Chapter 227 That's her fate. It's her destiny.

Gu Tang almost couldn't help but look back at him.

Plotting against herself and her father?

What are you planning?

His eyes, which had been looking forward, fell on Gu Lian. She seemed to be pestering Gu Qing. The two sisters spoke very loudly and could be heard clearly in the noisy cloth shop.

Gu Lian said she would spend a few copper coins to buy a few feet of cloth for Gu Qing to make clothes.

Gu Qingchun was so stupid that she only thought about taking advantage. She happily squeezed into the crowd to choose cloth and didn't even look at Gu Tang. If she had looked back, she would have seen Gu Tianbao standing behind Gu Tang.

Only Gu Lian looked over here with a worried look on her face from time to time.

It seems that Gu Lian is intentionally helping to get Gu Qing away.

Gu Tang tilted his head slightly and asked Gu Tianbao in a low voice: "Did they tell us how to plan?"

"I didn't say anything. I just said that I was going to plot against you and Second Uncle at the Winter Fair. I said that I was going to make Second Uncle cry and regret, and that I would never see you again in this life..."

Let her father cry and regret, and never see herself again in this life?

Gu Tang savored these words carefully.

If we follow the meaning of this statement, it seems that Feng and Gu Zhier are not plotting against her father.

The one they should be calculating against is themselves.

Only if something happened to her would her father cry and regret, and he would never see her again.

As for what they will do to plot against themselves, it is not difficult to guess.

Either they would take her away and kill her when there were many people around, or they would find a human trafficker to secretly sell her.

There are only two ways to ensure that her father will never see her again in this life.

"I'll remember this and will be careful." Gu Tang responded in a low voice.

Gu Tianbao said nothing and slowly moved away from behind her.

Gu Tang suddenly called out to him, "Did your mother's funeral really go ahead?"

Speaking of this, Gu Tianbao was filled with gloom: "It's done. They all think it's best for my mother to die. My father has already asked a matchmaker to look for a marriage partner everywhere. He said there's news and she should be married before the New Year..."

Gu Tang: ... Damn! I admire you! Every move of Gu Liansheng can refresh her cognition and bottom line!

She had an idea: if Wei came back alive on the day of Gu Liansheng's wedding... it would surely be very exciting!

As a family, it’s bound to be a dog-eat-dog situation!

"Do you still want to save your mother?" Gu Tang asked him in a low voice.

Gu Tianbao froze and turned back suddenly: "I want to!"

The word "want" was so loud that both Third Uncle and Gu Ping'an heard it.

The grandfather and grandson only noticed Gu Tianbao at this time, and a hint of surprise flashed across their eyes.

Gu Tang hurriedly comforted him: "It's okay, don't pay attention to him, he doesn't mean any harm."

Then, he glared at Gu Tianbao and scolded in a low voice: "Why are you shouting! Are you afraid that Gu Qing can't hear you?!"

Gu Tianbao was filled with fear and quickly turned his head to glance at Gu Qing, only to see that he was still concentrating on choosing the cloth. His second sister secretly waved at him, indicating that Gu Qing didn't hear him.

"I'm sorry..." He calmed his pounding heart and apologized to Gu Tang with a shameful look on his face.

Hearing the "I'm sorry", Gu Tang was really surprised. He looked him up and down and saw that he was wearing an old coat. His originally plump figure had now become much thinner!

With this figure, no one would say he is fat. The key point is that this person seems to have suddenly grown taller and is much taller than himself.

There is no fat on her face, and her facial features are gradually relaxed, giving her a rare and delicate look.

He just doesn't look like Gu Liansheng, nor does he look like Wei.

"Are you... Tianbao?" Third Uncle looked straight at him, stunned.

"Uncle, it's me." Gu Tianbao smiled shyly.

"You have lost so much weight... It's good to be thin! People look more energetic when they are thin! You look so much like your grandmother!" Third Uncle sighed, feeling very emotional.

Looks like Tai Nai?

Gu Tang took a few more looks at him. He looked more like his great-grandmother than his father and mother, so there was no doubt that he was from the Gu family.

She was shocked for a moment just now, thinking that Wei was framing Gu Liansheng.

"Go find your sister first. Don't mention your mother at home recently. I will tell my father about your mother and ask him to help find some people to look for her."

After hearing this, Gu Tianbao's eyes turned red, and he nodded continuously and walked towards Gu Lian.

After walking only two steps, he suddenly stepped back, walked up to Gu Tang, and told Gu Tang that Gu Qing was going to work as a slave in the Cheng family.

Gu Tang blinked: "Which Cheng family?"

"It's the Cheng family in Bei'an City. I heard that they have a queen. It was my aunt's sister-in-law, Aunt Li, who introduced them to each other."

