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

He wanted to continue walking with Gu Lili like this.

Gu Lili and Yin Jiuchen returned home, and Li Tiansheng also brought back sea water.

Because of the sea water, Li Tiansheng didn't dare to go too fast.

Seeing Gu Lili and Yin Jiuchen coming back, Li Tiansheng hurriedly bowed.

This was taught by Mr. Yuan. Every time His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is splashed, he must kneel down and salute.

This was Master Yuan whom the village head specifically consulted.

I am afraid that after Yin Jiuchen comes back, the villagers of Guzhuang will not know etiquette and offend Yin Jiuchen, which would be bad.

Little did they know that Yin Jiuchen would never bother with the villagers so much.

When he was rescued by Gu Lili, the villagers didn't know his identity, but they never rejected him.

Seeing that Li Tiansheng was about to kneel down, Yin Jiuchen hurried forward to support him.

"Brother Tian Sheng, you don't need to bow when you see me in the future. Please stand up quickly."

Although Yin Jiuchen said this, Li Tiansheng looked at Gu Lili in panic.

Gu Lili nodded at him, and he calmed down.

"Wei Yin, go and inform everyone in Guzhuang that when you see me in the future, you don't have to be polite. Everyone doesn't have to be restrained. If you are afraid of me, just pretend you didn't see me."

After Yin Jiuchen helped Li Tiansheng up, he turned around and instructed Wei Yin, whom he had just asked to stop.

Wei Yin bowed to Yin Jiuchen, then turned and walked out of the courtyard to convey Yin Jiuchen's words to the villagers.

"Lili, what do you want me to do by fetching sea water?" Li Tiansheng asked curiously.

This sea water cannot be drunk, and the land irrigated with it will become hard. I don’t know what use Gu Lili has for it.

"Third uncle, I am of course useful. Please help me carry the bucket to the empty house in the yard over there. I will use it after dinner."

Gu Lili said this, picked up a bucket of water and walked towards the yard.

Yin Jiuchen also picked up two buckets of water and prepared to follow Gu Lili.

Li Tiansheng hurriedly stopped Yin Jiuchen.

"Your Highness, let me do the rough work." Li Tiansheng said, and was about to take the bucket from Yin Jiuchen's hand.

Yin Jiuchen dodged cleverly and walked forward with the bucket.

"Brother Tiansheng, you are joking. I can carry manure, so these two buckets of water are no problem at all!"

Li Tiansheng was struck by lightning instantly!

It turned out that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince still remembered that he had asked him to carry manure!

Oh oh oh!

Your Highness, please spare my life!

Li Tiansheng picked up two buckets of water with tears in his eyes and walked to the yard next door.

Gu Lili put the water in the empty room and was about to fetch more water, but was stopped by Yin Jiuchen who had just arrived.

"Lili, we men will handle this matter, you just take a rest!"

Gu Lili thought about it and agreed.

She decided to help her grandmother cook.

Thinking of this, Gu Lili walked into the kitchen, where Gu Chenxi and Old Mrs. Li were busy.

Gu Lili was about to step forward to help, but was stopped by Old Mrs. Li.

"Lili, take a rest. Chenxi and I will be here. There are only two dishes. We can eat them right away."

Gu Lili had no choice but to leave the kitchen. Forget it, then go and call Lao Zhou, Yu Yiru and the others to come over for dinner.

By the time Gu Lili called the five people over, Mrs. Li's meal was already ready.

There have been a lot of people eating out recently, so Gu Yunchu moved all the discarded tables in the restaurant back home for use.

There is enough room for so many people.

But the kitchen can't accommodate so many people.

Li Tiansheng simply put a table in the yard, which provided both cool air and spacious space for dining.

The embroiderers, the Li and Gu family members, Han Mingyue, Lin Xiyao and others, filled three tables before they were considered seated.

Because everyone was a little afraid of Yin Jiuchen, Gu Lili arranged for Yin Jiuchen to eat in the main hall during dinner.

After dinner, everyone had a tacit understanding. Those who needed to go home went home, and those who needed to wash up washed up.

Seeing that everyone was afraid of him, Yin Jiuchen simply took Wei Yin back to the room with the big kang to rest.

After Gu Lili sent Lin Xiyao home, she went into the room where the sea water was released today.

That’s right, Gu Lili wanted to use seawater to extract crude salt, and then use the crude salt to extract edible refined salt.

This is the gift that Gu Lili wants to give to Yin Jiuchen, and also the gift to the entire Nanyue Kingdom.

She knew that if she directly told the emperor this method, the emperor might think that she had some ulterior motive.

Gu Lili simply told Yin Jiuchen about this matter. As for how he was going to explain it to the emperor, that was his business.

But there is one thing that Gu Lili can be sure of, Yin Jiuchen will not harm her.

Salt was extremely precious in that era, and many poor families could not afford it.

Although Gu Lili wanted to make money, she didn't want to make money like this.

If the people knew how to extract salt from seawater, then everyone in Nanyue Kingdom would no longer have to worry about salt.

This can be considered as something that benefits the people of Nanyue Kingdom.

Gu Lili waved her hand and an iron pot appeared in front of her.

There is also a simple iron stove.

Gu Lili originally wanted to refine crude salt in the house, but she was afraid that the smoke would blacken the roof.

So they moved all the pots and stoves under the eaves at the door, preparing to refine it outside.

Gu Lili poured all the sea water into the pot. Too lazy to run around, she bought firewood directly from the mall.

After the fire was lit, Gu Lili added firewood into it.

The extraction of salt cannot be rushed.

The water must be boiled away slowly before the coarse salt appears.

Gu Lili was adding firewood when she heard footsteps coming towards her.

It was already dark at this time, and everyone must have gone to bed early to avoid meeting Yin Jiuchen.

Then there is only one possibility, that is, Gu Yunchu is back.

While adding firewood, Gu Lili looked towards the side door.

However, this time Gu Lili had indeed miscalculated.

The person who came was Yin Jiuchen, who everyone was a little afraid of.

"Chang'an, why haven't you slept yet?" Gu Lili asked curiously.

When Yin Jiuchen heard Gu Lili call him Chang'an, he felt relieved. He liked this name.

"I couldn't sleep, and Chenxi told me you were here, so I came to see you." Yin Jiuchen answered truthfully.

He saw that the candle in Gu Lili's room had not been lit and felt strange, so he came out to check.

After asking Gu Chenxi, I found out that Gu Lili had moved to the new yard.

It just so happened that he was curious about what Gu Lili wanted to do with the sea water, so he came to take a look.

Yin Jiuchen walked closer and saw that Gu Lili was boiling the sea water they brought today.

I was shocked and asked excitedly.

"Li Li, are you making salt?"

Gu Lili nodded. It turned out that Yin Jiuchen also knew that salt could be extracted from sea water.

"I'm refining salt." Gu Lili answered truthfully.