Chapter 266 Leaving home and selling yourself!
Just like this money today, my son originally wanted to use it to treat his classmates and friends to a banquet before getting married and tell them the date of his wedding.
I talked to my husband several times, but he just refused to give me any money. He insisted that I just send out the wedding invitation and there was no need for an extra banquet.
My son's good friends are all scholars and have good family backgrounds. They will be taking the imperial examination together next year. It is reasonable to invite them to a formal banquet and inform them.
Otherwise, on the wedding day, the other person will be so busy studying that he or she may not be willing to come.
Thinking of his son saying that there was not enough silver, Mr. Gu hesitated for a while, gritted his teeth, went back to the house, and took out one or two taels of silver from his own private room.
No one knew about the private money in Mr. Gu's hands. If he gave this silver to his son today, it would be equivalent to telling his son that he had hidden some private money.
I'm afraid my son will pester me for money in the future.
But if I don't give it to him, what if his son loses face when he invites his classmates and friends to a banquet because he doesn't have enough money? Then, I'm afraid it will affect his son's concentration on studying.
After holding the silver and thinking about it for a long time, he finally ran to the east wing again and gave the silver to his son.
Gu Liansheng's eyes flashed slightly when he took the silver, and he instantly understood in his heart that the old man had hidden some private money!
"Does mother know...about this?"
"Shhh..." Old Master Gu's expression changed immediately, "You can't tell anyone about this! Especially your mother. If she knew about this, she would definitely fight to the death!
Your mother's temper has changed drastically now. If she takes all the money Dad has, it will be difficult for him to secretly subsidize you in the future!"
"Don't worry! I won't tell anyone a word!"
Gu Liansheng looked very confident, and even raised his hand to swear to Old Man An's heart.
However, since the topic of private property was brought up, Gu Liansheng's curiosity was inevitably aroused.
He approached the old man and asked in a low voice, "How much private money does my mother have? You seem to be talking about this all the time."
Old Master Gu had never explained this matter in detail to Gu Liansheng before, and he still didn't intend to explain it in detail now. He just told him with a serious face.
"I don't know exactly how much money she has, but I do know one thing: your mother has more money than you think!
Son, please be sweet to your mother and visit her more often. She is very easy to please.
If you can make her happy, she will give you all her secrets!"
These words made Gu Liansheng's eyes light up.
He is good at coaxing people, and he was the one who coaxed Qian back!
"Don't worry, my son has made a note of it."
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The father and son were talking about Feng's private money in the room, and they didn't hear the sound of Gu Qing opening and closing the door outside.
Gu Qing changed her clothes. She put on the few decent clothes she had left, put a small bag on her back, then took the bamboo hat hanging on the wall and quietly left the yard.
Just now she went to the main hall to talk to Feng about Wang Laosan wanting to take her away and sell her, but she didn't expect that they would end up parting on bad terms. She had a fierce quarrel with Feng and they even exposed each other's shortcomings.
Gu Qing was very clear-headed. If she contacted Wang Laosan through Feng again, given Feng's hatred for her now, she was afraid that Feng would interfere and instigate Wang Laosan to sell her to a dirty place.
After much thought, Gu Qing decided to go to Wangzhai Village by herself and talk to Wang Laosan in person, asking him to find a job as a maid in a wealthy family for her.
If Wang Laosan is unwilling, then she can go to Bei'an City and find a human trafficker herself!
She just didn't believe it. As long as she was willing to sell herself, how could no one be willing to buy her?!
As soon as you leave the yard, the whistling cold wind makes it impossible to open your eyes.
Gu Qing wrapped his head with a cloth, leaving only his eyes exposed, and walked out of the village against the cold wind.
No one in the Gu family knows about her departure yet.
Old Master Gu and Gu Liansheng and his son were still talking in the room, and Feng was still waiting for Gu Qing to go over and empty the urine bucket. No one in the family went to knock on the door to ask why the person was taking so long to come out.
The only person who knew that Gu Qing had left was Gu Tang from his third uncle's family.
It was a coincidence that Gu Tang was cleaning the stove. She thought it was too dirty to dump the ash in the yard, so she opened the gate and wanted to dump the ash under the tree outside.
Just as she opened the door and came out, she glanced to the east inadvertently, and unexpectedly saw Gu Qing walking out of the village.
At first she didn't recognize that the person was Gu Qing, but she recognized the clothes first, and then she guessed that the person might be Gu Qing.
The dress that Gu Qing was wearing was light red. It was the only one in the whole village. It was bought by Wei as a gift for her on Gu Qing’s birthday last year.
