The pretty widow is addicted to money, and the little wolfdog asks for a hug

Widow Zhuang also lowered her voice and said: "I also asked He Lizheng today. He Lizheng didn't let me ask around. He also said that we should do our own work conscientiously, and we will know when the time comes."

"That's right, there's nothing wrong in being honest," Aunt Roller didn't want to say anything more.

In fact, she was also curious, but what was the point of being curious? Could it be eaten as food? Could it be drunk as water? It would be better to burn more wood ash.

Aunt Gunzi picked up the bamboo basket and walked away, not wanting to be so close to these two suspicious women.

In the blink of an eye, the mountains were full of people picking pine needles, even three-year-old children were out picking up pine needles.

Aunt Roller couldn't help but speed up her movements.

After He Lizheng notified the purchase of wood ash, he brought three assistants to measure the homestead.

What Gu Qinghuai meant was that with their current homestead as the core, they should expand outward by ten acres. In this way, their previous homestead would be integrated into the new house, and the new house would be bigger.

He Lizheng naturally had no objection.

After measuring the homestead, Gu Qinghuai gave He Lizheng and the three men each a red envelope of fifty cents.

Zhao Ying was a little nervous, "Huai'er, do we have enough money to build such a big house?"

"That's enough, mother. Have you forgotten? Yesterday, County Magistrate Shu gave us five hundred taels of reward," Gu Qinghuai said with a smile.

Zhao Ying frowned, "Can we really use the county magistrate's money?"

"Why not? Although big brother's original intention of saving people was not for money, that was a kind gesture from County Magistrate Shu. If we don't accept it, County Magistrate Shu will be unable to sleep or eat," Gu Qinghuai curled the corners of his mouth.

"I don't have to give money to others. I'm so happy. Why would I feel uneasy?" Zhao Ying couldn't understand.

Gu Qinghuai patiently explained, "We are a poor peasant family with a low status, not worthy of County Magistrate Shu's friendship, so he wanted to use five hundred taels of silver to completely buy off the favor and cut off the relationship.

If we don't accept money, he's always worried that one day we'll come to him and ask for favors, making it difficult for him."

"Oh, so that's how it is," Zhao Ying suddenly realized, "My girl, why are the minds of these officials so complicated? Your elder brother didn't save people for anything, so why doesn't he believe it? We don't want anything from him either."

Gu Qinghuai glanced at the naive old woman and said, "If you want to get into the officialdom without complicated thoughts, you would have been fired long ago."

"It's so tiring to live like that," Zhao Ying shook her head disapprovingly.

As long as people can have enough food to eat, warm clothes to wear, and live together harmoniously with their family, they will be happy.

No matter how hard you try to think and work hard all day long, in the end, isn't it still just about eating and dressing?

The mother and daughter were talking quietly in the yard. Xiaohuo, leaning on a wooden stick, slowly walked over and said, "Aunt Huaishu, Grandma Zhao, I see you!"

Gu Qinghuai and Zhao Ying were both very surprised.

"Oh, my lovely little Huohuo," Zhao Ying bent down, picked him up, and kissed him.

Zhao Ying has always liked children, and she likes children as well-behaved and smart as Xiaohuo even more.

"Xiaohuo, did you really see what Aunt Huaishu looks like?" Gu Qinghuai asked, touching his bald little head.

Xiaohuo's skinny face was full of wrinkles as he smiled, "I can see your figures, but your faces are still a little blurry."

"Don't worry, Xiaohuo's eyes will get better slowly. Maybe he will be able to see Aunt Huaishu's face clearly tomorrow," Gu Qinghuai whispered to comfort him.

The toxins need to be discharged slowly, and in a few days, Xiaohuo's eyes will definitely recover completely.

"Yeah!" Xiaohuo pursed his lips and nodded seriously.

My uncle said that we should believe in Aunt Huaishu, because Aunt Huaishu is a very powerful person.

Gu Qinghuai used 600 points to buy 600 cloth bags that could hold kilograms each, specifically for storing wood ash.

In the future, when soap is produced in large quantities, a large amount of wood ash will be needed, which has to be prepared in advance.

I spent points to buy detoxification pills for Xiaohuo, and another 600 points to buy a cloth bag. Now there are only a pitiful 173 points left in the system, which is far from 10 points!

In fact, it is cheaper and more suitable to buy plastic bags to pack the wood ash, but there was no plastic in that era, so the secret could not be exposed.

Someone delivered wood ash in the afternoon.

Wood ash can be used to fertilize the fields. These people usually have the habit of collecting wood ash and store a lot of it at home.

Qi Yuanshuo was responsible for weighing and checking the wood ash to see if there was anything mixed in it and whether it was dry and clean enough.

Gu Qingshan was responsible for keeping accounts and paying.

Seeing Qi Yuanshuo checking very carefully, a dark and thin aunt smiled and said, "Young man, before I sell them, I dry them with a sieve, so they are very clean."

"Well, it's pretty good. However, it is a regulation that it must be carefully inspected before delivery," Qi Yuanshuo smiled at the aunt.

The dark and thin aunt's eyes widened immediately, and she praised: "Oh my, this boy is so handsome! Is he engaged?"

"Aunt, don't joke like this, I'm still young," Qi Yuanshuo blushed instantly and looked in the direction of Gu Qinghuai for some unknown reason.

Seeing that she was writing and drawing on the old wooden table and not paying attention to him, the inexplicable feeling of tension in his heart dissipated.

Gu Qingshan also smiled gently and said: "Aunt Liu, even though he is tall, he is still a child."

"Oh, I'm shortsighted, but my niece is about the same age as him—"

“Aunt Liu, you have a total of 25 jin of wood ash. Here are five cents. Take it.” Gu Qingshan handed the money to her.

Aunt Liu took the money with a smile and forgot about her niece for a moment.

It didn't take long before the five or six people who came to sell wood ash got a few cents and left happily.

Towards evening, Lu Xiaokang from Xiaoan Carpentry Shop delivered 240 soap molds.

Together with the previous 60, there are now a total of 300 molds, which can produce 300 bars of soap a day.

After the soap is made, it needs to be dried in the shade for a month so that the saponification can be more thorough.

Some time ago, Gu Qinghuai made a total of 400 bars of soap.

When Lu Xiaokang left, Gu Qinghuai gave him the drawings of the wardrobe, bedside table, dressing table, desk, wooden chair, and multifunctional dining table that he had designed, as well as a deposit of fifty taels of silver, and asked the two brothers to hurry up and make them.

Lu Xiaokang, who was about twelve or thirteen years old, felt dizzy when holding the blueprints and silver, and his legs were shaking.

He and his brother are going to get rich!

Madam Gu actually made twenty sets of furniture at one time!

It's a set, not a piece!

What is a set? That is, her house is going to have more than 20 rooms, and each room must be equipped with at least a wooden bed, a wardrobe, a desk, a chair, and a bedside table. This is a set!

There is even a dressing table in the woman’s room!

Lu Xiaokang staggered away with the drawings and silver.

He had to tell his brother this great news immediately!

Their Xiao An Carpentry Shop has truly established itself!