At that time, the village head was in charge of providing them with this house.
"Master Yuan, I'm so sorry, we've had to stay in your house," Gu Lili said with an embarrassed expression.
Looking at the collapsed house, Gu Lili said, "How about I build you a new one?"
Gu Lili admitted that she did have selfish motives in thinking this way; it was indeed right to rebuild someone's house after it collapsed.
But most importantly, she gleaned a crucial message from the village head's words.
That is, the old gentleman in front of me is a gentleman.
If he stays in Gu Village, then his younger brothers will have someone to teach them to read.
Last night, she was still worrying about where to send the two of them to school, but unexpectedly, a tutor came to her door today.
Master Yuan quickly said, "You little girl, I didn't come here to ask you to help me build a house. I just wanted to tell you that once you move to your new house, I'm going to rebuild this one."
The reason why Master Yuan was so eager to return was because his son had mentioned Gu Zhuang to him.
The fact that Gu Lili's prescription saved people had already been reported to the Emperor by Magistrate Yang in a memorial.
The freezing rains of the past few days caused half of the people in Nanyue Kingdom to fall ill with a plague. Thanks to Gu Lili's prescription, the people were spared from this disaster.
Recently, the court has been discussing this matter. The emperor is willing to reward Gu Lili, but he has disagreed with the ministers.
When his son mentioned Guzhuang, his homesickness finally overwhelmed him.
That's when I finally decided to go home.
However, Master Yuan did not intend to tell Gu Lili about what was happening in the capital. In any case, what was bound to happen would happen eventually.
The person here never expected that Yuan Jie would still be alive. For so many years, he had thought that Yuan Jie had died outside.
On the way here, Grandpa Village Head had already told Master Yuan a general overview of Gu Lili's family situation.
"Master Yuan, have you decided not to return to the capital?" The village headman's eyes lit up when he heard Yuan Jie say he wanted to rebuild the house.
If we don't go back to the capital, I could try to persuade Master Yuan to open a school, so that all the children in Gu Village could go to school.
This is something that coincides with Gu Lili's opinion.
Master Yuan nodded and said, "At my age, I still want to return to my roots. No matter how good the capital is, it's not my home after all!"
He had been a teacher in the capital for many years, and his son was also an official in the capital.
But as he grew older, he still longed to return to the small mountain village that had raised him.
His wife passed away years ago, and his son got married.
I always feel that there's no human touch in Beijing.
Originally, his son had sent a servant to accompany him, but Master Yuan refused.
Since I chose to come back here, bringing a servant with me would seem out of place.
Because his son was an official and couldn't leave, he had someone bring him here.
The servants then escorted the person to Gu Village, and Master Yuan immediately sent the person away.
The village head only knew that Yuanjie was now a teacher, but he did not know that Yuanjie had a son who was an official in the capital.
Master Yuan was also wearing an ordinary satin long gown, which was much better than the linen clothes they were wearing, but it was still not a very expensive material.
Therefore, the village headman thought that it must be because it was too difficult to make a living in the capital, which was why Master Yuan had returned.
Hearing Master Yuan say this, the village head was overjoyed.
"Why don't you stay at my house first? It should be about a month before Lili's house is finished. Then we can arrange things for you here, what do you think?" Grandpa Village Head asked.
After looking at his old house, Master Yuan nodded, which was considered his agreement.
Perfect timing, I can have a good chat with Li Zheng about the years since I left, about my parents.
After the matter was settled, the village head took Master Yuan back to his home to settle down.
Gu Lili was overjoyed that Gu Erniu and Gu Sigou had found a place to study.
Once Master Yuan has settled in these next few days, I will bring the gifts to his door and ask him to give the two of them proper names.
Gu Lili and the other three, carrying buckets, continued walking towards the seaside according to their plan.
For the past few days, Gu Lili had been going beachcombing and hadn't ventured south yet. Today, she decided to head south and see what it was like.
There are reefs over there; maybe there will be oysters and mussels.
Today, Gu Lili even bought several iron shovels to make it easier to shovel seafood later.
When the group arrived at the beach, Gu Lili carried a bucket and walked towards the rocks.
Although the tide didn't recede along the way, we still gained quite a lot.
Small sea snails, clams, and the like.
Gu Lili secretly bought them when the other three weren't paying attention.
Gu Lili, who wanted to upgrade her system, couldn't wait any longer.
Gu Lili followed behind the three of them the whole way, so they didn't notice her movements.
Picking things up as they walked, they soon reached the edge of the reef.
"You three be careful, don't fall!" Gu Lili reminded the three of them.
The three nodded repeatedly and began searching for seafood.
Just as Gu Lili had guessed, there were indeed mussels and oysters on the rocks.
There were quite a lot of them. Gu Lili taught the three how to pry them open, and then she found a corner and started prying and selling them at the same time.
In less than half an hour, the buckets they brought were almost full.
Gu Lili said, "Let's crack these oysters open and put them directly into the bucket. We'll have to open them anyway when we get back, so this will save us some effort."
The group then followed Gu Lili's example and cracked open all the oysters they had picked, leaving only the meat.
As soon as it was smashed open, a fishy smell hit him, and Gu Sigou frowned.
Although he didn't like the taste, he didn't stop what he was doing.
"Sister, this stuff smells awful, can it even taste good?" Gu Sigou couldn't help but ask curiously.
Gu Lili smiled and said, "It's delicious. I'll make you oyster buns when we get back. Erniu will go find some chives later."
Gu Erniu nodded repeatedly, and for some reason, Gu Sigou's mouth watered involuntarily when he heard the word "steamed buns".
The oysters in front of me didn't seem so bad anymore.
The group chatted as they cracked open the oysters.
Looking at the sea, Gu Lili couldn't help but think that it would be great to have diving equipment.
That way, I can go into the sea and catch something more valuable.
Let's see how it goes during the next upgrade.
After cracking the oysters, the group headed down the beach to go home.
Gu Sigou walked along, kicking up seashells and other objects on the ground, feeling quite carefree.
Gu Lili followed behind the group, looking left and right, trying to find something to sell.
If she had any, Gu Lili would secretly pick them up and sell them.
In just over half an hour, Gu Lili had already earned more than 500 coins by selling oysters and mussels.
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