Chapter 53
Gu Daniu could also think of what Gu Xinxin could think of. His face darkened instantly, and he finally remembered what Gu Xinxin had said before - as long as she had the recipe, she could leave the Gu family at any time. But without her, Gu Daniu would only have a small fried dough twist, and it would be impossible for him to make more money.
In other words, the Gu family’s ability to make money now depends entirely on Gu Xinxin.
"I'm your father!" Gu Daniu said bitterly. Gu Xinxin nodded: "I know, and I didn't say you weren't. It's precisely because you're my father that I'm willing to help you make money."
"If you don't obey, I can sell you out." Gu Daniu said again. Gu Xinxin frowned: "Of course you can sell me out, but you must hope that I don't succeed, otherwise I will definitely come back to take revenge on you. My demands are not high, just two conditions. The first is that I will be the head of the Gu family in the future. The second is that you are not allowed to hit me or Gu Xiangrong again."
After saying this, he clapped his hands and said, "I'm wrong. There should be three conditions. The third one is that I decide my own marriage. You are not allowed to listen to Gu Chenshi and arrange a marriage for me casually. If you agree to these three conditions, we will be a harmonious family in the future. You are my father and I am your daughter. If you don't agree..."
Gu Xinxin sneered a few times: "Let's go our separate ways. Even if we can't separate now, guess what, if I shout in the village that I need help, I need to hire workers, will the villagers side with you or me?"
Gu Daniu gritted his teeth. He was also a villager, so he knew how difficult it was for the villagers to make money other than farming.
For those who work outside, let alone outside jobs, there's a high probability of being scammed. Even if you're not scammed, it's common for your wages to be deducted after you've completed the work. You might even leave in one piece and return in one piece, or even lose your life outside.
Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, few people in the village go out to work.
Of course, wealthy families have servants and tenants, and they rarely recruit workers from outside.
If Gu Xinxin could provide the villagers with a way to make money, even if it was only ten copper coins a day, many people would be eager to do it.
Whoever gives money is the benefactor of the villagers.
No matter how much he said that Gu Xinxin was unfilial, there were always many people who would speak up for Gu Xinxin.
"Look, I can already order 800 a day now, and I can do other things in the future. I can earn at least ten taels of silver a day. If you are content to be my father, I promise to let you eat and drink delicious food, and you don't have to worry about money. Go out and ask, how many people can live such a good life? Are you still not satisfied?" Gu Xinxin softened her tone: "You don't have to worry about anything at home. If you want to go hunting, go hunting. If you don't want to go, you can find a few people in the village to chat with you. There are plenty of people to chat with you. If you want to drink, drink. If you want to eat meat, eat meat. Isn't this a beautiful life?"
So beautiful.
Gu Daniu pursed his lips and said after a moment: "Okay, I agree to your three conditions. From now on, you give me some money every day. Drinking costs money."
Gu Xinxin calculated in her mind that the money shopkeeper could give her over a thousand copper coins per day, which was a little over one tael of silver. If the county could also negotiate this, she should be able to earn around three taels of silver per day.
Of course, there may be times when business is not so good, in which case we can calculate it based on two taels of silver per day.
She held out her hand. "I'll give you one ounce of silver a month, spend it as you please. As far as I know, a pot of wine is only twelve coins. One ounce of silver is enough for you to buy a hundred pots. Three pots a day, that's enough for you, right?"
Gu Daniu was silent for a moment, and then the lion opened his mouth and said, "Ten taels of silver a month."
Although he couldn't calculate how much Gu Xinxin could earn in a month, as the saying goes, ask for a high price and bargain locally. Since Gu Xinxin could offer one or two taels of silver a month, then asking for ten taels... shouldn't be too much, right?
After all, this money buys him the power and dignity of being the head of the family.
Let alone the entire Xiaokaner Village, even the entire Dafeng Town, the entire county, ask, which father can't control his daughter? If this gets out, the Gu family will lose face for generations.
But, as the saying goes, can face be eaten?
Anyway, let's fight. He can win now, but Gu Xinxin is a cruel and ruthless girl. She might stand at the head of his bed with a kitchen knife at night, or shoot a crossbow arrow at him and pierce a hole in his throat.
He can’t beat him, scold him, or talk him out of it. What else can he do?
At least Gu Xinxin is willing to give him money, and he can make money.
Gu Xinxin sneered and held out her hand: "Two taels of silver, take it or not, if you don't want it, forget it."
She turned around and went back to her room. Two taels was the most. One tael was a test, and two taels was the bottom line. Of course, if she could earn a hundred taels a day, she could give Gu Daniu one tael a day.
In this ancient patriarchal society, she couldn't possibly kill and dismember Gu Daniu, right?
Being able to keep him quiet and not beat or scold her was already a major victory. She had now overturned the first of three huge mountains.
Gu Daniu quickly responded: "You can do it now, but if you make more money in the future..."
Gu Xinxin waved her hand and said that they would talk about the future later and it all depended on Gu Daniu's performance.
Lawyer He is a very decisive person. Most lawyers are like this. They are slow to procrastinate and easily miss some key evidence, which leads to the failure of the case.
So, early the next morning, he came to find Gu Xinxin and said that he would take Gu Xinxin to meet the owner of the dim sum shop.
Gu Xinxin followed along, and when she reached the door, her expression became somewhat... indescribably complicated. What a coincidence, wasn't it? This was the shop where she had bought the egg cake recipe on her first visit to the county town.
Shopkeeper Su was as chubby as ever, smiling and very kind: "Mr. He is here? Do you still want to buy some egg cakes today?"
Lawyer He shook his head: "I'm not here to buy snacks today, I'm here to introduce you to some business."
Gu Xinxin appeared from behind Attorney He and greeted him with a smile, "Hello, Shopkeeper Su. It's been a while since we last met. How are you?"
Shopkeeper Su was stunned for a moment, then quickly came out from behind the counter: "It's Miss Gu. Thank you for your concern, Miss Gu. I've always been fine, and Miss Gu looks well too. Have you recovered from your illness?"
Gu Xinxin nodded and said to Lawyer He, "I didn't know you were talking about Shopkeeper Su. I met Shopkeeper Su once before. I had a serious illness before, and thanks to Shopkeeper Su's generosity, I was able to afford to buy medicinal herbs. You could say that Shopkeeper Su is quite indebted to me."
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