Chapter 248 Forty Whips!

Agou sealed the jar again and placed it on the table beside him.

Then he sat down beside the bed and pounded Gu Tang's legs lightly through the quilt.

"The Cheng family is in dire straits right now. The Shen and Bai families have heard the news and have sent people to the Cheng family in the past two days.

Right now, raising money to fool the Chen and Bai families is the most important thing. The Cheng family will forget about everything else."

Gu Tang perked up: "Did the Shen and Bai families come to the Cheng family's door? Did they cause any trouble?"

“I haven’t heard of this, but even if the Shen and Bai families knew about this, they wouldn’t act like the Cheng family. They would probably discuss it secretly and wouldn’t make a fuss about it.

After all, the Shen and Bai families are not clean families. The money hidden in the Cheng family is also the fat of the people. If it really becomes known to everyone, they will be the ones who suffer. "

"What a pity." Gu Tang tutted his words twice. "If these two families were as foolish as the Cheng family and made a big fuss about the lost silver, it would be interesting. Unfortunately, these two families know the seriousness of the matter."

Agou paused and suggested, "If they don't tell anyone, why don't we tell them and let those little beggars spread the word around the city?"

"Don't!" Gu Tang waved his hand seriously, "Once something is done, there will be traces. Be careful that the Cheng family will find out."

"No, if you are worried about those little beggars, I will spend money to find someone else to spread the word."

"No matter who you ask, you are not allowed to get involved in this matter. Whether the Cheng family is good or bad has nothing to do with us. Your current task is to buy the yard, buy some things, and move in with those little beggars."

Gu Tang emphasized again that Agou was not allowed to get involved in this matter.

Seeing Gu Tang so determined, Agou nodded and didn't mention the matter anymore.

Changing the subject, he asked Gu Tang if he wanted to go and see the yard: "I'm going to buy a yard, do you want to go with me to see it? What if you don't like the yard?"

Gu Tang kicked him and angrily scolded him, "You're just like those gossipy women in the village! I told you long ago that because of the kidnapper incident, I'm under custody and not allowed to go out alone! But you keep bringing it up again and again! I think you're doing it on purpose to piss me off!"

Agou, who was kicked for no reason, was not angry at all. Instead, he apologized to Gu Tang in a gentle voice: "It's my fault, my fault. I shouldn't have asked so many questions. Don't be angry anymore. If you are not satisfied, you can kick me again?"

When this man got angry, the resentment in him grew, which made his heart tremble.

Normally, it took a lot of effort to get rid of her resentment a little bit, but now that she got angry, all the resentment that had dissipated in recent days came back again!

Agou was so depressed.

After a lot of talking, Gu Tang still felt angry and continued to glare at him: "What do you mean by like or not? I don't live in that yard! I don't mind if you buy a pigpen!"

"Yes, yes, I shouldn't ask that." No matter what Gu Tang said, Agou just kept apologizing.

Knowing that Gu Tang would only respond to soft words and not to tough ones, Agou was humble and kept apologizing, saying nice things one after another, belittling himself and then praising Gu Tang. He talked until his mouth was dry and he finally managed to calm the man down.

While he was apologizing and praising him, he did not stop the work in his hands. He pounded Gu Tang's legs with just the right strength and kneaded his calves through the quilt, which made Gu Tang close his eyes in comfort and he subconsciously praised him.

“Good craftsmanship.”

After hearing this, Agou's tense nerves suddenly relaxed and the smile on his face became much happier.

He said, "I've taken the time to learn this over the past few days. Feel it carefully. If you find anything wrong, just let me know."

Gu Tang: "... did you find time to learn it? How long have you been learning it? You look quite skilled in this skill."

"I learned it for one day. I let the woman teach me once, and then I let her try it on me. As long as I remember her technique and strength, the skill of beating legs is not difficult."

Agou said this with a smug look on his face, which made Gu Tang look complicated.

Does this person really think of himself as a servant?

No, she was just saying it out of anger, and the servant rules were just to make things difficult for this person on purpose.

Unexpectedly, the other person didn't say a word of dissatisfaction, and he agreed to whatever he said.

"Alright, alright, go and do your thing!" Gu Tang waved at him impatiently, telling him to leave quickly.

Agou didn't dare to confront her at this time. He responded obediently, stopped what he was doing, stood up and left, looking back every few steps.

After everyone left, Gu Tang got dressed, washed up with the hot water in the house, and went to the front yard.

