Chapter 86: Everyone Goes Home
For the sake of his reputation, Old Man Yang originally didn’t intend to reveal the matter of the Deed of Severance, but seeing the Village Chief’s disappointed expression at this moment, he suddenly found it very annoying.
It would have been better if the Village Chief hadn’t brought it up… Old Man Yang felt that it was unlucky for Yang Zhi Shuang to have died at their doorstep!
What’s more, Gu Yu was an ungrateful person. From his inability to suppress his laughter just now, it could be seen that his previous diligent offering of meat to the Yang family was all a pretense, just to earn a good reputation in the village!
If the cunning and deceitful Gu Yu were still connected to the Old Yang family, they might suffer great misfortune in the future!
His youngest son was destined to become a high-ranking official, so he couldn’t let someone like Gu Yu ruin his future.
Therefore, it was better to clarify things now that there were so many people around.
After all, once the Deed of Severance was revealed, Gu Yu would have no connection to the Yang family, saving them from being gossiped about behind their backs for being heartless and forcing their son and grandson to their deaths.
At the very least, when Gu Yu used that tiger skin to threaten them in the future, the Yang family wouldn’t be helpless.
After all, the two families were no longer related, so there was no basis for that tiger skin.
Old Man Yang thought this through very well. Although he was disappointed that he couldn’t severely punish Gu Yu, he thought about the tiger skin he exchanged for it. After selling it for seventy taels of silver, not only did Shun Yang have the money for his studies, but the Yang family’s life also improved considerably.
However, when Gu Yu was desperate and had nowhere to turn in the future, he might use this matter to threaten them.
Therefore, to nip the danger in the bud, Old Man Yang’s public declaration of the Deed of Severance at this moment also indicated… that the Yang family no longer had any relationship with Gu Yu.
Even if Gu Yu starved to death in the future, it would have nothing to do with their family!
Of course, Old Man Yang knew that Madam Li had gone to Gu Yu to ask for money. However, thinking that Gu Yu had driven Madam Li back from the Gu family, his dislike for Gu Yu grew even stronger.
Old Man Yang didn’t consider whether he was worthy of acting like a loving grandfather to Gu Yu when he had already severed ties with him.
“Tsk, tsk, if you ask me! This Old Man Yang is even more ruthless than his wife!”
“Who says he isn’t! He usually says nothing, but now when he speaks, it’s such a serious matter. When Yang Lao San’s family was separated back then, they even produced a Deed of Severance. I’m afraid the Yang Family Village can hardly contain your Yang family anymore.”
“No… such a big matter as the Deed of Severance, how come I don’t know about it!”
“They wanted to keep it a secret! After all, it’s not something glorious. The Village Chief isn’t a gossip. It was because the second daughter-in-law of the Yang family, Li Mengzhu, had a big mouth and spread it everywhere that we learned about the Yang family kicking Yang Lao San’s family out of the house with nothing.”
“What will happen to Gou Dan in the future! If a Deed of Severance is written, it means he’s been removed from the Yang family’s genealogy. He won’t even be as good as an outsider in the future…”
“What else can be done! You haven’t seen Yang Xingwang’s behavior. The Deed of Severance was written a long time ago, and only we were kept in the dark, not knowing anything.”
“Hmph, if they broke ties long ago, why did Madam Li go to Mengyao Gu’s house to make a scene, throwing tantrums and demanding money? How shameless!”
“Indeed, not a single person from the Old Yang family is good. I initially thought Shun Yang was decent, but then he publicly molested the eldest daughter in public. Tsk, it really isn’t a family that doesn’t enter the same door!”
“Truly shameless. Even if the meat Gou Dan took was fed to dogs, it’s better than giving it to the Old Yang family!”
Gu Yu, who was catching an indirect flak, at this moment just wanted to be a quiet handsome man and watch the fun from the sidelines.
However, the current situation did not allow him to think that way.
When everyone cast sympathetic glances at him, along with some who took the opportunity to gloat, Gu Yu shook his head helplessly, thinking that these people were really none of their business.
