Gu Yu'an has lived to the age of 60. He has always felt that only city people like them have money and know how to eat!

They are willing to eat a big bowl of pickled vegetables at two cents...

Country people like them who have nothing would like to break every penny into ten cents to spend!

Gu Yu'an feels particularly relieved when he thinks that his daughter-in-law is becoming more and more capable and is increasingly able to support the family.

He thought that if this continues, his eldest grandson will be able to marry a good granddaughter-in-law in a few years.

Just when Gu Yu'an was happy, Chen Xuanxuan boiled a pot of hot water and took a bath in her house.

Although Gujiagang is located on a hill, it is surrounded by mountains and dense forests. In fact, firewood is not easy to find here.

Rural people are too poor.

Ironware is the most valuable thing for rural people.

Sickle, hatchet, kitchen knife, etc. These three knives have always been good things that have been passed down from household to household for a long time.

Some people are afraid that the knives will become less valuable after being sharpened, so even if the knives in their hands are rusty and difficult to use, they dare not sharpen them.

If you really want to spend money to buy ironware, you have to spend several taels of silver!

So, how can those thrifty and stingy villagers be willing to use their kitchen knives to cut down a tree as big as a bowl? !

Without the ability to cut down trees, the children who were looking for firewood in the mountains all day long could only pull weeds, break branches, and look for dead wood...

Firewood was hard to come by, and the villagers, who were used to being frugal, would never be willing to boil water every day for bathing, washing faces, and washing feet.

Chen Xuanxuan now took a bath every two or three days, but she had to hide from her parents-in-law.

Otherwise, they would inevitably say that she was a spendthrift... After

Chen Xuanxuan washed her face and bathed, Gu Yanzhang took the six children and continued to wash while the water was hot.

Because only after they washed themselves carefully, Chen Xuanxuan would let them go to bed.

...

Under Chen Xuanxuan's strict supervision, except for her cheap parents-in-law, no one else in the family has fleas on their bodies.

The room where the couple and their six children sleep is now clean and tidy. There are no snakes, insects, rats or ants.

Chen Xuanxuan signs in on the Qiongheihei app every day and buys three different samples every day. She has more and more things on hand.

Because of Chen Daming's help, Chen Xuanxuan has actually earned five taels of silver.

However, she did not tell anyone in the Gu family about this money.

She has been thinking in her heart that this money still has other uses.

Tonight, Gu Yanzhang's heart was full of ups and downs. After tossing and turning in bed, he still couldn't fall asleep.

"Wife, I plan to sell all the pickled vegetables in our house, and then take my father, Dazhu and Erzhu to the mountain to open up some wasteland..."

Chen Xuanxuan couldn't help but sit up from the bed after hearing this, "Is this okay?"

"Will other people in the village have bad opinions about us?"

Gu Yanzhang thought about it and shook his head, "Probably not. But before opening up the wasteland, I will say hello to the village chief..."

Thinking that Gu Yanzhang had to go out to sell pickles again tomorrow, Chen Xuanxuan slowly got up from the bed.

After carefully pulling open the white mosquito net, she looked in the box under her bed. Finally, she took out a palm-sized red candle and a stainless steel spoon.

Don't underestimate these two things. In fact, in this ancient society, they are still quite valuable.

Especially the stainless steel spoon. It

is light and convenient. It also shines silver.

"Gu Yanzhang, after you finish selling kimchi in the county tomorrow, please help me sell these two things..."

"I asked about this candle. If you sell it in a pawnshop, you should be able to sell it for two hundred coins. And this spoon in my hand. It can be sold for at least three hundred coins..."

In the dark night, seeing his wife take out these two treasures with his own eyes, Gu Yanzhang couldn't help but said, "This is a gift from your eldest brother. Why are you selling it?"

"This red candle and this silver spoon, maybe they can become our family heirlooms in the future..."

Chen Xuanxuan heard it and laughed in her heart, "Gu Yanzhang, just listen to me. Sell them all!"

"Remember, the total value of these two items must not be less than 500 coins! If the pawnshop in the county is unwilling to pay this money, we will resolutely refuse to pawn."

Seeing the confusion on Gu Yanzhang's face, Chen Xuanxuan thought for a moment and said to him seriously, "Boss, we really can't delay now."

"The children are already this big, we should have planned more for them a long time ago."

"Dazhu and Erzhu are now over ten years old, so it's time to consider finding wives for them. As for the younger Sanzhu and Sizhu, I don't want them to be like you, unable to read and write for the rest of their lives, living in the village, facing the earth and the sky, and relying on the few acres of land for food. So, we can only save more money and food to solve these major issues."

"Anyway, we have a lot of things to do at home, and we can only do them one by one. What I want to do most now is to build two new houses for our family as soon as possible. It would be best if they were big houses with green bricks and tiles. This way, it would be easier for us to find wives for Dazhu and Erzhu..."

Hearing his wife talking about these things, Gu Yanzhang subconsciously kept them in mind.

"Okay, wife, then I will take Dad and Dazhu to the county town early tomorrow morning..."

Thinking that he should be able to bring back nearly one or two taels of silver this time, Gu Yanzhang couldn't help but smile when he closed his eyes and went to sleep.

...

Early the next morning, Chen Xuanxuan asked Gu Yanzhang and the others to have breakfast first.

Breakfast was tomato egg noodles. It tasted especially good and fragrant.

Gu Yanzhang had a good appetite and ate two large bowls of food.

After finishing his meal, under Chen Xuanxuan's urging, he trimmed his fingernails with nail clippers, combed his hair, and changed into the most respectable clothes he had. After letting them wash their faces and brush their teeth, Chen Xuanxuan was willing to let Gu Yanzhang and the others go.

Today, Gu Yanzhang and his group of three carried a lot of kimchi, pickled vegetables, fresh vegetables, and homemade tofu skin in their baskets.

The three baskets of things weighed more than 300 kilograms.

They first went to the wealthy Tongzhen, where they sold more than 100 kilograms of kimchi and tofu skin. Then they prepared to take a small boat on the Tongjiang River, go downstream, and go straight to the county town.

It is faster to go by water.

In the evening, Gu Yanzhang and his group saw the bustling East Wharf in the county town.