Chapter 166: I don't understand what people say

Chapter 166: I don't understand what people say

This kind of meticulous work is very exhausting and requires a lot of patience.

After painting the ten peonies, Gu Tang began to get impatient.

She thought of Gu Ping'an, a very patient man who was very suitable for this job.

Now two hours have passed, and Gu Laian, who was chopping wood in the backyard, should have finished, but for some reason Gu Ping'an didn't come over.

Gu Tang put down his brush, stretched his sore arms and waist, and went out to look for Gu Ping'an.

When I was about to reach the corridor, I ran into my third uncle coming back.

"Master, where have you been?"

Just as I asked this question, three middle-aged men came in carrying bamboo and wood.

There were two carts parked outside the courtyard gate, one full of bamboo and the other full of wood.

Gu Tang paused. Were these bamboos and firewood all bought by the old man?

"Grandpa went to buy some bamboo and wood, and asked someone to come to our house in the afternoon to build a chicken coop and a cowshed." The third uncle had a smile on his face and was in a good mood.

Hearing this, the three middle-aged men secretly glanced at Gu Tang. Judging from her age, she should be the second daughter of Gu Lianshan.

They all knew that in Gu Lianshan's household, it was his second daughter who was the housekeeper. Now that she knew that these bamboos and wood were bought with copper coins, she wondered if there would be a fuss.

Bamboo is cheap and can be found in the mountains. Wood is a little more expensive, but you don't need very thick wood to build a cowshed. Wood as thick as a wrist will do.

If you calculate it this way, you can accomplish it by going into the mountains, but it will be a bit hard and tiring.

If it were someone else's family, they would have probably started to complain and accused Third Uncle of wasting money.

It’s a pity that Gu Tang is from the 21st century.

She was used to the convenience and ease of the 21st century. No matter what it was, she just had to pay for it and she didn't have to expend any energy to get it. This was one of her favorite ways.

Of course, it would be even better if it didn’t require any payment or physical effort.

Therefore, she had no objection to her third uncle spending copper coins to buy bamboo and wood, but instead asked him with concern.

"Do you have enough coppers? I still have some coppers. If not, I'll give them to you."

This made the Third Uncle very happy: "It's enough, it's enough, they are all from the same village, I won't take away a few coppers."

When the middle-aged men who were carrying bamboo and wood towards the backyard heard what the grandparents and grandchildren said, the same thought came to their minds: People from the same family tend to stick together.

This adoption was a good decision. Gu Lianshan's daughter's temperament is very compatible with his third uncle.

The three of them looked at each other without saying a word. They moved all the bamboo and wood from the car outside to the backyard and then said goodbye and left.

Gu Tang saw them off to the door and watched them leave. He then returned to the courtyard and asked his uncle, "He looks a little unfamiliar. I haven't seen him before. Is he from our village?"

"You mean those three people? They are from the families living in the north of the village. They fled to our village a few years ago, married girls from our village, and stayed in the village. They rarely interact with the villagers, so you are not familiar with them."

So that's how it is. No wonder it looks a little unfamiliar.

"Why did you think of buying from them? No one else has it?"

Since they seldom interact with the villagers, according to Third Uncle's personality, he probably wouldn't take the initiative to visit them to chat and buy things.

Uncle San knew what Gu Tang was thinking and did not hide it from her: "There are seven or eight families who store bamboo and wood at home. Apart from these three, the others have dealings with our family and are very familiar with them.

I said I wanted to buy bamboo and wood to build a chicken coop and a cowshed, but they definitely wouldn't charge me a penny. If they didn't charge me a penny, then we would owe them a favor. It's not easy to repay a favor."

If he had lived alone in the past, it would have been fine if he owed favors, but now that he has a son, granddaughter, and grandson, it would be better not to owe favors casually.

"Indeed, it is difficult to repay a debt of favor. It is better to pay in cash."

These three families were not familiar with them, and since they were willing to accept copper coins, they were also happy to give them copper coins. The transaction was completed in silver, which saved time and effort.

"Come with me to the backyard and see where the chicken coop and the cowshed are."

Third Uncle is not the kind of elder who has the final say. Whether it is his son who died early or Gu Lianshan's family today, he hopes that all the family members can get together to discuss the matter, big or small.

Gu Tang liked elders like this. He followed his third uncle and walked happily to the backyard.

By the way, let’s go and see what’s happening with Gu Laian and Gu Ping’an.

It's been more than two hours, and I haven't seen them in the front yard. Could they still be chopping wood?

The first thing the grandparents saw when they stepped into the backyard was not the bamboo and wood neatly stacked on the ground, but the two brothers in the woodshed.

