Seeing that his son was unwilling to hand over the money to him, Gu Yu'an was furious.

"Rest assured? With your character, how can I be at ease?!"

"I know you are getting cocky and want to..."

Gu Yanzhang looked at his wife helplessly and said, "Wife, have you finished eating?"

"After we finish eating, we have to go to the clan leader's house later."

Gu Yu'an was alert when he heard this. "What are you going to do with the clan leader?"

Gu Yanzhang replied, "I'm going there to tell him something."

"What? What are you going to tell him?"

Seeing that he was anxious, Gu Yanzhang had to explain seriously, "I spent all the money I earned in the past few years a few days ago. I bought a small shop in the county town."

When Gu Yu'an heard his biological son say that he bought a house in the county town, he felt like a bolt of lightning struck him directly.

"Buy a shop?"

"You bought a shop?!"

"You spent all the money in the family?"

Seeing his frown and screaming at the top of his lungs, Gu Yanzhang nodded calmly, "Yes. I bought a house in the county and spent all the money." Gu Yu'an

saw that he looked like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water, and he was very angry at that time.

Unable to bear the feeling of collapse in his heart, Gu Yu'an rushed to Gu Yanzhang. He wanted to give him dozens of heavy slaps in the face.

"... Dad! Can you please talk to me nicely if you have anything to say? Don't use your hands and feet, okay?"

After saying this, Gu Yanzhang still looked indifferent and pushed Gu Yu'an heavily.

Gu Yu'an is a person who bullies the weak and fears the strong.

Seeing that Gu Yanzhang's temper had hardened, he slowly shuddered.

After opening his mouth slightly, he didn't know what to say.

At this moment, his eyes were red. His mouth was tightly pursed, as if he was about to cry.

Noticing that his son really ignored him, he felt very aggrieved.

The scene he was most afraid of at the beginning really happened. He really couldn't stand it, and finally cried a little.

"Wuwuwu, what sin have I committed!"

"..."

Gu Yu'an is an old man with gray hair. His face is full of wrinkles, his hands are full of wrinkles, and he looks very sad. People who don't know the inside story can easily feel sympathy for him.

Thinking that he is old, how many years can he live?

Gu Dazhu, Gu Erzhu, and Gu Sanzhu, who were full of sympathy, stood up unconsciously and whispered to Gu Yanzhang and Chen Xuanxuan, "Mom and Dad, Grandpa has not had an easy time these years. He is an old man, and his mind is not very clear. You should stop bothering him."

Gu Yu'an couldn't help crying a little louder when he heard this.

This time, he found that his son was serious with him. It seemed that he really didn't take him, his biological father, seriously. A sense of fear and an extremely strong sense of panic emerged in his heart.

Knowing that he seemed to be no match for his daughter-in-law, Gu Yu'an, who was particularly concerned about his reputation, still didn't want to bow down to his son and daughter-in-law.

He thought about it and picked up the broken bowl. He secretly thought that if a bowl mender came over after a while, he would spend a few pounds of sorghum and ask him to help him mend the bowl.

...

It's strange.

Ever since that night, when Gu Yanzhang's attitude towards Gu Yu'an became completely cold, Gu Yu'an never made a fuss at home again.

Even when Gu Yanzhang and his second son and his wife were busy in the small shop in the county town every day, he didn't say anything. He

also didn't take advantage of Gu Yanzhang's absence to lose his temper with Chen Xuanxuan.

Gu Yu'an has changed.

This is Chen Xuanxuan's most obvious feeling now.

After her father-in-law changed, she suddenly felt that her life was much more comfortable.

No one is watching her every day, no one is complaining about her getting up late, and no one is blaming her for not being able to cook three meals a day for the family. No one will encourage her husband to beat or scold her.

Thinking of this, Chen Xuanxuan smiled more.

...

The weather is getting hotter day by day.

After June, there were only three light rains in the entire Xiaoyue River Basin.

Compared with the harvests in previous years, the land in the swamp area is much worse this year.

Last year, after paying the two taxes on the 100 mu of land of Chen Xuanxuan's family, there were still more than 2,000 kilograms left.

But this year it is not the same.

Because the government must pay enough grain. Several prominent clerks and yamen runners in the yamen must also spend some money to manage them.

So, when it was time to harvest grain at the end of July, Chen Xuanxuan discovered that her family only produced 1,600 kilograms of glutinous rice from the 100 mu of land they planted.

This was more than 500 kilograms less glutinous rice than in previous years, which was a huge loss.

Not only did Chen Xuanxuan's family suffer huge losses, the situation of the other villagers in Gujiagang was not optimistic either.

Fortunately, they harvested valuable glutinous rice. If they had planted wheat and sorghum, this year and next year would have been particularly miserable.

...

The shop that Gu Yanzhang bought in the county town was actually only a dozen square meters in size.

The small yard behind the shop was not big either. It was just a small house with one entrance.

On top of the first-floor house, a simple second floor was built with wood.

If there are many people in the family, many people have to sleep on the second floor.

The second floor has long been occupied by Gu Erzhu and his wife Ma.

They have already privately agreed with Gu Yanzhang that if they split up in the future, the second floor may be left for them to live in.

Gu Yanzhang has been too busy recently.

Because of the natural disasters this year, there has been a large-scale reduction in production. Many people are short of food, and the price of food in the county has also risen.

As a caterer, Gu Yanzhang entertained the merchants who traveled all over the country and got a lot of news.

One of them was that there was a flood in the south. The price of grain would definitely rise this year.

So, Gu Yanzhang quietly returned to Gujiagang. He first told Chen Xuanxuan the important news.

Then, he found his mother-in-law and told her about it.

Old lady Liu didn't need anyone to remind her. That night, she took her eldest son to find the village chief of Chenjia Village.

After hearing this, the village chief of Chenjia Village hesitated for a while and convened a clan meeting overnight.

Gu Yu'an will talk to Gujiagang. Soon, the people of Chenjia Village and Gujiagang all decided that they would not sell the grain produced from the fields this year!

They would keep it all.

Otherwise, they would use this year's new grain to exchange for several times the old grain.

In short, they had to stock up on grain now. Otherwise, if the grain price went up, they would starve to death.

So, from that day on, everyone in Gujiagang was busy in the mountains.

Everyone was picking wild vegetables and fishing in the water...