Chapter 1: The Wedding Night (New Book...)

  Damn it, it's actually Wu Xiuxiu this little girl!

  Guo Ye didn't need to look; just by listening to the tone of the speaker's voice, he knew that the person who came must be Wu Xiuxiu.

  This little girl suddenly pops up at this time, won't she really come to make trouble for her brother as she said?

  Guo Ye knew that Wu Mao had always regarded this daughter as a precious gem, doting on her excessively and indulging her every whim.

  If Wu Xiuxiu really gave herself a horizontal stroke, then Huanghuacai was truly chilled to the point of being smelly.

  Just thinking that after much difficulty, he had managed to deceive his father-in-law Wu Mao Cai, that iron rooster who was willing to endure pain and pluck out his own hair, if it were to be easily ruined by Wu Xiu Xiu, Guo Ye couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine.

  Immediately, Guo Ye made an effort to sweep away the nervous look on his face, and lightly turned around to face Wu Xiuxiu with a shameless smile: "It turns out it's you, madam! Where am I being glib? What I said is all true!"

  At this time, it was almost dusk. Wu Xiuxiu had finished her dinner and had already bathed and changed into comfortable clothes, preparing to read a book in her room before resting. When she heard the commotion in the front yard, she rushed out without caring about her appearance to see what was going on.

  As soon as he saw Guo Ye, his mouth was full of nonsense, calling him "wife" and "husband", which made him feel uncomfortable at once.

  Her eyebrows furrowed slightly, and she glanced at Guo Ye with a cold tone: "Who is your wife? Don't forget your own identity, Guo Ye!"

  "Ugh, Guo Ye listened to Wu Xiuxiu's soft and sweet words, suddenly feeling annoyed in his heart. What is this about my own identity? Are you still trying to stir up trouble, Wu Xiuxiu?"

  But thinking that he bore a heavy responsibility, remembering that he must not be rash and impulsive and ruin everything, he suppressed the unhappiness in his heart.

  Then he chuckled and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, yes, Miss Wu, don't mind me. I'm fine, it's just that I can't control this broken mouth of mine, haha. It won't happen again, absolutely not."

  When Guo Ye showed a humble attitude and apologized, Wu Xiuxiu's slightly displeased face also recovered to its usual calm expression, like the ice and snow on the ground in early spring gradually melting away. Then she nodded and said: "Hmm, it's good that you know. However, what you said to my father earlier wasn't entirely unreasonable either. The Liu family is like a tiger, we must strike with all our might and kill it with one blow; if not, we'll end up getting hurt instead of the tiger. Guo Ye, do you have the confidence to take down the Wu family in one fell swoop?"

  It seems that Wu Xiuxiu also has a deep hatred for the Liu family, and Liu Amu's entanglement has already made her unbearable. Otherwise, she wouldn't have spoken with such deep resentment and a hint of murderous intent.

  Guo Ye listened to Wu Xiuxiu's words and made a 360-degree turn, guaranteeing with a pat on his chest: "Miss Xiuxiu, rest assured that I, Guo Ye, have absolute confidence in dealing with the Liu family. I will strike them down with one blow, making them sink to the bottom like a ship hitting a reef."

  Wu Xiuxiu listened to Guo Ye's solemn promise, seeing the self-confidence in his eyebrows when he spoke, and her heart tightened inexplicably. She thought to herself, "So this guy also has such a strong side, quite some masculine charm."

  At this thought, Wu Xiuxiu suddenly felt her cheeks burning with shame, and she silently scolded herself for having such wild and fanciful thoughts. He was just the son of a tenant farmer, and their relationship was merely nominal; how could he possibly be worthy of her?

  In a fluster and unable to control himself, not wanting Guo Ye to notice, he immediately turned around and strode quickly towards his bedroom with a strong and calm demeanor. After walking several steps away, he didn't even turn his head as he threw a sentence at Guo Ye: "Guo Ye, do well, don't lose the face of the Wu family, don't tarnish the reputation of the Wu family."