He himself was living a happy life, and he didn’t understand why these people looked at him with an expression of ‘this child is truly pitiful’, as if they could foresee Gu Yu’s future poverty and destitution without any relatives offering help.
Please! With the golden finger of space, even if Gu Yu wanted to be poor, it wouldn’t be easy.
Moreover, his wife and younger brother-in-law were not ordinary people. With Gu Mengyao, who had incredible strength, Gu Yu felt that if he was bullied outside in the future, he could just go home and ask his wife for help…
Besides, being able to sever ties with the people of the Old Yang family made Gu Yu laugh in his dreams at night.
After learning about the existence of the Deed of Severance from Gu Mengyao, Gu Yu had secretly thought about… how to spread the news of the Deed of Severance!
He didn’t expect that Old Man Yang himself couldn’t wait and directly announced it in public.
Others didn’t know what Gu Yu was thinking, so they all assumed Gu Yu was stunned by his own grandfather’s treatment of him. Everyone looked at Old Man Yang with disdain!
Old Man Yang had just said that the severing of ties was requested by Yang Zhi Shuang himself… But now that the person was dead, and there was no way to verify it, wasn’t it up to Old Man Yang to spout whatever he wanted.
Old Man Yang didn’t care what others thought; he was in the right anyway.
Even if he was scolded, it wouldn’t cost him anything, and the money from selling the tiger skin was still locked in their wooden chest.
And at this moment, the surrounding villagers, after mentally condemning Yang Xingwang for disowning his family, were left to continue watching the excitement.
That’s right, watching the excitement.
They thought the gossip between Shun Yang and Jiao’e Lin would lead to a fight between Widow Lin and Madam Li, but who knew… later, it involved Yang Shun’s secret crush, the young lady from town, and the Yang family’s Deed of Severance with Gu Yu.
My goodness! It’s too exciting. They should have brought watermelon seeds to snack on while watching, it would have been especially thrilling.
A few young wives who had just married into the Yang Family Village stretched their necks expectantly to watch the excitement, thinking of going back to their maiden homes in a couple of days to tell their brothers and sisters about what they saw today, letting them have some fun too.
“Alas! I can’t interfere in your family’s affairs! Take care of yourselves. Why are you all still blocking here? Are you planning to stay for lunch!”
“Village Chief, as long as you provide food, we’ll really stay.”
“Go, go, go, go wherever it’s cool. If anyone continues to block here, I’ll have you all go and reclaim wasteland. Since you’re all idle anyway…”
After hearing Old Man Yang’s words, the Village Chief seemed disappointed with the Old Yang family. Seeing that the matter with Jiao’e Lin had concluded, he immediately waved his hand to dismiss everyone, telling the onlookers to go back to their respective homes.
At first, some people joked with the Village Chief, but when the Village Chief glared and mentioned reclaiming wasteland, the crowd dispersed immediately.
Only a few scoundrels from the village remained at the Yang family’s door, flirting with Jiao’e Lin with cheeky smiles.
Seeing this, the Village Chief and Old Man Yang’s expressions immediately soured.
And when Gu Yu saw that everyone had dispersed, he no longer wanted to stay there and see Old Man Yang’s detestable face.
He quickly led his wife and younger brother-in-law out of the village. After finally returning home, Gu Qingheng was fine, but Gu Yu and Gu Mengyao looked like their bones had been loosened, lazily sitting on stools with relaxation written all over their faces.
They should never go to the village again; it was too torturous!
However, it was worth this trip!
At least he could personally witness Shun Yang and others reaping the consequences of their actions, and Old Man Yang had also publicly presented the Deed of Severance, which was equivalent to admitting the complete severance of their relationship with Gu Yu.
In the future, if the Yang family came to cause trouble again, it would be much easier; they could just have the younger brother-in-law throw them out.
Thinking of this, Gu Yu felt much more relaxed.
