Time flies, and soon it is the end of April in the lunar calendar.

At this time, there is a late spring cold outside. The spring rain is continuous, and the temperature begins to drop again, which makes people feel heavy in their hearts.

"The day after tomorrow, ... is the day you have to do labor service, right?"

Gu Yanzhang, who was eating spicy snail noodles, nodded suddenly.

"Wife, our clan leader has already said that we have to gather at the entrance of the village before dawn the day after tomorrow. When the time comes, we will go directly with the people of Chenjia Village!"

After all, Gujiagang is an outsider who came here more than a hundred years ago. Although they have lived and multiplied here for a hundred years. But their foundation is still a little shallow compared to the people of Chenjia Village.

After all, Chenjia Village has nearly 300 households so far.

Moreover, as early as several decades ago, Chenjia Village had produced a judge and a scholar.

They have already set up a clan school there. Any boy in the family who has some spare money only needs to pay 200 coins a year as tuition to learn to read and use an abacus from the boy in the clan.

With such skills, they can get a job as a shopkeeper or a waiter in the county or other towns.

The most important thing is that some people in Chenjia Village have more or less connections with those in the government.

Especially Chen Decai's eldest son.

As early as ten years ago, he acknowledged Captain Huang as his godfather.

You know, Captain Huang is a well-known figure in the government. Sometimes, the county magistrate has to go to him in person to discuss things with him.

Thinking of the relationship with the Chen family, the patriarch of the Gu family quietly pulled Gu Yu'an and Gu Yanzhang into his room last night and told them carefully.

He told them to have a good talk with the wife of the Chen family that his family married. Let the eldest brother of the Chen family wife also come forward and build a relationship with Captain Huang.

In this way, the descendants of the Gu family who go to clean up the silt and dredge the river will also have a good ending.

After the head of the Gu family spoke, how could Gu Yu'an and Gu Yanzhang, the father and son, not dare to give him face?

At that time, they had already patted their chests and made promises repeatedly.

Now, seeing Chen Xuanxuan's concern for them, Gu Yanzhang didn't know why he couldn't say what he had already planned in his mind.

After all, favors become thinner the more you use them. Unless there is a very close interest exchange between the two parties.

Gu Yanzhang thought in his heart that he should ask his wife to say more good things to his brother-in-law. Let the brother-in-law come forward and run to Captain Huang to take care of the Gu family a little bit...

In this way, wouldn't their whole family owe the Chen family again?

It is very likely that it was his strange self-esteem that made Gu Yanzhang unable to say anything that night.

He was just like his father who looked like a gourd with a sawed mouth, and he just lowered his head and ate.

Chen Xuanxuan had accumulated a lot of good things over time.

Especially things for women in this era. For example, 20 red rubber bands can be bought for one cent. There are also small red combs that can be bought for one cent.

There are five combs in total. They

are very small.

They are only as long as a Mentholatum lip balm, and the width is about 4 cm.

The background color is red, and various flowers are engraved on it. There are lotus flowers, peonies, lotus flowers, and roses...

These things are made very delicately.

They were painted with tung oil and then painted red. In addition, there was a faint fragrance.

With these things, Chen Daming has really been lucky in recent times.

He sold the four small and exquisite combs to the wealthy families in the county.

Each one was sold for 100 coins.

And the 20 red rubber bands.

He sold each rubber band for a good price of five coins.

With this trip, he made a full 500 coins.

So this time, Chen Daming also brought his younger brother Chen Xiaoming, carrying two full loads of things, to Chen Xuanxuan's house.

...

Chen Daming went out at night.

There were fewer people at night, and the two brothers carrying loads would not easily attract other people's attention.

After crossing the stone bridge, they started to go uphill.

Chen Xiaoming couldn't wait to see the elder sister that his mother always talked about, saying that she was very different.

Thinking of how his elder brother always got something good or ate something delicious every time he came back from her place, Chen Xiaoming couldn't help but lower his voice and whispered to Chen Daming, "Brother, if we go there now, we should be able to catch up with the third sister's house for dinner, right?"

The day before yesterday, Chen Daming followed his elder brother to his elder brother-in-law's house and the second brother-in-law's house.

When they went there, they carried dozens of kilograms of food. The two brothers didn't ask them for money. But those people didn't know the etiquette and didn't even ask them to stay for dinner.

When Chen Xiaoming, who had a strong sense of self-esteem and could not stand being insulted, thought about how he was treated poorly by his elder brother-in-law and his second brother-in-law, he suddenly said to Chen Daming, "Brother, I finally understand. The elder brother-in-law's family and the second brother-in-law

's family are all fake to us." "I will only plan to make fewer friends and have less contact with such people who don't know manners. We are so good to them. We see that it's not easy for them, so we take the initiative to send them food and clothes. As a result, they are reluctant to give us even a meal. I don't really want to eat that meal, I just feel that they have disappointed me..."

Chen Daming didn't say anything when he heard his younger brother complain. After all, he was also angry with those two families.

In addition, whenever he thought about the courtesy and attention he received every time he was with his third sister. No matter if it was meat or vegetables, Third Sister would ask him to eat, and always asked him to bring some back home for his mother to taste. He felt that Third Sister was a sentimental person. She was also someone who could make decisions in her husband's family.

This kind of sister was his real sister.

It turned out that the two sisters did not have the same father as him. In terms of interpersonal relationships, they were really very different.

"Don't worry, little brother. Later, when we get to the third sister's house, the third sister might even cook us a meal of braised pork. The third sister is polite and sentimental. Every time I go there, she never asks me to go home with an empty stomach."

Chen Xiaoming felt relieved when he heard this. A smile appeared on his face unconsciously.

It probably took another cup of tea for the two brothers to walk to the door of Chen Xuanxuan's room.