I became an old man in my leisure time

After returning, Gu Ke put some of the ingredients into the warehouse.

A small part was sent to the kitchen by the two children, who prepared the New Year's Eve dinner with Chunxia and the other two girls.

The rest of the people sat, walked, chatted and enjoyed their rare leisure time near the hut.

They had been idle for a long time in the past, but they were cold and hungry at that time, lying in bed every day waiting to die.

At this moment, they were full of blood, transparent inside and outside, refreshed, holding roasted pine nuts as snacks, waiting for the New Year's Eve dinner.

The contrast between the two seemed like a world apart.

At dusk, the New Year's Eve dinner was ready.

The girls worked together and brought it quickly.

Two large plates of vegetarian dumplings made of chopped bamboo shoots and pine nuts, a bowl of grain porridge each, two kinds of grain flour steamed bread, and two large baskets of caramel bread were placed on two stone tables.

Gu Ke, Bai Suqing, Miss Qin, Mei, Lan, Zhu and Ju were at one table, and Chun, Xia, Qiu and Dong, the two children, and Saranzhu were at another table.

The dishes were all vegetarian, but they were fragrant and in large quantities.

Gu Ke coughed lightly and stood up, and the women immediately quieted down.

He raised the purple leaf tea in front of him and said, "This is the last day of this year, and it is also the day that is coming next year."

"Now the food and housing have been temporarily solved. We will find a way to solve the clothing problem next year. Transportation can only rely on everyone, work hard to practice martial arts, and be strong and healthy."

"Not only that, next year we will strive to eat better, live more comfortably, practice martial arts faster, and dress more beautifully."

"Everything in front of us depends on our concerted efforts. I wish you no disasters and happiness in the coming year."

At this point, he raised the cup and showed it in a circle: "Everyone, please." He just drank the tea in the cup.

This toast etiquette is not appropriate, but everyone understands the meaning.

As for the wrong etiquette, the women are used to it-it is normal for a hidden sect to be different from the outside world.

They just stood up together: "Please."

"Thank you, Brother Gu."

"Thank you, Mr. Gu."

Well, obviously not all the women know how to respond.

After they finished their tea, Gu Ke smiled and pressed his hands down: "Okay, everyone sit down and eat."

He was not lucky enough to be a leader in his previous life, so he couldn't learn the long speeches at the beginning of the banquet. Now that things are clear, let's get started.

People who work hard work hard, and those who can work hard are good workers.

Then there was the slurping, miamia, and ah-woo. It was only when he chatted with Qin Bai, Mei, Lan, Zhu, and Ju at the same table while eating that everyone's eating speed slowed down.

Everyone gradually came to their senses: it was still early.

If they followed the usual way of eating, everyone could go back to sleep after a cup of tea, but Gu Ke gathered everyone together just for the sake of celebration.

The New Year's Eve dinner was even more generous, and only a small part was served on the table.

The big pot beside was still full of grain porridge, and the caramel bread in several bamboo baskets was piled up into a small mountain. If you eat too fast, you can only watch others eat slowly.

So the girls slowed down their eating speed, and finally had time to talk.

Gu Ke was talking excitedly, and casually told some online jokes from the previous life, which made the girls laugh.

He could only sigh that the ancient times that had not been "poisoned" by joke makers were good. Most people didn't even know the characters, and those who knew the characters might not be able to listen to jokes.

Just some small stories such as mistakenly thinking that some weird things were possessed, seeing a doctor and finding out that it was the color of the clothes, and thinking that the weird talking in the middle of the night was actually the father secretly counting the private money, can make the girls with very low laughter points happy for a while.

The sky gradually darkened, and the wind and snow howled outside the door again, but the small hut was still warm as spring under the protection of the small oven.

The food was almost finished, and Gu Ke finally asked Dongyan to take out the last surprise.

The orange-red liquid was poured into the bowl, and it shone brightly under the firelight. It was two jars of purple wheat sweet wine that Dong Yan had made after almost a month of hard work (Note: Do not imitate, non-professionals cannot control the quality of homemade wine, and the chance of drinking it and going to the hospital is not small).

The taste of the freshly brewed wine is sour and astringent, a bit like beer, but because it is fermented with straw sugar, it also has a distinct sweetness.

Gu Ke simply sealed the two jars and tried to bury them in the black soil of Xiantian. This was inspired by the fact that daughter red wine was often buried underground for ten or twenty years in online novels.

Today, he took it out and tasted it. The sour taste disappeared by more than half. There was a taste of wine but it was not obvious, and the sweetness was also reduced.

For him, who does not like sweet taste and has no alcohol addiction, it is still average, but at least it is drinkable.

As the saying goes, drinking wine and eating well, drinking some wine after eating is a perfect New Year's Eve dinner.

These two jars of purple wheat wine are the last surprise of this meal.

