"Then I'll come see Uncle Liu later. Uncle Liu, please don't think I'm annoying?" Gu Chengyu replied half-jokingly.
"What are you talking about? Just come here. When you go back this time, help me say hello to Mr. Li and ask him to come and play often. It has been three years since he last came here and he has never come to see me.
This is an old acquaintance."
"Uncle Liu, don't worry! I will definitely bring the message to you." Gu Chengyu saw his father collecting the banknotes and hurriedly stepped forward to help.
Shopkeeper Liu watched as Mr. Gu picked up the banknote and looked at it for a few times. Then he took out two taels of silver together with the silver, presumably for spending money on the road. The rest was put in the rolled up quilt he brought.
, and then put it into the sack he just brought back. When Gu Chengyu stepped forward to help, he had actually put the banknotes and silver into the space. Dad Gu didn't know it yet. Shopkeeper Liu thought he was a thief.
I never thought that all this money would be put in a quilt in a sack, right? It should be quite safe to put the money like this.
"Brother Gu, since we have come to the county town and it's almost two o'clock now, why don't you let me be the host and let you taste the famous dishes of Wenxianlou in this county town." Shopkeeper Liu thought about running all the way.
Come on, I must be hungry at this hour, so I'd better eat something to go back.
"Thank you Uncle Liu for your kindness, but we rented an ox cart when we came here, and asked the owner of the ox cart to wait for us at the gate of the county. It is already getting late, and we are afraid of missing the time we agreed with him.
Isn't it a waste of money to ask people to wait?" When Gu Chengyu heard that he wanted to go to a restaurant for dinner, he quickly refused. The cost of the restaurant was quite a lot, and he couldn't let people spend money. What's more, they had just met, so it wouldn't be good to just go to eat at someone else's food, right?
"Then since you have made an appointment with someone, I won't force you to stay. Brother Gu, next time you come to the county, you must come to me so that I can fulfill my friendship as a landlord." Shopkeeper Liu also said
I know that even if I go to a restaurant with so much money in my pocket, I still feel uneasy, so it would be better to go back early.
"Then Shopkeeper Liu, let's say goodbye now." Father Gu still feels his heart pounding. He doesn't want to go to his eldest sister's house anymore. He just wants to go back and tell Wa'er's mother so that Wa'er's mother can do the same.
I am very happy. After following him for so many years, I have never even seen fifty taels of silver.
"Uncle Liu, let's meet again next time." Gu Chengyu saluted Shopkeeper Liu as a farewell.
Shopkeeper Liu escorted the Gu family to the gate of the medical clinic, "Shopkeeper Liu, stay here, we are going back now." Mr. Gu turned around and said to Shopkeeper Liu.
"Then I will send it here. You should be careful on the road." After saying that, he went in.
"Dad, let's buy something in the county town? It's hard to come here, why don't you bring something back? Also, is it true that you said you were going to my aunt's house? If it is true, then you have to bring some snacks or something.
How about a gift?" Seeing how lively the county town was, Gu Chengyu really wanted to take a stroll. He seemed to buy something to thank Dongzi, and wanted to say hello before leaving.
After thinking about it, he pulled his sleeve again, asked him to lower his head, and quietly told him that he had put the money in. After hearing this, Dad Gu was a little surprised, why so fast? He had obviously put it in himself just now.
Covered.
"Seriously? But the bullock cart is still waiting for us! I have this plan to go to your aunt's house." Dad Gu hesitated a little. In fact, it was rare for him to come to the county town, and he also wanted to buy something. It would be better to leave the money with the gods.
He didn’t need to worry about it. After much deliberation, he finally decided to go shopping.
"Boss, go to the city gate first and see if the driver is still there. If he is, ask him to wait. We are still doing his business anyway. If he is not there, don't come looking for us. Just wait there. But
Don't get separated from us. Xiaobao and I will go shopping and come back. We won't wander around. It's not convenient for Xiaobao and I to hold your bags and quilts." Father Gu was afraid that the driver would be waiting in a hurry.
