He wanted to continue walking with Gu Lili like this forever.
Gu Lili and Yin Jiuchen returned home, and Li Tiansheng also brought back seawater.
Because he was pulling seawater, Li Tiansheng didn't dare to go too fast.
Upon seeing Gu Lili and Yin Jiuchen return, Li Tiansheng immediately prepared to bow.
This is what Mr. Yuan taught us: every time His Highness the Crown Prince is splashed, we must kneel down and pay our respects.
This was actually Master Yuan, whom the village headman had specifically consulted.
The problem is that if Yin Jiuchen returns, the villagers of Gu Village might be impolite and offend him, which would be bad.
Little did they know, Yin Jiuchen would never stoop to such a level with the villagers.
When he was rescued by Gu Lili, the villagers didn't know his identity, but they never rejected him.
Seeing that Li Tiansheng was about to kneel down, Yin Jiuchen quickly stepped forward to help him up.
"Brother Tiansheng, you don't need to bow to me in the future. Please rise."
Although Yin Jiuchen said that, Li Tiansheng looked at Gu Lili with fear.
Gu Lili nodded to him, and he calmed down.
"Wei Yin, go and inform everyone in Gu Village that they don't need to bow deeply when they see me in the future. Everyone should be relaxed. If you are afraid of me, just pretend you didn't see me."
After helping Li Tiansheng up, Yin Jiuchen turned around and instructed Wei Yin, whom he had just called to stop.
Wei Yin cupped his hands in greeting to Yin Jiuchen, then turned and left the courtyard to convey Yin Jiuchen's words to the villagers.
"Lili, why did you ask me to fetch seawater?" Li Tiansheng asked curiously.
This seawater is inedible, and the land irrigated with it will become hardened. I don't know what use Gu Lili has for it.
"Third Uncle, I am useful. Could you help me carry the bucket to the empty room in the other courtyard? I'll use it after we've eaten."
As Gu Lili spoke, she picked up a bucket of water and walked towards the other courtyard.
Yin Jiuchen naturally picked up the two buckets of water and prepared to follow behind Gu Lili.
Li Tiansheng hurriedly stopped Yin Jiuchen.
"Your Highness, let me do this chores," Li Tiansheng said, reaching for the bucket of water from Yin Jiuchen's hand.
Yin Jiuchen skillfully dodged it and walked forward with the bucket in his hand.
"Brother Tian, you're joking. I can carry manure, so two buckets of water are nothing to me!"
Li Tiansheng felt as if he had been struck by lightning!
His Highness the Crown Prince still remembered the matter of making him carry manure!
Waaaaah!
Your Highness, spare my life!
With tears welling up in his eyes, Li Tiansheng picked up the two buckets of water and followed them to the neighboring yard.
Gu Lili placed the water in the empty room and prepared to fetch more, but was stopped by Yin Jiuchen, who had just arrived.
"Lili, we men can handle this, you rest!"
Gu Lili thought about it and then agreed.
She should go help her grandmother cook.
Thinking this, Gu Lili walked into the kitchen, where Gu Chenxi and Grandma Li were busy cooking.
Gu Lili was about to step forward to help, but was stopped by Old Mrs. Li.
"Lili, you rest. Chenxi and I will take care of it. There are only two dishes left, and we'll be able to eat soon."
Helpless, Gu Lili had no choice but to leave the kitchen. Oh well, she decided to go and call Lao Zhou and Yu Yirou over for dinner.
By the time Gu Lili called the five people over, Old Mrs. Li had already prepared the meal.
With so many people eating out lately, Gu Yun Chu brought all the tables that had been discarded from the restaurant back to her home.
There are enough seats for so many people.
However, the kitchen couldn't accommodate so many people.
Li Tiansheng simply set up a table in the yard, which provided both a cool place to relax and a spacious dining area.
The embroiderers, along with the Li and Gu families, as well as Han Mingyue, Lin Xiyao, and their entourage, filled three tables before they were finally seated.
Because everyone was a little afraid of Yin Jiuchen, Gu Lili arranged for him to eat in the main room.
After dinner, everyone tacitly agreed to go home or wash up.
Seeing that everyone was afraid of him, Yin Jiuchen simply took Wei Yin back to the room with the kang (heated brick bed) to rest.
After Gu Lili took Lin Xiyao home, she went into the room where the seawater had been released that day.
That's right, Gu Lili wanted to extract coarse salt from seawater, and then extract edible refined salt from the coarse salt.
This is the gift that Gu Lili is going to give to Yin Jiuchen, and also to the entire Nanyue Kingdom.
She knew that if she told the Emperor about this method directly, he might suspect her of having ulterior motives.
Gu Lili simply told Yin Jiuchen about the matter, and how he would explain it to the Emperor was his business.
However, Gu Lili was certain of one thing: Yin Jiuchen would not harm her.
Salt was extremely precious in that era, and many poor families could not afford it.
Although Gu Lili wanted to make money, she didn't want to make this kind of money.
If the method of extracting salt from seawater were known to all the people, then everyone in the Southern Yue Kingdom would no longer have to worry about salt.
This can be considered a benefit to the people of Nanyue Kingdom.
With a wave of her hand, Gu Lili conjured up an iron pot.
There was also a simple iron stove.
Gu Lili originally wanted to refine coarse salt inside the house, but she was afraid that the smoke would blacken the roof.
They then moved all the pots and stoves under the eaves by the door, preparing to refine the ingredients outside.
Gu Lili poured all the seawater into the pot, and since she was too lazy to go out, she simply bought firewood from the store.
Once the fire was lit, Gu Lili added firewood to it.
The process of refining salt should not be rushed.
The coarse salt will only appear after the water has been slowly boiled away.
Gu Lili was adding firewood when she heard footsteps approaching.
It was already completely dark by then, and everyone probably went to rest early to avoid running into Yin Jiuchen.
Then there's only one possibility: Gu Yun Chu has returned.
As Gu Lili added firewood, she glanced toward the side door.
However, Gu Lili did misjudge this time.
The person who arrived was none other than Yin Jiuchen, whom everyone was somewhat afraid of.
"Chang'an, why aren't you asleep yet?" Gu Lili asked curiously.
When Yin Jiuchen heard Gu Lili call him Chang'an, he felt a sense of comfort; he liked the name.
"I couldn't sleep, and when Chenxi told me you were here, I came to check on you," Yin Jiuchen replied truthfully.
He noticed that the candlelight in Gu Lili's room hadn't lit, which he found strange, so he came out to check.
Only after asking Gu Chenxi did she learn that Gu Lili had come to the new courtyard.
He happened to be curious about what Gu Lili wanted the seawater for, so he came to check.
When Yin Jiuchen approached, he saw that Gu Lili was boiling the seawater they had brought that day.
Startled, he exclaimed in surprise.
"Lili, are you making salt?"
Gu Lili nodded. So Yin Jiuchen also knew that salt could be extracted from seawater.
"I'm refining salt," Gu Lili answered truthfully.
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