Chapter 13: If You Can't Beat Them, Run

  This little girl is quite clever, and her answer also deliberately emphasizes that it's an ordinary family of three, not just the two of them, because the little girl doesn't understand Guo Jia at all now, and isn't clear about Guo Jia's spending habits. What if Guo Jia is someone who loves to squander money? Then this money will be gone in the blink of an eye.

  As expected, Guo Jia immediately praised Cao Pi's answer tomorrow.

  "Just you wait, tomorrow he'll be smarter than you."

  "This, I also know!" Guo Yuan hastily cried out.

  "You knew just now why didn't you say? If you don't understand, don't pretend to be knowledgeable. Today I'll teach you a sentence: To know is to know, not to know is not to know, it's knowledge!" Guo Jia said.

  "Really? Just now... just now..." Guo Yuan almost cried out, Big Brother, you didn't ask like that just now.

  However, at this time, Guo Jia had already turned his back and said to Xiaoyan,

  "From now on, don't call me old master again, I'm still so young, like before, call me young master, got it?"

  "I'll know tomorrow, young master," the little maid replied cleverly.

  Guo Jia nodded and then lowered his head to start "dividing the spoils".

  The big ones were all stuck on his own body, and the small ones were handed over to Ya Niang Ming Er in a lump, with orders given orally.

  "You always have to go and get things done for trivial matters."

  "Tomorrow will know." The little maid nodded in response.

  "Of course, if you see something you like, just go ahead and buy it. If you don't have enough money, come find me for more." Guo Jia said generously, this was obviously another one of his modern ideas. How could someone work for him, or even sell themselves to him, without getting paid?

  However, this Guo Jia guy is obviously "valuing lust over friendship".

  Tomorrow, after receiving the money, he smiled sweetly at Guo Jia, while Guo Yuan could only watch from the side with envy.

  "Big brother, where's mine?"

  " You?" Guo Jia glanced at Guo Yuan, "You follow me, your big brother, eating and drinking well, isn't that enough? You're so stupid, if I give you money, even if you don't lose it, you'll still get cheated."

  "Me, me..." Guo Yuan suddenly became anxious again and couldn't speak.

  "Alright, let's move on to the next topic." Guo Jia abruptly raised his hand and cut off Guo Yuan's argument.

  Guo Jia is now thinking about very practical problems, just like he first wants to check how much money he has on him. From Ming Er's mouth, he knows that this amount of money can support an ordinary family of three for more than half a year, but in Guo Jia's view, the three of them will probably only be able to use it for one quarter.

  First of all, Guo Jia is absolutely not an ordinary person. He's used to living a good life in modern times, so how could he possibly get used to eating coarse grains from this era? Then there's Guo Yuan, just looking at his build, it's probably enough for two or three people's worth of food.

  This little girl is at an age where she's growing up, can't let her be disadvantaged.

  So after arriving in Luoyang, the first thing to do is to make money.

  But Guo Jia is going to school, he needs to read books and attend classes, so this money, naturally cannot be earned by him. And tomorrow, taking care of Guo Jia, as well as child labor and whatnot, is not allowed either, can't let this little girl go work to support the whole family, right?

  Guo Jia was too cruel and didn't have the face to do such a thing.

  It seems that the responsibility of making money can only be placed on this kid Guo Yuan.

  This kid, although not very clever, has great strength. In a big city like Luoyang, he should be able to make a good amount of money doing labor jobs like carrying bricks. I just don't know if the wages for brick carriers are high in this era too.

  If Guo Yuan knew that his elder brother, who didn't even give him a single child, was now thinking of exploiting his labor force to such an extent, I really don't know if he would directly throw down the gauntlet and quit!

  However, the problem of money is not actually the most urgent matter, after all, there are still several months of expenses left, and Guo Jia does not believe that he will starve to death when he arrives in Luoyang. Therefore, safety on the way to Luoyang is the top priority.

  Guo Jia originally thought that Huang Bo would at least arrange two bodyguards for him, but unexpectedly the other side had even prepared a maid, yet didn't prepare any bodyguards. When Tang Monk went on his Western journey, he was accompanied by at least two strong men from the very beginning.

  Unfortunately, Guo Jia had already shed tears, but hadn't let Huang's father "wake up" yet, and he didn't have the thick skin to take the initiative to ask. So now, on the way, they could only rely on this kid Guo Yuan.

  But Guo Yuan had only one person, and he had to protect both Guo Jia and the maid Ming Er, so Guo Jia couldn't help but feel anxious.

  So now, Guo Jia wants to explain some problems in advance.

  "I'd like to ask you, if we can't win the fight, what should we do?" Guo Jia asked Guo Yuan.

  "We can't beat them, I'll fight to the death!" Guo Yuan said, puffing out his chest.

  "Idiot!" Guo Jia directly knocked down his chest that had just puffed up, "If you can't win, then run, do you understand?!"

  "Hmph!" Ming'er, who was standing beside him, couldn't help but burst out laughing after hearing Guo Jia's words. As for the orthodox education of this era, it had never been taught in such a way as Guo Jia did.

  "But running away is not what a man should do!" Guo Yuan retorted instantly, this heroic spirit, in Guo Yuan's heart, should be considered a creed, therefore, even if it was Guo Jia's words, Guo Yuan could not help but oppose this time.

  "It's not shameful to retreat. As the saying goes, 'As long as the green mountain is there, we don't worry about firewood.' A gentleman takes revenge, even if it's ten years late. A great man should be able to yield and advance. Han Xin could endure humiliation, Gou Jian could lie on thorns and taste bile. If you're dead, what future are you talking about?" Guo Jia lectured like a machine gun.

  After hearing Guo Jia's words, Xiaoyan immediately put away her smile and said, "I understand."

  "A child can be taught." Guo Jia stretched out his hand and patted Ming Er's head.

  However, Guo Yuan still looked dissatisfied, even if he couldn't outdo Guo Jia, he still had to stick to his own stubborn ways.

  "Go and read more books in your free time! Anyway, if something happens, I'll shout 'run' and you'd better run. If you don't follow me... Hmph, no money? Let's see how you can survive on your own!" Guo Jia made a direct decision to come down.

  This time, Guo Yuan did not utter a word of dissent against Guo Jia, but he absolutely had no intention of agreeing with him either.

  This is also Guo's poor eloquence. If it were someone else, like Guan Yu, he would have said with great fanfare, "If reading books makes one so greedy for life and afraid of death, then it's better not to read them at all!"

  Whether he is said to be overly ambitious or not self-aware, why must one's ambition always be tied to their ability? Even a young boy can have grand and lofty aspirations.

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  So, Guo Yuan quickly recovered from his anger after walking a short distance with Guo Jia, and returned to normal, calling out "Big Brother" as he usually did. I suppose simple-minded people are like that, coming and going in a hurry.

  On this road, Guo Jia and his party did not encounter any mountain bandits or robbers. Thinking about it, they had just left Xiangyang City and were on the official road to Luoyang, who would be blind enough to come here and rob them?

  However, there was a problem that left Guo Jia speechless and worried. It was getting dark, but they still didn't know where they were "wandering around", with no village ahead and no store behind, were they going to spend the night in the wilderness?