Chapter 48

After a pause, she continued, "Does Manager Qian have any backers?"

Gu Daniu thought for a moment and said, "Manager Qian has a younger sister. I heard that she became a concubine of a county yamen runner."

Gu Xinxin couldn't help but twitch her lips. This is really... a circle of relationships that can't be avoided wherever you go.

Gu Daniu suddenly looked Gu Xinxin up and down, and after a moment said, "Xinxin is not bad looking. I heard that the county magistrate is only in his twenties or thirties..."

Gu Xinxin interrupted him: "You are only in your thirties this year."

If the county magistrate grows up a few more years, he will be the same age as Gu Daniu.

Gu Daniu's face turned ugly, and Gu Xinxin said, "Besides, do you think being a mistress is a good thing? The county master has a wife. If she doesn't like you, she can crush you to death with two fingers. Don't try to please the county master and offend his wife. They are a proper couple."

Wang Fengshou also glared: "I don't agree to let Xinxin be a mistress. You better pour out the water in your brain quickly. If you say such things again in the future, don't blame me for finding you and beating you up. Our Xinxin must be the main wife!"

If you are a mistress, even if you die one day, your parents may not be able to seek justice for you.

Furthermore, only if the wife dies in the future, will the uncle's family come to the house to claim the reward.

Gu Daniu remained silent, and then his grandfather hit him on the head with a broom. "I'm not even dead yet, and you're planning to give Xinxin away as a concubine. If I die, won't you humiliate my Xinxin to death? Is there anyone in the world who is a father like you? Don't you think you are worthy of being a father? I will beat you to death today, you black-hearted bastard..."

Gu Daniu was angry, but he didn't dare to attack his grandfather. Firstly, this was in Wangjiazhuang. Secondly, even if the Wang family was gone, the Wang family was still his in-laws' family. If he dared to attack the old man, I'm afraid even Xiaokaner Village would not tolerate him.

So he could only hold his head and shout: "I didn't do that. Isn't this because of the Qian family's affairs? I am also doing this for her own good. She needs a way to avoid this matter of Manager Qian. I am not stupid enough to give her away as a concubine."

It would be great to stay in the Gu family and make money for them.

Grandpa was probably motivated by personal vendetta - even if Wang died of illness, she died in the Gu family after all, so he chased after Gu Daniu and beat him up, leaving two scratches on his face. He only stopped after grandma stopped him.

Gu Daniu asked Gu Xinxin, "Then let's go to the county town to find a lawyer?"

Don’t do that in Wangjiazhuang. If you say something wrong, you might get beaten up.

Gu Xinxin nodded. Because the matter was urgent and she didn't know when Manager Qian would take action, she simply went directly to the county town and didn't return to Xiaokaner Village.

Halfway through the journey, Gu Daniu clapped his hands: "You said before that you knew the daughter of the county magistrate..."

Although he already knew that Gu Xinxin was lying, Gu Daniu still held on to a faint hope: "Do you really know her?"

Gu Xinxin's mouth twitched, and after a moment she said, "I don't know him."

Gu Daniu asked, "Where did you get the money?"

"I sold a secret recipe." A lie needed a thousand lies to cover it up. Besides, at this critical moment, if Gu Daniu forced her to go to the county magistrate's daughter to plead for mercy, who could she go to? She simply told the truth: "Don't ask me for money. I was young and ignorant back then. I sold it for dozens of taels of silver, and I've already spent it all."

She counted on her fingers for Gu Daniu: "I spent more than ten taels on medical treatment and medicine, clothes, snacks, meals, and hotels. Later, Xiangrong went to school, and I asked him to buy paper and pens. I also used some money to learn to write. I contributed a lot to the family. If you insist on asking me for money, let's calculate the amount of money first."

Gu Daniu was furious, about to explode. "Dozens of taels of silver, gone just like that? Do you know what you can buy with a few dozen taels of silver? It's enough to buy a yard in town!"

Or buy a few acres of land, which can be passed down to descendants.

Gu Xinxin laughed and said, "If I don't spend it, I'll die. If I die, you won't be able to make money now."

Gu Daniu raised his hand to hit her, but Gu Xinxin was quicker. She stretched out her arm, and her sleeve fell, revealing the binding on her arm. She pressed her other hand on it, "I advise you not to move. Arrows don't have eyes. And we're out in the wilderness. It would be very troublesome if you died."

She had no expression on her face and no fluctuation in her eyes. She talked about life and death as if she was talking about eating and drinking water.

Gu Daniu couldn't help but be shocked. He looked down at the thing on Gu Xinxin's arm. Looking left and right, he couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart - he was a hunter and often used a bow and arrow, so how could he not see that the thing on Gu Xinxin's arm was unusual.

It was like a small bow and arrow, but more convenient than a bow and arrow. Just pull the trigger and the small arrow inside can be shot out. In this way, the disadvantage of women's weakness is almost nothing.

He frowned and asked, "What is this?"

Gu Xinxin raised an eyebrow: "Sleeve Arrow."

Also called a crossbow arrow, did it first appear at the end of the Yuan Dynasty? She wasn't sure. As a food researcher, if she hadn't seen it in novels, she probably wouldn't even know the name of the sleeve arrow.

The fire in Gu Daniu's heart burned even more fiercely, and even his eyes turned red: "Are you planning to kill my father?"

"Of course I won't, but I think I can take one of your eyes. So I advise you not to use force, and just talk it out nicely." She smiled and said, "I actually have the best temper. If you don't use force on me, I won't use force on you either. If we keep our composure, we can naturally get along well."

Gu Daniu gritted his teeth and said, "I am your father."

"I know, I call you dad too." Gu Xinxin nodded: "That's why I only warned you and didn't do anything directly. If you weren't my dad, you would be a corpse now. Don't you just want those dozens of taels of silver? I tell you, there is no more. If you are still like before and are willing to behave well, then you will have a steady flow of money in the future. After all, I am still here and I can give you advice. But if you are not willing to behave well, then at worst, we will go our separate ways."

Gu Daniu was so angry that he laughed: "Part ways? Who do you think you are? I'll just go to the government office and sue you for being unfilial..."

In this world, only parents can beat their children to death, but no children can control their parents. No matter how powerful Gu Xinxin is, as long as he goes to the government office to file a complaint, Gu Xinxin will have to kneel down and kowtow to admit her mistake.

"How are you doing now?" Gu Xinxin interrupted him and asked, "You have meat and vegetables every day, and you're well fed and well-drinking. How is this life compared to the past few decades?"

Without waiting for Gu Daniu to answer, she nodded at herself and said, "This kind of life is what I gave you. If you want to sue me for being unfilial, that's fine. Think about it first and then go back to your old life. Are you willing?"