She suddenly opened her eyes, looking like a frightened rabbit.

She grabbed Gu Jingyan's ears and said, "How shameless to prostitute yourself in broad daylight!"

Gu Jingyan leaned on her shoulder and neck, and the breath he exhaled seemed to burn Li Changle's skin.

He said in a muffled voice: "You woman! You are simply..."

It's really a nuisance!

Li Changle was just concerned about his own confusion, and now he felt extremely embarrassed.

Just because... Gu Jingyan was still attached to her.

She covered her face in embarrassment, her ears red as braised pig ears, "You, you hurry down."

Gu Jingyan suddenly chuckled and teased her, "Baby..."

Li Changle covered her ears and glared at him, but the bright light in the corners of her eyes made her look full of tenderness.

Gu Jingyan sighed inwardly, fearing that he had fallen into the hands of this woman.

He tidied up Li Changle's messy clothes and said, "I've been too reckless. Next time I'll do it at night... um..."

Li Changle stepped heavily on his instep, "You still dare to talk!"

She picked up her skirt and hurried out of the inner room. If she stayed in the room any longer, either she would be eaten up or she would eat up others.

God knows how hard it was for her to endure not to strip off the other person's brocade robe, to the point that she almost gave herself away in a daze.

Gu Jingyan looked at her messy steps and raised the corners of his lips.

Li Shixi took Yu'er to Wang's house to play with Xiao Shitou. Of course, Wufeng was there to protect them.

She wanted to talk to her mother-in-law about going to the farm to help out, and to bring the child back. In the morning, she sent food to Hu Yue Niang, and passed by the bamboo forest without going to the bamboo house.

Now Hu Yue Niang can take care of herself with the help of a wooden crutch, eat meals every day, and her strength has recovered well.

The county doctor prescribed medicine for her, and she could even make the medicine herself using a small clay stove by her bed.

Everything is going in the right direction.

The Wang family's yard was as clean as ever.

The person who opened the door for her was Wang Dahu's wife. She smiled widely when she saw her and gestured for her to come in.

Li Changle had a good impression of the Wang family. "Sister-in-law Yingzi, are all the family members here?"

Yingzi nodded, then shook her head, pointed to the Daqingshan Mountain and the utility room, and looked into the house.

Li Changle interrupted her gesture with a smile, "Don't worry, sister-in-law, I can go in by myself."

Haopo was making shoes. When she saw her come in, she asked her to sit down. Li Shixi and Yuer called her and went back to playing with the small stones. They brought the building blocks over to share with their friends.

Li Changle praised Haopo's craftsmanship and her superb shoe-making skills, and said a few words before shifting the topic to Zhuangzi.

"Auntie, I have a job to do. I wonder if your family can do it."

The good mother-in-law was stunned. "What kind of work?" It was really hard to find work at this time. "Thanks to Madam Li for taking care of the Wang family, Da Hu now has a very good job. I dare not trouble you again."

"What kind of trouble is this? It's only when there's a need that this kind of work comes into being."

Li Changle told her mother-in-law about the farm in Xiaozhou Village and said that she wanted to find a family who could live in the farm for a long time and help her manage the fields.

"We will go to see the manor tomorrow. If you are willing, we can ask one or two family members to go with us to see if there is anything missing so that we can buy some in time."

Xiaozhou Village is right next to Lushui Village, and Haopo also knows that it is not far from her home.

She was hesitant and asked Li Changle, "It's a good job...but I don't know if I need to sign a contract to sell myself?

I have heard from others that the farms of wealthy families are full of born slaves or bought maids and boys."

When Li Changle heard this, he waved his hands and said, "No, Changle can't do this." If he really wanted to buy a slave, he couldn't buy from someone he knew. "Just treat them like farmhands. I'll pay for their food and lodging. Each person will be paid one tael of silver per month, but farmhands must also sign a contract."

The mother-in-law's hesitant look immediately disappeared.

"Where can you find this kind of job? We are taking all the advantage."

Li Changle: "No, ma'am. Wait until everyone in your family comes back and discuss it with them before making a decision. Farmhands can't just leave whenever they want. A contract is for ten years or more."

When she walked out of the house, Wang Yusheng came out from the side of the yard, saw her, and told her that the bed had been made.

On the way back, Li Changle held the hands of the two children, and Wufeng was assigned by her to help move the new bed back to the Li family's courtyard.

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The next day, Li Changle entrusted the two children to Ouyang Siyuan and Wufeng to take care of, and told them not to leave the Li family compound with the children.

I took out a bunch of dried fruits from the warehouse and gave them to the few people as snacks.

She also agreed with Yu'er that she was not allowed to disturb her Uncle Ouyang when she was out for half a day.

Children tend to abide by the agreements made with them.

Gu Jingyan drove the carriage and she sat in the carriage.

She said with a smile: "It is my great honor to ride in the carriage driven by the general for Changle in my lifetime."

Gu Jingyan: "I am willing to do this."

Well, she was overjoyed early in the morning.

At the entrance of the village, Wang Dahu and Wang Erniu were already waiting there.

I guess the Wang family has made up their mind.

It just so happened that Gu Jingyan moved to the carriage on his own accord and gave the shaft to the two brothers.

After the carriage drove slowly for a short distance, Wang Dahu learned to drive the carriage without any instruction.

In less than half an hour, we passed through a forest and arrived at Xiaozhou Village.

There were a few children playing at the entrance of the village, and they scattered when they saw them.

It didn't take long for the news at the entrance of the village to spread.

The village chief of Xiaozhou Village is a slightly overweight man, about forty years old.

He trotted up to the two people, surrounded by several villagers, bowed his hands, greeted them, and asked about their purpose.

Li Changle and Gu Jingyan got off the carriage, exchanged some pleasantries, and then went straight to the topic of Zhuangzi.

Zhou Wanli, the village chief of Xiaozhou Village, was born with a pair of squinty eyes, and his eyes could not be seen when he smiled.

Upon hearing that the two men were the buyers of the manor, he entertained them warmly and personally led the three men to the gate of the manor.

Gu Jingyan handed the key to Wang Dahu and asked him to open the door.

The main gate of Zhuangzi leads to several rows of earthen brick houses built against the mountain. There is a rammed earth road with bamboo frames covered with wheat.

Both sides of the dirt road and even the fields in the distance were covered in silver.

Zhou Wanli walked in front of the dirt road, turning back from time to time to say a few words about the situation of the previous owner of the manor or the situation in the manor during good years.

Li Changle listened and responded, while Gu Jingyan acted as a bystander.

After walking for about ten minutes, we arrived in front of a row of houses, which were surrounded by a high wall.

They first took a look at the warehouse, which contained many farm tools and sundries such as hoes, sickles, shovels, baskets, sacks, etc.

On one side of the house is a large, flat open space. Zhou Wanli introduced that it is the place where grain is usually dried, threshed and bagged.

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