Chapter 35: He Became a Fierce and Cruel Ghost
“A Yu, are you going to sell that grain? Didn’t you say we would consider it in winter? Why the rush now?”
“I can’t help it. I didn’t expect the situation to become so serious, so I don’t want to keep this grain any longer, lest it becomes a disaster.”
“If you want to sell it, it should be quite easy…”
When she talked about future arrangements with Mengyao Gu, she was puzzled by Gu Yu’s sudden change of mind. Upon hearing Gu Yu’s concern that the grain might become a disaster, and thinking about the group of thieves who came last night, she understood why Gu Yu wanted to sell the grain in advance.
The feeling of being constantly targeted was not good at all.
Thinking about the current market situation for grain acquisition, she wasn’t worried about selling the grain, but she didn’t know who to sell it to.
“No, I don’t want to sell this grain in Lian Town, but to the capital.”
However, when Mengyao Gu spoke, Gu Yu directly shook his head and indicated that he didn’t want to sell the grain nearby, but was preparing to go to the capital to see the situation.
Selling grain in Lian Town was at a tenfold price, and in a prosperous place like the capital, it would definitely be higher.
As for the carriages to transport the grain, they could be handled by Chengfeng Shan.
The grain sold to Magistrate Bai yesterday was also a considerable amount. If a serious situation were to occur in Lian Town, it wouldn’t have a significant impact, and Magistrate Bai could handle everything.
Therefore, the grain he had in hand could be sold at this time, to avoid any future unforeseen circumstances, which would be troublesome.
Thinking about these things, Gu Yu felt he had to make a trip to the capital… but not now.
He would go in a couple of days.
For now, he wanted to see if anyone dared to continue stealing from the Gu family granary…
“A Yu, if you’re going to the capital, take Qingheng with you. Let him see how my father is doing on my behalf.”
“Mengyao, aren’t you going?”
“If I went with you, there would be no one to watch the house, so I won’t go. You and Qingheng go!”
However, after hearing Mengyao Gu’s words, Gu Yu thought that his wife couldn’t go with them, and his mood immediately soured.
Hearing Mengyao Gu’s reason for staying made him even more eager to sell this batch of grain.
It was troublesome to keep it here, so it was better to sell it all as soon as possible.
“Hehe, Sister, don’t worry! I will definitely help you watch Brother-in-law. I won’t let him interact with other women, won’t be lazy, and won’t plot against others casually… In short, Sister, you can rest assured and stay at home!”
“…”
When Gu Qingheng heard that he could go to the capital, his face showed excitement. He was clearly very surprised to be able to go out at this time, and he patted his chest to Mengyao Gu, promising to keep a close eye on Gu Yu.
Hearing Gu Qingheng’s words, Mengyao Gu nodded with satisfaction, thinking that with Gu Qingheng watching Gu Yu, she could be at ease.
Mengyao Gu was truly worried about Gu Yu’s personality and him causing trouble in the capital.
Although Gu Qingheng was also very playful, compared to Gu Yu, his moral compass was more upright.
With the two of them going to the capital together, Mengyao Gu didn’t have to worry about leaving them at home.
After hearing what Mengyao Gu and her brother said, Gu Yu was speechless and twitched the corner of his mouth. He thought he wasn’t a dangerous person, so why was his little wife acting as if facing a great enemy and letting his eleven-year-old brother-in-law watch him.
It was so embarrassing!
…
After confirming the arrangements to go to the capital, three days passed in the blink of an eye.
During this period, after Gu Yu told Magistrate Bai to release the thieves, perhaps seeing their utterly dispirited appearance, many people calmed down and no longer had designs on the Gu family.
It’s worth mentioning that through this incident, the Gu family became famous in the neighboring villages. Everyone knew that Gu Yu of the Gu family was very formidable and extremely ruthless.
If you provoke him, you’re lucky if you don’t lose a layer of skin.
The reason for such widespread dissemination was that most of the people who came to steal grain at the Gu family were from outside the village.
Very few were from the village itself…
Even if there were, they would guide outsiders, but they were made to suffer terribly by Gu Yu’s medicinal powder and were now in unbearable pain and wished to die.
When the people who returned from prison saw their relatives upon returning home, they couldn’t help but cry and wail, saying they would never do bad things again and would detour around anyone from the Gu family.
This abnormal behavior, after finally getting the truth out of them, made people realize the power of Gu Yu’s medicinal powder.
From then on, Gu Yu’s name spread throughout Yang Family Village and its surroundings.
When any child misbehaved and cried incessantly, adults would mention Gu Yu’s name and say that if they didn’t behave, they would ask Gu Yu to apply the painfully deadly medicinal powder to them.
As a result, children no longer dared to cry.
If Gu Yu knew that his name had such power, he would be very moved… not at all!
What, he had become a fierce and cruel ghost, specifically for taming crying children???
He hadn’t done anything!
“Brother-in-law, we’ve been traveling for half a day already, and you still look so reluctant. Is it really necessary?”
“Once I leave, I won’t see your sister for a while again. I feel an emptiness in my heart, and it’s unbearable.”
Sitting in the carriage, Gu Yu lifted the curtain and gazed in the direction they came from, a dejected expression on his face. Gu Qingheng, sitting beside him, felt speechless, thinking his brother-in-law was too fragile!
He was only eleven years old this year, but he wasn’t this way!
“Hmph, Gu Qingheng, you brat, don’t you realize how you cried buckets when you were separated from your Sister Lian back then? I saw it all.”
“Brother-in-law, you spied on me at night!”
“What do you call spying? You were crying like a slaughtered pig, and it kept your sister and me awake. In the end, I secretly sprinkled some sleeping potion powder, and only then did you fall asleep honestly.”
Upon seeing Gu Qingheng shake his head, the words that came out of Gu Yu’s mouth made Gu Qingheng even more speechless.
No wonder he slept until dawn during that period. He had thought… perhaps he had cried himself unconscious due to excessive longing.
Turns out, it was due to his brother-in-law’s medicinal powder!
Moreover, his brother-in-law had seen him crying so miserably, it was truly embarrassing.
After hearing Gu Yu’s words, Gu Qingheng immediately retreated into a state of self-pity. Gu Yu continued to look in the direction they came from, thinking that his little wife shouldn’t miss him too much while she was at home!
Once the matters in the capital were resolved, he would return soon.
