Chapter 209 Why Are You Running?

"If they don't come, maybe other bandits will come. Anyway, we just need to be prepared." Gu Xiaoxi felt that this wave might not come today, but he couldn't guarantee whether other bandits would show up?

It seems that there needs to be someone at home. It’s okay that Ying San and Ying Si are here to help now, but they will leave sooner or later. She has to buy two more servants.

With a plan in mind, she decided to implement it as soon as possible.

However, the most important thing now is to clean up the battlefield.

After the bandits were driven away, Gu An called out everyone hiding in the cellar.

Seeing that everyone was safe and sound, Mr. and Mrs. Gu finally breathed a sigh of relief and helped clean up the mess in the yard.

Gu Xiaoxi took Xia Yu and Qiu Shuang to treat the wounds of the injured. In addition to the old patriarch, even the sixth grandfather helped to clean up the yard.

Gu He asked Chai to go to the kitchen to cook noodles for everyone to fill their stomachs, and Chai's eldest and second sisters-in-law also went to help.

Clan leader Gu sighed as he sat there. "Ah... I never thought the world would become so chaotic. How are the villagers supposed to survive?"

"Dad, we still need Xiaoxi and the others' help. It's useless to think so much. You should just take good care of your health!" Gu Yuntian persuaded his father sincerely.

"Don't worry, your father is not confused! If there weren't so many ungrateful people in the village, dad wouldn't want to be the clan leader." Old clan leader Gu just felt uncomfortable.

Gu He understood the old patriarch's feelings, but under such circumstances, this was all they could do.

After cleaning the yard, everyone sat down to eat noodles. Everyone felt extremely happy to be able to eat noodles on such a day.

After supper, Gu Xiaoxi took out sixty taels of silver, plus the change he had found from the bandits, totaling seventy taels of silver.

"We got a total of seventy taels of silver tonight, and these seventy taels of silver will be distributed to all those who participated in the battle tonight." She announced the decision.

"No need, Xiaoxi, we are already very grateful that you lend us the house to live in." Patriarch Gu refused immediately.

"Yes, yes, yes, you see, your new house has also been damaged, and it will cost money to repair it." Grandpa Laoliu also felt that he could not accept it.

After listening to this, Father Chai nodded and said, "Yes, that's right!"

Gu Xiaoxi laughed helplessly when she heard their unanimous opposition.

After laughing, she said earnestly: "My elders, this is not the way it is. Living here is also a kind of support for us.

Therefore, when someone attacks, it is only natural that we drive away the enemy together and divide the money together.

I don't care, the money must be divided among us, otherwise I will feel bad."

"No difference!" Old Patriarch Gu glared at Gu Xiaoxi.

He would never do such a thing as living in someone else's house and taking something from them.

Grandpa Laoliu also insisted: "No difference!"

"No difference!" That's what Old Man Chai meant.

Gu Xiaoxi...

It was really hard to talk to these stubborn old men, and she looked at her father helplessly.

Gu He received his daughter's pleading gaze and said, "Look, everyone is injured. How can we not ask for money?"

"Even if we go up the mountain to chop wood, we will get injured. Besides, Xia Yu and the others have treated our wounds, and you also gave us the medicine. We don't want this money." Gu Yunju felt that his uncle's approach was right.

"Yes, yes, we don't want it either!" Gu Yun also felt that it was inappropriate.

Seeing that everyone agreed, Ying San whispered to Gu Xiaoxi, "They don't want money, but they can give food."

yes!

Gu Xiaoxi hadn't thought of this before. She gave Ying San a thumbs-up and said cheerfully, "Okay, if you don't want it, I won't force you."

Seeing that Gu Xiaoxi no longer mentioned the issue of dividing the money, the old men finally smiled.

After tidying up the yard, Gu Xiaoxi asked everyone to go back and have a good rest. She stayed behind to guard the place and would go into the city to buy people when it was daybreak.

"Miss, you go and have a rest. I will stay here to watch over you." Qiu Shuang stepped forward and persuaded.

Gu Xiaoxi did not refuse. After all, she had to go into the city tomorrow, so she agreed.

She returned to her room, comforted the two children, and waited for them to fall asleep before she slowly fell asleep.

…

After breakfast the next day, Gu Xiaoxi drove the carriage to the city.

We came back late yesterday and Gu Nanming and the others didn’t have time to make tofu, so we don’t have to go to Mrs. Tan’s place today.

When she arrived at the city gate, it was already open, but there were a few more soldiers patrolling the gate than yesterday. She felt that it would probably not be peaceful here at night.

Driving the carriage into the city, she came to the street where slaves were bought and sold.

What a coincidence, I ran into an acquaintance.

Zhang Shun saw Gu Xiaoxi jumping off the carriage, and after seeing her appearance clearly, he ran away.

"Stop, why are you running? I'm here to do business with you." Gu Xiaoxi also saw Zhang Shun.

This was the night when she traveled through time and was asked by Mrs. Jiang to go to the Tao family to buy two daughters, and she was the human trafficker who cheated her of money.

hehe……

Zhang Shun's smile was even uglier than...

Although I thought two taels of silver was not a lot at the time, it was still embarrassing.

So he asked someone to inquire about Gu Xiaoxi. Gu Xiaoxi seemed like a different person, and her in-laws had been treated very badly.

At that time, he was not sure that it was Gu Xiaoxi who did it, so he went to Gujia Village to inquire. It would have been fine if he had not inquired, but after inquiring, he felt a little scared.

Fortunately, I was sensible at the time, otherwise I would have to leave lying down.

"You, you want to buy someone?" he asked tentatively.

"Of course, bandits are rampant nowadays, so I want to buy two people with martial arts background." Gu Xiaoxi explained his purpose.

Zhang Shun asked someone to investigate Gu Xiaoxi, and Gu Xiaoxi also asked Chen Qinian to help you investigate Zhang Shun.

At first, she didn't know Zhang Shun's name, so she just drew a portrait and asked Chen Qinian to ask.

From the information Chen Qinian got, he learned that Zhang Shun was a famous human trafficker in the city. He used to be quite skilled in leg and foot skills, but a year ago he got sick for some unknown reason and became a weak scholar.

"Are you really going to buy someone?" Zhang Shun was a little surprised.

After all, a few months ago, she was penniless.

"Of course, I want two men with a background in martial arts, each worth ten taels of silver." Gu Xiaoxi stated her conditions.

"You won't refuse to give me the money?" Zhang Shun asked again.

"Of course not!" Gu Xiaoxi smiled brilliantly.

She felt that not only would she not have to spend the money she had spent on hiring someone today, but she could also earn some money back.

After she finished speaking, she took out twenty taels of silver from her pocket and handed it to Zhang Shun.

When Zhang Shun saw the silver, he was sure that the woman had not deceived him, so he led her into the yard.

The world has been in chaos recently. Several wealthy families in the county have moved to other places. They could not take so many servants with them when they left, so many of them were sold to pawnshops at low prices. He could really meet the requirements that Gu Xiaoxi mentioned.

But why did he feel that there was something wrong with the way this woman looked at him?