kingnovel Chapter 467 Meeting Them
Chapter 467 Meeting Them
Li was still in the room with Li Lai and Xu and several other people collecting strings of money, her mouth was almost dry from counting them.
Zhou Su stood beside the old man, looking at everyone with a serious face and chest out. If anyone tried to rob him, he would not be polite.
Everyone's eyes almost popped out when they saw such a large basket of money.
They had never earned so much money before, and such scenes only happened when they were paid after working for the landlord. But that was the landlord's family, they were very wealthy, so it was not surprising.
But the Zhou family was different. They were just like them, peasants. How could they have so much money?!
It is impossible to say that everyone has no ideas at all. There are always a few bad apples in a village.
But the old man was sitting there, with white hair and beard. He just glanced at them lightly, and his calves were trembling. They all wondered if he was looking at them. This old man was really amazing. He saw through their thoughts before he even took any action. He was just like an old immortal.
The old man saw it all clearly. He had been a bodyguard for so many years, so how could anyone hide any tricks from him? His eyes seemed to be rotten, moving around all over, and no one knew why, as if he was afraid that others didn't know what they were going to do. He was so mean and stupid.
Zhou Guo looked at the master sitting at the top, very satisfied, and nodded, "Okay, I'll read out the name of the family and send someone up to take it, and then go down."
"Wang Mantun!"
"Here, here, here I am, hey, here I am, there is someone at our house."
Zhou Gu took out a string from the basket and gave it to him, and Zhou Xing solemnly wrote down a hundred coins on the side.
Wang Mantun happily took the money and went downstairs. It was small money, but small money could make big money. Their family would become rich!
There were many people who thought this way. When they received the money, their mouths were stretched to the back of their ears. Although it was only one hundred cents, there would be more to come.
We were busy from mid-afternoon until dark before we finally finished. After receiving the money, everyone was not in a hurry to leave. They were very excited and wanted to talk to someone. Looking at the baskets of mushrooms was like looking at baskets of money. Who would be willing to leave?
It’s better if they are reluctant to leave. Zhou Guo takes them to take protective measures for these pine mushrooms so that they will not be rotten by the bumps and can be preserved for a longer time.
They were busy until the moon rose, and then everyone was reluctant to leave, looking back every few steps.
Even through the courtyard wall, you could hear their joyful chattering all the way, it was as lively as the New Year's Day.
Wang Fugui and Zhou Cheng ate until they had dinner before going back.
Li sighed and said, "Your uncle Fugui and uncle Cheng are still kind to us. They don't want you to take risks alone."
Zhou Guo and the others nodded, they were indeed nice to them.
As they were talking, Qian from next door came in with Wang Changsheng and his sister.
Zhou Guo was stunned. He seemed not to have seen her today.
Li smiled and said, "Aunt, have you eaten yet? If not, come and eat something. We haven't finished yet."
Qian waved her hand, "We've already eaten."
After that, he said embarrassedly: "I heard that your family is collecting mushrooms. I don't know if you are still collecting them. I just happened to pick up a basket in the mountains today, and I also picked up a basket yesterday. They are all top quality."
Li and his companions looked at Zhou Guo.
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Aunt, I won't buy the mushrooms from you guys, but I can sell them to you. I won't charge you a penny for the price I get."
When Qian heard her say she would not charge, her face turned pale. But when she heard the rest of the words, she was surprised and happy. She said hurriedly, "No, no, no, how can you not charge? You have to charge at least a little. Otherwise, how can I bother you next time?"
Zhou Guo was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Aunt, let's talk about it later. Go back first and sort your mushrooms. Our mushrooms are divided into three categories according to quality. The best ones are the most expensive. Once you have sorted them, I will come and move them when I leave tomorrow."
Qian was overwhelmed with joy and went back.
Li looked at her back, then looked at Zhou Guo, opened her mouth and said, "Guoguo, you don't charge money from these families, look at your Aunt Chen's family, isn't it..."
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Mom, don't worry. I didn't intend to take Aunt Chen's money. It's just that we are from the same village, and it would be bad to show favoritism. You can give the money to her later."
Chen was the first person to show kindness to them when they arrived in the village. The next two families were also very close, so it would be inappropriate to accept money from them.
Li was very happy.
The next day, Zhou Guo had breakfast and rode his horse out of the village.
……
She looked at the group of young men in front of her who had become completely transformed and almost didn't recognize them.
Her hair was combed neatly, and her face, hands, neck and all exposed parts were washed clean. Her clothes were worn but clean.
They stood neatly in front of her. Except that they were a little thin, they looked like street children. Some of them looked even neater than the children of farmers.
Zhou Guo was very satisfied and said with a smile: "This is the way it should be. I don't understand why you guys make yourselves dirty all day long. This way it looks good and makes you feel comfortable."
Wu Jiang smiled bitterly and said, "If we were like this, who would give us money if we went out to beg?"
Zhou Guo was stunned. He didn't expect it to be like this. Will no one give alms to beggars if they dress cleaner?
Wu Jiang asked: "You are coming today. Does that mean we will start working tomorrow?"
Zhou Guo nodded and said, "Let's go tonight. After you have dinner and settle down at home, go to Longpanwan and wait. The convoy will pass by there in the middle of the night. You must arrive early. If you miss the time, you won't be able to sell this batch of goods at a high price. Don't delay."
Wu Jiang said: "Got it, don't worry, we will definitely arrive early."
Zhou Guo nodded, explained some more things, and rode back on her horse. She had to go back and discuss with the old man whether Cheng Ding should go or not.
"Go, of course. This time it's 2,000 kilograms, maybe you can barely sell it. Next time if it's more than 4,000 kilograms, can you still sell it? Although the city is big, it can't take in so much of your goods. This stuff doesn't last long, even if it's carefully preserved, it won't last for six or seven days."
Zhou Guo asked: "So should we go next time or this time?"
The old man smiled and said, "Of course I will go this time. I will be more relaxed next time if I check the road in advance. As originally agreed, you will go to Chengding and I will go to Yunzhou. A group of small minions have become kings. I want to go and meet them!"
The words were spoken with great dominance.
Zhou Guo immediately praised: "Master is really amazing, worthy of being an experienced escort who has seen a lot of things!"
Zhou Gu and others also praised them. Everyone in the village treated these people as if they were their greatest enemy, but the old man was so calm and composed. He even said he wanted to meet them. This was not a meeting at all, he wanted to teach them a lesson.