"Is the silver still available? If it's not enough, take it from me!" Gu Chengyu calculated. In the past three years, the annual dividend has been 800 taels of silver. Logically speaking, it won't be enough.
"How can a small shop use so much money? The medicinal materials are just a little more expensive. I plan to plant all the medicinal materials in the fields this year. I have just opened a shop. Only if it is cheaper than other shops can I have a future!"
When Father Gu heard this, he waved his hand quickly, "It can't be too cheap, otherwise it will be difficult for others to do business, and they may come to trouble you! I can still help with planting medicinal materials, but there are not enough manpower, so there will be less planting.
How many acres are there? It is said that some medicinal materials are difficult to grow! This is different from growing food!"
"I know, of course it won't be much cheaper!"
After a few people talked for a while, Gu Chengchi led Zhao back.
Gu Chengyu passed by the big house and said hello to Gu Chengli, ready to go out for a walk. Without Mingmo and the others, he walked alone on the path in the field, looking at the open fields, green seedlings, and villagers working in the fields.
Walk slowly towards the foot of the mountain.
When he was a child, he often sat next to a big stone, where he could see the whole of Shangling Village. With his back against the big tree, he sighed that it was still so cool under the shade of the big tree. Ever since he entered school, he seemed not to come here.
Now that he has been here, he feels that life is always so busy. He has many things to do and cannot stop for a moment.
Towards the entrance of Shangling Village, there is a stone archway, which was built by his family when he was a scholar three years ago. There is also the Gu family's ancestral hall and the Gu family's two courtyards, all of which he came here to visit.
After the Dayan Dynasty, with the changes that occurred in Shangling Village, perhaps he will leave more traces of himself in this world in the future.
Gu Chengyu looked at it, and suddenly felt that his mood broadened. Then he picked up a branch from the ground and began to write and draw. After more than an hour, Gu Chengyu looked at the words he had written on the ground, and the joy on his face suddenly disappeared.
Unable to stop himself, his words had a more majestic and majestic feel than before. It was a pity that the branches could not be painted, otherwise he would definitely be able to draw the whole picture of Shangling Village.
His calligraphy and painting had not improved for a long time, but he didn't expect that this time he would gain something like this when he revisited his old place. After sitting on the stick of incense again, Gu Chengyu got up and prepared to go back.
When Gu Chengyu returned to the yard, he happened to run into Ming Mo walking towards him.
"Master, Master Sun is here!" Ming Mo had beads of sweat on his head. He had searched most of the village just now to find Gu Chengyu. The Master only said he was out for a walk, but he didn't know where he went.
"Oh? Where is the person?" Gu Chengyu was not surprised. After all, he was leaving for the capital in a few days. It was normal for him to take the time to come and see his fiancée.
"We have already gone to the inner courtyard, and the old lady is with us!"
Gu Chengyu nodded and walked towards the inner courtyard. Looking at the houses on both sides, Gu Chengyu suddenly felt that as the ancestral home of the Gu family, this house was still a bit small. However, there were other people nearby, and the yard could not be expanded.
If I had known, I should have bought the piece of land at the foot of the mountain, and I should have been able to build a house with about three rooms. Several houses were squeezed into one house, and they were divided into separate houses, making it inconvenient to get in and out.
What's more, this house will belong to the eldest brother in the future. It seems that he needs to build a new house. Although he has a house in Fucheng, Shangling Village is his foundation after all. In order to have a spacious house to live in in the future, he should still build it.
It's a big house, and he's not short of money anyway.
"Where did you go just now? Ming Mo is looking for you everywhere." Sun Xian was sitting on a stool in the main room drinking tea. When he saw Gu Chengyu coming in from the yard, he said with a smile.
"We went out for a walk, what? You don't need to help your mother?" Gu Chengyu sat down next to Sun Xian. The two were already familiar with each other and were about to become a family, so there was no need to salute each other. These false courtesy had been dispensed with a long time ago.
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Three years ago, Gu Chengyu brought the Sun family's pickles to the restaurant, and the response was pretty good. Later, the Sun family sent pickles to the restaurant every year. The price of a small jar of pickles ranged from 500 Wen to one tael of silver. In the past two years, Sun's mother developed the type.
There are also more.
The cheapest ones include radish strips and cabbage, while the more expensive ones include cucumbers, bamboo shoots, shiitake mushrooms, etc. In addition, Sun’s mother also made some sweet sauce and hot sauce. She has really made a lot of money in the past two years. The yard of Sun’s family is full of piles.
They made large and small jars, so that grandma couldn't make it alone, so she asked the women in the village to help.
"Today's food has been marinated. I invited two aunts to my family, but my mother said that I don't need my help. I still have to thank you for this. If your restaurant hadn't helped sell it, how could my family have sold it?
And you’ve earned so much money?”
In the past, Sun Xian was still thinking about how to repay Gu Chengyu, but instead of thinking about how to repay Gu Chengyu, he owed more and more favors.
"How many times have you said this? What are you still saying? Your family can live well. Besides, with your pickles, the restaurant's business has improved a lot!" Seeing Sun Xian thanking him again, Gu Chengyu could only say something.
Comfort.
In fact, Sun Xian knew in his heart that Gu Chengyu was just trying to find a living for his family. The restaurant's business was so good, and his pickles were just the icing on the cake!
The three of them chatted for a while, and Sun Xian couldn't sit still. Gu Chengyu couldn't help but pursed his lips and smiled when he saw Sun Xianru sitting on pins and needles.
"Brother Xian, you will stay for dinner and stay at home today." Mrs. Lu came from the kitchen and said with a smile.
"Then it's trouble, aunt! I'm here, and I'm going to cause trouble for you." Sun Xian was still a little shy when facing his mother-in-law, fearing that if he didn't pay attention, her mother-in-law would be dissatisfied with him.
He has been here for a while and has not seen Gu Wan. Unmarried men and women can meet each other when their elders are around. However, Gu Wan has to learn the rules in the afternoon, so he has not gone to the main room until now.
Come.
Of course, Sun Xian also wanted to stay at Gu's house for dinner. This was a good opportunity to see Gu Wan openly, although he would definitely not be eating at the same table.
When it was time for dinner, Gu Wan was finally late, and Sun Xian immediately turned his attention to Gu Wan.
Gu Wan is already fifteen and will have her hair extensions in two months. Unfortunately, Gu Chengyu and the others cannot catch up with Gu Wan's hair extension ceremony.
I saw that she was wearing a crimson flower-breasted coat and a blue pleated skirt underneath. She had her hair parted into a bun with a beaded flower and a hairpin ring on it. The skin on her face was white and rosy.
, looks particularly beautiful.
Sun Xian just took one look and couldn't move his eyes away. Gu Wan learned the rules from her mute mother-in-law, and now she looks no different from other ladies.
Gu Wan moved her lotus steps lightly and came in a curling way. As soon as she entered the main room, she saw Sun Xian sitting in the room. Her face turned red and she quickly turned her head away and walked towards Father Gu. But this time, Sun Xian's eyes were on her.
There was a myriad of charms in her eyes, and her graceful figure and pretty face made his heart flutter.
Gu Chengyu saw all this, but had to remind him, "Ahem!" He and his father are still there! How dare Sun Xian act like this in front of his father-in-law?