, it’s not easy for them. Besides, if they just buy something and leave, it’s better to let the boss wait there with the things.
"What? How can this be done? I don't dare! Dad!" Gu Chengli was actually impatient of wandering around in crowds, but he knew that there was money in this quilt, so he was asked to walk there alone with so much money.
City gate, his hands will shake.
"Just take it if you are told. What are you afraid of? Don't stare at it all the time, otherwise you won't tell others that there is something in it? Go ahead!" Dad Gu was a little frustrated. The eldest son had to practice his courage.
Dad Gu and Gu Chengyu watched their eldest brother walk towards the city gate, then turned back and walked into the crowd.
The two of them walked on the street and glanced at every stall they passed. Dad Gu thought that if he went to his eldest sister's house, he would have to buy a pack of snacks and some brown sugar. This brown sugar is also expensive! Let's talk about it again.
A piece of cloth, this gift is complete.
But Gu Chengyu didn't care about this. He thought he might as well buy some food for Brother Dongzi, as others had always helped him, and besides, he had a good sense of Brother Dongzi.
There are people stopping at every stall, and the stall owner just shouts and introduces the goods on his stall if someone comes.
Gu Chengyu took Father Gu to a stall selling cooked food and stopped. Smelling the aroma of braised pork, Gu Chengyu almost drooled. "Dad, Brother Dongzi also helped us, why not buy two
I thanked him for the braised pig's trotters. People may not want to give him money. The food he gave me was better, so let's buy some back for my family to try."
"Okay, but let's forget it. We are going to your aunt's house. It's not convenient to carry these pig trotters, isn't it?" Father Gu thought that he was only buying food and supplies at home, so he might as well go back to the town.
purchase.
When the stall owner saw someone wanting to buy pig's trotters, he immediately became energetic and said, "Brother, you still have the vision! I, Wang Xiazi, have been selling braised pork here for more than ten years, so you can rest assured about the taste and keep it if you want to eat it.
What do you want to eat? Can I have two? Buy them for the baby to try?"
"Dad, you don't have to go to my aunt's house today! You can go tomorrow, too! It's already late now, and it'll be noon when you leave, so why not go tomorrow!" Gu Chengyu didn't want to go.
My eldest sister-in-law's house, plus I've been on the road for a long time today, and it's already afternoon when I get home, so my mother will definitely miss her at home.
"Forget it, okay, let's go tomorrow! I'm really in a hurry today, so there's no need to buy the gift today. I'll buy it tomorrow when I go to town. How did you buy these pig's trotters? Please take four pig's trotters.
Cut it up for me and wrap it up in two parts." Father Gu also felt that it was a bit rushed to go to the eldest sister's house today, so he might as well go tomorrow! He then asked the stall owner to cut four pig trotters and go back.
It's also good for quenching the kids' cravings.
"Hey! Okay! Pig's trotters are thirteen cents a pound. Look, my eldest brother is also a lover of babies. I'll cut them up for you now?" The stall owner said that, but he already had a knife in his hand to chop the pig's trotters.
After getting on it, he chopped the pig's trotters into pieces in just two strokes. "Here you weigh it! It's exactly five jins and one tael. I'll give you five jins, a total of sixty-five fen." Then he neatly took out two pieces of oil paper.
Wrap the pig's trotters, pull out two ropes and tie the oil paper tightly.
Gu Chengyu thought that this stall owner was very shrewd and a bit cunning. He chopped the pig's trotters into pieces before they were weighed, even if others didn't want them. However, this stall owner was very eloquent, which made him not annoying.
When Father Gu heard that the price was sixty-five cents, he felt his body aching. Why are things in this county so expensive? He took out a bunch of copper coins from his body. This was what Lu asked him to take with him before going out. A total of two hundred cents.
Father Gu was counting the coins in his hand, and his heart was throbbing with pain.