Chapter 213 214. Sixth Sister
Gu Wenheng had just harnessed the donkey cart when Gu Kaishan and Liu Heizi appeared at the door. They had made an appointment yesterday to go to the county town together to sell dried fish today.
As soon as they left the village, Gu Kaishan began to chat, "Your life is getting more and more comfortable now, and now everyone is in need."
"It's all thanks to my wife that you are living a good life. Look at your clothes, they are still brand new.
And this time we brought quite a few fish, so it looks like we made quite a lot of money.”
Gu Kaishan smiled foolishly, "Heizi and I have learned how to swim recently, and we built a raft. We often go to the other side of the river to put some fish baskets. Not many people fish here, so we can take advantage of this.
Speaking of which, did you see your sixth sister yesterday?"
Gu Wenheng and Jin Qianqian thought about this matter yesterday, but since no one mentioned it, they didn't ask.
"I think there's something wrong with your sixth sister," Gu Kaishan pointed to his forehead, "after the spring, your mother approached several families, two of which didn't mind her being pregnant and agreed to send her baby back to the He family after it was born.
Moreover, if those two families were really compared with the He family, they would be much stronger.
But if your Sixth Sister didn't want to refuse, it would be fine, but she insulted the other person, saying that the other person was a toad wanting to eat swan meat, and even asked the other person to urinate and look at himself in the mirror."
Liu Heizi chuckled, "I happened to see it at that time. The family and the matchmaker all looked unhappy, but they didn't suffer any loss. They criticized your sixth sister from head to toe. Anyway, she was not good in every way."
"She deserves it," Gu Kaishan seemed to have thought of something, and whispered mysteriously into Gu Wenheng's ear, "I saw that He guy come to see your sister a few times. If they can't stop doing this, tell your mother not to bring trouble to other families anymore."
Gu Wenheng, "Why don't you say it?"
"Oh, didn't I tell you? But to be honest, among your brothers and sisters, only the sixth and eighth are worthless. But I think they all follow your father's roots."
Gu Kaishan said sarcastically, “Everyone in the village who is older laughs at your father behind his back for not knowing how to enjoy his blessings.
This time when he came back, didn't he cause any trouble? "
Gu Wenheng smiled bitterly, "How can that be possible? We were still talking about this this morning. When they finish their work in the fields in the next few days, I will drive the car back and take them to Daocheng to find a doctor."
"I hope your father is really alright now," Gu Kaishan said with a look of watching a show, "In the past few months, everyone has been visiting him every now and then. When he is really alright, let's see how he will face so many people in the village?"
"Where do you sell all these dried fish?" Gu Wenheng didn't want to listen any more. After all, this was a family scandal, so he could only point at the dried fish in the car and ask.
"We used to sell them at the market, but not many people actually bought them." Gu Kaishan said this, and nodded to Jin Qianqian embarrassedly, "This is all thanks to my niece-in-law who taught us those dishes before. We told everyone how to cook these fish, and after everyone tried them, more and more people bought them.
Although there were other people selling dried fish there, many people chose to continue buying from us because of the way we had prepared it, and gradually everyone got used to it.”
Jin Qianqian smiled and said, "I can only do some stupid things, but I have to thank you uncle Shan for your brains to find such a business idea for me."
Gu Kaishan said, "No matter what, I have received a favor from you. If you want to eat fish in the future, just tell me and I will pick the fattest one for you."
Jin Qianqian thanked them repeatedly and told them to come to them if they needed anything. Seeing her being so open, Gu Kaishan and Liu Heizi felt very happy. After all, this was all her craftsmanship, and they used it to make money. Now this was all they could give back.
By the lake, Jin Qianqian did not hide anything about her methods of cooking fish. Many people followed her example, but unfortunately, none of them were as smart as Gu Kaishan, who had transformed himself from a second-rate boy into the capable young man he is today.
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The really busy days began. After two days of searching for a suitable house without success, Gu Wenheng had to go to the academy to study and prepare for the upcoming provincial examination.
Jin Qianqian took Sanqing around the county town for a few days but couldn't find a suitable house.
His originally ambitious fighting spirit had somewhat wilted, so he simply gave up looking for him and let Hong Da drive the carriage along the avenue.
"Let Hong Da stop for a while," Jin Qianqian looked at the land outside through the curtain, with a thoughtful look on her face.
"How far is this place from the county town?" Jin Qianqian got off the carriage and looked at the empty land in front of her. Although it was leaning against a small hill, with a little more manpower, the hill could be flattened.
"Less than ten miles," Hong Da didn't know why Jin Qianqian asked this. After thinking about it, he gave a rough number.
Jin Qianqian's eyes lit up, "Let's go a little further, but slow down the carriage."
After strolling around the county town for most of the day, Jin Qianqian took a charcoal pencil and made notes on white paper from time to time.
Qingmei was the first to say, "Madam, we've been walking around for most of the day, shouldn't we go home?"
Jin Qianqian glanced at the sky and said, "It's already this late, let's go back first."
As soon as the carriage stopped at the gate, Gu Wenheng stood at the gate to greet her, "Where have you been to?"
Jin Qianqian proudly raised the paper in her hand and said, "I'm going to find a solution."
Hong Da drove the carriage to the pastry shop. There were two modified carriages, one for use here and the other could only be placed in the farm.
The yard here had long been occupied by the donkey, so the carriage could only be parked in the small backyard of the pastry shop.
“I figured, since we can’t buy such a big yard here, let’s build it ourselves.
Why don't we go find Master Mao to see if these plots of land have any owners? We can choose an unowned plot and buy it, and then ask Foreman Ding to help us speed up the work. This way, it will be much more cost-effective than buying a house."
As for the question of whether it was biased or not? Jin Qianqian felt that these things could be completely ignored. They were all in the county town, and with the carriage available, these were not a problem at all.
Gu Wenheng just looked at it carefully. Jin Qianqian was afraid that some addresses were not described in detail enough, so she simply drew a route map so that it could be seen at a glance.
"That's a good idea," Gu Wenheng took a few turns around the county town a few days ago, but there were not many houses that really suited their needs, not to mention that those houses were not yet for sale.
"Here's what I think," Jin Qianqian took another piece of white paper from the desk and started drawing with a charcoal brush, "We can make two courtyards here, the front one for living, and the back one for a soap workshop."
(End of this chapter)
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