Gu Lili nodded and said, "Okay! I'll have Chang'an take you back tomorrow. The villagers will probably be busy with the rice paddies for the next day or two, so they definitely won't be able to do any work. It's a good opportunity for you to go home and visit your families."
These crab seedlings have to be transported back from the seaside and then released into the rice paddies.
Not every household has an oxcart, so they all have to rely on manpower to do the work.
Gu Lili will definitely be unable to do any housework for the next day or two.
After they had discussed it, they all went back to their rooms to rest.
Just as dawn broke, the sound of gongs rang out in the village.
It must be the village headman who got up to tell each household to go to the beach to collect crabs.
Gu Lili also got up, preparing to go and check on the situation.
Grandma Li and the others had already gotten up and left, and Gu Chenxi had also prepared breakfast.
"Chang'an, you drive this carriage to take Yun Chu and the others to Donghai Town later, and then come back. The oxcart and horse-drawn carriage will be useful today," Gu Lili said to Chang'an while eating.
It's quite laborious to rely solely on manpower, as there's a considerable distance between the seaside and the village.
Gu Lili thought that she should help if she could.
They will use their own oxcarts and horse-drawn carts to help the villagers transport the goods to the village entrance, where the villagers can then place them in the rice paddies themselves.
This way, everyone can release the crab seedlings into the rice paddies sooner and deal with those damned golden apple snails.
Chang'an drank a bowl of dumpling soup and nodded in agreement.
Such a big thing happened in the village, so Master Yuan suspended classes for a day and asked the children to go home and help. Therefore, Gu Yanyu is also at home today.
Gu Lili turned to Gu Yanyu, who was eating dumplings, and said, "Yanyu, why don't you help your second brother at Baiweixuan today?"
Tie Dan's mother and Da Zhu's body will definitely be too busy to come to Bai Wei Xuan today; Gu Lili is afraid they won't be able to handle it.
Gu Yanyu nodded repeatedly.
Seeing that Gu Lili hadn't assigned her any work for a while, Gu Chenxi asked anxiously, "Miss, what should I do? I'll go help out at Baiweixuan too."
Gu Lili shook her head, rejecting Gu Chenxi's suggestion.
"Chenxi, you'd better stay home and cook, otherwise your third uncle will..."
Gu Lili smiled mischievously but didn't reveal the rest of her meaning. Gu Chenxi understood immediately, and her face turned red instantly.
Gu Yun Chu asked, "Sister, what happened to Second Uncle? Also, our family has a hundred acres of rice paddies, can you and Chang'an manage it all?"
Gu Chenxi couldn't offer much help to the embroiderers in the household who needed to eat.
That leaves only Chang'an and Gu Lili.
"I took the crab seedlings from Uncle Facai and put them in our rice paddy yesterday," Gu Lili said with a serious expression.
Everyone was stunned when they heard this.
Those 100 acres of rice paddies need quite a few crabs.
With such a large commotion, how come no one at home noticed?
Ignoring everyone's surprise, Gu Lili urged, "Eat quickly, we'll be busy later!"
Upon hearing this, everyone stopped dwelling on the matter and immediately focused on eating.
After the meal, Chang'an escorted Gu Yun Chu to Donghai Town.
Gu Lili was preparing to drive the oxcart to the seaside.
Seeing that Gu Lili was about to leave, Xiao Li'er quickly chased after her, wanting to go play with her.
Gu Lili squatted down and patted its little head affectionately, "Little Tanuki, you stay home and play with Big Blackie. I'll take you up the mountain after I'm done with this busy day or two!"
Although Little Fox looked unwilling, she still nuzzled Gu Lili a few times before heading towards Big Black.
After a period of adjustment, Big Black and Little Fox have become completely familiar with each other.
Big Black was no longer afraid of Little Fox. Now that the two little creatures were together, they started playing and frolicking.
The people who come to work at the house have all gotten used to Little Fox, so now it comes and goes freely.
After seeing that Xiao Li'er had left, Gu Lili immediately got into the oxcart and walked towards the seaside with Gu Chenxi.
Along the way, the villagers were also notified and took their buckets, heading towards the sea one after another.
Along the way, Gu Lili stopped the oxcart, let a few familiar villagers get on, and then took them to the seaside.
Upon arriving at the seaside, many villagers were already waiting, and even Magistrate Yang was waiting there early.
Upon seeing Gu Lili approach, Magistrate Yang walked over anxiously.
"Your Highness, where is the fortune-making uncle you mentioned?" Magistrate Yang had already forgotten to bow.
They were afraid that the "lucky uncle" Gu Lili had mentioned wouldn't come, and then everyone's hopes would be dashed.
Gu Lili said calmly, "Magistrate, don't worry, Uncle Facai will be here soon."
Before he could finish speaking, screams from the villagers came from the seaside.
"Wow, look, what's that!"
A villager pointed to a blurry shadow in the sea and asked.
Everyone looked in the direction he pointed, and soon the blurry figure became clear.
Magistrate Yang said with satisfaction and delight, "That's a boat!"
In fact, there are no boats sailing on the sea in the Kingdom of Nanyue, because it is very easy to lose your way at sea. Boats travel on canals instead.
Of course, there are exceptions, but they are extremely rare.
"Wow, so that's a boat!" the villagers exclaimed in surprise.
It's no wonder they were surprised, because the nearest canal to them was in Jiangbei Prefecture, and very few of the villagers present had ever been to such a far place.
It's normal not to recognize a ship.
The boat did not sail to the shore, but stopped not far away.
The water is too shallow near the shore to drive through.
After the boat came to a stop, a small boat was lowered from the large boat, and Uncle Facai took the small boat to the shore.
"Greetings, County Princess; greetings, County Magistrate," Uncle Facai said, bowing.
Gu Lili raised her hand, thus waiving the courtesy from Uncle Facai.
“Uncle Fa Cai, why don’t you sign the documents with the magistrate and the villagers, and then hurry up and transport the crabs?” Gu Lili said.
Uncle Fa Cai nodded repeatedly, and the group went to the side to sign the documents.
Because it was agreed upon in advance, it was not difficult to arrange. Each family sent their head to sign or affix their seal to the document, and then the county magistrate stamped it.
In less than half an hour, the documents were completed.
"How are we going to get these blue crabs ashore?" The village head looked at the boats moored in the sea and was puzzled.
There are people who can swim, but with so many crab larvae, it feels like it would exhaust people to death to just have to swim back and forth in the sea by manpower.
Uncle Fortune laughed and said, "That's easy. I have two small boats on my big ship. We can just teleport back and forth."
Upon hearing this, the village head was relieved.
Small boats, at least you can take turns paddling them.
Once the agreement was reached, everyone got busy.
Some rowed small boats, while others carried goods ashore.
The crab seedlings were packed in net bags by number. The village head checked several bags in front of the villagers, and the number matched, so he didn't check any further.
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