After the Dragon Boat Festival, summer officially begins, and the weather gets hotter day by day. Not only is it hot, but mosquitoes are swarming at night.

Although there was a mosquito net over the bed and mugwort was used before going to bed, Gu Fengyan and Huo Duan still woke up every morning with red bumps all over their bodies, which were itchy and painful.

Huo Xiuling and Jiang Xuerui were skillfully moving the table and taking the account books, preparing to start the day's work. Gu Fengyan rolled up his sleeves and washed the remaining medicinal herbs. His white and tender arms were covered with red marks, which looked horrifying.

"Hey...what's wrong with Yan'er's hand?" Huo Xiuling was startled and grabbed his arm to look at it.

Gu Fengyan complained bitterly, "Aunt, you don't know that our house is close to the woods. At night, the mosquitoes are so swarming that they can eat people alive. Huo Duan and I were bitten all over our bodies and there are only a few spots left."

Huo Xiuling glanced at Huo Duan. There were similar bite marks on his neck and arms.

"No mosquito net?" she asked.

Gu Fengyan picked up the washed herbs and said, "How can that be possible? If you hang them up before the Dragon Boat Festival, it will be useless."

Huo Xiuling didn't know how to solve the problem after hearing this. Jiang Xuerui spoke up again, "When I was a kid, my hometown was near the water, and there were a lot of mosquitoes. In the summer, I was completely covered in dirt. It was only when my mother made floral water that I was able to apply some of it that I was able to avoid the torture... But I don't know the recipe, I can ask for it when I go back to my mother's house someday."

Jiang Xuerui's parents' home is in the next village, only about ten miles away, not far away, so he can go back home often.

Thinking of this, Gu Fengyan said to Jiang Xuerui, "I forgot that Rui Ge'er's mother's family is from the next village. Now it's good. Huo Duan and I just want to ask you for something."

The day before yesterday, Gu Fengyan and Huo Duan talked about expanding their business to several nearby villages. However, they were not familiar with the neighboring villages, and they were afraid that no one would trust them if they disturbed them rashly.

Now that Jiang Xuerui is here, the chances of success are greater.

"What's the matter?" Jiang Xuerui put down the work in her hands and asked.

Gu Fengyan called Huo Duan over, and several people sat around the table and held a small meeting.

Huo Duan cleared his throat and said, "Aunt and Rui Ge'er help us all the time, and we know that. Although it is not very obvious these days, the amount of medicinal materials sent by the villagers is getting less and less every day. Yan Ge'er and I are planning to expand our business to the neighboring villages..."

After hearing this, Huo Xiuling and Jiang Xuerui couldn't help nodding. They were in charge of collecting the medicinal materials, so they naturally knew that the amount of medicinal materials delivered every day... was less than in the past few days. Not only was it less, but the quality was also not very good.

Gu Fengyan continued, "Huo Duan and I don't hang out much on weekdays, and we don't know much about the nearby villages. If we rashly say we want to recruit workers, no one will believe us. So I thought it would be safer to have someone introduce us and guarantee us."

Looking at Jiang Xuerui with a smile, "I just don't know if Rui Ge is willing to help us."

Jiang Xuerui worked for the Huo family, getting paid, and he knew all of the people well, so he was very willing to help.

"I see." Jiang Xuerui lowered her eyes and smiled, "This is easy. I'll let you know next time I go back to my parents' home, and we can go together then."

"Then I would like to thank Rui Ge'er first." Gu Fengyan thanked him.

After this was said, the villagers came, carrying baskets in their arms and backpacks on their backs, all filled with medicinal herbs. The Huo family courtyard was once again bustling with activity.

In a few days, Jiang Xuerui will go back to his parents' home. It is said that his sister-in-law has given birth to a girl and is in confinement after the baby is born, so he has to go back to visit her.

Shen Zhuo had work to do that day and couldn't leave, so only Gu Fengyan and Huo Duan followed him. The two of them brought a basket of eggs from the hens at home and a bag of brown sugar.

Jiang Xuerui's mother's village is south of Heqing Village, not far away. They set out at 9:00 in the morning and arrived around noon.