Gu Tang was right in his guess, Gu Laian was still chopping wood, and similarly, Gu Ping'an was still looking at him.

Both the grandfather and grandson glanced over there, and when they saw that Gu Laian had noticed them, the third uncle withdrew his gaze and looked at the bamboo and wood piled on the ground.

Gu Tang didn't look away. She stared at Gu Laian, wondering, has this kid changed his nature today? He's still chopping wood even after the time limit has expired!

Gu Ping'an also saw the grandparents and grandchildren, and quickly got up and came over.

"Master, Second Sister, why are you here?"

"I came with you to look at these bamboos and wood. After all, we spent copper coins to buy them. Don't fool us with bad ones."

No longer looking at Gu Laian, Gu Tang shifted his gaze to the bamboo and wood in front of him and looked at them carefully. Well, he didn't find anything wrong with them, except that the quantity seemed a bit too much.

She couldn’t see clearly because she was far away in the car just now, but now they are all laid out on the ground, and there look to be so many!

Not only Gu Tang felt that it was too much, Gu Ping'an also felt that it was too much, "Just now they said that I spent thirty copper coins to buy their bamboo and wood. Master, did you really only give them thirty copper coins? This is too cost-effective! Look, these bamboos and wood together can build two or three cow sheds!"

The Third Uncle was even more surprised than Gu Tang and his sister: "I have already given the copper coins. It is indeed thirty copper coins, but there were not so many before!"

"I guess they think that these bamboos and wood are not valuable things. It's rare for someone to come to their house to buy, so they just give more. Leave a good impression. If they want to buy bamboo and wood again in the future, they will definitely come to them again."

This is Gu Tang's guess, and it is probably the case.

After saying that, she raised her chin towards Gu Laian and said, "What's wrong with him? Didn't Dad tell him to chop wood for two hours? Why is he still chopping wood? Two hours have already passed."

It would be fine if I didn't mention this, but I get angry when I mention Gu Ping'an!

"Not to mention that two hours have passed, even if two more hours had passed, he wouldn't have dared to leave! Go and take a look, two hours have passed, and the firewood he chopped can't even fill the two backpacks!"

Third Uncle: ...

Gu Tang: ...

This is too useless!

Gu Tang couldn't hold back his curiosity and really ran to Gu Laian to check out his results.

Sure enough, of the two backpacks placed next to Gu Laian, only one was full, and the other was only half full.

At this time, Gu Laian was holding his right hand, blowing air into the palm of his right hand with red eyes, and hissing from time to time, it was obvious that his right hand was injured.

Gu Tang glanced at the palm of his right hand. There were several blisters on it, some of which had broken skin, revealing red wounds inside.

Gu Laian also noticed Gu Tang's arrival, stopped blowing, looked up and glared at her viciously.

"Are you satisfied? You saw me being tortured like this! You finally felt relieved!"

Brain dead!

Gu Tang took a deep breath and spat at him: "If chopping wood is considered grinding, then Ping An and I would have been grinded to death long ago! The work you did today, Ping An and I used to do every day! Have you ever heard us say the word grinding?"

"Who are you siblings? How dare you compare with me!" Gu Laian shouted in dissatisfaction.

"I'm the eldest son! You younger ones, of course, have to help me! Look at uncle, he's the eldest son. No matter how powerful our father is, he still has to support uncle and even his whole family!"

Gu Tang scratched his ears, thinking he was hallucinating. What kind of bullshit logic is this? !

"You want to compete with uncle?" Gu Tang looked him up and down with disdain, "Although in my eyes, calling uncle a fool is flattering him, but compared with you, he instantly becomes a talent!"

Gu Laian didn't react: "What do you mean by that?!"

"I said you're worse than an idiot!"

"You!" Gu Laian stood up angrily.

Gu Tang did not back down at all, but took another step forward: "You are such a grown-up, but you can't even understand what I say. How can you compare with uncle? Uncle is a piece of shit, but at least he can understand what people say and write. What about you? Apart from stealing, what else can you do?"

This made Gu Laian angry, and he wanted to hit Gu Tang in a fit of anger.

Gu Tang dodged for a moment, then quickly pulled out a piece of firewood from the backpack, and raised his hand to hit his raised left hand.

"ah!!!"

Following a scream, Gu Laian jumped up and down in pain, swinging his left hand continuously in an attempt to relieve the pain.

"You are a mean person and you have mean hands too!" Gu Tang cursed, and then hit him a few more times with the firewood in his hand, beating him until he cried!

The fight between the two was very fast, and before Third Uncle and Gu Ping'an could react, the fight was over.

Unfortunately, Gu Laian suffered another defeat.

