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Chapter 138 How Could You Let The Gu Family Go Away?

Many of the guys hired to entertain the guests are out of work now, and they wiped the tables and chairs in the lobby on the first floor so that they are reflective.

The shopkeeper watched the rush of people under umbrellas on the street, and there were hundreds of people passing by, but none of them went into the restaurant to eat pot.

This has been going on for two or three days.

He was so worried that his hair had turned gray.

The purchasing manager quickly came over to report to the shopkeeper.

"Shopkeeper, the prices of vegetables, meat, and rice have risen again today!"

The shopkeeper stared, "Is it still going up? How much has it gone up?"

The steward held out a palm.

The shopkeeper took a breath and said, "Fifty percent?"

Since the heavy rain for days, the price of vegetables and meat has been rising.Restaurants are originally in the pot business, and the fresh vegetables and meats every day need to be the freshest, otherwise they will lose their flavor.

In other restaurants, if the owner has a farm, fresh vegetables will be delivered from the farm every day. If the farm raises chickens, ducks, cattle, sheep, and pigs, some will be delivered from time to time, thus saving money.

But the Gu family didn't have a Zhuangzi, so the money couldn't be saved, so they had to buy it every day.

If you buy less, the business is not good enough to eat, and if you buy too much, the business is not good and the rest can only be disposed of cheaply, which is a loss.

The restaurant's business was not good before. No matter how much the purchasing manager bought, the restaurant could consume it in a day. Now the business has suddenly deteriorated, and a lot of ingredients have been wasted in the past few days.

The steward heard the shopkeeper say [-]%, shook his head, surprised and sighed, "Doubled!"

"What! So expensive!"

"That's all, it's not easy to buy! Especially rice and meat!"

"I just don't understand. A few days ago, our restaurant's business was so good, why suddenly there were no customers? Could it be that the kitchen was lazy and the taste changed?"

After all, the stewards who go shopping every day know more gossip.

"I heard that there are floods in the suburbs of Beijing, and all the food harvested in the autumn has been destroyed by heavy rain. Who has the heart to come to a restaurant to eat at this time."

"What you said is true?" the shopkeeper said with a calm face.

"Eighty percent of it is true. I heard it from the merchants who came to Beijing from the Western Market. There shouldn't be any lies. But I don't know the specific extent of the flood."

After the purchasing steward finished speaking, the shopkeeper couldn't stay in the restaurant anymore and asked the steward to guard the restaurant. He took an oil-paper umbrella and led a waiter out of the restaurant and went straight to Gu's house.

Gu Fu, I heard that the shopkeeper of the restaurant is here, Bai Lingge thought the shopkeeper was here to deliver money.

Bai Lingge has been busy taking care of Gu Hongchao, who has an injured arm in the Gu Mansion these days, and has not interfered with the restaurant business, so he doesn't know how the restaurant business is these days, and thought it was as prosperous as before.

Bai Lingge asked the shopkeeper to be brought in and met the restaurant shopkeeper directly in the flower hall.

In the flower hall, Bai Linge and Gu Hongchao, who had an injured arm, sat at the main seats.

As soon as the shopkeeper of the restaurant came in, before Bai Lingge asked, he knelt down in front of Bai Lingge with shame on his face, "The old slave is here to plead guilty to the young lady!"

Hearing the shopkeeper's words, Bai Lingge and Gu Hongchao's expressions turned ugly.

After a while, Gu Hongchao said with a pale face, "What are you talking about, floods in the suburbs of Beijing!"

"The shopkeeper nodded frequently. The eldest young master must quickly inquire about the news. If it is true, our Gu family must stock up on food!"

After knowing this, Bai Lingge and Gu Hongchao were still in the mood to ask about the restaurant business. The top priority was to stock up on food!

Once this flood is over, it won’t be too late for the restaurant to reopen!
Even though his arm was injured, Gu Hongchao couldn't care too much. He immediately sent someone to find his father back home, while Bai Lingge went to the main courtyard to discuss with Mrs. Gu.

Gu Long received the news of his son, and immediately went to the Prince Regent's Mansion to find Gu Yufei.

