Gan Lei was afraid that his wife would not want the jewelry given by Guo Song, so he first went to a jewelry store and exchanged a pair of gold bracelets with rubies for seventy taels of silver, and then rushed home happily.
When he got home, he first held his daughter in his arms who was playing in the yard, gave her a golden flower to play with, and then went into the house. With his daughter as an amulet, his wife would not be cruel to him.
"Damn fat man, have you been drinking?" Li Wenyu grabbed his ear and asked with anger on his face.
"Ma'am, be gentle, my junior brother is here! I just went and took a sip."
"Your sip is probably at least half a pot!"
Gan Lei lowered his eyebrows and said: "Madam, I accept the punishment. Where is the washboard? I will kneel now."
"Hmph! Don't try to fool me. If you don't explain things clearly, it's useless even if you kneel on the washboard. How come the money you earned from selling cakes this morning was thirty cents less? Tell me honestly. Did you give it to some vixen?"
Gan Lei had money in his arms, and he didn't care about the little money. He admitted honestly: "Madam, how can I find a woman? In fact, I want to make a new dress for Niu Niu and you.
, I have saved three hundred coins in the past two months."
Li Wenyu sneered twice, "Haha! You actually still have private money. Hand it over quickly and I will spare you this time."
Gan Lei had no choice but to pour out a pile of copper coins from a broken shoe. Li Wenyu brought an iron box and swept the money into it. Thirty cents turned into three hundred cents. The anger in her heart finally disappeared.
Already.
"Where is your junior brother? Why don't you let him come and sit at home?"
Gan Lei carefully discerned the lady's face to see if what she said was true or false? He was confused when the lady spoke true and false.
"Aren't you angry with him in the past two months? I'm afraid that if you invite him to my house and show your face to others, it will be bad."
"You are such an idiot!"
Li Wenyu poked her husband on the forehead, "I'm angry with him because he killed my master, but he helped us like that before, will I not remember his kindness? These are two different things, and he is your junior brother after all, I
Will I not give you any face at all?"
Gan Lei racked his brains to excuse Guo Song, "Actually, junior brother also accidentally injured your master. He killed Master Baiyun. Hundreds of people wanted to kill him. He had no choice at all. If he didn't defend himself, he would have been killed by your master. In the end,
In the end, Master Baiyun is the culprit. If he hadn't destroyed Qingxu Temple and Lingji Cave, my junior brother would not seek revenge from him."
Gan Lei told the truth and lies. Anyway, the lady only knew that the master was dead, but she didn't know how. They also saw Guo Song's wanted order, so they asked someone to inquire, and they only knew about the incident in Zixiao Tiangong.
In the melee, many Taoist priests died, including the three old witches from Huangheguan.
Li Wenyu was silent for a moment and said: "In the final analysis, Master hated Qingxu Guan because of me, and he died because of me. The responsibility should be borne by me. It is true that I cannot blame your junior brother. From now on, I will not be grateful to him.
I don’t hate him either, don’t worry, I won’t show off when he comes to our house as a guest in the future, and at the very least I will treat guests as I do, and I won’t be rude.”
Gan Lei was in a dilemma. He still had a bag of jewelry given by his junior brother in his arms! How could he speak?
At this time, the daughter in his arms held a flower and said with a smile: "Mom, the flowers daddy gave me are so beautiful."
Li Wenyu's expression changed, and she noticed that what her daughter was holding was actually a golden flower. She quickly took it. The golden flower weighed at least two taels, was made of pure gold, and had several rubies inlaid in the center of the flower.
"This...is this his gift to Niuniu?"
An idea flashed in Gan Lei's mind, yes! It's a gift for Niu Niu. She never refuses small gifts given to Niu Niu by others, she always accepts them happily. Her daughter is the best excuse!
"Actually, it's not just the golden flower. He gave Niu Niu a lot of greeting gifts. In the future, Niu Niu's dowry will be included."
He quickly spread out a heavy bag of jewelry on the table. There were twenty-three pieces in total, including four pairs of gold bracelets inlaid with precious stones.
The key is that there are many precious gems. An emerald pendant the size of an apricot is the most valuable. Gan Lei saw that the jewelry store also sold it, but it was much smaller than it and cost 300 yuan. He estimated that just this emerald would be the most valuable.
The pendant is worth at least five hundred coins.
In fact, Guo Song didn't know how much this bag of jewelry was worth. He found it in Mut's horse bag and decided to send it back to his senior brother as a gift.
Li Wenyu was stunned, and after a long while he asked with trembling lips: "Where did your junior brother steal these jewelry from?"
"Let me put it this way, my junior brother never does anything sneaky. He said he won the lottery in archery on the grassland, but I guess he must have experienced something big in the grassland. He also donated three dollars to Master Jinshen Pavilion.
One hundred taels of gold, and a small house of three acres in Xuanyangfang."
Li Wenyu knew the goods better than her husband. She shook her head repeatedly, "Sanlang, these jewelry are too valuable. Such a big sapphire is worth at least several hundred guan. And this emerald, which can't be bought without thousands of guan. Let's take one."
A golden flower, even if it is a meeting gift he gave to Niu Niu, we have to return the other jewelry."
Gan Lei sighed and said: "Do you think I will really accept such precious jewelry? Even if it is a biological brother, I can't accept it. He is not a family now and doesn't know how expensive firewood and rice are. If you give it back to him now, he won't cherish it. Sooner or later, he will give it all away.
Man, I'm thinking, let's save it for him and give it to his wife when he gets married. But we can accept these four pairs of gold bracelets. I mean, since it was his intention to give them to Niuniu.
