The road of the farmer's fortune and the imperial examination

Chapter 85 The Jealous Huang

"Hey! Uncle Gu's family, are you going to the town?" Mrs. Huang looked at the brand-new ox cart, feeling a little puzzled, but she didn't see the driver when she looked left and right.

"Ah! I'm back." Father Gu was a little displeased with the behavior of the daughter-in-law of the Zhang family next door. He liked to gossip all day long, and he liked to get together with Wang Yueniang the most.After a simple reply, he was about to drive the bullock cart into the yard.

"Second uncle of the Gu family, but relatives are here. Why is this bullock cart still in the yard?" Mrs. Huang was a little jealous when she looked at the strong big yellow ox. This ox is an expensive livestock.

Although Papa Gu didn't want to talk to Mrs. Huang, but when he mentioned the cow he just bought, he felt happy and couldn't help but want to say a few more words.

"Where are there any relatives? Isn't this the cow I just bought in the town today?"

Gu Chengyu was pushing open the courtyard door, and was about to let the ox cart enter the courtyard, when he heard Mrs. Huang coming from the adjacent courtyard.

"What? Your family bought a ox? This ox cart belongs to your family? Tsk tsk! Ouch! Uncle Gu's family? Isn't your family rich? This ox cart needs a lot of money, right?" Huang heard that it was bought by the Gu family. , was simply too shocked.

Mrs. Huang ran to the gate of the Gu family's courtyard, touched the carriage on the cart, and touched the big yellow ox that was harnessed to the cart in front, while stroking her mouth, she said, "Look at this cow! It's fat and strong, but You are good at pulling carts and plowing the fields! And this carriage, I have only seen other people’s carriages have this.”

Seeing her groping endlessly, Old Gu lost his patience, "Jiang's nephew and daughter-in-law, we just came back and haven't had lunch yet!"

"Oh! Look at me? Isn't this just looking at the cattle? Uncle Gu, your family is in Shangling Village now!" Huang raised her thumbs up to Old Gu.

"That's not to be taken for granted. Landlord Zhao's family has no shortage of cattle." Father Gu is actually very happy in his heart. Besides Landlord Zhao in Shangling Village, his family can be counted, right?I'm afraid no one has as much money as his.

"Third uncle of the Gu family! But where did you get rich? Tell us to earn some money, we are all in the same village, not to mention that our two families are closest to each other! If you have money, everyone can earn money!" Gu Chengyu saw Mrs. Huang licked her smiling face, and that smile was as flattering as it could be.

At the same time, she sneered at Huang's words, this woman is also a fool, if there is such a way to make money, who would be willing to tell it?However, his family bought an ox cart today, and they will have to buy land and build a house in the future. If they don't talk about a way of making money, there will be more unreasonable suspicions in the village, and some people will have those crooked thoughts.After thinking about it for a while, Gu Chengyu felt that it would be better to reveal something.

Old man Gu will get angry when he hears this, how shameless is it to say such a thing?No matter how much money his family has, it has nothing to do with his Jiang family, right?

Gu Chengyu hurriedly pulled Papa Gu over and whispered a few words in Papa Gu's ear. Papa Gu was not happy at first, but he had no choice but to nod later.

"Are you talking about the way to get money? There is no such thing. Just a few days ago, Xiaobao and I went up the mountain, dug ginseng on the mountain, and sold some silver. Otherwise, where would we have money to buy an ox cart?"

Mrs. Huang patted her thigh, "What? What a coincidence? This is a stroke of luck! How much money did the ginseng sell for?" Mrs. Huang's eyes lit up when she heard the ginseng.

"The ginseng is not big, so it's only sold for a few dozen taels." Mr. Gu thinks it's better to talk less, since Langzhong Li won't go out and talk nonsense anyway.

"Dozens of taels? So many?" When Huang heard that they had sold dozens of taels, she almost went crazy with jealousy. The Gu family is so lucky, right?

"Yes! But I bought an ox cart and a field today, so there is nothing left. Let's go back to eat, Xiaobao." Father Gu deliberately said that there was no money left, firstly to prevent others from borrowing without reason, and One is to beware of Xiaoxiao, it is not safe to put money at home.

