Chapter 421

Gu Anran took paper to wipe the old lady's tears.

The old lady asked: "Why didn't A An come over?"

Gu Anran said: "I didn't let him follow."

This is fine as it is.

If he came, it might not have this effect.

The old lady placed her hand in her palm and said: "Granny has burdened you."

Gu Anran said: "If Granny hadn't protected me, I would have had no place to stay in the village long ago."

Gu Anran is not speaking without basis.

There is a long-standing, distinctive practice called Eat Absolute Household.

This practice kills invisibly, devours people without leaving bones.

Not to mention she has no parents, only a little girl; even in the village those who have only one son or none at all are bullied everywhere.

That she still has a place to live is due to the old lady's desperate protection.

In fact.

After the old lady passed away, she was indeed forced to leave her homeland.

The old lady still worried, saying: "We still need to go talk to your San Aye."

Gu Anran shook her head and said: "Granny, don't go."

"San Aye only knows how to muddy the water and play favorites."

"He hopes Gu Jianfa will cause trouble."

"Those fields and homesteads haven't all been taken by the Gu family under various pretexts, have they?"

Each time Gu Jianfa causes trouble, the old lady can only cut her losses and let the Gu family step in to discipline Gu Jianfa.

Adding to that, Gu Jianfa is useless...

Anyway, after all these years, only this homestead remains.

Gu Anran was young and not very sensible before, but now it's different.

She feels the Gu family is using Gu Jianfa as a pawn!

She guessed that Gu Jianfa would cause trouble.

She was also waiting for this opportunity; when Gu Jianfa causes trouble, she can then say these things!

It can't be said to be establishing authority, but it also expresses her stance!

Tell those with ill intentions that her household now has a man too; don't think you can just bring a dog to bite off meat.

Indeed.

She likes Wu An, but the quick engagement is not only to prevent Gu Jianfa from causing trouble, but also because she needs to get engaged as soon as possible.

The adult world.

It always involves some realism and adapting to circumstances.

This is also a gamble.

If Wu An can be relied upon, she will be the winner; if not, she will truly lose utterly.

The old lady sighed.

Gu Anran said: "Things will be different from now on."

She comforted the old lady with a few words.

Wu An actually hadn't gone far.

Wait for Gu Jianfa to storm out swearing, then he followed on his bike.

Wu An actually knew very well that Gu Jianfa was merely a tool being used by others.

He is a stupid dog that rushes forward to bite flesh from the old lady and Gu Anran.

The exact situation is clearly written in Wu Yingwei's notebook.

Eat Absolute Household!

Father wrote those three characters on the book, and the handwriting shows he wrote them with great force.

He guessed that Father must be furious and also hated himself for being powerless, because even if he gave his all to help, he still couldn't prevent the Eat Absolute Household incident.

What was meant to happen still happened.

Reborn and returned.

He and Gu Anran came together by chance, and he kept thinking about how to help Gu Anran.

Some preparations have already been made.

Actually, solving this problem is quite simple.

First is Kill Chicken to Warn Monkey!

Gu Jianfa is that chicken.

How to kill it still has its particulars.

Wu An pondered, tailed behind, waiting for Gu Jianfa to leave the village and reach the road.

He put on a mask, rode his vehicle over, and kicked Gu Jianfa into the small ditch beside the road.

Then he gave it throttle.

He fled.

From the rearview mirror, he saw Gu Jianfa crawling out of the puddle, filthy-faced, shouting curses.

Wu An sneered.

How was that saying again… This dog-like thing already has a death sentence.

He had just arrived at Lao Wu when Lao Fu Tou and the others also just arrived.

Enter the house.

Sit down.

A Qing helpfully poured tea, curiously asking: "Brother, why did you call us over?"

Wu An said: "It's like this, yesterday I went to the county and sold the ambergris."

All sold.

A Qing was very surprised: "Really ambergris?"

Sold for so much money, Brother, your luck is really good—have you gone to buy lottery tickets?

His idea is simple.

He thinks his luck is good, so he should buy lottery tickets.

Picking ambergris from the sea to sell doesn't earn more than buying lottery tickets.

Mei Wu couldn't help but complain, asking: "A An, you called us over, it's not just to talk about this, right?"

What else?

Wu An said: "Settle the accounts."

A Qing scratched his head, looking clueless: "Brother, what accounts to settle?"

Wasn't the account already settled yesterday?

Mei Wu doubtful: "You mean the money from selling the ambergris?"

Wu An nodded.

A Qing shook his head, his head wobbling like a rattle drum: "Then what are we splitting, some thread?"

Brother, I don't want this money.

The ambergris was given to you by the sea turtle, it's none of our business.

Wu An smiled.

It's not surprising that A Qing would say that.

He said: "Whoever sees gets a share."

A Qing, shut up.

I'm going to give you money, you still don't want it—are you stupid?

A Qing closed his mouth that had just opened, muttering a couple of words under his breath.

Wu An looked toward Lao Fu Tou.

Lao Fu Tou was smoking, smiling and asked: "I'll follow whatever you say, boss."

Give me a share, and I'll treat it as a bonus.

I won't say anything else, I keep my mouth shut.

Mei Wu suddenly realized: "Ah, the seal fee!"

That's what should be taken.

A An, give me one thousand eight hundred, and I'll definitely keep my mouth shut.

The ambergris sold for so much money, he was also quite surprised; to say he wasn't envious would be impossible.

But he had no extra thoughts about that money.

Actually, like A Qing, he also thought Wu An didn't need to share, but since Wu An voluntarily offered, he thought a token gesture would be enough.

He and Wu An are connected through Mei Yueqin, considered family, so when he said one thousand eight hundred, he was actually setting a standard to make things easier for Wu An.

Lao Fu Tou didn't make a sound.

He isn't that greedy; Mei Wu said to split one thousand eight hundred, and he thought that was also pretty good.

A Qing doesn't want it, Mei Wu just wants a token gesture, and Lao Fu Tou need not be mentioned.

There aren't many people on his boat, but they're all reliable.

Wu An smiled and said: "Alright, you've all stated your positions, and I understand now."

Then now listen to me.

This ambergris isn't a catch, so we don't need to divide it according to the catch ratio.

So, I plan to give each of you one tenth.

Hearing him say that, Lao Fu Tou and the others were very surprised!

They gave too much!

Wu An took in all their reactions; it's not that he insists on being the Good Wealth Child, but this is the result of his careful consideration.

One thousand eight hundred, giving that would not be impossible, but as a person, there's no need to be that greedy.

After selling over 200,000, giving each person only one thousand, everyone now feels it doesn't matter.

And then what?

Even if it's over 200,000 and still no big deal, what about two million? Or even twenty million?

Still give one thousand eight hundred??

Rather than negotiating later, it's better to set the standard from the start.

Each person gets one tenth!

He takes seven tenths!

Wu An coughed and said: "The ambergris was encountered when I took my boat out to sea, accounting for five tenths."

I am the boat owner, I take an extra one tenth, plus counting heads, that's two tenths.

So, each of you gets one tenth.

This money either gets split or is taken all by oneself; there's no reason to just give a few hundred to send someone away.

As A Qing said, he actually could swallow that money all by himself.

Why not take it all for himself?

One reason, same as Lao Fu Tou said, is to keep things quiet; another is that later, when salvaging treasure at sea, he definitely couldn't manage alone.

He needs help!

And A Qing, Mei Wu, and Lao Fu Tou are all reliable—not just because of their character, but also because their interests are intertwined.