Chapter 370 How can relying on others be better than taking action on your own?
"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, why haven't I seen you call her sister-in-law before?"

Zhang Guilian snorted, stood up and walked towards where Li Ping and others were gathered again.

before.

It's not that Du Guan has never called Li Ping "sister-in-law". When she first got married to Du Guan, Du Guan was sweeter than anyone else. Not to mention her family, even the Zhang family members showed special respect to her. How could they not call Li Ping "sister-in-law"?
Until their business started to gain momentum and their family started to become prosperous, they were afraid that the Zhang family would take advantage of them, so they didn't even bother to call Li Ping "sister-in-law" let alone call her "elder brother".

"You bastard, now you can tell me, do you have any inappropriate thoughts about your uncle's Mountain God Order?"

Du Guan smiled flatteringly and looked at Zhang Guilian's departing back. When she gradually approached where Li Ping and her group were gathered, he retracted his gaze and turned to look at Du Wenxuan in front of him.

Du Wenxuan said in panic: "Dad, I don't know what you are talking about!"

"You don't know what I'm talking about?"

Du Guan took a deep look at Du Wenxuan. Even though Du Wenxuan started to pretend, his acting skills were lame. In his eyes, everything was flawed. No matter how he acted, it was just a trick. He said expressionlessly:
"If you don't want to tell me, I don't think I can give you the one hundred taels of silver you asked for!"

"Dad, how could you do this..."

Du Wenxuan was immediately furious and wanted to yell and accuse his father of being shameless, but looking at his father's appearance, he knew that no matter what he said, it would be difficult to change his father's mind, so he said unwillingly:

"Dad, my uncle's Mountain God Order is actually nothing big, just some small things, you don't need to know!"

Du Guan sneered: "If you don't want to tell me, I can't give you this hundred taels of silver!"

Du Wenxuan was filled with anger and wanted to say to his father, isn't it just a mere one hundred taels of silver?
He doesn't want it anymore!

Once he steals - ahem - his uncle's mountain god order and becomes the mountain god of Lion Ridge, he won't even care about ten thousand taels of silver, let alone a hundred taels.

pity.

He had lived for so many years, but he had never possessed even ten taels of silver, let alone a hundred taels. Even at his richest, he only had one tael of silver.

He was more or less reluctant to part with the one hundred taels of silver, even though he didn't want it.

Du Guan looked at Du Wenxuan's dilemma, with a smug look on his face, and said, "Okay, you have guts, I'll give you the hundred taels of silver, but you don't have to tell me your secret..."

"Don't, don't, don't... Dad, can't I tell you?"

Du Wenxuan interrupted immediately, and Du Guan was about to say something. He knew exactly what kind of person his father was.

The miser is stingy!
He didn't believe that his father was just talking. Maybe his father used this incident to embezzle the hundred taels of silver from him.

may.

From the very beginning, his father was reluctant to give him one hundred taels of silver. He only agreed to it reluctantly out of helplessness. If there was a chance, his father would be happy to give him the one hundred taels of silver.

Du Guan smiled and said, "Okay, you say!"

"father……"

Du Wenxuan was about to speak and tell all he knew about the Mountain God Order, but when he saw his father's smiling face and remembered what his father had done, he smiled awkwardly:
"Dad, how about this? You give me a hundred taels of silver first, and then I'll tell you all the secrets I know!" He didn't dare to gamble that if he told his father everything he knew, his father would continue to find excuses to embezzle the hundred taels of silver. He had to find a chance to get back the hundred taels of silver his father owed him, so that his father wouldn't continue to cheat him out of money.

"You haven't even told me the secret you know, and you want me to give you a hundred taels of silver. Who knows if you are deceiving me?"

Du Guan snorted, and when Du Wenxuan opened his mouth, he knew what he wanted to say, so he spoke first:
"And didn't I tell you? One hundred taels of silver is not a small sum. I'm not crazy, so how could I carry it with me? If I accidentally lose it, our family will be starving for two or three years!"

"father……"

Before Du Wenxuan could finish his words, Du Guan interrupted him again and said, "How about this, let me see how much money I have on me. I'll give you the money first, and I'll give you the rest when I get back. What do you think?"

Du Wenxuan really wanted to refuse, but when he looked at his father's appearance and thought of his father's character, if he refused, not only would he owe him the hundred taels of silver, he would probably lose even the silver his father had on him. So he nodded reluctantly.

Du Wenxuan casually took a cloth bag from his waist, threw it over, and said, "All my belongings are here, count them yourself, and remember how much I owe you!"

"Seven ounces and thirty-five copper coins?"

Du Wenxuan took the purse his father threw over, counted it, and after confirming the amount, his face was full of disappointment, and he said, "Dad, is this all the money you have?"

"Seven taels of silver is not enough. If you think it's too little, you can return the money to me!"

Du Guan snorted, stretched out his hand, and tried to take the purse from Du Wenxuan's hand, but he saw Du Wenxuan subconsciously put it away, and then he continued:
"Okay, I've given you the deposit. I'll pay you the remaining balance after I get back. Can you tell me now, what secrets are you hiding from your father?"

"Dad, come here with your head!"

Du Wenxuan waved his hand.

"What's going on? It's so mysterious?"

Du Guan leaned closer with curiosity, and after listening to Du Wenxuan's whisper, he almost cried out in shock at the secret he learned.

Du Wenxuan hurriedly covered Du Guan's mouth and reminded him, "Dad, what are you doing? Don't attract other people's attention!"

Du Guan took a deep breath, his heart was like a raging sea. He struggled to suppress the restlessness in his heart and exhaled heavily. He was still a little excited and whispered: "You kid didn't lie to me. As long as you get the Mountain God Order, you can become a mountain god?"

"Dad, do you think I would joke with you about this?"

Du Wenxuan asked back.

"No wonder you were grinning just now, it turns out you knew about this!"

Du Guan snorted and whispered, "You bastard, you are not planning to take your uncle's Mountain God Order, are you?"

Du Wenxuan smiled but said nothing.

Du Guan opened his mouth and wanted to say something, trying to persuade Du Wenxuan not to do stupid things, but he didn't say anything after all. He whispered, "Do you need your father to help you?"

This bastard stole his uncle's Mountain God Order and his opportunity, which can be said to be a heinous crime. But when you think about the benefits that becoming a Mountain God will bring to your family, how can relying on others to live be better than relying on yourself?
Even if Zhang Deben's status as the mountain god of Lion Hill could bring great benefits to their family, it would not be as great as the benefits that would be brought to their family if they themselves became the mountain god of Lion Hill.

(End of this chapter)