Young Ye Bao clung to Huo Duan and listened to the conversation between his mother and his brothers. Although he did not understand what they meant, he was able to detect the word "restaurant" quickly.

"Restaurant? Mom, what are you talking about? Are we going to a restaurant?" Ye Bao stood up straight with a start, his mind full of delicious fat chickens and ducks.

Huo Xiuling was so disappointed that she reached out to pat Ye Bao, "You only know how to eat! Go feed the chickens with your uncle. I have business to discuss with your brothers."

Seeing the slap coming, Ye Bao quickly ran behind Huo Duan and made faces at Huo Xiuling.

Huo Xiuling was so angry that she could only stare blankly.

Gu Fengyan smiled and said, "Xiaobao is just a little kid, he is just greedy and loves to play, please don't be angry, auntie."

Then he pulled Ye Bao to his side and coaxed her, "Don't be angry with your mother. I'll take you to the county to eat delicious food some other day."

Gu Fengyan had been married for more than half a year, and Ye Bao had only seen this brother a few times. The first time was on the day he got married. He saw that Gu Fengyan was handsome, so he stretched out his black claws to pull the corner of his clothes, but was frightened by Gu Fengyan's rolling eyes.

The second time, his father sent him to the mountain to find Brother Erdan. At that time, Gu Fengyan didn't talk to him...

So Ye Bao has always liked and feared this handsome brother Yan.

"Really?" Ye Bao struggled in his heart.

Gu Fengyan smiled and stretched out his little finger, "Adults don't lie to children, let's make a pinky promise."

Ye Bao still remembered clearly what happened on the wedding day, but she couldn't resist her handsome brother's smile and timidly stretched out a finger to hook it.

"One, two, three, pinky promise. Whoever lies is a puppy!" Gu Fengyan said with a smile.

Ye Bao also laughed non-stop.

Huo Duan picked up Ye Bao and said, "We have a deal. If you don't listen to your mother, you will turn into a puppy..."

The two of them quarreled again.

Huo Xiuling laughed and said, "This little guy is hated by people and dogs, but Yan Ge'er is still trying to coax him. If he doesn't obey one day, just ask his father to beat him up."

After Huo Duan put Ye Bao down, he went to find his uncle to feed the chickens and ducklings.

"Aunt is just talking. You love Xiaobao so much, how could you bear to hit him? When the weather is better, Brother Duan and I will take him out for a delicious meal." Gu Fengyan poured a cup of basil water that had been cooked early in the morning and gave it to Huo Xiuling and said with a smile.

When Huo Xiuling heard him speak so confidently, she knew that what Ye Shan said was true.

Erdan really married a good husband.

Huo Xiuling said to Huo Duan with a smile, "Since you have started a business, then do it well. I heard from Dashan that you are short of manpower?"

Huo Duan nodded, "I asked Aunt to come here for this matter. The county restaurant and pharmacy need a lot of medicinal materials. My father is not in good health, and Yan Ge'er and I are a bit overwhelmed. So I thought if Aunt is free to help us, we will pay you for your work."

Gu Fengyan added: "In addition to this, Duan Ge'er and I also want to recruit some people in the village. Aunt, please help us to choose the right ones."

Before getting married, Huo Xiuling was busy with cooking. After getting married, she was busy with two little boys and her own husband. This was the first time she was entrusted with such an important task.

For some reason I felt a little withdrawn.

"I can't do this... If you ask me to cook and take care of the children, I can be of some help." She held the water cup in both hands and suddenly felt restrained.

Huo Duan felt pity for his aunt for some reason, and hurriedly said, "Aunt has never quarreled with anyone, so why can't I do this? I think no one else can do this except you. Besides...Aunt, look at Yan Ge'er, he negotiated all these deals, isn't he also a brother?"

"Brother Duan is right. Although we are a brother and his wife, we are not much worse than those men out there." Gu Fengyan also encouraged Huo Xiuling.

Huo Xiuling felt more confident after hearing what the two said. She drank all the water in the cup and said with a determination to "OK! I'll take care of it!"

Huo Duan and Gu Fengyan smiled at each other.

