Chapter 8 Persuasion
"But, it's more than twenty miles from home to town. Every time the second uncle goes back to the market, he sets off at the end of Yin and can only reach the market at the end of Si. On the road of Guang, he has to walk for an hour and a half. Have you walked for such a long time? No, no," Gu Chengliang blurted out.
Gu Dechang nodded and said, "Well, Brother Liang is right. Xiaoyu, our home is too far from the town. You are weak, so you rest at home. If you want anything, let's ask your second uncle to bring it back to you, okay?"
My father and brother disagreed, which was expected by Gu Huayu.
"Dad, my second uncle went to the market with beans on his back. It was too heavy. I wasted too long on the road. If I missed the peak of the market, the beans might not be able to sell for a good price.
One hundred kilograms of beans, one cent more than one kilogram, and one hundred kilograms of beans will be sold for one hundred more than one hundred kilograms of beans.
Let’s take a bus to the town, and each person costs two cents. One hundred kilograms of beans are counted as one person. If you only spend four cents on a bus, you can earn ninety-six more.
Xiaoyu has already thought about it. Tomorrow we will take Uncle Wang’s ox cart to the market. Xiaoyu’s cart will be paid by herself. Xiaoyu keeps the New Year’s money given by his grandfather during the Chinese New Year.” Gu Huayu said while counting with his fingers.
Seeing that his daughter made a small plan sound, Gu Dechang's eyes lit up.
Gu Chengliang was also moved and exclaimed: "Dad, our Xiaoyu is smart."
Gu Dechang nodded and agreed, "Well, Xiaoyu is thinking. OK, I'll go and talk to your ancestors and let my second sister-in-law take you together tomorrow."
Gu Dechang stood up and headed towards the main house.
Regardless of whether the car to the market tomorrow can sell an extra penny per kilogram of beans, his daughter should support her if she has this idea.
Besides, it is really hard for my second sister-in-law to go to the market with beans on her back.
Gu Chengliang stared at Gu Huayu with admiration, "Sister, how did you think of these things? Tell me about it quickly."
Gu Huayu was silent, she just found an excuse to convince her father.
But seeing Gu Chengliang's earnest eyes, Gu Huayu pretended to be profound and looked at Gu Chengliang and said casually: "Selling things is a big question, not something that can be clearly explained in just a few words. In addition to the quality of the items, timing is also very important.
Let’s think about the problem from a different perspective. Brother, if you live in the town, if you want to buy beans today, would you go to the market early to take a look? Pick the best beans to buy."
Gu Chengliang nodded, "That's right, if I want to buy beans, I will definitely go to the market early."
Gu Huayu was afraid that Gu Chengliang would hold on to the matter, so he quickly changed the topic: "Will it be over? Do you need to add anything? I will bring it back to you tomorrow."
Gu Chengliang thought about it, got up and took out a small cloth bag from the closet, then took out ten cents from the cloth bag and handed it to Gu Huayu, "The ink I used is almost gone. My sister brings me one piece tomorrow and goes to Bimoxuan on the Cross Street to buy it. Buy such a big one, seven cents a dollar, and the remaining three cents, and buy snacks for my sister." Gu Chengliang said and gestured.
Gu Huayu reached out to take the money, put the copper plate in his hand and played with it. While agreeing, he brainwashed Gu Chengliang and said, "Thank you brother. Brother, I want to make money, make a lot of money."
Gu Chengliang just thought Gu Huayu was joking, but did not take it seriously, and replied perfunctorily: "Okay, Xiaoyu will definitely make a lot of money in the future. Xiaoyu can't count it, I will help you count."
Gu Huayu replied: "Okay, I will definitely make my hands cramped."
Gu Chengliang tightened the bag mouth and said, "Okay, brother, wait."
The brother and sister were talking about each other.
After a while, Gu Dechang and Wan came back together.
"Xiaoyu, grandfather agreed. Let you rest earlier and go to the market with your second uncle tomorrow. By the way, this is the money my grandfather gave you to buy something you like." Gu Dechang said while handing the copper plate in his hand to Gu Huayu.
Gu Huayu took the copper plate and counted it, and his grandfather actually gave her fifteen cents.
Gu Huayu took out two cents and handed the rest to Wan, "My grandma, I don't need so much, I'll collect all these for Mother."
Wan did not accept Gu Huayu's money, "What grandfather gave you is yours. Just keep it yourself, don't give it to my grandmother."
Gu Huayu had no choice but to put the money away.
Wan put his hands on Gu Huayu's shoulders and reminded: "I will follow my second uncle to the market tomorrow and I will follow my second uncle closely. Do you know?"
Gu Huayu nodded, "Don't worry, Xiaoyu can save you."
Gu Dechang knew that Wan was worried and comforted, "Xiaofeng, don't worry. Although Xiaoyu is going to the market for the first time, we are aware of the text and verbal words. Not to mention going to the town, we can't lose Xiaoyu even if we go to the county town."
Others don’t know how smart his daughter is, and Gu Dechang is full of confidence in the children he taught himself.
Wan said with a smile: "Yes, our Xiaoyu is the smartest. We will get up early tomorrow and go and rest early."
Gu Huayu said good night to her father and mother, and went back to the house to rest.
Gu Huayu closed his eyes and prepared to go to bed. A panting sound surged in his ears. Gu Huayu focused his mind, his voice became clearer, and he instantly understood that the sound came from the room between Gu Chengdong and Guan.
I thought to myself that food, sex, nature is also the eternal truth.
Gu Huayu was about to block the disturbing sound when he suddenly heard Guan Shi say, "His father, is grandfather too biased to the third room?"
"What's the biased third room? Let me tell you, don't behave like Wang like to target Aunt San and Xiaoyu." Gu Chengdong's voice sounded.
"Look at you, why are you angry! I just asked casually, how could I target Aunt San and Xiaoyu?" Guan said carefully.
Gu Huayu listened carefully, and the next door was silent for a moment.
Just as Gu Huayu thought the elder brother and his wife had rested, he suddenly heard Gu Chengdong say, "I'll tell you, respect Aunt Third in the future.
Aunt San handles three meals for 10 or 20 people in the family, and also takes care of pigs and cows. Aunt San works the hardest.
When we get home, we see if we have done something, we will help with some. Do you understand?"
"Okay, I'll write it down." Guan replied.
After a while, Gu Huayu heard Gu Chengdong say to Guan, "I tell you that our family is poor not because it is to support my third uncle in school, but because he has been poor all the time, so poor that he can't even have enough food to eat.
Uncle San is talented and intelligent. My uncle likes Uncle San very much. He asked Uncle San to study with him since he was a child, but his uncle has never received money from our family.
My uncle couldn't teach my third uncle, so I invested my own money to hire a teacher, and never asked our family to pay a penny.
When I was a child, Cheng Nan and I liked to go to my uncle's house to play with my third uncle, but we were reluctant to go home as soon as we went there.
At that time, Uncle San and Aunt San had not yet married, so we called Aunt San Feng.
Feng Gu took me and Cheng Nan with everything he did, cooked food for us, and helped us wash clothes. Cheng Nan and I were raised by Feng Gu."
Then there was another silence.
"His father, I understand. In the future, I will respect Aunt San."
Chapter completed!