Chapter 37: The Black Market, Gu Jiajie Knows All About It

Upon seeing so much money, even Chen Hong’s eyes straightened up.

Gu Jin proposed, “Let’s count together. With this much money, who knows how long it’ll take for me to finish counting.”

“Okay!”

Chen Hong was the first to grab a portion and start counting.

Uncle Gu and Grandpa Gu also stacked up the money and sorted them out while Gu Jiajie and Gu Minmin helped.

Things moved faster with more hands, and soon, the final figure for the pile of money was reached: it came to a total of ¥126.50.

The number stunned everyone in the Gu household.

The average worker’s salary in that era was just about thirty yuan. Meanwhile, the yearly earnings from the farmland were only worth a few months of an average worker’s income.

However, they had just sold pork and earned an average worker’s few-months’ wages in a day. It was well above the yearly income that was generated by a farmland.

Chen Hong swallowed her saliva. “So much money… How do we split it?”

She felt that it was only right that she deserved a share of such a huge sum of money.

Grandpa Gu remained quiet and did not rebuke his daughter-in-law’s words.

Gu Dechang and Gu Minmin’s eyes were already so wide that they did not know what to say.

Gu Jiajie stared at the money on the table, while his eyes shone and dimmed. Although it was not obvious on the surface, his heart was already pounding.

Just then, Gu Jin moved.

She reached out and took seven or eight one yuan notes, as well as a handful of coins, about twenty yuan in total value.

As for the rest of the money, she pushed all of it up to Chen Hong.

While Grandpa Gu was in charge of the family, it was mainly in deciding on important matters. When it came to the family’s expenses, Chen Hong handled it entirely.

“Auntie, you hold on to this money. Consider it as future expenses for both me and Xiao An. That child is still growing, and he needs more eggs and meat to grow.”

Chen Hong gawked a little at the pile of money in front of her. There was a look of disbelief on her face.

It was not until Gu Jiajie prodded her that she returned to her senses.

She extended her hands and dragged all of the money on the table toward her. “All rght, all right, I’ll definitely give him more eggs to eat, and we have more than enough meat at home!” she said.

The amount of money there could feed a person eggs and meat for a long time. How could she not know that, so she took advantage of it.

There was about a hundred yuan there.

Chen Hong’s heart was pounding hard, and she was extremely excited.

Grandpa Gu gave Gu Jin a vague look and tapped the pipe in his hand.

Everyone then looked over.

Grandpa Gu said, “Jin has poured a lot of effort into this, so don’t be calculative. Xiao An is a good kid.”

“I know, Dad!”

Chen Hong put the money back into the pouch, and the loud noise surprised Uncle Gu, as well as Gu Minmin, by the side.

Looking at her family, Gu Jin smiled as she got up to make preparations for braising the wild boar’s intestines and liver.

When Gu Jin resumed cooking, the Gu Family dispersed. Only Gu Jiajie was left in the medium-sized kitchen, and he sat on the bench as he looked at Gu Jin’s busy figure.

His eyes were gloomy, yet he seemed to have a thousand words to say.

Gu Jin cut up all of the wild boar’s offals and put them into the pot. After adding water and seasonings, she sat on the bench and started the fire.

Once the fire was started, she looked at Gu Jiajie, who was sitting by the side, and said with a smile, “Why haven’t you gone to sleep?”

Gu Jiajie narrowed his eyes and answered with a question, “Xiao Jin, what time are you planning to go to the county?”

Gu Jin smiled when she heard that.

Thinking back to when he covered for her, she understood that he knew what was going on in the county’s market.