Since they couldn't get the fish and clams from the beach upstream of Xiaoyue River, Gu Yanzhang and his family decided to make more wooden boards at home starting from tomorrow morning.

In fact, the Gu family was not so poor before.

They used to be able to sleep on wooden beds. After laying several layers of thick straw on the bed, they could also lay a thin quilt.

However, since serving as a laborer for the government last year, Gu Yanzhang's parents have been in poor health since then.

Especially his father, who caught a cold last spring.

In order to avoid summer floods and flood disasters in the entire county, the county magistrate asked every household in the county to send two people out of every 10 people in early spring. Then, they followed the village head and carried baskets on their shoulders to the designated place. Every day, they cleared the silt in the rivers and carried a large amount of stones to continuously reinforce the riverbanks.

Spring is a rainy season.

Many young people can't stand the cold wind and heavy rain for more than 20 days in a row, not to mention the elderly.

Gu Yu'an almost couldn't make it last year. Gu Yanzhang had a good conscience. He felt that his father's illness could not be delayed. He also felt that if his father died like this, he would be unable to support himself and the situation would get worse and worse. So, he thought deeply for a long time and took some valuable things in the house to the county town to pawn them.

With the money from the pawnshop, Gu Yanzhang ran to the pharmacy and got a few prescriptions for his father.

Although there were only a few prescriptions, they were really expensive for his mother's family.

Gu Yu'an was a thrifty person.

He boiled and drank those few prescriptions for the treatment of typhoid fever over and over again. After the medicinal properties of the medicines were boiled away, Gu Yu'an's body slowly recovered.

Gu Yu'an's health is not as good as before. Gu Yanzhang is the only one who does all the work in the fields.

Last year, in order to pay the household tax, field tax, and head tax in late summer and early autumn, Gu Yanzhang followed the people in the village to the dock at the east gate of the county town, carrying bags every day.

After working there for nearly a month, he only earned more than 200 coins.

For this more than 200 coins, he had to take out a few dozen coins like everyone else, find the heads of the village in charge, and make more arrangements and give them some benefits.

In this way, if the men of the Gu family want to go to the dock to carry bags at this time next year, the Baotous can give them this opportunity again for the sake of their filial piety in the past. Let them earn more money.

Thinking of how Gu Yanzhang worked so hard to make such a small amount of money, Chen Xuanxuan couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

"Boss, now that this wooden bed is done, let's just make a few cabinets at home in the future, right?"

"Things don't need to look good, as long as they are strong and can be used. You know me, I'm not very picky..."

Gu Yanzhang listened and nodded heavily.

He knew what kind of personality his wife had. She

said she wasn't picky, but in fact she was quite picky.

Moreover, he had long discovered that his wife seemed to be more and more fond of cleanliness recently.

When she got up in the morning, she would wash her face and brush her teeth, and take a shower before cooking. After cooking, she not only took a shower herself, but also forced the whole family to take a shower together.

Thinking of his mother who had reminded him twice in private, saying that if the firewood at home continued to be used like this, it would definitely not be enough in the future. Gu Yanzhang thought about it and still closed his mouth. He didn't want to say anything more.

After all, a harmonious family

is the key to success. His wife cooks every day, she must know the number.

If the food is to be delicious, it must be cooked well with a long fire.

If there is no firewood, he can just chop it in the mountains. It's not a big deal.

If he is really a stupid guy, he will definitely be like those heartless men, foolishly telling his daughter-in-law everything his mother said.

In this way, the daughter-in-law who has no opinion about her mother will have an opinion.

Since Gu Yanzhang has been staying at home these days, taking his father and his four sons to chop trees and polish wooden beds. Chen Xuanxuan's mood has become good.

After all, she only needs to cook for the family all day long. As for her two older daughters, they will be taken care of by her mother-in-law.

As her mother-in-law, Yu Xiangxiang actually has a lot to say in her heart.

But she also knew in her heart that the food for these people in the family was all thanks to her daughter-in-law, who provided food from her parents' home.

If she told her that the two little girls in the family didn't need to wear clothes, and that it would be a waste to make clothes for them, and that it would be better to save the fabrics or make a new dress for her son directly..., her daughter-in-law might get very angry.

Then, she might suddenly yell at her with gritted teeth, as she did before.

Thinking of this, Yu Xiangxiang hesitated for a few seconds, and finally shut up.

She could only look after her two little granddaughters all the time.

These two girls were young and often wet the bed. She didn't want them to ruin her nice clothes while sleeping.

Yu Xiangxiang was an old woman who was good at budgeting.

She privately calculated Chen Xuanxuan's recent expenses.

She felt that Chen Xuanxuan's family was really rich.

These dozens of kilograms of food, and the clothes on her daughter-in-law. And the good things she took out from time to time. ... Added together, it was almost more than 100 Wen!

Her daughter-in-law spent so much money, how could she, an old woman with a frugal habit, not feel heartbroken?

Every time she thought of the money, her heart almost ached to death.

She didn't sleep well these few nights.

At this moment, Chen Xuanxuan didn't know how bitter her mother-in-law felt.

She only knew that she had accumulated some good things in the past few days.

For example, a bag of 200 grams of autumn pear paste and a small bag of 100 grams of dried grapes.

Of course, a bag of 200 grams of millet. Finally, there is a pair of pig skin work shoes in size 38 that feel a bit big.

She has already worn these shoes on her feet. The people at home saw it, and they pretended not to see it. They

didn't ask anything.

They didn't show any envy.

Finding them quite worry-free, Chen Xuanxuan decided to really make something delicious to reward them.

Just when Chen Xuanxuan was washing the food and preparing it, Gu Yanzhang and the others suddenly heard a series of rapid and violent knocks on the door.

The other party seemed to be really anxious.