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

So, I didn’t go to Gu Lili’s house.

Gu Lili smiled and nodded, then took out the gift she had prepared.

The gifts were the same as those for the Gu family, a piece of cloth for each person, and Zhang Dahua and Aunt Zhang each received an extra hairpin.

"Aunt Zhang, these are gifts for you, Uncle Zhang and Dahua." Gu Lili smiled and handed the things to Aunt Zhang.

Since Gu Yunchu is engaged to Zhang Dahua, the people of the Zhang family can be considered as their own.

We cannot favor one over the other.

Aunt Zhang quickly pushed the things back and refused, "Lili, come to visit, why do you bring gifts?"

Aunt Zhang refused with her mouth, but she was very happy in her heart.

Gu Lili is Gu Yunchu's eldest sister. Gu Lili is so kind to them, so they don't have to worry about anything when Zhang Dahua marries into their family in the future.

Gu Lili stuffed the things into Aunt Zhang's hands and said, "Aunt, please don't be so polite. Take it quickly. Let's go inside and talk. I need your help with something."

Aunt Zhang was shocked to realize that she had been busy talking for most of the day and had not even welcomed Gu Lili into the house.

Aunt Zhang patted her thighs exaggeratedly with both hands and said, "Oh! Look how anxious I am. Come on, Lili, come in and have a rest."

Having said that, he warmly welcomed Gu Lili into the house.

Gu Lili sat down, and Aunt Zhang quickly poured a bowl of sugar water and placed it in front of Gu Lili.

"Lili, you said you needed my help with something. What is it?" Aunt Zhang asked anxiously.

Aunt Zhang is always anxious, fearing that being late for a moment would delay Gu Lili's affairs.

Gu Lili did not hide anything and directly stated her purpose.

"I'd like to ask you to help me cook for the people who are working." Gu Lili said with a smile.

In a few days, Mrs. Li and Old Man Li will go to Jiangdu.

It would definitely be too busy for Gu Chenxi alone.

Gu Lili planned to build a house similar to a canteen next to the yard and contract the canteen to Aunt Zhang.

Then she would give meal tickets to everyone who worked, and with the tickets, they could go to Aunt Zhang's house for dinner.

If Aunt Zhang was directly called to work at the Gu family, she would probably feel inferior.

It would be better to just hand over the canteen to the Zhang family. Excluding the cost of the workers' meals, the Zhang family will definitely earn more.

If there are people in the village who don’t want to cook, they can also eat in Zhang’s canteen.

I can earn money again, it’s the best of both worlds.

Aunt Zhang was a little confused. She had never heard of such a strange thing before.

"You mean the dining hall? How...how do we do this?"

Gu Lili patiently explained the details to Aunt Zhang.

To put it simply, Gu Lili built the canteen and handed it over to the Zhang family to run.

Everyone who works at Gu Lili's house goes to the canteen to eat.

Gu Lili gave Aunt Zhang another sum of money, and it was up to Aunt Zhang to decide what to cook.

Just make sure the workers have enough to eat.

This canteen can also be opened to the public, and even if someone wants to order a table of food, that is also possible.

After Gu Lili's explanation, Aunt Zhang understood much more.

"Lili, I'm taking great advantage of you!" Aunt Zhang said gratefully.

It was like Gu Lili paid money and helped her family open a restaurant for free.

She only needs to run the business and she can make money. Isn't that a huge bargain?

Gu Lili smiled and waved her hands, "How could you be taking advantage of me? It's clearly me taking advantage of you. If you agree, you'll be helping me a lot."

Gu Lili was telling the truth. If her family were to cook, Gu Lili would have to worry about buying vegetables and meat every day, which would be really troublesome.

If Aunt Zhang took over the matter, she wouldn't have to worry about it.

Gu Chenxi and Old Mrs. Li can also work less hard, or in other words, they can focus on other things.

To put it in the long run, when Zuo Xiuhong gives birth, Old Mrs. Li will definitely go back to take care of her during the confinement period.

Gu Chenxi was the same. She stopped cooking and felt more relaxed. Gu Lili could also arrange some important things to do.

Aunt Zhang said excitedly, "Okay, Lili, then I will agree with you shamelessly. I will think about how to complete the task you gave me in the next few days."

Gu Lili had no choice but to trust Aunt Zhang when she was doing things.

After giving her some advice and suggestions, Gu Lili got up and left.

Aunt Zhang sent Gu Lili out and went home to discuss the matter.

In Gu Lili's yard, Yin Jiuchen and Li Tiansheng were still continuing the topic they were talking about just now.

The others also went about their work in an orderly manner and no longer avoided Yin Jiuchen.

Gu Lili closed her eyes and looked towards the door.

Uncle Fa Cai’s carriage just arrived at Gu Lili’s house.

"Lili, the wood you asked me to deliver to you has arrived!" Uncle Fa Cai jumped off the carriage and shouted to Gu Lili.

Li Tiansheng and Yin Jiuchen also stopped chatting, stood up and walked to the gate of the yard with Gu Lili.

I saw six ox carts following Uncle Fa Cai’s carriage.

It's full of wood.

Gu Lili nodded and said, "Thank you for your help, Uncle Fa Cai."

Yin Jiuchen looked at the six carts of wood, with doubts in his mind.

Gu Lili has never left Gu Village since she came back. How did Uncle Fa Cai know that Gu Lili wanted wood?

Uncle Fa Cai waved his hand and walked towards the ox cart, asking the drivers to untie the ropes that bound the wood first and prepare to unload the cargo.

Gu Lili did not see the doubt on Yin Jiuchen's face.

He turned around and shouted to Gu Huanhuan in the house, "Huanhuan, go call Lao Zhou over and move the wood!"

Gu Huanhuan responded, put down the needle and thread in her hand, and ran to the next yard with Zheng Yue holding hands.

Not long after, Lao Zhou and his three apprentices arrived.

The four of them had been unable to sit still for a long time. When they heard that the wood was coming, they wished they could fly over to help.

It's a good opportunity to stretch your muscles.

Gu Lili couldn't help with the matter of moving the wood.

Just leave it to a few men to do it.

Yin Jiuchen rolled up his sleeves, exerted some strength, picked up a piece of wood, and walked towards the next yard.

Li Tiansheng was not to be outdone. He picked it up and followed closely behind.

Others also picked up a piece of wood one by one and walked to the next room.

Wei Yin, who was originally dozing off, was so frightened when he saw his Royal Highness the Crown Prince looking at a piece of wood that he fell off the stool.

"Sir... please let me do this kind of rough work." Wei Yin said tremblingly.

He really couldn't imagine that the crown prince of the current dynasty actually did such menial work.

As Wei Yin spoke, he quickly reached out to take the wood from Yin Jiuchen's hand.

Yin Jiuchen dodged and said in a deep voice, "If you want to move, go move outside by yourself, don't come and steal mine."

Having said that, Yin Jiuchen left first.