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

She didn't know how much five taels of silver was, nor did she know how long the food she was given could last.

However, she believed what her sister said.

From now on, they will no longer go hungry.

Uncle Dazhu came to the Gu family’s thatched hut just after finishing breakfast.

"Lili, I'll take you to the town today to exchange the land deed." Uncle Dazhu said with a smile.

Gu Lili quickly picked up the backpack she had just borrowed from Aunt Zhang and followed Uncle Dazhu towards the town.

She plans to go to town today to buy some salt and other things.

Several children stayed at home. Gu Erniu was already twelve years old and could help his younger brothers and sisters to work.

Today, their family also has three acres of fertile land, and the second branch of the Gu family uses all of it to grow crops.

There are also three acres of wasteland (wasteland is land that has not been reclaimed. Because the land is infertile and has many rocks, people in Gu Village usually use it to plant trees). One acre of it was reclaimed by Li Xihua and her children and planted with wheat.

The second branch of the Gu family didn’t plant anything on the other two acres, so they can ignore it for the time being.

Gu Erniu took his younger brothers and sisters to weed the fields and dig some wild vegetables to eat.

Gu Lili followed Uncle Dazhu all the way to the east. The town was called Donghai Town because it was just to the east of the sea.

When passing by the beach, Gu Lili asked, "Uncle Dazhuang, have you ever eaten anything from the sea?"

"Li Li, do you mean eating fish? Yes, I have. There are often stranded fish on the beach. If you are lucky, you can pick up a fish that is not smelly and take it back to eat."

When Gu Dazhu talked about this, his eyes lit up. The fish meat was really delicious.

However, it is not often found.

Occasionally, you can see fish in shallow sea water. Some people use sharp branches to poke them, but you still need to rely on your luck.

"Does anyone use fishing nets to catch fish?" Gu Lili continued to ask Uncle Dazhu as they walked.

Uncle Dazhu looked confused, "Fishing net? What is that?"

"Well, I heard about it from some strangers passing by. I thought maybe you, Uncle Dazhu, are knowledgeable, so I asked you out of curiosity." Gu Lili quickly changed the subject, "Uncle Dazhu, how long will it take us to get there?"

It was the first time that Uncle Dazhu heard someone say that he was knowledgeable. He scratched his head a little embarrassedly and said, "It's almost there. We'll be there in another hour."

After hearing this, Gu Lili almost collapsed on the spot. It took them almost half an hour, or almost an hour, to walk from their home to the beach.

If we have to walk for another hour, it will be two hours.

So, the distance is about twelve kilometers.

It would take six hours to walk back and forth, no wonder Uncle Dazhu came so early to call me to go to town.

To get a land deed and buy some things would take at least an hour or two at the earliest. If you walked slowly, it would be dark by then.

At this moment, Gu Lili had another goal in mind, which was to earn money to buy a carriage.

In fact, there are ox carts from the village that go to the town, but they only go there when there is a market in the town, and you can pay one penny to take a ox cart to the town.

However, the village head was worried that things might get worse, so he asked his son to walk Gu Lili there.

Wow, the village head is a very nice person.

Along the way, Gu Lili also specifically asked Uncle Dazhu about salt.

Sure enough, the salt here is controlled by the government and is very expensive.

However, extremely poor families would use wood ash or moldy soil in the corners to extract salty crystals to replace table salt.

Along the way, Gu Lili chatted with Uncle Dazhu in a casual manner and never slowed down her pace.

It was almost noon when we finally arrived.

Gu Lili sighed again. The porridge she had in the morning was wasted. She was hungry again.

Afraid that the people in the county government office would be in a hurry to eat lunch and delay their return home, Uncle Dazhu and Gu Lili decided to do their work first and then find something to fill their stomachs.

With Uncle Dazhu's leadership, everything went smoothly.

In less than half an hour, everything was done.

After leaving the county government office, Gu Lili smiled and said to Uncle Dazhu, "Uncle Dazhu, I'm really sorry to bother you today. I'll treat you to a bowl of noodles."

Uncle Dazhu waved his hands quickly after hearing this, "No, no, Lili, you will need money a lot more in the future."

Uncle Dazhu has already made plans for Gu Lili's family. Although Gu Lili has a huge sum of five taels of silver, their house is on the verge of collapse.

It will need to be renovated in the future, and his two younger brothers will also need money for their weddings.

How could I use a little girl's money?

If my family had enough money, he should have been the one to treat us.

As if he was afraid that he would not be able to refuse, Uncle Dazhu made an excuse that he had to go buy some things.

After making an appointment with Gu Lili to meet at the east gate in an hour, he separated from Gu Lili as if escaping.

After walking a few steps, Uncle Dazhu seemed to have remembered something important and trotted back.

Uncle Dazhu lowered his voice and said to Gu Lili, "Lili, you must keep the money in your hand well and don't show off your wealth."

"I understand, Uncle Dazhu." Gu Lili said with a smile.

Uncle Dazhu nodded and left without looking back.

Gu Lili started to wander around Donghai Town by herself.

When they arrived at a noodle stall, Gu Lili ordered a bowl of vegetarian noodles for two cents.

After walking so much and doing so much work, Gu Lili was indeed hungry.

In a short while, Gu Lili had finished the bowl of noodles along with the soup.

Later, she had to buy some salt and oil. Since her original body had never been to the town, Gu Lili asked the owner of the noodle stall.

The boss enthusiastically showed Gu Lili the way, and she walked in that direction carrying her backpack.

When we arrived at the salt shop, we saw the owner, a fat middle-aged man who had probably just finished lunch and was taking a nap on a stool.

Gu Lili smiled and asked, "Boss, how much is the salt?"

Wang Fugui, the owner of the salt shop, heard someone talking, so he opened his eyes to take a look. It was a little girl in tattered clothes. He couldn't help but look at Gu Lili with contempt.

"Salt is eighty cents a pound!" Wang Fugui said impatiently.

"What!" Gu Lili asked in disbelief, "Why is it so expensive?"

Wang Fugui became more and more impatient, "If you can afford it, buy it. If you can't, get out!"

As he said this, he rolled his eyes at Gu Lili.

Gu Lili immediately got a little angry and retorted, "How can you be so contemptuous of others!"

Although Gu Lili really didn't want to buy from him, she didn't want to suffer his anger for nothing.

Wang Fugui immediately stood up, pointed at Gu Lili and cursed, "Who are you calling a dog? You look so poor, yet you still can afford to eat salt. Why don't you take a piss and look at yourself before you come in?"

Gu Lili looked at Wang Fugui's fat body. If he really started fighting, she would definitely be slapped away.

He immediately laughed and said, “Uncle, to be honest, I was bitten by a dog when I was a child. I see you are a little scared.”