I'll be a nanny for the lord

Chapter 502 The foundation of the village is solid

The family immediately danced with joy.

Gu Changwu's wife dragged Xia Ying and talked for a long time, until it was dark, and she reluctantly left under Gu Changwu's urging.

It was also at this time that Xia Ying's family was finally able to relax and rest.

Gu Changwu's daughter-in-law did keep her word.

Not only did she clean up the inside and outside of the house for them before they came back, the rice, noodles, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar in the kitchen were all prepared neatly, the firewood room was full of firewood, and the water tank was full of firewood. It was also full.

They only need to bring firewood to burn two pots of water, and the whole family can take a good bath before they can sleep.

And after they lay down, they found out that the sheets and blankets in the room had already been removed and washed, and the quilts had been dried in the sun.Now people lie on it, the smell of warm sunshine immediately surrounds them, it is so comfortable in this cold winter day!
Xia Ying lay under the quilt, she couldn't help showing a happy smile on her face.

"It's good to be home."

"Yes, that's great." Gu Tuo also nodded, and the man hugged her tightly, "It's better to have you by my side."

Xia Ying pouted. "Your lips are getting slippery!"

"Obviously I'm telling the truth." Gu Tuo muffled.

"Okay, I'll trust you for now." Xia Ying nodded, and she closed her eyes with a smile.

Get a good night's sleep, and when they wake up the next morning, they start to clean up inside and out, ready for the New Year!
And the villagers did not forget them.

Even though they had just returned to the village on the first day, the old patriarch had already brought people to sit in their house for a long time, but how could this be enough?
From the next day, people from the village began to come to the door one after another.Some sent a piece of homemade glutinous rice cakes, and some brought a pig hind leg freshly slaughtered at home...

Anyway, as long as they thought it was a good thing, they would all take it out and send it to Gu Tuo's house, as a thank you to the Gu Tuo family for leading them on the road of raising rabbits.

In the end, Xia Ying's family didn't need to go out to buy new year's goods at all. They only needed to pack up the things sent by the villagers, and it was enough for the whole family to spend the New Year's Eve!

For this, Xia Ying was deeply satisfied.

"I suddenly felt that our hard work for so many years was worth it!"

"Yes. At least the foundation of the village has been laid firmly." Gu Tuo nodded.

Gu Yuanlong just came out, and he also smiled when he saw this. "It's all the kindness of my parents that moved the world, and now I've got what you deserve."

Gu Tuo squinted at him. "Don't be in a hurry to say nice things. People in the village send these good things, and they also have demands!"

"any request?"

"They want to ask the scholar in the village to write a couplet and two blessings for their family, so that they can be blessed by the scholar."

Gu Yuanlong slumped his shoulders.

"There are so many families in the village! If I write from house to house, how long will it take?"

"Then you have to write to me too!" Gu Tuo said, "That's right. By the way - they don't provide red paper yet."

Gu Yuanlong became more and more sad and indignant. "How could they do this! Now they are not short of the money to buy red paper!"

"Isn't our family not bad? And the red paper at home is ready-made, your uncle just sent someone to deliver it today!" Xia Ying laughed, and she went to hold her son's little hand, "Let's go, you write , I’ll grind ink for you—by the way, I forgot to tell you that your uncle also wants a copy of your calligraphy, and asks you to write couplets from the front door to the back door, and even the sixteen rooms in his house And the blessing characters are all wrapped round. Three days later, he came to pick them up in person."

"Of course, I have collected money from your uncle. A pair of couplets costs two pennies, and a couplet is worth a penny. But let's forget about those in the village! For the folks in the village, our house will point to them and help take care of it in the future. !"

"That's about the same." Gu Yuanlong was finally satisfied.

He took the initiative to pull Xia Ying up. "Mother, let's write couplets and blessings! My child already knows how to write!"

The mother and son walked away talking and laughing.

Watching the mother and son go away, Gu Tuo snorted angrily. "Stinky boy, you are such an old man, why are you living longer and returning? You were obviously not so coquettish before!"

Fortunately, he knew that Xia Ying still liked her good figure.And in the past six months, he took off his shirt and walked in front of Xia Ying from time to time, no accident, every time it made Xia Ying's mouth water.Thinking of this made him feel much better.

"Well, I'm idle anyway, go chop firewood! Exercise your muscles and bones by the way!" He whispered to himself, and he turned around and went to the backyard.

Three days later, Gu Yuanlong's couplets and blessings for the villagers had been written and delivered door to door.The people in the village got Gu Yuanlong's calligraphy, and they thanked Gu Yuanlong a thousand times, and the love in their hearts was beyond words.

When the things for the villagers were finished, Song Jinyan came to the door with his wife and daughter!

"Sister and brother-in-law, we have come to reunite with you!"

As soon as he got out of the car, Song Jinyan announced loudly.

Gu Tuo's face was cold. "Is this necessary? We will go to your house to pay New Year's greetings on the [-]th day of the new year, and we will be able to reunite at that time."

"Then I have to wait for a few days! I haven't talked to my sister for half a year. It's rare that I have some time now. I have to get together with my sister. Otherwise, in the first month, there will be spring wine at home, and I have to greet outsiders. How can I have much time?" Accompany your sister?" Song Jinyan said brazenly, and then he took his wife and daughter to live in their house with a real cheek!
Of course, besides eating and drinking these days, Song Jinyan and his wife have also done a lot of serious business - the most important of which is that Mrs. Ye and Xia Ying settled the accounts of the bookstore for the whole year together, and then they Sit down and discuss the arrangements for the bookstore for the next year.

Although the bookstore has only released three batches of books this year, the response has been very good and the sales have been very good.Therefore, they have to start to expand the bookstore.

What's more, all the manuscripts that Xia Ying has already drawn before are printed, so it's easy to publish.But starting next year, Xia Yingde will start drawing new ones again!
"There are also printing machines, but the current ones are not enough. Multiple machines must be used together, or a larger machine should be used. Brother-in-law, this is your strength. Which option do you think is better?" Song Jinyan directly asked Gu Tuo asked.

Gu Tuo's eyes flashed.

"If I had to choose, it would be better to build a bigger printing machine. This would take up less space and print more books at the same time. But in this way, it would be better to build a larger printing machine. Improvements on the basis of the printing machine..."

As he spoke, he immediately turned around and went back to the tool room, and began to improve the machine!

(End of this chapter)