Chapter 110: The Hard Life of Ancient People



"I haven't even finished my words, why are you so flustered?"

Gu Yanzhang was stunned for a moment when he heard his wife getting angry, and then he looked at her blankly and said, "Wife, didn't you just say that you were not feeling well?"

Chen Xuanxuan listened and nodded seriously, "Yes, I am not feeling well. I asked my eldest brother to go to the county town to ask. The doctor said that my condition was mainly because I had given birth to too many children, and I didn't take good care of myself after giving birth. I didn't eat well, and my body was not healthy. The loss is serious. Therefore, if you want to live longer in the future, you have to work less and rest more, and you have to eat better, so that you can slowly build up your body. "

After hearing this, Gu Yanzhang slapped his thigh excitedly, "Okay! Wife, isn't it just to replenish the body? Tomorrow I will go to the town to ask the doctors to help prescribe some tonics."

Gu Yanzhang has always known that these tonics usually contain expensive medicines such as ginseng and coix seed. If those things are sold for only one dollar, they will cost almost hundreds of coins!

Chen Xuanxuan saw that her husband was quite generous to her, so she said with a smile.

"As the saying goes, it's better to take food than medicine. I just need to eat well every day and take care of myself. There's no need to spend so much money. Medicine is three-quarters poison. If you take medicine, it will still cause some harm to your body."

"So, head of the family, this is what I think. From now on, if our family conditions are better, I will still eat three meals a day, but one of them must be the kind of glutinous rice that I can eat full. You are the pillar of the family, and you have to eat with me when the time comes."

Gu Yanzhang thought about it seriously and nodded.

If the family conditions get better, he will definitely be better to himself.

He doesn't need to be so stingy, and he doesn't need to be so frugal.

He can't save much money by being stingy every day.

After more than half a year of experience, Gu Yanzhang has understood that if he really wants to make a lot of money, he must open up new sources.

...

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it is already spring.

This spring, the people in the Gu family are all well fed. No one is worried about being starved to death.

In the lean season, Gu Yanzhang can eat several bowls of porridge and a few solid buns every day.

And the five brothers of the Yu family, who had just spent the New Year at home, also brought their children and walked out of Yujiashan in a mighty manner.

They have to go to help their father-in-law.

There are more than 20 people in the Yu family, plus the six people from the Gu family, which adds up to about 30 people.

Every morning before dawn, the 30 people go out to the upper reaches of Xiaoyue River. Plowing the fields, sowing seeds, raising seedlings, ... they were having a lot of fun.

In order to take good care of the fields, more than 30 of them rebuilt those small houses that could shelter from the wind and rain in a slightly higher place.

These small houses are not simple.

Because these three houses had been built last autumn. At this time, they were just constantly reinforcing them.

The Gu family made such a big move, including the old lady Liu who also called a lot of people over. Soon, the villagers in the dozens of villages knew that the swampland in the upper reaches of Xiaoyue River had been contracted.

A contract was also signed with the government.

Thinking of Chen Daming and Captain Huang, they were a formal in-law relationship. This matter was handled by him personally. People who knew the hidden story did not dare to interfere in this matter.

Although they also knew that once the land in the swamp area was developed, it would become fertile farmland with relatively high yield. The profit from it was still quite large.

But they felt that they really couldn't take that risk.

After all, if they reached out their hands, it would be like snatching food from the tiger's mouth.

And Gu Yuxi, the patriarch of Gujiagang, sighed for several days at home after everyone knew about this.

He used to keep his eyes on that piece of land.

However, he also knew in his heart that as an ordinary citizen, he had no power and no influence, and there was not a single scholar with a real academic title here. They couldn't even win over the people of Chenjia Village, let alone suppress the arrogance of other villages.

If he led his people to the swamp area and worked hard to dig those places into fields, then others would definitely pick up the ready-made fruits.

He was a person who never wanted to suffer losses, and he didn't want others to take advantage of him.

Therefore, the idea only turned around in his mind. After realizing that this matter would not work, he gave up the idea.

However, after Gu Yanzhang had money, he generously contracted that piece of land. He also let his mother's relatives take advantage of him, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.

However, thinking of his grandson who was still learning skills from his wife, he regretted it.

If he had not sent his grandson to him, he would now be able to confidently propose to them that they should call on all the people in their clan to help dig the land.

In this way, those poor families in his clan could slowly survive by relying on Gu Yanzhang's family. Moreover, they might be able to inherit a few acres of land, making their own family better and better.

Thinking of this, Gu Yuxi couldn't help but shook his head in his heart.

Gu Yanzhang didn't care what the clan leader thought.

He also didn't care what the people in other villages thought.

Anyway, he had already dug out all the reeds growing on the land to be reclaimed in the winter. Now, they are preparing to eradicate them.

Those roots that were stuck with mud were carefully dried under the sun. Then, they were burned. Finally, all the burned things were piled up. After the heat dissipated for ten days, the fertilizers could be used.

As long as Gu Yanzhang thought about the big harvest in a few months, he and the people from the Yu family were busy in the fields every day.

He even became a little lazy in the business of making buns.

Since there was still a lot of profit in selling all kinds of buns, Chen Xuanxuan never dared to give up this business.

She asked the children at home, including her two students, to grind sorghum flour every day. Then, she taught those around her how to make buns step by step.

Especially how to make the folds on the buns beautiful and good-looking.

The shapes of the buns are all different.

There are round, oval, heart-shaped ones. There are also triangular ones.

Chen Xuanxuan also spent a lot of time making some red and green flower rolls that look very beautiful.

An expert can tell whether they are good or not just by looking at their hands.

After Chen Xuanxuan made those beautiful and delicious buns, the two apprentices she accepted felt that making buns was not an easy task.

There are still many skills.

Chen Xuanxuan does not have to do heavy physical work every day, but sometimes she still feels that she is busy like a spinning top.

Too tired.

There is no time to relax every day.

Maybe this is the life of ancient people.


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