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

"Grandma, don't be sad. Mother must want you to be happy." Gu Lili said, taking out a handkerchief and gently wiping away the tears from the corners of Grandma Li's eyes.

Old Mrs. Li nodded and handed the silver hairpin in her hand to Gu Lili.

"This is your mother's thing. She hid it here because she wanted to leave it as a memory for you when you grow up. You are the eldest sister in the family, so you can keep it." Old Mrs. Li said solemnly.

When she gave Liu Miaoyin the bracelet a few days ago, she was still wondering whether the silver hairpin had been taken away by Gu Jingsheng's heartless family.

I didn't expect that such a coincidence would happen today.

Gu Lili nodded and carefully put away the silver hairpin.

After instructing craftsman Qian to build the wall of Master Yuan's house, Gu Lili helped Old Lady Li back home.

The house was being built in an orderly manner, and Uncle Fa Cai took Zheng Qian to collect blue crabs from village to village.

Because the golden apple snails are so rampant, they have grown these blue crabs to be extremely large.

This time, Gu Lili could be said to have turned a disaster into a blessing.

Every day, you just need to watch the silver and money in the space increase.

The return was several times higher than the original investment, which made Gu Lili's hands cramp from counting the money!

Looking at the amount of two hundred thousand silvers in the space, Gu Lili felt like she could wake up from her sleep with joy.

Thanks to the government's intervention, Uncle Fa Cai had no difficulty in collecting crabs.

The villagers were afraid of losing money, so they even caught the crabs carefully and sent them to Uncle Fa Cai's boat.

By this time next year, Uncle Fa Cai will be able to come back to collect crabs.

After all, these blue crabs have left a lot of seeds in the fields.

The money you earn by then will be without any investment.

Thinking of this, Gu Lili became even happier.

Uncle Fa Cai has harvested all the blue crabs, and it is time to harvest rice.

Gu Lili's soap workshop also stopped working, and the villagers were asked to go back to harvest rice.

Gu Lili had already told the families with less rice in advance that they should come to her house to help, with a wage of 20 cents a day and three meals a day.

Therefore, when harvesting rice, there were forty or fifty people in Gu Lili's family helping to harvest the rice.

However, harvesting a hundred acres of rice fields entirely by hand is also a huge project.

Blacksmith Zhu made a total of four threshers, one of which was shipped to Beijing. Together with the two that Gu Lili bought from "Uncle Fortune", a total of five threshers were carried to the fields.

Wei Yin, Wei Yue, and two other secret guards did not return to the capital. Seeing that Gu Lili's family was harvesting rice, they came to help spontaneously.

The villagers had never seen this thresher before, and they all gathered around to watch it out of curiosity.

Gu Lili had already taught Wei Yin and Wei Yue, so they demonstrated it to the villagers first.

Seeing the rice being harvested in such a juicy state, everyone was amazed and wanted to try it.

However, this is a physical job that requires strong people to do it. Those who are too thin will definitely not be able to do it.

Wei Yin selected a few stronger people and began to teach them, while the rest of the people cut the rice and handed it to them.

As the rice fell, the granary was full, and the rice was also full.

Someone came forward, loaded the rice into the wheelbarrow that Gu Lili bought, and took it to the open space to dry.

Because there was so much rice, Gu Lili was naturally busy.

Although she couldn't operate the thresher for a long time, harvesting rice was not a problem for her.

There were a hundred acres of rice, and forty or fifty people were working for three days, and most of the rice was still harvested.

Gu Lili's hands were already covered with blisters.

However, she didn't dare to stop, for fear that the weather was bad recently and it would be terrible if it rained.

Some families, who have less rice, would come to help Gu Lili after they finish taking care of their own rice.

It’s not that difficult anymore.

"Lili, your thresher is out of use. Can I use it, too?" Chunhua's mother said with a smile to Gu Lili who was cutting rice.

The rice in their family is harvested first, then dried for a day or two before being thrashed and removed from the ears.

Looking at this thresher, it only takes a short while to thresh an acre of rice. It really saves time and labor.

Chunhua's mother has been ready to make a move.

Gu Lili raised her hand to wipe the sweat from her forehead and looked at Chunhua's mother.

She really didn't like this woman. She wanted to take advantage of everything, but couldn't get anything out of it. She also talked about people behind their backs.

Just a few days ago, I told the village head grandmother that she made a lot of money from reselling dried goods.

Gu Lili simply refused to accept it and let them deal with it on their own.

As a result, many of the wealthy businessmen who came here did not recognize these things, and no matter how hard they promoted them, they could not sell them.

Occasionally there are people who know what they are doing and they are extremely picky.

They simply don’t want mushrooms and dried fish that don’t look good.

This also caused complaints from the villagers. Originally, after drying, they could be sent directly to Gu Lili's house and sold for money.

But now, even if they collect them, they still have to go through the trouble of setting up a stall at the entrance of the village, and there is no guarantee that anyone will buy them.

The same applies when sending it to Donghai Town.

Everyone pointed the finger at Chunhua's mother, and no one knew how many times they had blamed her, openly or secretly.

"My rice is used up. Of course I can lend it to you, but you have to pay rent, five cents a day." Gu Lili smiled faintly.

If it weren't for the previous incident, Gu Lili would have agreed without hesitation.

But with the lessons learned from the past, Gu Lili still felt that she had to draw a clear line.

When Chunhua's mother heard this, a look of displeasure appeared on her face.

"Lili, you are so rich, why are you still collecting rent?"

Gu Lili was so angry that she almost laughed at Chunhua's mother. What kind of words were she saying?

However, before Gu Lili could open her mouth to fight back, Aunt Zhang couldn't stand it anymore and jumped out.

"Mother Chunhua, you are already a mother of two children, and you don't understand anything! No matter how rich Lili is, she earned it by herself. What does it have to do with you!" Aunt Zhang rolled her eyes.

Others also started to speak up, "That's right, Lili bought this thresher with real money, and you have the nerve to use it for free, how ridiculous!"

"That's it!"

This was a perfect opportunity for Chunhua Niang to give everyone an outlet for their resentment that had been accumulating for days.

Those who were close to her all blamed Chunhua's mother.

Chunhua's mother was extremely embarrassed for a moment, but she couldn't just leave.

After all, Gu Lili paid her twenty cents a day.

"Okay, let's continue working. Aunt Chunhua, you should pay more attention to your hands." Gu Lili said with a smile.

Gu Lili originally planned to use this thresher for her own use and then give it to other people in the village.

However, you must give priority to those who are close to you.

As for others, if they want to use it, they just have to line up and pay.

Mother Chunhua bit her lower lip, said nothing, and continued to cut the rice with her head down.

When the others saw how patient Chunhua was, they also felt bored and continued with their own work.

Gu Lili was harvesting rice when she heard Gu Huanhuan calling her.