"It wasn't much. I'd just won a few dozen taels when someone challenged me to a bet. Ten rounds to decide the winner, with the silver doubling each time. I let him win a few rounds, then turned the tables on him in the last round. He couldn't accept defeat, so he had someone secretly follow me. Last night, he planned to attack me, but somehow he didn't. This morning, I went to exchange some silver and buy some things, and his men followed me all the way, planning to kill me in the middle of nowhere. In the end, I escaped," Gu Shouxin briefly explained.
They spoke calmly, but Cai Xiaolian and Gu Nian automatically imagined a fierce battle.
"Dad, from now on we'll do business to earn money, not gamble. Gambling is bad," Gu Nian advised.
“Well, in the early stages of doing business, we’ll support you. Once you’ve achieved success in high school, you can be our protector!” Cai Xiaolian added.
"I'm not going. This time it's just to pay off gambling debts. Don't worry, they don't know where I'm from," Gu Shouxin said.
He didn't say that he had simply killed those people, because he was afraid that revealing it would frighten Cai Xiaolian and Gu Nian.
“These books are for my examinations for the civil service and the prefectural examinations. The books are expensive, so I didn’t buy many. I just copy the books myself in my spare time, so I don’t need to buy any more. I’ll keep ten taels of silver here. Xiaolian, you keep these eighty taels. Niannian, you take five taels. Xiaolian, you also keep five taels for Xinxin. Give them to her when she’s completely used to the three of us. That way, she’ll accept it more readily.” Gu Shouxin divided up the silver.
“You’re not used to the night, so I bought lamp oil. You can light as many lamps as you want, and that will last until the New Year. There are a few sets of ready-made clothes here. Neither of you knows how to sew, so I didn’t buy any fabric. There’s also some rice, flour, and meat, enough for us to eat for a while. I also bought some of the seasonings you asked for. Take a look; Yuzhou Prefecture has things that Zhoujia Town doesn’t…” Gu Shouxin explained one by one.
He had been the emperor for many years and had forgotten how expensive books were. He had originally planned to buy all the books needed for the imperial examinations, but he found that he had spent all his money and still didn't have enough. So, he only bought the books needed for the student examinations next spring.
As for the others, he planned to find a bookstore to copy a few books when he went to repay the debt, which would be much cheaper.
Then the three of them discussed the business deal, reached an agreement, packed their things, and went to sleep.
...
Gu Xin woke up just as dawn broke.
She licked her lips, feeling as if she had eaten something delicious.
After getting dressed and going out, she walked into the main room and found her father practicing martial arts in the yard. She ran over excitedly.
"Dad! Why are you up so early? You used to sleep until noon!" Gu Xin asked with a smile.
Gu Shouxin paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "Didn't your father say that you'll be studying in the future? How can someone who studies sleep until noon? Come on, Xinxin, follow your father's movements and you'll be healthy."
"Okay, Dad." Gu Xin got into position, turned around and saw that the field was the same as yesterday. Right, she forgot to sow the seeds.
"Dad, do you think we should tidy up the vegetable garden later and sow some seeds? Let's see if the seeds can grow overnight?" Gu Xin felt that she needed a legitimate reason. She couldn't just secretly plant the crops herself. She needed everyone to help. She would then dissolve the jade beads in the foot bath water so that no one would know it was her.
"Silly girl, how can that be..." Gu Shouxin wanted to say it was impossible, but seeing Gu Xin's bright eyes, he couldn't refuse, so he changed his mind and said, "Okay! We'll plant it in a bit."
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