kingnovel Chapter 492 Huge Sum
Chapter 492 Huge Sum
Zhou Guo slowly stretched out three fingers.
The whole family's eyes widened in surprise.
Zhou Gu touched his head and asked, "Three hundred taels?"
Everyone was speechless.
Zhou Mi said: "Brother, are you stupid? How could it be just that little? It must be three thousand taels!"
"Three thousand taels??!!!" everyone exclaimed.
Zhou Guo grinned and said, "That's three thousand taels!"
Several people felt it was unreal and couldn't help pinching their faces. It hurt!
Zhou Mai couldn't help but say, "I can't make that much money even in two lifetimes. Am I really not dreaming?"
Everyone thought so. Having a few hundred taels of silver at home was already a great achievement, but now there was a huge sum of three thousand taels of silver!
What does three thousand taels mean? Nowadays, a strong and mature cow only costs eight or nine taels of silver at most, and it can buy more than three hundred cows!
When their family was at their poorest in the past, it was said that they spent less than two taels a year. These three thousand taels would take more than ten lifetimes!
After figuring out the math, everyone was stunned!
Is their family so rich now?
Zhou Guo waved her hand and said, "After the beans are harvested at home, we will go to the city to play for two days. We will also go to Baoyue Tower to have a meal. Order a plate of pine mushroom slices for one or two taels of silver to try. Isn't it more delicious?"
Zhou Gu and others all agreed, but they had objections to going to Baoyue Tower.
Li was the first to disagree. "Why eat that? There are plenty of fresh and dried ones at home now. We can't even finish them at home. Eating those that cost one or two silver coins each is not eating mushrooms, it's eating money!"
Zhou Mai and the others couldn't help but nod their heads. That's right, one tael of silver for a mushroom was simply unheard of.
The old man said, "In recent years, compared to the war-torn south, the north has become more and more stable. Many wealthy people have fled here. As the number of wealthy people increases, a mushroom slice worth one or two taels of silver may not be a big deal in their eyes, so it naturally sells well."
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Although we can't compare with the real rich people, it's okay for us to spend a little money to eat what they have eaten. It's settled. When the time comes, we will give these livestock at home to Aunt Qian next door to help feed them. She will definitely be happy to help."
Li smiled and said, "She is very grateful to you for not charging her any money. She brings you some delicious food from home every now and then. She is very happy when you ask her to do these things."
He sighed, "She made a lot of money this time, and she smiled more often than usual. She also said that she would go to the county town with us in a while, and she wanted to buy a few feet of cotton cloth for Changsheng and his sister to make new clothes. She was finally willing to make new clothes for the children. When we first came to the city last year, she bought a few feet of coarse cloth for the two children, and she was not willing to make coarse cloth for herself."
Zhou Xing said, "Aunt Qian is amazing now. She smiles whenever she sees anyone. She is not only generous with her clothes, but also generous with her food. Every time you pass by her house, you can smell the aroma of meat. Every time the Changsheng siblings watch people playing football outside the yard, their little mouths are smacking and they never stop eating snacks."
Zhou Su said, "Many of their snacks are made by Aunt Qian herself, and very few are bought by themselves."
Zhou Guo asked, "You have to eat a lot, right? Why do you bring Li Lai and the other two to eat and drink for free?"
Zhou Su laughed and said, "They insisted on giving it to me. If I didn't take it, they would think I despised them."
The old man loosened his arms, looked at the mountain and said, "The pine mushrooms in the mountain are gone, and the walnuts should be ripe. Who of you wants to go into the mountain tomorrow?"
Zhou Guo was the first to raise his hand, "I, I want to go."
For such a big event, she would go no matter what.
She has been on the road every day these days. She is physically tired and has to worry a lot. If it weren't for the shopkeepers who treated her to meals and gave her delicious food, she would definitely lose weight.
Zhou Mai and Zhou Mi were not qualified to speak because they had not yet had their day off.
Zhou Su was tired from running around outside these days and just wanted to rest at home. He shook his head and said, "I won't go. I'll stay at home."
It's rare that I don't follow the crowd, and everyone laughs.
Li didn't go either. Whenever she had nothing to do at home, she would carry a backpack and run to the mountains with everyone. She would get tired after running too much.
No one was going. Zhou Gu looked around and saw that only Zhou Xing was left. He said, "Then I'll go."
You have to go find someone to work.
Zhou Xing naturally chose not to join in the fun. It was too far away. The walnut tree was a long way from the mountains where mushrooms were picked. After crossing the pond, one had to climb over two mountains.
She didn't have Zhou Gu's leg strength to walk as fast, nor was she as small as Zhou Sulu so that she could have someone else carry her when she couldn't walk anymore. She could only choose not to join in the fun.
The next day, several people went into the mountains.
Zhou Guo stepped on the thick fallen leaves and looked up at the dense forest. He felt particularly at home. He missed it a lot after not being here for some time. This was truly a treasure land for making a fortune.
Zhou Gu picked one up from the ground. Half of the green fruit was rotten, but the other half was still good. He peeled off the skin to reveal the hard shell inside. He cracked it open and saw the thick white flesh. He could tell at a glance that this one must be top-quality flesh.
Zhou Guo ate a piece of it and found it oily, fragrant and with a lingering aftertaste that made people want to eat more.
After eating a petal, the old man started searching on the ground. He had never eaten raw walnuts before. He used to eat dried ones. He didn't expect that the raw ones seemed to be more delicious than the fresh ones. They would definitely be good to eat with wine.
Zhou Guo climbed up the tree in a few steps. Zhou Gu handed her the long pole from below and said, "Be careful, it's so high."
Zhou Guo said, "I understand. You and Master can pick up a few and then get out of the way. I'm going to start beating the fruits. I'll hit you on the head with a crackling sound. It'll be hard for you to bear."
The old man pocketed a few with his clothes, found a good spot far away, sat down cross-legged, and ate fruit and drank wine.
Zhou Gu looked up at the tree worriedly from time to time, fearing that Zhou Guo would fall down if he wasn't careful. Falling from such a high place would be no joke.
Zhou Guo leaned the pole against the branches, found a good position, put one foot on a branch, stood steadily with his legs crossed, raised the pole and started hitting.
The leaves and fruits fell down with a rustling and puffing sound, flying everywhere.
This tree is really big. I don’t know how many years it has been here. Maybe there were people living here in the past. They moved away and left behind these trees that could not be moved. They have grown to this size year after year and have produced more and more fruits.
The big trees had been hit almost all, and there were still some small trees left. I stood on the small trees and hit them a few times randomly, then came down.
Zhou Gu looked up at the two trees and said, "Guoguo, there are still a lot of dirt on them that haven't been cleaned up yet."
Pointing fingers everywhere, "Look, here and there, it's everywhere."
Zhou Guo patted the fallen leaves on his body and said, "Brother, we have hunted enough. Let's save some of the rest for the small animals in the mountains. Otherwise, the small animals will have nothing to eat and starve to death in the winter. The big animals will not be able to find food. Where will we go hunting next year and how will we eat meat?"