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Gu Jiao slept soundly. When she woke up, several men in the family had already gone to work and school.
Yuya'er brought in a bowl of sobering soup and said, "Young miss, you're awake? Guye told me to remind you to drink a bowl of sobering soup when you wake up."
Gu Jiao was already fine, but since it was her husband's intention, she obediently drank it.
She went to see Yao Shi. Yao shi was doing well, except... the fetal movements were quite strange.
"It hasn’t moved for a long time, I'm afraid..." Yao Shi refrained from saying any ominous words.
Gu Jiao took out a stethoscope and listened to the baby's heartbeat, "It's normal, no need to worry." contemporary romance
Yao Shi hesitated for a long time before saying with grievance, "This child is so lazy."
It was only when Marquis Gu came here that the baby was active and couldn’t stop kicking a lot with his tiny feet. The rest of the time, however, he remained still.
If it weren't for her daughter being able to hear the baby's heartbeat, Yao Shi would have thought that something was wrong with the baby in her belly.
"Isn’t it the same for your first pregnancy?" Gu Jiao asked.
"You and Yan'er were cute and active in my belly." Yao Shi couldn't sleep all night because of their constant movements. It was really hard at that time. On the other hand, this pregnancy was comfortable, but it somehow worried her at the same time.
Gu Jiao nodded, "Well, maybe it’s really just a lazy baby."
A part of Yao Shi's belly suddenly bulged out.
As though someone was silently protesting.
……
Gu Jiao went to the medical hall and unexpectedly saw Huang Zhong there.
Huang Zhong had been helping Marquis Gu with the construction of a mansion for the past few days and perhaps hadn't been back to the capital in a long time.
"Eldest young miss." Huang Zhong respectfully bowed.
"What's the matter?" Gu Jiao asked.
"Ah, Lord Marquis asked me to bring some silver banknotes for the eldest young miss." Huang Zhong said, taking out a brocade box from his pocket, "This is one thousand taels, please accept it, eldest young miss."
"Oh." Gu Jiao accepted it.
Huang Zhong looked bewildered.
Eldest young miss, isn't your reaction a bit strange?
Aren’t you going to ask why Lord Marquis suddenly gave you silver banknotes?
The truth was that Old Marquis somehow found out about the young master's monthly allowance being cut off, and he was so angry that he gave Lord Marquis a good beating. After that, he forced Lord Marquis to open his own small treasury and send some silver to the eldest young miss.
Forget it. The eldest young miss had always been such a strange flower that she even beat up her own father. Did he really expect her to follow the normal way of doing things?
Huang Zhong gave up trying to make sense of it all and continued, "This one thousand taels of silver is for the eldest young miss, to thank her for taking care of the young master. Also, there are ten taels of silver for the young master's allowance this month. After this, the estate will send twenty taels of silver to the young master every month."
Gu Jiao nodded, "I understand. I will pass it on to Ah Yan."
In the evening, Gu Jiao returned home.
Gu Yan, who was shoveling chicken manure, received the ten taels monthly allowance Marquis Gu gave him and laughed heartily three times.
"Little monk!"
He found Little Jing Kong in the vegetable garden in the front yard and handed him the shovel and small dustpan, saying, "Alright, from now on, you can shovel chicken manure by yourself!"
Little Jing Kong frowned at him, "Are you slacking off again?"
Gu Yan raised his eyebrows and bent down to place two silver ingots in front of him, "See this? What is it?"
Little Jing Kong gave him a sideways glance, "Are you that dumb? You need to ask me what this is?"
"Hiss..." Gu Yan was so angry he sucked in a breath of cold air. He crouched down on one knee and said to the little guy, "What I mean is that I have money now, and I can pay off my debt to you. I don't have to work for you anymore."
"Really…?" Little Jing Kong said skeptically, drawing out his words.
"Of course! This is real silver. If you don't believe me, ask JiaoJiao!" Gu Yan replied.
Normally, a four-year-old child wouldn't recognize the specific specifications of silver, but Little Jing Kong had been collecting rent of thirty taels a month for half a year now, so he was quite familiar with silver.
"This is ten taels." Little Jing Kong said.
"Yes, it's ten taels!" Gu Yan nodded.
Little Jing Kong said, "Do you know how much you owe me?" f(r)eewebnovel
This question stumped Gu Yan.
Right, how much exactly did he borrow from this little guy?
Little Jing Kong put down the small shovel and small dustpan, took out a small ledger from his pocket, and flipped through it carefully as he said to Gu Yan, "You borrowed a total of fifty taels of silver from me, with three percent interest. That means the interest is one and a half taels per month. You owe me for nine months, so the total interest is thirteen and a half taels."
Gu Yan was stunned, "But I have been working for so long, how can it be calculated like this?"
Little Jing Kong shook his head helplessly and broke it down for him without using an abacus. "You have four main sources of income: feeding the chickens once a day for five copper coins, walking the chickens once a day for five copper coins, cleaning up chicken manure once a day for five copper coins, and praising me in a fancy way once a day for ten copper coins." [T/N: Haha]
Gu Yan looked confused, "Why does praising you earn me more money?" He didn't think much about it before, but now he felt like he was being taken advantage of.
Little Jing Kong replied seriously, "That isn’t just because I have too many merits, it's also a way for you to make money easier. I am thinking for your sake!"
On Gu Yan’s face was the expression asking, do I look easy to fool?
Little Jing Kong: When it comes to knowledge, you are indeed easy to fool!
Little Jing Kong cleared his throat and turned to another page of the ledger. He looked at the data and continued, "But you haven't praised me for eight months! You only praised me for one month, which is a total of 300 copper coins. You cleaned up chicken manure 100 times for 500 copper coins, walked the chickens 20 times for 100 copper coins, and fed the chickens 35 times for 175 copper coins. In total, it's one tael of silver and 75 copper coins, plus the ten taels of silver you have on hand, which is a total of 11 taels of silver and 75 copper coins."
He closed the little ledger and sighed like a little adult, "Your entire wealth is not even enough to pay me the interest."
Gu Yan was dumbfounded, "This... This..."
Little Jing Kong turned to another page, "I haven't even calculated the hundred copper coins deduction for feeding my little chickens wrong, and five hundred copper coins deduction for saying I'm not cute!"
Gu Yan was furious, "Why so many deductions?"
Little Jing Kong said, "Little Eight also stole chicken food three times, and rounding it off, that's a deduction of two hundred copper coins."
Gu Yan looked at the little stupid dog with a snap.
Little Eight lay on the ground, covering its eyes with its paws.
You can't see me, you can't see me, you can't see me...
Gu Yan was so angry that he trembled, why on earth were you stealing chicken food! Have you forgotten that you're a dog!
Gu Yan gritted his teeth, "I I I, how do I know that you’re not just making these up?"
Little Jing Kong said confidently, "I make JiaoJiao sign every time I keep accounts. JiaoJiao is the guarantor. If you have any doubts, you can ask JiaoJiao directly."
Baby Gu felt wronged.
Baby Gu didn't say anything.
Little Jing Kong put the small ledger back into his bosom, picked up the small shovel and small dustpan on the ground, stuffed them into Gu Yan's hands, and patted Gu Yan’s...
Well, he wanted to pat Gu Yan on the shoulder, but he was too small to reach it, so he could only pat Gu Yan's thigh, "Alright, now you can continue to shovel the chicken poop. Big brother Yan, go go go!"
Baby Gu: Wu~
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