Chapter 233: Seen Zhang?

Hearing this, Gu Tang's expression remained unchanged and he shook his head: "Those kidnappers refused to tell me, I was afraid that the drug would take effect, and since I couldn't get any information from them, I let my cousin run away first.

Those people wanted to kidnap me, and my cousin was just implicated by me. I was afraid that those people would continue to chase us after they recovered, so I didn’t dare to go with my cousin. After that, I chose another road and went around before I dared to go back to the city gate..."

This statement was half true and half false. After hearing it, the clan leaders and elders who were unaware of the situation did not notice anything wrong, but were interested in the medicinal powder in Gu Tang's hand.

"I heard from Lian that you sprayed some kind of powder on the eyes of those kidnappers, causing them to suffer unbearable pain. Did you mix that powder yourself?"

Gu Tang's eyelashes trembled, and he paused: "The medicinal powder was originally passed down to me by my master. It was used by herbalists to sprinkle in the mountains to repel insects and ants.

Later, I thought about adding some other herbs to it to make its taste more pungent.

If this powder gets into people's eyes, it will cause severe pain, but it will be fine if you rinse it with water a few times."

At this point, Gu Tang suddenly laughed and said, "It's winter now, so the powder is not needed. But I've been carrying it with me for so many years, so I always carry some for self-defense even in winter.

If I follow Master's instructions, this powder cannot be given to outsiders. But today, because of the kidnapping matter, my clansmen have been running around for me, and I remember all of this in my heart. So, I decided to break this rule!

When summer comes, if anyone in the tribe wants this powder, just ask. Many of the herbs in this powder can only be harvested in summer. It has no other effects, but it is quite effective in repelling insects and ants."

The clan leaders and elders were very pleased to hear this, as this girl knew how to be grateful.

A little girl is so open and frank in her actions. Naturally, they, as the elders, cannot be inferior to her.

"What Qing did this time is really frightening! When you return, the clan will give you an explanation."

"Okay, then I'll listen to my clan on this matter." Gu Tang nodded with a smile.

Gu Qing can't escape. The clan will punish her first, and then she will be punished!

"By the way, there is something I forgot to tell you, girl." Patriarch Gu remembered something and pointed to the east.

"Your grandfather and Ping An were here earlier. After hearing from Lian that you were almost kidnapped, they said they would go back to the inn where you were staying to check on you. They were afraid that you might not be able to find anyone there if you went back first."

Inn?

Her grandfather must have been talking about the small courtyard where they lived.

"Then I'll go take a look first. If they can't wait for me, I'm afraid they'll be very anxious!"

"You can go, but you have to find someone to go with you. I don't know if those kidnappers have escaped. If they have, they are probably still out there looking for you. You have to be careful!"

There is nothing wrong with what he said...but the problem is that their family is not staying in an inn!

Gu Tang didn’t want to let the villagers know that she bought the yard for the time being.

She was extremely embarrassed by this proposal.

Just then, there was a sudden noise behind me.

Turning around, she saw that it was her father coming over.

When Gu Lianshan was about to get here, a group of fellow villagers came up to him and said that his daughter had returned. Hearing this, his head was buzzing, and he quickly grabbed one of them and asked, "My daughter is back?!"

"I'm back, I'm back! I'm talking to the clan leader and elders right now."

A captured villager pointed out the direction for Gu Lianshan.

Looking in the direction of the finger, Gu Lianshan saw his daughter calling out to him at first sight, very conspicuous.

The heart that had been hanging in the air all the way finally settled down. He strode over and looked the man up and down carefully.

"Are you injured anywhere?"

All in all, the father and daughter were separated for only about two hours. One of them was almost kidnapped, and the other seemed to have suddenly aged several years. Her brows were wrinkled so tightly that they could pinch a fly to death, and there were some bloodshot in the whites of her eyes.

"Don't worry, I'm fine! Look--" Gu Tang jumped a few times and stretched his arms and legs to show that he was fine and nothing happened.

"It's good that everything is okay, it's good that everything is okay..." Looking at his daughter jumping in front of him, Gu Lianshan couldn't help but smile and kept saying this.

After laughing, he asked again: "Do you know why those kidnappers wanted to kidnap you?"

Gu Tang shook his head and still didn't tell the truth: "I don't know about that."

As he said this, his eyes fell on Gu Tianbao who was not far away. He saw that he was talking to Gu Lian. The relationship between the two siblings was very good.

Seeing Gu Lian, Gu Tang remembered what he had promised her before, and whispered to her father about Wei.

