Chapter 33 Intense Morning Grumpiness
After Magistrate Bai sent people to transport the grain away, several thieves sneaked into the granary that night, intending to steal some sacks of grain.
However, their fate was sealed the moment they entered the granary.
This was because Gu Yu had already placed medicinal powder at the entrance of the granary.
When a group of people were lying inside the granary, wailing and howling in pain, Gu Yu was also awakened from his sleep. Seeing Mengyao Gu wanting to go out and take a look, Gu Yu quickly raised his hand to stop his little wife’s action, indicating that he would go.
And with his intense morning grumpiness, Gu Yu’s expression immediately turned gloomy after leaving Mengyao Gu’s sight.
How dare they disturb his sleep!
He walked quickly to the granary entrance and looked at the people writhing in pain on the ground. The corners of his mouth suddenly turned up slightly.
Afterwards, Gu Yu sprinkled some voice-loss powder and then returned to bed to sleep.
The night was still long…
“Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, there were so many people foaming at the mouth in the granary! When my sister and I went to see today, I was almost scared to death!”
“And then?”
“Then, my sister went to town to contact the government officials and send these thieves to prison.”
“Wasn’t this already resolved?”
Waking up from his sleep, Gu Yu looked at the bright sky outside. He thought that his little wife was so considerate; knowing he was woken up last night, she didn’t wake him up today.
While listening to his younger brother-in-law’s words, Gu Yu also rubbed his sleepy eyes and sat up from the bed. He was not surprised by the outcome, as if he had already expected it. Instead, he felt that Gu Qingheng was overly surprised.
When the commotion happened last night, he had specifically gone to Gu Qingheng’s room to take a look. He saw that he was sleeping like a little pig and hadn’t heard any noise outside.
“How could these people be so bold! How dare they steal from our family’s granary, it’s truly detestable! If you ask me, they should be locked up for a few years.”
“No need. I’ll go to the county office this afternoon to plead for them and try to get them released today.”
“???”
As Gu Qingheng spoke with a face full of depression, Gu Yu did not get angry like him. Instead, he leisurely put on his clothes and then uttered a sentence that made Gu Qingheng’s face full of question marks. He didn’t know why his brother-in-law would say that.
What did he mean by trying to get them released today? Did they not have to take responsibility even after stealing?
If so, their family’s grain would be stolen clean tomorrow.
What was his brother-in-law thinking!
“It’s not to be merciful to them, but I want to use these living advertisements to publicize the effectiveness of my medicinal powder, and also let others know… the consequences of coming without permission.”
“So that’s how it is!”
“Of course, otherwise, I wouldn’t want them to come out so early… Grain is very expensive now, and I don’t know if anyone would commit crimes for food and end up in prison.”
“Impossible! They’ll be whipped in prison, which is particularly terrifying.”
After hearing Gu Yu’s explanation, Gu Qingheng nodded understandingly. Then, upon hearing Gu Yu’s words, he immediately stated that it was absolutely impossible for anyone to be so self-abusive.
If it were just for a meal, they could choose to work in town.
Besides, whose family didn’t have leftover grain!
It was only those who didn’t plan for the future, who couldn’t resist the sight of silver, that sold all their family’s grain.
Just like Yang Yiwen from the village before, who sold all his stored grain. Because he gambled away all the money from selling the grain, several members of his family had trouble eating, and he had been staying at the village chief’s house for meals recently.
Once or twice was fine, but if it happened many times, the village chief would probably get annoyed too.
“Maybe! After all, there are all sorts of people in this world, so it’s not surprising if there are such people.”
Shrugging at Gu Qingheng, Gu Yu then put on all his clothes, washed up, and then Gu Yu directly moved a chair and sat at the doorway, waiting for visitors.
“Gu Yu, what has your Gu family done to my son!”
“What have I done to your son? I should be asking your son why he ran into my granary in the middle of the night! Don’t tell me you were full and had nothing better to do at night. Go tell that to the magistrate!”
Not long after Gu Yu sat down, several people walked over aggressively. One middle-aged woman was the first to speak, shouting at Gu Yu about what he had done to her son.
She looked like she had been wronged, which made Gu Yu feel like laughing.
He hadn’t even settled scores with these people yet, but now they were pointing fingers at him, which was truly unexpected!
However, Gu Yu would not let others bully him, so at this moment, he directly got to the point, telling the woman to think about why her son had sneaked into the Gu family’s granary at night, so that she could have a valid reason.
“My son was just curious, is that not allowed? Your granary isn’t any special place, so why can’t he even look?”
“At least my granary is a private place, not the street… If you want to protest, you can go to town and find the magistrate! The person isn’t with me now, so talking to me is useless.”
“I don’t care, you sent my son to the government, you have to bring my son back, otherwise I’ll just squat at your house and not leave. Let’s see who can outlast whom.”
“Sure! Anyway, you can’t even get into my house. If anyone dares to stick a foot in, I can exercise my right to beat anyone who enters without permission to death, and the government won’t do anything to me.”
There were many unreasonable people in this world, so Gu Yu was not too surprised when he encountered such people.
Even the people from the Old Yang family couldn’t make him angry, let alone others.
Threatening him with words?
Then let’s see who is more threatening!
After hearing Gu Yu’s words, the people who came to cause trouble hesitated. Then, the woman who took the lead immediately sat down on the ground, preparing to start wailing to let Gu Yu know who was boss.
However, before she could even cry out, Gu Yu snapped his fingers.
The crisp sound made everyone somewhat confused, wondering why Gu Yu snapped his fingers.
As a result, a black bear emerged from a nearby house and roared at these people.
“By the way, I haven’t told you yet! My wife brought back a black bear a few days ago to guard the house… this one, and now I’ll let you meet it.”
Looking at their pale faces, Gu Yu said with a smile. The little black bear beside him also responded to Gu Yu’s words, starting to pat its chest with its claws.
The ape-like movement immediately scared these people so much that they peed themselves and ran away.
Even the woman who was preparing to cry on the ground frantically got up, stumbled behind the crowd, and quickly left this terrifying place.
They ran so fast, as if they were afraid of being scratched by the black bear.
Watching these people leave, Gu Yu couldn’t help but smile and shake his head. He then handed the little black bear a carrot and continued to sit on the chair, waiting for the rest of the people to arrive.
It seemed like there were quite a few people who came to steal grain yesterday!
