Eat My Childless Life: The Little Fisher Girl is Poor and Fierce

Chapter 199 The Magistrate of Xin'an County Goes Back on His Word, Wu Qingfeng Sends People to

Soon, the sound of gongs rang out on the country lanes.

The entire Gu family, regardless of age or gender, mobilized, while Zhou Li was sent home to help his aunt pack her things.

Gu Erlang and his wife were in charge of the leftover food in the kitchen.

Mr. and Mrs. Gu were in charge of the backyard storeroom.

Lin Chang'er took the goldfish and Lin Yanqing to the sugar factory to sort out brown sugar, snacks, and dried goods. Grandma Bai, Bai Shaoan, and Liu Zi also went there to help.

Gu Xiaoman and Gu Xiaolu were not assigned any tasks. The two little ones put on their straw hats and ran towards the river.

Before long, he ran home again, saying, "Dad, Mom (Second Uncle and Second Aunt), the river is about to overflow."

Aunt Gu didn't bother to gesture; she just smiled at her son and niece and continued tidying up the food in the kitchen.

Gu Erlang was still able to spare a thought, "Dad (Second Uncle) knows, Xiaolu and Xiaoman, stay in the main room and don't run around, okay?"

Gu Xiaoman nodded to Gu Xiaolu. After sitting in the main room for only a short while, Gu Xiaolu couldn't wait any longer and said, "I want to go see how my mother and the others are doing."

“Today, all the uncles and elders are busy with their own things, so no one can come to our house to help. There’s also a lot of stuff at the sugar factory, so my mother and the others definitely won’t be able to handle it.”

Gu Xiaoman rested her chin on her hand, "But we're still so young, we wouldn't be of much help if we went." Her aunt probably didn't assign them any tasks because she was afraid they'd only make things worse.

Gu Xiaolu's face darkened. "I can help Mother pick up dried fish."

As she spoke, the little girl stood up angrily, but Gu Xiaoman quickly grabbed her, "Sister, I have an idea."

"What?" Gu Xiaolu asked curiously.

Gu Xiaoman chuckled and asked, "Sister, how much monthly allowance do you have left?"

Gu Xiaolu counted on her fingers. In addition to the monthly allowance, her mother would also give them some silver melon seeds when she was in a good mood. These days, when they went to help out at the market, their grandmother would also give them wages every day.

She hadn't counted them properly, but there should have been some, "about five or six ounces!"

Gu Xiaoman took out his money pouch and weighed it. He was the youngest child in the family, and his aunt was never stingy with him. Whatever his older siblings had, he would have too. His parents would also secretly give him copper coins to buy candy. So, the amount of money in his money pouch was no less than that in Gu Xiaolu's.

“Sister, let’s go ask someone to help us! Usually, Mother gives those uncles 30 coins a day, but today is a special case, so let’s give them 50 coins.”

"But every household is busy packing up their grain and valuables!"

“There must be someone who can spare the time! Grandpa Huo has four sons, right? Family members always need to help each other out. If Grandpa Huo assigns two of us uncles to help, his family can manage.”

Hearing this, Gu Xiaolu thought it made sense and nodded, "Okay, then let's go and invite them over!"

"Okay, sister."

The two little ones ran outside again, and just as they stepped out of the courtyard gate, they saw a carriage coming this way, with several mules leading behind it, and a man dressed as an official sitting on the carriage shaft.

Gu Xiaolu and Gu Xiaoman had met before, and she recognized her at a glance.

"It's the constable!"

"What are you sending the magistrate for?"

Gu Xiaolu and Gu Xiaoman stopped in their tracks.

The carriage arrived just in time, and the driver tightened the reins, stopped the carriage, and looked at them. "Young man, do you know how to get to Miss Lin Chang'er's house?"

Gu Xiaolu pointed to the backyard, "Are you here to see my mother?"

The young man paused, and the officer next to him slapped his forehead, "Are you the two youngest children of the Gu family?"

Gu Xiaoman nodded, "Yes, is there anything I can help you with, sir?"

The official jumped down from the carriage. "Great!" he exclaimed, grabbing Gu Xiaoman's hand. "Take me to the village headman immediately! Tell the whole village to evacuate! The magistrate of Xin'an County is a scoundrel! He promised to leak from one outlet, but he leaked from all three at once! He doesn't care about the lives of the people downstream! Quickly, take me to the village headman's house..."

The official muttered to himself, worried that the little child was walking too slowly, so he simply picked up Gu Xiaoman and asked him to show the way.

Gu Xiaolu, along with the driver and five or six mules, went directly to the sugar factory.

Lin Chang'er came out when she heard the commotion, and when she saw the scene, she was not sure what was going on.

The young man quickly explained, "Lord Wu is busy coordinating flood control and disaster relief efforts throughout the county and couldn't leave, so he sent me to bring a few people and six mules for you to use."

After he finished speaking, six more strong laborers got off the train.

Lin Chang'er was stunned for a moment. Although she actually needed a solo stage more, she was naturally happy that Wu Qingfeng remembered her at this time.

She stored all the brown sugar in her spatial storage. She controlled the sugar factory and warehouse all by herself, and no one else knew exactly how much stock she had.

Snacks are also made on a whim; they're made one day and sold the next, with a maximum of two days' worth prepared—not much at all.

There's a lot of useful information, though.

These are all things that have been made public; she can't just put them all into her space in a completely outrageous way, so she can only secretly put some in.

Originally, the few of them couldn't have packed up in time, but now there were seven strong laborers, and judging by their physiques, they were likely trained fighters.

They were quick and efficient, and their subordinates were also very strong. They didn't talk much, and they did whatever Lin Chang'er told them to do.

Grandma Bai nodded to herself, "Qingfeng is a thoughtful child."

Lin Chang'er smiled as Gu Xiaolu squatted down beside her, picking up dried fish. "Mom, the river is about to overflow. Will we have time to collect them?"

"We'll take as much as we can," Lin Chang'er said with a smile.

The little girl responded in a soft, sweet voice, looked outside, and muttered, "My little brother was just taken away by a constable to go find the village head. I don't know when he'll be back."

"What?" Lin Chang'er was shocked. At this moment, although Zhou Hai certainly couldn't abandon Xiaoman, having more children meant having more burdens.

She looked around and said to Lin Yanqing, "Yanqing, go and visit the village head and bring Xiaoman back."

"Auntie!" came Gu Xiaoman's loud call from the doorway as soon as she finished speaking.

Lin Chang'er looked up and saw the little figure walking at the front, holding the official's belt with one hand and leading the person forward, followed by about 20 men.

As Gu Xiaoman walked, she said, "Auntie, I've found someone to help."

After saying that, he turned to the constable behind him and said, "We agreed that I would take you to the village headman and you would help my family collect the goods. Are you trying to renege on your promise?"

The official looked distressed. "Brother, it's not that I don't want to, but I still have to report to the next village."

Upon hearing this, Lin Chang'er quickly stepped forward to apologize, "I was being disrespectful and delayed Brother Cha's important business. Please forgive me."

Gently prying Gu Xiaoman's hand open, he slipped a piece of silver into the official's waistband.

The officer noticed, "Miss Lin..."

Lin Chang'er smiled and said, "The roads are slippery in the rain, Brother Cha, please be careful on your journey. I won't keep you here for tea."

Everything was left unsaid. The official clasped his hands in a fist salute and quickly left.