After saying this, Gu Tianbao did not stay and hurried to look for Gu Lian.

Gu Tang was stunned by these words.

She looked at her Third Uncle and saw that his chest was heaving with anger and his face was as black as ink.

"Is my uncle crazy? Will he not take the imperial examination in the future?"

If outsiders knew that he sold his daughter to a wealthy family as a slave during the imperial examination, he would have no chance of becoming an official even if he was lucky enough to pass the exam and get the top spot!

Those censors can impeach him to death!

"Fortunately, your family has been adopted, so the impact is not too great. But...how could this person be so stupid? He has read books for decades, but has he learned nothing?"

Third Uncle was so angry that he didn't know what to say.

Gu Tang comforted him, "There's no point getting angry with them. Misfortunes sent by heaven can be survived, but misfortunes brought upon oneself cannot. He has chosen a path that he will have to walk even if he has to kneel down. It has nothing to do with us, so don't pay any attention to them."

Having said that, this fact is really too infuriating.

The family is not starving. They support two scholars and have quite a bit of savings. How could she do such a foolish thing?

Third Uncle really couldn't understand it, his brows were furrowed and he sighed several times.

Gu Tang asked Gu Ping'an to comfort the people while she went to ask the clan leader's wife Yang whether the accounts had been settled. She gave the copper coins so that she could go home, as there were people outside waiting to plot against her.

There were too many families buying kapok cotton wadding, and each family had a different quantity. When Yang heard that Gu Tang was leaving, she put aside the bills for other families and settled Gu Tang's first.

After making the calculation, Gu Tang handed over the copper coins, said he had to leave first as he had something to do, asked Gu Ping'an to carry the cotton wool, and the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren turned around and left the cloth shop.

Li and the men had been waiting for Gu Tang at the door, and they looked carefully at every person who came out.

It didn't take long before they finally saw the person they were waiting for.

Knowing that someone was plotting against him, Gu Tang became alert as soon as he stepped out of the cloth shop.

When those seven extremely fiery gazes fell on him, Gu Tang's hair stood on end and he immediately realized that something was wrong.

She pulled on Third Uncle's clothes and continued walking forward, talking to him calmly, "There are still so many people here, and they haven't left yet."

As she said this, she looked around, as if she was really surprised by the crowds.

Third Uncle was unaware and turned to Gu Tang and said, "It will probably be afternoon before the crowd disperses. The days are short in winter, and some people who don't stay in the city must go back early in the afternoon in order not to go back in the dark."

"Then let's go back and come back in the afternoon when there are fewer people." Gu Tang had noticed that several men with different looks were staring at her.

I guess he thought she didn't notice, so he didn't hide his gaze at all.

Before the three of them had taken a few steps, they suddenly heard Gu Tianbao shouting from behind: "Uncle!"

Hearing Gu Tianbao's voice, the three of them looked back and saw Gu Tianbao and Gu Lian coming towards them, followed by Gu Qing with a gloomy face.

After finally squeezing in front, Gu Tianbao smiled carefully and said, "Uncle, cousin, I heard from my grandmother that you are going to the city gate to wait for my second uncle. I told my grandmother that we will go with you to the city gate to wait for people. If my grandmother and the others come back to look for us, my grandmother will tell them."

The reason Gu Tang just used was to go to the city gate first.

All the ox carts in the village were parked at the city gate, so she said she would go there and sit there and wait for someone.

This was just an excuse. In fact, they were planning to return to the courtyard.

Third Uncle was a little embarrassed, but Gu Tang had an idea and felt that this was an opportunity.

She took the responsibility before her uncle could speak out: "My grandfather told Ping An that he was going to buy pens and ink. I was tired and didn't want to go with him. I was worried that no one would accompany me to the city gate. Since you guys want to go with us, then we can go together."

Third Uncle's eyelids twitched, and he glared at Gu Tang secretly, and said hurriedly: "I am worried about you kids going to the city gate, so I will go with you. After I send you to the place, I will take Ping An to buy pens and ink."

How could this be possible? If the old man and Ping An went there, how could she get rid of them?

Gu Tang reached out and tugged at his third uncle's clothes, then winked at him behind his back.

"Can your legs stand all this running around? I'm familiar with Bei'an City now, and there are people from the government patrolling the streets everywhere. What else do you have to worry about? It's settled!"

After saying this, she didn't give her third uncle a chance to react, and took Gu Tianbao and the other two to squeeze into another road.

The third uncle was anxious and wanted to chase after her: "This girl!"

"Master!" Gu Pingan hurriedly stopped him, "Don't chase her. Haven't you figured it out? My second sister is trying to do her own thing behind our backs. Don't worry about it. With my second sister's brain, ordinary people are no match for her. Nothing will happen."

