Er Goudan had already guessed what Chu Mu was going to do. He was afraid that Pingniang would let the cat out of the bag, so he rushed to speak before she could say anything:
"What took you so long? The young master is getting impatient."
Pingniang was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, there was a bit of chaos up ahead, so I was delayed a little."
Chu Mu waved his hands, his expression a little arrogant: "Tell me, how do you mess it up?"
"The officer said that there are too many people in Taiping Town. Anyone entering will have to pay rent. Many people who have not paid rent are making a fuss."
Chu Mu raised his eyebrows: "I'm not doing business in the city, why should I pay rent?"
"That's right," Er Gou Dan echoed from the side, "We have to pay to enter the city, are there still officials stopping our business from entering?"
"stupid."
Chu Mu's unscrupulous cursing made the bucktoothed man even more convinced of his identity.
"Young Master, you don't know that the surrounding villages are in chaos. Only Taiping Town is safe because the Fan family is in charge. The fleeing villagers are all flocking to Taiping Town. We don't have enough food, right? So we are just collecting a symbolic rent."
"..." Chu Mu seemed to be still unhappy, "I don't eat the food from Taiping Town, why should I pay for it?"
He portrayed the image of the stubborn favored young master perfectly, as if he was not short of money but just didn't want to lose face.
However, the cautious bucktooth was a little skeptical: "Young Master, you are not... short of money, are you?"
The way Bucktooth looked at Chu Mu changed a little.
Chu Mu snorted coldly: "Gou Dandan, give the fish to those country bumpkins."
"Okay!"
Er Goudan shook open the cloth bag in his hand and pulled out a long string of fish from it.
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