After transmigrating to ancient times, among Gu Yu’s concerns… one was how to raise all three little radishes, and the other was to guard against the Old Yang family and the bad people in the village.
As for the initial goal of earning money to support his family, it had now turned into how to improve his own living conditions.
Currently, the new house needed to be built first.
Fortunately, things were back on track, and the Foreman was leading his men to work with great enthusiasm. However…
Gu Yu thought about the expenses for building the house, which left him with less than a tael of silver, and he felt a sense of unease.
Although Gu Yu decided not to go to Lian Town for the time being after meeting Bai Lin Yue, with little money left now, if it wasn’t replenished, he might have trouble even paying wages.
The space had been expanded twice in a row, and it contained quite a lot of wild game.
Considering that it was still early, Gu Yu, after informing Gu Mengyao, left home and headed towards town.
As the space was continuously upgraded, Gu Yu’s physical fitness also improved with it. Now, he no longer needed to take the rickety ox cart to town; he could walk briskly to town on his own two feet.
He had to say, after improving his body, Gu Yu felt as if he had eaten a miraculous elixir.
Originally, walking felt like dragging a large stone, but now that he felt light as a swallow, he was still a bit unaccustomed to it.
When he arrived in town in a good mood, because Bai Lin Yue was still in town, Gu Yu did not dare to wander around and be caught.
He first hired an ox cart with a shed and curtains for shelter and asked the coachman to drive him to the Chunlai Restaurant.
When the coachman arrived at the destination, while the waiter went in to inform the Chubby Chef, Gu Yu said he hadn’t eaten breakfast and gave the coachman twenty copper coins, asking him to buy some meat buns to eat together.
Gu Yu planned to use this to get rid of the coachman and transfer the wild game to the cart.
Because Gu Yu was small, the coachman thought that the ox cart could not be lost if it was placed in the restaurant’s small courtyard. Instead, because this trip would allow him to eat more meat buns, it was a great deal!
And while the coachman was away, Gu Yu quickly loaded the wild game onto the cart. To prevent bloodstains from dripping onto the cart, Gu Yu had already placed several large straw mats underneath. He believed that in this short time, there should be no problems.
“Oh! Isn’t this Brother Wang? What good stuff did your dad hunt again? I haven’t seen you for a couple of days, I’ve really missed you!”
“Hehe, quite a lot of good stuff, Master, take a look.”
Gu Yu came to the restaurant to sell wild game. To prevent anyone from tracing back to the Gu family, he had used an alias from the beginning, which is why the Chubby Chef called Gu Yu Brother Wang at this moment.
Hearing the Chubby Chef’s eager voice, Gu Yu chuckled and then took the initiative to lift the curtain, exposing the wild game inside to everyone.
Upon seeing the large quantity of wild game, especially a male deer among them, the Chubby Chef gasped and took a deep breath.
Was he not seeing things clearly!
This child’s father was truly capable, to have even hunted a male deer!
It should be known that deer usually travel in herds and are naturally timid. They usually run away before one can even get close, making them difficult to capture.
Especially since this deer was a male, deer penis and other ingredients were great tonics!
Not to mention anything else, just the tonic soup made from deer penis could attract a group of wealthy patrons, all of whom were showered with silver!
After counting the wild game, the Chubby Chef told Gu Yu the prices of each item, and he didn’t even skimp on the prices. In fact, he even raised the prices considerably.
The reason for this was that news had already spread that the Chunman Restaurant opposite wanted to buy wild game at a high price.
But no matter how much silver was involved, without connections, one would still be easily defeated!
The Chubby Chef could now imagine the sensation that would be caused when his restaurant launched dishes made from some of the precious wild game.
And the Fuman Restaurant would be severely impacted, possibly even closing down!
Gu Yu was simply the Chubby Chef’s little lucky star, and the great benefactor of Chunlai Restaurant!
Therefore, the Chubby Chef would not conceal the prices or shortchange him. After all, giving up the opportunity to earn more money for a meager profit was something only a fool would do!
