Chapter 23: The Difficult-to-Lead Troops

  "First of all, loyalty, I'm your elder brother, should you listen to me or not?!"

  He didn't wait for Guo Yuan's response and slapped the table again, bang!

  "Then, Xiaoming, I'm your elder brother, should you listen to me or not?!"

  Bang!

  "Finally, brother, I'm your elder brother, should you listen to me or not?!"

  As Guo Jia stopped, Guo Aide finally managed to speak up and say,

  "Right! Right! Right!"

  "What was going on just now then?!" Guo Jia asked, it's clear that he's referring to the "door collision incident" just now. It's really impressive that Guo Jia can bring up this topic in front of Hu Yi...

  "That's not right of you, Big Brother." Guo Yuan said with his head down, still insisting.

  "That's right." Guo Jia actively acknowledged, "But it's none of your business that I'm like this. Not listening is your problem!"

  After going around in circles for half a day, Guo Jia just wanted to confirm this absolute leadership issue, regardless of whether he was right or wrong, and as his younger brother, they should all listen to him! It's not that Guo Jia would do something bad later on, but with Guo Yuan's intelligence, he only needed to know "listening to big brother is never wrong", and that's it!

  Does Zhuge Liang ever explain anything to others when he is deploying troops in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms?

  "How could you, Guo Jia, want to be a disloyal and unfilial person?!" Guo Jia asked.

  "Boss, I was wrong." Guo Yuan apologized with his head lowered.

  Guo Jia patted Guo Yuan's shoulder and his tone became more gentle.

  "Let bygones be bygones. I also know you're a bit dim-witted and can't think things through. From now on, just listen to what big brother says and everything will be fine."

  "I get it." Guo Yuan nodded, "But boss, why are you calling him big brother again? Didn't we agree to call him boss until we reach Luoyang?"

  Kuo Chia: "#￥@%#%￥……"

  After settling these trivial matters, Guo Jia chatted with Hu Tu about many things. In Guo Jia's eyes, it was just a casual conversation, but unknowingly, he had instilled many modern ideas into the heart of this pure and innocent girl who was as blank as white paper.

  "Take this beautiful dress for example, what's the point of not wearing it just because no one sees it? Don't your father and mother count as people? Even if they don't appreciate it, can't you wear it for yourself?! Since you've already bought it, not wearing it is a waste, and wasting is shameful."

  "It's just like when you come across something delicious, you have to eat it first. Once it's in your mouth, it's yours. Even if no one else snatches it away, what if it goes bad? Even if it doesn't go bad, your stomach is already full of other things that don't taste good. Finally, when you come back to eat this delicious thing, can it still taste the same as when you first had it?"

  "People, as long as they're happy, that's all that matters. Your father moved the family here, others might not understand, but he's content! Whenever you want to do something, don't worry too much about what others think, just go for it, and it might not be as difficult as you imagine."

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  The night passed like this, and Hutou only knew that she had heard many strange things, so many that her little brain was completely unclear, but she knew that she was very excited, inexplicably excited, and couldn't sleep.

  Guo Jia was like an expert in inducing people to commit crimes, stirring up a sprouting heart. Moreover, it's not just Hu Tu, Ming Er was also influenced by Guo Jia's words to some extent, or maybe even Guo Yuan? Okay, on the premise that the guy can understand.

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  On the second day morning, the rain had stopped, and Meng Er changed back into his own dry clothes. Guo Jia and the three of them were about to set off on their journey again.

  "Are we leaving already?" Hu Tu seemed a bit reluctant.

  "Yes, I'm in a hurry." Guo Jia's mind once again drifted to Cai Wenji and Diao Chan in Luoyang.

  As for Guo Jia's words, tomorrow he will turn up his nose and say that if you really are in a hurry, would they have stayed overnight here last night?

  "Tomorrow, take some of your money and give it to Huto, let's consider it as our food and accommodation expenses." Guo Jia said to Ming'er.

  "No, no need, don't be so polite." Hu Tu hastily waved his hand in refusal.

  "We can't just freeload, can we?" As soon as Guo Jia's words fell, Ming'er beside him scattered the money on the ground without hesitation.

  “。。。。。。”

  “。。。。。。”

  Embarrassing!

  Of course, Guo Jia was even more at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

  This team is so hard to lead, one is stupid to the extreme, and the other is too smart, isn't there anyone who can understand Guo Jia? Maybe there is one, but she's not here now, that's Huang Yueying, that little girl seems to always guess what Guo Jia is thinking.

  Guo Jia didn't scold Ming Er at this time, but instead squatted down to pick up the money on the ground one by one, then stood up and stuffed it into Hu Tu's palm.

  "Don't be polite with me, if you don't accept it, that's being too polite."

  patted the back of his hand with a smear on it

  "In the future, if you have nothing to do, come to Luoyang to find me. If you can't find me, ask someone, I'm Guo Jia Guo Fengxiao, absolutely not some unknown person!"

  Having said that, he waved his hand, turned around and left with Guo Yuan and Ming Er leading the horse.

  Hutou quietly returned to the house, carefully put away the money Guo Jia had just given him, sat in a chair, and suddenly became dazed.

  What is she usually doing at this time? In the past, she was often alone in the house, but why did those days always find something to do, and today she didn't know what to do with herself, feeling extremely bored?

  As she thought about it, Hú Tu suddenly had an idea and quickly got up and ran to the inner room. A moment later, she came out wearing a beautiful set of clothes. It had been a long time since Hú Tu had worn these clothes, and only now did she realize that they were already somewhat too small for her - she had grown taller! No wonder last night when she wore them on Míng Er, who was smaller than her, they hadn't seemed too big at all.

  Just as Guo Jia said, if you don't wear them and just put them there, it's a waste of these beautiful clothes.

  Although the clothes are a bit short, they can still be worn with some effort nowadays.

  Hutou hastily opened the door and ran outside, but for a moment, there was no sign of Guo Jia's three people.

  "Little Fool" stood alone at the door, stunned.

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  On the other hand, Guo Jia and his two companions were still as they had come, with Guo Jia and Ming Er riding on horseback, while Guo Yuan led the way on foot.

  But tomorrow at this time she was crying in Guo Jia's arms again.

  The reason is, of course, what happened just now when Ming Er scattered the money on the ground. Although Guo Jia didn't say anything from start to finish and didn't blame or scold Ming Er, his actions of personally squatting down to pick up the money and putting it in Hu Tu's hand were no different from directly slapping Ming Er in the face, which was burning with anger.

  "Alright, alright, why are you crying again? Didn't I say everything already?" Guo Jia said helplessly. Spoiling a child is the most headache-inducing thing, and spoiling a girl is also the most headache-inducing thing. So, spoiling a little girl is the most headache-inducing thing in the world.