This village is mostly paddy fields, with rice seedlings everywhere, ears of rice, and the wind blowing bursts of fragrance into the nose. Jiang Xuerui's home is in the middle of the village. Along the way, he met many villagers who looked at Gu Fengyan and Huo Duan curiously. Jiang Xuerui greeted them from time to time.

"The yard in front is my home." After passing a rice field, Jiang Xuerui pointed to a yard at the foot of the mountain not far away and said to them.

The Jiang family is considered a well-off family in the village. The roof of their house is covered with large green tiles, the earthen walls are neat and tidy, and the two door knockers on the wooden door are both copper.

Before they climbed up the slope, the courtyard gate opened and an elegant and gentle middle-aged man walked out. He squinted for a moment and saw Jiang Xuerui at a glance.

"Little daddy!" Jiang Xuerui waved at the middle-aged man and ran up to him.

He Chaolin was stunned for a moment before he realized that it was his youngest son who had returned.

"Rui'er, why are you back... didn't you see Shen?" He pulled Jiang Xuerui and said happily, but saw two strange guys following behind his son, "Who are these two..."

Jiang Xuerui had been spoiled since she was a child. At this moment, she was holding He Chaolin's arm like a child and swinging around. "I came back to see my eldest sister-in-law and my little niece. Is my little daddy unhappy?"

"Why aren't you happy? Your father misses you every day." He Chaolin said with a doting smile.

Jiang Xuerui was next to him when she remembered to introduce Gu Fengyan and Huo Duan. "Shen Zhuo has work to do and is busy. These two are my bosses and from the same village. They came here to recruit people from our village to help collect herbs in the mountains... Later, ask Dad to take us to see the head of the village."

Gu Fengyan and Huo Duan introduced themselves to He Laozhao Lin with a smile before handing him the things in their hands.

After the two sides explained, He Chaolin realized that the two men were the bosses of a medicinal materials business and they came to the village to recruit workers.

"Since you are Rui Ge'er's boss, I'm afraid you must have taken good care of him. Just come here, why spend so much money?" He opened the gate and led the three people into the house.

In addition to Jiang Xuerui, the Jiang couple also has a son named Jiang Ze'an. Jiang Xuerui came back this time to visit his wife.

He Chaolin introduced the person to Jiang Xuerui's father Jiang Yue.

The whole family was extremely kind. They invited the two of them to have a meal before taking them to their main home in the village.

Before coming, Gu Fengyan was actually nervous. They were separated by mountains and rivers, and they didn't know what the customs of the people in this village were like. They were two people from other villages who came here to recruit workers. If the people here were going to disguise themselves, how could they deal with it?

However, when he arrived at the main entrance of the village, Gu Fengyan was shocked.

The house in front of me is a shabby little thatched house. There are chickens, ducks, rabbits, a cat and a dog in the fence... There is also a blooming lotus in a pottery jar under the eaves, and fish swimming underneath are spitting bubbles from time to time.

"Village head! Is anyone at home? Someone is looking for you." Jiang Yue led a group of people and walked into the yard carelessly.

There was a response from inside the room, and a boy of about eighteen or nineteen years old ran out with his sleeves rolled up and his face covered in coal dust.

"Uncle Shen is looking for me, you should just call me Lu... Just calling me the head of the village makes me sound like an old man in his seventies or eighties." The young man smiled brightly and wiped the coal dust off his face.

When he saw Jiang Xuerui again, he obediently called her Brother Xuerui.

Gu Fengyan always thought that the position of village head was something that only serious and upright middle-aged people could do, but he didn't expect it to be such a young man.

He thought it was quite interesting.

Seeing his face covered in coal dust, Jiang Yue asked, "What are you doing?"

Gu Jue smiled with a row of big white teeth and scratched his head embarrassedly, "I'm cooking, what's the matter with Uncle Jiang?"

Jiang Yue ignored him and just introduced Gu Fengyan and Huo Duan to Gu Jue, "These two are the herbal medicine owners from the neighboring Heqing Village. They said they wanted to see you for something, so I brought them here... Okay, I'll go back when they arrive, you guys can continue chatting."

