Hearing this, Gu Yanzhang was filled with emotion.
He always felt that his father agreed too quickly. His clansmen were greedy enough.
Seeing that his family had a way to make money, they all wanted it. If one day his family picked up some treasures in the mountains, such as pearls and jade that only the powerful and wealthy could afford, then his family might be wiped out by those greedy people!
It is said that money moves people's hearts.
Even if he becomes rich and has money in his hands, he will not tell anyone except his wife.
Some time ago, he went to the county town to sell kimchi and made a lot of money. Sometimes his parents couldn't help but show off to the villagers.
After his family built such a bright and solid new tile-roofed house, his parents couldn't help showing off to their relatives for an hour or two at the banquet.
Later, his family started a business selling steamed buns. Yanji Restaurant in Tongzhen directly pointed out that he would send 100 steamed buns every other day..., such a decent and stable income, once his father who couldn't control his mouth told others, the whole village became jealous, and began to come to inquire about it...
When he thought about his parents in this family, who couldn't control their mouths and couldn't keep secrets, and only wanted to tell others about the money they made so that they could save face..., Gu Yanzhang actually had an unspeakable resentment and hatred deep in his heart.
However, those two people are his biological parents who have raised him for so many years... If he says a few words to them for the sake of making money, they might turn around and complain to their relatives and friends. They think that they have raised him in vain and are unfilial.
In this place with a strong rural flavor, if he is called an ungrateful person by his own father, not only will his wife be insulted by people within a ten-mile radius, but even his children will have difficulty finding relatives in the future.
Thinking of this, Gu Yanzhang couldn't help but raise his hands and rub his head fiercely.
After unconsciously frowning and sighing, he said to Chen Xuanxuan in a serious manner, "Wife,...marrying me is really hard for you..."
Chen Xuanxuan saw that Gu Yanzhang's face was full of sorrow, and when he looked at her, his eyes were evasive and false. Chen Xuanxuan immediately knew that her cheap husband was a reasonable man. He was not the kind of person who would always stand on the side of his parents-in-law, have no ideas of his own, and still mess around.
Thinking that no matter what she said, she had to comfort his heart, say some good words, and tie him completely to her side, Chen Xuanxuan shook her head gently and leaned over again.
Under Gu Yanzhang's puzzled gaze, Chen Xuanxuan said to him happily, "Boss, I have no complaints about knowing you, marrying you, sleeping with you, and having children with you. Because in my heart, you are capable and down-to-earth. Not only do you love your wife, you are also very sensible and clear-headed." Seeing
that Gu Yanzhang's face looked much better, Chen Xuanxuan suddenly frowned and said with an understanding look, "Boss, originally I didn’t want to build a new house or such an expensive toilet. But… now people from Gujiagang, Chenjiacun, and even Liujiazhuang know that we can make and sell dumplings and earn money. If I don’t spend the money soon, people from the village will come to our house tomorrow and cry about their poverty. They will beg for mercy and say that their lives are not easy and they hope we can help them…”
"In fact, we are all related by blood, so it's okay to lend some money. But today you lend 500 coins to this family, and tomorrow you lend 300 coins to that family... There are hundreds of families in Gujiagang, and there are also hundreds of families in Chenjiacun. Some people in Liujiazhuang are also closely related to our Gu family... How can we possibly help all those people with the little money we have?"
Gu Yanzhang heard this and said in a bad tone, "I'm not a money-giving boy, how can I lend money to those people?"
As an only child, Gu Yanzhang had no brothers and was alone. When he was a child, his family was particularly poor. The cousins of the same age in the village always liked to bully him.
When they played games together, they deliberately spit on him. Sometimes, they even forced him to crawl into their crotches, saying that they were playing goat riding. Some people even took him to Chenjia Village with bad intentions and asked him to take food from those dog-raising families...
Thinking of the humiliation he had suffered, Gu Yanzhang's hands unconsciously clenched into fists, "I worked hard to earn money, why should I lend them money?"
Then, he looked at Chen Xuanxuan seriously and said, "Wife, you are right."
"Now that we have money, we must not keep a penny. Eat it in our stomachs and spend it on ourselves, that's the right thing to do!"
After fully understanding her husband's position, Chen Xuanxuan felt an indescribable joy in her heart.
So, she rolled her eyes and decided to give some pillow talk to her difficult parents-in-law.
So, she hugged Gu Yanzhang's waist with excitement, leaned her head on his arms, and said affectionately, "Boss, we can make a lot of money by selling buns. Originally, if you didn't say it and I didn't say it, we could make money quietly. But your parents are old and have suffered a lot in recent years. In the past, in the village, those tribesmen always liked to give them the first place to eat. They didn't take them seriously and didn't let them look at them straight. So, your parents told others that our family can make money. In fact, they just want the villagers to look up to us. They glanced at each other. I saw that your parents liked to show off outside, so I thought about spending the money quickly. After spending all the money, not many people care about it. But I really didn't expect that what they care about now is the golden hen in my hand that can lay golden eggs! "
Hearing this, Gu Yanzhang looked at Chen Xuanxuan blankly and sighed, "Your cooking skills are indeed a golden hen that can make money!"
Hey~... Living under the same roof for such a long time, how could he not know his father's thoughts?!
He talked to his father about this matter countless times in private. They also quarreled countless times.
Every time he went out to do business, or came home with money, his father was excited. He deliberately let slip the fact that his family made money, always wanting those people to think that, after thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west, his family is much better off than before.
However, the more his father boasted, the more people became jealous, and they might have some bad ideas in their hearts.
Because people were thinking, when Gu Yanzhang's family was still his father, they were so poor! They were so poor that they could not even eat enough and had few clothes. But what about them now? They are living such a good life. Since his family can live a good life, why can't they? !
People are most afraid of comparison.
Especially in this closed rural area.
In this place, people always hate others who have and laugh at others who don't.
Now that his family is living a good life, everyone thinks that they can also get rich.