Chapter 4 Fox Immortal
Seeing Aunt Zhang hesitating, Gu Xixi urged, "What happened? Tell me."
Aunt Zhang then said with a strange expression, "Everyone, let's put the couple down and ask them what's going on."
"Old Third Gu mumbled and said he didn't remember anything."
"That Liu guy seemed to have gone crazy, and suddenly brought up our Chen Fang, saying she was a vixen, who walked without making any sound and without leaving any shadow!"
"Do you think it was really Xiao Chen who did this? A vixen... isn't that too unreal..."
Before Aunt Zhang finished speaking, Gu Xixi suddenly jumped up from the bed and rushed out of the room like a gust of wind.
Aunt Zhang stared in amazement. What happened?
Gu Xixi ran straight to the pile of sand in the yard and breathed a sigh of relief after seeing it clearly.
The sand pile still maintained the same state as she had arranged it yesterday, with no signs of having been disturbed by external force.
Aunt Zhang ran after her and found Xixi smiling and looking in a good mood.
Gu Xixi asked, "How did other people react to Liu's nonsense?"
Aunt Zhang thought for a moment and said truthfully, "Since Third Gu didn't say anything, everyone thought Liu was too frightened. I don't think anyone would believe her and suspect our family."
Gu Xixi said with a smile, "Don't worry, Auntie. Chen Fang was sent by the government. I didn't pick him up in the wild. How could he be a fox?"
Even if it is a fox, it is a good fox that can guard the house.
Looking further into the sand, there is still joy. The green dots are stained with morning dew, crystal clear.
Aunt Zhang was surprised and asked, "How can thirty or so wild yams produce so many sprouts?"
Three days ago, Gu Xixi discovered several nests of yam in the mountains.
She dug them all up and carried them back, cutting them into small pieces avoiding the sprouting points.
Then soak them in homemade germination-promoting water and bury them in the sand.
Aunt Zhang didn't understand what Xixi was doing at the time and just thought it was a child playing around.
She even secretly felt bad that the yams were wasted because they were not eaten.
But only now did she realize that Xixi had done so much just to grow seedlings.
Aunt Zhang wiped her eyes with relief. Her child had finally grown up and knew how to manage the household business.
However, even she had never heard of this method of growing seedlings. How did Xixi come up with it?
Gu Xixi squatted down to check the seedlings and said with satisfaction, "We can plant the seeds in one or two days."
This kind of native yam will mature when the autumn is cool.
As medicinal materials, they can be sold to pharmacies in the city to exchange for money, and as food, they can be kept at home to fill their stomachs.
After living off her savings for half a year, Aunt Zhang finally had some income. She was full of energy. "Okay, I'll go hoe the fields later!"
"No hurry." Gu Xixi held Aunt Zhang and said, "I asked Aunt Zhang to find someone. How's that going?"
Aunt Zhang said, "I went to a few families to ask about the situation, but they were not very willing to do so. They said, 'You, you...'"
Gu Xixi was not surprised by this. "They said I was a spendthrift girl and they would never be able to pay me if I followed them."
"They say that I am a girl who can't support the family, so why should I command a bunch of gentlemen?"
“Maybe there are worse things than these?”
Aunt Zhang looked at Xixi with concern, "Don't take it to heart, they are just a bunch of idlers who talk nonsense."
Gu Xixi smiled and said, "The past is all in the past."
"Aunt, help me spread the word that I want to hire someone to grow corn."
"The employment method is different from before. Each person takes on a contract and the land is counted by acre."
"After the autumn harvest, the source of wages is the grain produced per mu of land. The reward is 150 kilograms per mu, and the more you work, the more you earn."
Aunt Zhang was surprised. "One acre of land only gives 150 kilograms? We are at a huge loss!"
"And if it goes on like this, what will we do if someone doesn't work hard and still gets paid in the end?"
The current working conditions for farm laborers are that their total remuneration for one season of farming is no more than 100 coins, or 100 kilograms of grain, plus daily food and lodging.
Gu Xixi's family owned 32 acres of land, and Gu Baopi went there to hire seven people.
With the local corn yield, the best land can only produce about 300 kilograms, and ordinary fields will produce even less.
Gu Xixi's arrangement means that half of the harvest will be used as compensation.
Looking at the entire Daye Dynasty, there is no fool who is willing to do this business!
"Don't worry, auntie," Gu Xixi said, "I have another request."
She said this and that.
Aunt Zhang counted on her fingers nervously, reciting the following lines one by one, "First try out, during the probation period, those whose performance is not satisfactory will not be employed."
Gu Xixi nodded and said, "I have to go out for a while, so I'll leave this matter to you."
Aunt Zhang was still very panicked, "Xixi, you better think it over carefully."
"Once the conditions are put forward, there will be a lot of people vying for the door. It will be difficult to regret it later!"
Gu Xixi said, "The farming season doesn't wait for anyone, I just want them to come as soon as possible."
Winter comes early in the north, so now we only have time to plant fast-maturing crops. The next ten days will be the last chance this year.
She smiled at Aunt Zhang, her eyes bright and confident, "Aunt, please trust me this time."
Scientists never prove themselves by words.
The corn yield per mu increased from 300 kilograms to 600 kilograms. Even if she said these words now, people would just regard her as a boastful lunatic, right?
The door to the west room opened.
Mu Nanzhao walked towards Gu Xixi, with his long hair neatly tied up, looking fresh and handsome.
Gu Xixi took the initiative to say, "Morning."
Mu Nanzhao responded coldly, "Yeah."
Xixi was in a good mood at the moment and didn't care about his attitude.
Seeing that Aunt Zhang was not around, she asked with a smile, "Was there a thief in the house last night?"
Mu Nanzhao did not comment.
In the past, he would not have needed to worry about such a trivial matter as catching a thief.
He had to do it himself last night, and it would not make him feel good to bring it up again.
Gu Xixi bowed solemnly and said, "Thank you very much, otherwise my yam seedlings would have been destroyed by them."
Mu Nanzhao raised his eyes and glanced at her, then took the initiative and walked out with his hands behind his back.
"Aren't you going to escape? Why aren't you leaving?"
Gu Xixi was startled and quickly caught up with him, "How did you know?"
She didn't tell Aunt Zhang about this.
Mu Nanzhao said, "Looking at the attitude of your uncle and aunt, you can tell that they have taken advantage of you a lot in the past."
He paused, "But now you are not so stupid at least."
Gu Xixi gritted her teeth and sneered, "You don't have to worry about this."
"If I start a fight with someone later, you better stand away."
At Gu Laosan's house, the yard was quiet.
Gu Qingye went to work in the fields with her eldest brother, leaving only Gu Laosan and Liu at home.
The two of them hung there all night, exposed to the mountain breeze, and their bodies ached. Now they were both asleep in the house.
Suddenly, there was a loud bang on the door.
Then came the clear voice of a young girl, "Uncle San and Aunt San! The door is not locked! I came in by myself!!!"
Liu was startled and hurriedly pushed Gu Laosan, "His father, wake up quickly, it's Gu Xixi!"
Gu Laosan turned over and yawned, "Don't bother with her, she's looking after the house and no one agreed, so she'll leave soon."
Liu said in a panic, "She must be here because of what happened last night!"
"I said her Chen Fang was a fox spirit in disguise. If it weren't for his support, that damn girl wouldn't have dared to come to my house!"
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