Chapter 57 Gu Xiyun's Thoughts
There was no time to think about it. When they arrived at the beach and started working, Gu Xiyun almost cried with anger.
She knew that the work would not be easy, and given her elder sister's personality, she would definitely assign her a harder task. But she only understood when she actually arrived at the beach.
Regardless of whether the work is heavy or not, the smell is enough to knock her to the ground.
Originally, she thought that doing some hard work would make her more miserable, so that she could act pitiful in front of Xiao Heng.
But now it’s not as simple as just giving a sympathetic ear.
She felt that if she stayed here for another second, she would be suffocated to death.
I'm about to be suffocated to death, what's the point of playing the victim?
Without saying a word, Aunt Song took her to find a seat next to the reservoir and placed a basket of sea fish next to her.
"Look, cut it open from this side and remove the internal organs. Then just pull it like this. Then wash it in the sink, pass the rope through here, and put it in the clean basket on the right. When the basket is almost full of fish, you can carry it over there and hang it on the rope."
After Aunt Song finished speaking, she handed her a pair of scissors and began to squat beside her and work quickly.
The water in the reservoir is brought in from the sea, flowing in and out at the same time to ensure that the water in the reservoir is clean.
This way they can clean the fish.
There were more than a dozen women gathered around the pool, laughing and talking. Their hands moved quickly and skillfully, and they could wash a large basket of fish in a short time. Before they finished washing a basket of fish, the women stood up to stretch their legs and waists, walk around, and when they had rested for a while, they went to another pond to catch fish.
There are several kinds of fish in the pond. They are treated uniformly when washing and drying, and then sorted and organized after drying.
Gu Xiyue herself couldn't actually name these fish. She simply called the most numerous ones small sea fish. For the rest, the good-looking and rare ones, she asked everyone to classify and collect them. When the time was right, she would give them nice names and sell them.
Anyway, as long as she has goods, she won't have trouble selling them.
Zhao Yancheng and his team built a total of four boats. In addition to catching some fish when transporting goods back, she asked Zhao Yancheng and his team to design a fishing boat specifically for fishing.
In addition to the fishing nets bought last time, there are naturally some skillful people in Nanhuang who weave their own nets using fishing silk thread.
Gu Xiyun gritted her teeth and squatted down, suppressing her nausea to grab the fish in the basket. The salty and disgusting smell kept drilling into her nostrils. Finally, she stretched and retracted her hand, and after several times, she retracted it.
Gu Xiyun collapsed and squatted there crying.
She thought it was all awful.
When she cried, the people drying fish around her stopped.
"Miss Yun, why are you crying?"
Aunt Song reached out and patted her with a look of concern.
After all, this person is Madam Gu's sister, and she has to take good care of her.
Although Gu Xiyun was crying, she could still see clearly with her eyes that the hand that Aunt Song had patted her with had clearly touched a fish.
She slapped herself with her hands that had touched the fish. Her clothes were dirty and she could smell the disgusting smell.
In an instant, she felt that her whole body was stained with that salty and smelly smell, and she cried even harder.
Seeing her crying so hard, Aunt Song looked around hurriedly, wondering if Gu Xiyun was bitten by some insect, but after looking around, there was nothing. Her face pulled and she asked in confusion: "Miss Yun, tell me what's wrong and why are you crying?"
Gu Xiyun wanted to say that the fish was too smelly, but she couldn't say it out loud. She could only squat there with her hands folded and cried non-stop. Finally, a woman next to her noticed it and said without any concealment: "Miss Yun, this fish is a little smelly, but you can't cry."
"If it really doesn't work, you can tell Madam Gu and go do something else."
Everyone was very enthusiastic. Someone whispered, "Actually, drying salted fish is a very easy job. You see, after we finish drying a basket, I can get up and move around. We only dry seven or eight baskets a day. Isn't it too easy?"
"Yes, yes! It's much more comfortable than mining salt before."
This is true. When they were mining salt before, they worked non-stop, but they could only mine more than 20 kilograms a day, and earned only a few hundred coins a month. Now they work more if there is more work, and less if there is less work. The monthly wage is one or two taels of silver, which is better than before in any way.
Now they are doing this job, and they are so happy.
Seeing that Miss Yun was assigned here, they all felt that Madam Gu was very caring towards her sister. She assigned her the lightest work as soon as she arrived, and the wages were also good.
Although the smell is a bit strong at first, you will get used to it.
Gu Xiyun saw that everyone around him was talking about how easy and good this job was.
She felt like vomiting!
What the hell is this place!
Still doing this kind of work!
For a moment, she really wanted to give up Xiao Heng and didn't want to suffer this anymore.
But when he thought about how he had finally come here and suffered so much along the way to get close to Xiao Heng, and now he finally had the chance to get him to his side, if he really gave up now, wouldn't all his efforts be wasted?
How can she realize her dream of becoming a queen?
Forget it, just consider it as sleeping on straw and tasting gall.
After a struggle in his heart, Gu Xiyun gritted his teeth and reached into the basket to grab the slippery fish. With trembling heart, he reluctantly brought the fish in front of him, picked up the scissors at his feet, and began to cut the fish.
Then let Xiao Heng take a good look at how this good elder sister tortures her.
She was made to do such a stinky job!
Seeing that the person was still crying, Aunt Song suddenly started working. Her heart, which had been hanging in the air, was instantly relieved. She squatted beside her and spoke to her in a gentle voice.
Everything he said was about Gu Xiyue, saying how good and powerful she was, and finally he talked about the ten rules.
"Our Madam Gu is so amazing! She is the person we admire the most in our hearts. How can she be so smart? I have never seen such a powerful young lady in my life. She can take on thousands of troops by herself."