Gu Qing loves this dress very much and often wears it when she strolls around. It is impossible for Gu Tang not to recognize it. He has seen it so many times that it has already been memorized in his mind.
But, instead of staying at home to warm yourself by the fire on this snowy day, where can you go in this wind and snow?
Could it be that I beat her too hard before, so I went to see a doctor?
Gu Tang, wearing a straw hat, stood outside and watched for a while. He saw that Gu Qing did not turn and kept walking straight, as if he was leaving the village, not looking for a doctor.
Doctor Gu from the village lived in the south, and Gu passed the intersection that turned south early in the morning.
As people walked further and further away, dense snow blocked their view, and Gu Tang turned around and went home.
Don't worry about things that don't concern you.
She didn't take it to heart and didn't tell her third uncle about it.
After returning to the yard, he put down the basket and went to the kitchen to help his third uncle light the fire.
In the morning, the whole family didn't eat anything. They just had some cakes to fill their stomachs, and now they were a little hungry.
The old man asked Gu Tang what he wanted to eat. Gu Tang said he just wanted two bowls of noodles and didn’t want to eat anything else.
After dinner, the grandparents waited in the house.
In the afternoon, there was finally a knock on the gate.
When the grandparents heard the knock on the door, joy showed on their faces and they hurried out of the house to open the door.
When the gate opened, the scene outside scared the grandfather and grandson.
There were five ox carts and a horse carriage parked outside the door, which was different from what was said before.
"Why are there so many cars?" Third Uncle was confused. "Are we hiring extra cars?"
Didn’t we agree not to hire ox carts in order to avoid attracting attention? Why did you change your mind now?
"They weren't hired; they were bought by Sanlang." Gu Lianshan pointed at the young men driving the cart and said, "These are Sanlang's servants, helping to drive the cart."
Servant?
Gu Tang paused, looked up at these servants, and found that they were all children. Could they be those little beggars?
"Master, these servants were bought by my grandson. Don't worry, I won't say anything nonsense."
Agou knew what the old man was worried about, so when he was looking for someone to drive the cart, he specifically found the little beggar in the charity hall.
These little beggars listened to him very much, and they all lived in the charity hall. They rarely met outsiders and would not gossip with others.
"Since it's your servant, then I'm definitely relieved. Hurry and pull the car into the yard. It's not good to park it outside..."
If the villagers saw so many cars, they would probably become jealous and who knows what kind of trouble would arise.
My third uncle has been low-key for most of his life and doesn't want to attract too much attention.
He pulled Gu Tang back outside, opened the gate, and let Gu Lianshan and the others tow the car into the yard.
Seeing that Gu Ping'an had also retreated to the side, Gu Tang waved at him, motioning him to come over.
Agou noticed this scene and felt a little anxious. Don’t ask about the ox cart. This kid named Gu likes to say bad things about him!
I wanted to go over and listen to what the siblings were talking about, but I was afraid that Gu Tang would get angry.
He hesitated for a while, and before he could think it through, Gu Lianshan, who had already entered the yard, called him and told him to come in quickly.
Having his thoughts interrupted, Agou had no choice but to deal with Gu Lianshan first.
As for Gu Tang, she asked Gu Ping'an to come over and didn't ask anything else, but she did ask about the ox cart.
"Did Gu Sanlang really buy this extra ox cart?"
"He said yes. When my father and I arrived, he was already waiting with his ox cart and servants."
"That's thoughtful," Third Uncle interjected, "I guess it's because the snow is so heavy, and for safety's sake, they want to finish the haul in one go."
"Yes, that's what he told Dad." Gu Ping'an nodded.
Gu Tang didn't say anything else, just said: "Come into the yard and see if you can help move things."
I helped the old man back to the yard, and saw the servants moving things into the house skillfully.
Six large carts of stuff were moved in halfway, and the west wing room, which was used as a warehouse, could no longer hold it.
Gu Lianshan cleared out a room in the east wing and asked them to put the remaining things in the east wing.
Looking at these things, Third Uncle felt relieved and relaxed.
He lowered his head and whispered to Gu Tang, "With so much food here, we don't have to worry even if there is a snowstorm."
Gu Tang nodded: "That's right, if you have food in your hands, you won't be worried."
With the various self-defense weapons she drew from the system, she didn't have to worry about the snowstorm at all.
With so many people around, things worked quickly. In no time, all six trucks were cleared of items.
