Siheyuan: A Very Happy Era

Chapter 52 That’s it
"Grandpa Fu, Grandpa Fu, big brother agreed to stay at our house!"

"Oh? Then how much did you guys agree on for the boarding fee?"

Xu Guangfu was sitting on the kang. When he saw Xu Dani running in excitedly and shouting, he immediately felt curious.

"Fifteen cents. Fifty cents a day!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Dani immediately answered excitedly, her small mouth almost stretching to her ears.

"Fifteen cents?"

Xu Guangfu glared, then quickly looked up at Li Guoqiang who was walking in from behind, with a questioning look in his eyes.

The next moment, when he saw Li Guoqiang nodded slightly to him in confirmation, he couldn't help but reveal an extremely complicated expression on his face.

There was surprise, confusion, sudden realization, and a hint of regret.

If he had known that Li Guoqiang could offer such a high price, he should not have rejected Li Guoqiang outright.

Afterwards, he thought of the situation at Xu Dani's home and Li Guoqiang's frail appearance, and he couldn't help feeling relieved.

Li Guoqiang didn't feel surprised when he saw Xu Guangfu's reaction.

As far as he knew, the highest lodging fee offered by Shao Ruian and others was only ten cents, and this was only given on the premise that they needed help with heating the kang and cooking.

If it were based on the conditions Xu Guangshan had mentioned to him before, it would only be worth seven or eight cents at most.

The main reason why he is willing to be the scapegoat is because he has no choice now.

You can't really stay in Xu Guangfu's house forever, right?

In addition, he also thought that Xu Danniu's family could lend him a whole kang, so he wouldn't have to squeeze with others.

What's more, he also plans to go into the mountains to pick medicinal herbs and prepare some prescriptions to replenish his body's vitality so that his body can become stronger and stronger faster.

In this case, he had to consider whether people would dislike him making medicine in other people's homes. And Xu Danniu's family just happened to need to make medicine every day, so it could be said that this problem was perfectly solved for him.

And this is the main reason why other villagers dislike him as a sickly person, but Xu Danniu is the only one who does not dislike him.

Everything in the world has a cause and effect relationship. There is no love or hate without reason.

Li Guoqiang didn't want to delve too deeply into why Xu Guangfu charged such a high fee for accommodation. He just thought the deal was worth it based on his own needs, so he did it.

That's it.

Not long after, after Xu Dani found out clearly which of Li Guoqiang's things were, she immediately gritted her teeth and carried Li Guoqiang's bag on her back. Her thin body and the huge bag instantly formed a picture that made Li Guoqiang feel distressed.

So, without thinking too much, he hurried forward and picked up the bag.

However, Xu Dani immediately grabbed the luggage tightly and looked at Li Guoqiang with a nervous face.

"Brother, I can do it. I'm very strong. I used to carry bigger and longer firewood from the mountains back home." "Okay then! Then you can help me carry the bedding roll and let me carry the rest myself."

Li Guoqiang looked at Xu Dani's pleading eyes and knew that the little girl was probably worried that he would go back on his word, so she had to take his luggage back home in person to feel at ease.

Therefore, he hesitated for a while, and finally decided to untie the bedding roll tied to the luggage and hand it to Xu Dani.

Seeing this, Xu Dani immediately ran out carrying her bedding roll.

Li Guoqiang greeted Xu Guangfu, then followed him with his luggage on his back.

After he brought the luggage to Xu Dani's house, he immediately took Xu Dani to Xu Guangfu's house again to move food.

Since one of them was sick and the other was young, it took them four or five trips to finally carry back all the 54 kilograms of fine grains and 270 kilograms of coarse grains.

As for Shao Ruian and the others, since they were in good physical condition and had the help of the family they stayed with, they had already moved their luggage and food away early.

They didn't even stay to see whether Li Guoqiang had successfully negotiated with Xu Dani's family about letting them stay overnight. Their main point was that a friend's death would rather die than let me.

Fortunately, Li Guoqiang did not expect much from the deep friendships that he and his friends had forged in just one day, so he did not feel disappointed.

After moving the grain, Xu Dani didn't take time to rest. She immediately filled half a basin with cold water from the large water tank in the outer room, took a worn rag, knelt on the north kang and started working.

When Li Guoqiang found a corner in the outer room and piled up the grain, he saw that Xu Dani had already cleaned the kang mat on the north kang.

Next, you just need to put the mattress and quilt on it, heat up the fire pit, and then you can sleep on it.

Just as Li Guoqiang was in his heart admiring the little girl Xu Dani for her quick hands and feet, Xu Dani immediately moved his luggage to the end of the kang and then spread his bedding roll on the head of the kang.

Seeing this scene, Li Guoqiang couldn't help but glance at Xu Guangshan who was lying silently on the south kang, and then hurried forward to take the quilt from Xu Dani.

Afterwards, without waiting for him to open his mouth to stop Xu Dani from continuing to help him with the work, Xu Dani immediately ran to the outer room and took the fire tongs to clean the accumulated ashes in the north stove.

After cleaning up the accumulated dust, she fetched half a basin of cold water to rinse the large iron pot, and at the same time cleaned the old dirt on the stove.

During this period, Li Guoqiang did step forward to dissuade her, but Xu Dani pretended not to hear him, and he could not control Xu Dani by force, so in the end he could only let Xu Dani do her work helplessly.

Not long after, when the stove was cleaned, a satisfied smile appeared on Xu Dani's face.

Next, she poured half a pot of cold water into the big iron pot, and then ran to the south stove to get some charcoal fire that had not yet been extinguished and a handful of dry branches, and quickly started the north stove.

While she was burning, she also said to Li Guoqiang seriously: "Big brother, you just came to our house today and you are not familiar with it yet. I will help you heat up the kang first. You will have to collect firewood and heat the kang tomorrow!"

Hearing this, Li Guoqiang was just about to ask if he could spend money to buy some firewood from Xu Dani's family, when he suddenly heard a creaking sound from the door. Then he saw an old lady with a thin figure, a wrinkled face, and a slightly hunched body opening the door and walking in.

The next moment, Xu Dani stood up with a happy face, ran over, and threw herself into the old lady's arms.

"Grandma, you're back!"

(End of this chapter)