Gu Yanzhang had something on his mind. He got up early in the morning before daybreak. He did

n't even have breakfast. He asked his father and eldest son to carry the load and prepare to leave Ma Ergou's house.

When he found that Ma Ergou was still half asleep, he said hello to Ma Ergou's wife, Huang, and left.

Gu Yanzhang only had a few dozen kilograms of pickled cabbage. This vegetable is easy to sell.

On the way to find Captain Huang, they sold more than ten kilograms.

Gu Yanzhang was very happy to earn more than twenty coins early in the morning. After spending five cents to buy a few mixed-grain steamed cakes, he said to his father and eldest son, "Don't prepare anything, eat it while it's hot!"

"Let's finish the steamed cakes and go find Captain Huang..."

Captain Huang's yard is next to the county government offices. To be more precise, it is on the street behind the county government offices.

This is actually where the wealthy families in the county city live.

After arriving at the back door of Captain Huang's house, Gu Yanzhang took the initiative to knock on their door.

At the back door of Captain Huang's house, there is an old man with gray hair who is specifically guarding the door.

This old man is actually a lonely old man. He is also a fellow clansman from the same place as Captain Huang.

He has lived to this age and just wants to retire here. Being able to eat three meals a day here, wear warm clothes, not have to endure the freezing cold, and have a place to shelter from the wind and rain, he felt extremely satisfied.

At this time, he had actually gotten up a long time ago.

When he heard the knock on the door, he thought about it, then leaned over to the door and asked. "Who is outside?"

Gu Yanzhang heard it and hurriedly introduced himself. "Old man Huang, it's me!"

"I'm the brother-in-law of your grandfather's step-son. My surname is Gu, and I live in Gujiagang, opposite Chenjia Village. I'm here to bring you food!"

Hearing that someone came to deliver food early in the morning, the old man surnamed Huang hesitated for a moment, and then opened the door for him with trembling hands and feet.

After opening the door for Gu Yanzhang, he saw the three of them, and the baskets they were carrying.

"Delivering food, come in quickly!"

"What food are you delivering today?"

Gu Yanzhang heard this and said loudly with a smile, "We are delivering pickled cabbage. These are made by my wife, very delicious and especially appetizing."

"..."

Hearing this, the yellow old men leaned over and found that there was indeed a basket of pickled cabbage, which had an unspeakable sour smell. He thought about it and nodded.

"Okay, then you can leave all the things behind!"

"I'll definitely tell the old man later."

Knowing that although this old man Huang was old, he probably had a good memory and was very serious about his work and had never made a mistake, Gu Yanzhang did not hesitate and put down the things he had cleaned up in an orderly manner. Seeing that

Gu Yanzhang was so well-behaved, old man Huang did not deliberately make things difficult for him.

After moving a bench and letting him sit down, he found the housekeeper in the yard and told him about this.

The housekeeper of Captain Huang's family was actually his wife's nephew.

When he heard that Gu Yanzhang was coming, he thought about it and found Captain Huang who was about to go to the yamen. After telling him this, he followed the instructions of Captain Huang, took out two pounds of meat from the kitchen, and also took out a box of snacks, and handed them to Old Man Huang with a smile on his face. After

Old Man Huang got these two things, he put them in a basket.

"Gu's boy, you are so lucky today." "

Our old man hasn't gone to the government office yet. You actually met him. Here, this is a return gift from our old man to you. You are a good man, and you can think of our old man in the future. In the future, you still have to come to see us more often..."

Hearing what Old Man Huang thought, Gu Yanzhang hurriedly said, "Old man, you are right!"

After taking those good things from him, Gu Yanzhang said a few more polite words to him.

Feeling that it was getting late, Gu Yanzhang took his old father and eldest son, carrying their loads and going home.

In order to get home earlier, Gu Yanzhang first went to the East Pier of the county town and took a boat for 18 cents. After arriving at the pier of Tongzhen, he was still prepared to spend 30 cents to take a donkey cart home.

After all, in his opinion, the speed of a donkey running is still faster than that of a person walking on two legs.

But his father Gu Yu'an was used to thriftiness.

He felt that he was really wasting money by doing this.

It only took three hours to walk from Tongzhen to home.

They were not particularly rich people, and money was not easy to come by. It was not like they could not afford a few hours.

The son and daughter-in-law said before that Dazhu should have married a wife a long time ago.

So, this money should be saved as much as possible.

Thirty cents can buy dozens of eggs!

Thinking of this, Gu Yu'an firmly refused to spend the money and took a donkey cart back.

Gu Yanzhang couldn't persuade him, so he could only follow his wishes and walk home.

...

When Gu Yanzhang and his party returned home, it was already dark.

It was almost nine o'clock in the evening. If there were mobile phones and TVs here, Chen Xuanxuan would definitely not sleep.

However, there was nothing here. As long as there was the suffocating loess wall, Chen Xuanxuan could only finish dinner early and then lie down on the bed to sleep early. At

this moment, she had already immersed in dreams. Even if it was thundering and raining outside the house, he didn't feel anything.

When Gu Yanzhang, Gu Yu'an and others knocked on the door, it was Chen Xuanxuan's mother-in-law who opened the door.

When she saw the people outside, it was indeed her husband, her son and her grandson, Chen Xuanxuan's mother-in-law Yu, she was very happy.

"Are you back?"

"...Mom, if we have anything to say, let's talk inside. Is there anything to eat? We only had a baked cake early this morning. In order to hurry on the road at noon, we only bought a steamed bun."

Hearing him say this, Yu felt very distressed.

"Then come in quickly. Your wife estimated that you would be back today, and she cooked a big pot of meat for you. It's all hot in the pot now!"

"And the tomato egg noodles, they also cooked a big pot for you. It's a pity that the noodles were cooked for too long, and now they have become a paste. However, the noodles are delicious even if they are a paste..."

Hearing his mother's chattering, Gu Yanzhang felt a long-lost happiness.

There is food and drink, a place to shelter from the wind and rain, and his own family who are always thinking about him and caring about him... How can he not cherish such a life?

Eating the fragrant tomato egg noodles and eating several pieces of preserved vegetable braised pork that melt in the mouth, Gu Yanzhang's face smiled surprisingly often.

He was in a very good mood at this moment.

So he couldn't help but tell his family, "We made a lot of money on this trip."