Chapter 79 She Really Believed It
Gu Mingda followed Niu Niu's words and couldn't help but look towards Old Lady Gu.
Sure enough, Mrs. Gu, who had just been calm, not only frowned, but also clenched her right hand, which was hanging at her side, into a fist, as if she was enduring some great anger.
At this moment, Gu Mingda suddenly became extremely sure of his decision to divide the family. The couple in the first wife's house were confused, the third wife had such in-laws, and his third brother was so cowardly. Who knows how much trouble he would cause his mother in the future.
What Gu Mingda cares about most are his parents, wife and children. Now that the Liu family is taking advantage of him and angering his mother, he naturally won't endure it in vain.
He originally didn't want to get involved in the tofu shop's affairs, but since they were so arrogant, he didn't need to put up with it anymore.
"Aunt Liu, your family is being too serious today. Even if you're coming to apologize, there's no need to bring so many people." Gu Mingda said to Aunt Liu.
When Old Lady Liu heard this, the confusion in her eyes almost solidified: "What apology? Scholar, why don't I understand what you are saying?"
Old Lady Liu brought so many of her sons home, determined to get more things for her daughter. She had already thought of a way to cause trouble at home.
There are three branches in the Gu family, and the first branch is the eldest. Chen Chunhua's family is large and not easy to deal with, so Liu Lao Niang has no intention of arguing with the first branch. She focuses on the second branch. Gu Mingda is famous for his generosity in the village. As long as she throws a tantrum and says a few words like "the scholar takes advantage of his brothers", he will definitely be able to help his daughter get more of the family property.
The property that the daughter got, after rounding it off, doesn't it belong to her, the mother?
Old Lady Liu and the group of Liu family members who had previously blackmailed Zhang Guangzong are from the same clan. They are both members of the Liu family, and they both bully scholars. Old Lady Liu feels that it is unreasonable that others can do it but she can't.
But at this moment, Gu Mingda suddenly punched her, making her head dizzy.
Gu Mingda, who was always gentle and polite to others, suddenly sneered and said, "Aunt, your daughter stole my tofu secret recipe. You don't really think you can just let it go, do you?"
Mrs. Liu immediately denied it: "No, it's not like you're the only one who knows how to make tofu. Isn't there a tofu beauty in this town?"
Gu Mingda heard this and asked, "So, your family stole the secret recipe from someone in town?"
"My family didn't steal the secret recipe from anyone else..." At this point, Old Lady Liu quickly changed her words: "My family didn't steal anyone's secret recipe. We came up with it ourselves!"
The tofu shop in the town had just extorted a huge sum of money from Zhang Guangzong, and was not someone to be trifled with, so Old Lady Liu would not give anyone a chance to criticize them.
Gu Mingda said, "You thought of it yourself. How come your family could think of it when others couldn't? Why does it taste exactly the same as my tofu? And you still say it wasn't stolen? My mother had been trying to persuade me not to make a fuss, telling me that since we are relatives, as long as your family sincerely apologizes, the matter will be over."
"But now seeing that your family is so unrepentant, we will not divide this family today. Let's go to the government office and have a good talk about this matter. Let the county magistrate decide whether your family stole my secret recipe."
Gu Mingda did what he said. He stood up on the spot and dragged Liu Laonian's eldest son to the yamen.
"Mother! Mother! Please think of a way quickly, I don't want to go to the yamen!" Liu Dashan, the eldest son of the Liu family, was almost crying. He didn't understand how a scholar like Gu Mingda could be so strong. He struggled for a long time but couldn't break free.
The three words "enter the yamen" have great destructive power for ordinary people. What is circulated in the countryside is not the story of the upright judge standing up for the people, but the story of entering the yamen, where one will suffer a lot, either being beaten with a stick or losing everything.
The most important thing is that Liu Dashan had been to the county before and happened to see Gu Mingda coming out of the county government office, chatting and laughing with the captain of the police next to him, and it was obvious that they were very familiar with each other.
