Gu Erniu walked up to Gu Lili with a guilty look on his face and admitted his mistake.
He was thinking yesterday that Wang Fugui was not bad, since he was willing to come and get the candy himself.
Unexpectedly, they came to ask my sister to be his son's concubine.
Gu Lili laughed and said, "Even if Wang Fugui didn't ask you, he would have found out on his own. Do you know why he came to propose marriage?"
Gu Lili had already guessed the general idea and wanted to ask her younger siblings.
In this way, when they encounter problems in the future, they will know to think more about the reasons.
The three children lowered their heads and thought for a long time before Gu Huanhuan spoke first, "Sister, is it because Wang Fugui said he wanted to buy our family's candy recipe yesterday?"
Gu Lili nodded and said, "Yes, I didn't want to sell it to him yesterday, so I guess he was thinking of making me his son's concubine. That way, he could get the secret recipe for only fifteen taels of silver."
This Wang Fugui, as expected of a businessman, is truly cunning.
They also wanted to obtain the secret formula at the lowest possible cost.
The person is ugly, but has some pretty beautiful ideas!
However, this means my business relationship with him is now over!
Next time, it will be absolutely impossible to get candy from my own family.
When the three children heard what Gu Lili said, they all nodded as if they understood.
"Sister, we will never tell anyone about our family's secret recipe for making candy," Gu Erniu nodded firmly.
Gu Sigou and Gu Huanhuan nodded repeatedly.
After cleaning up the dishes, Gu Lili planned to render lard and then teach Gu Huanhuan embroidery.
Gu Erniu and Gu Sigou went to the field to pull weeds.
It took Granny Wang more than an hour to return to Donghai Town. Once in town, she went straight to Wang's Trading Company.
"Manager Wang! Look at the good job you gave me, I almost died in Gu Village!" Granny Wang sat on the chair and wailed in a sorry state.
Even now, the thought of Gu Lili's iron rod still sends chills down Wang Po's spine.
When Manager Wang saw Granny Wang crying, his brows furrowed instantly.
"Are you wailing like a mourner? If you keep howling in my business place, I'll make you pay up!" Manager Wang roared.
These are the things that are most taboo in a business setting.
Crying and wailing inevitably bring bad luck.
Upon hearing this, Granny Wang's crying stopped abruptly.
It's one thing to not make any money today, but if I have to spend money outside, I'll really cry myself to death at home.
Seeing that Granny Wang had stopped crying, Wang Fugui asked impatiently, "What exactly happened? Did that girl's parents complain that she didn't have enough money?"
Granny Wang embellished the story and told Wang Fugui what had happened that morning.
When Wang Fugui came to her yesterday, Granny Wang thought he would be easy to deal with.
I got up very early this morning to rush there, but I didn't expect to be met with such a cold reception.
"What did you say! That girl said I'm shameless!" Wang Fugui's voice suddenly rose.
He had considered that Gu Lili's parents might refuse because they thought the money was too little.
I really didn't expect this outcome.
It's alright if Gu Lili scolds herself, but it would be terrible if she got angry and refused to sell the candy to her.
So many of my customers come looking for me every day to buy this candy.
What should we do?!
"Wang Po, you claim to be a matchmaker for decades, yet you can't even handle that little girl who's a con artist? I'll give you another tael of silver, and you can go again!" Li Yuemei came out from the inner room, rolled her eyes at Wang Po, and said.
Upon hearing this, Granny Wang immediately deflated, exclaiming, "I'd rather smash my signboard than earn that money again!"
Just kidding, making money is nothing compared to your own life.
After finishing her words, Granny Wang quickly left Wang's Shop.
Li Yuemei spat as she watched Wang Po flee in panic.
"And she acts as a matchmaker like that? Bah!"
At the same time, a wicked scheme also arose in his mind.
Gu Lili refused to listen to reason and was forced to drink the punishment; she was unwilling to go to the door to propose marriage in a proper and respectable manner.
It seems the only option left is to force the issue.
If you don't want the money, then forget it!
When the time comes, don't expect to get a single penny!
Li Yuemei whispered her plan in Wang Fugui's ear, and Wang Fugui couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Who wouldn't like a business that requires no investment?
Gu Lili finished rendering the lard and stewing the pork knuckle, and then began teaching Gu Huanhuan embroidery.
The morning sun was warm but not glaring.
The two sisters moved chairs to the yard and embroidered while basking in the sun.
Gu Huanhuan's talent in this area is truly unparalleled; she can remember anything Gu Lili teaches her after only one lesson.
Before they knew it, it was lunchtime, and Gu Erniu and Gu Sigou returned from the fields.
Both of them brought back a lot of wild vegetables.
If the meat doesn't taste good, chop it up and feed it to the chickens and ducks; if it's tasty, you can keep it for yourself.
The two men smelled the delicious aromas coming from the kitchen, but their brows remained furrowed.
It's obvious that something unpleasant happened.
"What's wrong with you two? You look unhappy?" Gu Lili asked.
Gu Erniu said with a worried look, "Sigh, sister, the rain these past few days has frozen off many of the wheat heads, I'm afraid we won't be able to harvest much grain this year!"
Farmers rely on the land for their livelihood; if they can't harvest grain, doesn't that mean they'll go hungry again?
Life during this period has been like living in paradise. The thought of going back to my old life is terrifying.
Gu Erniu didn't want his four siblings to starve to death again.
Gu Lili also started to think; the area affected by the freezing rain must be quite large.
That means that crops will be affected in areas where freezing rain occurs, and grain prices will definitely rise.
This meager amount of grain was subject to taxes. In previous years, when the harvest was good, after paying the taxes, some was kept for the family to eat, and the rest could be sold for money.
Farming families almost always lived like this, and they generally didn't keep too much surplus grain at home, for fear of attracting rats.
If production is reduced, even taxation might become a problem.
The next crop of rice will take three to four months from sowing to harvest.
These next three or four months will probably be tough!
If some natural disaster or man-made calamity were to occur, then we would be truly doomed.
Although I have my own trading system, I am not worried about this issue.
But what about Grandpa Village Head and Aunt Zhang?
They've been genuinely good to her; Gu Lili couldn't possibly watch them go hungry.
Gu Lili carefully thought through her mind: what could be high-yielding, fast-growing, and also filling?
As if she had thought of something, Gu Lili couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Sweet potatoes and chayote are both good choices.
Gu Lili had already planned out what she should do in her mind.
"Alright, you guys eat first. We'll plant some other crops in a few days!" Gu Lili said with a smile.
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