  Guo Ye listened and didn't think about Wu Xiuxiu's uneasy expression earlier, as long as this little girl didn't cause him trouble, he was grateful. He repeatedly promised with his mouth full of sincerity, reassuring Wu Xiuxiu.

  When he came to himself, Wu Xiuxiu had already walked far away and was out of sight.

  Guo Ye was stunned on the spot, blurting out: "Damn it, how could I be led by the nose by such a little girl? Who's training who?"

  Shaking his head, he ran off to chase away those irrelevant thoughts in his mind. Guo Ye also stepped forward towards the direction of the study in the backyard.

  He clearly remembered that he was still just a bookworm at this point in time.

  After returning to the study, Yatou Chunxiang had already sent the quilt into the room in advance. After a day of running around and being busy, Guo Ye was already unable to straighten his waist. After messing around in the study for a while, he fell asleep dazedly.

  The moon sets and the stars sink, the Dipper turns and the stars shift, the early sun rises with a white belly.

  One night passed and another new day began.

  After finishing breakfast, Guo Ye had already learned from the steward Fu Bo that his father-in-law had arranged for people to move out the grain from the Wu family's granary and transport it to the official granary in Longxi County at any time.

  Guo Ye entrusted Fu Bo to not rush to transport the grain to the county town, and then summoned Cheng Er Niu, Ruan Lao San, and others including Zhu Pengchun and Gan Zhushou to come to the study to discuss matters.

  Zhu Pengchun, Cheng Erniu and others were arranged by Fu Bo'an to eat well, drink well and sleep well, it was really a happy and comfortable life.

  For these officials who looked impressive but actually had little money, the dinner Wu's family hosted yesterday was truly high-end.

  As soon as they entered Guo Ye's study, Cheng Er Niu and others were both envious and grateful to Guo Ye.

  Especially Zhu Pengchun, he even put Guo Ye on a pedestal, just like the high-standard treatment yesterday, in his opinion, Guo Ye's status in the Wu family is unshakeable.

  Only Guo Ye himself knew that his status in the Wu family was all a facade. If he took Zhu Pengchun's flattery seriously, he would not be far from being a real fool.

  The current plan is underway, Guo Ye and Zhu Pengchun are too busy to chat with each other, after casually chatting for two sentences, they directly entered the topic.

  Guo Ye slowly spoke out about how his father-in-law Wu Mao Cai had agreed to lend them grain to solve the urgent problem of Zhang Xiao Qi and Zao Ban.

  As soon as he finished speaking, the whole room fell into a dead silence.

  Everyone stared at Guo Ye with wide eyes, even Gan Zhushou, who was usually silent and expressionless, looked at him in a daze.

  This is too unbelievable!

  No one expected that the problem which everyone thought was more difficult than climbing to heaven would be easily solved by Guo Ye in a matter of seconds yesterday evening.

  Men, that's over 100 dan of grain, a full ten thousand jin, worth more than 500 taels of shiny silver.

  To know their annual salary is just over ten taels, five hundred taels of silver would be impossible to save even if they worked until death!

  Cheng Er Niu, Ruan Lao San, and the crowd of guards looked at Guo Ye with another wave of admiration, like a continuous river that never stops flowing, like the Yangtze River bursting its banks.

  Zhu Pengchun was even more shameless, boasting: "Guo Xiaoge is indeed Guo Xiaoge, after all, he's the treasure of our theater troupe!"

  Guo Ye secretly puffed out his chest, farting out the class's treasure.

  Only he himself knew his own affairs, and he also used a combination of deception and persuasion to finally convince Wu Maocai after great difficulty.

  If we can't bring down the Liu family and get back the taxes, this matter will be left hanging like a knife suspended in mid-air!

  Ruan Lao San, who was on familiar terms with Zhang Xiao Qi, asked anxiously: "Guo Xiaoge, can we transport the grain to the county town now? If we go back late and are discovered by County Magistrate, Xiao Qi's head will be in danger!"

  Everyone also nodded in agreement, after all, they were colleagues of the same soap opera, and their relationships weren't bad, so none of them could bear to see their own brothers get into trouble.

