Chapter 31: Why not a hundred times more!
Magistrate Bai arrived quickly and left quickly.
However, when he arrived, his face was filled with worry, but when he stepped out of the Gu family’s main door, his face was beaming like an old chrysanthemum, making the bailiffs waiting outside the door very curious.
They didn’t know what Gu Yu said to Magistrate Bai to cause such a big change!
When they came over, they had clearly seen the magistrate’s troubled expression. They thought the low pressure would last for several days, but they didn’t expect it to disappear so quickly.
Regardless of how surprised the bailiffs were, Gu Yu and Magistrate Bai would not provide them with an answer. After agreeing on the time for their next meeting, Magistrate Bai happily led his subordinates away from the Gu family.
After watching Magistrate Bai and his men leave, Gu Yu did not stand at the door any longer. He immediately turned and walked into the house, preparing to continue making the medicinal powder in his hand, striving to finish it as soon as possible.
Magistrate Bai coming to buy grain from him surprised Gu Yu, and made him think that the situation in Lian Town was becoming increasingly serious. He wondered what it would become in the future.
Although Gu Yu had a mindset of watching a show before, he felt uneasy when he saw that the situation had truly become serious.
Even though the Gu family did not have to worry about food and drink, and with Mengyao Gu at home, they were not afraid of being attacked… such a situation also made people unable to help but have some chaotic thoughts.
If there was really no food to eat in the future, incidents like the robbery of the Lian Town grain store would become commonplace, and anything could happen once order broke down.
Under such circumstances, with their family being small and their grain being abundant, they would be the prime target for robbery.
It seemed that they still needed to make more traps and similar things to prevent it in advance.
Thinking about these things, Gu Yu’s actions became much faster. By the time Mengyao Gu returned from buying groceries to make dinner, he had also finished making the medicinal powder. After washing his hands, he sat at the dining table and began to eat.
“Mengyao, before you were here, Magistrate Bai came over and said he wanted to buy grain.”
“Buy grain?”
“Yes, he bought quite a lot, and I didn’t refuse. I just treated it as a big business.”
“That’s great. Magistrate Bai bought the grain on behalf of the government, right? If so, our family has also done a good deed!”
While eating, Gu Yu told Mengyao Gu about what had just happened, so she would know about it.
When Mengyao Gu heard this, she immediately agreed and nodded. She also felt that it was a bit too wasteful to hoard so much grain at home.
If this grain could be sent to those in need through the government, it would be a very good thing.
However, her little husband was not someone who was easy to talk to. Magistrate Bai would probably have to bleed heavily once to get grain from Gu Yu.
“Magistrate Bai bought a large amount of grain at ten times the price. Although this price is a bit unsatisfactory, considering the large quantity purchased, I did not refuse. Hearing you say this, Mengyao, I have also done a good deed!”
“Well, the grain on the market now is ten times more, so you haven’t earned too much. Moreover, there are no large-scale grain transactions at all. Instead, Magistrate Bai has gained some… However, Magistrate Bai is also doing this for the people of the town, so we don’t need to care too much about it.”
Hearing the price of ten times, Mengyao Gu thought for a while and then gave a fair evaluation.
Gu Yu nodded repeatedly, thinking that he had still profited from this transaction. After all, when this batch of grain was planted, he never expected to sell it at such a high price.
Although natural disasters were full of danger, opportunities to make money also greatly increased.
However, if Gu Yu had a choice, he would still prefer a peaceful life, as long as there were no disasters.
“Brother-in-law, you’re willing to sell so much grain at once! I thought you were going to keep it until the end and sell it at more than twenty times the price!”
“Why not a hundred times! You’re always thinking of nice things. If it were really at this price, people might be eating human flesh.”
“…Brother-in-law, don’t say anymore, we’re eating now!”
“Didn’t you start it? You can’t stand it after saying so little!”
After Gu Yu and Mengyao Gu finished talking, Gu Qingheng, who was sitting opposite them, seized the opportunity to speak. Gu Yu gave him an annoyed glance.
Then, what Gu Yu said made Gu Qingheng show a disgusted expression. He quickly waved his hands repeatedly, signaling Gu Yu not to continue.
Although he had started it, he didn’t expect… what his brother-in-law said was so unbearable!
“If it can be sold, sell it. Keeping it at home might be a disaster, and it makes me a little worried… our family will become a target in the eyes of others. In that case, they might attack at any time, which is even more unbearable.”
“Is it that serious?”
Afterwards, Gu Yu stopped joking and revealed the real reason for selling the grain. Mengyao Gu, who was beside him, couldn’t help but frown, as if she had thought of the worst possible outcome.
However, Gu Qingheng didn’t think too much. With his sister and brother-in-law around, he didn’t need to worry about anything. Gu Yu and Mengyao Gu would solve the problems completely. There was nothing they couldn’t do.
As for him, he could only provide more gossip to help his brother-in-law get various information in advance and also detect any signs of danger from it.
“It’s just a precaution. Anyway, Magistrate Bai gave us a lot of silver, so it’s okay to sell it to him.”
Seeing his little wife’s worried look, Gu Yu shook his head at Mengyao Gu, indicating that the situation was not that bad yet, so she didn’t need to worry too much.
Currently, it was just speculation.
“I don’t know when these days will end. Linfeng Kingdom has just resolved the war and is now facing a natural disaster… Soon, perhaps the Emperor will perform rituals to pray for heaven to spare this country.”
“There’s such a thing?”
“Yes, decades ago, there was a great drought throughout the country. The former Emperor also performed rituals to pray for heavy rain.”
When the words “perform rituals” were mentioned, Gu Yu’s attention was immediately drawn. He was very interested in such feudal superstitious activities in ancient times. He thought that if this really happened, he would definitely go to the capital to see it with his own eyes.
Before, he had only seen such scenes on television. He didn’t expect to see it with his own eyes after transmigrating.
“Speaking of which, after the former Emperor prayed to heaven, when the heavy rain came, the former Emperor fell seriously ill.”
“That’s right! I remember that brother-in-law’s father was just born at that time, right?”
Hearing Mengyao Gu’s words, Gu Qingheng also recalled the news he had heard from others. When he said it now, he thought it was quite a coincidence.
It had just rained heavily, and Old Man Yang found brother-in-law’s father…
This might be God’s arrangement!
