Joe's Farming

While Qiao Yu was having lunch with the two cute kids, Gu Feng had already left the Qiao family in Shangtian Village and arrived in town.

When he thought of the fact that Qiao Lao San refused to admit that he had injured Qiao Ge'er, he became even more shameless and said that his son had already been sold to him, and now that the money and goods had been paid, there was no way he could return the goods.

Gu Feng didn't expect that even though he gave enough betrothal gifts with the intention of marrying a man, the other party just treated him as a sucker who was trying to buy a man.

The wedding was originally scheduled for the end of the month, but now it was only the beginning of the month and they were carried home. Qiao Ge'er fainted in the sedan chair, and the bearers ran away after dropping him off.

Forget it, it’s better not to have such a father-in-law.

It's just a pity for the brother I married. The doctor said that not only did he suffer a blow to the brain, but his body was also overworked. If he doesn't take good care of himself for a period of time, he will probably develop a chronic illness in the future.

Gu Feng is almost 23 years old this year, which makes him a leftover man among leftover men in this era. He was originally the youngest son of Gu Dalang from Shangxi Village, Qingshan Town.

Gu Dalang has two younger brothers and two younger sisters, and his sisters are married far away, in another town. Gu Dalang has two sons, Gu Feng and Gu Gang.

Because Gu Dalang's mother was still alive, the three sons never separated.

When Gu Feng was ten years old, the county recruited forced laborers. Each household had to send at least one person, so Old Lady Gu asked Gu Gang and Gu Erlang to go.

As a result, there was no news from then on. Gu Feng's mother resented her mother-in-law. Old Mrs. Gu also disliked this daughter-in-law and often verbally abused her.

Gu Dalang finally couldn't bear it anymore and proposed to split the family.

Not long after the family split up, Gu Dalang and Gu Daniang passed away one after another, leaving only Gu Feng alone.

Gu Feng didn't want to stay in Shangxi Village anymore, so he sold the four acres of land he inherited.

He moved to the foot of the mountain near Shangtian Village and made a living by hunting. He was fifteen that year.

When Gu Feng was seventeen, the county recruited forced labor again. Old Mrs. Gu somehow found him and told him that the family would not be divided anymore and asked him to return home.

She said she felt sorry for him being alone outside, but in fact she wanted him to do corvée labor for his uncle's family.

In a fit of anger, Gu Feng volunteered to join the army, hoping that out of sight, out of mind.

Five years later, he returned to the cottage at the foot of the mountain with his two children. Because he lived far away and didn't like to interact with the villagers, he gradually became the vicious hunter as rumored. And because his two children had no mother, he got a reputation for being a wife-killer for no reason.

As a result, villagers within a ten-mile radius did not dare to hang around his home, except for his neighbor Aunt Shi and her family who fled here to settle down two years ago.

Not to mention that someone had proposed to him, it was Aunt Shi who mentioned that Brother Qiao had a miserable life, and Gu Feng thought it would be a good idea to marry a brother. Although it would be difficult to give birth to a child, he could help take care of the two children.

He originally thought that the Qiao family would make it difficult for him to propose marriage, but when he heard that there was five taels of silver, he couldn't wait to agree.

Nowadays, boys have an inferior status to girls, and a betrothal gift of two or three taels is usually enough. For a farmer, it is considered very good if they can have one or two taels left after a year's hard work. Most people can barely get enough to eat throughout the year. In addition, Qiao Ge'er's pregnancy mole is particularly light, the same light pink as Xiaoyan's.

This kind of guy is usually used as a man, so it's good to get two taels. Gu Feng gave five taels, which made the Qiao family overjoyed.

But when Qiao Ge'er heard that the groom already had a child, and that he was not only old but also had a bad reputation, she was very averse to being a stepmother.

She had always refused to get married and even tried to escape once. Finally, her stepmother, Tian, ​​was afraid that the night would be long and she would have trouble, so she knocked her out and sent her to Gu's house early.

Gu Feng thought that Brother Qiao must be reluctant to marry him because of what he did yesterday, but in the final analysis, it was because he wanted to get married that he got someone hurt.

So after leaving Qiao's house, he still came to the town to do some shopping. He served in the army for four years and was awarded fifty taels of silver when he retired.

I have made some money from hunting in the past six months since I came back. After deducting the money for the wedding, I still have thirty taels left.

Eighty taels of silver was a large sum of money for most farmers, but hunting was risky after all, and it was not always possible to hunt valuable prey.

So Gu Feng felt that it was not enough, but it was enough to buy things for his husband for now. If Brother Qiao was unwilling to be his husband, he didn't mind spending this little money on him.

Gu Feng bought two sets of ready-made clothes for Qiao Ge'er and his two children in the town for 850 wen each. Then he remembered that Qiao Ge'er's shoes were torn yesterday, so he bought him two more pairs of shoes for 100 wen.

Seeing the nice hairbands in the shop, I bought one for Qiao and Xiaoyan, and of course I couldn't leave Xiaoxue out. I spent a total of one or two taels of silver in the cloth shop.

Then I went to the butcher's shop and bought two pounds of pork belly for forty cents, and went to the grain store and bought twenty pounds of rice for four hundred cents, and twenty pounds of wheat flour for five hundred cents.

I went to the grocery store and weighed out two pounds of sugar for one hundred wen, two pounds of rapeseed oil for seventy wen, and finally picked up a large backpack. The unit prices of these items were expensive, and I spent nearly one tael and two cents.

After filling the big backpack, Gu Feng went to Carpenter Wang's house.

"Uncle Wang, are the things I want ready?" Gu Feng shouted when he saw the carpenter from afar.

"Okay, it's painted and hanging there. Why rush? Aren't we getting married at the end of the month?"

Carpenter Wang was sawing wood. He stopped, looked at Gu Feng, and then continued to work.

Gu Feng didn't care. He took out two taels of silver from his pocket and said, "The wedding date has been moved up. If it's feasible, it can be delivered to your door today. Here's the remaining silver."

Carpenter Wang stopped when he heard this, put away the silver, and frowned: "Not today, there is no man available in the shop, I will send it to you tomorrow afternoon."

"Okay, thank you Uncle Wang."

"You're welcome. Congratulations! I wish you a baby soon." Carpenter Wang said the auspicious words with a rare smile on his face.

After expressing his gratitude, Gu Feng left quickly, thinking that there were only two little kids and a patient at home.

On the way back, I saw two people on the ox cart in Shangtian Village, so I went over, gave the two people money and asked the owner to drive the cart.

There were already three people in the car, and Gu Feng didn't recognize anyone except Niu Da, the driver.

The ox cart reached Shangtian Village in less than an hour. Gu Feng's house was far from the village, so it took him another quarter of an hour to walk home.