But Gu Yufei didn't want to see Gu Long. Gu Long waited in the Regent's Palace for more than half an hour before a maid came out with a note to Gu Long, saying that the news about flooding in the suburbs of Beijing was true.

Although he didn't see his daughter, Gu Long hurried back to the mansion after checking the news.

When Gu Long returned to Gu Mansion, his family was waiting for him in the flower hall of the main courtyard, even Gu Hongfeng who had been ill in bed was there.

Seeing Gu Long coming in, Mrs. Gu hurriedly asked: "Master, how is it?"

"The news is true! Prepare to stock up on food!"

But at this time, the price of grain had skyrocketed, and there was no way to buy grain at normal prices. In the end, they went the way of Fang's family and spent 3000 taels of silver to buy ordinary-quality grain and shipped it to the Gu family's warehouse.

In normal times, the 3000 taels of grain would only be worth 500 taels at most, and the Fang family had detained [-]% of it.

Gu Yuqing is the third wife of the Fang family, and she followed the Fang family's path, so she had to give the [-]%.

But the 3000 taels immediately emptied Bai Lingge and Mrs. Gu.

At this moment, the Gu family really only had an empty shell left.

Princess Palace.

Mrs. Rongguo sent someone to deliver a letter.

Qin Shuhuang opened the envelope, read it at a glance, and sneered at the corner of his mouth.

According to Qin Shuhuang's words, Mrs. Rongguo doubled the price and sold some grain to the Fang family during the heavy rains in the past few days.

Now the Fang family sold half of this batch of grain to the Gu family for 3000 taels.

Mrs. Rong Guo thought her food was too expensive, so she was a little guilty, but now seeing that the Fang family is still black-hearted, she immediately lost her sense of guilt.

Mrs. Rongguo advised Qin Shuhuang in the letter that since she has left the Gu family, she should stop taking care of the Gu family's affairs. The important thing is to live her own life well. Husband and wife are getting along slowly, so let her relax a bit. Xie Xuanye's question, tell her that she supports Qin Shuhuang.

Qin Shuhuang quickly wrote a reply letter to the servants of the Du family, and prepared some medicinal food and supplements for the servants to take back to Mrs. Rongguo.

After seeing off the servants of the Du family, Qin Shuhuang stared at the green bamboos washed by the rain in the yard with deep eyes.

How could she ignore the Gu family? She just didn't want the Gu family to live a good life, but was afraid that the Gu family would live a good life!

She will let the Gu family taste all the crimes and humiliation she suffered in the previous life!
Otherwise, how can we solve the hatred in her heart!

Just as Qin Shuhuang was caught in the painful memories of his previous life and couldn't extricate himself, a familiar footstep sounded.

Then came Rui He's respectful greeting, "My lord, you are here."

Qin Shuhuang turned around and saw Xie Xuanye walking quickly towards her.

She was startled.

At this moment, Xie Xuanye was in a panic.

His blue brocade robe was soaked through, and his bun was also completely wet. When he walked towards her, the corners of his robe were dripping water.

The pair of deep eyes under the mask were anxious and worried.

When he arrived in front of Qin Shuhuang, he was about to speak when Qin Shuhuang put his index finger on his lips, and then said to Ruihe who was not far away: "Go and get some clean clothes for the prince!"

Ruihe left, leaving only Qin Shuhuang and Xie Xuanye in the room.

Qin Shuhuang's hand that touched Xie Xuanye's lips instantly felt the coldness of his lips.

Xie Xuanye froze, then he stretched out his hand and gently pulled Qin Shuhuang's hand down.

The two hands touched each other, Qin Shuhuang's hand was small but hot, Xie Xuanye's hand was big but cold.

Seeing the water droplets on the back of Xie Xuanye's hands, Qin Shuhuang wiped them with his own handkerchief.

Xie Xuanye was stunned for a moment, reluctant to take his big palm away from Qin Shuhuang's hand, and let her wipe the water droplets on it.

The warmth from Qin Shuhuang's hand continued to transfer to Xie Xuanye's big palm, and soon it warmed his hand and spread to his heart.

Xie Xuanye lowered his head with a hint of sadness, "Your Highness, the dams of Shuangsong Lake and Jinghui Lake have been destroyed!"

(End of this chapter)