I became a vicious stepmother and I went to the sea to feed my three children.

Liang Yan's eyes widened when she saw the silver that Bai Qingyao handed over, but she did not regret what she said. Who knows if Bai Qingyao wanted to take their bricks and tiles for free?

Gu Sanshu felt a little embarrassed, but he had no way to refute Liang Yan's words. His family was really struggling to make ends meet.

Without the deposit, they really wouldn't be able to afford even the materials.

"That's enough, that's enough."

Liang Yan didn't raise her hand. Gu Sanshu reached out to take it, weighed it in his hand, and found that the amount was as much as thirty taels of silver.

Bricks and tiles are charged by the piece, and one cent can buy three tiles, but Bai Qingyao wanted a large quantity, and she came when their family was in trouble. As someone from the same village, they naturally couldn't charge her more money.

"I'll have to trouble Uncle Sanshu and Auntie with the brick and tile matters."

"No trouble……"

After Bai Qingyao and the others left, Gu Sanshu and Liang Yan had not yet reacted.

Only after knowing that Gu Sanshu opened the purse given by Bai Qingyao did the two of them truly realize that things at home... were really going to get better.

Moreover, Yuen Long’s marriage...can also be settled.

As the couple was thinking about it, a young and strong man walked in from outside, put down the carrying pole in his hand, saw the old couple in front of the pit, and couldn't help but speak.

"Mom and dad, what's wrong?"

As he walked over, he saw the silver and money on the table. Thinking of his family's livelihood, he spoke without thinking much.

"Mom and Dad, is the deal done? Is this the deposit?"

As he spoke, Gu Yuanlang casually picked up the bowl on the table beside him, poured himself a full bowl of water, and drank it down with big gulps.

Gu Sanshu shook his head. "The town has already found someone else and doesn't need our bricks and tiles anymore."

"What--"

Hearing this, Gu Yuanlang paused while drinking water and turned to look at Gu Sanshu, "Then... Dad, how about this money?"

If the deal wasn't concluded, where did the money come from?

Is it possible...

No, that's not right, his father is not that kind of person!

"What are you thinking about!"

Seeing Gu Yuanlang's expression, Liang Yan guessed what her son was thinking and couldn't help but raise her hand to hit him. "You don't know who your father is, what are you thinking about!"

Gu Yuanlang was slapped by Liang Yan, but he didn't get angry. Instead, he raised his hand and touched his head, saying helplessly, "Mom, I haven't said anything yet!"

Liang Yan didn't know what he was thinking, so she quickly spoke again.

"Although business in town has stopped, the village chief just came home and brought us some big business. Qingyao...your brother Chen's wife ordered a large quantity of bricks and tiles from us. These are the deposits!"

"Brother Chen's wife?"

Gu Yuanlang stared at the silver and money on the table in shock. He didn't react for a moment, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses. "That's... that greedy woman in the village who loves to eat and does nothing?"

'Snapped--'

"What greedy woman? What nonsense are you talking about! Qingyao has changed a lot now, she is not the same as before!"

After being slapped again by Liang Yan, Gu Yuanlang realized that he had said the wrong thing and fell silent without saying anything else.

He lowered his eyes and thought for a while. It seemed that she was the one who started the oyster prying trend in the village recently. Prying oysters made a lot of money.

Although it’s not much, it’s still some income, which is not bad.

"Did she say what she was going to do?"

At this time, Gu Sanshu spoke up, "They said they were going to build a house on the island, and then a workshop, so they needed a lot more bricks and tiles."

Gu Yuanlang's eyes lit up. "Workshop?"

"Will you recruit more workers in the future?"

Hearing Gu Yuanlang's words, Gu Sanshu and his wife were stunned. They had not thought of this, but now that Gu Yuanlang said it, they also felt that it should be about the same.

Now that the workshop has been built, workers are definitely needed. However, they really don’t care about this now. Liang Yan glanced at Gu Yuanlang and spoke earnestly.

"Mother, I'm not thinking too much about it right now. Now that we have this money, when the bricks and tiles are ready, our family will have money, and your marriage to Li Niang will be settled."

When Gu Yuanlang heard Liang Yan's words, there was no happiness on his face, but rather a look of disgust.

"Mom, stop saying these things. Since she despises our family for being poor, why should we rush to her?"

"Yuen Lang, what nonsense are you talking about!"

"Who wants to marry and have children without paying a betrothal gift?" Liang Yan slapped him and looked at Gu Yuanlang with dissatisfaction.

"Mom! Are they marrying off their daughter? They're clearly selling their daughter! Besides, Li Niang clearly looks down on us. Who knows what will happen after she marries in!"

Gu Yuanlang frowned, remembering that when he met Li Niang before, there was clear disgust in her eyes towards him. But after hearing that his parents agreed to a betrothal gift of fifty taels, the disgust on her face was less, but it was still clear that she disdain him.

Besides, he doesn't like Li Niang either.

Seeing Gu Yuanlang's tough attitude, Liang Yan couldn't help but choke on the words on her lips and sighed. Before she could speak, she heard Gu Sanshu speak.

"Okay, let Yuen Long decide this matter himself."

After all, it was his son's own marriage, and he had never seen Gu Yuanlang so disgusted with someone.

"Okay, okay, you two are the only ones who are close to each other, and I'm the only bad guy, right?"

Seeing that the father and son shared the same hatred for the enemy, Liang Yan threw down a word and turned to go to the kitchen.

The father and son looked at each other, but tacitly did not dare to speak again.

*

After leaving Gu Sanshu's house, Bai Qingyao did not go home, but walked towards the island.

Master Cheng and his team have already started work. They have measured the pillars in the sea and have begun construction.

As soon as she reached the coast, she saw that the straight line leading to the island was now full of ships. She found an excuse and got the pile driver out.

At first, a group of people watched it curiously, but later, when they saw that they couldn't find anything out of the research, they started to get down to business.

However, these things are already on track, and Bai Qingyao also remembered the tasks she had not yet completed.

Although I have caught a lot of seafood these days, I am still far from reaching the next level.

"Xiao San, how many points do you have now?"

[Ding~ Host, you now have 5,320 points. You still need 4,680 points to reach the first level~]

Bai Qingyao frowned. She didn't expect that so much seafood had been caught during this period of time.

She glanced at the ocean system space. The original space was almost full. If the system was not upgraded, the space could only accommodate a maximum of 10,000 marine creatures.

Moreover, some of the seafood caught during this period was placed in the lake on the island, which is enough to show the quantity.

"Little girl——"

Just as Bai Qingyao was about to lose consciousness, she heard an old voice.