It was even a little damp.
Gu Lili affectionately stroked the white horse's head, then turned to the horse dealer and asked, "Boss, do you know where I can buy a horse-drawn carriage?"
For some reason, Gu Lili actually wanted to keep the white horse.
Instead of selling it to the system to make money.
When Gu Lili first heard that it was an Akhal-Teke horse, her idea was to sell it to the system to make money.
The moment she saw the white horse, Gu Lili changed her mind.
"A horse-drawn carriage! I have one at home! Come on, let me show you the back!"
When the horse trader heard that Gu Lili wanted to buy a carriage, he immediately beamed with joy.
He didn't earn much from the horse, but he'll earn more from the carriage.
Gu Lili carefully selected the horses and then subtly inquired about them from the horse trader.
What kind of carriage could a seventh-rank village head possibly use?
In the end, he chose a carriage that suited his status without overstepping the bounds.
After paying, Gu Lili asked the horse dealer how to ride a horse.
However, driving a horse-drawn carriage wouldn't be too difficult for Gu Lili.
After all, she used to drive an oxcart.
The white horse ate hay and drank water, and the horse trader helped Gu Lili set up the carriage.
Gu Lili gracefully leaped onto the carriage and brandished the whip in her hand.
The whip cracked loudly in the air, the white horse neighed, and then galloped forward.
As the horse trader watched the white horse gallop away, a huge weight was lifted from his heart.
The white horse was surprisingly obedient under Gu Lili's whip.
He was just worried that if, like last time, someone were to fall, that would be a real problem.
However, Gu Lili had already paid the money, so the transaction was considered complete.
Even if Gu Lili wanted a refund, it wouldn't be possible.
The horse trader never imagined that the white horse he regarded as a plague would actually be worth a thousand taels of silver.
But even if you know it and regret it, what good will it do?
Just like he said, the transaction was completed, and it was impossible to get Gu Lili to return the goods.
The white horse seemed to have not been so carefree and happy in a long time, pulling Gu Lili along as it galloped eastward.
Moreover, this white horse was quite intelligent; it knew to give way to pedestrians on the road.
Gu Lili was in a good mood and drove the white horse all the way to the east of the city.
Several oxcarts were parked at the city gate.
Gu Lili got off the carriage and walked straight toward the oxcart.
The oxcart drivers were gathered together chatting.
Today is market day in Donghai Town, so these oxcart drivers are people from other villages bringing people to the market.
"Hey gentlemen, I have a job that can make you some money. Would you like to come and do it?" Gu Lili said with a smile.
When the rough-looking men heard that there was a way to make money, they immediately became interested.
Although Gu Lili was dressed in coarse cloth, the horse she was leading didn't seem like something she was just fooling them into playing.
A dark-skinned middle-aged man rubbed his hands together and asked somewhat embarrassedly, "Young lady, what kind of job is it?"
These people, although they had oxcarts.
However, he could only earn some money when he went to the market; most of the time, he relied on the fields to make a living.
So, when they heard there was a job that could make money, their eyes lit up.
Gu Lili didn't keep them in suspense and said with a smile, "My family has some grain and needs an oxcart. You can help me pull and unload the cart for forty coins a day! I wonder if you'd be willing to do it?"
Moving and unloading grain is physically demanding work, so Gu Lili offered a relatively high price.
"Little girl, you're not kidding me, there's no such thing as a free lunch." One of the older men said incredulously.
During the busy farming season, he would help people plow the fields, earning only a little over ten coins a day.
He couldn't believe such a good thing could exist.
Some of them had worked in Donghai Town, where even carrying a day's worth of grain only earned them twenty coins.
Doubling that number sounds like a bluff.
Gu Lili was not annoyed and patiently said, "Because I need you to drive the oxcart to transport the grain from Donghai Town to Gu Village and then unload it, so I'm not bluffing you."
It takes more than an hour to travel from Guzhuang to Donghai Town and back, and you have to travel all day long.
Forty coins a day is a really reasonable price.
After hearing Gu Lili's explanation, the group suddenly understood.
The uncle who hadn't believed Gu Lili spoke first, "Little girl, if what you're saying is true, I'll come here and wait for you tomorrow!"
"Me too!"
"Me too!"
"......"
With someone taking the lead, everyone rushed to sign up, afraid that Gu Lili would leave them once she had enough people.
Gu Lili glanced at the five people in front of her, and after a moment's thought, she figured it was about right.
"Alright, I'll come here to call you all early tomorrow morning. Don't be late and make things difficult!" Gu Lili said to the group.
Today, they also need to send back the people from their respective villages who came to the market, so they will start tomorrow.
Gu Lili thought for a moment and then said, "Tomorrow, you will need to prepare some dry food. At noon, our family will provide fodder for the cattle and water. Of course, we will also provide you with drinking water."
It wasn't that Gu Lili was unwilling to provide meals; she was just afraid that she would be too busy to cook tomorrow.
Everyone in the village will be coming to work tomorrow, and she'll have to supervise and guide them on how to do their jobs.
No one had any objection to Gu Lili's words. After all, when they came to Donghai Town to work, they only earned twenty coins a day, and no food was provided.
They even have to bring their own saliva.
Gu Lili's treatment is already considered quite good.
After agreeing on a time, Gu Lili headed towards the eastern suburbs.
From afar, Gu Lili saw Gu Yun Chu carrying grain onto the oxcart, and her third uncle, Li Tiansheng, also came to help.
Li Tiansheng loaded a bag of wheat onto the cart and looked up to see a white horse-drawn carriage speeding towards him.
"Erniu, Erniu, look! That horse is white!" Li Tiansheng said to Gu Yun Chu, pointing at the carriage.
Li Tiansheng rarely saw a carriage, let alone a white horse.
Gu Yun Chu corrected, "Third Uncle, I've told you so many times today, you have to call me Yun Chu, not Er Niu."
As Gu Yunchu spoke, she looked in the direction Li Tiansheng pointed.
It was indeed a white steed. Although he didn't know if the horse was ugly or not, he was captivated by its good looks.
Gu Yun Chu thought to herself, "If only I could ride a tall horse to fetch my bride when I get married in the future."
However, it seems that the distance between my house and Zhang Dahua's house is so short that I can carry her back and forth a few times.
It seems there's no need to ride a horse.
Gu Yun Chu's thoughts drifted further and further away until Gu Li Li stopped the carriage in front of them, at which point Gu Yun Chu finally came to her senses.
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