Jiang Yue left after he finished speaking, and as he walked he called Gu Fengyan and Huo Duan to discuss things before going back home.

"Hello, Gu Lizheng." The two men introduced themselves.

Gu Jue was flattered. He scooped water from the side to wash his face, then grinned at Gu Fengyan, "What a coincidence, my last name is also Gu. Maybe we were from the same family many years ago."

Gu Fengyan thought his smile was funny, so he pulled Huo Duan over and whispered, "I think the guy here is quite young, so maybe this can work."

Huo Duan frowned but did not respond… Ever since he entered the yard, he noticed that the young head of the village had been watching over Fengyan in a vague way.

Another person who was deceived by Gu Fengyan's appearance.

Sure enough, the next second, Gu Jue scratched his head and smiled sincerely at Gu Fengyan, "You are so beautiful, the most beautiful person I have ever seen since I was in my mother's womb."

Huo Duan's face immediately turned sour, and he wished he could hide Gu Fengyan so that no one could see him and he alone could see him.

Gu Fengyan smiled and was about to thank him. Huo Duan turned sideways, half blocking him, and said to Gu Jue with a cold face, "Thank you for the compliment. My wife is indeed the most unique person in the world."

He almost gritted his teeth when he said the word "wife".

Gu Jue is a simple person and has no sense of propriety. He doesn't think much. He wants to praise whoever he thinks is good-looking, and just gives a sour face to whoever he doesn't like.

Once in the county, he saw a lady with a very unique pearl flower in her hair, and he pulled people aside to praise and discuss it for a long time... The lady was happy, but the man next to her had a face uglier than the bottom of a pot. If he hadn't been afraid of the lady's presence, he would have almost rubbed Gu Jue's handsome face in shame.

To put it nicely, he is simple-minded; to put it bluntly, he is tactless and has no sense of propriety.

He suffered a lot because of this.

However, Gu Jue didn't do it on purpose, he really couldn't tell.

For example, he didn’t understand why Huo Duan had a gloomy face. Shouldn’t he be happy when others praised his wife for being beautiful?

Gu Jue scratched his head and didn't ask any more questions. He just smiled and said, "So you two are actually husband and wife. I really can't tell at all."

As soon as he finished speaking, Huo Duan's blood and energy rushed backwards, and he almost went up to beat him.

Is this person stupid?

Gu Fengyan held his forehead with his hand, wondering how on earth this child had grown so big...

"Gu Lizheng, Huo Duan and I are here mainly because we have some business matters to discuss with you." Seeing that the situation was not right, Gu Fengyan quickly changed the subject.

Gu Jue took a stool and asked the two to sit down. "I heard from Uncle Jiang that you two are in the medicinal materials business? Could it be that you are here for this purpose as well?"

Gu Fengyan nudged Huo Duan, who was sulking beside him, with his elbow and said, "Boss Huo said."

Huo Duan was almost pissed off by this unfortunate kid Gu Jue. He put on a sullen face and refused to say a word to him.

Gu Jue really didn't know how to read people's expressions. Seeing Huo Duan's unhappy face, he was very concerned, "It's hot this day, could it be that Boss Huo has a heat stroke?"

Huo Duan's face turned even darker.

"No, it's nothing. Don't worry, village head. Let me talk to him for a few words." Gu Fengyan laughed and pulled Huo Duan over on his back.

I thought to myself, this won’t do.

Although this unfortunate kid Gu Jue is not very good at reading people's expressions, he has to cooperate with them in the future. How can he hurt the relationship? For the sake of money, they should be tolerant.

Gu Fengyan sincerely felt that Huo Duan was sometimes narrow-minded than a needle hole... He was so rude just because Gu Jue praised his handsomeness in front of her husband.

He also said that the two of them didn't look like a couple.

To put it bluntly, it's just jealousy... It's quite cute.

Since they don't look like a couple, then he should just coax her.

Gu Fengyan came up with an idea and whispered softly into Huo Duan's ear, "My dear husband, be good and don't be angry anymore."