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

Gu Erniu walked up to Gu Lili with a guilty look on his face and admitted his mistake.

He was thinking yesterday that Wang Fugui was pretty good, as he was willing to come and get the candy himself.

Unexpectedly, he came to ask my sister to be his son's concubine.

Gu Lili smiled and said, "Even if Wang Fugui didn't ask you, he would find a way to find out. Do you know why he came to propose marriage?"

Gu Lili had already made a rough guess and wanted to ask her brothers and sisters.

In this way, when they encounter problems in the future, they will know to think more about the reasons.

The three children lowered their heads and thought for a long time. Gu Huanhuan spoke first, "Sister, Wang Fugui said yesterday that he wanted to buy our secret recipe for candy. Is this the reason?"

Gu Lili nodded and said, "Well, I didn't want to sell it to him yesterday. I guess he wanted to make me his son's concubine. In this way, the secret recipe would only cost fifteen taels."

Wang Fugui is a businessman as expected, he is really cunning.

I also want to get the secret recipe at the lowest cost.

He may look ugly, but he has beautiful thoughts!

However, my business with him has come to an end from now on!

Next time, if you want your own candy, that will be absolutely impossible.

When the three children heard what Gu Lili said, they nodded as if they understood.

"Sister, we will never tell anyone the secret recipe of our family's candy." Gu Erniu nodded firmly.

Gu Sigou and Gu Huanhuan also nodded repeatedly.

After cleaning up the dishes, Gu Lili planned to refine lard and then teach Gu Huanhuan embroidery.

Gu Erniu and Gu Sigou went to the fields to weed.

It took Wang Po more than an hour to get back to Donghai Town, and when she arrived in the town, she went straight to Wang's Trading Company.

"Manager Wang! Look at the good job you gave me. I almost died in Guzhuang!" Wang Po sat on the chair in embarrassment and started howling.

When Wang Po thinks of Gu Lili's iron rod now, she still feels scared.

Shopkeeper Wang frowned instantly when he saw Grandma Wang crying.

"You are crying! If you cry again in the place where I do business, I will make you pay compensation!" Shopkeeper Wang said angrily.

These things are the most taboo in business places.

People who cry will inevitably have bad luck.

When Wang Po heard this, her crying stopped abruptly.

It would be fine if I didn’t make any money today, but if I still have to spend money outside, I would really cry to death at home.

Seeing that Wang Po had stopped crying, Wang Fugui asked angrily, "What happened? Did the girl's parents dislike the lack of money?"

Wang Po exaggerated and told Wang Fugui what happened this morning.

When Wang Fugui found her yesterday, Wang Po thought it would be easy to deal with.

I got up early this morning on purpose to go there, but I didn't expect to be turned away.

"What did you say! That girl said I was shameless!" Wang Fugui's voice suddenly rose.

He thought that Gu Lili's parents might refuse because the money was too little.

I really didn't expect such a result.

It doesn’t matter if Gu Lili scolds me, but it would be bad if she gets angry and doesn’t sell the candy to me.

I have so many customers who come to buy this malt candy every day.

This is how to do!

"Wang Po, you claim to have been a matchmaker for decades, but you can't even handle a girl like that and a liar. I'll give you another tael of silver if you run again!" Li Yuemei came out from the inner room and rolled her eyes at Wang Po.

When Wang Po heard this, she immediately lost her temper and said, "I would rather destroy my reputation than earn this money again!"

Are you kidding? Making money is not as important as your own life.

After Wang Po finished speaking, she quickly left Wang's Commercial Company.

Li Yuemei looked at Wang Po's fleeing back and spat.

"You're still a matchmaker, ugh!"

At the same time, a vicious plan came into his mind.

Gu Lili refused to accept the toast and was unwilling to come to the house in a proper manner to propose marriage.

It seems that the only option left is to force her.

If you don’t want the money, then forget it!

When that time comes, don’t even think about getting a penny!

Li Yuemei whispered her plan in Wang Fugui's ear, and Wang Fugui couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Who doesn’t like to do business with no capital?

Gu Lili refined the lard and stewed the pork elbow, then began to teach Gu Huanhuan how to embroider.

The morning sun is warm and not glaring.

The two sisters moved chairs to the yard and embroidered while basking in the sun.

Gu Huanhuan's talent in this area is truly amazing. She can remember anything Gu Lili teaches her just once.

Before we knew it, it was time for lunch and Gu Erniu and Gu Sigou also returned from the fields.

Both of them brought back a lot of wild vegetables.

The ones that don’t taste good can be chopped up and fed to chickens and ducks, and the ones that taste good can be kept for yourself.

The two of them smelled the fragrance from the kitchen, but their brows were still frowned.

Obviously something unhappy happened.

"What's wrong with you two? You look unhappy?" Gu Lili asked.

Gu Erniu said with a worried look on his face, "Alas, sister, the rain a few days ago froze a lot of wheat heads off. I'm afraid we won't be able to harvest much grain this year!"

Farmers rely on the fields for their livelihood. If they can’t harvest the crops, doesn’t that mean they will starve again?

Life during this period was like that of a god. It would be scary to think about living the same life as before.

Gu Erniu didn't want the four siblings to have the possibility of starving to death again.

Gu Lili also started to think about it. The scope of this freezing rain should be quite large.

That means that crops will be affected in places where there is freezing rain, and food prices will definitely rise.

This limited amount of grain had to be used to pay taxes. In previous years when the harvest was good, after paying the taxes, some was kept for home consumption and the rest could be sold for money.

Almost all farmers live this way. They usually don't keep too much surplus food at home for fear of attracting rats.

If production were to decrease, even taxation might become a problem.

It will take three or four months from sowing to harvesting the next crop of rice.

I'm afraid these three or four months will be difficult!

If there were some other natural disasters or man-made disasters, we would be doomed.

Although I have a trading system, I am not worried about this problem.

But what about the village head and his family, and Aunt Zhang and her family?

They were really good to her, and Gu Lili couldn't just watch them starve.

Gu Lili thought carefully in her mind, what could be high-yielding, fast-growing, and also fill the stomach?

As if she thought of something, Gu Lili couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Sweet potatoes and chayote are both good choices.

Gu Lili had already planned in her mind what to do.

"Okay, you guys eat first, and we'll grow some other crops in a few days!" Gu Lili said with a smile.