It was not just a bedtime story as promised, but instead of falling asleep while listening to it, you became more and more energetic and wanted to sit up. Are you really not a money maker?
Gu Wenxuan held his wife's shoulders to prevent her from sitting up, and quickly told him where the eleven thousand taels of silver notes and ten gold leaves were.
The ten gold leaves had been hidden by his parents in the small cellar in the west wing of the couple's house before they came to the city.
As for the eleven thousand taels of silver notes, Gu Wenxuan held Zhou Banxia's hand and put it into his sleeve pocket, indicating that she could "put it away" now.
"Dad meant that we just brought it to the bank when we were in the city to exchange it. There's no need to be polite about this, it's ours to begin with."
Zhou Banxia's mouth twitched, not because of Gu Wenxuan's teasing, but because if she remembered correctly, Aunt Lanhao told her yesterday that her father-in-law had brought back many good things.
Good things like Liaodong's ginseng, deer antler, snow clams and other good things were specially left for her for Gu Dali to take directly back to the workshop, and the principal was returned without any delay?
How is this account calculated? "You're welcome, it's ours!"
"We've been talking for a long time, but you haven't mentioned how much dad has earned. Isn't it because he didn't take into account the principal he paid for the goods in the first place?"
"No." Gu Wenxuan whispered in Zhou Banxia's ear, "The profit from this trip with Big Brother is less than 4,000 taels of silver and what I brought back from the mountain.
In fact, Dad also concealed an account, including one of ginseng, deer antler, and snow clam, where he made a difference of 5,000 taels through the member of the team he rescued.
Even Zhao Laosan didn't know about this price difference, so Uncle Bai probably knew it. However, Uncle Bai probably just thought that the two of us were meddling in it.
It was probably because Gu Dali led the team to purchase a lot of goods, but it was inseparable from the help of the two helpers sent by my husband to my father.
Otherwise, it would have been impossible for Dad to have everything go smoothly just because of the connections between Uncle Yun and Zhao Laosan, and the fact that Zhao Laosan was not short of funds.
As for the two men sent by your husband, my father probably figured out that on the one hand, he was trying to protect him, and on the other hand, they were secretly helping him to investigate.
I went back last morning, and my father whispered to me that we should just know it by ourselves without mentioning it to anyone.
But I don’t want these five thousand taels of silver. I said that before I went back, you repeatedly asked me not to mention the money. Even the principal was filial to him and my mother, and it was even more impossible to accept the five thousand taels.
Dad still didn’t agree, so I called Mom and called her to the backyard and said, haha, Mom said Dad was dishonest, and I immediately ran back on horseback. ”
You cheating son!
Zhou Banxia burst into laughter, "No wonder you accepted even a thousand taels this time. You shouldn't have accepted those five thousand taels. We don't lack those thousands of taels."
Generous!
Gu Wenxuan helped Zhou Banxia, who was about to sit up, "It's more than five thousand, not to mention the goods brought back, plus the profit on the books?
These two sums alone are actually almost nine thousand, my wife, but my eldest brother is very good. I insist on letting you share half of the profit on the book, and keep the remaining half in your hands. ”
"It's very rare." Zhou Banxia praised in agreement, "It seems that no matter what dynasty, the most profitable people are businessmen with backgrounds."
This is nonsense!
"How much wealth do you think Mr. Zhao has?"
"Definitely not as good as the Gao Mansion." Gu Wenxuan glanced around and saw that no one was approaching, so he continued to tell him softly, "Boss Zhao, the Yue family should be very respectful.
The reason why he took concubines in the past was probably because he was treated harshly, the rewards he received were disproportionate and his third brother was wronged, and he deliberately tested the attitude of his in-laws. ”
Zhou Banxia guessed the same.
A great talent who can ambitiously join a wealthy family and marry a rich young lady at a low price, or a great talent who aspires to take the imperial examination, is pursuing the word "profit", not just for "love". Catching a son-in-law under the list is a nice thing to say, but it cannot hide the fact that none of the captured sons-in-law are talents who can hopefully help the family's descendants. Otherwise, it would be useless to pay a thousand gold in compensation.
"Don't sleep anymore?"
"Yes, I'm not sleepy anymore." Zhou Banxia was about to pour tea for Gu Wenxuan when he stopped him and simply sat back on the couch, "Wait a while, Yaxing will bring people over.
My sister-in-law told me again and again yesterday that she wanted me to help her with her eyes, so she didn't show up. Of course, if you say it's a palm eye, you're actually just joining in the fun.
The key to choosing a person is to look at the talent and whether the sister-in-law likes it. Otherwise, no matter how good the person is, it will be useless if she doesn’t like it. ”
I knew you would think so. Fortunately, your Aunt Lan looked back and stared. Gu Wenxuan nodded silently, "That makes sense. What my wife said makes sense."
"The water spilled, that makes sense." Zhou Banxia teased, looking at his insincere words teasingly, "Aren't you going to study in the study?"
"Yes, I'm just waiting to accompany you to pick someone." Gu Wenxuan said with a smile and handed her a glass of warm water, "I'm not thirsty, you drink first. Do you want to eat anything?"
Zhou Banxia shook his head, "We have all the beef, and Aunt Fang also prepared it in different ways, saying that I can eat sauce-flavored beef jerky later, which is great."
It’s fruit. I want to eat durian. The problem is that you have a hard time finding the durian core in the corner. You can’t help but that it will grow slowly even if there is space.
After taking two sips of warm water, Zhou Banxia raised her head and squinted at the sky. She naturally put down the cup and stood up, going back to the upper room to go to the clean room to use the toilet.
"Slow down."
In broad daylight, when I go to the toilet, you accompany me into the clean room to try it out!
Zhou Banxia stared so hard that Gu Wenxuan shook his head and smiled, stopped to let her in, and then lowered the door curtain to indicate that there was no need to lock the door as long as he was outside.
Zhou Banxia gritted her teeth with hatred for this big brother. If she didn't go inside and touch the old fruitless durian saplings, she could just take a look, right?
When Ma Shan sent Fu'er to invite Zhou Banxia, it was almost Shenshi, and the Yapo from the county dental shop brought people from the corner gate and waited in the front yard.
Seeing Zhou Banxia coming in surrounded by a group of maids and women, a plump old woman named Xu quickly stepped forward and saluted,
"Second Young Mistress Fu'an."
After Zhou Banxia nodded with a smile, she walked up to Mrs. Liu and saluted, and then she and Ma Shan, who was pulling her, stood beside Mrs. Liu, waiting for Mrs. Liu to speak.
Mrs. Liu smiled and asked Zhao Yapo to please bring the people here. After a while, Zhao Yapo brought a group of people to the courtyard. The men and women stood in two rows in the courtyard.
Zhou Banxia glanced around, looking at the faces of the two rows of people below. The older ones were in their thirties and forties, while the youngest ones seemed to be only five or six years old.
For a moment, I couldn't tell who was the same family. I could only tell that Zhao Yapo had taken care of the thirty or so people since they came to her house.
It's not like going to a temporary shop to select people. Most of the people you see are ragged servants with either straw sandals or bare feet waiting to be sold. (End of chapter)