The two pulled the ox cart into the courtyard, and closed the courtyard door regardless of Mrs. Huang outside.

Gu Chengyu can be sure that after today, everyone in the village will know that his family dug up ginseng and sold it for a lot of money.

"Mom! Come out quickly." Gu Chengyu shouted to the main room, wanting to surprise his mother.

"What's wrong?" Mrs. Lu asked as she collected the threads of the clothes she was sewing, folded them neatly, and put them into the kangqin.Then I got off the kang, put on my shoes and went to the yard.

"Ouch! Whose ox cart is this? How did it get into the yard?" As soon as Mrs. Lu came out of the main room, she was shocked when she saw the big bull's eyes of the big ox.

Gu Chengyu grinned, ready to leave the good job of explaining to his father, and entered the main room with the package carried from the ox cart.

After a while, Mrs. Lu and Mrs. Gu entered the house, "Why did you buy an ox cart? Didn't I tell you to save some money? The money for Xiaobao's study is for you to buy an ox cart?"

"Didn't I just think that Xiaobao has to go to town every day, would it be more convenient if he had an ox cart? It's always called Old Wangtou's ox cart, and it adds up day by day. It's also a lot of money! Besides , His cow is too slow, it is better to buy a new one, Xiaobao can sleep more in the morning." Father Gu also thought about it, the ox cart is indeed necessary.

"Mom, our family is going to buy land soon. With the cows, Dad and the others will not be so tired. Besides, there is a lot of land, and it will be done by manpower, which will delay the work!" Gu Chengyu persuaded from the side.

"Hmph! Anyway, I can't say no to you two. I bought everything, but can I return it? By the way, how is Xiaobao's study today?" Mrs. Lu had been waiting for the news at home, but was shocked by Niu. After a while, I remembered it.

"It's done! Just study at Mr. Wen's. You have to get up early tomorrow and make something for Xiaobao. Xiaobao eats lunch in the private school. Their private school can't have lunch until early noon. You must be very hungry." Panic."

"That means you have to eat three meals a day, and you have to get up earlier in the morning to make wowo." After thinking for a moment, Lu decided that she would get up early every morning to urge the eldest and second child's family to make wowo.

Gu Chengyu had considered eating at a private school.Because if it's hot, the food you bring will be bad, so it's better to eat in a private school, which is actually not expensive.I also thought that the system of two meals a day in his family needs to be changed.

"Mom, let's have an extra meal in the morning too! Dad, eldest brother, and second brother have to get up early to work in the fields. If they don't eat, they go to the fields. How can they have the strength to work?"

"How can our family have so much food to eat? Let's talk about it later!" Mrs. Lu took out a cloth bag from the kang and was sewing it, without raising her head.

Gu Chengyu knew at a glance that his mother was perfunctory him. However, the Gu family still doesn't have a fixed source of money. When he makes the soap, he must buy more rice and noodles to improve the Gu family's food.

"Mom! What are you doing?" Gu Chengyu looked at the cloth bag in Mrs. Lu's hand, which was square. Could it be a book bag sewn for him?
"You're going to study tomorrow, can't I sew you a bookbag?" Mrs. Lu squinted her eyes and kept moving her hands back and forth as she compared the needle and thread in her hand to the light outside the window.

"Mother, stop sewing, take a break! Don't burn your eyes!" Gu Chengyu felt distressed.

"It will be fine soon, just wait a little longer!"

"Mom! I'm hungry. Dad and I didn't even have lunch when we came back!" Gu Chengyu was very helpless, so he had to use his trump card.

"What? You are also a fool, why don't you know how to buy some food for Xiaobao in the town? You just came back so hungry? Wait, I'm still drying the buns you brought back in the well! I'm afraid it will break , I’ll go and heat it up for you.” When Lu Shi heard that the two of them hadn’t eaten yet, she immediately put down the needlework in her hand and went down to the kitchen.

It turned out that his mother didn't eat the steamed stuffed bun and kept it for him.

I also thought that there are still Wowo and a pack of peach blossom cakes in the space, and when I have time, I will ask Dalang and the others to share them.

(End of this chapter)