Feng Daneng cleared his throat and wore a slightly embarrassed expression as he said softly, “I got carried away just now and didn’t consider your situation. This house, while it’s nice, will also require quite a bit of silver to build.”

Gu Yundong paused for a moment, then smiled, “I understand. You can go ahead and start building. Don’t worry about the money.”

In the countryside, for a family of four or five, even a slightly better house would only cost around twenty or thirty taels of silver.

But Gu Yundong wanted a house made of blue bricks and tiles, with quite a few additional requirements. The decoration alone was different from the village head’s house, and the labor costs were not low. The scope was also quite large, so without seventy or eighty taels, they couldn’t even start.

Gu Yundong’s budget was one hundred taels. Even though she didn’t have it now, it would take at least a month to finish building the house, and during that time, she could surely find a way to earn some money.

If she couldn’t earn it, she could delay buying furniture and tiling the floor. Currently, she had more than sixty taels of silver, which was enough.

Feng Daneng felt relieved after hearing her say that.

It seemed that the Gu family indeed had some wealth, otherwise, why would her father have studied and known people?

Gu Yundong discussed material and other issues with Feng Daneng, while Mrs. Zhou had already called a few people to have lunch.

Mrs. Zhou brought out dishes she had cooked with Mrs. Yang. Gu Yundong had given money to Mrs. Zhou yesterday, so she had a good impression of her. The meal didn’t cost much, and besides, they hadn’t finished talking yet.

After the meal, Mrs. Zhou gave Gu Yundong a large basket of vegetables to take home.

Poor Mrs. Fang and her daughter were still waiting at home for Gu Yundong to return and buy vegetables from their garden.

Gu Yundong looked at the basket of vegetables, enough for her family to eat for two days, and raised her eyebrows, smiling at Mrs. Zhou, “Auntie, are you afraid I won’t have enough vegetables to eat?”

Mrs. Zhou was taken aback, feeling somewhat embarrassed. “It’s not that I’m afraid you won’t have enough, it’s just that you’ve just arrived and haven’t prepared anything, and you don’t have a vegetable garden. These are all grown in our own garden, and we have plenty, so it’s no trouble.”

Gu Yundong took it, feeling that Mr. and Mrs. Chen were quite good.

However, some things still needed to be clarified. “Auntie, even if you didn’t say it, I know. You’re afraid that Mrs. Fang and I won’t get along, right?”

Mrs. Zhou was somewhat surprised. It had only been one night, and the Gu family already knew what kind of person Mrs. Fang was?

“I’ll tell you the truth, Auntie. It hasn’t been easy for Mr. Chen to raise his daughter alone these past few years. He’s suffered a lot, so it’s understandable if she’s a bit difficult. It’s not a big problem. You see, Mr. Chen is a man after all, and it’s not easy for him to get along with his younger siblings, and he doesn’t really understand what she’s like now. When he arranged for your family to move in, it was because there really wasn’t another suitable family, and he also wanted to take care of them and let them earn a few coins.”

Mrs. Zhou nodded. “I understand, but let me tell you upfront. If others treat me well, I’ll return the favor, but if they try to take advantage of me, I won’t be polite.”

After saying that, she nodded to Mrs. Zhou and turned to leave with the basket.

Mrs. Zhou sighed. She had thought that Gu Yundong was easy to talk to, but now it seemed that she wasn’t someone who could be taken advantage of.

Everything else was fine, but she was afraid that if the two of them really clashed, it would be her husband who would have a hard time.

Mrs. Zhou shook her head and went back to tell Mr. Chen about this, just to remind him in advance.

Meanwhile, Gu Yundong, leading Mrs. Yang and her family back home, unexpectedly saw a man standing in the courtyard.

When the man saw them, he just paused for a moment, nodded in greeting, and said nothing.