"Gu Tianbao and Gu Lian also helped this time. Gu Lian asked me to beg you to help find her mother."

"What a coincidence." Gu Lianshan raised his eyebrows, "Tianbao said the same thing."

Having said that, he told his daughter about Gu Tianbao's previous statement of returning the money.

Pay back the money?

Gu Tang blinked and said, "No need..."

She had secretly searched the big house and took away all the silver she could find.

By the way, she seemed to have never heard about Gu Liansheng making a fuss about the missing silver.

Haven’t they noticed yet that the silver in the house is missing?

Can't it?

In fact, the reality is even more outrageous than this.

The box that Gu Tang pried open had also been searched by Gu Liansheng before. He wanted to steal Wei's money for his own use, but he searched the box three times and did not find the secret compartment at the bottom.

If the secret compartment was not found, then naturally the silver was not found. Besides, the box was full of Wei's clothes, so Gu Liansheng basically ignored the box.

After all these days, no one noticed that the lock on the box had been pried open.

Of course, even if he saw that the lock on the box was gone, he wouldn't think much about it, because he had never paid attention to whether the box had a lock or not.

On the day he searched the box, Wei was sorting clothes in the box. Gu Liansheng found an excuse to get her out of the way and took the opportunity to search the box.

If even Gu Liansheng couldn't find out, then it's even less likely that Gu Tianbao, Gu Qing, and Gu Lian would find out.

Until today, no one in the eldest wife's family knew that the private money in Wei's box was looted by Gu Tang.

"Since he is so sincere, please help. If you can really find my aunt, it will be a good deed..."

It’s good to be back!

If this person doesn't come back, how can the dog-eat-dog drama be staged?

"It's okay to help, but I'm afraid that after I bring him back, your grandma and your uncle won't tolerate him..."

"What did Tianbao say?"

"He said that if his family chased his mother away, he would go with her."

Innocent!

Gu Tang curled the corner of his mouth. This kid is still very inexperienced and needs some practice.

"There's one more thing you don't know." Gu Lianshan continued to lower his voice, "Your grandma may have had a stroke but her legs are weak, but she is very resourceful. In just a few days, she managed to arrange a marriage for your uncle!"

Gu Tang's eyes lit up when he heard this: "My uncle is engaged? Why haven't I heard you mention this before?"

"It was just arranged the day before yesterday. Dad heard about it yesterday. It was said that the marriage was arranged and would take place in the twelfth lunar month.

When your grandma was looking for a matchmaker to propose marriage, I thought it was just a rumor spread by outsiders, but I didn’t expect it to be true…”

"Whose company did you order?"

"...a widow in San'an Town, about fifty miles away from us, said she didn't care about the betrothal gift, but she wanted a marriage certificate approved by the government, and she even brought her own dowry!"

Why does this sound a little wrong?

Gu Tang scratched his head. That was how Wei came in back then. Then it was Zhang who also came in that way.

At first glance, there seems to be no problem, but upon closer inspection, many problems can be found. The two sisters-in-law almost did not ask for a betrothal gift. Only after they entered the house did the Gu family realize that these two people were worse than the other!

She remembered that Feng had cursed, saying that cheap goods are not good!

The Gu family has already suffered at the hands of the Wei and Zhang families, so why is it still like this now?

Gu Tang didn't understand what Feng was thinking.

If you can't figure it out, just skip this topic. The widow has nothing to do with them anyway. Gu Tang continued to talk about other things with her father.

After the father and daughter had been affectionate enough, Patriarch Gu stepped forward and asked Gu Lianshan.

"Lianshan, where are those kidnappers? Were they caught? Or did they run away?"

"Run away!" Gu Lianshan uttered these two words calmly, while winking at Patriarch Gu.

Gu Tang looked at her father's crazy facial expression and just wanted to cover her face.

Those who know will know that you are giving a hint, while those who don’t will think that you are having a seizure!

Don't you just want to wink at the clan leader and express your hidden meaning? There are only three of us around now, you can even whisper and tell me more later!

Compared to Gu Tang's discomfort, the clan leader Gu, who had watched Gu Lianshan grow up since he was a child, had already gotten used to it.

He understood Gu Lianshan's meaning at a glance, nodded at him, and whispered, "Got it."

Then he walked around Gu Lianshan and told the villagers loudly: "Those kidnappers have all escaped. Every family should be careful these two days. If there are unmarried girls in your family, you should all be careful..."

The villagers' faces changed instantly when they heard this. They hurriedly brought the girls and boys next to them to themselves and told them not to run around.