"Hurry up and come into the house, warm yourself by the fire, and have a cup of hot tea to warm yourself up!" Third Uncle smiled and invited these "servants" who were still children to come into the house.
The "servants" didn't dare to move, but looked at Agou.
Ah Gou didn't really regard them as servants, and waved his hands at them: "Listen to my master, I told you to go in, just go in."
The servants were instantly happy.
Gu Ping'an stepped forward and arranged for them to follow him into the house.
Gu Lianshan and his party returned later than expected. The tea in the kettle was heated again and again. This was the third time. The tea in the kettle was about to boil, and the whole room was filled with the fragrance of tea.
Gu Ping'an was delighted when he smelled the tea. This was the good tea in his second sister's hand!
Gu Lianshan and Agou followed closely in and also smelled the fragrance of tea.
Agou was not very interested in the tea. He just sniffed a few times and didn't say anything.
Gu Lianshan grinned and praised, "My daughter really took out the best treasures from the bottom of the box today! This tea is so fragrant!"
Agou was stunned. Was this tea brought out by Gu Tang?
He immediately said, "Uncle is right! This is really a treasure from the bottom of the box! My cousin is really generous!"
Gu Tang, who was helping his third uncle in, happened to hear these words and was speechless.
You don't mean it at all!
Gu Ping'an poured tea for everyone and let them taste it.
I don’t know whether they were sincere or not, but after drinking the tea, everyone said it was good.
Third Uncle asked Agou to sit next to him and asked him how the road went.
"How deep is the snow on the road? Can you still see the road clearly?"
Ah Gou replied obediently: "I can still see the road clearly now, but if this heavy snow continues to fall overnight, I'm afraid I won't be able to see clearly tomorrow."
"It's more than just the road being unclear." Gu Lianshan suddenly interjected, "Beian City is very bustling today. I guess they're worried about the snow, so many people are braving the heavy snow to come into town to buy things.
Take the charcoal we bought, for example. Can you guess what the price is today?"
"It can't possibly double again, right?" Third Uncle couldn't guess the exact answer, but thought that at worst the price would just double.
"One? That's great!" Gu Lianshan held up three fingers, his face filled with amazement. "It tripled overnight!"
"Three times?!" Third Uncle was dumbfounded. "The previous price had already increased several times, and this time it tripled again?"
"There's no way around it. The price keeps going up when it's not snowing, and now that it's snowing heavily, the price has naturally skyrocketed! Everyone wants to make a killing right now!"
Third Uncle sighed, "This is really... Fortunately, we bought it early. Although the price had increased a lot back then, it was still cheap compared to today."
"That's right. Compared to now, the price was really cheap when we bought it!"
"The price of charcoal has skyrocketed, and I'm afraid the price of food will remain high as well."
At this point, Third Uncle suddenly thought of Gu Tianbao. "Tianbao is going to rent a yard. Charcoal is so expensive, and firewood will definitely go up in price. Now that we live in Bei'an City, life will be difficult."
Speaking of Gu Tianbao, Gu Lianshan showed no sign of worry.
He said, "That kid is lucky! On the day we moved, I took him for a walk around West Street and bought a lot of food, charcoal, firewood, and other things. If they save some food, it will be enough for the three of them, mother and son, to get through the winter."
Third Uncle was very surprised: "If that's the case, then he's really lucky! If he bought it a day later, he would have spent three times the price!"
Thinking of this, Gu Lianshan couldn't help but sigh: "Indeed, it's only one day apart."
On the day of moving, he originally did not approve of Gu Tianbao buying so many things. People say that you should compare prices from three different stores, look around more, and bargain more. How can you buy everything in just half a day?
But the boy refused to listen, saying that neither he nor he was good at bargaining and didn't understand the prices here. He was afraid of being ripped off, so he pestered his mother to help him bargain, and they bought everything in half a day.
Now that I think about it, that kid does have some luck.
Gu Tang's mind was full of the word "luck" at this moment, and his eyes were shining!
There were several unopened gift boxes in her system backpack.
Why not open?
Because her luck is unstable.
If Gu Tianbao is really lucky, I can try to use him to open the blind box in the future!
Thinking of this, Gu Tang became annoyed again and secretly glared at Agou!
My own luck was unstable, sometimes high and sometimes low, and as a result, Agou borrowed some of it.
She had originally thought that this person was a Yin God after all, so he should have good luck and could at least let her benefit from it.
Unexpectedly, this is such an unlucky guy!
In the end, she didn't share in other people's luck, but instead lost her own luck!
This is really against Tiangang!
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