Chapter Thirty-four: News Spreads
The Gu family prospered.
This news swept through the entire village like a wildfire in the morning.
Coupled with some instigation by those with ulterior motives, it was even on the verge of spreading beyond the village.
If others made money, the villagers would not have reacted so strongly. The main reason was the excessive gossip about the Gu family, which had turned the Gu family into the villagers’ after-dinner conversation. They had to say a few words even when they had nothing to say, just to feel comfortable.
After all, contrast creates beauty! The villagers lived difficult lives. Suddenly, the little pitiful Gu family transformed into someone who made big money, making many people unbalanced.
They didn’t care about the dangers Mengyao Gu encountered when hunting wild boars, only the large sums of silver they received from selling them.
Especially when all three members of the Gu family were young, it made many people extremely envious.
They couldn’t wait to jump over the wall at night and secretly steal the money.
Of course, someone might actually have such intentions…
Anyway, there were no adults in the Gu family, so it wouldn’t matter if they were discovered. At most, they would just beat up the Gu children and teach them to be afraid, so they wouldn’t speak out.
Gu Yu didn’t care what people were thinking. Even if he heard it, he would just smile it off.
The silver was all in Gu Yu’s spatial dimension. If it could be stolen, the thief would be amazing!
As for safety, when he discovered that Mengyao Gu had some little secrets, Gu Yu had a feeling that even if wild beasts ran down from the mountain, their family would be fine.
Moreover, Mengyao Gu had said today… that she had set up many traps in the yard, and told Gu Yu to be careful and not step on them.
Therefore, after Gu Yu finalized the matter with the village chief and agreed to collect the land deed tomorrow, he happily strolled out of the village chief’s house.
Although the land deed had already been written, it still needed to be taken to the Yamen in town to be stamped with a red seal, which would then signify an effective contract.
Even though stamping required a few wen for labor fees, without the red seal, there was no backup registration in the Yamen. Even a signed contract would not be valid later.
When buying wasteland to build houses in the village, stamping at the Yamen was free. Only personal transaction contracts required labor fees.
“Hey, Gou Dan, I heard your family made money! Lend Auntie some money to spend!”
Just as Gu Yu finished his business and was about to go home, a fat woman suddenly appeared and blocked the road ahead.
Her plump body stood in the middle of the road with the imposing aura of “This tree was planted by me, this road was opened by me.” She was just short of directly asking Gu Yu to leave some road toll money.
And what came out of her mouth next was no different from robbery.
Lending some money to spend?
Gu Yu rolled his eyes speechlessly. When he saw the fat woman blocking his way, and realized it was the one who had called him a pretty boy yesterday, he became even more impatient.
Why did he encounter her everywhere!
He didn’t know what relationship Chen Gouzi had with this fat woman, with her familiar squinting eyes.
“My family doesn’t have money. Mengyao is still injured. Why don’t Auntie lend me some money? I promise to repay it within ten years. If I can’t repay it…”
Gu Yu only spoke half of what he intended to say. Although he had promised to repay it earlier, the unspoken part implied that if he couldn’t repay it, it would be forgotten.
Hmph, it wasn’t as if only shameless people could borrow money. Gu Yu could borrow it back.
Upon hearing Gu Yu’s words, the fat woman’s face immediately revealed a look of disdain.
Her small eyes scanned Gu Yu’s worn clothes. Upon seeing the faded clothes and several patches, and realizing that Gu Yu was even poorer than her, she turned around and left without saying a word.
The fat woman left decisively, likely having only tested him with her initial words.
Seeing this, Gu Yu shook his head and continued to stroll towards home.
Now that people were stopping people on the road, the news of selling wild boars must have spread throughout the village. He wondered if anyone had also come to their house and if the Gu Mengyao siblings could handle them.
Sometimes, living in the village was really quite troublesome.
If guests came to visit, the hosts couldn’t just drive them out with a broom. If they did that, news would definitely spread throughout the entire village the next day, and people would point fingers behind their backs.
However, when buying a house in town, after losing the treasure trove of the big mountain, Gu Yu couldn’t guarantee that his family would still have money to spend.
Therefore, everything had its pros and cons. Currently, the Gu family could not leave Yang Family Village.
