Wiping the sweat from her forehead, Gu Lili called out to the group to eat.
"Erniu, you and Sizhu's father go and finish up the work later. I'll ask the uncles to set up the greenhouse and sprout the wheat." Gu Lili instructed Gu Erniu while eating.
Gu Erniu nodded, and Gu Lili added, "When you drive the oxcart, you must be careful, okay?"
Gu Erniu nodded quickly and said, "I understand, sister."
Gu Sigou finished his rice in a few bites and then jogged out of the yard.
Hearing that his brother would be driving the oxcart soon, he worried that the oxen would be hungry, so he planned to go to the edge of the field to find some wild vegetables to feed the oxen so they could work well.
As the temperature gradually rises, the wild vegetables and weeds on the field ridges grow wildly.
Before long, Gu Sigou returned with a large bundle of grass. The cow looked at the grass in Gu Sigou's arms and mooed.
Upon hearing this, Gu Sigou quickened his pace and jogged to place all the grass in his arms in front of the cow.
Watching the cows munching on the grass in front of them, Gu Sigou's mouth practically stretched to his ears in a wide grin.
"Tiedan, Tiedan, look! We have a cow!" Gu Sigou couldn't help but show off as he watched Tiedan pass by.
When Tie Dan heard Gu Sigou calling him, he jogged over to Gu Sigou.
Tie Dan looked at Gu Lili's cow with envy, "Si Gou, I used to feed you, can I ride in your oxcart?"
Back when Gu Lili and the others lived at Gu Jingsheng's house, Tiedan happened to be their neighbor.
Tie Dan and Si Gou often played together. Sometimes, seeing that Gu Si Gou was so hungry that he was swaying unsteadily, Tie Dan would secretly run back and steal some pancakes for Gu Si Gou.
If Tie Dan's mother later discovers that he stole the pancakes, he will get a beating.
But he would still secretly give it to Si Gou next time.
Si Gou turned to look at Gu Lili, who nodded in agreement.
Gu Sigou then laughed and said, "Of course you can. After he finishes eating, have my second brother set up the car, and you can come up and sit down."
Actually, Gu Sigou himself also rode in an oxcart, but he didn't mention it yesterday because he saw that his older brother and sister were too tired.
Although he had ridden in an oxcart before, he had never ridden in his own family's oxcart before, and he was really looking forward to it.
Hearing the commotion outside, Gu Huanhuan ran out to see what was happening; she wanted to sit down too.
Gu Erniu finished his meal in a few bites and then came out.
Seeing that the oxen had eaten the grass, Gu Erniu brought water to feed them and then started the oxcart.
"Come on, you three, get in the car!" Gu Erniu said smugly.
I came back too late yesterday, and no one saw me driving the oxcart.
Perfect timing, since Father Sizhu hasn't arrived yet, I can head to the village.
Gu Lili had no objection to this.
When you buy something new, you naturally want to show it off, which isn't a bad thing.
Gu Huanhuan and Gu Sigou quickly climbed onto the oxcart, while Tiedan looked on somewhat embarrassed.
Si Gou stretched out his hand and said, "Come on up, Tie Dan, let my second brother take it back to you!"
Upon hearing this, Tie Dan happily grabbed Gu Si Gou's hand and, with a burst of strength, climbed onto the oxcart.
Once everyone was settled, Gu Erniu drove the oxcart towards the village.
Gu Lili knew why Gu Erniu was so ostentatiously showing off that his family had bought an oxcart; he probably wanted Gu Jingsheng to see it.
Because he was so heartless back then, he will never have any good days left.
As the oxcart made its way to the village, Gu Erniu felt more confident than ever before.
Along the way, Gu Sigou greeted the villagers he passed with enthusiasm and boasted that his family had bought an oxcart.
Soon, they arrived at Tie Dan's house, where Tie Dan's mother was standing.
Tie Dan's mother thought it was Si Zhu's father's oxcart, but when she got closer, she found that it was Gu Er Niu driving the oxcart and her own Tie Dan was sitting on it.
"Oh my, Erniu, you can even drive an oxcart? That's amazing! Whose oxcart is this?" Tie Dan's mother asked excitedly.
Gu Erniu said with a smile, "Auntie, this is my family's oxcart. We just bought it last night, and I'm just using it to practice driving."
Iron Egg's mother couldn't help but praise, "Your sister is really capable! The county magistrate rewarded her with two hundred taels of silver. I heard from Big Flower's mother that someone came to your house to buy maltose yesterday and gave you a lot of silver notes. You and your brother are going to make a fortune!"
Iron Egg's mother's praise was heartfelt. She wondered what kind of incredible luck the Gu siblings had, that they had made so many fortunes one after another.
It's so enviable; I wonder when it will be my turn.
However, she was not jealous of her four siblings.
Tie Dan's mother's loud voice drew Gu Jingsheng out of his house, and Gu Jingsheng thought something had happened.
As soon as the door opened, they saw Gu Erniu and his two siblings sitting on the oxcart. For a moment, they were caught in a dilemma, unsure whether to go in or back out.
So he pretended that he had come out to collect firewood and walked toward the woodpile.
When the three Gu siblings saw Gu Jingsheng come out, their faces instantly turned cold.
Iron Egg's mother rolled her eyes and said sarcastically, "Oh dear, look how successful you siblings are now. It's a pity that some people won't be able to enjoy your good fortune!"
Although Tie Dan's mother was envious of Gu Lili and her friends getting rich, she looked down on people like Gu Jingsheng even more.
Now that the opportunity has arrived, it's only natural to make a few sarcastic remarks about him.
Gu Jingsheng paused, his hand holding the firewood, gritted his teeth, and quickened his pace back to his courtyard.
Before leaving, he kicked the courtyard gate shut.
Tie Dan's mother looked in the direction of Gu Jingsheng's house and spat fiercely.
"They deserve it! They've committed too many sins, they deserve to have their families destroyed!"
Tie Dan's mother's words were exactly what Gu Erniu and the other two were thinking.
Looking at their old home, the three of them felt a surge of relief.
After Tie Dan got off the cart, Gu Erniu drove the oxcart home.
When they got home, Sizhu's father arrived just in time. Gu Lili gave Gu Erniu a few instructions, and the two of them headed towards Donghai Town.
Gu Lili called over the uncles who were building the house to help set up the shed.
Otherwise, there would be nowhere to put the grain that Gu Erniu and his men brought back.
Also, we need to take the wheat out to sprout later, and then put it back in.
Seeing that they couldn't help, Gu Huanhuan and Gu Sigou took their baskets and went to find wild vegetables and weeds.
Now that we have chickens, ducks, and even cattle at home, we naturally need to prepare more fresh grass and wild vegetables.
They have cleared the area where their houses collapsed, making it perfect for building plastic greenhouses.
"Lili, what's this?" Tie Dan's father asked, looking at the rolled-up plastic rag on the ground.
Gu Lili glanced at the plastic film on the ground and said without batting an eye, "This was sold to me by a blond, blue-eyed person. It's called plastic film and can be used to temporarily build shacks."
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