Chapter 66: Selling deerskin, fighting again tomorrow!
Several servants helped lift Gu Lianshan up and carried him onto the donkey cart.
Gu Tang thanked them one by one, pulled Gu Ping'an onto the donkey cart, and asked the driver to take them to Fu Ke Lai.
When they arrived at Fukelai, they asked the store staff for help and helped carry Gu Lianshan into the house to rest.
Drunk people are most likely to get thirsty, so Gu Tang asked his servant to bring in a stove and put a long-spouted kettle on it, and asked Gu Ping'an to take care of it to ensure that there is always hot water to drink.
After all this busy work, dozens of copper coins were distributed.
Gu Tang's hands were loose, and he didn't even blink when he scattered the copper coins, which made Gu Ping'an so distressed that he kept crying.
"Take it easy. Dad is drunk and didn't see it. If he were awake, he would definitely complain about you being a spendthrift if you were so generous!"
"How dare he!" Gu Tang glared, "Who am I giving away these copper coins for? It's just to make Dad feel better!"
Speaking of this, Gu Pingan recalled what happened in the restaurant just now, "Second sister, what happened to you in the restaurant? Why did you get dad drunk for no reason?"
"Don't ask me about this, and don't tell Dad. Just take good care of Dad. I'm going to go out and buy some things."
As he spoke, Gu Tang took out a string of copper coins from his sleeve and handed it over, adding: "Take this string of money. If you need anything, just ask the waiter to get it. If the money is not enough, just remember it and I will make up for it when I come back."
Taking the copper coins, Gu Pingan was a little worried: "Can you do it by yourself? Or don't go, wait until Dad sobers up, and then we can go together?"
"Don't worry, I'm not going far. I'm just on the street next to the restaurant."
After saying this, Gu Tang turned and left.
Gu Ping'an stood at the door and watched for a while, feeling very worried.
Arriving at the lobby of the inn, Gu Tang asked the shop assistant and found out the location of the spice shop, then left the inn and looked for it.
Just now she coaxed Gu Ping'an by saying that they were only going to stroll along the street next to the inn, and in fact she was right.
There are actually a few spice shops on the street next to the inn.
Following the address given by the shop assistant, Gu Tang soon arrived at the next street.
As she walked along, she did see four or five spice shops. She glanced around and chose one that had little business.
The spices here are not something that ordinary people can afford. Even if Gu Tang had 350 taels of silver from selling the deer, he could not afford a visit to the spice shop.
Therefore, she planned to pick the cheapest ones, buy one or two each, and then after a few days, open them and hold them in her hands, or scatter them on her body to sign in.
See if you can sign in something related to spices. For example, you can refer to lighters and sewing sets to get a "spice gift bag that will never run out". That will definitely make a lot of money!
Gu Tang thought about it more and more and stepped into the spice shop.
The shop was run by a plump young woman with a pleasant appearance, but she was not good at talking and didn't like to talk to people.
Seeing a guest coming, she just smiled at Gu Tang and said stumblingly: "See, see if there is anything you like. If you want, just call me."
Then there was silence.
He sat there by himself, in a daze.
Tsk tsk! No wonder business is so slow, look, there is a reason for this.
Gu Tang shook her head. If she opened a shop in the future, she would definitely find a sweet-talking and smiling young man to help her.
After looking around the store, Gu Tang selected ten spices including sandalwood, perilla, clove, cyperus, and musk.
Just one or two ounces of each.
The woman did not mind that Gu Tang asked for too little, and she weighed and packed the spices patiently and carefully one by one. In the end, she even gave Gu Tang a discount and only charged her one or two taels of silver.
After leaving the spice shop, Gu Tang couldn't help but look back. The shopkeeper was not bad, but he was a little tongue-tied and had no tact.
The shopkeeper himself was probably aware of this as he spoke very little throughout the entire process and only smiled at her in a flattering manner from time to time.
Well, it’s rare to meet such an honest person. If you need spices in the future, you can come here often.
Coming out of this street, Gu Tang turned into a dead end.
After looking around to make sure there was no one around, she placed her hand on an abandoned basket that was upside down on the ground.
Then transfer the deerskin in the system backpack into it, then take out the basket, pick up the deerskin and leave.
She found a familiar fur trader and put the deerskin in front of him for inspection.
"They are all sika deer of excellent quality. Each hide is intact, and the tanning technique is also from Kyoto. You are an old hand in this business, just check and see if what I said is correct."
The fur dealer looked over each deerskin carefully, then smiled and said, "Miss Gu really thinks highly of me. She brought such good things here."
"How is it? I'm not kidding you, am I? Just give me a fair price. If it works, all ten deerskins will be yours!"
After hearing this, the fur dealer smiled even more happily, and held out five fingers to Gu Tang: "For the size of the fur, the good condition, and the tanning craftsmanship, I'll give you five taels of silver per piece, how about that?"
Five taels per piece?
Gu Tang silently calculated that in the fur business, this price was considered high.
"Okay! Just five taels each! But I want cash!"
"Yes, yes, yes! I have cash!" As he said this, the fur merchant shouted into the shop and asked the clerk to bring out fifty taels of silver.
The shop assistant was very quick and soon handed over fifty taels of silver.
The fifty taels of silver were not all silver ingots, there were also loose silver coins in it. The fur dealer weighed the silver with a scale in front of Gu Tang.
After both parties confirmed that it was fifty taels, they exchanged the money for the goods.
After taking the silver, Gu Tang turned around and was about to leave.
The fur dealer reminded him, "Miss Gu, if you have such good furs in the future, just send them to me. I will definitely give you the highest price!"
"Don't worry, I'm not stupid. I won't sell it if the price is too high. Do I have to sell it at a low price?"
Gu Tang replied with a smile, and without stopping, he soon left the fur shop.
After finishing these two things, the remaining things can be done after her father wakes up.
But that depends on tomorrow's sign-in results.
If everything goes well, after buying the house, I can go to the school to ask about Gu Ping'an's admission.
Of course, if things don't go well and she has to pay "ten cents" for signing in, she will have to find a way to delay it for another day.
In order to ensure a smooth tomorrow, Gu Tang bought a bunch of incense to worship the gods and Buddhas before returning to the inn.
She didn’t sign in and pay the money today, it must be because she didn’t burn incense today!
She will get up early tomorrow morning and light the incense, and then kowtow a few more times.
She just didn't believe it. Could she really earn ten cents by signing in every day? !
Gu Tang returned to the inn with great ambition and momentum.
He first reported to Gu Ping'an that everything was fine, and then went back to the house to recuperate and fight again tomorrow!
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