Chapter Fourteen, Uncle Five, how about going home?
The bustling inn, with the two teenagers entering, many people looked at the door. It’s not that these people are paying attention. This inn is actually the best inn at Xiji Wharf. The rooms are divided into A, B, C, and the rooms are C, which cost dozens of cents a night. It’s not like these two poor teenagers can afford it.
The waiter in the inn was surprised. Not only was the young master from the scholarly family dressed in the countryside, but the young guest had no need for his warm appearance before leaving yesterday.
"Young Master Gui?" The waiter asked tentatively if he was not sure if he remembered the wrong person.
Gui Chongyang still had a dark face and gave her a piece of silver to her husband: "Check out and hire two more carriages."
Xiaoer bowed and answered, and then he was sure that he had remembered the wrong person. He suppressed his curiosity and went out to find a familiar handlebar style. Although this young master had changed his outfit, he probably played a drag game, and he was still generous in his actions.
After giving instructions to the waiter, Gui Chongyang took Gui Chun to the third floor and entered the innermost room.
This room has two and a half rooms inside and outside. In addition to one bedroom and one living room, there is also a small room where maids and servants go to the night. Because it is a top-notch room, it is equipped with furniture. On the floor of the living room, there are about ten boxes without unboxing. On the bed in the bedroom, there are 80% new cotton bedding and two sets of neatly arranged clothes.
Gui Chongyang did not rush to pack his luggage, but instead took a set of clothes to change, and looked like a young master. He still had plain cotton clothes, and there was no trace of silk and satin on his body, but his little face was tightly tight and had a momentum.
Gui Chun was very reserved and couldn't help but wonder when he saw everything in front of him, but he also felt a little scared when he looked at his cousin's little black face, and said carefully: "Why are you angry?"
Gui Chongyang did not answer, and asked in a stern manner: "Have Brother Chun met Aunt Wu? What kind of character does Aunt Wu have? How good to treat Uncle Wu?"
Gui Chun nodded and said, "I have seen you twice. When Uncle Wu got married, he took Aunt Wu back home once. When I sent her waiter to the town last year, Aunt Wu sent us to dinner. Aunt Wu was in a bad health, but she was very good at treating Uncle Wu."
Gui Chongyang's face was getting better, he paused and said, "How much did the family collect the Jiang family back then?"
Gui Chun drooped his head and said in a muffled voice: "Thirty taels of silver."
What a child raises a son-in-law sounds good is a son-in-law. In fact, for a man, it is similar to selling himself. He has to get a woman's household registration and change his surname, and even his children must follow the surname of the woman.
However, even if it is Gui Chongyang, it cannot be said that the price is low. You should know that you can marry a wife with a few taels of silver. Gui Wu is a good citizen and has been to school. It is also quite kind to give such a "benefactor".
Gui Chongyang's face calmed down a little again. No matter how alert the Jiang family is to this child's son-in-law is, they still kindly when they first accepted him.
Originally, Gui Chongyang had his own plan, but it was not that urgent. After all, he was still young and had to be filial, and he had to wait and see the temperament of his relatives and others. However, meeting Jiang Wuye made Gui Chongyang change his mind.
The weakness of "Xigui" is not only because Gui Yuan made a mistake and became a sinner in Mujia Village. There were also six men in the Gui family who died in succession and one left, leaving only a room of old, young, sick and disabled.
Even now, Guichun is eighteen years old and Guiqiu is sixteen years old. Two brothers are two brothers, but in the eyes of the villagers, they don’t even care about the Gui family. They are just because the Gui family is poor, and they can’t even say that they have a wife. The two brothers say that they have to be a bachelor, and there is no inheritance. Even if their brothers force their wife to marry, they are only two brothers. When the family is full of children and grandchildren, it will take 30 or fifty years for the male child to go.
Since the Jiang family no longer likes Jiang Wuye, they are already thinking about choosing descendants from several grandchildren to inherit the family business, so they will fight for it themselves. They do not care about Jiang Wuye, but some people are interested in it.
At the age of Jiang Wuye, marrying a wife and concubines to reproduce is the thing in front of him; he has been a shopkeeper of a teahouse for many years, and he is a good businessman who does not need training.
Before, because the Gui family had no staff and was involved in business, Gui Chongyang thought about making small fuss, which could not only train people, but also not make too much noise to make people jealous. Now, with Jiang Wuye, a businessman who has been trained, it is another plan.
Gui Chongyang had a plan in his mind, but he was not the kind of self-righteous person. Jiang Wuye is still Jiang Wuye now, and his life should be chosen by himself, not changed by others at will. Therefore, whether to "redeem" Jiang Wuye and how to "redeem" can only be decided after discussing with Jiang Wuye.
At this moment, the waiter had already brought a few cowards upstairs and asked Gui Chongyang how to carry his luggage.
Gui Chongyang pointed to the boxes and said, "There are twelve boxes in total, ten boxes sealed, two unsealed. Carry them first, and I will pack the remaining two boxes with luggage and clothes before I clean them up."
The waiter hurriedly said: "Where is the need for Young Master Gui to do it? If you don't mind the crude benzene, you will still be a small one."
Although Gui Chongyang loves purity, he has no habit of not allowing others to touch his own things. He nodded and said, "Then I'll bother me."
But the waiter was obedient and took the initiative to wash his hands before going to sort out the bed of Gui Chongyang. Seeing the "patch" on the bed, the waiter's face was as usual and was neatly folded.
Although Gui Chun didn't know what was in Gui Chongyang's box, he also knew that this was all the wealth of his cousin, and it was heartbreaking to lose anything, so he took the initiative to carry the box down and stayed at the door of the inn to watch the carriage.
