The Favored Little Peasant Seizes the Heroine's Script!-Chapter 513 - 464: Fishing for Trouble (Part 2)

This trade route is exceptionally profitable.

Of course, it is also fraught with numerous dangers.

Many have risked everything for a single journey, only to strike it rich overnight.

Yet there are those who, due to bad luck, encounter bandits along the way. Instead of getting rich, they lose their very lives on this trade route.

The Daxia court has dispatched armies several times to clear the bandits from the trade route, but unfortunately, with little success.

Because many of the bandits were originally merchants traveling this route.

This trade route is filled with blood and tears, yet it is also laden with Gold.

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Wei Huo was on this magical trade route with Wei Wushang, Yuan Bao and his wife, along with guards and plenty of goods.

They didn’t have many people, but they had numerous carriages and horses.

From a distance, they appeared just like a large caravan.

"Grandfather, with all these goods, you don’t plan on changing careers to become a merchant, do you?"

Wei Wushang didn’t really understand his grandfather’s actions.

Neither did Yuan Bao.

This trade route is indeed very profitable, but do they really need this money?

To others, this might be a trade route that brings overnight riches, but for both the Wei Family and Yuan Bao, the time spent on this route isn’t worth just this gain.

"A new career, huh?"

"Let’s forget about it!"

Wei Huo laughed heartily, "Let me tell you, your grandfather, I’ve never had a knack for business in my life!"

"Grandfather, you used to do business before?"

Wei Wushang was instantly amused.

Since childhood, he only knew his grandfather as the stabilizing force of Daxia, a god of war, invincible in battles.

In his understanding, his grandfather was an omnipotent figure.

But now, for the first time, Wei Wushang had the thought that his grandfather might just be an ordinary person.

"Yes, there was indeed such a period!"

"At that time, your grandfather was just about your age, in a dispute with your great-grandfather, wanting to be independent."

"So, I took your grandmother and moved out of the Wei Family Mansion, renting a small courtyard in the Capital."

"To make ends meet, your grandfather used your grandmother’s dowry to do business, but while others made money, I only incurred losses!"

"Within a year’s time, I lost money in everything I did."

"Your grandmother suffered a lot following me!"

"For my entire life, the only person I owe is your grandmother."

"Later, when I realized I lacked the talent for business, I chose to join the military."

"For the so-called dignity of a man, I let your grandmother suffer too much. If not for that, she wouldn’t have passed away so early."

"If I could turn back time, I would never be so foolish again!"

For so many years, this was the first time Wei Huo confided these things to someone.

Wei Wushang remained silent.

And Yuan Bao, too, was an earnest listener.

Just hearing the old man’s words, Yuan Bao grew quite curious about her grandmother, whom she had never met.

She could tell that the old man truly regretted it deeply.

"Grandfather, since you know you have no talent for business, what is it this time for?" 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

"I’m fishing, you see!"

Wei Huo smiled faintly.

"Back then, I also partnered up with someone to trade here. In the end, my partner and all the people in the caravan died on the route, the goods were lost, and I ended up losing a lot of Silver."

"This matter has been a thorn in my side ever since."

"Over the years, the court often organized armies to clear the trade route, partly because the court needed Silver, but also because I couldn’t get over this burden!"

Many people traveled this trade route and made a fortune, getting rich overnight.

But what about me?

Instead of getting rich, I lost the remaining bit of money I had.

This event, at the time, was the straw that broke the camel’s back.

Because of it, my wife had to take on laundering work to make ends meet, and it was during that time that her health deteriorated.

It’s laughable that even then, I didn’t wake up.

It wasn’t until one cold winter that I saw my wife washing clothes in the icy, bone-chilling river, and then I suddenly came to my senses.

But alas, it was too late!

All these years have passed, and I’ve been with many women, but after my first wife passed, I never married again.

Thus, I, Wei Huo, have only one legitimate son.

But as for illegitimate sons, there are many.

Every time I remember my youthful foolishness, I wish I could go back to that time point and knock some sense into my muddle-headed self.

Wei Wushang no longer asked questions.

Wei Huo also stopped speaking.