Chapter 305: Tough guys cannot be enemies.
Chen Chengping and Xiao Hongyi were at a loss as to what to do with sixty taels of silver each. They thought that ten taels would be a lot for them, but they didn't expect that Ran Qingxuan would give them so much directly.
"We didn't do anything..."
The two wanted to refuse, but they were unexpectedly stopped by Gu Yanchen with just a few words.
"Uncle, you didn't just stand by and watch, you resisted together, that's what you did!"
"Yes, uncle, you keep the money. This is what you deserve."
The two of them felt somewhat uneasy and looked up at Bu Wei who was sitting at the top.
"Look at what I am doing. I have already promised Ran that the money I earn will be distributed by her. Anyway, I have no objection."
There was no need for Bu Wei to show off for a few dozen taels of silver. He still had three hundred and seventy taels of silver left, so no matter how he divided it, he wouldn't lose much.
Seeing that the chief officer said so, the two men thanked him profusely and took the silver and held it tightly in their arms.
Xiao Hongyi collected the money, called his family and left.
Chen Chengping was stunned for a moment, then made an excuse to take his family away.
The two were very smart. They got sixty taels of silver for free, so they naturally wouldn't think it was a big deal and people would find out how much money they divided between them.
After the others left, Ran Qingxuan counted out one hundred and fifty taels from it. Bu Wei thought it was for him and was about to get up to take it, but unexpectedly Ran Qingxuan pointed at the remaining money on the table and said to him.
"Boss Bu, those on the table are yours."
"Give me the rest?"
"Yes!" Ran Qingxuan looked at him seriously, without any falseness in his eyes.
It would be a lie to say that I wasn't shocked. That was two hundred and twenty taels of silver, not a small amount. Ran Qingxuan gave it as she said, not because she was generous, but because she didn't consider herself an outsider.
Bu Wei understood what Ran Qingxuan meant and nodded at her.
The two sides seemed to have reached a tacit understanding at this moment. Bu Wei bowed to Ran Qingxuan and Ran Qingxuan also returned the greeting.
The two smiled at each other. Ran Qingxuan watched Bu Wei leave before handing all the money to Madam Gu, who was still in a daze.
"This is impossible... What are you two going to do with your earnings?"
"Mom, this is all the money we earned through our joint efforts. We should put it into the household expenses. Besides, we don't know what our life will be like when we get to the place of exile. This money can be put to better use!"
She has plenty of money, but this is different from being a housekeeper.
Upon hearing this, Madam Gu nodded in agreement and pushed the money into her arms.
"Then you should keep it in mother's care first. Otherwise, my memory will get worse as I get older. It will be bad if I lose it later."
Others said the same thing, and Ran Qingxuan followed the majority's lead and agreed to Madam Gu's proposal.
On the other hand, Bu Wei, who returned with more than two hundred taels of silver, was grinning from ear to ear, but he did not directly ask anyone to come and get the silver. Instead, he counted the amount first.
In addition to him and Qian Zheng, there are ten other people in the team.
The two hundred taels of silver were divided and placed on the table, and Qian Zheng tactfully asked his colleagues to come in and take them.
With just one look, Fu Fan, who was hiding in the corner of the room, knew that all this had nothing to do with him, so he simply didn't move forward.
However, when everyone was moving forward, Fu Fan looked at these people sinisterly with a hint of ferocity in his eyes.
When the other officials saw that each of them had twenty taels of silver, they were instantly delighted. This was equivalent to their salary for one and a half years.
No one asked how much the wolf meat was sold for. They just took the money and left quickly.
This is also the strength of Ran Qingxuan. He did not tell his pricing in advance, so these people do not need to guess who gets more and who gets less.
While everyone was getting ready to go, Ran Qingxuan gave the money from the sale of the handkerchief and purse to Li Ping and the others. After Zou Yu refused several times, seeing that he could not persuade Ran Qingxuan, he accepted it embarrassedly.
"After the team set off, Ran Qingxuan and Bu Wei said something, walked at the end and bought some necessities along the way.
Several families had just received money, and although they would not squander it, they still bought a lot of things that they usually wouldn't afford to eat.
The oil was used up when stir-frying the wolf meat before, and Ran Qingxuan felt that he had to buy some to make a show of it.
Bu Wei knew that they would catch up with the team, so he did not restrict their freedom and took the others away first.
Gu Yanchen had asked Bu Wei for a donkey in advance. After all, the road ahead was relatively flat and it was far away from the emperor's feet, so the management was naturally much more lax.
The two men first went to a cart dealership and bought an inconspicuous cart to harness to the donkey, then they bought some things along the way and left.
Ran Qingxuan was sitting on the donkey cart and was about to talk to Gu Yanchen who was leading the donkey when a quarrel suddenly sounded from the team, and then a person suddenly stepped back and flew out.
The man lost his balance and flew backwards, knocking over a whole basket of eggs. Before he could get up, he was grabbed by the vendor, who demanded compensation.
The man covered in egg liquid stood up, said a few words to the vendor, and then continued to walk into the queue, completely ignoring the vendor who was holding him back.
"We clearly agreed beforehand that I would pay you to bring medicine back to Cangzhou for my mother. I gave you the money, why did you regret it just before departure?"
"Sir, even if I regret it, you didn't tell us in advance that the medicine you asked us to bring was for tuberculosis patients, right?"
When they heard the diagnosis of tuberculosis, the people nearby quickly dispersed as if they were avoiding the plague. Even the police who wanted to go forward to check stopped.
"You are talking nonsense. I never told you what kind of medicine this is. How can you say that it is for people with tuberculosis?"
The man argued with reason and began to tremble all over with anger.
Unexpectedly, before the messenger opposite him could speak, a sneer came from the second floor beside Ran Qingxuan.
"Qiao Zhixu, so you keep borrowing money from us just to treat your tuberculosis-stricken mother?"
"Ha ha ha ha..."
"You are so poor and still dream of passing the imperial examination. Why don't you just go home and take care of your mother's funeral before coming back and embarrassing yourself!"
Ran Qingxuan, who was originally frowning and looking at the second floor beside him, suddenly tightened his palms when he heard the familiar name.
Qiao Zhixu, she remembered that the description of this person in the book was not as miserable as it is now.
It is recorded in the books that after Qi Jing's death, his ten-year-old son ascended the throne. However, since the court had always been controlled by the empress dowager and her maternal family, the Northern Qi dynasty soon changed hands.
The person who inherited the throne, Ran Qingxuan, did not turn to that page, so he had no idea who it was.
The reason why she knew Qiao Zhixu was because he would win the top prize in the next autumn imperial examination, and the first thing he would do for Qi Jing was to help him regain the position of crown prince.
Ran Qingxuan did not turn that page during the process, but the first thing Qi Jing did after returning to the position of crown prince and successfully inherited the throne was to promote Qiao Zhixu.
After tasting the power he gained, he secretly took away the entire family of his classmates who had laughed at him and even cursed his mother to death.
The final description of Qiao Zhixu in the book, apart from his cruel methods and treacherous heart, is all about his traceable battle records when he followed Qi Jing.
Ran Qingxuan recalled the general content and shuddered involuntarily.
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