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

The village head’s grandmother still remembers clearly the price she paid when she bought it.

Gu Lili's candy seems to be even sweeter than the ones he bought, so it can be sold at a better price.

Gu Lili deliberately took a step back and said with a stern face, "If you don't accept the candy, then you don't want to lend me the scale?"

The village head grandmother was immediately amused by Gu Lili, "Girl, I'll take it from you. I'll go find a scale for you right now!"

The headman's family was so kind to her, so of course Gu Lili was willing to give her a few pieces of candy.

If she wasn't afraid that they might be suspicious, Gu Lili would have wanted to give more, but there was still a long way to go.

After coming out of the headman's house, Gu Lili took the scale and walked home.

When we got home, Gu Huanhuan's rice was ready.

Gu Lili took out the meat she bought yesterday and cut more than a pound of it into a mixture of fat and lean meat. It would definitely be delicious when cooked.

Gu Lili cut the meat into pieces, put it into the pan to stir-fry to release the fat, then scooped in a spoonful of malt sugar and stir-fried it to produce sugar color.

As soon as the meat was put in, it was coated with sugar color and looked very appetizing. Gu Lili put all the bay leaves and star anise bought from the mall, added water, and started stewing.

Gu Huanhuan seemed to be used to the strange leaves and barks that Gu Lili added to the food and didn't ask any questions.

Gu Lili washed some more ferns and prepared to fry them later.

Gu Erniu and Gu Sigou also came back from cutting bamboo. Gu Lili asked Gu Huanhuan to watch the pot, and she went out to cut bamboo with Gu Erniu and the others.

"Erniu, just cut the bamboo into sticks that are half the length of the chopsticks." Gu Lili said as she split a piece of bamboo.

The two of them cooperated with each other and soon they had cut out a few sticks.

Seeing that he could not help much, Gu Sigou took a stick and went out to the door to pry wild vegetables to feed the chickens and ducks.

"Li Li, what are you eating? Why does it smell so good?"

Gu Lili and Gu Erniu were busy, and when they looked up they saw Aunt Zhang at the door.

Gu Lili smiled and said, "I went to town yesterday and bought some meat. I'm stewing it now. Aunt Zhang, come in and have some!"

Aunt Zhang lives next door to Gu Lili, and recently she often smells fragrance coming from Gu Lili's house.

The smell was so good today that I couldn't help but come and ask.

Today, there is a sweet taste in the fragrance, which makes people drool.

"No, no, I'm just passing by and asked casually. You guys are busy and I'm going home to cook." Aunt Zhang said and left.

As he walked, he muttered, "Why is Li Li so unlucky in life? If she eats like this every day, she will eat up the ten taels of silver sooner or later. Eh..."

Gu Lili and Erniu continued to peel bamboo sticks. After peeling dozens of them, Gu Lili asked Erniu to stop and call Sigou to eat.

Sigou didn't go far. He was standing on the ridge of the field in front of the house. When Gu Erniu called him, he trotted back with wild vegetables in his hand.

Gu Lili also washed the peeled bamboo sticks with water and hung them in a sieve to dry.

Whether in ancient times or modern times, food safety and hygiene must be paid attention to.

"Wow, sister, it smells so good!" Gu Sigou said, slurping his saliva, throwing the wild vegetables in his hand to the chickens and ducks, and ran to the water tank to wash his hands.

Recently, at Gu Lili's strong request, the three siblings of the Gu family have developed the habit of washing their hands before eating and washing before going to bed.

After washing their hands, they went to the table to eat.

Gu Huanhuan served the red and greasy braised pork on the table, and the fried fern also looked tempting. Gu Lili couldn't help swallowing her saliva when she saw it.

If you add a few eggs and abalone to the meat, the eggs will be so delicious.

Gu Erniu and his two siblings were no longer as reserved as before. They picked up their chopsticks and started to eat with relish.

When Gu Lili made maltose, they realized that they would no longer go hungry.

"Sister, this meat is so delicious and sweet!"

"Yes, yes, sister, I like it very much! Ferns are fragrant too!"

"Sister, how could my mother secretly teach you so many things?"

Gu Lili smiled as she ate, "If it tastes good, eat more. The more you eat, the faster you will grow. Auntie taught me a lot of things. When you grow up, I will teach you too, okay?"

The three of them nodded in unison, and the entire bowl of meat was eaten up by the four of them.

Although the food has been good recently, this meat is really delicious.

If he hadn't wanted to save some oil for Big Black to eat with his rice, Gu Sigou would have wanted to drink all the oil and soup into his stomach.

After dinner, Gu Lili and a few others blanched the ferns, hung them out to dry under the eaves, and tidied up to get ready for bed.

Tomorrow we will have to walk to Donghai Town because there will be no oxcart.

Gu Lili decided to take Gu Erniu with her tomorrow, and Gu Huanhuan and Gu Sigou would stay at home.

When we have an ox cart, we will take them out to see the world.

According to their old habit, they recited the multiplication formulas for a while and then went to bed.

The next day, just after daybreak, the four siblings got up and started working.

Because she wanted to sell things, Gu Lili specifically asked Gu Erniu to wear new clothes so that he would not look shabby and would also give Gu Erniu some confidence.

Gu Lili plans to train Gu Erniu. In the future, Gu Lili will want to buy many things.

She definitely couldn't handle it all by herself.

Gu Lili weighed the malt sugar she had made yesterday. The sugar blocks weighed more than five pounds, and the syrup and the ceramic jar weighed more than four pounds in total.

"Si Gou, when you go to find wild vegetables to feed the chickens and ducks today, don't go too far and don't go to the water by yourself, okay? Listen to your third sister at home." Gu Lili instructed Gu Si Gou while going out with Gu Erniu.

She was not worried about Gu Huanhuan, as she was a very well-behaved person. Of course, Gu Sigou was also well-behaved, but she could not help but worry that he might encounter danger when he went out to look for wild vegetables.

Gu Lili didn't know when she had become accustomed to being the older sister of three children.

After walking for more than an hour, Gu Lili and Gu Ergou finally arrived at Donghai Town.

Along the way, Gu Erniu volunteered to carry the backpack. No matter what Gu Lili said, he insisted that Gu Lili not carry it.

He already looks like a little man.

Gu Lili took Gu Erniu all the way into the city gate, and Gu Erniu was stunned.

Although today is not a market day, there are still many pedestrians coming and going on the road.

When there is a market, people from nearby villages come to buy and sell things. When there is no market, almost all the people here are from Donghai Town.

Gu Erniu thought his new clothes were really beautiful all along the way, but when he arrived in the city, he found that the clothes of the people here were really beautiful.

The hands holding the handles of the backpack unconsciously tightened again and again.

Gu Lili obviously also saw the concerns and inferiority in Gu Erniu's heart.

She gave Gu Erniu a slap on the face and said with a smile, "Erniu, we are here to sell things. We are not stealing or robbing. There is nothing to worry about. Don't be afraid."