, let’s just accept a little more..."
People are poor and have short ambitions. Although Li Wenyu was always a little bit resentful about Guo Song killing her master, she was really frustrated by life and couldn't do anything about it. She nodded and agreed, "You can take a pair of bracelets later."
After selling it, we will first pay the flour and sugar money we owe to others, and we also owe the rent for more than half a year, and we will give it to the landlord as well."
Gan Lei hesitantly took out fifty taels of silver and put it on the table, "Actually, I have already sold a pair of gold bracelets."
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Guo Song left Xinfeng County and galloped all the way. When passing through Bashang Town, there were more than a dozen restaurants and taverns, but almost all the customers inside were soldiers stationed in Bashang.
Guo Song didn't eat breakfast and only drank a few glasses of wine at noon. He was already so hungry that his chest pressed against his back. The biggest problem with eating in the restaurant was that the horses had to be tied outside and the guests often couldn't see them. There were too many soldiers here, which was really frustrating.
People are worried.
Guo Song actually wanted to buy some steamed buns, meatloaf and other snacks that he could eat while walking, but he couldn't find such a snack shop.
After passing through Bashang Town, I saw a large food shed under a big willow tree in front of me. There were more than a dozen large tables under the shed. The kitchen was a thatched hut, and two waiters kept bringing out roasted meat from inside.
Cake and hot tea.
The horse-tethering post is right next to the greenhouse. There are many mules and horses tied to the two horse-tethering posts, and the last horse-tethering post is still empty.
Guo Song urged his horse to run to the greenhouse, turned over and dismounted, and said loudly: "Brother, bring me five meat pies and a bowl of hot soup!"
A waiter ran up and said apologetically: "Sir, the meatloaf has just come out of the oven. It has to wait for a while. Why don't you eat something else first?"
When Guo Song saw someone eating noodles next to him, he said, "Give me a bowl of noodles first, and the one with minced mutton, and then a bowl of mutton soup."
"Okay, sir, sit down for a moment and I'll be here soon!"
The waiter ran into the house and ordered the people below. Guo Song tied the horse to a wooden stake and sat down in front of a square table.
At this time, a carriage drove up, followed by five or six horseback attendants. One of the attendants walked into the shed and shouted: "Man, here are twenty meat pies!"
"Hey! I'm sorry, sir, the meatloaf is gone. I have to wait for the next one."
"How long do we have to wait?"
The waiter looked back and said apologetically: "It will probably take about a cup of tea!"
It takes ten minutes to make a cup of tea, and it comes out of the oven after ten minutes, which is not a long time.
The entourage came to the carriage to report. There was an old man's voice in the carriage. Through the carriage and boat, his white hair could be faintly seen.
"From here to Chang'an, there are no food stalls on the road. Let's just wait for a while!"
The entourage went to pay. At this time, Guo Song's minced mutton noodles were brought up, as well as a steaming bowl of haggis soup. Guo Song was so hungry that he picked up his chopsticks and started eating.
At this time, the white-haired old man in the carriage suddenly saw the Fire Dragon King tied to the horse post. His eyes suddenly lit up and he asked in surprise: "Whose horse is this?"
"Sir, it looks like the young man eating noodles."
The old man glanced at Guo Song, then at the horse, and said with praise: "This is very similar to Huihe Khan's Dayuan Tianhuo horse. Even on the grassland, it is only one in ten thousand. There is such a top-notch horse in the Tang Dynasty."
, Ahu, go ask the young man if he wants to transfer this horse? As long as he is willing to transfer it, let him ask for the price!"
The entourage came to Guo Song and saluted with clasped fists: "Master, excuse me!"
Before he could speak, Guo Song shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, this horse is my favorite and I won't sell it for any money."
He heard what the old man said clearly. He was joking and actually wanted to buy his own Fire Dragon King. Is this something he could buy with money?
The attendant was never willing to give in, and said: "You can set a price and give it a try! This opportunity is not something that ordinary people can encounter."
Guo Song said coldly: "This horse is not something that ordinary people can encounter. Although it is not the horse of Huihe Khan, it is almost the same."
"Ahu, forget it, since I won't sell it, don't force it."
The white-haired old man was quite polite. Although he liked Guo Song's horse very much, he did not stick to it.
Not long after, a batch of meat cakes was baked. The entourage took twenty meat cakes and drove away with the carriage. Guo Song ate two more meat cakes and drank the mutton soup. When he saw that the carriage had gone away, he asked the waiter.
Said: "How much?"
"The meatloaf is ten cents each, the dough is twenty cents, and the haggis soup is ten cents. Master, the total is eighty cents."
Guo Song searched for it in his money bag for a long time. The lightest piece of broken silver weighed three cents. He handed it to the clerk, who smiled and said, "Wait a moment, I will change the money for you."
The clerk entered the shop. At this time, a group of forty or fifty people came running from a distance, all riding war horses. The momentum was very large. The leader was a young man wearing a brocade robe and a gauze hat. His waist
Wearing a jade belt and a sword with a very gorgeous scabbard, you can tell at a glance that he is a member of a wealthy family.
A group of people rushed past the food shed, but within a hundred steps, the group turned around and came back.
The waiter just finished changing money for Guo Song, and he hurriedly greeted him and said with a smile: "Do you want to have dinner in the shop?"
The leader, a big man in black, ignored the waiter and pointed at the Fire Dragon King with his riding crop, "Whose horse is this?"
Guo Song stood up and said coldly: "It's my horse!"
The big man threw a piece of silver to Guo Song, "My young master bought this horse!"
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