Let the two boys pour a bowl for each of the girls, saying that there are only two jars, and everyone can drink as they please.

If you want to sleep, sleep, and if you want to chat, continue chatting.

The girls were very excited at this moment, and they were given another bowl of beautiful wine. There was no intention to go back to sleep, and they all raised their bowls to drink.

Gu Ke didn't care about them.

In the past few months, the girls were trapped in a desperate situation, attacked by strange creatures, and had no food or clothing. These problems are now basically solved, but the mental pressure will not disappear overnight.

They are not him, neither are they second-generation people, nor do they have a system to rely on. Even Miss Qin and Bai Suqing don't live so easily.

But after tonight, it's best to put aside the difficulties before tonight.

Gu Ke doesn't want to face a group of serious-looking people every day, even if they are beautiful girls.

Well, Sister Bai usually has a calm face, but she smiles more and more often.

He doesn't mind her smiling a little more, it's pleasing to watch, isn't it.

As the saying goes, the wind and frost of heaven and earth are gone, and the world is in harmony.

The calendar adds new years, and spring fills the old mountains and rivers.

The plum and willow are beautiful, and the pine and bamboo are old.

Tu Su becomes drunk and laughs in the white cloud nest.

The purple wheat wine in the bowl is getting less and less, and the voices in the house are getting more and more.

Xiao Man drank the wine and jumped like a monkey, looking for people to talk everywhere.

Xiao Ping'er was drunk and grinned foolishly.

The others were similar, some laughed, some muttered to themselves, some were silent, some shed tears, and some sighed.

The suppressed discomfort and pain in the heart were vented with the strength of the wine.

But everyone did not react much to what others did, but they never stopped drinking.

Only Gu Ke looked at the women in surprise, and then looked at the purple wheat wine in his hand: Is this alcohol so strong?

Even Qin Bai and the other two had their eyes wandering, their souls wandering in the sky, and their lips moved slightly occasionally, but no sound came out.

But they sensed that there was nothing wrong with their bodies, and they were definitely not poisoned. Instead, their emotions fluctuated greatly, and then gradually stabilized, revealing a sense of peace, and everyone calmed down one by one.

In less than half an hour, everyone drank all the wine and then lay down collectively.

The better ones, such as Qin Bai and the other two, just supported their foreheads with their hands and drooped their heads.

Mei, Lan, Zhu and Ju were lying on the table. Fortunately, this was a stone table and there was no risk of overturning.

Chun, Xia, Qiu and Dong and the two children rolled directly to the ground. Only the fool Sa Lanzhu was still sitting in a daze, his eyes were straight, and he was mumbling something incoherently.

Gu Ke scratched his head and sighed: "Not that bad, this wine is only more than ten degrees."

Except for Sa Lanzhu, all the women were beginners, and Qin Bai was even the sixth level. With a strong blood circulation, he would not get drunk even if he drank a jar of pure alcohol.

Perhaps, after being buried in the fairy field, this wine has some special effects? Gu Ke could only guess like this.

Seeing that the night was getting darker, he did not delay any longer and first carried Bai Suqing back to the south bedroom and sent her to her own bamboo couch.

Then he picked up the two children in one hand and sent them to the south bedroom.

Then it was Mei, Lan, Zhu and Ju. He directly held their collars with his hands and sent them back to the north bedroom like carrying sacks, and finally carried Miss Qin.

With Mei, Lan, Zhu and Ju as experiments, he had experience in carrying the young lady, so he would not fall face down on the floor like Juqin.

However, Miss Qin's red robe was not made of cotton and linen like the other girls, but silk.

It was a little slippery when pinched, and his hands adjusted a few times, and he subconsciously moved a knot that was in the way, and then he found the right feel.

The remaining Chun, Xia, Qiu and Dong and Saranzhu were just moved two thick straw mats side by side and put them on.

The workshop was more than 200 meters away from here, and he didn't want to waste time and trouble carrying so many people back.

It turned out that he and Xiaoman slept in a small hut, with a small stove to ensure the temperature, and they would not catch a cold even if they did not cover themselves with a quilt.

After doing all this, he left the hut alone, closed the door, and returned to his east bedroom.

Sitting on the bamboo couch, thinking of the words of several people after being drunk just now, he couldn't help shaking his head: "This world is really not so beautiful."

There are corrupt officials who ruin people's lives, there are mountain bandits and water bandits rampant in villages, and there are strange monsters and demons killing people wantonly.

These things have happened in all countries and regions since ancient times, but they are too common in this world.

Whether in mountain villages and seaside, large and small towns, and all over the country, it is difficult to escape these disasters.

Miss Qin and her friends may have the easiest life, but once something unexpected happens, they still can't protect themselves, and they are even sent to the Jedi to wait for death.

Combined with the situation he had just chatted with, Gu Ke felt that it was more difficult to survive outside than in the valley.

