Chapter 176 The Guo Family's Plot
Just when Gu Yan was persuading Gu Xiang to cancel the engagement, the Guo family in Qingshan Town were also talking about Gu Yan.
"Da Lang, do you think that if Er Lang marries Gu Xiang, can our family really open a shop in the county town?
And Lei Zi, can Gu Yan really agree to let Lei Zi live in his house and study with his son? "Old Man Guo knocked on the pipe of his pipe.
"I think so, Dad. I've found out everything. Gu Yan not only has a large farm outside the town, but it's said to have more than a hundred acres of land.
There is also a farm in the neighboring Qingshui Town, and the county town not only has houses but also several shops.
Gu Yan doesn’t run a business himself, he rents out all his properties.
When Erlang marries his sister, we will all be a family. Let him take back one of the shops and let Erlang do business.
As for Lei Zi, he doesn't have to live in Gu's house.
If Erlang went to the county town to do business, Leizi could live at Erlang's house. Living in your own uncle's house is always more comfortable than living in someone else's." Guo Dalang's analysis was very logical.
"I'm just afraid that Gu Yan won't agree. After all, even if she's my biological sister, once she gets married, we'll be two families." Old Man Guo said in a deep voice.
"Well, even if they are from different families, Gu Xiang is still his biological sister.
Besides, we are not renting the shop without paying, we just ask for a lower price and take care of it a little.
Gu Yan has a good relationship with Manager Liu of Dejitang in the county, who is a famous miracle doctor in the county.
No officials, big or small, or wealthy businessmen in the county dared to offend him. After all, people are bound to get sick if they eat grains.
I also heard that Gu Yan can identify and collect medicinal herbs, and selling them to Manager Liu makes him a considerable income every year.
I was thinking that if we had a good relationship in the future, we could also help dig herbs and earn money," Guo Dalang said.
Speaking of it, the reason why Guo Dalang knew Gu Yan was because of Gu Bei.
After Gu Bei's grocery store closed, he was unwilling to go back, so he found a job as a waiter in a restaurant. It just so happened that he was good at speaking, so he was suitable for the job.
Guo Dalang was the shopkeeper of the restaurant where Gu Bei worked.
Gu Bei probably wanted to show off, so he told others that his second uncle's family also ran a restaurant and that his third brother had a farm.
It was Gu Bei who told others that Gu Yan could dig medicinal herbs and knew the shopkeeper Liu in the county town.
He had just listened to it and let it go, and didn't take it to heart.
But one time when he went to the county town, he happened to see Gu Yan, Manager Liu, and Li Ya Ren going to a restaurant to drink.
Guo Dalang knew Gu Yan. Gu Yan often went to the town to buy things, and Guo Dalang was familiar with him.
In addition, when Gu Bei saw Gu Yan sometimes, he would go over to talk to him in order to show off, and Guo Dalang had seen it several times.
So Guo Dalang recognized him at a glance and asked the waiter at the restaurant.
Let me just say here that the restaurant where Guo Dalang worked was just a branch, and he went to the county town this time to give an account to his boss.
Because I come here once a month, I am very familiar with the waiters in the restaurant.
Guo Dalang really asked the right person. The waiter in the restaurant was really familiar with Gu Yan.
Because Gu Yan would come to the restaurant every year to sell his prey, and they were all valuable large animals.
The most important thing is that there are fresh vegetables sold to restaurants in winter.
Fresh vegetables in winter are more expensive than meat, so Gu Yan can make a small fortune every winter.
It was hard for Xiao Er'er to forget Gu Yan. Gradually, Xiao Er'er learned that Gu Yan's family had fields, shops, and lived in a big house.
People who can be waiters are usually good at speaking, so when Guo Dalang asked, the waiter started talking about how powerful Gu Yan was and how his family had both a house and a shop.
He said that he could hunt and dig medicinal herbs, and that he had a good relationship with the manager Liu of Dejitang and they often drank together.
Guo Dalang also admired Gu Yan, a man from the mountains, for being so capable.
But it was just admiration, and I didn't think about anything else at the beginning.
Later, Gu Bei boasted about how capable his third brother was and how his son went to school.
He gradually had other thoughts. He knew that Gu Bei had a younger sister. Gu Bei had mentioned this during their casual chats.
It just so happens that he also has a younger brother.
The Guo family has four children, one girl and three boys. Guo Dalang is the eldest, and he has two younger brothers and one younger sister.
My younger sister is already married, and my third brother has also married.
Only my second brother is a well-known scoundrel in this town because he just wanders around every day and doesn't care about his job. He has not yet married.
Although marrying a wife from the mountains has a bad reputation, it is better than not being able to marry a wife at all.
Guo Dalang thought that he had to find a wife for Erlang before he could tell his parents to separate him from the family business.
Moreover, there are many benefits for Erlang to marry Gu Xiang. He has been the owner of a restaurant for more than ten years and has long wanted to start his own business.
But the conditions at home are just like that. We can just eat enough and dress warmly, that’s all we need.
So no matter how many ideas he has, there is no way to realize them.
And if he could open his own restaurant, his son would be able to go to school like Gu Yan's son.
The third brother can also learn from Gu Yan to dig medicinal herbs for money.
As long as Erlang marries Gu Xiang, he can always slowly plan to get benefits for himself.
So he went back and told his family about it.
At first, Guo Erlang was unwilling to do so. He didn't want to marry a mountain woman and be laughed at.
Guo Dalang told him about Gu Yan's situation in detail and also talked about the benefits of marrying Gu Xiang.
Of course, when he said that, he didn't say that he wanted to open a shop in the county town.
Instead, he said that as long as he married Gu Xiang, he could take Gu Xiang to the county town to do business.
After all, Gu Xiang's third brother already has a shop and connections, so helping them open a shop and do business is a piece of cake.
This persuaded Erlang to agree to the marriage.
But Guo Dalang knew Guo Erlang too well, and he knew that he was not a businessman.
Let him take the lead and the shop will eventually be in his hands.
Guo Dalang kept all this in private, and he didn't tell anyone, not even his wife.
Gu Xiangke had no idea about the Guo family's plans, and she was still happily preparing her dowry.
"Mom, I want to make a pair of shoes for Erlang. Do you think this fabric can be used?" Gu Xiang said, holding a piece of black cloth.
"Okay, Xiang, have you really made up your mind? It's him?" Zhang Dahua was making a dowry quilt for Gu Xiang.
"Yes, mother, Erlang is good to me." Gu Xiang touched the velvet flower on her head and said shyly.
This velvet flower was bought for her by Guo Erlang.
Guo Erlang also put in a lot of effort to win over Gu Xiang.
I met Gu Xiang a few times, and I would buy her some small things every time.
Like a handkerchief, a velvet flower, and some delicious snacks.
There weren't many things, and they weren't valuable, but they were enough to coax an ignorant mountain girl like Gu Xiang.
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