Chapter 171 Worry
The royalties of over 60,000 yuan exceeded Gu Siqing's expectations. She had originally thought she could get around 50,000 yuan, but who knew it would be over 60,000 yuan. In other words, she had an extra house. How could she not be happy?
After hanging up the phone, Gu Siqing was skipping as she walked home. Sixty-six thousand, plus the three thousand yuan she'd received from her last manuscript, she now had sixty-nine thousand in savings. She had to buy a house.
It's not that she's obsessed with buying a house, but her family doesn't need her money right now, which means it's basically going to be put in the bank. Should she keep the money in the bank and wait for it to depreciate, or buy a house and wait for it to appreciate?
Of course, when buying a house, you wait for its appreciation!
When she passed by Han's house, she glanced inside and saw Han Zhengping sitting in the yard helping Erpang with his homework. She walked to the door and whistled softly. When she saw Han Zhengping look up, she waved to him again.
Han Zhengping couldn't help but feel happy when he saw her leaning against the door of his house with her eyes sparkling and smiling. He walked over with a smile on his lips and asked softly, "What's the matter?"
Gu Siqing pulled him aside and walked closer to him and whispered, "I've made a lot of money. When the money comes, I'll take you out for some fun."
Han Zhengping was amused by his words. Xiao Si's words were always so funny. He smiled and asked, "Have the royalties arrived?"
Gu Siqing nodded excitedly, "How much do you guess?"
She was a head shorter than him, and Han Zhengping could see her smiling eyes even when he lowered his gaze. His heart beat a little faster. He suppressed the strange feeling in his heart and asked softly, "How much?"
"Sixty-six thousand." Although Gu Siqing lowered her voice, she couldn't hide her excitement.
Han Zhengping hadn't expected her to earn so much in royalties. After a moment of surprise, he said, "Then I'm going to make a killing from you."
Gu Siqing raised her hand and patted his arm generously, saying, "Follow me and you'll have meat to eat."
Han Zhengping was happy again, "Okay, I'll wait for you to treat me to meat."
Gu Siqing nodded, then walked home excitedly. Han Zhengping watched her enter the Gu family's door before turning back home.
Gu Siqing returned home and found her mother alone. She came up to her and whispered, "Mom, can I tell you something happy?"
Wang Yueju was chopping vegetables. When she heard her words, she stopped what she was doing and asked, "Did you get first place in the exam?"
Gu Siqing rolled her eyes. "Is first place still a happy thing for me?"
It's a common thing, okay?
Wang Yueju laughed twice at her mischievous appearance, "What kind of happy event is that?"
"I made a lot of money." Gu Siqing said.
Wang Yueju continued chopping vegetables and asked, "How much?"
Seeing that she didn't seem to care, Gu Siqing snorted and said, "Sixty-six thousand."
Wang Yueju was shocked when she heard the number. She turned around with a kitchen knife and asked her, "How much?"
Seeing this, Gu Siqing quickly took the kitchen knife from her hand and said, "Put it down first."
"How much money did you earn?" Wang Yueju felt that she might have been confused and heard it wrong.
"Sixty-six thousand." Gu Siqing said.
When Wang Yueju heard this number, she was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why are there so many?"
She knew it was probably her royalties. Previously, Gu Siqing's royalties were only a few hundred yuan, but this sudden increase of 66,000 yuan really surprised her.
Gu Siqing took a tomato from the chopping board, took a bite, and calculated the sales: "We sold over 200,000 copies. Each copy was 2.5 yuan, and I got a commission of 10%. It's not that much."
"This is really a happy occasion," Wang Yueju said as she took off her apron and added, "I'm going to the market to buy some more vegetables for today's meal."
"I'm going too." Gu Siqing followed Wang Yueju to the vegetable market while chewing a tomato.
The mother and daughter bought a roast chicken and cut some meat. When they got home, Gu Jianguo, Gu Yimin, and Gu Erhui were already there. They were all very happy to know that Gu Siqing had received so much royalties.
Wang Yueju, Gu Yimin, and Gu Erhui were busy cooking in the kitchen. Gu Siqing came up to Gu Jianguo and said, "Dad, is this 60,000 yuan going to be of any use to the family?"
Gu Jianguo's face was filled with joy. 60,000 yuan wasn't a huge sum of money for his family right now, but it was money his daughter earned from writing a book, so it held a special meaning.
"Our family doesn't need your money now." Gu Jianguo touched his little girl's head with his big hand, sighing in his heart that the ancestral graves of their Gu family were really filled with smoke.
"Then can I use this money to buy a house?" Gu Siqing asked.
Gu Jianguo was stunned when he heard her words, "Why do you like buying houses so much?"
Gu Siqing began to calculate for him, "Look, now that the country's economy is open, everyone will become richer and richer. Prices may rise in the future, and money may not be as valuable as it is now. So, if you put this money in the bank, although you earn interest, it will depreciate. But houses won't depreciate! The price of a house will rise along with the rise in prices."
Gu Jianguo listened to her words and frowned in thought. He could understand these words, but he still had to think about them.
Gu Siqing saw that he was thinking and didn't interrupt him. She hadn't even mentioned that the country would issue a large amount of currency for economic development. If she did, it would be even more difficult to understand.
Gu Siqing's words were actually quite understandable. Gu Jianguo thought about the improvement in his family's living standards and how, when he'd been to Hai City, the prices there were noticeably higher than in Lizhou. This all proved that what his daughter had said would happen.
Gu Jianguo is now considering another issue.
"Let's talk about it when the money arrives," he said.
Gu Siqing knew that more than 60,000 yuan was not a small amount, and buying a house was not a trivial matter. It was normal for her father to consider it, so she stopped nagging him and rushed to the kitchen to help cook.
The family enjoyed the meal with great enthusiasm. They all felt that the family was thriving and everyone seemed to have a lot of energy.
After eating and washing up, Wang Yueju returned to her room and saw Gu Jianguo sitting on a chair smoking, his brow furrowed, as if he was worried about something. She walked over and asked, "What are you worried about?"
Gu Jianguo put out the cigarette in his hand and said, "Xiao Si has earned so much money. Do you want to give it to her or confiscate it?"
"Of course I'll keep it for herself!" Wang Yueju said without any hesitation.
Gu Jianguo sighed, "I thought so too. But Xiao Si said she wanted to buy a house. If she buys it, it will definitely be her own property. Will Yimin and Erhui feel uncomfortable?"
Wang Yueju frowned upon hearing this, then Gu Jianguo continued, "Don't even mention Erhui's abilities. Even Yimin could make a lot of money if she went out on her own. The money we have now is earned by everyone. Xiaosi used the money to buy a house, but what about Yimin, Erhui, and Sanjing?"
Wang Yueju also became worried. There was a gap between the rich and the poor among the sisters in the family, and nothing had happened yet. This was definitely not a good thing.
"What do you think we should do?" Wang Yueju asked.
Gu Jianguo lit another cigarette, he didn’t know what to do?
So sad!
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