In the main room, a large piece of linen was spread on the floor, and on top of the linen was a half-sewn quilt. My third uncle took off his shoes and sat on the linen, sewing the quilt with his eyes squinted.

Hearing the footsteps, the old man looked up and then laughed: "Are you hungry? Ping An left you some mutton soup and mutton. They are simmering on the stove in the kitchen. Go and eat them."

"No hurry." Gu Tang avoided the linen on the ground, walked to the side, glanced inside the house, and did not see Gu Ping'an and her father.

"Why aren't Ping'an and my father here? You're old and your eyesight is blurry. This quilt sewing job should be done by my father or Ping'an."

"I sent Ping'an back to the house to study and write, and your father followed the villagers back to the village. I can still see with my eyes, so I can still sew a quilt."

While Third Uncle was talking, he didn't stop working and was sewing the quilt slowly and leisurely.

Gu Tang wanted to help, but unfortunately she couldn't.

But she can help thread the needle.

She took off her shoes, sat on the linen, picked up the needle and thread and started sewing.

Third Uncle asked her to go eat first, and he could do this job by himself.

Gu Tang didn't listen to him and said, "I'm not hungry right now. I'll eat later. By the way, what is my father doing back in the village?"

Wei has been rescued, so her father should have no more problems. Why would she suddenly return to the village alone?

Third Uncle did not hide anything from Gu Tang and told her word for word what Gu Lianshan had told him yesterday, which made her eyes light up.

"It seems that my aunt has given up on the Gu family." Thinking that the Wei family was going to confront the Gu family, Gu Tang was gloating.

This is called dog bite dog!

"If I go today, can I come back today? If the young man I saved last time doesn't come today, I'm afraid he will come tomorrow."

"I don't know about that." Third Uncle shook his head. "Your father went there in a bullock cart. If he wants to come back, he should be able to come back in the afternoon."

Gu Tang started to have a headache.

Agou insisted on coming to visit tomorrow. If her father couldn't get back in time by then, it would be difficult to carry out the subsequent plans.

Sighing, she could only pray silently in her heart, hoping that her father would come back in the afternoon.

…

Perhaps because Gu Tang was worried about it, Gu Lianshan, who had already reached the village entrance, sneezed several times.

The people in the car with him thought that Gu Lianshan had caught a cold and hurriedly told him to go back and drink more hot water.

Gu Lianshan responded with a smile, but he felt that it was not a cold.

He was wearing a fur coat and a hat, which made him much warmer than before. Logically, he would not catch a cold.

I guess it's his daughter talking about him!

After returning to the village, the tribesmen who had traveled with us got off the bus and went home.

Soon, only Gu Lianshan and the ox cart were left on the village road. Oh, no, there was also Gu Tianbao on the ox cart.

"Second Uncle, should we go back first, or go find the clan leaders and elders first?"

Gu Lianshan turned the car around without even looking back: "Let's go find the clan leader first."

The ox cart went to the village head and soon stopped at the gate of the patriarch's house.

The uncle and nephew jumped off the car, tied up the cow, and walked into the yard one after the other.

Patriarch Gu happened to be at home at the moment, and his expression changed slightly when he saw Gu Lianshan coming back with only Gu Tianbao.

"Why are you two the only ones back? Didn't you find Wei?"

"Found it."

"Found it?" Clan leader Gu looked outside the house, but still didn't see anyone. "Since we have found it, where is the person? Why can't we see him?"

"She's at the inn..." Gu Lianshan stepped forward and whispered to Clan Leader Gu about Wei's situation. Finally, he emphasized, "Wei didn't want anyone to know about her return. I don't know what she was thinking, and I didn't ask..."

Patriarch Gu had a bad look on his face and forbad anyone to announce her return. Most likely, Wei was looking for an opportunity to cause trouble with the Gu family.

He felt that Wei's behavior was inappropriate, but when he thought about the character of Feng's family, he felt that this was the right thing to do.

As the saying goes, evil will be punished by evil.

The Feng family is not a good family, and the Wei family is not a good family either.

Both sides are the same, dung beetles versus stink bugs, neither of them is good!

"As long as you don't make things too ugly, you can do whatever you want." Patriarch Gu waved his hand, agreeing to conceal the fact that Wei had returned.

Gu Lianshan breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at Gu Tianbao, and scolded him, "What are you standing there for? Hurry up! Bow to your uncle and thank him!"

"Ah!" Gu Tianbao immediately perked up and bowed to Patriarch Gu to express his gratitude: "Thank you, uncle, for your understanding!"

