Chapter 19 Chapter 19 Jiang Hongguo's hands stopped shaking. Chang Zong was not...
Jiang Hongguo was very happy to have so much money. What her grandmother's students owed her was antiques, but what Changzong brought back was money. How did he do it?
Jiang Hongguo was happy and worried. He had been out for only one day and he had already finished his work and came back. Isn't he too amazing?
"Happy, how did you get it?"
Gu Changzong was afraid that she would be hungry, so he handed her a hot meat bun and said that the IOU matter had been handled smoothly. When the IOU was taken out, several of grandma's students were panicked. They first pretended to be a paper tiger to scare her, but when that didn't work, they held a banquet to ask for more time.
Gu Changzong ignored him and said he would take the IOU to the police station. This scared them and they said the antiques had been sold and the money would be converted into cash for him.
"They opened an antique shop together on the antique street. They had real money, 12,000 yuan, and they took it out as soon as they said they would."
They probably never thought that there would be a day when grandma would be rehabilitated, so they took the antiques that were kept for grandma for themselves. They have been doing all kinds of business in the past two years, but is the antique business so profitable?
And Changzong's account collection went smoothly, why didn't he come back last night? He returned to the hotel at 7 o'clock, and the morning bus didn't leave so early. Hongguo didn't know when and how he came back?
So, how did Changzong come back?
"Chang Zong, how did you come back?"
Gu Changzong said: "Guoguo, I came back on foot."
He spoke in a very normal tone, as if walking 140 kilometers was a very common thing.
"The collection went smoothly. As soon as I got the money out, I found that I was followed by people. I couldn't catch a bus. I didn't know how many of their people were at the station, so I chose to walk back. As long as no one was following me, I could get rid of all suspicion. I changed my clothes halfway and washed off the mud on my face, so no one knew it was me."
Jiang Hongguo was horrified. She took small bites of the wonton and tried hard to control herself so that the spoon would not tremble.
Her father told her that when he was in the army, the forced march was ten kilometers per hour. She could keep up with the speed, but after a long time, she would not be physically able to cope with it, so she would not be able to continue for too long.
It is 140 kilometers from the provincial capital to the city. Chang Zong walked back in one night, which was a jogging pace. How could he be a normal person walking for more than ten hours?
Jiang Hongguo's hands stopped shaking. It didn't matter whether Changzong was a human or not. She already liked him. It was okay. She would help him cover it up.
After all, they had been walking all night, and she felt very distressed. She put down her bowl and chopsticks and pinched his leg: "Are you tired? Let's take a rest for a day before going back?"
I had only been walking all night, so even if I was a little tired, I didn't feel tired anymore because Hongguo cared about me so much.
Gu Changzong's strength returned to him. He didn't even want to eat. He picked up Hongguo and kissed her: "I'm not tired at all."
Jiang Hongguo blushed. No wonder he was tireless at night and always felt unsatisfied. She would never feel sorry for him about this in the future.
She showed him the ultrasound report: "Changzong, you see the baby is very healthy, but the weight is a little small."
Gu Changzong took a look and put it down: "This little one is really concerned about you, Guoguo, don't worry, he will grow up to be stronger than other children."
It turns out that Changzong is confident that his child is healthy. He also knows that his child will not be ordinary, right? Jiang Hongguo thought so in his heart.
Gu Changzong gathered up his personal belongings scattered around the bathroom and prepared to check out. Jiang Hongguo packed up the clothes spread out on the bed, and a promissory note popped out of the inner pocket of Changzong's formal suit.
She took it out and looked at it. It belonged to one of her grandmother's students named Sun.
"Chang Zong, there is still an IOU, did you forget it?"
Gu Changzong poked his head to take a look and scratched his head: "Seeing you are happy, I forgot to tell you, this one is a little different, I don't really want to take her, you take a look, if you need to take her, I will go again."
This time, Jiang Hongguo had already alerted Changzong that he was being followed and had to walk back. He didn't want Changzong to take any more risks.
It’s just that what Changzong said was different. What was different?
Seeing that Chang Zong had already forgotten about the IOU, Jiang Hongguo did not want to exaggerate the matter. She believed in Chang Zong's judgment. Besides, the IOU was just casually stuffed into his pocket, so it should not be what she thought.
Hong Guo said, "It's okay. I'll keep the IOU. Let's go home."
When checking out, someone happened to check in. As Jiang Hongguo walked out of the door, she heard Gu Changzong say, "Guoguo, that person just now was one of the people who followed me yesterday. Grandma's students who were corrupted by money really suspected us. You are so smart. We should deal with it in advance. It's right to listen to you."
Jiang Hongguo couldn't help but look back. The whereabouts of the IOU was actually suspected to be her and Chang Zong. She probably had someone at her step-grandfather's house to inquire about it.
I was so glad that my worry was on point. No matter how much I asked at the hospital and the guesthouse, I found that Changzong had never left the city.
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After returning to the village, Jiang Hongguo sent some pastries and specialties brought back from the city to Aunt Liu's house. Aunt Liu was so happy that she almost forgot something and said to Hongguo:
"Yesterday, someone called from the provincial capital, asking if Changzong was there. The village chief said that Changzong accompanied you to the city for a prenatal checkup, but there was no return number left. Is this Changzong's step-grandfather's house? What's the matter? Hasn't the inheritance been divided? Why is he calling you?"
Jiang Hongguo said: "I don't know. Let's go to the provincial capital and ask next time. Anyway, they are the ones who are looking for us, so we are not in a hurry."
