Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Wasn't it agreed to be a bedtime story? Instead of falling asleep while listening to it, I became more and more energetic and wanted to sit up. Are you really not a money-grubber?
Gu Wenxuan held his wife's shoulders to prevent her from sitting up, and quickly told her where the 11,000 taels of silver note and ten gold leaves were.

The ten gold leaves had been hidden by his parents in the small cellar in the west wing of his and his wife's room before they came to the city.

As for the silver note of 11,000 taels of silver, Gu Wenxuan held Zhou Banxia's hand and put it into his sleeve pocket, indicating that she could "put it away" now.

"Dad meant it. We just happened to be in the city and it was convenient to exchange it at the bank, so we brought it here. You don't have to be polite about it. It's ours anyway."

The corners of Zhou Banxia's mouth twitched, not because of Gu Wenxuan's teasing, but because if she remembered correctly, Aunt Lan had told her yesterday that her father-in-law brought back a lot of good things.

For example, a portion of the good things like ginseng, deer antlers, and snow frog from Liaodong was specially reserved for her so that Gu Dali could take it directly back to the workshop, and he would also return the principal without any loss.
How is this account calculated? “You’re welcome, it’s originally ours!”
"After talking for so long, you still haven't mentioned how much Dad has earned. Could it be that you didn't take into account the initial investment he made?"

“No.” Gu Wenxuan leaned close to Zhou Banxia’s ear and whispered, “The profit from this trip to settle accounts with big brother is less than four thousand taels of silver plus the things that Shan brought back.

In fact, my father also concealed an account, that is, he made a profit of 5,000 taels from the price of ginseng, deer antler and snow frog through the wealthy man he rescued.

Even Zhao Laosan didn't know about the price difference, so only Uncle Bai probably knew about it, but Uncle Bai probably just thought that it was something that the two of us interfered with.

This is probably because a lot of the goods were basically purchased by Gu Dali, but this was inseparable from the help of the two helpers assigned to my father by the master.

Otherwise, with just the connections of the wealthy man that Dad rescued, Uncle Yun and Zhao Laosan, and Zhao Laosan not lacking in funds, it would have been impossible for Dad to have a smooth sailing.

As for the two people sent by the master, Dad probably figured out that on the one hand, the master wanted to protect him, and on the other hand, they were also helping the master investigate something in private.

When I went back yesterday morning, my dad whispered to me that it was enough for us to keep it to ourselves and not mention it to anyone else.

But I didn't take the five thousand taels of silver. I said that before I went back, you repeatedly told me not to mention the silver. Even the principal was to show filial piety to him and mother, and it was impossible for me to accept the five thousand taels.

Dad didn't agree, so I called mom and took her to the backyard to talk. Haha, mom said dad was not being honest, so I immediately rode back on horseback. "

You bastard son!

Zhou Banxia laughed in silence, "No wonder you accepted even a fraction of a thousand taels this time. You shouldn't have accepted the five thousand taels. We don't need those thousands of taels of silver."

Generous!

Gu Wenxuan helped Zhou Banxia up as she tried to sit up. "It's more than five thousand, not counting the goods we brought back, plus the profit on the books?
These two sums alone are actually almost nine thousand, my dear, but my elder brother is very good, he insisted that Dad give you half of the profit on the books, and keep the remaining half."

"It's very rare." Zhou Banxia praised in cooperation, "It seems that no matter which dynasty, the most profitable people are still businessmen with backgrounds."

This is nonsense!
"How much wealth do you think Mr. Zhao San has?"

"It's definitely not as good as the Gao Mansion." Gu Wenxuan glanced around and saw that no one was approaching, so he continued to speak softly, "Boss Zhao's Yue family must have received a lot of tributes.

Why did he take advantage of the situation and take a concubine? It should be because he was taken in too harshly, and the reward he got was disproportionate and his third brother was wronged, so he was intentionally testing the attitude of his Yue family. "

Zhou Banxia guessed the same.

The talented men who are ambitious enough to marry the daughters of wealthy families, or the talented men who are determined to take the imperial examinations, are all after profit, not just love. Catching a son-in-law from the list is a good story, but it cannot hide the fact that none of the caught sons-in-law are talented people who can help the family's descendants. Otherwise, it would be useless to pay a huge sum of money.

"Don't sleep anymore?"

"Yes, I'm not sleepy anymore." Zhou Banxia was about to pour tea for Gu Wenxuan but was stopped by him. She simply sat back on the couch and said, "Wait a minute, the dental clinic will bring someone over.

My sister-in-law repeatedly told me yesterday that I should help her with the selection, so I couldn't not show up. Of course, when I say selection, I'm just joining in the fun.

The key to choosing a person is to look at the eye for talent, to see if the sister-in-law likes him or her. Otherwise, no matter how good the person is, what's the point of buying him if she doesn't like him or her?"

I knew you would think so. Fortunately, Aunt Lan turned back and looked at you. Gu Wenxuan nodded silently, "That makes sense. What my wife said makes sense."

"The water has been spilled, that makes sense." Zhou Banxia teased, looking at him teasingly, "Aren't you going to the study to review your lessons?"

"Yes, I'm 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 her head. "We have beef already. Aunt Fang prepared it in different ways. She said I can have some beef jerky with soy sauce later. That's great."

As for fruits, I want to eat durian, but the problem is that it is very difficult to find the durian seeds in the corner, but they will grow slowly even if they have more space.

After drinking two sips of warm water, Zhou Banxia looked up and squinted at the sky, then naturally put down the cup, stood up, and went back to the upper room to use the toilet.

"Slower."

It's broad daylight and I'm going to the toilet. Why don't you accompany me into the bathroom?

Zhou Banxia glared at Gu Wenxuan, causing him to shake his head and laugh. He stopped and let her in, then lowered the door curtain, indicating that there was no need to lock the door since he was outside.

Zhou Banxia gritted her teeth in hatred for this big brother. She would not go in to touch the durian tree seedlings that never bore fruit, but just "take a look", right?

When Ma Shan sent Fu'er to invite Zhou Banxia, ​​it was almost 3 p.m. The matchmaker from the county town's dental shop had brought people from the corner gate and was waiting in the front yard.

Seeing Zhou Banxia coming in, surrounded by a group of maids and servants, a plump old lady named Xu stepped forward and bowed.
"Second Young Madam, Fu An."

Zhou Banxia nodded with a smile and walked to Liu to pay her respects. She and Ma Shan, who was pulling her, stood on Liu's left and right, waiting for Liu to speak.

As Liu smiled and asked this Mrs. Zhao to bring the people over, soon Mrs. Zhao brought a group of people to the courtyard, and men and women stood in two rows in the yard.

Zhou Banxia glanced around and looked at the faces of the two rows of people below. Some were in their thirties or forties, while the youngest looked only five or six years old.

For a moment, it was difficult to tell which family they were from. One could only tell that since they were at her house, Mrs. Zhao had carefully asked these thirty or so people to tidy up everything.

Unlike going to a brokerage to pick someone up temporarily, most of the people you see are servants in ragged clothes, wearing either straw sandals or barefoot, waiting to be sold. (End of this chapter)