After hearing the news, the Gu Daya family realized that Gu Dashan had prepared a courtyard for them. "Big brother..." Gu Daya choked up, not knowing what to say. When she left years ago, it was because she didn’t want to be a burden to Gu Dashan and hold him back for his entire life. But now, it was her family that was troubling his household a great deal. Gu Dashan smiled and said, "Don’t say anything else, we are siblings, and saying too much will only make us less close." Gu Jinli certainly did not want to see Gu Daya cry again, so he stuffed a thin quilt into her hands and said, "Aunt, hurry up and go. There are still so many things to move over, and it will take half an hour of busy work before we can sleep." There was no time left for words of gratitude. "Eh, okay, I won’t say anymore," Gu Daya took the quilt, and the family, carrying various items and lifting Qi Kangping up, marched toward the courtyard next to the workshop. They were staying in the courtyard next to the workshop, and the courtyard was pitch-dark. Gu Jinli held an oil lamp to light the way for everyone. After entering the house, he lit a lamp in the main hall. Borrowing the dim light, Gu Daya looked around the house. Although it was an old mud house, it had been well tidied up; there was no musty smell, only a faint scent of mugwort. The floor was filled in and then tamped down, which made it very hard and level, without a single hollow or bump. The two rooms on either side of the main hall already had beds set up. The beds were simple, made with large stones underneath, wooden boards laid on top, mats on the boards, and quilts on the mats to complete them. "The house, bed boards, and quilts have all been fumigated with mugwort, they are very dry and free of musty odors, rest assured and live comfortably," Third Grandma placed the things down and said to Gu Daya, "There are only two boxes, which is too few. We will have Dashan make a few more another day for you to store things." Gu Dashan said, "Take a look if there’s anything lacking. If there is anything else you want to add, just tell us, and we’ll provide it for you." Gu Daya said, "It’s enough, it’s enough. Big brother, there’s no need to add anything else. It’s already very good." Mrs. Cui walked into the house and said to Gu Daya, "Aunt, we’ve already boiled water in the kitchen for you. Wait for the water to get hot, then go and wash up. The kitchen has some grain and vegetables, and there’s dry firewood too. Use these first, and when you’ve finished, we’ll send more over." Gu Daya felt a warm feeling inside and didn’t know what to say, so she could only nod her head earnestly in agreement. After bustling about for nearly half an hour, everyone settled the Gu Daya family into their new home and then returned to their own houses. Before leaving, Gu Jinli said to Qi Kangming, "Second cousin, you know how to read. If you don’t want to do business and wish to study, you can tell us. There’s a private school in Qingfu Town. If you want to study, you can go there." Qi Kangming was clever and had been studying with Elder Li Si since he was a child, even surpassing Li Si in academic achievement. However, he had been hindered by being born a slave and thus unable to pursue an official position. Now that he had purchased his freedom and become registered as a free citizen, and in Great Chu, anyone from the good register could apply to take the exams for an official position. Seeing that Qi Kangming had some aspirations, she guessed that he probably did not want to go into business, hence she asked this question. Upon hearing this, Qi Kangming’s eyes lit up, then dimmed, "Thank you, cousin Xiao Yu. I’ll think about it." He did want to study and strive for official position as only by becoming an official could he protect his family. But his family was currently reliant on his uncle’s household for survival. If he chose to study at this time, wouldn’t he be adding a burden to his uncle’s family? Gu Jinli said: "Alright, take some time to think about it." Third Grandpa instructed Gu Daya and Qi Panzi: "Get some rest early, and rise early tomorrow. We need to visit Village Chief He’s house. Since you’ve just arrived, you should pay a visit to the Village Chief’s house with gifts as a courtesy so that you can live in the village in the future. You don’t need to prepare any gifts; Dashan’s wife has already arranged everything for you. Just showing up will be enough." "Okay, we will definitely get up early tomorrow and won’t miss out on this matter." Gu Daya quickly responded, recognizing the importance of the task at hand. After Third Grandpa finished his instructions and saw that it was getting late, he went back home. Once home, Gu Jinli and Gu Dashan took out the remaining silver and said to Gu Jin’an: "Brother, could you tally up the accounts and see how much money our family has left?" Previously, after handling the house and land deeds, their family had over a hundred and twenty taels of silver remaining. This trip to save Gu Daya’s family involved Master Qi contributing some silver, but their family also spent quite a bit on doctors for treating wounds and illnesses for Gu Daya’s family. After returning to the county, they went to the county government to handle the household registration for Gu Daya’s family, which cost a few taels of silver. They also bought four old courtyard houses for twenty-four taels. Adding everything up, their family had spent a considerable amount of silver on this trip. "Alright, let me do the calculations." Gu Jin’an began to work on the family’s accounts. Gu Jinli went to take a bath and by the time she finished and came back, Gu Jin’an had already completed the calculations. "For Aunt Daya’s family’s medical fees, consultation and medications cost sixty-two taels of silver." The consultation fees in the Prefecture were expensive. Just for Doctor Xiao to treat the injuries of Qi Panzi, Qi Kangping, and Qi Kangming, the fees cost thirty taels, not to mention the cost of the medication. They brought back half a month’s worth of medicine, which cost thirteen taels of silver. Both Gu Daya and Qi Kangle were injured as well, and the costs for their treatment and medication combined were over twenty taels. Additionally, there were expenses for buying clothes for Gu Daya’s family on the journey, as well as food and drink for everyone, which amounted to nearly ten taels of silver. Added to that were the costs of buying the houses and transferring Gu Daya’s family’s household registration to Da Feng Village. "In total, we spent one hundred and nine taels of silver on this trip." After Gu Jin’an reported the accounts, Gu Dashan was shocked and said to Mrs. Cui: "Oh mother, I didn’t realize we’d spend so much." Their family’s savings were not abundant. To save people on this trip, aside from leaving thirty taels of silver at home, they had brought all their available cash. Now it turned out that they had spent all of the silver they brought. Mrs. Cui was also surprised at how much they had spent. But since it was for a rescue, and they were saving Gu Dashan’s own sister, she was of good temperament and naturally wouldn’t be dissatisfied: "Don’t worry, we still have our tofu and spice business. We can earn the money back." Gu Jinli sighed inwardly; it felt like her family had gone back to poverty in an instant. But still, it was okay. "We didn’t use the deposit from Master Lei Wu. If we had spent those deposits, not only would our family be completely out of funds, but we would also be in debt to several families, and wouldn’t even have the money to buy herbs to make the seasonings." Now, they had only spent their own silver and not the deposit given by Master Lei Wu, which was a silver lining amidst the misfortune. After finishing the accounts, the family sighed for a while before each returned to their rooms to rest. The next day, before dawn broke, the entire family got up to start a new day’s work. Gu Daya’s family was also up early. After tidying themselves up, they came to Gu Jinli’s house and followed them to the workshop to help out. In the workshop, everyone was already busy at work. Old Guo and the others were very diligent, having arrived early to grind soybeans. After a couple of hours of grinding, they would then have breakfast. Village Chief He had heard yesterday that Gu Dashan and his family had returned and brought his sister’s family with them. He had longed to visit the Gu Family but was afraid of disturbing their reunion, so he had held back until now.