Transmigration: Space-Aided Rise to Power and Prosperity-Chapter 395 - 231 The Residence

"Fifth Master from the Gu Family indeed knows how to make Silver. He easily bought such a large house in the Capital, and he’s also very diligent in his studies. The Gu Family indeed has a good son."

Sun’s mother always spoke highly of Gu Chengyu. It seemed like the Gu Family had truly been blessed by their ancestors to have such descendants.

"So, does that mean you’re looking down on me?" Sun Xian pretended to be upset as he said that.

Seeing this, Sun’s mother and Gu Wan burst into laughter. Sun’s mother wiped away her tears of laughter and said, "My son is also quite good. Becoming a scholar at such a young age, who else has a son as smart as mine?"

Sons are always the best in their own families, although the fifth from the Gu Family is truly an exceptional son, but he’s someone else’s child.

Yu Tuanzi hurried towards the city gate with Gu Wanqian. The young master had written a couple of days ago saying he would soon arrive at the Capital. According to his calculations, today should be about right.

He wanted to go to the city gate earlier but was delayed by matters at the restaurant just now; otherwise, he would have been at the city gate already.

"Steward Yu, we don’t know when uncle and the others will arrive, so why don’t we wait at the gate of the house in the south? Uncle and little aunt will surely head to the house."

Gu Wanqian thought that waiting at the city gate was quite inconvenient. The carriage they were riding in this time wasn’t their own, nor did it have the Gu Family emblem. There were too many carriages at the city gate, and they would undoubtedly be dazzled.

Yu Tuanzi, hearing this, also found the idea reasonable.

"Then let’s wait at the small house. The young master hasn’t been to the big house yet, so he won’t recognize it!" 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

The two of them turned back and headed towards the house in the south.

"Young master! Steward Yu is not waiting for us at the city gate, and we don’t know where the house is!" Ming Mo was a bit puzzled, thinking that Steward Yu should have greeted them at the city gate.

"Let’s go to my second sister’s house first!" Gu Chengyu thought Yu Tuanzi might have been delayed. Yin Kun had mentioned the approximate location of the newly purchased house in his letter, but Gu Chengyu didn’t have the key in hand as it was with Yu Tuanzi.

The single-entry house faced inward to the south. Ming Mo and the others had seen it already; the surrounding environment was good, and the residents all seemed decent.

Yu Tuanzi and Gu Wanqian stood at the intersection, watching. As soon as they saw Ming Mo, who was directing from the carriage shaft, they knew the young master had arrived.

Gu Wanqian also saw it and shouted, "The young master is here!"

Immediately, the two hurriedly ran towards the carriage. "Young master!"

Hearing the voices of the two, Gu Chengyu lifted the curtain and looked out. "Come up! Let’s go to my second sister’s home first, then to our house."

After the carriage stopped for them, they got on, and Yu Tuanzi quickly inquired about the journey back to the Capital.

"Young master! It took several days longer to return to the Capital this time. What happened on the way?" Yu Tuanzi had only seen in Gu Chengyu’s letter that they had switched to a carriage midway, but the letter did not explain the reason in detail.

Ming Yan couldn’t hold back any longer. This trip home and back to the Capital had been full of incidents, and he had long wanted to share them with someone.

Sometimes he felt his young master was prone to attract trouble. It wasn’t that the young master acted flamboyantly to cause trouble, but rather those dangerous and troublesome matters seemed to always seek him out.

"You wouldn’t believe it! On our way back, we encountered River Bandits on the ship. It was a near-death experience! Then on our way to the Capital, the river froze over, so we switched to a carriage and ran into mountain bandits. Really, it was just..."

"Something so dangerous happened?" Yu Tuanzi and Gu Wanqian were extremely surprised. They hadn’t expected any danger, and both pestered Ming Yan for a full account of the events.

Watching Ming Yan gesticulate wildly while recounting the harrowing tales, along with Yu Tuanzi and Gu Wanqian’s exaggerated reactions to the dangerous parts, Gu Chengyu found it all quite amusing.

Listening to Ming Yan’s recount, Gu Chengyu also realized that he seemed rather unlucky lately, with one accident after another occurring during his trips to and from the Capital.

"Young master! We have arrived at Second Young Lady’s house!" Ming Mo’s voice from the front interrupted the spirited tale Ming Yan was telling. Gu Chengyu, seeing Ming Yan’s eagerness to continue, thought it was a waste not to have him telling stories at a teahouse.

"Alright! Ming Yan, go inform Second Young Lady and the others that we’ve arrived at her house, and we need to get down and move the things inside." Gu Chengyu instructed Ming Yan.

After Ming Yan got off the carriage, Gu Chengyu asked Yu Tuanzi, "How has business in the Capital been recently? No trouble at the restaurant or the pastry shop?"

Yu Tuanzi perceived the discussion of business and responded seriously, "Not much has happened, except some hooligans came to the restaurant causing trouble a while ago. They were scolded by someone from the Military Department and haven’t dared return since. They probably didn’t properly investigate our background before trying to test us, thinking we would be easy to bully!"

Yu Tuanzi chuckled disdainfully, knowing that those hooligans were most likely sent by a nearby restaurant. On their opening day, they had Lord Yin present, and yet someone dared to provoke them?

"Oh? Since they dared to come, it shows the mastermind behind them isn’t afraid of the headmaster. However, for the Military Department to come patrol, I’m sure the headmaster must have given them a heads-up."

Gu Chengyu smiled slightly. The headmaster was so attentive, whether to save face for his junior or for the sake of the shares they held, he wouldn’t let the restaurant suffer losses. Those shares were given to the right person.

Meanwhile, the escort agency convoy originally following Gu Chengyu and his group had long turned into a villa in the suburbs.

Mr. Han, looking at the villa so close at hand, breathed a sigh of relief. For eight or nine days, he had been on edge, fearing that anything might happen to the Silver. Now that they had finally reached their destination, he didn’t need to worry anymore.

Liu Dong and his subordinates, looking at the villa, also showed smiles. This expedition yielded considerable gains, though perilous, they received substantial benefits.

"Wow! Xiao Bao! This house is quite large! It’s almost like our two-entry house. The houses in the Capital are bigger than those in Jingyuan Prefecture!"

Gu Wan, having never seen the housing in the Prefecture, assumed the single-entry house in the Capital was about the same size as the two-entry house back home. She looked at the serene house before her with great joy, even though it was more expensive than their house in Jingyuan Prefecture, she thought it was worth it.

"Second sister! Not every single-entry house is this big. In the Capital, land is extremely valuable. This house is considered one of the better ones in the south. Some small courtyards are crowded with two or three families! Let’s go inside and have a look!"

Gu Chengyu instructed Yu Tuanzi to use the key to open the front door and told the maids and women on the carriage behind them to carry some items in, following the coachman to arrange everything properly.

Although these coachmen had fled quickly when they encountered mountain bandits on the road, they moved swiftly when carrying things. If it weren’t for the substantial fare, they would have fled long ago in such a dangerous situation.

Gu Chengyu generously provided extra money for moving the items, on top of the transportation fee. It was rare for them to encounter such a generous client.

Ye Zhiqiu and his family also looked out from the carriage, filled with envy at Gu Wan’s house. Ye Zhiqiu, hearing from Gu Chengyu that decent families lived in this area and it wasn’t the kind of noisy place where multiple households shared a courtyard, also considered renting a small courtyard nearby.