CHAPTER 156: CHAPTER 156: A DEAL—MONEY FOR THE PERSON

Gu Yunjiao couldn’t help but smile bitterly after listening.

She suddenly realized she was still too naive.

Indeed, only children make choices, while adults naturally want everything.

Just like negotiating business, she revealed all her cards at once, only to have them swallowed whole by the other party with impassive silence.

But with things as they are now, what’s left to say?

Gu Yunjiao nodded, "Uncle Li Zheng, please wait a moment, I’ll go home to fetch the silver note."

Gu Yunjiao turned around to glance at Gu Mei on the ground, then covered the bamboo cage with a piece of clothing. Although it couldn’t keep warm, at least it concealed her shame.

She walked up to Mrs. Chen and said, "I’ll make a trip home," then hurriedly left.

With so many people watching, Jiang Youzhi couldn’t very well follow, so he sent Ah Tie to accompany Gu Yunjiao.

Gu Yunjiao returned home, closed the door, slipped into the medicine storage, and took out a silver note for five hundred taels from the safe.

She tucked the silver note into her bosom and took a skirt, then opened the door and hurriedly walked towards the ancestral hall.

Ah Tie followed her all the way.

Upon arriving at the ancestral hall, Gu Yunjiao sent Ah Tie to find Uncle Liu Er, asking him to bring the cart.

She herself went to find Zhao Lizheng.

Zhao Lizheng was with his three sons.

While Gu Yunjiao returned to fetch the silver note, he had already explained the situation to his sons.

Jin Suo and Yin Suo were salivating involuntarily.

Yin Suo couldn’t help but ask, "Where does such a little girl get so much silver?"

Zhao Lizheng waved his hand, "Shrimp have shrimp ways, and crabs have crab ways. We need not concern ourselves with where her silver comes from, just take it and release the person later."

He added meaningfully, "The more silver she has, the more capable she proves to be; she’s also going to help our family with something. Isn’t this a good thing?"

Jin Suo and Yin Suo nodded repeatedly upon hearing this.

Gu Yunjiao came forward and handed the silver note to Zhao Lizheng.

Though Zhao Lizheng’s entire family assets totaled more than five hundred taels of silver, those assets were accumulated over several generations, little by little. He had never seen so much silver all at once.

Even the silver collected for taxes in the village wasn’t this much.

He took the silver note, his hands trembling. Even so, he carefully checked several anti-counterfeit areas, and after confirming its authenticity, tucked the silver note into his pouch.

Jin Suo and Yin Suo suddenly grew nervous and stood firmly by Zhao Lizheng’s side, fearing any mishap with the hefty silver note.

Only then did Gu Yunjiao ask, "Can I take Gu Mei away now?"

Zhao Lizheng nodded, "Go ahead."

"Tomorrow, I’ll have Suo Zhu write you a divorce letter."

Gu Yunjiao approached the bamboo cage, retrieved a dagger from her sleeve, and began cutting the ropes on the cage.

Just as she started, a Zhao Family nephew approached, glaring, "What are you doing?"

Gu Yunjiao ignored him and continued cutting the ropes.

Zhao Lizheng came over and said, "Don’t worry about it, I agreed to this."

The nephew, hearing Zhao Lizheng personally speak, dared not say anything further and retreated to the side.

Upon seeing Gu Yunjiao cutting the ropes, with no Zhao Family members stopping her, Yang Shi hurriedly called Jiang Rong, "Quick, you go and release Erlang as well."

Jiang Rong had already noticed Gu Yunjiao and Zhao Lizheng whispering earlier, guessing some deal had been struck between them.

He hesitated a bit, but the impulse to save his son prevailed, so he went to Jiang Erlang’s bamboo cage and reached out to pull the ropes.

Just as he moved, several Zhao Family nephews came forward, yanked him away, and stared menacingly, "What are you doing?"