Chapter 6: Not Lacking Money
As for power and influence… With a brother-in-law who has an eidetic memory, becoming a high-ranking official in the future is a sure thing.
As for wealth… With him around, is that still a difficult matter!
As for status… If Mengyao Gu knew that her father wasn’t dead and had even become a Vice General, she would probably be too shocked to speak.
Of course, when Gu Mengyao finds out she has a stepmother, her feelings will likely become even more complicated.
Actually, it would be better for them to continue staying in Yang Family Village. The family could live a good life and wouldn’t have to bother with other troublesome matters.
If Gu Yu’s father-in-law was just an ordinary minor official in the capital, Gu Yu wouldn’t particularly resist Gu Mengyao and her brother acknowledging him. After all, even if he gained a mother-in-law, following his father-in-law would mean enjoying the good life, which would also be quite good.
However, when Gu Yu heard that Gu Qing was an official in the army, he immediately thought of Mengyao Gu’s innate divine strength. The connection between the two made Gu Yu worry that Gu Mengyao’s extraordinary talents could be easily exploited by others.
Therefore, it would be better to observe the situation for now.
“Mengyao, since you say that, do you want me to leave?”
“How could that be!”
Facing Gu Mengyao’s pitiful gaze, Gu Yu smiled slightly and immediately asked a question, which she quickly denied with a shake of her head, indicating that she didn’t want to be separated from Gu Yu.
Afterward, Gu Yu didn’t say anything else, just raised his hand and gently patted Gu Mengyao’s forehead, with a very clear intention of comfort.
Gu Yu didn’t care about his reputation as much as ancient people did. Even if he was criticized by everyone for marrying into her family, he wouldn’t care.
It’s fine to live his own life, why bother with so many other people.
Moreover, having such a formidable wife, he wouldn’t lose out even if he married into her family!
At least, Gu Mengyao could fight ten men…
After being embarrassed by Gu Yu’s affectionate gesture, Gu Mengyao’s somewhat depressed mood gradually improved, and she became shy again.
Like a tender little flower bud, shyly blooming, truly captivating.
If it weren’t for Gu Qingheng watching with wide-open eyes beside them, Gu Yu might have considered pulling his little wife into his arms to comfort her.
However, now that an exceptionally bright gaze was fixed on him, Gu Yu really couldn’t bring himself to corrupt a child. Therefore, he could only put down his hand and look at Gu Mengyao’s shy and adorable appearance.
There was no point in thinking about “colored” things; it was better to think about how to make Gu Mengyao grow up a little. Looking at her now, there wasn’t much difference from before, like a washboard…
Gu Yu appeared calm, but in his heart, he was secretly thinking if he should also supplement his wife in the future.
However, Gu Mengyao was only thirteen years old, so there was no rush.
Just after stroking Gu Mengyao’s head, the carriage quickly arrived at the entrance of the Gu family. When Gu Yu and the two children got off the carriage, the onlookers behind them were stunned.
They all thought… When did the Gu family get acquainted with such important people from town, to the extent that they could be sent home directly by carriage!
Gu Yu ignored the curiosity of others. After getting off the carriage, he first told Gu Mengyao and her brother to hurry home, while he and the coachman unloaded the items from the carriage one by one and then took them into the courtyard.
The items bought from town were assorted. Gu Yu had already packed them in a basket. The most important ones were the books obtained from Chengfeng Shan, box after box, taking up a large area.
With these books, Gu Qingheng wouldn’t be able to go around randomly for a long time.
Of course, his beloved gossip would also have to be kept away for now.
Once Gu Qingheng settled down to read, he wouldn’t have to hang out with the villagers every day, eavesdropping on this and that gossip, which was as addictive as stopping it.
“Gou Dan! Your family only went to town for a bit, why did you bring back so many things!”
“Yeah, what’s in these boxes? Just looking at the wood carving of these boxes, you know they’re worth a lot of money!”
“Did you meet some important person?”
“Or did the Magistrate invite you? And out of great appreciation, he bestowed these things upon you?”
As Gu Yu was unloading things from the carriage, some impatient villagers finally came forward, with curiosity on their faces, their eyes darting around, wishing they could see through the wooden boxes to see if they contained gold and silver treasures.
Seeing this, Gu Yu didn’t refuse coldly. Instead, with a smile, he proactively opened the boxes, revealing them to be full of books.
“It’s nothing major, it’s just that Qingheng was appreciated by a noble person in town, and out of consideration for his young and intelligent nature, he generously gifted these books.”
The reason for obtaining these books was something that Gu Yu didn’t need to tell people, as someone else would have found out the next day, so it was better to tell them together.
If he didn’t say anything, someone might climb over the wall today to see what was in the boxes.
