Joe's Farming

The hotpot is delicious, hot and spicy.

Gu Feng specially opened the few jars of old wine left in the house. Gu Feng usually doesn't drink, but he bought these wines because he saw Qiao Yu likes to use them in cooking.

Gu Feng poured some for Jiang Shuo, Xu Yuan and Xu Ning first, then poured himself a full bowl.

"I can't speak, I'll drink first as a sign of respect, you guys can do whatever you want. Thank you!"

Gu Feng drank the whole bowl of wine with "tons ton ton", and Qiao Yu kept her mouth open the whole time. Even if she was too happy and drank too much, she couldn't be so aggressive. How could her stomach bear it after just eating spicy food?

Upon hearing this, the other three also drank, but they were all small cups, so it was not a big deal.

After seeing his younger brother finish his toast, Gu Gang also wanted to toast.

Jiang Shuo glared at him and said, "I just got better. What? You want to lie down again?"

Gu Gang immediately retracted his hand that was reaching for the wine jar.

Hongxiu smiled and picked up some food for Gu Gang as usual, but paused when she saw Gu Gang's mature and resolute face.

Gu Gang naturally placed the bowl under her chopsticks and said gently, "Thank you, you should eat more too."

Hong Xiu nodded with red eyes.

Her elder brother Gu will no longer need her care from now on.

Qiao Yu couldn't drink much, and after drinking two glasses with everyone else, he started to feel sleepy, so he ate while watching everyone drink.

After eating and drinking for a whole hour, everyone put down their chopsticks.

Jiang Shuo was about to leave after eating. She had been away from home for more than 20 days. Once Gu Gang recovered, she could return to the city with peace of mind.

Xu Yuan gave her a red envelope and asked the driver to take her to town.

Then Xu Yuan brought out the finished playing cards. He had originally planned to deliver them to Qiao Yu today, but he just happened to catch up with Brother Gu Feng's matter.

Now Gu Gang is fine, and everyone is happy.

Xu Yuan then informed everyone of the happy event, making everyone even happier.

"Brother Qiao, the county magistrate thought these cards were very interesting and allowed us to sell them. As for your concern, Brother Qiao, the county magistrate said that it is never the gambling tools that harm people, but human greed. However, he wants to collect a little more tax."

Qiao Yu once again looked at the county magistrate with admiration. It was simply unheard of that an official would encourage common people to start their own businesses so much.

"Great! How many tricks do you have? Show me now."

Xu Yuan smiled and handed over the box in his hand.

"I asked an artist to draw three sets. In addition to plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum, I also used the four beauties and the four auspicious beasts."

Qiao Yu looked at it and gave a thumbs up.

The quality of the paper for the playing cards was much better than he had imagined. The painting was great and the printing was exquisite. To achieve this level in such a short time showed how strong Xu Yuan's execution ability was.

The children gathered around curiously and asked what the cards were.

Qiao Yu handed the four auspicious beasts to them, taught them the simplest way of driving a train, and let them go and play.

Then he took the remaining two pairs for himself.

"Come, today I will teach you how to level up."

Xu Yuan's eyes lit up. This was another way of playing that he didn't know.

"it is good!"

There were five of them in total, and with one more person, Qiao Yu asked Gu Feng and Gu Gang to come with them, while he was in charge of guiding them.

Gu Gang had just recovered his memory, but his intelligence was not damaged. Plus, this gameplay was simple and he just had to cooperate with Gu Feng, so he got the hang of it quickly.

It’s a pity that Xu Ning is talented in playing cards and can win with just ten bets.

Xu Yuan was so happy that he couldn't help but kiss him several times, making his face red. He was angry but dared not say a word.

Mr. and Mrs. Xu Yuan went home only after they had enough fun.

Gu Feng followed Qiao Yu to send the people away, then hurried back to the house to find his elder brother. He didn't dare to stimulate Gu Gang too much when he just woke up, so he had never talked to his elder brother about the past. Now that he had calmed down, he wanted to have a good chat with his elder brother.

