each person takes one piece of candy, more than ten people can take a pound of candy.
Who could stand this?!
As soon as Gu Lili finished speaking, everyone nodded in agreement, promising that they would not take anything without permission.
However, even after a slap, you have to give a red date.
Gu Lili continued with a smile, "If you work for me, I'll pay each person fifteen coins a day, but that doesn't include meals! Everyone needs to go home to eat."
Gu Lili counted and there were fifteen people in front of her. It was really not easy to cook for fifteen people.
Since we're all in the village anyway, going back for a meal won't be a hassle.
"Okay, okay, Lili, we'll definitely work hard for you!" everyone promised.
Previously, when I helped Gu Lili's family build a house, that kind of hard labor only earned me fifteen coins a day.
I never expected that making candy could yield so much.
Everyone was overjoyed.
Gu Lili nodded, "Okay, then you can start coming tomorrow morning!"
The wheat hasn't been brought back yet; it still needs to be soaked in water to sprout.
After hearing what Gu Lili said, everyone prepared to go back.
Gu Lili seemed to have finally thought of something and quickly called everyone back.
"Uncles and aunts, wait a moment, I have something to ask you."
They had only taken a few steps when Gu Lili called them back.
Everyone looked at Gu Lili with curiosity.
Gu Lili explained with a smile, "I need quite a lot of firewood to make this candy. Please inform the people in the village that if they have extra firewood, they can bring it to my house to exchange for money. It's one coin per load. People who don't have anything to do at home can also go up the mountain to cut firewood and sell it to me."
Gu Lili almost forgot about this important matter.
Without firewood, how can you boil sugar?
"Okay, Lili, when my Tiedan gets out of school later, I'll send him up the mountain to gather firewood!"
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