Chapter 351 It’s All Up to You
Nie Hengzhou was delighted, knowing that Gu Liyue did not reject his kiss.
Gu Liyue immediately sat up, put on her clothes, walked out of the house, washed up in the yard, and watched Nie Hengzhou leave the house and said, "I'll go wash clothes first, and come back to make something to eat."
There is a river next to the village. Gu Liyue heard Lin Dashan’s wife, Lin Dasao, say yesterday that everyone in the village goes to the river to wash clothes and they also know how to get there.
She carried the basin and walked towards the river.
When we got to the river, we found that there were already three people washing clothes there, and there was still space available.
Gu Liyue walked over. A middle-aged woman in grey coarse cloth, slightly thin and of ordinary appearance, glanced at Gu Liyue and said, "You are Madam Nie who moved in yesterday, right?"
Gu Liyue placed the wooden basin by the river and said, "Yes, I wonder what your name is?"
"I'm from the Lin family. I heard my eldest brother talking about you yesterday."
"It turned out to be Mrs. Lin's second wife."
Mrs. Lin introduced the other two to her: "This is the eldest daughter-in-law of the village chief, Mrs. Xi, and this is Granny Juan."
Gu Liyue looked at the younger one, who was about ten years old and strong. One could tell at a glance that she had a good family. She had the most clothes in her wooden basin, and it looked like she had taken out all the clothes of the whole family to wash.
Gu Liyue chatted with them while taking out the clothes to wash.
The elderly woman looked at her and smiled, her wrinkled face smoothing out. "Madam Nie, I heard you were hunters."
In the village, the women who come out to wash clothes are usually young wives. I don’t know why she still comes out to wash clothes at her age. It seems that she is only washing clothes for two people.
Gu Liyue said, "Grandma Juan, yes, we just moved here a few days ago, and the family is quite busy. My husband also needs to make some furniture, so he doesn't have time to go hunting in the mountains."
Granny Juan looked at Madam Xi and asked, "Is there no furniture in the courtyard where you live?"
Gu Liyue said: "Yeah, there's not even a bed. We didn't even have a bed to sleep on the night before!"
Granny Juan looked at Lady Xi with disdain and said, "So that yard has furniture. Why do you still want to rent it when it doesn't?"
Mrs. Lin glanced at them and said nothing.
Gu Liyue said, "The village chief said there was no furniture inside at the time. I thought the yard was quite appealing, so I rented it for half a year."
Granny Juan said, "You guys are really rich. You paid back six months' rent and fees in one go."
Gu Liyue said, "It's not a lot of money. I've used it all up this time. I have to go hunting in the mountains in a few days, otherwise I'll have nothing to eat."
Granny Juan didn't believe that Gu Liyue and the others wouldn't keep some money on hand, and said, "You're such a joke."
Gu Liyue felt that no matter whether others believed it or not, her attitude was very important, so she said seriously, "What I said is true."
After saying that, she looked at Mrs. Lin and said, "Mrs. Lin, do you grow vegetables at home? I don't know what vegetables are in season right now."
Mrs. Lin said defensively, "We don't grow many vegetables at home, just enough for our family. Now there are many vegetables that can be grown. You can go to the seed store in the city and ask."
"Okay, thank you for your guidance, Mrs. Lin." Gu Liyue said lightly.
"Don't be so polite." said Mrs. Lin.
Granny Juan said, "I do grow a lot of vegetables at home. If you need anything, you can come to me."
Gu Liyue said: "Okay, I'll go to your house later to buy some food to eat at home."
Granny Juan said, "We are all neighbors, and vegetables are not valuable. If you want to eat, just take some."
"After all, it takes time and effort to grow them, so you have to buy them. I'll finish washing the clothes here and then go home with you to sell them."
Gu Liyue thought it best not to get too involved with this villager. Seeing that the clothes in her hands were almost washed, she looked at Grandma Juan and found that she had finished washing too.
Gu Liyue said goodbye to Mrs. Lin Er and Mrs. Xi, and followed Grandma Juan home to get some food.
Mrs. Lin couldn't hide the annoyance on her face. She thought Gu Liyue wanted to ask her for some vegetables, but she didn't want Madam Nie to take advantage of her since they weren't very familiar with each other.
Unexpectedly, she was so generous. She wanted to buy vegetables. I would have sold them to her earlier.
Anyway, the vegetables are in the fields and the family can’t finish them. They are also getting old, and it’s not worth selling them in the city.
Gu Liyue arrived at Grandma Juan's house and saw that she had planted a lot of vegetables and raised a few chickens.
"Grandma Juan, I wonder if you have any extra eggs at home. I want to buy some too."
Granny Juan said, "There were two left yesterday. I'll go check in the chicken coop."
Granny Juan gathered six eggs and said, "Six in total, how many do you want?"
Gu Liyue said, "Give it all to me, and there are two bunches of vegetables. Take a look, how much is it in total?"
Granny Juan looked at the things and said, "Two eggs for one penny, three pennies in total, and I'll give you these two bunches of vegetables."
Gu Liyue said, "How can this be so embarrassing? Two bunches of vegetables will be one cent, so I'll give you four cents in total."
Granny Juan wanted to refuse, but Gu Liyue said, "If you don't want money, I won't take it."
As he said this, he stuffed four cents into Grandma Juan's hand.
After hearing this, she didn't say anything. She just put the things in a basket and said, "I'll lend you this basket. I'll go to your house to get more when it's empty."
Gu Liyue thanked her.
Just as Gu Liyue turned to leave, Granny Juan pulled her back and whispered, "Let me tell you, your yard is too expensive to rent. This kind of yard always comes with furniture. Who would rent out a yard and then have to make their own furniture? That village chief is so mean, he's taking advantage of you."
Gu Liyue thought that they didn't know how long they would stay here, so it was better to have less trouble than more, so she just nodded.
When I returned to my yard, I saw Nie Hengzhou already working.
Gu Liyue said: "Zhou, you must be hungry. I'll go make some noodles for you."
Nie Hengzhou saw Gu Liyue coming back, stopped what he was doing, took the basin from her hand and said, "Okay, I'll hang up the clothes."
Gu Liyue went into the kitchen, kneading, rolling, and cutting the dough. Soon, the water in the pot boiled, and she added the noodles. She fried two eggs, added a handful of vegetables, and two simple bowls of egg noodles were ready.
She brought it to the main room, put it on the table, and invited Nie Hengzhou to come and eat.
The two bowls of noodles were soon finished. Gu Liyue asked, "How does it taste? There aren't many ingredients here, so just make do with it."
Nie Hengzhou glanced at her, held her hand and said, "It's delicious. Thank you for your hard work."
Gu Liyue told Nie Hengzhou what Grandma Juan had told her today, and then she added, "The furniture doesn't need to be too fine. I guess we won't live here for long."
Nie Hengzhou said, "Okay, whatever you say."
The days passed one by one, and in the blink of an eye, Gu Liyue and her friends had lived in this village for more than two months. In fact, nothing big happened, and every day the two of them were busy with the trivial matters of life.
The two men went up the mountain to hunt every day, but there were no prey in the mountains here. They could not make a living by hunting, and they could only live on the money they had earned from selling tigers.
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