When Gu Gang heard that Gu Feng was bullied by their grandmother, he was so angry that he went to Shangxi Village to ask for an explanation.

Gu Feng stopped him: "Brother, it's all in the past. Look how well I'm doing now. I don't want to have anything to do with them anymore. It's a pity that my second uncle couldn't come back like you."

Gu Gang's eyes darkened. After he recovered his memory, he remembered that his second uncle Gu had died in the place where he was forced to do labor service.

They could have returned after serving three years of corvee labor, but who knew that there were not enough troops on the front line, so those who were guarding the border and growing crops were captured to fill the vacancies. The battlefield was brutal, and Second Uncle Gu died, as did many people he knew.

But he survived.

Passing by a village ravaged by war, he rescued Hongxiu who was almost raped by a mad soldier.

However, he suffered a severe head injury and lost his memory after waking up. He only remembered his name and just wanted to go home, back to Taoyuan County.

It is hard to imagine how the little girl, who was only sixteen years old at the time, raised him all by herself and sent him back across half the country.

"Xiao Feng, you've suffered a lot in the past ten years." Gu Gang did not talk about his own hardships. Instead, he felt sorry for his younger brother who had to endure so many years alone.

Gu Feng shook his head: "I'm not suffering at all. I have Qiao'er and three sensible children now. What about you, big brother? You and Miss Hongxiu..."

Gu Gang blushed. Hongxiu was very affectionate towards him, so he had to give her an explanation no matter what.

"I...I want to give her a name. But, I have nothing now..."

"Brother! How can we be so polite to each other when we are brothers? Take these. If you don't want them, I will think you don't recognize me as your brother!"

Gu Feng interrupted Gu Gang's unspoken words and stuffed the red envelope that Qiao Yu had given him into Gu Gang's arms. He knew that there were two hundred taels of silver notes inside.

Gu Gang stared at Gu Feng for a long while before he smiled and punched Gu Feng.

"Okay! Just consider it as a loan from you."

Gu Gang calmly opened the red envelope. He had been following Gu Feng back for a while, and had been taking good care of him. He knew that his younger brother was doing well now.

But when I opened the red envelope, I was dumbfounded.

"You...you are so rich now?! What did you do?"

Gu Gang shook the banknote in his hand in shock.

Gu Feng touched his nose embarrassedly.

"Your brother-in-law is a capable man. He has been married for less than half a year, but our family has already built a new house and bought a shop in town.

The Xu Yuan who came here today is the son of the richest man in town and Qiao'er's sworn brother. They make soap together.

I earn a few hundred taels a month.”

Gu Feng didn't mention a word about his own ability, he just showed off to Qiao Yu.

"This red envelope is a gift from your brother-in-law, so I can spend it as I like. Big brother, you can use it to marry your sister-in-law. Our family doesn't need this little money."

Gu Gang was speechless for a long time, and finally threw the banknote into his arms.

"Xiao Feng, you are really ambitious. You spend your husband's money yourself! And you let me spend it too! My old Gu family can't treat our own daughter-in-law like this!"

Gu Feng hurriedly defended himself, "Brother! I was wrong, I was wrong. Although Qiao'er earns a lot of money, I am definitely not a gigolo! Just the scarf on your brother-in-law's neck, the fox fur alone is worth two hundred taels, I beat it! When I went to the provincial capital to redeem you, I earned more than four hundred taels. But this is the only money I have on me now, so you can use it with confidence. Really, why can't you tell the difference between good and bad? Isn't the most important thing now to marry my sister-in-law?"

Gu Gang's expression relaxed at this point. He was extremely satisfied with his brother-in-law Qiao Yu after spending some time with him.

"Really?"

Gu Gang confirmed again.

"Really! Hurry up. Qiaoer saw that we took so long to come in, and he must have thought we were going to discuss something important, so he must be worried outside."

Gu Feng handed the banknote back to Gu Gang.

Gu Gang took it with a smile and no longer asked to borrow it. His brother was really promising.