At least here, except for the refreshed strange monsters, there are almost no other dangers and troubles.

The lack of living needs can be gradually solved through the system.

But if it is true that Qin Bai and the others said that the seventh-turn martial arts master can leave this place, then will he leave or not?

The system buildings and fairy fields are all in the valley, and the relocation function is limited to the valley.

What's the point of going out by himself? Is he going to eat soft rice with the two martial arts masters?

Well~~~ It's not unacceptable to eat soft rice. Eating soft rice is a great skill. It's not bad to eat by relying on skills.

Doing nothing is the most deadly.

So go out for a walk, okay.

But leave? Gu Ke refused in his heart.

Perhaps, train Xiaoman and Xiaoping'er into masters of masters of masters, and then go out? He thought so.

They signed the employment contract and are considered one with him, and there is no possibility of betrayal.

They can fight, and there is not much difference between them and him.

According to Bai Suqing, if the two children start practicing martial arts from the beginning, and with the bonus of system buildings and Xiantian food, they can become the second round within five years, and may be promoted to Wuzong within ten to twenty years.

With two Wuzongs by your side, the danger of traveling around the world has been reduced to the lowest.

Of course, two Wuzun or Wusheng are naturally safer, but Gu Ke does not have such high requirements for the treatment that even the crown prince of Dawu Zhongting has never enjoyed.

In this way, it only takes ten years for the two children to become Wuzong, and his Wuxiang Zhenjing can also make great progress, and his life will be safe, and then he can go out.

This seems... not too difficult to accept?

The food and drink outside are not as high quality as those produced in Xiantian, and there is no Internet, mobile phones or computers for entertainment. At best, you can listen to storytelling and opera, or hang out in Qinlou and Chuguan.

But Gu Ke thinks that listening to stories and music is not as interesting as doing some handicrafts by yourself.

The ladies in Qinlou and Chuguan should be considered public products. He has a psychological cleanliness and is not interested in mixing with a lot of people.

What else? Reputation in the martial arts world, hegemony of the dynasty? What use does he have for these?

If he has the time, he can go out and find some desperate and lonely people from the lower class. There will always be people willing to sign a contract for employment. As long as they are provided with food and shelter, they can do anything.

Although the contract cannot turn the other party into a slave, it will never harm him, and he still has to work for him.

Even if he, the employer, does nothing every day, these people will do everything.

After all, from the rich and powerful to the landlords and gentry, subordinates, slaves, and tenants are all treated like this.

If there is a difference, it is probably that Gu Ke's treatment is too high, so high that it can make the second-round masters feel moved and become slaves and servants.

Even if he is unlucky, the employees he signs are all of ordinary qualifications, and they can be trained to become second-round warriors within ten or twenty years.

If there are hundreds of second-round warriors, few sects in the court and four countries dare to provoke them.

With one or two martial masters, it is equivalent to the strength of the first-class sects in the four countries.

With such strength, even if you are not an emperor, you can enjoy many pleasures in the world.

Unfortunately, Gu Ke is not interested.

In his previous life, he was also a small leader and managed a few people. There were a lot of British private affairs that were a headache.

Finally, he traveled through time. It is likely that the boss suspected that he had seen something he shouldn't have seen and killed him.

The funny thing is that the boss saved Gu Ke's life in his early years and gave him a not-so-serious job to make a living.

From then on, he was quite grateful to the boss and never thought of betraying him.

But the boss was obviously worried and solved his hidden danger with a mud truck.

After dying once, Gu Ke knew that he had no talent for intrigue, and he didn't want to cause trouble for himself.

Thinking of this, he shook his head and laughed: "What's the point of thinking so much? It won't be too late to talk about it after Sister Bai and Sister Qin enter the seventh level."

If she really becomes a martial master, it won't be difficult for Miss Qin to stay for another year or two. After all, she is quite... simple.

Bai Suqing doesn't seem to care about anything, and doesn't like to contact people. Where can she live in seclusion better than Yulong Valley?

Just as I was thinking this, the system prompt suddenly sounded: "At the end of this year, the player has not paid wages to the employees. The wages for this year will be automatically settled according to the minimum standard."

"Hire Xiong Xiaoman, the working period is three months (less than one month is counted as one month), the wages are 1 Tianfu Tongbao/month, a total of 3 Tianfu Tongbao."

"Hire Wu Pingping, the working period is one month (less than one month is counted as one month), the wages are 1 Tianfu Tongbao."

"The wages have been paid."

"The new year is coming, the New Year event is started, and the new game function experience event is randomly launched."

"Congratulations to the player, you have obtained the opportunity to experience the roadside stall (once)."

"It is detected that the player has agricultural skills and automatically obtains a free character card-Shennong."

"The roadside stall experience has started, please select a hired worker to experience it together."