Seeing that it was still early, Gu Xinran called her two brothers to a halt and ran into the grain store. She bought another 600 kilograms of white flour, 200 kilograms of refined rice, and 200 kilograms of miscellaneous grains, a total of 1,000 kilograms, spending more than ten taels of silver.
Seeing the silver being spent, Brother Gu felt really distressed. "Sister, it's too expensive to buy so much fine grain."
"Our family, young and old, are all weak. Eating whole grains for a long time is definitely not good. Look at how pale they look. They all need to be nourished. Besides, this is considered a windfall for me. Windfalls must be spent before they can come back next time, haha!"
When night fell, they returned to Qingshan Village and took a small path to their home at the foot of the mountain.
Both families were waiting at the door eagerly. Normally, they would have returned long ago if they had gone to the county town.
I was surprised to see them driving two ox carts loaded with grain.
Gu Xinran repeated what she had said before.
Everyone was moved. The most excited person was Grandpa Gu. He led the cow to the backyard, admired and stroked it, fed it with wheat straw, and even reluctantly took out a handful of grains. He also decided to build a better cowshed for it.
My grandfather’s dream of owning a cow has come true!
Everyone was so excited after bringing all the food into the house. Looking at the huge amount of food, everyone was smiling. If they saved a little, it would be enough for them to eat for the whole year.
Mother Gu quickly invited them to eat dumplings, "Yuchen Ranran, you must be starving so late at night, come and eat dumplings, there are pork and green onion fillings, and there are leeks and eggs fillings."
The brother and sister felt much less tired as they ate the delicious dumplings.
As he ate, Brother Gu said, "Mom, these dumplings are so delicious! Have you eaten them all? Do you have any left? Send some to Uncle Zhang's house. Brother Kangzi, you've been a big help today."
"Well, I do want to thank them. I'll also send a few pounds of wild boar meat. We've received a lot of benefits from them over the years. Also, I'd like to ask Uncle Zhang's family not to tell anyone about the fact that our family bought so much food. Most people in the world hate those who have something and laugh at those who don't. It's better to keep a low profile." Gu Xinran added.
Seeing that the family had received so much food today, Mother Gu was also generous and brought a bowl of dumplings to personally deliver to the Zhang family. "We have all eaten. I made hundreds of dumplings today, as much as you can eat. I will go and tell them about this. Ranran is right. It would be bad to be envied by others."
"The little wild boar produced more than 40 kilograms of meat. We gave them five kilograms in the afternoon, and the village chief's family also gave two kilograms. We are people who know how to repay kindness." Grandpa Gu said happily.
Grandpa Gu hasn't been this happy for a long time. The death of his only son made him disheartened. Today is the proudest day he has felt in the past three years.
"Grandpa is so generous!" Gu Xinran flattered him.
Gu Yuchen, who was so hungry that he almost buried his head in the bowl, remembered what Uncle Chang Fu had asked him to do. "Grandpa, when you have time, go to the village chief's house. Uncle Chang Fu told him to store more grain."
Then he told the story of the doubling of grain prices again.
"It hasn't rained for two months straight, and the river level has dropped significantly. It's hard to plant winter wheat. God is not giving us a way out. We don't know what will happen next, so storing grain is the right thing to do."
"Grandpa is far-sighted!" Gu Mapi continued.
After two bowls of dumplings and a bowl of dumpling soup, his stomach was full. After eating and drinking his fill, Gu Xinran took out two large backpacks.
"Everyone come over here and give out gifts!"
Xuanxuan Tingting hurried over and sat next to her sister. The family gathered around the dining table, waiting for Gu Xinran's surprise by the light of a small oil lamp.
"What gift? Is there anything delicious?" The foodie Xuanxuan spoke first.
"Yes!" He took out a roast chicken, a roast goose, a handful of candied haws, as well as malt sugar, walnut cakes, osmanthus cakes, mung bean cakes, fried twisted dough sticks, apples and pears, sesame cakes, big meat buns... He set up a big table and finally gave each person two pairs of shoes.
After taking out the food and shoes, he pushed the two baskets to Gu's mother and said, "Mom, there is still a lot of fat meat and mutton. There is cloth and cotton in the other basket. Please take care of it."
Not to mention the children, even the adults couldn't help swallowing their saliva when watching it.
"The roast chicken and roast goose are delicious, let's eat together. Brother Xuanxuan and Tingting, take whatever you want. Grandpa and grandma, the osmanthus cake and mung bean cake are soft, sticky and sweet, you can try them. Mom, the fried dough twist is fragrant and crispy, you can eat more..."
The family felt like they had landed in a lucky nest, considering that they were still eating steamed buns with wild vegetables just a few days ago.
Then, Gu Xinran took out a ten-liang silver note and some small change and handed them to Gu's mother, "Mom, this is the remaining money. The one liang of silver from the embroidery workshop is also in it."
Mother Gu only took up one or two taels of silver and said with a smile, "You can keep what you earned. I also want to thank you for buying the ox cart and so much food for the family."
Now Gu Xinran was happy from the bottom of her heart. The head of the family was fair and open-minded, and there were fewer conflicts in the family.
Gu Xinran put the money away and said, "Mom, I'll keep this money for now. Come to me when you need it."
He grabbed a handful of golden peanuts and melon seeds and said, "Look! What is this?"
Everyone was dazzled by the golden glitter. Grandma Gu touched them gently and was excited. "Wow, what exquisite melon seeds and peanuts! I heard that these are only available to the rich and powerful. Each one is worth ten taels of silver. Grandma, you are so lucky to have my granddaughter. She can see such precious things in her lifetime."
Grandpa Gu was so overwhelmed with joy today, he touched the golden pumpkin seeds and peanuts in his hands, and smiled until his eyes narrowed into slits. "Ranran, you can keep this gold as your dowry. We are satisfied just to take a look at it and feast our eyes."
Everyone declined and let Gu Xinran keep it.
This time, Gu Xinran insisted, "I have a few more, grandpa, grandma, mom, and big brother. Just think of it as Ranran's filial piety to you. Only with money in hand can we have confidence. Let's sew it into our clothes and take it out when we need it urgently. Xuanxuan Tingting's mother will keep it for them first."
Brother Gu gave the remaining money and gold from buying the wild boar to Mother Gu, who said cheerfully, "Yuchen, you're grown up now and can manage your own money. I'll keep the remaining money for household expenses, and I'll sew the gold into your cotton-padded jacket for you to use when you get married."
Brother Gu was embarrassed.
The Gu family is living in harmony and happiness, but the scene is quite different in a luxurious mansion in Dafeng County.
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