Stay Home Daddy: I Was Reborn After My Daughter Passed Away
Chapter 187 Gu Chenke really helped a lot!_1

Chapter 187: 187 Gu Chenke really helped a lot!_1

When she said this, it seemed like she was speaking for many people’s hearts.

Sun Xiaofei also nodded, "Yeah, our farmland is pretty much the same as that of Caifeng’s family. My parents passed away early, and I’m an only child. Now that my legs are not working, there’s no way to farm the land. If it weren’t for Gu Chenzi, the land would have gone to waste."

"My parents are still around, along with kids and a daughter-in-law, but I just can’t manage alone. We have eight acres of land, and I’m not an old ox. Without touching the ground, I can’t plant it all in a day!"

At this moment, everyone started to express their gratitude to Gu Chenzi.

Watching the sincere faces, Gu Chenzi felt somewhat embarrassed. He was just collecting the land and farming it himself, a mutually beneficial arrangement. He really wasn’t some great benevolent person.

Gu Chenzi waved his hands, "Don’t put it that way, honestly, I should be thanking you all. Without you, where would I get so much land? Come on, let’s continue signing the contracts."

...

After all the villagers had left, it was already past three in the afternoon.

Aunt Zhang and Tian Laosì’s family stayed behind to help Gu Chenzi and Ji Pianran clean up the dishes. Given the number of people, they had used quite a lot of bowls, and it would have probably taken all day for one person to clean up.

Tian Laosì and Gu Chenzi washed dishes while chatting about this and that.

"By the way, Chenzi, you’ve taken on so much land, what are you planning to plant?"

Gu Chenzi had taken an unusually large amount of land, at least a hundred acres. It always seemed as though he was ready to take on a major endeavor.

As a generations-old farmer, Tian Laosì was genuinely curious. Gu Chenzi had offered everyone such a high price for their land; what exactly did he want to plant?

Upon hearing this, Gu Chenzi placed the clean bowl he was holding on the stove’s edge and casually said, "I’m thinking of planting medicinal herbs."

He indeed had this idea, as recent experiences with matsutake mushrooms and cordyceps had made him fully realize one truth.

That is, selling vegetables truly isn’t as profitable as selling medicinal herbs.

If selling vegetables could make one wealthy in three years, selling medicinal herbs could potentially make one wealthy in three months.

But of course, he had no experience in growing medicinal herbs.

He’d need to spend some time to get a clear understanding. In a nutshell, money is not easy to make!

Hearing that Gu Chenzi wanted to plant medicinal herbs, Tian Laosì nodded. He had guessed right; Gu Chenzi truly intended to do something big.

But he was a bit worried.

"Taking care of medicinal herbs is definitely tough, not like crops."

That was true. Generally, with vegetables and cereals, as long as you water them on time, there’s basically no problem. But medicinal herbs are different.

Some herbs, though medicinal, actually attract insects, and if you’re not careful, they get infested with bugs.

And they’re delicate; a little negligence might lead to their death.

They’re troublesome, demanding, and labor-intensive.

Of course, Gu Chenzi understood all this. He only had a preliminary idea about what to plant. As for what he would end up planting—it depended on what the system could offer.

But when he thought about it, that darn system had been silent for a while now.

It really made him anxious.

Thinking this, he shook his head.

"Laosì, I need your help with something. After dinner tonight, come with me to check out the ridges. I need to see the situation for myself," said Gu Chenzi as he placed the cleaned bowls on the rack and turned to Tian Laosì.

After all, he was paying for the rented land, so he needed to check on it.

Tian Laosì didn’t really have anything else to do, so he nodded in agreement.

"Sure, I’m up for that!"

Since he was going to ask Tian Laosì for a favor, Gu Chenzi felt a bit awkward. His house had been completely cleared out of food, and if he wanted to give Tian Laosì something as a token of thanks, the only thing he could think of was cherries.

He casually mentioned, "Oh right, Laosì, I’ve got some cherries back home. Take some for your kids to eat."

Hearing this, Tian Laosì hurriedly waved his hands, "That won’t do, that stuff is so expensive, and you just laid out so much to treat everyone. Save some for Tangtang to eat!"

Even though those cherries were really delicious, she couldn’t just take things from people, especially when they were expensive.

Tian Laosì was self-aware.

"Look at you, acting like you don’t consider me family!" Gu Chenzi pretended to be angry.

Tian Laosì wasn’t afraid of him, his mouth quirked to the side.

"I think it’s you who doesn’t consider me family, always giving me all those things throughout the day, and none of them are cheap. What’s the point?"

Although he said this, he knew in his heart that Gu Chenzi was being kind to him.

But one must not always take advantage of others.

Gu Chenzi’s eyebrows raised, "Wow, this is the first time Four has spoken to me like this."

In the past, Tian Laosì was always very polite, seemingly only able to say, yes, yes, yes, okay, okay, okay.

Lately, his attitude towards Gu Chenzi had become more casual, which actually made him feel more at ease, like he was family and could say anything.

Gu Chenzi liked this new side of Tian Laosì even more.

...

Tangtang had just gone wild playing with her little friends for a while. Not long after the people left, the little one was already so sleepy that she could barely keep her eyes open.

Ji Pianran carried her into the house, and after making sure she was sound asleep, tiptoed out.

Tian Laosì also finished washing the dishes, and seeing nothing else needed to be done, he turned to head back home.

Now that the others were gone, Ji Pianran took Gu Chenzi to the living room, then went back to her room to fetch a wooden box, placing it on the small wooden table.

She sat down beside him and looked at him earnestly.

In a soft voice, she said, "This is the money you gave me a while ago. I haven’t used it. Now that you’ve rented so much land, you will surely need money. Take all of this."

Just now, the thick stack of bills was divided up, and it seemed like there wasn’t much left.

If they were to start farming, they would need to hire people and buy farming tools and seeds, all of which cost money.

Although Ji Pianran didn’t farm, she knew how it should be done.

Gu Chenzi looked at her serious face and suddenly felt a warmth in his heart.

Other wives would hide their money tightly and never take it out, but Ji Pianran was offering money even before he asked for it, fearing he wouldn’t have enough.

He smiled, "I don’t need it for the time being, keep the money."

To be honest, Gu Chenzi didn’t have much money left either, only a few thousand yuan left. If they really started farming, it definitely wouldn’t be enough, but he wasn’t worried.

He still had cordyceps that he hadn’t sold, and also cherries, which could all be sold for money.

By selling these before farming starts, there shouldn’t be any financial problems, after all, it wasn’t a huge business venture.

When it comes to farming, the most expensive cost would probably be the labor fees.

He had thought all this through.

Ji Pianran was still somewhat worried.

"Just take it. I’ve finished my embroidery. I was thinking of calling that lady tomorrow to schedule a time for her to have a look at it," she whispered.

Her embroidery could make money, not much, but certainly enough for a month’s expenses for the family, and she didn’t want Gu Chenzi to feel any pressure.

After all, the money was earned by him; it should be managed by Gu Chenzi himself. Besides, she couldn’t help much with anything else, and this was perhaps the only small favor she could offer.

She wanted him to dive into his work without any pressure or worries.