Uncle San looked worried: "There are too many people here today. Every year at this time, those kidnappers who snatch children are extremely rampant!

But your second sister is also very pretty, which makes her a good target in the eyes of those kidnappers! How can I feel at ease?"

Gu Ping'an had never thought about the cripple, but when he heard what his third uncle said, his indifference immediately disappeared and he started to worry.

"How about...we follow them now?"

Third Uncle looked in the direction of the road where Gu Tang had taken, but he could no longer see Gu Tang, and even Gu Tianbao and the others were nowhere to be seen.

Several children who had not yet grown to full height were squeezed in the crowd, like water drops into the sea, and it was impossible to find anyone at all.

"You can't squeeze in with thirty kilograms of cotton wool on your back, so send the cotton wool to your eldest wife and tell her that we have to go somewhere else to buy things. Leave the cotton wool in the cloth shop for now and we will come back to get it later."

"good!"

Gu Ping'an pushed the cotton on his back upwards, squeezed into the cloth shop again, and delivered the cotton to the clan leader's wife.

As soon as he came out of the cloth shop, the grandfather and grandson chased Gu Tang towards the city gate.

If the street was clear, Gu Tang would not be far from his third uncle, only about twenty or thirty meters away.

As Gu Tang squeezed forward, she kept looking around and found that the men were getting closer and closer to her.

She turned around and glanced at Gu Tianbao, very puzzled: "Since you knew that grandma and aunt were plotting against me, why did you come up to me at this time?"

Gu Tianbao pursed his lips and said, "If I follow you, grandma and aunt might not dare to do anything..."

If something happened to Si Ya, Second Uncle would definitely not be in the mood to help him find his mother!

So, nothing can happen to Si Ya!

Gu Tang pulled the corner of his mouth: "That's hard to say!"

After the men following her got to a certain distance, they stopped getting closer and instead deliberately blocked their way in front, pushing them to the east.

Gu Tang followed them walking eastward without saying a word, going further and further away.

Gu Tianbao and Gu Lian didn't notice anything was wrong. They just followed Gu Tang and went astray together.

Gu Qing, who was the last to fall, was stopped outside the encirclement. Looking at the three people who were getting farther and farther away, he became angry and panicked, and actually started yelling and cursing in the street.

"Wait for me, you stupid girl! You're in such a hurry to leave, are you in a hurry to be reincarnated?!"

Hearing Gu Qing's scolding, Gu Tang looked back and said, "Why is she so angry? Who provoked her?"

Gu Lian was a little embarrassed when she heard this: "She wanted to buy satin to make clothes, but I didn't have enough copper coins, so she scolded me for playing tricks on her..."

Heaven and earth’s conscience!

Although she did deliberately send her elder sister away in order to help her younger brother, it was true that she bought cloth for her elder sister.

The copper coins in her hand were enough to buy several feet of linen, enough to make a set of clothes.

But who would have thought that the eldest sister would be so picky about satin!

That kind of satin, the lowest quality one, costs several hundred copper coins per foot. How could she afford it?

Gu Tang didn't say anything. Greed and vanity were Gu Qing's nature. There was basically no hope for such a person.

No wonder she was willing to be a slave in the Cheng family.

When she and Agou broke into Cheng's mansion at night, they found that the maids serving their masters were more delicate than the girls kept by ordinary merchants.

Gu Zhier's sister-in-law must have used this matter to deceive Gu Qing many times.

As they walked further and further away, the men surrounded them and approached them again.

Gu Tang no longer paid any attention to Gu Tianbao and Gu Lian. He simply followed their wishes and continued to head east. Finally, he entered an alley.

At this time, the men no longer hid, but walked out, passed Gu Tianbao and Gu Lian, and all chased Gu Tang into the alley.

The brother and sister looked at this scene and their faces turned pale. They were so scared that they were shaking all over.

"Hurry, go back to find your second uncle!" Gu Lian pulled him away.

Gu Tianbao didn't move: "Where can we find our second uncle? By the time we find him, he will have already run away!"

"What should I do?!" Gu Lian was so panicked that tears fell.

"What are you two doing?" Gu Qing, who finally caught up with them, glared at them unhappily, "Why don't you leave?"

"Someone wants to arrest Si Ya!" Gu Lian wiped her tears and pointed to the alley. "Si Ya ran into the alley! Several men chased her in!"

Gu Qing was stunned when he heard this, then he started laughing: "Before, grandma scolded God for being blind, but this time, God heard what you said and finally opened his eyes to punish Si Ya!"

"What are you talking about!" Gu Tianbao glared at him, "Those people are probably kidnappers! If Si Ya is captured by them, her life will be over!"

"That's her fate!" Gu Qing said grimly, "It's her fate!"