Recruiting workers in the village requires the consent of the head of the village. Huo Xiuling nodded, and several people went to the head of the village entrance's house.

At the entrance of the village, there is a big willow tree that is so thick that two people can hug it. Behind it is the home of Liu Zhengshan from Heqing Village.

Liu Zhengshan and his wife Feng Aihua had a boy named Liu Jingyu, who was seventeen years old and still unmarried. Huo Duan, a man, didn't dare to go in rashly, so Gu Fengyan knocked on the door first.

"Is the village chief at home? I'm Yan'er from the Huo family, and I have something to discuss with you."

With a creak, someone inside answered and opened the door. It was Liu Zhengshan's wife Feng Aihua.

Seeing that it was the Huo family, she hurriedly welcomed them in, "The old man is here, come in and talk."

Gu Fengyan and Huo Xiuling went in, and Huo Duan stopped at the door, "I'll wait for you here."

"Erdan, come in. It's okay. Jing'er is sick and we dare not call him out in the room." Feng Aihua could see his worry.

Huo Duancai walked in. Gu Fengyan heard that Liu Jingyu was ill, and asked hurriedly: "Is he ill? Auntie, what is the illness of Jinger? Is it serious?"

Feng Aihua brought the others into the main hall, called out to Liu Zhengshan, and then said to Gu Fengyan, "Hey, it's just a minor illness. I was born with it, and my body is weak. I've been taking medicine every day, but it hasn't gotten better. It's exhausting."

Although she said that everything was fine, Feng Aihua loved her son dearly, and her brows were filled with worry. She called Liu Zhengshan again, and then said to the others, "You guys sit down first, the old man will be here soon, I'll go see Jing Ge'er."

"Aunt, I know a little about pharmacology. Let me go with you to take a look. Just ask Brother Duan and the others about the matter." Gu Fengyan thought that he might be able to help, so he looked at Huo Duan and said.

Huo Duan nodded, indicating that he understood.

Feng Aihua naturally did not expect Gu Fengyan to cure the defect that Liu Jingyu was born with, but she was moved to see that he had this intention.

"Talk to Jing'er. He feels uncomfortable being alone. Thank you, auntie." Feng Aihua took Gu Fengyan to the back room.

Liu Jingyu lives alone in the back room.

In addition to a pinewood bed with a gauze curtain, there was also a wardrobe and a dressing table in the room. On the dressing table were a bronze mirror, rouge, earrings and other items.

Thinking that Jing Ge'er was a clean person, the room was tidy and there was a fragrance, and there were occasional coughs in the tent.

"Mother?" Liu Jingyu opened the gauze curtain with one hand and looked out with misty eyes.

He was thin and handsome, with a red mole under his right eye that concealed his sickly features a little, but it could not hide the paleness of his lips.

It was the first time that Gu Fengyan saw Liu Jingyu, and he looked at him.

"Mom, who is this?" Liu Jingyu also looked at him.

Feng Aihua touched his face, and then propped him up with a soft pillow, and asked him to sit up. "You haven't seen him. This is the husband of Erdan from the Huo family on the other side of the river. You can call him Brother Yan."

Gu Fengyan smiled at him, "No need to call me brother, just call me Brother Yan...Are you feeling better? How do you feel?"

Liu Jingyu rarely met strangers, and when he met Gu Fengyan for the first time, he was a little timid. "I didn't sleep well at night, and I was always panting. It wasn't this serious before."

Gu Fengyan smiled and asked, "Are your limbs cold?"

Liu Jingyu nodded weakly, but his eyes lit up, "You also know this?"

Feng Aihua didn't expect that Yan Ge'er really could do it, so she didn't disturb the two of them. She took the wooden basin out to pour water and asked the two of them to talk.

…

After a while, Gu Fengyan came out of Liu Jingyu's room. He saw that Liu Jingyu was weak because of Qi deficiency. He needed to replenish Qi.

But if you want to replenish qi, the best herb is ginseng. Ginseng is not only expensive, but also hard to find.

Gu Fengyan wanted to help Liu Jingyu but he was powerless unless he was lucky enough to come across ginseng.