Gu Xiyun, who was about to replace Gu Xiyue, felt a blackout before his eyes and almost bit his own teeth to pieces.
Every word Aunt Song said pierced her heart, but she couldn't refute it. She could only listen with her head held high, nodding and praising her from time to time.
What I said almost made me angry to death.
Finally, Aunt Song patted Gu Xiyun again and said, "You are Madam Gu's sister, Miss Yun. From now on, when you are in the Southern Wilderness, you will have your sister to protect you. We will all take care of you. Your life will be better than any of us. You are so lucky!"
One of them is so lucky, and he almost angered Gu Xiyun to death.
As Aunt Song spoke, the women around her all echoed her.
Because she is Gu Xiyue's sister, everyone looks at her differently from others.
Because of Gu Xiyue, she became the person to be taken care of in everyone's eyes.
But she hates it!
Shouldn't I be the one admired by everyone?
It was Gu Xiyue who took away the glory that she deserved.
At this moment, she hated Gu Xiyue even more, and thought to herself that one day she would replace him and take back the glory that belonged to her.
She gritted her teeth and cut the fish. Because she was so angry, she used all her strength in her hands. Aunt Song next to her couldn't stand it anymore and quickly reminded her.
"Miss Yun, you cut the fish too hard. It's almost broken into pieces. Not only is it inconvenient to eat, but it won't look good even if you want to sell it. You're..."
As he spoke, he demonstrated it to her again.
Gu Xiyun was so angry that he saw stars. He suppressed his nausea and reduced his strength.
Let’s not talk about how Gu Xiyun endured the stench to dry the fish, but just say that after Gu Xiyue had dinner, he took Xu Rulan to Madam Du’s house.
Counting the days, it has been a month since she gave birth.
When Gu Xiyue went over, he happened to meet Madam Du at the door. As soon as she came out, she saw Gu Xiyue and immediately came to greet him with a smile on her face.
After not seeing each other for a while, Madam Du looks much better.
"Madam Du, where are you going?"
Madam Du came up and took Gu Xiyue's hand, "I heard that the village is going to make clothes for everyone, and I wanted to go over and help."
"That's perfect. I have something to talk to you about."
After saying that, he turned around to look at Xu Rulan, stretched out his hand to pull her over, and said to Madam Du: "This is the eldest daughter of Xu Junye's family. When you make clothes, take her with you and let her help you."
When Madam Du heard that this girl was from Mr. Xu Junye's family, a thick smile immediately appeared on her face. "She doesn't dare to help, I will just take her with me."
Seeing that Madam Gu and Madam Du were both very gentle and had very good attitudes, Xu Rulan couldn't describe the feeling in her heart, but she felt very comfortable.
"Madam Du, we still have women in the Southern Wilds who are good at needlework, spinning and weaving. Can you help us gather them together? You can take the lead and form a weaving group to make clothes specifically for our village."
Mrs. Du's eyes lit up after hearing this and she nodded repeatedly, "No problem, leave it to me. I'll decide on the personnel in the next two days and show it to you then."
"That's great! Tell everyone that everyone will be paid, and no one will work for nothing."
"They made our own clothes for us, how can you charge us for it?"
Madam Du felt that this was totally inappropriate. Someone was making clothes for her and giving her money. No one would believe it if she told others about it.
"That's different. I want to see how many people in our Southern Wilds can make clothes. If the clothes are well made, you can make money in the future, the kind of money you can make. Do you think you should make money?"
After Gu Xiyue finished speaking, Xu Rulan's eyes lit up and she couldn't help but ask, "Really?"
Gu Xiyue looked at her in surprise and nodded vigorously.
"In the future, we will not only make clothes for ourselves, but if we have good clothes, we can build a factory outside and recruit workers to make clothes. Then we can sell them not only to other people, but also to Huguo."
"Sister Gu, I can draw clothing patterns. As long as I see it once, I can draw it."
Xu Rulan stammered and her face turned red with embarrassment.
Now it was Gu Xiyue's turn to be surprised.
"You have this ability? That's great!"
After receiving Gu Xiyue's affirmation, Xu Rulan intertwined her hands and asked carefully: "Sister Gu, is this considered a skill?"
"Of course, you'll know later. If you have this ability, you'll make a lot of money."
These words made Xu Rulan very excited.
Lady Du, who was standing next to her, seemed to have been inspired and said with a smile, "I know there are people in our Southern Wilds who can make looms, some who can draw patterns for clothes like Xiaolan, and some who are good at embroidery like me."
Gu Xiyue patted Madam Du's arm and said happily, "That's great. Take Xiaolan to find these people in the next two days."
Madam Du smiled shyly, but she was also very happy in her heart. She felt that she could finally help Madam Gu with work and also have an income. When she looked at Gu Xiyue, her eyes were full of excitement.
"Also, you've almost recovered now. Shouldn't you and Fang Lao Er get married?"
With just one word, Mrs. Du's face turned red all the way to her neck.
Seeing her shy look, Gu Xiyue smiled and said, "Actually, this is the reason why I came to you. Making clothes is just a side job."
"It's decided. Let's keep it simple. I'll have the three military officers sell some delicious food and prepare it for you in three days. It will be a great time for the whole village."
This news spread quickly, and the entire Southern Wilderness was in an uproar.
During this period, Aunt Fang and Aunt Song spared no effort to promote the ten rules, and it did work. Most people supported Madam Du and Mr. Fang being together, but there was still a small group of people who were extremely opposed to it.
Because of this incident, many people even complained about Madam Gu.
While Gu Xiyun was working, she listened to everyone discussing the matter. After she knew the whole story, she was very happy. She felt that God was really kind to her and gave her the opportunity so quickly.
She had already thought it through: the day Madam Du married Fang Lao Er would be the day her eldest sister made a fool of herself.
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