Chapter 17
The two of them wanted to take the doctor back to the city, and they took a carriage back and forth, which was fast. Even though it was not too early when they entered the city, and it was just around midnight when they came back, it was not too late.
When the two entered the village, they were stopped by the Deng family at the entrance of the village. It turned out that someone had come to the village today to look for Gu Nanfeng.
"That brother is really weird. I told him you were in the village, but you just went to the street and came back soon. You asked him to wait but he just left." Deng Dahong lay on the wall of his courtyard and looked at The two people under the wall were hesitant when they said this.
He thought it was someone from the Gu family who came for him. If Gu Nanfeng returned home, he would not buy any more paddy fields.
Two acres of land required a lot of money, and they were waiting for the money to be used urgently. He knew the Xu family's character and virtues, and they would definitely not be able to get so much money at once, and even if they could get it, they would definitely have to wait for a while. It would be best if someone else bought this field.
After much thought, Deng Dahong decided to tell the story about the Gu family. People can't ignore their conscience.
Gu Nanfeng's most anxious thing right now was to buy the land. Since buying the land had caused trouble, he didn't want to end up in a bad situation, so he naturally agreed quickly.
There is no need to go out of your way to see the paddy fields. They must be good fields. If they are not good fields, they will not cause the Xu family to come looking for trouble.
The matter of buying the land was finally settled, and the big stone in Gu Nanfeng's heart was relieved. Only then did he have time to think about what Deng Dahong had just said.
He knew that the brother the man was talking about must be his third brother, but he didn't know why his third brother gave up looking for him. Didn't he just want him to go to the Liu family to serve him? Why was he willing to let him go now?
Gu Nanfeng was only confused for a moment about what Gu Qingyao had come for. He didn't think much about it, but Mei Qingshan on the other side listened to what he said.
Mei's house is located in the back mountain. There is no road leading to the back mountain in the village. It only reaches the center of the village where there are many households.
The two of them returned the carriage first, then carried their things home.
When the two returned home, Aunt Mei happened to be cooking dinner. Mei Xiaomei also came back. Knowing that her second brother and the others had gone to town, she looked at her two brothers eagerly. Fortunately, Gu Nanfeng finally thought about it. When I got up, there was a child at home who bought candy cakes for others.
As long as you have some candy cakes to eat, Mei Xiaomei took two pieces of candy cakes and ran out again. When Mei Aniang saw someone trying to run out again, she hurriedly chased her out. She stood at the door of the kitchen and yelled at people not to run away. Come back for dinner later.
The little girl ran, waving her little hands without looking back, saying that she was going to bring candy cakes to her niece and would be back in a while, so Aunt Mei could let her go without any worries.
The eldest cousin has been married for several years and now has a three-year-old daughter. Since he and Mei Mei are about the same age, the two often play together.
After that, Gu Nanfeng took out all the things he had bought in the town, and specifically told Mei Aniang what medicinal materials were used to stew what. Mei Aniang didn't say anything after hearing this. She pulled Gu Nanfeng aside and explained the affairs at home and the Xu family in detail.
"So Nanfeng, don't blame yourself. This matter really has nothing to do with you." Aunt Mei didn't say anything to refuse. After collecting Gu Nanfeng's things, she went directly into the room and compensated the Xu family. He took out a tael of silver and put it into Gu Nanfeng's hand.
"Nanfeng, if you don't accept the money, don't call me aunt in the future, and don't have any contact with my family." Mei Aniang held the money together with Gu Nanfeng's hands, with a very serious look on her face , obviously sincerely.
Aunt Mei was sincere when she wanted to give people money, but how could Gu Nanfeng be willing to ask for it? Not to mention that the things he bought were not worth a tael of silver at all. Even if they were worth so much money, he would not accept them.
Knowing that Mei Aniang was just trying to scare people, Gu Nanfeng looked very serious. "Auntie, you don't know. When I first came out of the house, I even thought about going to die because I didn't know where else to go. I thought of you and that I had a place to go before I gave up the idea of committing suicide. .
You and your uncle treat me as your own children, and I treat you as my parents. It’s unreasonable for a child to charge money for buying something from his parents. If you insist on giving me money, I really can't interact with you anymore, so as not to trouble you all the time. "As Gu Nanfeng said this, he became a little angry.
He doesn't want to keep taking advantage of others, and he also wants to do something for Mei's family. The only thing he can think about now is Mei's father's body, and he also wants to take care of Mei's father.
Mei Aniang probably didn't expect that Gu Nanfeng would be so stubborn and wouldn't listen at all. Seeing that he didn't look good and seemed really angry, she could only give up the idea of giving money to others and instead started thinking about his family. There is still something missing, so I turn around and get ready to send it to him.
Although what Gu Nanfeng said before was not loud, he did not deliberately avoid others, because the two brothers from the Mei family next to him also heard it.
Brother Mei subconsciously looked at his younger brother, only to find that his younger brother had his head buried and could not clearly see the expression on his face or what he was thinking. He pulled his younger brother aside and buried him for a while while avoiding Gu Nanfeng. Take care of your family.