When they came out, Liu Aihua asked him how he felt about the condition. Gu Fengyan told her everything and comforted her to just take some qi-replenishing medicine to take care of herself.

When Liu Aihua heard this, she realized that ginseng was so expensive that even if they sold all their family items they might not be able to afford one. However, as long as Jing Ge'er could be cured, she would find a way to get the money... It was a pity that this thing was not available just by chance.

"Don't worry, Auntie. He has a chronic disease. My brother Duan and I also do some medicinal materials business. If we really come across ginseng, we will be the first to tell you." Seeing this, Gu Fengyan comforted her.

When Huo Duan was talking to Liu Zhengshan, Liu Aihua poured some water and went in to listen to a few words. She found out that the couple was in the medicinal materials business.

Although she didn't hold out much hope, she still thanked Gu Fengyan, "If that's the case, then just tell me and his father. Thank you, Auntie."

Gu Fengyan comforted her with a few more words, and after a while, Huo Duan and the others came out.

The family just left Liu Zhengshan's house.

After lunch in the afternoon, Gu Fengyan, Huo Duan and Huo Xiuling began to look for jobs.

There were still a lot of papers with medicinal recipes left for Dongfulou. Gu Fengyan and Huo Duan took a stack and went to the village entrance again with pens and ink.

At noon, Huo Duan told Liu Zhengshan about recruiting workers in the village. Liu Zhengshan thought this was a good thing. If the business grew, Heqing Village might become richer.

Before the afternoon, Liu Zhengshan found a few reliable people to convey the news of the Huo family's recruitment to every household.

However, there were only a few people under the big willow tree at the entrance of the village. The rest were just eating melon seeds and watching the fun.

Gu Fengyan and Huo Duan placed the table they had borrowed from the headman's house under the willow tree and put pen, ink, paper and inkstone on it.

No one is surprised that there are only so many people.

After all, the Huo family was so poor a month ago that they had to borrow money everywhere. Who would believe it if the news got out that they wanted to recruit workers?

Huo Duan cleared his throat and said, "The head of the village should have told everyone that Yan Ge'er and I have signed a contract with the county's restaurant and pharmacy to do the medicinal materials business, but we are short of manpower, so we want to find a few people in the village to help... We will pay the labor, and you provide the medicinal materials, three cents per pound."

The surrounding villagers were whispering to each other, making a lot of noise. It was obvious that they did not believe what the fool Huo Duan said.

Seeing this, Huo Duan could only pull Gu Fengyan's sleeve and whisper in his ear: "Master Gu, I really can't do this. People still think I'm a fool. You come on."

"What about writing later?" Gu Fengyan suddenly remembered that Huo Duan had never read a book in his life.

If he wrote a few words at that time, the villagers would be scared to death.

Huo Duan was stunned for a moment... He had really forgotten about this. If he had known this, he would not have run away last night. He should have taught Gu Fengyan a lesson.

But who can control himself in that situation? If he has any inappropriate reaction, he will die.

"It's all your fault." Huo Duan glanced at Gu Fengyan and said coldly.

Gu Fengyan was surprised. "Hey, why are you blaming me? Can you blame me for not being able to write with a soft brush? Can you?"

Huo Duan snorted, "I would have taught you a long time ago, if it weren't for you..."

Half the words were said.

"What's wrong with me? Don't talk nonsense, this has nothing to do with me..." Gu Fengyan didn't take it seriously and muttered.

Wait... He suddenly remembered Huo Duan's abnormal behavior last night.

The two were very close at that time, and it was at night.

Could Huo Duan be...

Gu Fengyan looked at Huo Duan with strange eyes.

"What's wrong with me? Is there something on my face?" Huo Duan felt quite uncomfortable.

Gu Fengyan suddenly realized something and pulled Huo Duan to turn his back, his voice lowering, "Mr. Huo, we are family and we don't have to say two different things. So, you are not... gay, are you?"

The author has something to say:

Mr. Huo: I am a straight man! I am really a straight man!

Gu Shao: Are you sure you are? (Kissing Mr. Huo)

A long, long time later:

Mr. Huo: My wife is so sweet, my wife, my wife, I love her the most!! (Still wanting more)

Gu Shao: Oh, straight man.