She focused her thoughts on the matter of settling in Yunzhou. She would discuss it with the village chief later. Now she had to concentrate on preparing dinner. By the time the children sat on the wooden stakes with full stomachs, an hour had passed and dusk had fallen. While digesting food, Gulan and her son walked towards the village chief.
The village chief had just finished dinner. His wife felt sorry for the children who were tired after a day of work, so she refused her daughters-in-law's request to wash the dishes and washed them instead. Li Youzhi was giving most of the day's wages to his father. Li Youzhi has two brothers. They have had a good relationship since childhood and there are no major conflicts between the sisters-in-law, so they have not separated.
Apart from keeping a small portion of the money he earned for himself, most of it was given to his parents. Even the reward he got from going to the bandits' lair last time, Li Youzhi only kept the silver and gave the gold to his parents. This ingot of gold made the usually steady village chief excited. With this ingot of gold, they no longer had to worry about settling down and building a house. The income from so many days added up has amounted to several taels. Having money in hand makes people feel at ease. The village chief has smiled more often in the past few days. Not only them, but everyone in the village does.
As they were talking, they saw Gulan and his son walking slowly towards them in the night. The father and his two sons stood up in confusion, wondering why Gulan came over at this time. Seeing him walking straight over, it didn't seem like he was taking his son for a walk to digest his food.
"Village Chief" looked at the village chief, Gulan who came over and called out for people. At the same time, the two brothers of the Li family also hurriedly called out "Master Gu". AnAn also called out for people obediently, and received a gentle "good boy" from the village chief's grandfather.
Gulan nodded to the brothers and responded to them. Now she no longer bothered to change the way people addressed her, because it was impossible to change it. In the end, she was still Master Gu. Besides, she now has some ideas in her mind, so she will not refuse.
The master is also very good. In ancient times, the status of a master is second only to that of parents. Now I am quite satisfied with my previous unintentional action. I originally had good intentions and wanted to give the villagers of Lijia Village more self-protection capabilities. I didn't expect that my momentary kindness might one day become a help to me. Now that I think about it, it's not wrong to have good intentions.
"Village chief, I have something to discuss with you." Glan glanced at the tiredness on the faces of the brothers and went straight to the point without further ado.
Village chief Li also thought of this. This kid has a cold personality and would not come to other people's places without anything going on.
"If you have anything to say, sit down and talk about it." The village chief pointed to a row of wood under the tent.
"Youpeng, pour the tea." The village chief glanced at his son.
"Okay, Dad." Li Youpeng quickly took out the tea he had boiled earlier and poured it into a bowl for Gulan and AnAn. Then he sat next to his eldest brother and pricked up his ears.
Every time Master Gu comes over on his own initiative, the matter is never small. To be honest, Li Youpeng was a little worried.
Gulan took a sip of the slightly warm tea in her hand, then looked at the village chief with a serious expression and said,
"Village chief, let me be frank. This time I came here to discuss the settlement issue."
The word "settled" made Village Chief Li involuntarily serious. This has always been his biggest concern. If not all of them can be settled smoothly, the village chief will feel really uneasy. If for no other reason, just because these people call him village chief, respect him, and believe in him.
"What do you mean?" Taking the initiative to bring up this topic, could it be that this kid already has some plan in mind? Village Chief Li couldn't help but mutter to himself.
"I wonder if the village chief has any ideas about Yunzhou City, the state capital."
"Yunzhou City is certainly an excellent place. No other city can compare to it in terms of safety or wealth. I heard that the King of Yunzhou is in charge of Yunzhou City."
"But how can people like us dare to have any ideas? I'm afraid the conditions for settling in the city will be even more stringent." In a place like this, even with all the resources of their family, they can probably only settle one or two people.
"If I say that we can settle down there without spending any money, and not only that, we can settle down in a village, and the land for settlement is also free, what does the village chief mean?"
Gulan's words really shocked the village chief. If he didn't know Gulan's character and knew that he would not make jokes casually, he would have chased the dreaming Gulan away by now. Even so, the village chief was still shocked and stood up, saying in disbelief:
"Are you serious?"
The village chief's two sons were also shocked. If they understood correctly, Master Gu was telling them that as long as they went to Yunzhou City, they could settle down there without spending a penny, and the same went for residential land. Why did it feel like they were listening to a foreign language? The two of them were a little confused.
"This is the news I received. Does the village chief dare to believe me?" She was willing to believe that Xiang Yunjin would not joke about such things. Otherwise, it would mean she was blind and she would have to bear the consequences. At worst, she could just sell another ginseng. Gulan told the truth and left the choice to the village chief.
This news was too shocking. Village Chief Li still found it hard to believe it, but after understanding Gulan over the past few days, he was willing to believe it. If the child was not more than 50% sure about such a big thing, he would not say it. But it happened too suddenly, he needed to slow down and think carefully.
Gulan also knew it, and didn't intend to get an answer immediately.
"Village Chief, you don't have to rush to tell me the answer. There is still time. But I can tell you clearly that I have decided to go to Yunzhou City."
The implication is that if the choices were different, they might soon go their separate ways. Gulan sincerely wanted the village chief to think carefully about it.
"Then AnAn and I will leave first," said Gulan.
The village chief and Li Youzhi brothers, who were obviously in a trance, did not hear her words, but the village chief's wife, who had just packed up and came out, heard it. She looked at her dazed husband and son in surprise, called out but no one answered, so she had to politely try to keep Gulan, but Gulan refused and went back with her son.
Seeing that Gulan was nowhere to be seen, the village head's wife stood in front of her husband and waved her hand in front of him again and again, but there was still no response. The sons were the same. They didn't know what Gulan had just said to them. The three of them were so obsessed with something.
"Old man, old man," the village head's wife's voice became louder and louder, and at the same time, she slapped her two sons on the body with both hands unceremoniously. She doesn't dare take a hard slap to her husband because he is old, for fear of scaring him into harm's way, but she can slap of her two sons casually.
The advantage of having a loud voice also became apparent at this moment. The familiar voice startled the village chief and he finally came back to his senses.
"Ah...what's wrong?" He asked subconsciously when he saw the old woman.
"What's wrong? I should be the one asking you. What are you thinking about? You didn't even hear Gu boy saying goodbye to you." The village chief's wife glared at the village chief.
Li Youzhi and his brother were also awakened by the blow. They were already sore after a tiring day. This blow from my mother almost knocked them down. Both brothers looked at me with resentment. But at this moment, their mother was arguing with their father and didn't notice their gazes.
"Gulan is gone?" Village chief Li was now completely awake and realized that only his family was under the shed and Gulan was really not there.
"What did Gulan tell you? Even when the whole village was fleeing famine, I never saw you so absent-minded." The village chief's wife asked curiously.