Upon seeing that the boxes contained not gold and silver, but some books that looked good but were not practical, the onlookers were immediately disappointed.
However, as people recalled the meaning of Gu Yu’s words, they suddenly realized… the Gu family had met a noble person!
To be able to give so many books at once and to have them transported back by carriage, they must have valued the Gu family very much! This way, the Gu family was likely in for great luck!
Wealthy families were always dripping with wealth. With a casual gesture, they could make the Gu family prosperous overnight!
Regarding the fact that the Gu family only went to town and came back with so many things, it made everyone’s minds start to stir, thinking if they should also let their children go to town more often, perhaps they could have some extraordinary encounters.
Gu Yu wasn’t interested in guessing what others were thinking; he just wanted to reduce trouble.
Seeing that his family only had a pile of books now, it saved them from being coveted by others.
In the village, except for someone like the Village Chief who cherished books like his life, others were country folk who made a living from farming. They couldn’t even read a single character. Even if they got their hands on these books, they would be of no use in the end.
At most, they would be used as firewood to cook a few meals.
Therefore, the onlookers only watched the excitement for a while, and after the carriage left, they all dispersed.
As for the three members of the Gu family, they had already locked the courtyard gate and sorted out the day’s harvested items one by one to avoid misplacing them.
To summarize today’s harvest, besides Gu Yu selling white sugar and the white sugar recipe at a sky-high price, Gu Qingheng was the second lucky child.
He had obtained a large pile of rare books, and next was the “happy” time of studying.
Regarding this outcome, apart from Gu Qingheng being a little depressed, Gu Yu was very happy!
Finally, with his brother-in-law settling down, it meant he would no longer be a third wheel.
This means… he could finally interact with Gu Mengyao without restraint.
With this thought, as Gu Yu waited for Gu Qingheng to go and study obediently, he was eager to have some sweet time with his wife, but he suddenly discovered that other women from the village had already taken Gu Mengyao away.
However, Gu Yu didn’t intervene. It was hard-won… Gu Mengyao’s face could once again show the joyful smile of a little girl. He was reluctant to see Gu Mengyao force herself to act mature.
These women were Gu Mengyao’s former playmates. Although some of them had approached her shamelessly after seeing the Gu family prosper again, there were still some with good personalities among them.
“Good personality” here refers to their attitude towards Gu Mengyao.
Gu Mengyao had previously revealed to Gu Yu that Liu Juan, Wang Xiaohua, and Ye Die in the village had not disliked Gu Mengyao even when the Gu family was in decline. Instead, they had secretly helped her quite a bit.
In the end, Gu Mengyao felt that she couldn’t burden others any longer, so she stopped contacting them and instead went up the mountain to hunt by herself.
Now that she finally had some free time, besides researching recipes and practicing calligraphy and martial arts, Gu Mengyao spent her remaining time meeting up with her little sisters and chatting about topics between women.
Seeing that there was nothing for him to do, Gu Yu stayed at home for the next few days, trying to research whether some things he had seen in modern times could be replicated in ancient times.
Of course, as a form of relaxation, Gu Yu would also go up the mountain to catch wild game to fill his space.
As Gu Mengyao’s favorability increased exponentially, the area of the space also grew larger and larger, making Gu Yu unable to imagine… how large the space would become if it continued to develop!
Fortunately, the door leading to another small world had always been a few steps away from Gu Yu. After Gu Yu stepped into the space, he didn’t need to put in any more effort; he could directly push open the door and enter.
Although the space had undergone significant changes, the small world behind the door remained the same, with no changes at all.
At most, the prompt received during the last entry was changed to [Gu Mengyao’s Favorability +100, Congratulations on the First Stage of Space (4/10) Unlocked.]
He wondered if the next change would be when the first stage was fully unlocked…
While Gu Yu was thinking about the space, he took out the salted duck eggs he had pickled earlier from the ceramic pot, preparing to eat them as a side dish with rice porridge that evening.
Gu Yu did not plan to use easily made small items like salted duck eggs as a way to make money, but to satisfy his family’s desire for something new.
After all, one could not earn a lot of money with these. To make money, one needed to develop products like white sugar that would impress people, making them willingly spend their silver.
This point was evidenced when Chengfeng Shan visited the Gu family in the morning. After a clean transaction of goods, Gu Yu looked at the silver notes totaling thirty-two thousand taels in his hand, and felt extremely satisfied.
Then, thinking that Chengfeng Shan often traveled to the capital, Gu Yu entrusted him to bring back any rare and peculiar items he saw in the capital.
At the same time, he also asked him to bring back popular jewelry and fabrics in the capital.
His beautiful little wife needed more adornments.
As for the expenses… Gu Yu was not lacking money now.
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