My parents are both dead, I rely on fishing and farming to support my younger siblings

The meal was ready quickly.

Because of the Niu Dali incident, Gu Lili didn't have to do anything complicated.

I just casually made some wild vegetable paste, but added half a bowl of leftover lard from that day into it.

This made Gu Erniu very sad, but he quickly calmed down when he remembered that his family now had an extra five taels of silver.

Ten taels of silver should be a lot, otherwise why did he seem to hear Aunt Gu crying?

I think the situation in the second house must be quite tragic, otherwise how could the news be transmitted across half a village?

Listening to the faint screams coming from the second branch of the Gu family, the four siblings enjoyed today's breakfast.

Gu Lili didn't expect that Gu Shuwen would be such a great assist.

However, she did not feel any gratitude towards Gu Shuwen.

Even if he had been studying in a private school in Yangjiagou for many years, did he really not know what his parents did?

In Gu Lili's opinion, Gu Shuwen was more afraid that the matter would get out of hand and affect his future.

After dinner, Gu Erniu washed the dishes, and Gu Lili walked towards the home of the village head.

I happened to run into the headman and his family having breakfast, "Lili, come and eat!"

Seeing Gu Lili coming, the whole family warmly invited her to have dinner.

Gu Lili quickly waved her hands and said, "Grandpa Lizheng, please eat quickly. I came here just to ask about building a house."

When the head of the village heard that Gu Lili's family was going to build a house, he finished the food in his bowl in a few bites, left the kitchen, and planned to carefully settle the matter with Gu Lili.

Gu Lili's family is going to build a house, this is a happy event.

The ten taels of silver were in the hands of a few half-grown kids and were bound to be coveted by others.

If you build a house, you won’t have to worry about anything.

The village head asked, "Lili, how big do you want to build it?"

Gu Lili thought for a while and said, "I want a room for each person, a living room, and a place to cook. Grandpa Lizheng, help me calculate how much it will cost to build it."

After hearing this, the village head picked up a branch and started counting on the ground.

Uncle Dazhu had also finished his meal and squatted aside to watch the village head do the accounting.

Grandpa Zheng here is also a capable man. If his family had not had the money to send him to private school, he might not have become an official.

He is the only educated person in the whole Gu Village. Of course, he is the only second one now, because Gu Shuwen is also studying.

After some writing and drawing, he quickly figured it out.

"One house will take about 2,000 bricks, and five houses will need 10,000 bricks. With just you and your siblings, I don't know when we can get enough bricks." The head of the village stroked his goatee while staring at the words he had drawn on the ground.

Gu Lili also knew that what the village head said was true. In their family, only he and Erniu were a little older, but they still couldn't do such work.

Gu Lili smiled and asked, "What if we outsource all of this to other people?"

The head of the village began to calculate again. "Our labor cost for building a house is fifteen coins a day. If seven or eight people come to build it, it will take about one or two months, which means it will cost more than twenty taels of silver. This does not include the price of the tiles. If everything is included, it will probably cost about thirty taels of silver."

Gu Lili felt more or less at ease. It seemed that building this house would not be easy.

If I go out and find wild goods to sell, it won’t be a problem.

Forget it, let’s wait a few more days.

Wait until the wheat sprouts, then take Erniu to the town to take a look.

"Grandpa Village Head, now I know what I am talking about. I'll build it when I have money!" Gu Lili said with a smile.

The head of the village originally wanted Gu Lili to build a thatched hut, but a thatched hut weighs three or four taels of steel, and it will be broken in a year or two.

The village head asked tentatively, "Lili, how about you build a mud house to live in first?"

He helped Gu Lili calculate that a mud house would cost less than ten taels of silver, and there would be some left over when the time comes.

Gu Lili shook her head and said, "Grandpa Lizheng, you know that my son Erniu is growing up, and it's not good for us brothers and sisters to sleep in the same room all the time, so let's wait and see."

The village head nodded and said, "That's true."

In a few years, it will be time for Gu Erniu to find a wife, as one room is really not enough for him to live in.

Gu Lili had a rough idea in her mind, so she got up and went home.

Before I got home, I saw Uncle Dazhu catching up with me again.

"Li Li, wait a moment."

Gu Lili looked back and saw Uncle Dazhu holding a black dog.

"Uncle Dazhu, what's going on?" Lili asked puzzled.

Uncle Dazhu smiled innocently and said, "My father said that the money in your hands is still not safe. Now there is no way to build a house, so let me bring the dog to you, so that you can know if there is any movement at night."

Gu Lili quickly declined, "No way, how can I take your dog?"

Gu Lili knew that dogs cost a lot of money these days.

Besides, if I gave it to myself, wouldn't there be no one to look after the house?

"It's okay, it's okay. Just take it away and raise it. Just think of it as saving food for my family." Uncle Dazhu said with a smile.

Gu Lili reached out to touch the dog, and the dog wagged its tail, enjoying Gu Lili's touch.

Uncle Dazhu handed the dog to Gu Lili, said he had something to do at home, and left.

Seeing that she couldn't refuse, Gu Lili had no choice but to accept it.

But Gu Lili kept this kindness in her heart, and when she found the right opportunity, she would definitely repay the village head.

When they returned home, Gu Erniu and Gu Sigou both came over to see the dog.

"Sister, isn't this Dahei from the village head's house? Why did you bring him here?" asked Gu Sigou.

He had seen this dog at the village head's house. There were many families in the village who kept dogs, but only the one at the village head's house was completely black, so it was easy to recognize.

Gu Lili smiled and said, "Grandpa the village head said that we should let it guard the house for us, so you guys should treat it well."

The two brothers nodded repeatedly, and Gu Lili handed Dahei to Gu Erniu to tie him up.

Gu Erniu and Gu Sigou carefully tied up Dahei and found some branches to build a nest for Dahei.

Looking at the two brothers busying around, Gu Lili went back into the house with a smile.

As soon as I entered the room, I saw Gu Huanhuan sewing the cloth she had cut yesterday with needle and thread.

When I got closer and took a look, I was shocked.

Not only did Gu Huanhuan not make any mistakes in sewing, but her stitching was also very good.

"Wow, Huanhuan, you are so awesome!" Gu Lili couldn't help but admire.

Gu Huanhuan smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "I just watched you and mother doing needlework every day, so I wanted to try it myself."

This made Gu Lili want to cry. He was so good just by looking at him. What would it be like if he practiced hard?

The stitches here are as good as mine, and it took me a lot of hard practice in my previous life to achieve this effect.