Mei Aniang didn't care at all what the two brothers were doing. After she and Gu Nanfeng stopped arguing about money, they went to make dinner together. During this period, Gu Nanfeng talked about boiling oil, and Mei Aniang Then I remembered that Gu Nanfeng still lacked a lot of casserole jars and other things.
"I need to buy a few jars at home. There is a kiln in the village next door. They can bake everything, including clay pots and pots. They are much cheaper than in the town. I also need to buy some things at home. You can see what is missing when the time comes. Come with us and buy all the things at once."
Gu Nanfeng nodded in response to Mei Aniang's words, and began to think about what he needed. Mei Aniang was also busy cooking.
In the morning, Gu Nanfeng left some mushrooms at home. Aunt Mei picked some green beans and tender pumpkins and cooked a pot of mushroom soup. Just smelling it was very fragrant.
After dinner, the whole family talked about the autumn harvest while eating. Now it was about to thresh the millet. It would take several days to thresh the millet. After all the millet was taken home, they had to prepare to plow the fields. The fields are plowed to grow wheat and various autumn and winter vegetables.
Although there is a cultivated vegetable plot next to Gu Nanfeng's house, it has not been cultivated yet. What Mei Aniang means is that we must quickly reclaim the wasteland while we have time in these two days, and then fertilize the land. Only when the seeds are planted can there be a harvest.
The Mei family has a lot of soil and fertilizer. Regarding fertilizer, Aunt Mei spoke up and told Gu Nanfeng not to worry. The most important thing for him now is to cultivate vegetable fields and settle the matter of the fields. He still needs to buy the fields early. Once they get it, they rush to plant wheat so that they can have white flour to eat next year.
Speaking of the fields, Gu Nanfeng and Mei Qingshan thought of the Deng family's paddy field and talked to their families about it.
Today, Mei Aniang cooked a big pot of white rice. Not only Mei Xiaomei, but the whole family can eat fragrant white rice. Gu Nanfeng swallowed the rice in his mouth before speaking.
"The Deng family has said that if I still want the paddy field, sell it to me. I have already agreed. I can go to the county to transfer the ownership with the money someday."
"Hey, just settle down." Mei Aniang finally felt relieved.
Father Mei felt much better after lying down for a long time, and now he was having dinner with them, and he was very happy after hearing this. "The Deng family is quite reasonable. They found this paddy field themselves."
"The Xu family is really messing around!" Speaking of the Xu family, Brother Mei was still very angry. Aunt Mei patted her son who was sitting next to her, and then continued to say to Gu Nanfeng: "After the paddy field matter is settled, then It’s time to buy land, and you should get busy when you have all the fields. Let’s see what is missing at home these days, and we will try our best to make up for it.”
"Auntie, I understand." There are still many things missing at home, but Gu Nanfeng now seems to need a few jars for convenience.
After the meal, Gu Nanfeng went back. As soon as he returned, he encountered a happy event. During dinner, everyone talked about the land, but now someone came to him to sell the land.
As the days went by, many inconveniences in life slowly emerged. When someone came to the door, Gu Nanfeng realized that there was not even a cup for guests to drink water at home.
"Auntie, I'm really sorry. I've washed this bowl, so you can just make do with it." Gu Nanfeng used a rice bowl to serve water for him. The woman didn't mind it, and drank it immediately after waving her hand. After taking a sip, he introduced himself to Gu Nanfeng.
"Brother Gu, my family is from Huangtupo. I heard that you want to buy some land. My family is in Fengshan next to your home. I have two acres of land for sale. If you are free today, I can take you to see it. Look, if you think it's appropriate, we'll go to the county to transfer the title another day." The woman was fat, with round eyes on her round face, and slightly thick lips, which made her look very kind.
Gu Nanfeng didn't know anyone in the village, so he didn't know the woman's family. He didn't show politeness to them, he just said he wanted to go and have a look with his family.
"Okay. Brother Gu, then you go find Sister Fen and I'll wait for you in the fields. Just say it's the Chai family's land on Huangtupo."
"Auntie, you go first, we will be back in a moment."
Gu Nanfeng was worried about buying land. Now someone wanted to sell land. He didn't dare to delay, so he hurried to Mei's house.
After buying the land last time, Gu Nanfeng was very afraid that something would happen this time. Fortunately, when he mentioned the Chai family in Huangtupo, the Mei family all laughed, and he felt relieved. The Chai family should not be a problem. of people.
"Hey, you don't know, your Aunt Chai has a promising child in her family. Now she has been admitted to the Tongsheng Examination. Next year, she will take the Scholarship Examination. But why is it so easy to pass the Scholarship Examination? Everything costs money! This The Chai family's fields have almost been sold. A few decades ago, Chai was one of the families with the most fields in the village." Aunt Mei sighed as she spoke, and then she glanced at her two sons and said, I don’t know whether I’m sorry or lucky, but my two sons are not good at studying.
There was nothing wrong with the person selling the land, so Aunt Mei quickly followed Gu Nanfeng there. Even the two brothers from the Mei family followed. They also wanted to show Gu Nanfeng the land, which they bought from the Deng family over there. They also bought the fields. Now that they have all the fields, they can rest assured.