After all these things, Gu Tianbao's change was drastic.

Patriarch Gu looked at the boy who had straightened himself up, his eyes softened, and he gave him a word of advice: "Learn more from your second uncle in the future, and pay less attention to your father! Although your second uncle has been adopted, the relationship between you two has not changed, he is still your second uncle!"

"Okay, I've got that." Gu Tianbao responded obediently, then took out a purse from his arms and handed it over with both hands.

"This is to thank the tribesmen and the clan. Each of the tribesmen who came with us will receive 200 copper coins, and the rest will belong to the clan. If there is a snowstorm, I hope this money can help other tribesmen."

Clan leader Gu stared at him intently and couldn't help but sigh, "The boy has grown up and knows how to get things done. But now that you've given the silver to the clan, what will become of you and your son in the future? Your father and the others can't be relied upon."

"To be honest, uncle, before my grandmother died, she secretly gave my mother some silver. My mother has been hiding it, and no one knows about it. As long as we don't squander the money, it will be enough for us mother and son to live on."

There is such a thing?

Patriarch Gu looked surprised and breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, since you and your son don't need money, I will accept the money for them."

If you hire someone to do something, give them copper coins if you have them, or at least some food if you don't. If you don't give them either copper coins or food, the only exception is when they are broke and have no food to eat.

If a family like the Gu family is so stingy, no one will want to get involved when they hire someone to do something for them in the future.

Putting the silver on the table, Clan Leader Gu told the uncle and nephew about Gu Qing.

"For what Qing did, the clan decided to punish her with forty lashes, but considering that she is injured, let her recover first and kneel in the ancestral hall for two hours every day. After she recovers, we will punish her again."

The punishment of forty lashes is considered extremely severe, and even a strong man may not be able to withstand it.

If Gu Qing received these forty lashes, even if he didn't die, he would have to recuperate for a year or two.

"The clan has the final say on this matter. I have no objection." Gu Lianshan was very satisfied with the punishment.

Gu Tianbao also said that he had no objection. His elder sister really scared him this time.

After saying this, there was nothing else to do, so the uncle and nephew did not stay long. After a while, they left the patriarch's house.

He pulled the ox cart and headed towards the Gu family at the end of the village.

It seemed that there were guests at the Gu family's house. Under a big tree outside the yard, a cow was tied up, and an unloaded wooden cart was parked next to it.

Gu Lianshan tied up the cow and took Gu Tianbao into the yard curiously.

As soon as I arrived in the yard, I heard a quarrel coming from the main room.

The uncle and nephew paused at the same time, then quickened their pace, lifted the curtain at the door and entered the main room.

The people in the main room were arguing fiercely, and were startled by the uncle and nephew who suddenly came in.

After seeing who the visitor was, everyone in the room changed their expressions, glanced at each other secretly, and everyone's heart was in turmoil.

Gu Lianshan looked at the person in front of him, a little confused: "Wang Laosan? Why are you here?"

Then he looked at Feng again: "What have you done? Why are you arguing with Wang Laosan for no reason?"

It turned out that the people quarreling in the house were Wang Laosan and Feng.

In addition to these two, Mr. Gu, Gu Liansheng, and Gu Zhier and Wang Laoer were also crowded in the main room.

But they didn't say anything and let Feng and Wang Laosan quarrel.

The two were arguing fiercely, and when they saw Gu Lianshan coming back, both sides' anger was directed at him.

"Second brother!" Feng asked him stiffly with a gloomy face, "Did you ever see Li when you were in Bei'an City?"

"Li?" Gu Lianshan shook his head. "I've never seen her."

Wang Laosan, who was standing by, didn't believe it and started shouting, "You haven't seen it? How could you not have seen it? You..."

"Nephew of the Wang family!" Feng suddenly shouted harshly, with a hint of viciousness in her eyes.

"Your wife is missing. I know you're worried, but this has nothing to do with my second son. If you want to find her, just go to Bei'an City!"

Feng's angry shout calmed down the angry Wang Laosan instantly. Thinking of what he wanted to say just now, he broke out in a cold sweat on his back and his face turned pale.

Gu Lianshan glanced at Feng twice, then at Wang Laosan a few more times, and felt that something was strange between the two of them.

"What happened to Li? Did she disappear? Or was she kidnapped by kidnappers?"

"kidnapper?"

When they heard the word "kidnapper", the people in the room changed their expressions again.

Everyone's eyes shifted to the side, no one dared to look at Gu Lianshan.