After shouting, Patriarch Gu counted the number of people again and found that almost everyone had returned.

Those who did not return probably planned to stay in an inn for two days and then go back after the winter fair was over.

Patriarch Gu did not wait any longer, but called out to everyone, asking them to quickly load the things they had bought onto the ox cart and set off soon.

Gu Lianshan came forward to help, and someone curiously asked him whether he was going back or not. Gu Lianshan did not hide it and said that he had found an inn and would not go back for the next two days. He would go back after the winter fair was over.

Hearing this, Gu Tianbao and Gu Lian ran to tell the clan leader that they wanted to find an inn to stay for two days and not go back for the time being. At this moment, his grandma and his father had not returned for a long time, so they probably went to find an inn as well.

When Gu Tang heard Gu Tianbao talking about Feng, his eyes darkened for a moment, but he quickly concealed it.

Who stays in the inn and who doesn't is their own business and the clan has no right to interfere.

But because of the kidnapper's matter, before leaving, Patriarch Gu still gave some instructions to Gu Lianshan, asking him to help look after the child.

As for Gu Qing, who was beaten half to death, Patriarch Gu did not let her get out of the car.

This girl is so cruel!

Let her go back to the village.

After seeing off Clan Leader Gu and the villagers, Gu Lianshan found an inn near the city gate for brother and sister Gu Tianbao and Gu Lian to stay in.

As for finding Wei, he will come and talk about it tomorrow at noon.

Gu Tianbao, who finally got the news, suddenly relaxed, his knees went weak, and he was about to kneel down to Gu Lianshan.

"What are you doing?" Gu Lianshan pulled the man up. "I dare not accept your gift at this moment. Wait until I find your mother, then you can kowtow to me again!"

"Alas!" Gu Tianbao wiped his eyes and bowed his head in response. Gu Lian beside him also had red eyes.

"Okay, go in, and wait at the inn tomorrow."

Gu Lianshan waved his hands impatiently at the two of them, turned around and left with Gu Tang.

After leaving the inn, Gu Tang told her uncle about how she had left him without permission, hoping that her father would speak well of her when he returned home.

"My grandfather must be so angry! I didn't expect him to be so mean. He and Gu Tianbao had just walked a short distance when we were spotted by the kidnappers!"

When Gu Lianshan learned of this, he immediately turned his head and glared at her, then kept his face down and walked forward without saying a word.

Gu Tang: ...Okay! I haven't appeased her grandfather yet, and now I've offended her father!

"I was definitely wrong today. I'll take the blame later. But you have to apologize to the old man for me. He's not young anymore, so please don't let him get angry and do something bad... Ouch!"

As they were walking, Gu Lianshan in front suddenly stopped, which caught Gu Tang, who had been following behind, off guard and bumped into him directly.

His straight nose hit Gu Lianshan's back, and it was so painful.

Hearing his daughter's scream of pain, Gu Lianshan quickly turned around and saw her covering her nose, and his heart tightened.

"How did you hit your nose? Is it bleeding?"

"You still have the nerve to tell me how you bumped into someone? You were walking just fine, why did you suddenly stop?"

Gu Tang covered his nose and spoke in a muffled voice.

Gu Lianshan froze for a moment, then suddenly turned around and looked in the direction he had just looked, only to find that the person was gone again.

Thinking that he was seeing things, he rubbed his eyes and looked over there again, but still saw no one.

"Could it be that I really saw it wrong..."

"Did you see it wrong? Who did you see?" Hearing this murmur, Gu Tang's nose suddenly stopped hurting, and she looked in the direction her father was looking with a curious look on her face.

Her father was looking towards the east, where there was a busy street that was so crowded that it was hard to even get through.

"Dad, what happened to you just now? Are you looking at the heads of people on the street for fun?"

Gu Lianshan rolled his eyes at her and said, "Dad seemed to see an acquaintance just now. Just when I wanted to take a closer look, I suddenly heard you scream, so I had to take care of you first. After I comforted you, Dad turned around to look again, but the person was gone."

"There are still many people in our village who have not left. Maybe the person you just saw was a villager..."

"The person Dad saw was your mother!" Gu Lianshan couldn't help but say it.

Gu Tang was confused: "What did you say? Did you see my mother?!"

"Yes! Daddy assures me that I did see your mother just now."

"That, that's normal. My mother seems to live in Bei'an City."

Gu Tang recalled that after Zhang took the two Lin siblings away from the Gu family, they seemed to live in Bei'an City.