nucmednet Chapter 244 His Money is with Me
Chapter 244 His Money is with Me
No one except Bai Jingzhou knew that when Gu Wenxuan offered generous conditions to hire the Lin father and son to be teachers for this group of people, she actually wanted them to teach them more than just to read.
Gu Wenxuan was attracted by the Lin family's connections. Although the Lin family's connections would not benefit them in the short term, Gu Wenxuan felt that people still had to have some long-term strategies.
People need connections to live in the world, and indirect kinship such as "daughter's/sister's husband's nephew/nephew's husband" is obviously not as solid and close as the relationship between master and apprentice, or between fellow students.
The Lin family father and son might not be able to guess Gu Wenxuan's deeper thoughts. They agreed to let Gu Wenxuan and others be teachers, and they naturally considered the pros and cons in advance.
In the final analysis, they really couldn't refuse the two conditions put forward by Gu Wenxuan.
Although they had not spent a long time with Gu Wenxuan and others, the Lin family had fully witnessed the wisdom and fighting ability of Gu Wenxuan and others. They were willing to go there in person to send them back home, which was a hundred times better than hiring bodyguards whose background they did not know.
Not only did Lin's father agree to continue to stay in Baijia Village as a teacher, but he also said that all the expenses for their journey back home, including Gu Wenxuan and the others' return, would be borne by their family.
When it comes to raising money, he and his son are definitely the main players. Father Lin plans to save up all their tuition fees.
Besides that, they can use their free time to copy books with his two grandsons, and his daughter-in-law and granddaughter can also do some embroidery as usual.
As for his wife, her eyes have been blurred by years of embroidery. Now she can only guide her granddaughter and can't do it herself.
Their family had discussed these things in advance. Last time, when Gu Wenxuan proposed to send them back home, Lin's mother and Lin's father told them that they should bear all the expenses of Gu Wenxuan and others.
Lin's father and eldest brother Lin and his wife also agreed with Lin's mother's statement, but they had never found a suitable opportunity to bring up the matter again.
Now that Gu Wenxuan brought up the old matter again and tried to persuade them to stay in Baijia Village, Lin's father took the opportunity to tell them about his own plans.
However, Gu Wenxuan disagreed. She said, "I will prepare all the expenses for the trip. If you have extra money, Grandpa Lin, why not buy some local gifts here and send them back to your relatives."
Father Lin shook his head. "No, you are taking risks and spending a lot of time escorting our family. We don't know how much time it will take to deal with family matters. We can't let you pay for all the expenses on the road."
Gu Wenxuan smiled, "Grandpa Lin, we won't suffer any loss if we go out with you. On the one hand, we can gain experience, and on the other hand, we can also do some small business along the way."
Lin family members: ??? !!!
Father Lin was the first to react. He couldn't help but look at Gu Wenxuan with more respect, "If you were a boy, your future would be limitless."
Gu Wenxuan still likes being a girl. She smiled and said, "I think being a girl is also good."
Father Lin felt sorry because he thought she would be forgotten in this world that favored men over women, but she didn't think so. Although she couldn't do the same job as in her previous life, she could still do something that she thought was meaningful.
Father Lin was startled, then he quickly suppressed the regret in his tone and said to Gu Wenxuan in a tone full of appreciation: "You are right, Grandpa Lin is narrow-minded."
Gu Wenxuan smiled and shook her head. "Narrow-minded people will never admit that they are narrow-minded. Grandpa Lin, you are amazing."
Father Lin laughed and shook his head, feeling that his daughter and the Gu family were really lucky.
The Lin family chose to stay for the travel expenses and bodyguards, but the Gu family began to worry about Gu Wenxuan's money box.
One day, when Gu Yongming was alone with his wife, daughter, and old mother at home, he whispered to Gu Wenxuan, "Two walls of our house are cracked very badly, and the roof can no longer be repaired. We have to build a house in the spring no matter what. You guys need to pay for the tuition fees..."
He looked worried, and Gu Wenxuan thought it was something else. It turned out that he wanted to tell her this.
Gu Wenxuan smiled and reiterated, "Dad, I said at the beginning that I gave it to Shu Xiu, not my family. To be more precise, Jingzhou and I gave it together."
Gu Yongming was puzzled, "Did Jingzhou subsidize you privately?"
Gu Wenxuan shook her head, "All his private money is with me."
Gu Yongming and Jia Guizhi: ...My goodness, his daughter hasn't even married into the Bai family yet, but her fiancé's private money has already fallen into her hands. I never knew that his daughter is quite capable.
Gu Wenxuan didn't know what they were thinking. The situation was peaceful now, so she didn't have to worry about the secret being leaked and attracting a bunch of wolves and tigers. So she thought that now is the day to tell them. Since her family was worried about her financial situation, she might as well take this opportunity to tell them a little about her financial situation.
"Don't worry about the money. Although I'm not rich, I can still afford the tuition for you gentlemen and the travel expenses to and from your hometown."
"The world was too chaotic before, and I was afraid that someone in my family might accidentally let the secret out, so I never told you that I am actually much richer than you think."
Her family only knew that she and Bai Jingzhou bought some farmland together, but they didn't know that she actually had more than one house in the county town, and they didn't know that she actually had several shops with good locations and backyards in the county town.
Not to mention that she and Bai Jingzhou also accumulated a huge fortune by selling cotton, lotus roots, wine, etc. through collusion between gangs.
Gu Wenxuan mentioned it briefly but didn't go into detail, so Gu Yongming and the other two only gathered that she not only had many good businesses that could generate money, but also had plenty of cash on hand.
Gu Yongming was in mixed mood.
His daughter is so modest. She is so wealthy but still says she is “not rich”. How rich does she want to be?
No, the point now is, she spends the common property that belongs to her and Jingzhou at will, doesn't Jingzhou have any objections?
After all, they are father and daughter, so Gu Yongming was worried and asked directly.
Gu Wenxuan shrugged, "He approves of me doing this."
Gu Yongming was skeptical.
Gu Wenxuan reminded him, "Jingzhou is going to take the imperial examination to become an official, so a good teacher is very important to him."
Gu Yongming suddenly realized.
Gu Wenxuan added, "We are just an ordinary farm family. Good husbands are hard to come by. It's a rare opportunity for Grandpa Lin and his family to come to Baijia Village. If I don't rack my brains to keep them here, I will be sorry for the good opportunity God has created for me."
She said to the Gu family generously, "Don't worry about the money. I will give you whatever money you need when we build a house next year."