Chapter 219 Jealousy!

Gu Tang also knew about this. When he was still in the Gu family, Feng would talk about this at home every winter.

Feng was afraid of death, probably because she was frightened by what happened that year. Whenever it snowed in winter, the stove in the room where she lived would burn day and night.

By the time winter is over, one or two stoves will burn out every year.

There is also the roof. It would be fine if it didn't snow, but if it snowed, Feng would catch up on her sleep in the house during the day, and ask her husband, Old Man Gu, to call her father to clean the roof every hour.

At night, Feng, who had slept well during the day, got up in the first half of the night and stared at the snow outside. Just like during the day, she would call her father to come out and sweep the snow on the roof every hour.

If there is heavy snow this winter, you must buy enough food and heating items in advance to prevent your home from being inadequate when the heavy snow turns into a snowstorm.

"I remember the Winter Fair lasts for three days, right?" In the original owner's memory, the Winter Fair was also a good time for her to sell medicine.

Many medical clinics and drugstores will take advantage of this last big gathering to stock up on medicines, for fear of a snowstorm. Firstly, the medicines can be used to save lives, and secondly, they can also make more money.

"Yes, three days. We don't need to stay in the inn this year. Let's go back after three days and have a good stroll. This big fair only happens once a year, and even the New Year's Day is not as lively as it."

Three days...

Gu Tang estimated that there should be enough time. When Agou came back, he would ask him to buy a yard to build a charity hall.

If there is heavy snow, the first people to freeze to death will be the beggars on the roadside.

Since we are planning to set up a charity to save people, we might as well save a few before the heavy snow comes. This will also be a good deed.

"I'll listen to you. We'll have a good stroll these three days and buy some charcoal."

Gu Tang smiled and stood up, saying, "Charcoal burns harder than firewood, and it doesn't produce the smoke that firewood does. It doesn't irritate the eyes, and it doesn't cause coughing or asthma. You and Ping An have to be careful when you want to read or write during the winter."

Third uncle nodded and said, "I am at peace with your father, so we only need to buy cheap charcoal. I gave the silver to your father when I came here, so go ask your father for the silver and buy some good charcoal for yourself. You are a girl, and girls need to be taken care of."

Gu Tang was happy to hear this. Who doesn’t want to be the favored one?

"Please sit down and have some tea. I'm going to ask my father for some money!"

"Go ahead, go ahead. Your father was still nagging on the way here, saying he wanted to buy some wine. Leave some for him."

Want to buy wine again?

Gu Tang raised his eyebrows. You can buy wine, but the wine has to be given to her for safekeeping!

When we got outside to the yard, we found that half of the chicken coop had been dismantled.

Gu Tang went to the kitchen and got a basin of hot water so that her father could wash his hands.

"Why are you washing your hands? Dad hasn't finished dismantling the work yet." Gu Lianshan looked puzzled.

"Wash your hands first, and then give me the silver that I gave you. I just said that girls need to be taken care of, and asked me to use the silver to buy some good charcoal."

Hearing his daughter mention the money, Gu Lianshan washed his hands without saying a word. Even when he was taking out the money, he discussed it with Gu Tang in a nice tone.

"Leave some for Dad. Dad will buy some wine during the big market and bring it back. Our family is rich this year, so we should celebrate it well."

Gu Tang took the purse handed over by her father, held it in her hand and weighed it a few times, estimating that there were about ten taels of silver.

She asked, "Want to buy some wine?"

"Yes, yes, yes! Dad won't buy too much, just a few kilograms will be enough." Gu Lianshan nodded rapidly, staring eagerly at the purse in Gu Tang's hand.

"I'll buy it for you. Just bring the wine back and leave it with me." Gu Tang didn't believe him. He said he would buy a few kilograms, but when he got to the wine shop, he couldn't resist a few words of flattery and asked to buy at least ten kilograms!

"You can buy it, but you can't keep it all. Leave some for me..."

"Put it on your side? If I put your jar of wine there today, it will be half empty by tomorrow morning!"

After all, they have been father and daughter for so long, who wouldn’t know each other?

Gu Tang glared at him and rejected her father's request.

Gu Lianshan was immediately silent when his thoughts were hit upon.

After putting away the money from the Third Uncle, Gu Tang took out another purse and handed it over: "This is for the Ma brothers. You can deliver it to them now. Let Ping An do the work of dismantling the chicken coop."

It would have been fine if the Ma brothers were not mentioned. As soon as the Ma brothers were mentioned, a trace of worry appeared in Gu Lianshan's eyes. He whispered to Gu Tang, "The three Ma brothers don't know the situation in the city yet. You can give them the silver, but you can't let them go back to the city."

The backflow incense was only shown once, but it was already sold for tens of thousands of taels of silver. Although the price was inflated, it did not stop outsiders from being jealous.

The three brothers of the Ma family are all beggars. How could they not be tempted by the reward of ten thousand taels of silver offered by the Cheng family?

Gu Lianshan didn't dare to bet on this.

"I've thought about this a long time ago." Gu Tang's expression remained unchanged, and he had already made a plan in his mind.

"Give them the silver and then send them to the next town. The people there probably don't know about the incense. You hire a bullock cart and send them back home."

"Will this... work?" Gu Lianshan frowned, still a little worried.

"Dad, the three Ma brothers are all people who cherish their lives. People who cherish their lives are smart and know what they can do and what they cannot do.

Besides, beggars like them have probably heard about what kind of people the Cheng family is. No matter how good the Cheng family says, they can't believe it. If they dare to show their faces, they will be slaughtered."

Gu Lianshan understood all these, but he never feared the worst.

What if?

What if the three brothers of the Ma family come back to the city to cause trouble?

Gu Tang spread his hands: "Even if they are really crazy and tell this, it's useless. Who will believe it? They say that the incense was made by a farm girl, and that this scene was thought up by a farm girl.

Let's put ourselves in their shoes. If someone told you that a beggar on the street had passed the imperial examination and won first place, would you believe it?"

"Nonsense!" Gu Lianshan raised his voice. "If a beggar on the street had that ability, would he still be a beggar? Copying letters for others, or taking on some copying work in a bookstore, is a thousand times better than being a beggar!"

"That's the logic. For the masters and mistresses in the rich and powerful families, the Ma brothers' saying that I made the incense and choreographed the play was like telling them that a beggar on the street had won the first place in the imperial examination.

Those masters and ladies would never believe this. They would rather believe that this incense was stolen from the Queen Mother of the West by a mortal than to believe that this incense was made by a commoner, especially when this 'commoner' was a farm girl. "

Gu Lianshan seemed to be thinking about something and began to understand what his daughter meant.

Gu Tang stuffed the purse into his hand and said, "Don't think too much. Send the Ma brothers away first."

Later, she asked Agou to use the money to hire someone to monitor the Ma brothers. If they really found out that they came to Bei'an City to betray her, she would make sure that they would not be allowed to speak alive.

(End of this chapter)