Seeing Gu Laian hiding far behind the woodshed, Gu Tang did not chase after him. Instead, he threw away the firewood and ignored him, asking Gu Laian to go back to the front yard with him.

As for Gu Laian, there is no need to worry about him anymore. Let him continue to do this. When her father comes back, he will definitely suffer the consequences!

Gu Ping'an always listened to Gu Tang. After Gu Tang spoke, he followed Gu Tang back to the front yard.

Third Uncle was also coaxed back by Gu Tang, who didn't let him stay to face Gu Laian, saying that he had something for them to do.

Back in the front yard, Gu Tang brought the grandparents and grandchildren into her room and let them see what was placed on the table and small table.

In fact, Gu Tang didn't need to remind them. The moment they stepped into the house, the grandfather and grandson were attracted by the things on the table.

"What is this?" Third Uncle asked hesitantly.

The things on the table looked a bit like various flowers made of mud, but the colors were not right.

On the small table next to it, there were a few flowers dyed in red, yellow, purple and green. If it was not winter, he would have thought that these were flowers that were about to be picked.

It's so realistic!

Gu Pingan recognized it, stepped forward and gently touched the various flowers, and asked excitedly: "Are these all backflow incense?"

"Yes, it's all backflow incense."

The third uncle standing by was still confused: "What are you two talking about? What is backflow incense?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Ping'an took the lead over Gu Tang and explained in detail to his uncle what backflow incense was.

The more Third Uncle listened, the more his brows furrowed.

What does it mean that the smoke of incense goes down?!

No matter what kind of incense it is, after it is lit, the smoke will float upwards!

There is no way to go down!

Third Uncle glanced at Gu Ping'an with worry in his eyes. Was this kid dazzled?

Otherwise, why would he say such nonsense?

Gu Ping'an stopped talking immediately when he noticed that his third uncle's eyes were not right.

He knew that this backflow incense was somewhat subversive to their concepts and it was difficult for his grandfather to believe it. Only by letting his grandfather see it with his own eyes would his grandfather understand that what he said was the truth.

"Second sister, take out the backflow incense that you didn't finish burning last time and light it up so that I can take a good look at it."

Gu Tang pointed to the small box on the cabinet: "It's in there, take it yourself."

Following Gu Tang's guidance, Gu Ping'an found the small box, opened it, and took out the backflow incense inside.

There are only two backflow incense sticks in the box, one is in the shape of a flower and the other is in the shape of a four-leaf clover. Both have a corner slightly burned, which does not affect the overall beauty.

After taking out the incense, Gu Ping'an did not light it immediately, but put it in the hands of his third uncle, allowing him to take a good look at the uniqueness of the incense.

Uncle San had seen incense sticks, incense powder, and the tower incense commonly seen in temples, but this kind of incense was the first time he had seen it.

Each of the small and thin petals and leaves is so exquisitely crafted that it looks like the real thing.

He touched it carefully a few times and found it slightly hard. When he got closer, he could even smell the fragrance.

The more he looked, the more surprised he became. He moved his gaze to the table and asked, "Are these all incense?"

"Yes, these are all fragrant. The colored ones are peonies, and the uncolored ones are bamboo, orchid, plum, and chrysanthemum. No matter what shape they are, they are all fragrant."

Gu Tang took the four-leaf clover he had made from his hand, lit it with the fire on the stove, and placed it on the corner of the table.

Soon, a wisp of white smoke fell vertically.

Third Uncle’s whole body froze and he was stunned.

This, this smoke is actually going downwards!!!

"Sir, how is it? I didn't lie to you, did I? The smoke from this incense does go downwards, which justifies the name of this incense, 'Backflow Incense'."

Gu Ping'an exclaimed in admiration, stretched out his hand and shuttled through the smoke, breaking up the vertical smoke, and became playful.

Third Uncle, who had come to his senses, hurriedly stopped him and stared at Xiang eagerly.

"I have lived for most of my life, but I never thought I would be able to see such a spectacle in my lifetime!"

"This incense is best used with small landscape stones or various ornaments." Gu Tang took out the new tea cups from the cabinet and piled them into a trapezoidal "ornament" on the stool.

Place the burning backflow incense on the top of the trapezoidal "ornament". The smoke that was originally floating vertically will instantly turn into a rolling river, scattering and falling down, which is magnificent.

Gu Tang had also seen backflow incense on the Internet in her previous life. If you compare it with the backflow incense she made herself, the backflow incense she made has more, whiter and thicker mist, and the fragrance is also extremely elegant.

Some of the spices come from the system, and some are enhanced by the incense-making machine skills. They cannot be compared with conventional backflow incense.

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