Chapter 1838 - 1840: Ten Thousand Taels
He hadn’t expected that he would be meeting him at this time!
Is it a coincidence? Or something else?
"Dear, it’s about the Dyeing Workshop, I need to go out for a bit."
"Alright." Xiaotian never inquired about Guo Feng’s business matters, just agreeing.
Guo Feng left the house and arrived at the agreed location, the private room of Yuelai Restaurant.
Upon opening the door, he saw Li Fugui standing by the window, with his back to him, looking outside.
Hearing the door, Li Fugui turned around and said, "Young Master Guo, long time no see."
Guo Feng walked in, "Didn’t you say you wouldn’t come to Lin County anymore? Didn’t you say you wouldn’t disturb us? Why are you meeting me today?"
Actually, Guo Feng was scared at this moment, afraid that Li Fugui would back out now. If he approached Xiaotian, Xiaotian might leave him.
Li Fugui stepped forward two steps, came to the table, and pulled out a pile of silver notes from his person and placed them on the table.
Seeing the silver notes, Guo Feng frowned, is this meant to redeem Xiaotian with silver?
What did he take Xiaotian for?
He spoke discontentedly, "What do you mean by this? Xiaotian is my legitimately married wife. Even if you give me silver, I won’t hand her over to you, moreover, the Guo Family doesn’t lack silver."
Li Fugui’s lips slightly curled up, "You misunderstand, I don’t mean that, Xiaotian is not an object, I respect her choices."
"Then what do you mean?" Guo Feng increasingly couldn’t understand, if it’s not about Xiaotian then why give him silver notes, could it be...
Seeing Guo Feng seemed like he realized something, Li Fugui continued, "That’s right, it’s just as you thought. There is ten thousand taels here, thank you for helping me acquire Dongfeng Restaurant and the Li Mansion."
After leaving Yang Family Village, Li Fugui did not leave Shibao Town but stayed, just as Chu Lian found out about this. He never expected that Dongfeng Restaurant and the Li Mansion were bought by Guo Feng, and even wanted to give them to him for free. Having achieved nothing, he decided he must repay the silver taels used to purchase Dongfeng Restaurant and the Li Mansion to Guo Feng.
He traveled everywhere, meeting countless dignitaries, having even met several Prince-level figures in Beijing before, so he was not short of silver taels now.
He didn’t know how much silver taels Guo Feng initially used to buy Dongfeng Restaurant and the Li Mansion, as well as to smooth things over with that County Magistrate, but he thought ten thousand silver should be enough.
Guo Feng picked up that bundle of silver notes and counted, it was indeed ten thousand taels. He hadn’t expected that the once-desperate Li Fugui, after losing the Li Family, was living even better, able to easily produce ten thousand taels.
Initially, he seized Dongfeng Restaurant and the Li Mansion, partly to teach Li Fuyou a lesson, because he heard from Han Yongsheng that Xiangxiang was bullied, so he wanted to seize his property from his hands and also to please Xiaotian.
Xiaotian was always concerned about this matter, and helping to buy Dongfeng Restaurant and the Li Mansion for her also fulfilled a wish of Xiaotian’s.
Of course, Xiaotian was aware of giving the property deed of Dongfeng Restaurant and the Li Mansion to Li Fugui.
This might also be the reason Xiaotian was willing to stay, perhaps she felt she owed him and couldn’t repay.
Exactly ten silver notes of one thousand taels each, Guo Feng counted five and placed the other five back on the table, "Altogether, it only cost five thousand taels, you can take back the rest as is."
Guo Feng wasn’t awkward, since he came to repay, then accept it, there’s no need to be so meticulous over this matter.