Gou Becomes a Boss in the Fairy World

Chapter 1468 Mortal Heart Refining (XII)

"Master, the price of rice in the city has risen again."

On the afternoon of the end of May, Ye Yu came to the study and complained to Wang Chen who was practicing calligraphy: "The original three cents a pound of rice has now risen to five cents. According to the rice shop owner, it will rise again in the future."

"Huh?"

Wang Chen was slightly surprised and put down the brush in his hand: "It has risen so much?"

After marrying Ye Dai, although he did not care about the family's daily necessities, he still had some understanding of the local prices.

The price of rice has always been very stable, usually fluctuating between two and three cents a pound, and rarely experiencing big ups and downs.

Because it involves the stability of people's livelihood, the government has also been severely cracking down on hoarding and speculation.

Now the price of rice from three cents has risen to five cents, and the increase is really a bit shocking.

Because the prices of rice and grains are linked, if the price of rice rises, grains will inevitably rise as well, and the daily staple food of the county people is basically a mixture of the two, so they are very sensitive to prices.

Such a sharp rise in rice prices will definitely have a huge impact - many people will not have enough to eat!

"Yes."

Xiaoyu's face was full of worry: "Master, our school consumes hundreds of kilograms of grain every day. If the price continues to rise like this..."

Last year, Wang Chen paid a high price to buy several adjacent houses in Tongluo Lane, and then demolished and rebuilt them together with his own house, expanding the scale of the school by two or three times.

After the new school was built, not only could all students attend classes and study in spacious and bright classrooms, but more civilian disciples were recruited.

The number of students increased several times, and Wang Chen hired two experienced scholars to serve as teachers, and also added several errand boys and cooks.

Expenses rose sharply.

Since Wang's Academy has always provided students with lunch, rice is the most consumed. Now that the price of rice has risen sharply, daily expenses are bound to rise.

This makes Ye Yu, who plays the role of a small housekeeper, worried.

Ye Yu is Ye Dai's maid. Three years ago, she married into the Wang family with her daughter and was later promoted to a concubine.

Unlike the gentle and elegant Ye Dai, Ye Yu is smart and shrewd, helping the former to manage the affairs of the family in an orderly manner.

She is basically responsible for managing firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea.

"It's okay."

Wang Chen stretched out his hand to rub Ye Yu's frown and smiled, "Let it rise, Master, I'm not short of money."

Although Wang Chen had to pay a large amount of silver from his own pocket every year to establish Wang's Academy, he did not have any obvious income and was 100% unable to make ends meet.

Everyone said that Mr. Wang was a good man who had set up a private school to do good deeds, but many people secretly laughed at him for being kicked in the head by a donkey and doing such a stupid thing for so long.

After Wang Chen and Ye Dai got married, there were even more people who mocked him.

Some people thought that Wang Chen used Ye Dai's dowry to support the operation of the private school and was just pretending to be rich.

Degrading Wang Chen for being a gigolo!

Ye Yu was angry: "But you can't spend money like this, even if you have money, there will be a time when you can't spend it."

In her opinion, her young lady and son-in-law really didn't know how expensive firewood and rice were if they didn't manage the family.

If one of them was not worldly, it would be fine, but when the two of them got together, it really made her worry!

Wang Chen smiled and pinched the face of his concubine - very cute.

"Forget it."

Ye Yu knew that she couldn't make it with Wang Chen: "I'll tell the lady!"

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She wasn't afraid of Wang Chen getting angry, because her master was really a very good person. He was always kind to her and his servants.

He was even more gentle and considerate to her young lady!

Ye Yu always felt that she must have beaten eighteen wooden fishes in her previous life to marry Wang Chen with her young lady.

She ran to complain to Ye Dai.

Wang Chen laughed dumbly, put away the paper and pen and came to the window sill.

The weather has been very hot recently. In the afternoon, the sky was still clear and the sun was shining. On the big tree outside the door, a few summer cicadas made weak hisses, as if they were crying about their hunger and thirst.

How long has it been since it rained?

Wang Chen suddenly thought of a problem that he had neglected.

If you think about it carefully, it seems that there have been few rains since the beginning of spring, and it was just a drizzle, not a big deal at all.

Thinking of the skyrocketing rice prices in the city, Wang Chen had a bad feeling.

"Husband."

While Wang Chen was thinking, Ye Dai came to the study.

Wang Chen turned around and hugged his wife in his arms, and said with a smile: "Did Xiaoyu really complain to you?"

Although they had been married for three years, Ye Dai's pretty face still blushed at her husband's intimate behavior. She couldn't help but roll her eyes at him, "Xiaoyu also cares about you."

Wang Chen lowered his head and kissed the beauty in his arms: "Don't worry, I know."

Compared with three years ago, Ye Dai's figure was a little rounder, not only more beautiful, but also more mature and charming.

For her husband's "frivolousness", Ye Dai could only knock back with her little fist, and then said: "Master, my dowry has never been touched. If you need it..."

When she married Wang Chen, she brought a large dowry.

In addition to a house in Dongcheng, there is also a shop and gold and silver jewelry.

Part of the dowry was left by Ye Dai's mother, and the other part was given by Ye Xiangming. The annual rent of the shop was also not a small amount.

So Ye Dai is definitely a wealthy woman.

But Wang Chen has never borrowed money from her, and he gives her household expenses every month.

Ye Dai occasionally asked about it, and Wang Chen just said that he brought a lot of money with him, so she didn't need to worry about it.

However, how could Ye Dai ignore everything!

"Really."

Wang Chen interrupted his wife with a smile: "You have to believe me, your master is very capable!"

When he first came to Qing'an County, he didn't have much money on him, and he was even more stretched after buying the house in Tongluo Lane.

But this problem can't be difficult for Wang Chen.

Two years ago, the headquarters of the Cangshui Gang that was rampant in Qing'an was breached, and the gang leader Cao Xiong and a group of his trusted subordinates died tragically in Qinglong Hall. The gang's secret library was looted and it is still an unsolved case.

And who would have thought that the person who committed this earth-shaking case was Mr. Wang who taught and educated people in Tongluo Lane?

Wang Chen earned no less than 10,000 taels from this harvest alone, so he was not short of money at all.

Of course, Wang Chen would not show off his wealth to avoid unnecessary trouble.

He picked up Ye Dai with a wicked smile: "Now I'll show you what the master can do!"

Ye Dai was startled, embarrassed and anxious: "In broad daylight, you..."

However, her protest was useless, and Wang Chen took her to the bedroom, pressed her on the bed and did whatever he wanted!

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