Chapter 139 140. A Bad Premonition

Ouyang Bing covered his treasure bag. Why did he have a bad feeling?

But curiosity still overcame this empty premonition, "Let's take a look first."

Gu Wenheng simply didn't want to be stingy. He opened the bag as wide as possible and laid out the items one by one.

An ordinary ballpoint pen, a tin frog toy, an antique pocket watch, and a few small jewelry inlaid with diamonds.

"How much do you want for these?" After looking at each one, Ouyang Bing found it difficult to make a choice and held each one in his hand and played with it for a long time.

Even Mu Tou, who was usually dull, stared at these novel objects without blinking.

"This..." Gu Wenheng was embarrassed, "We don't want to take action."

Ouyang Bing flipped open all the banknotes in the brocade bag and tapped them lightly, "I still have 600 taels of silver. This is all my belongings. With this money, you can buy a small farm, which is better than guarding these."

Gu Wenheng, "Forget it. You are Brother Guo's friend. You can take them all away."

Gu Wenheng was so straightforward that Ouyang Bing hesitated, "How about you keep a few?"

Gu Wenheng, "..." Sure enough, this is not a good business.

He casually pulled out a few pieces of jewelry and said, "Then I'll keep these for my wife, and you can give me the other two as you like."

"How can this be possible?" Ouyang Bing was anxious, and wanted to slap himself, and said, "I just want to give someone a gift, I hope you will give it up."

Gu Wenheng pursed his lips, and then reluctantly pushed all the things over, "Actually, you can think about it again."

Although the price is relatively high, these things cannot be produced in this dynasty. Scarcity makes things valuable, so I didn't cheat the guy in front of me much.

Watching Ouyang Bing hurriedly throw down the banknotes and walk away with the things in his arms, Gu Wenheng couldn't help but mutter, "I'm not robbing you, is there any need to run so fast?"

Counting the silver bills she received this time, Jin Qianqian couldn't help but mutter, "Big Brother Guo Yurong has indirectly done a good thing. Now we have some wealth."

Although the pastry shop makes a profit every day, it can never be as fast as the money that comes in.

"But weren't you afraid of getting someone into trouble just now?" Jin Qianqian had been standing nearby, looking nervous.

“These things are rare, and once you’ve seen them, you won’t want to let go.

And once he got here, he was already at a disadvantage. He was the one begging us to buy it, not us who had to sell it.”

Gu Wenheng smiled confidently, "I have been through many negotiations, big and small, so I am quite good at understanding people's psychology."

Jin Qianqian gave him a thumbs up and said, "Compared to you, I am nothing but trash.

I just write and calculate all day, but it seems I can’t do anything here anymore.”

Gu Wenheng hugged the man into his arms and said, "Let's take it slow. We still have a long life ahead of us."

This little girl seems to have really gained some weight. I hope that Guo Yurong's medicine is really effective, otherwise he may not be able to hold it back.

Not long after winter began, snow fell one after another like a market, arriving as expected.

Jin Qianqian wrapped her cotton coat tightly around her body. It really takes courage to go out now.

"It looks like it's snowing heavily again," Jin Qianqian opened the window and looked at the snowflakes floating in the sky. She used to live in the south and always yearned for the white snow.

But when she was really in this environment, she immediately changed her mind.

"We are lucky. If we hadn't settled down earlier, we would have frozen to death in this snow." Gu Wenheng said this, thinking of the Baini'ao villagers who came here with him.

"Our village is relatively safe, at least we are safe now, but the situation in the neighboring villages is not good. Yesterday I saw several village heads come to the county town to ask the county government for help. It is said that the temporary wooden houses they built cannot withstand the ice and snow, and many people have become sick from the cold."

Jin Qianqian, "Does the county government have any control over this?"

Gu Wenheng shook his head. "I can't do anything about it. I just let them figure it out themselves. After all, the resettlement fee has been paid, and it's not the county government's business if the house is not repaired."

"I don't know how things are at home. Should I go back and take a look?" Thinking of the house that she had only lived in for a few days, Jin Qianqian was also worried that the roof would collapse because the snow hadn't been cleared.

Gu Wenheng now lets the academy review at home. They just need to hand in the homework assigned by the teacher every few days and ask questions that they don’t understand.

Gu Wenheng, "Are you not afraid of the cold?"

The little girl was so excited that she couldn't sleep on the first day she saw the snow, but after so many days, she began to miss the warmth of the sun.

"I'm scared," Jin Qianqian rubbed her palms, "but if I keep myself warm, it shouldn't be a big problem."

You know, she has stockpiled a lot of warm clothes, so no one will notice if she wears more clothes inside now.

Gu Wenheng put away the books on the table and asked, "Do you want to go to the store first?"

Now that the weather is cold, business has slowed down and the shelf life has been extended. I can just go back every two days to replenish the stock.

And now that the store has hired a new clerk, Jin Qianqian occasionally takes a break.

Jin Qianqian, "We just restocked the goods yesterday, and we won't be staying here for long. We'll go back and take a look when we get back."

After the two of them agreed, they simply packed up their things, hitched up the donkey cart, and shakily headed out of the city.

"Mr. Gu, are you preparing to go back?" As soon as he arrived at the city gate, he ran into He Xiaodong who was on duty there. Gu Wenheng lifted his hat a little.

Because they were familiar with Li Yong, these yamen runners basically knew each other. Jin Qianqian's pastry shop was able to run so smoothly, which was also inseparable from him.

"That's right. It's been a long time since I went back to visit the old man." Gu Wenheng said as he took out a small bottle of liquor from the carriage. "Brother Hebi, come here, I'll help you get rid of the cold."

"Then I won't be polite," He Xiaodong took the bottle without hesitation after seeing the familiar bottle. "You need to go slowly on this road, there is snow in many places."

After Gu Wenheng expressed his thanks, he covered his hat tightly and then whipped the donkey to drive it away.

After such a long period of running-in, this stubborn donkey has already become familiar with several frequently traveled roads. Sometimes when Gu Wenheng drives it to the academy, it can even walk there on its own without even controlling the reins.

I walked to the entrance of the village step by step, only to find that the snow on my roof had been cleared away.

Jin Qianqian raised her eyebrows, "Maybe Fifth Brother and the others came to clean up?"

As for the house key, after the yamen runner came to announce the good news last time, Jin Qianqian left one copy with Li Cuicui and another copy with Hong Daya as a backup.

"That should be the case!" Gu Wenheng didn't think Gu Dashi would be so diligent. It was good enough that he didn't lie on the kang and be lazy in this weather.

When the two men opened the gate and went in, they found some chopped firewood piled in the corner.

(End of this chapter)