  Especially with Qin Wei making trouble behind the scenes, it directly affects Zhuo Ban's position in County Magistrate's mind.

  They rise and fall together.

  Guo Ye saw that everyone was making a statement, and suddenly raised his right hand to interrupt: "Don't be in a hurry, if it's just like this, it can only cure the symptoms but not the root cause. Pang Ban Tou sent me to lead you few people to Dongliu Township, not just to find some grain to make up for the lost tax grain. If we just return with nothing, it would be too easy for the Liu family and also too indulgent of Qin Wei that son of a bitch."

  Huh?

  Everyone was stunned, could it be that Guo had another trick up his sleeve?

  Seeing the inquiring eyes of the crowd, Guo Ye then slowly revealed his plan.

  Listening to Guo Yelü's speech was like listening to a later-generation orator, with his rhythmic and persuasive language, the emotions of the crowd were slowly stirred up.

  When the last word of the plan was spoken, everyone's face was filled with joy. Cheng Er Niu was even more excited, clenching his fists and shouting in a low voice: "We must get it, we must get it! Brother Guo says what to do, then we'll do it. This time my iron fist will surely severely beat those dog-fucking father and son of the Liu family."

  Ruan Lao San, Gan Zhu Shou, the yamen runners who followed them listened to Guo Ye's plan and although they didn't show the same righteous indignation as Cheng Er Niu, they also didn't raise any objections. After all, these tens of thousands of catties of grain were all borrowed by Guo Ye from his father-in-law's house, what could they say?

  Only Zhu Pengchun made a suggestion, asking: "Brother Guo just said that we need to find someone to pretend to be grain merchants from other counties, where can we find suitable candidates?"

  Kuang Ye looked at Zhu Pengchun with a hint of appreciation after hearing this, after all, he was good at socializing and his brain was more agile than others.

  Then she stared at Zhu Pengchun with a gaze that was almost sarcastic, remaining silent for a long time.

  Zhu Pengchun saw that after he finished asking his question, Guo Xiaoge stared at him without blinking, and his heart skipped a beat.

  He turned his head again to look at Cheng Er Niu, Gan Zhu Shou, Ruan Lao San and several other yamen runners, all of whom were looking at him with the same kind of eyes, as if they had just entered a brothel and spotted a prostitute, their gaze fixed on him.

  Damn it!

  Zhu Pengchun suddenly realized that he was really fucking mouthy and wanted to slap himself in the face.

  Then he pointed to his own nose with his right hand, widened his eyes and asked in surprise: "Brother Guo, the grain merchant you mentioned, wouldn't that be me, Old Zhu?"

  Guo Ye still didn't speak, but he had already raised his right thumb and gave him a thumbs up.

  On the side, Cheng Er Niu immediately echoed and supported Guo Ye: "What's wrong with you? Don't you want to? Don't forget, before Pang Ban Tou left, he instructed that all actions should be listened to and commanded, and only our brother Guo is in charge."

  Gan Zhu Shou and Ruan Lao San also nodded in agreement.

  Zhupeng Chun is so wronged in his heart, damn it, Zhupeng Chun, you're such a cheap mouth, you deserve it!

  Guo Ye walked up and gently patted Zhu Pengchun's shoulder, encouraging him: "Old Zhu, you're a clever and resourceful person with a quick wit, I think you're someone who can be entrusted with important tasks."

  Listening to Guo Ye's high praise, Zhu Pengchun felt a surge of confidence in his heart and asked incredulously: "Really? Brother Guo, do you really think so highly of old Zhu?"

  Guo Ye nodded without expressing his approval or disapproval, then whispered a few words in Zhu Pengchun's ear, which left everyone present bewildered.

  After Guo Ye finished whispering to him, Zhu Pengchun's face suddenly turned bright red, his mouth agape in astonishment, and he muttered: "This...this...Guo, is it really true?"

  Kwok Yip burst out laughing and said loudly: "We're all brothers who eat from the same pot, I'm kidding you, I'm your grandson!"