Ordinary people don't even know which direction the government office faces, but Gu Mingda felt like he was going home when he entered the government office. Who would dare to sue such a person? Now that Gu Mingda has passed the examination and become a scholar, it is obvious who the county magistrate will side with.
Old Lady Liu ran over and tried to tear away the hand that Gu Mingda was holding on her son. She shouted in a timid tone, "You're going to go to the government office for such a small matter? Do you think you own the government office? Don't scare my son! We are not afraid of you!"
Old Lady Liu couldn't understand why Gu Mingda was so difficult to deal with when they were all scholars and Zhang Guangzong was like a fool.
"A small matter? Do you think you only stole the secret recipe? You stole tens of thousands of taels of silver from our family! This much money is enough to get your whole family beheaded!" Gu Mingda said firmly.
"Where did your family get tens of thousands of taels of silver? Stop talking nonsense!" Old Lady Liu retorted loudly.
Gu Mingda said, "Let me do the math for you. I don't know how much your family earns from selling tofu, but my eldest brother and third brother can each earn at least a hundred coins a day by carrying a load of tofu."
"One hundred coins a day, three taels of silver a month, thirty-six taels a year, three hundred and sixty taels in ten years. My eldest brother and third brother are strong enough to sell tofu for at least thirty years, which is more than a thousand taels of silver."
"My eldest brother and third younger brother all have sons. Sooner or later, they will take over. If their sons continue to sell for another 30 years, they will earn more than 2,000 taels of silver. Their sons will have grandchildren, and their grandchildren will have sons. This will be passed down from generation to generation. What your family stole was not just a recipe, but thousands or even tens of thousands of taels of silver. It is the ability for our Gu family to make a living!"
One hundred wen a day, this is a figure that can only be achieved when the market is particularly good, but at this time, no one corrected Gu Mingda's mistake.
Old Lady Liu stared at Gu Mingda in astonishment, her teeth chattering.
Gu Mingda put on a full show, pretending to be extremely angry, and pulled Liu Dashan to rush out: "The more I think about it, the angrier I get. If I don't go to the government office and have a good talk about this matter today, I won't be able to vent my anger!"
"Mom, mom, please think of a solution quickly! I can't enter the yamen! He has people in the yamen, and we will be killed by him!" Liu Dashan cried and shouted, trying hard to let his mother know the seriousness of the problem.
Liu Lao Niang looked at Liu Er Ni anxiously. Seeing that Gu Mingda was really coming, Liu Er Ni couldn't help getting angry and pulled Gu Lao San: "Quick, Lao San, hold on to my second brother. You can't let my family enter the government office!"
After hesitating for a moment, Gu Laosan was about to step forward and grab Gu Mingda.
Chen Chunhua suddenly jumped out from the side and quickly slapped Gu Laosan and Liu Erni in the face.
"Who dares to stop him today!"
Chen Chunhua's eyes were blazing with fire, and she looked at Gu Laosan and Liu Erni as if they were the murderers of her father.
"It was originally my family's money! Tens of thousands of taels of silver! And you, a stinky woman, took it all away!"
The more Chen Chunhua thought about it, the angrier she became. She reached out and gave each of Gu Laosan and his wife a slap in the face.
Everyone present was stunned by this sudden change. Gu Laosan was also very aggrieved. He couldn't understand why he was also beaten when Liu Erni was the one who did the bad thing.
Gu Mingda's words were meant to scare the brainless Liu family, but Chen Chunhua, who was even more brainless, believed it first. Her current anger didn't seem to be fake at all.
"Brother, please help me quickly and send all the Liu family members to the county government office!" Chen Chunhua was even urging Uncle Chen to help send people to the government office.
There was a muffled "thump" sound.
Old Lady Liu knelt on the ground with her legs straight.
"My dear nephew, I know I was wrong. Please, forgive us this time, considering my age and confusion!" Old Lady Liu burst into tears.
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