Chapter 5 A Friendly Way to Collect Debts

The legends of the local fox fairy and the yellow fox are popular.

Whenever something inexplicable happened, people would blame it on these monsters.

When Gu Laosan heard about the fox fairy, he also woke up completely.

Yesterday, the couple couldn't sleep until late at night because they speculated that Gu Baopi had hidden money under the sand pile.

The two hit it off and decided to sneak out in the dead of night to find out what was going on.

Gu Laosan and Liu climbed over the wall of Gu Xixi's house and took a few steps in the dark on tiptoe.

Before the sand pile was found, something strange happened.

They felt a cool breeze blowing behind them, and their backs suddenly felt cold and they were about to look back.

But the back of my neck suddenly hurt...

By the time they were awakened by early-rising villagers passing by, it was already dawn.

The couple staggered and looked at each other, only to find themselves hanging on a tree.

Thinking back to the time when they entered Gu Xixi's house, they neither saw anyone nor heard any footsteps, but in the blink of an eye, two living people disappeared at the same time without knowing anything.

No matter how you think about it, this doesn't seem like something a human would do.

And after the man named Chen Fang appeared, Gu Xixi's temperament seemed to have changed.

Liu said angrily, "The more I think about it, the more it seems wrong! How can there be such a beautiful man in the world?"

"In my opinion, that pretty boy surnamed Chen is the vixen that Gu Xixi has raised!"

Gu Lao San shouted in a deep voice, "Shut up!"

Liu was not convinced and said, "We had an accident at her house, but she came to us first instead of looking for her!"

"I'm going to go out and talk it out with her face to face!"

Gu Lao San was so anxious that he blocked Liu's mouth and said, "Why did I marry a stupid woman like you?"

"Have you forgotten where we were tied up?!"

"If you go out and confront her now, you'll be incriminating yourself!"

Liu blinked and nodded to show that she had calmed down.

Only then did Gu Laosan let her go and said in a muffled voice, "I can only suffer in silence this time."

"If this gets out, our whole family will no longer be allowed to live in the village!"

In the yard, Gu Xixi happened to bring up something else, and her voice rose an octave, "Uncle and Aunt! I heard that you were frightened, so Chen Fang and I came to visit you!"

Liu looked at Gu Laosan and said, "His father, this damn girl did this on purpose, didn't she?"

Gu Laosan fell down and covered his head with the quilt, "Let her be, we'll just pretend we're not home."

However, since Gu Xixi came here today, she didn't want to leave after being turned away.

She said loudly in surprise, "I heard that elderly people are most afraid of catching a cold. Could it be that you are sick?"

"Third uncle! Third aunt!! Are you all right!!!"

Each sentence became louder and louder, and people from the neighborhood were gradually attracted.

Mu Nanzhao stood there with his eyes half closed, still looking as if it had nothing to do with him.

"Don't tell me he died in the house."

Since she wanted to act, he didn't mind giving her a hand.

When the enthusiastic neighbors heard that someone had died in the house, they were so scared that they all rushed into the yard.

"I remember the third brother hasn't left the house since he came back this morning!"

"Yes! Could it be that he is really sick?"

"What are you waiting for? Go in and save them!"

Gu Xixi watched everyone rushing towards the main house and sneered inwardly.

I told you to hide!

But she wanted more people to get things done, and today's scene had to be as big as possible!

Just as someone pushed the door, it opened from the inside, and Gu Laosan and Liu came out with livid faces.

Gu Laosan forced a smile and asked, "What's going on?"

"I was sleeping soundly when I heard a commotion outside."

Everyone was relieved to see that the two were safe and sound, and started explaining the reason.

Gu Xixi stepped forward with a look of relief on her face, "I'm glad you're alright! No matter how I called my uncle and aunt, they didn't respond."

"I thought you two were sick."

Liu gnashed her teeth and said, "Your man has talked us both into death, how can we not respond?"

Gu Laosan secretly poked Liu and smiled at everyone, "Thank you for your concern."

"It's all a misunderstanding. We're both fine. Let's go away."

Gu Xixi spoke slowly, "Aunt San said yesterday that she wanted to rent out my land, which reminded me."

"It's my fault that the fields are abandoned. I should start cultivating them sooner rather than later."

The most prodigal daughter in Huachidu Village is actually willing to farm?

The atmosphere of gossip slowed down the people who were about to leave.

When Gu Laosan saw that Gu Xixi didn't mention what happened last night, he was relieved.

"If your father knew that you thought this way, he would be happy."

He had a kind smile on his face, but his heart was full of disdain.

She is just a stinky girl who has never taken care of farm work.

Does she know how to farm? Can she endure the hardship?

Just treat her perfunctorily in front of everyone now, and once she gets into a good mood for a few days, she will definitely cry and quit.

By then, the thirty-two acres of land will still be in his hands!

Gu Laosan still had a smile on his face when he heard Gu Xixi say:

"So, the seven acres of paddy fields that Third Uncle occupied from my family should be returned."

Gu Laosan’s expression froze.

Mrs. Liu couldn't help but jump up and said, "What do you mean by visit? You're waiting for us here!"

"You were pretending not to know before, but now you're thinking about dividing my wheat!"

Gu Xixi smiled and said, "The seven acres of land you are using are all top-quality paddy fields."

"For the sake of our relationship, I'll cut the rent in half, to three taels of silver or the equivalent in grain."

Gu Laosan held Liu down and grinned at Gu Xixi with a smug smile.

"You left this land vacant at the beginning, and Uncle San just borrowed it to cultivate it."

"There is no verbal agreement, and no written contract as evidence, so how can there be any rent?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Liu smiled and raised her chin provocatively.

"It's useless whether you ask the villagers to judge or take it to the government office!"

The villagers had been discussing privately about Gu Laosan's land occupation.

In the past, only the fool Gu Xixi didn't care about this and had no idea about it.

At this moment, everyone saw that Gu Lao San was obviously acting like a rogue, and they felt more sympathy for Gu Xixi, the prodigal son who had turned over a new leaf.

Someone whispered to Mu Nanzhao, "Hey, hurry up and say something to scare them!"

Mu Nanzhao looked ahead with his hands folded, "No need."

Gu Xixi and Gu Laosan looked at each other, and their expressions became even more indifferent.

"I don't have a lease deed, but I have the deed to these seven acres of land."

"As the owner of the land, you have the right to dispose of anything on the land."

"The farming season is urgent. If I don't collect the rent tomorrow, someone will come to reclaim the land the day after tomorrow."

Gu Laosan and Liu were both shocked and angry.

"You want to monopolize it? Those are the wheat seeds that my family produced, and my family contributed the effort!"

"Don't worry." A smile appeared in Gu Xixi's eyes.

"I don't want your things. I'll have people pull out all the unripe wheat."

"Uncle and Aunt San can pick it up when the time comes."

The wheat will be mature in half a month. Pulling it out now would be equivalent to wasting half a year's work.

Liu's heart was broken, and her whole body was in turmoil. "I'll beat you to death, you little bitch!"