freenovelworld Chapter 996 So Much Money
Chapter 996 So Much Money
Zhou Dacang touched her head and said with a smile: "Our little girl has really grown up and is acting more and more like an adult."
There was an imperceptible sadness in his tone. The child had grown up and had a heavier burden on his shoulders. He saw it and felt heartbroken.
It is not an easy task for one person to be responsible for the livelihood of so many people.
The uncle and nephew sat until the fire gradually died down, then they went back to their tents to sleep.
Early the next morning, after breakfast, Zhou Guo and his friends began to pack up and prepare to go out.
It would take more than a month to go back from here, and she would have to stop and go, so it would probably take two months. Spring plowing was about to begin, and she couldn't delay any longer.
Zhou Da Cang helped to pack up the things and gave her all the treasures he had collected, two large boxes, and said, "These are all for you. I originally had a lot, but I used them to exchange for money with others. Keep them. If you like them, keep them for yourself. If you don't like them, you can exchange them for some money when you are short of money. It can help you get by for a while."
Zhou Guo took the two heavy wooden boxes, opened them and saw that they were full of jade and jewelry. She was dazzled and looked at him seriously and said, "I'll keep these for you and return them to you later. Give them to our aunt. These are all good things. Any one of them can be a family heirloom. It would be a pity to sell them."
It is said that gold is valuable in troubled times and jade is valuable in prosperous times. If these things are not obvious now, they will become valuable in the future.
Zhou Dacang didn't care at all. "If I give it to you, it's yours. Why keep it? You don't even know where your little aunt is. I don't even know her. Why leave such a precious thing to someone you don't know?"
Zhou Guo's mouth twitched, "We may not know each other now, but we will know each other in the future. We will also give birth to children for you. You two will be the closest people in the world. Don't people always say that young couples will be companions in old age?"
"Come on." Zhou Dacang interrupted her, "I'm already so old and still a young couple. If I want to get married in the future, I'm afraid I won't be able to marry a virgin. I'm afraid I can only marry a widow."
Zhou Guo: "Although you are old, you are also a high-ranking official, have a bright future, and are handsome. How many young ladies are lining up to marry you, but how come it is the widow's turn?"
If there was such a bachelor in the village, he could only be called a widow, but Zhou Dacang had everything he wanted, and there were so many young girls waiting to get married, so it was impossible for him to be a widow, right?
"That's right." The old man came in from outside and said, "If you want to marry, the daughter of a rich family may not marry you, but a young lady from the countryside will definitely marry you."
He is powerful and influential, and is at the peak of his career. Even the daughters of wealthy families are eager to get close to him.
Seeing that the two of them were singing the same tune, Zhou Dacang smiled and said, "Okay, I don't have any plans for the time being."
There was nothing to pack, and with Erpang and the other guys there, everything was packed up in less than half an hour.
"Nannan, have you packed your things?" General Xu shouted from outside the door.
Zhou Guo hurried out and saw him standing outside the tent with a few personal soldiers. He smiled and said, "Dad, why don't you come in?"
General Xu said, "It is not appropriate for a grown man like me to enter your little girl's room casually. If you want to leave, I will send a few people to see you off. From now on, these people will follow you and be your personal soldiers. If you want to write to me, just give them your letter or anything else."
Three bodyguards stood up from behind.
Zhou Guo took a look and realized that these were the people who followed her into the mountains yesterday.
Aren’t these the general’s personal soldiers?
Just give it to her?
"Father, I don't need personal soldiers. I'm in the rear and there's no danger. What do I need personal soldiers for? They are there to serve you. Fighting on the front line is always dangerous. I feel more at ease if they stay by your side."
General Xu burst into laughter when he heard this. It was said that his daughter was very considerate. If it were his boys, they would have accepted it happily and complained that he was too slow to give.
He smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. There are so many people in the barracks. Can't you find a few personal soldiers? Although you are in the rear, it is not without danger. They are quite skilled and can run errands well. You want messengers, right? These are them. I feel more at ease with them by your side."
Having said that, Zhou Guo gladly accepted it. "Thank you, Dad. Then I will take these messengers with me."
General Xu was even happier. "That's it. How can I not accept something my father gave me?"
He turned around and took a box from someone and handed it to her, "You have recognized your father, and I am happy. This is the recognition gift from me, you must accept it. If you accept it, you will be a child of my Xu family."
Zhou Guo said: "You have already given the meeting gift. That jade pendant can be regarded as a family heirloom."
The quality is extremely good, and the significance of this thing is more valuable than any other gift.
"That's not a gift for meeting someone. This is it." General Xu said with a smile, "Open it and see if you like it."
Zhou Guo opened it as he was told and was stunned.
She flipped through it and saw a thick stack of banknotes. She roughly counted them and found that there were about 200,000 taels! !
So rich!
Zhou Dacang and the others naturally saw it as well. When they saw all the money, they were so shocked that they forgot to speak and just spent silver as soon as they opened their hands.
But the old man and Zhou Dacang both felt that the silver was a good gift. Although Zhou Guo had been busy making money in recent years, he spent all the money he earned and had almost nothing left every year.
Besides, all this money belongs to the public, and none of it fell into her hands.
Zhou Guo asked stupidly, "Dad, why are you giving me so much money?"
General Xu said, "Didn't you tell me that you would open a shop wherever we fight? To open these things, we need money. You have only been here for a few years, and your family is not well-off. You must not have enough money, right? You can use this money to do anything you want. But Dad hasn't had much money these years. These are all secretly saved without your mother's knowledge. I'll give them all to you!"
Zhou Guo was so touched that he was in a mess. "How long have you been saving so much money? If you give it all to me, won't all the money be gone for buying wine secretly? I don't want all of it, but I'll leave some for you. It's not easy to save this money."
Two hundred thousand taels would take a long time to save up.
General Xu said with a fierce face: "I'll give it to you. Why do you want to give it back to me? You can't drink in the barracks, and I don't have much to spend. But it's different for you. This money will be more useful in your hands than in mine. I'm counting on the stability of the rear area so that our army won't starve. There will be food wherever we fight."
He sighed and said, "We don't have much money to pay back the two million dan of grain you gave us last year, so we'll just owe it to you first, and we'll pay you back when the world is stable."
The young lady worked so hard to grow these, you can’t just take them for nothing, right?
Zhou Guo said: "It doesn't matter. If you want to return it in the future, just return it to the people of the world. I can't eat so much food, and it would be a pity if it went bad."