"I agreed to your request, what else do you want to do?" Mr. Gu asked with a straight face as he looked at Gu Jiu standing there with his hand extended.
"Money, my father's one tael of silver." Gu Jiu stretched out his hand as a matter of course. He was good, but he would starve to death if he didn't have money!
Mr. Gu looked at the group of people outside, and then thought about his eldest grandson. Finally, he was afraid of affecting Gu Zheqi's reputation, and nodded in agreement: "Let your grandma bring it to you later."
After saying that, Mr. Gu walked outside without stopping, anxious to let the people watching the commotion outside quickly leave.
Gu Jiu yelled at the system like crazy.
"Master System, you can't just issue orders, can you? Can't you see that my body is still bleeding? I'm about to die, why don't you come and treat me?"
Gu Jiu yelled in his heart for a long time, but nothing happened. Just when he was about to speak some civilized words, he felt a warmth all over his body. The next second, Gu Jiu noticed that the body's energy had returned to its original state, and the wound on his head had also healed. Scarred.
It's amazing!
Gu Jiu moved his body, and when he went out, he met several people who came back.
"Go get a tael of silver and give it to her." Mr. Gu said with a sullen face.
Mrs. Gu was stunned, money? to whom? A loser? But after looking at Mr. Gu's face, Mrs. Gu still winked at Mrs. Wang, the eldest daughter, and asked her to get the money.
"From today on, the third wife and we will live our own lives. Third daughter-in-law, Qi'er has to study after all, and the land at the west end of the village will be yours."
After hearing what Mr. Gu said, the second room's eyes immediately widened: "Dad, why? Who will do the work if the third room is gone? Then Tudou is still Zheqi's book boy. Is it possible that we really spend money to go out to Zheqi?" Looking for another one?"
"That's right, Dad, aren't you confused? My elder brother is busy taking care of Zhe Qi's relationship every day, and my sister-in-law has to take care of Zhe Qi. Without the third bedroom, Xiu'er and I can't finish all the work in the fields! "Gu Youcai complained with a grimace.
Gu Jiu sneered: "It turns out that second uncle is so useless. Without my mother, a woman can't grow the land."
Hearing Gu Jiu's words, Gu Youcai immediately lost his temper: "If you keep talking like that, I'll beat you!"
Zhao Xiuer, the second wife, had the support of her own man, and looked at Gu Jiu with more confidence: "Xiao Jiu, you don't want to separate the family, do you? Second aunt can tell you that separation will lead to jail! You..."
"Shut up, everyone! There's no point in dividing the family! If anyone dares to talk nonsense outside of me, don't blame me for being rude!" When he heard about the separation, Mr. Gu hit the ground twice with his cane.
"Qi'er mother, give her the money! Second brother, if you are too busy, ask Xiaoba to help. Okay, let's go. Go and do what you have to do!" After saying this, Mr. Gu looked gloomy while leaning on his crutches. He went back to his room.
Ms. Zhao stared at Mr. Gu's back and was spinning anxiously. How could her little boy do his job? That's a life of wealth and honor. Wouldn't this job be gone?
Gu Jiu didn't care about that and took Tudou and Ye Qing back to the room.
For a small house of about twenty-five square meters, you can see the whole room clearly without turning around.
Two beds, two sets of quilts, a cabinet, and a few small objects scattered on the floor, that's all.
"elder sister……"
Tudou took Gu Jiu's hand and asked expectantly: "Do I no longer have to be a book boy for my cousin? Then can I stop being called Tudou?"
Gu Jiu was stunned and quickly searched for information related to this incident in his mind.
In the memory of the original owner, this child seemed to have no other name except Tudou.
When Dafang's son Gu Zheqi was thirteen years old, he cried and asked for a book boy. Then Tudou was born. Mrs. Gu, Mr. Gu and Dafang all thought that the child was rushing to serve Gu Zheqi, so When the village chief came to ask for his name, Mr. Gu directly asked Gu Zheqi to start.
The Gu family now has two grandsons and three granddaughters. The eldest grandson Gu Zheqi, the youngest grandson Tudou, and the three granddaughters are Gu Qi, Gu Ba, and Gu Jiu.
As for why she was not called Gu Yi but Gu Qi, it was because Mrs. Gu felt that "qi" and "qi" have the same pronunciation. How could a girl be so powerful as a boy?
Gu Jiu sighed, took Tudou's hand and said, "Yes, when we think of a new name, we will go to the village chief to change the name."
"Then let's go now!" Tudou looked very excited and pulled Gu Jiu out as he spoke.
But before leaving the yard, he met Gu Zheqi, dressed in plain white clothes and a blue belt, which seemed out of place in this barren village.
"stop."
Gu Zheqi imitated the literati in the city, holding a fan in his hand and walking over casually. He stretched out his left hand, revealing the egg in his palm.
"Master, I'm tired of eating eggs every day, and now I'm annoyed when I see this thing. But it's different for you. Gu Jiu, you probably don't even know what eggs taste like in the past thirteen years, right?"