When the waiter had been to Gui Chongyang, he had already known that he had many boxes with him because he hired two carriages, one was a flatbed carriage that brought goods and the other was a manned carriage.
He lifted the boxes one by one and put them on the carriage one by one, which attracted many people to pay attention to this side.
Seeing that there was only a shabby and honest Gui Chun standing next to the carriage, there was a casual man on the street ready to move.
Gui Chun only stared at the number of boxes, not realizing it.
Mr. Jiang Wu was thinking about his nephew and kept paying attention to the inn. He noticed something was wrong and walked over and said to Gui Chun: "These... are Gui Chongyang's luggage?"
Gui Chun nodded and said, "Well, there is no one in the south. Chongyang should have brought all the useful things at home."
Gui Chun has never left the house and does not know the distance between Beijing and Nanjing, but Master Jiang Wu is not so naive. Even if he spends less money on water than on land, he can carry these luggage with him and the shipping cost thousands of miles is not cheap, and it may contain ordinary household items.
Gui Chongyang is only twelve years old. What reliance and confidence to come back alone from afar? He really came back alone? Jiang Wuye was full of doubts, and he was all in his heart. He was only close to Gui Chun.
A few gangsters who were thinking about the carriage recognized Jiang Wuye and went to be honest. Those who could open a teahouse were naturally good friends with each other, and they were not provoked by a few sloppy men.
Gui Chongyang checked out at the inn account.
"The deposit is five taels of silver, one room in Jiazi, two nights, three hundred coins per night, a total of six hundred coins, and the return and exchange deposit is four taels and four hundred coins." The inn accountant held the account book and the abacus, and calculated "crackly".
Gui Chongyang had no objection, signed, collected and returned the deposit.
Seeing Jiang Wuye’s posture in front of the carriage, Gui Chongyang was stunned.
Gui Chun only thought that his uncle was close to him and came over to speak, but Gui Chongyang saw his intention. Although he knew that he had borrowed Gui Chun's light, Gui Chongyang still felt warm in his heart.
The waiter had already brought the last two boxes out, and when he finally loaded the carriage, a small incident happened. The two boxes were tilted to the ground, and the things inside fell to the ground. The peeping eyes at the streets couldn't help but look over again. One box showed off the old cotton luggage, and a patched clothes; the other box was full of old books with yellowed pages, and some manuscripts.
Looking at Gui Chongyang's outfit, without any gold or jade on his body, the idle gangsters who were originally eager to try were inferred and just thought they were a poor scholar.
The waiter quickly apologized to Gui Chongyang for his "missation". Gui Chongyang personally helped the waiter and sent a piece of broken silver.
The waiter shouted at the guys who put the boxes again: "Be careful, the books in about ten boxes will not be dirty."
The guys agreed, carefully arranged the twelve boxes and fixed them with ropes.
Mr. Jiang Wu saw Gui Chongyang and waiter's small movements, and his mouth twitched, but he had to admire his cleverness of his cousin who had just returned. In the eyes of scholars, books are priceless treasures, but in the eyes of idle people in the market, they are all poor and bad things that are not worth thinking about.
Gui Chongyang is just a new arrival, and more than a dozen luggage is inevitable, and more than a dozen boxes are said to be different.
Seeing that Master Jiang Wu spoke accidentally, Gui Chongyang took the initiative to say, "When will it be convenient for Uncle Wu? Please take me to the yamen to settle down."
Mr. Jiang Wu thought for a while and said, "I will settle down sooner or later, and have a good morning child. Let's go back today. I'll go back and take the household note from my uncle's family before coming back."
Although Gui Chongyang used small tricks, Jiang Wuye was worried that they would go back like this, so he found an excuse to take two people to take them back. Unexpectedly, Gui Chongyang had already taken out something from his arms: "Uncle Wu, before I came out this morning, I asked my cousin for the household stickers at home, which was just cheap."
Although Grandpa Gui and Grandma Gui disappeared, Mei had already settled in the Gui family as adopted daughter. This was not because Grandpa Gui and Grandma Gui had the foresight and knew that their son had married another one, but because he felt sorry for his niece, he left her a way out. When it came to the right time, it was convenient for him to remarry, but it was just a good deal for Gui Chongyang, so he no longer had to make a name for himself.
Master Jiang Wu couldn't help but look up at Gui Chongyang again, nodded and said, "That's right, let's go to the yamen now." After that, he ordered Gui Chun to stay and look at the car.
With Mr. Jiang, Gui Chun was naturally not worried about anything. He quickly responded and watched the two leave. He was worried that the people in the Jiang family were unhappy when they saw Mr. Jiang approaching the Gui family, so they couldn't help but look in the direction of the teahouse.
"How many years have you been studying in the dynasty, can you read the Four Books through? Will you end up after the mourning period expires?" Uncle Jiang Wu asked when he remembered the box of books that had landed on the ground, and there were still many notes.
Gui Chongyang said: "I have been studying at the age of five and have been in the lunar calendar for seven years. It's a good idea. Well, if you want to try it out, you must have a fame and a good reputation and support the door."
Gui Chongyang did not mention those words as patriarch, just keep them in mind, and there is no need to mention them repeatedly.
Uncle Jiang Wu looked at Gui Chongyang's small body and was not optimistic. He frowned and said, "Ambition is important, and the body is also important. Since you are the only seedling of a long house, you should know how to cherish yourself and don't let the long house break the incense."
This is straightforward, but only ones can say it.
Chapter completed!