Chapter 36: Negotiation Fails

  "Yan Liang?!" Outside the Luoyang Hu Ben camp, Guo Jia pointed at Guo Yuan's nose and roared in anger. This arrogant attitude made it impossible for anyone to associate him with what had just happened inside the camp.

  "How come you didn't tell me earlier that your superior is Yan Liang?! Do you know or not, if his fist were to hit me, what kind of consequences would there be?!"

  "Big brother, you didn't ask me before either." Guo Yuan innocently scratched his head.

  "Shut up!" Guo Jia interrupted Guo Yuan's words and started scolding again, "That hot-tempered bastard with a big beard! Not even a bit of courtesy, so arrogant, thinking he's the king of heaven, no wonder he won't live for long!"

  "Big brother, how can you say that about General Yan Liang? I've fought with him before, and he's really skilled. I couldn't even beat him," Guo Yuan retorted.

  "Believe it or not, let's make a bet!" Guo Jia shouted loudly. Guo Yuan immediately lowered his head and didn't dare to respond.

  It's clear that Guo Jia's negotiation in the camp just now not only ended in failure, but also nearly escalated into a fight, of course, on the premise that Guo Jia dared to fight back.

  Guo Jia scolded and grumbled for a while, and his anger dissipated... Is that possible?! He just felt it was too boring and ineffective, so he suppressed the anger in his heart for the time being.

  "In short, from now on Zhen Lian will be your role model, learn from him well." Guo Jia said after a pause.

  "Ah?" Guo Yuan was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly overjoyed. "Big brother, I will definitely learn well from General Yan Liang!"

  At this time, Guo Yuan must have thought in his heart: Indeed, big brother is a magnanimous person and would not bother with those trivial contradictions before.

  Then, Guo Jia scolded in a bad temper,

  "Idiot! I just wanted you to take a good look at how he died, so that you can learn from it!"

  "Uh..."

  "Alas, Aidingzi, I originally wanted you to follow Cao Cao, it would be safer. But now, following Yan Liang, with your skills, being careful for a short time, there shouldn't be any big problems. Do well!" Guo Jia sighed and patted Guo Yuan's back.

  "Yes, big brother!" Guo Yuan nodded seriously.

  "Alright." Guo Jia's expression changed, "Then let's get down to business next."

  "Is this a serious matter?" Guo's face was full of question marks. Weren't they just discussing serious matters?

  "I asked you, how much money can you make in a month serving as a soldier?" Guo Jia said, he hadn't forgotten about Guo Yuan's part-time job after all. Although the current situation was different from what he had expected, it wasn't far off either.

  "Uh...," Guo Yuan scratched his head and smiled awkwardly, "I haven't asked yet."

  "You didn't even ask before joining in?!" Guo Jia almost bit his tongue.

  "I was competing with General Yan Liang and found him to be very formidable, then he also invited me, so I agreed." Guo Yuan explained.

  "Never mind, anyway, it's a formal institution, they can't owe you money. " Guo Jia sighed and continued to ask, "When is the salary paid every month?"

  "This, I haven't asked either." Guo Yuan replied weakly.

  Guo Jia's mouth twitched slightly.

  "I knew it, I shouldn't have asked you that question." Guo Jia took a deep breath and ordered directly, "In short, after getting the money in the future, remember to hand it all over to me here."

  "Huh?"

  "What's wrong? Let me take care of the money for you, so you won't waste it. Or go ask your fellow soldiers if they didn't send all their pay back home? Don't worry, trust me, when have I ever cheated you, brother?" Guo Jia said with a straight face.

  "Oh, I see, big brother."

  As expected, it's easy to cheat people who are simple-minded.

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  The second day, in the morning,

  "Master Guo, someone is looking for you outside."

  "Is she a young woman with dark skin?" Guo Jia asked.

  "That's right."

  "Very well." Guo Jia stood up, "How about it, tomorrow? I didn't misjudge you, did I?" Excitedly waving his hand, "Let's go to the Situ manor. Today things will definitely make progress!"

  Tomorrow Xiaoyao lowered her head and sighed, saying nothing, silently following Guo Jia out the door.

  Outside the door, Guo Jia's eyelids twitched as he stared at the fresh flowers in his hand, calling out in incomprehension.

  "Small, yellow, flower?"

  "Today I still couldn't get anything to eat, but I remember you said yesterday that you wanted me to help pick flowers for you, so here they are." The woman explained with a tone of expectation, as if waiting for Guo Jia's praise.

  "Hey, isn't this the key point? I don't care if you hit or not, didn't you know that these flowers are for giving to others? Don't you understand what little yellow flowers represent?" Guo Jia couldn't help but say.

  "Isn't it lovely? What's wrong with giving it as a gift?" The woman asked innocently, blinking her eyes.

  "Ah~" Guo Jia slapped his forehead, why didn't he think of it yesterday? This wild girl is so unreliable! If he really sent Xiaohuanghua over, Diao Chan would think what? She must think that Guo Jia was cursing her to death!!

  Guo Jia rolled his eyes and suddenly stopped.

  "Wait, what's on your head?!"

  "Flowers are beautiful! When I picked some for you, I also picked one for myself." The woman said with a smile.

  Guo Jia clenched his teeth tightly, wanting to ask her directly: Why don't you pick the small yellow flowers for yourself and pick this kind of flower for me? Won't you be intentionally messing with me?!

  Guo Jia still has something to ask of others now, so he can't say this kind of thing.

  "Hey, miss, would you mind trading with me? Give me the flower on your head and I'll give you this little yellow one in return?" Guo Jia asked politely.

  "What's going on here, this is mine!" The woman suddenly jumped back a step, covering her head with her hand. Her expression was almost the same as when she was robbed of money yesterday, I don't know if she often gets robbed, so she has psychological trauma!

  "Have you forgotten? Yesterday I was the one who gave you money to buy food, otherwise you might have starved to death!" Guo Jia said.

  "Of course I remember, and I also said that I would return the money to you. But this flower is mine." The woman still had a look of refusal on her face.

  "Oh...……" Guo Jia painfully scratched his head, "Can't you just return the money and be done with it? Just give me the flower on your head."

  "No way! If things are not settled, it would be like I'm taking advantage of you. I don't want to be looked down upon by people from the Central Plains!" The woman firmly refused, showing her principles.

  "Please, I didn't mean to look down on you. I just think the flower on your head is pretty, so I wanted that one! Just help me out, no need to make it so complicated!" Guo Jia felt like he was about to collapse, how did he end up meeting such a weirdo?

  "You also said that it's the pretty one on my head, anyway you're just going to give it away as a gift, why did you have to pick this one of mine?" The woman said strangely.

  Kuo Chia took a deep breath and gritted his teeth as he said

  "Shouldn't we send the pretty ones away?!"

  The girl shook her head.

  "You people from the Central Plains are really strange. In our place, good things are kept for ourselves. And if others want to take away our good things, that's absolutely non-negotiable!"

  As she spoke, the woman suddenly pulled off the flower from her head under Guo Jia's stunned gaze, then quickly stuffed it into her mouth, chewed for two mouthfuls, and swallowed it down.

  "I will never compromise!" The woman glared at Guo Jia and said.

  Bang!

  "Master, are you alright?"

  "Master, wake up!"