"Tsk, tsk, look at how miserable this life is!"
Gu Jiu: You'd better be really serious. Otherwise, if you show off like this, I'm afraid I won't be able to help but give you a slap in the face.
"I heard that you have offended grandpa and are no longer qualified to eat the family's food in the future? How about this, you work as a maid for me, and I will go and tell grandpa to spare you this time. Not only that, I can also guarantee you Eat an egg every ten days. How about it? Did you not expect me to be so generous?"
Hearing this, Tudou quickly pulled Gu Jiu to signal her not to agree. His former cousin's bookboy had to do a lot of things every day, such as polishing ink, copying books, cleaning, and washing clothes... one thing after another, it was impossible to finish!
After listening to Gu Zheqi's words, Gu Jiu couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth: "Is your brain straight to the colon? Do you really think of yourself as a young master in this remote country? Don't you have a good idea of your identity and ability?"
"An egg every ten days? Oh my god, you are so generous. Do you know how much a maid pays per month? Can you afford it?"
When Gu Zheqi heard this, his face darkened.
When he grew up, no one said no to him! He gave a dog an egg, and the dog knew how to wag its tail. It was good for Gu Jiu, and it was shameless!
"Gu Jiu, do you know what my current status is? Tong Sheng! There is no one in the five or six villages within a few dozen miles who passed the Tong Sheng exam at the age of nineteen like me!"
"Kneel down and kowtow to me right now to apologize! Otherwise, you won't be able to live a stable life in the Gu family in the future! Not to mention Gujia Village, a village with a radius of dozens of miles. As long as I say a word, you will still be married." You can’t get married if you don’t want to!”
Looking at the arrogant and arrogant person in front of him, with a face as thick as the ground, Gu Jiu couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
How did he get such a big face!
"Are you deaf? You didn't hear what I said to you! Do you believe it or not? I will tell grandpa now and ask him to sell you to a brothel now!"
Gu Jiu glanced at the figures lying on the window watching, and silently clenched his fists!
Gu Zheqi, you'd better stay at home!
"Tudou, don't talk to the madman, let's go!"
"Stop! Master, do I let you go? I can..."
Gu Jiu turned around sharply, holding the wind with his fists, and stopped steadily in front of Gu Zheqi. Gu Zheqi looked at the fist that was suddenly enlarged several times, closed his mouth instantly, and even breathed a lot lighter.
"Potato, let's go."
When Gu Jiu and Gu Jiu walked out of the yard, Gu Zheqi immediately became lively again: "Come on! Let's challenge each other! I can be afraid of you, young master!"
…
"Tudou, let's call her Gu Jing, okay? The brilliance of jade has a bright future."
Gu Jiu thought about it as he walked, and rejected a dozen names in succession. When he walked to the village chief's door, he finally settled on the name.
"Okay! I will have my own name in the future!" Gu Jing raised her hands and cheered, celebrating that she was no longer the wild child without a name in Da Zhuang's mouth.
"Girl Jiu, why are you here?" Aunt Xia looked at Gu Jiu and said warily, you wouldn't be here just to get some free food, right?
"Hello, Auntie, we are going to the village chief to change the name."
"Change your name? Potato?"
"right."
"It's fine. You guys sit down for a while. He has gone to the latrine."
The name change went smoothly. Gu Jing's father was originally required to be present, but the former was no longer available, and the village chief did not mention this matter again.
After changing his name, Gu Jiu took Gu Jing to the fields at the west end of the village.
All along the way there were wilted corns. It was now the corn earing and flowering stage, and without water, the yield would be greatly reduced.
Walking to the west end of the village, Gu Jiu found that the land in this area was relatively high and drier than what he had seen before!
Gu Jiu's eyes were solemn. Without water at this time, it is easy to cause empty corn stalks and missing kernels due to the inability to pollinate. What's more important is that these grains are not sold, but used as seeds and main grains for the coming year.
"Sister, can we get some water from home to water it with?"
Gu Jing was only six years old, standing in the field less than half the height of corn. She was obviously hungry, malnourished and her growth was slow. But now when I see the field, my eyes are full of excitement. He used to have to serve his cousin every day, and he didn't have time to look around. This was his first time in the fields!
Gu Jiu shook his head. Every house in Gujia Village has a well. There is a current shortage of water. Even people have to save some water in the well, let alone watering the ground. Besides, watering such a large area Until when?
"Xiao Jing, come here." Gu Jiu waved to Gu Jing: "Do you see these things that look like small particles? Let's slowly take them off and sprinkle them on top of this."
"Oh, sister, what are you doing?"
"This is artificial pollination, which allows us to harvest more food. It's late now, so we can start doing it tomorrow morning."
"good!"
Before leaving, Gu Jiu took another look at the fields and sighed at the clear sky above his head, hoping that this would avoid a significant reduction in food production.