Jiang Hongguo felt that it was not her step-grandfather's family who called. Even if it was, it was someone who ordered them to call, just to see if she and Changzong were at home?
Fortunately, her overthinking paid off, and the trip was safe and sound without any trouble.
I saved the previous 8,000 yuan for a year, so I don’t dare save the 12,000 yuan this time, for fear that it would be troublesome if someone saw or knew about it, so I put it at home for now.
She didn't even dare to put the purple jade grapes on the bedside table openly. She took out the only IOU that she had confiscated and read it again and again. Changzong was the most unkind person, so why didn't he accept her IOU?
Jiang Hongguo shook her head. Changzong was so good to her and trusted her so much, so she had to give Changzong her 100% trust.
Jiang Hongguo is still three or four months away from her due date. Gu Changzong said he wanted to travel around with the transport team to see which businesses are doing well in some of the larger cities out there.
Jiang Hongguo didn't want him to go out, so she could talk to Aunt Liu and go back to sell sesame cakes.
Gu Changzong said, "Guoguo, the stall has been occupied by Aunt Liu's family for two months. She mentioned it once when we came back in the first month of the lunar year, but she never mentioned it again. Now we want to come back. The decades-long relationship between you and Aunt Liu's neighbors has come to an end. If you think things shouldn't be like this, I will come back. If we come back, will we really sell sesame cakes again? It's better to transfer the stall to Aunt Liu's family and collect a transfer fee to save some face."
What Chang Zong said made sense. If his father were still alive, he would have advised her the same way, but Jiang Hongguo still felt uncomfortable.
Since her father, her family and Uncle Yang's family have had a good relationship. Aunt Liu is a little picky, but she is a good neighbor to her. She reciprocated by taking Aunt Liu to the county town to set up a stall. Why is she still thinking about her family's stall now? This is called asking for more.
Jiang Hongguo said, "Well, go talk to Uncle Yang. I don't want to talk to Aunt Liu anymore."
Gu Changzong patted her head and said, "Hongguo, you are the best. Aunt Liu is unlucky to have lost such a good neighbor like you."
Jiang Hongguo felt warm in her heart. To her, Changzong was the best person to her besides her father.
Gu Changzong went to see Uncle Yang and talked about transferring the stall, saying that Hongguo's belly was getting big and she would be giving birth in a few months, so it was not suitable for her to set up a stall. After she gave birth, she might not necessarily sell sesame cakes.
Uncle Yang was definitely in agreement, and said he would go back and discuss it with Aunt Liu and give Gu Changzong approval within a day.
He carried the meat he had just bought home. His life became much more affluent after setting up the stall. When he wanted to eat meat, he was no longer reluctant to buy it as before.
Old Yang told his wife, "When I went to buy meat, I happened to meet Chang Zong. Chang Zong and Hong Guo had agreed not to run the pancake stand anymore. He asked me if I wanted to take over. If I did, he would give me 400 yuan as a transfer fee. I thought the price was fair, so I agreed. He said he would go home to discuss it and give me a reply."
Aunt Liu was surprised and delighted: "Why didn't Hongguo tell me?"
Old Yang said, "You will bargain if I tell you. Chang Zong said that he will have to pay 200 yuan to the management office to make connections, so the total is 600 yuan. If you are willing, you can take it, but you can't bargain."
Aunt Liu felt distressed: "Then don't we have to give all the money we earned in the past two months and before the New Year to Hongguo?"
That's not the case. I made more than 400 yuan from selling fried dough sticks at Hongguo's stall in the past two months. Adding last year's earnings, I can easily get 600 yuan.
Lao Yang said, "If you think it's too expensive, then I'll give it back and tell Chang Zong that I won't take it anymore."
"How can we not accept it? Without Changzong's connections, do you think our family can rent such a good place at the management office?"
Old Yang laughed: "You know why you're still saying those useless sour words?"
So, when she saw Gu Changzong entering the house, Aunt Liu quickly gave him 600 yuan. Gu Changzong went to the management office, stuffed the money into the pocket, said hello, and told Aunt Liu that he could put the stalls there without any worries.
Aunt Liu thanked her profusely, but she was also worried about Jiang Hongguo and Gu Changzong: "They are living off their savings, and they are not worried at all."
Old Yang told his wife to mind her own business: "If they don't want to run a sesame cake stand that makes so much money, it means they don't care about it. If they want to do it, there are more profitable businesses than a sesame cake stand. It's just that the young couple is not in a hurry for the time being."
After being puzzled, Aunt Liu felt that what her husband said was right and became envious.
"Hong is really so. I don't know what to say about her. She has been without a mother since she was a child, but her father treats her so well. He didn't remarry because he was afraid that she would be bullied by her stepmother. He even picked a young educated man from the city for her. After being married for more than a year, she directly inherited the estate. Changzong still loves her so much. Why doesn't my daughter have such a good life?"
Old Yang knew that Jiang Hongguo was repaying the favors that the two families had done when they were on good terms. By changing the stall this time, all the favors had been repaid.
Things can get better when everyone is poor together. Seeing Hongguo's family getting better and better, and her husband becoming more and more complaining, even if Hongguo has a more profitable business in the future, she will not bring her complaining and twisted aunt along, right?
Jiang Hongguo transferred the stall to Aunt Liu's family. Aunt Liu treated her better, but Jiang Hongguo's heart was no longer troubled.
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