Chapter 85 Entanglement
Zhang Guangzong did not have an easy time walking with the child in his arms.
Niu Niu is only five years old and not heavy at all. It is usually very easy for Zhang Yuniang and Gu Mingda to hold the child.
However, Zhang Guangzong had just suffered a severe cold and was severely beaten by his mistress's man. Now he was not only physically weak, but also had many wounds that had not yet healed.
The originally light and fluttery little girl now felt as heavy as a mountain in his hands, and it was very difficult for her to leave along the route he had planned.
This road, which he had walked many times, suddenly became full of dangers. He almost fell into a pit, almost tripped over a pile of grass, or almost hit his head on a sharp stone.
After arriving at his destination with great difficulty, Zhang Guangzong felt as if he had lost half his life.
He deliberately chose a good place, remote, quiet and sparsely populated.
"Niuniu, I'm your father. Do you still remember me?" Zhang Guangzong tried to act kindly.
But what he got was Niu Niu's defensive look.
The little girl stepped back cautiously.
Zhang Guangzong grabbed her shoulders and forced her not to move, saying, "I picked you up from the wild, have you forgotten?"
Niu Niu was almost crying when she faced the person she was most afraid of in the past, but she still forced herself to calm down and shouted to him, "Uncle."
Zhang Guangzong's expression changed instantly: "I'm not your uncle, I'm your father! I'm your father!"
The little girl was really scared this time.
Looking at this situation, Zhang Guangzong took a deep breath and said, "They must have said something to you. Although they spent five taels of silver to buy you away, I am still your father and you are my daughter! You are my daughter!"
Although Niuniu was still very afraid of Zhang Guangzong, she felt infinite courage when she heard this and retorted on the spot: "I am not your daughter, I am the daughter of Gu Mingda and Zhang Yunniang!"
Zhang Guangzong was visibly furious, his eyes spitting fire: "You are so ungrateful! If it weren't for me, you would have died long ago. You think you can buy off my kindness to you with five taels of silver? I tell you, you are dreaming. You are my daughter, you must bring good luck to me! You must help me pass the exam to become a scholar!"
Zhang Guangzong had a very bad time during this period. The continuous blows had made him somewhat delirious.
He was only thinking about climbing up the ladder, but he unexpectedly heard the women in the village gossiping.
Comparing the current situations of Zhang Guangzong and Gu Mingda, they became more convinced of Niu Niu Wang's previous views.
This was not the first time that Zhang Guangzong had heard these clichés, and he had never taken them seriously in the past. After all, he had money, free time, and a comfortable life at that time.
After being blackmailed several times in succession and becoming penniless, Zhang Guangzong tried to trace his roots and actually believed what "Wang Family" said.
After all, his life was getting worse and worse, starting from when he sold his daughter.
He also heard from somewhere that one should be kind to such prosperous people, otherwise one may easily lose money and bring disaster.
Zhang Guangzong also knew that he could not live his previous life by his own ability, so he began to think of taking crooked ways to bring his daughter back to the Wang family.
At this time, Niu Niu was already frightened by his crazy appearance and burst into tears.
She shook her head frantically, "I'm not your daughter! I'm not!"
When Zhang Guangzong heard this, he became angry again. He struggled to control his emotions and did not slap Niu Niu in the face.
"Ignorant wolf... I have raised you for five years, but Gu Mingda and Zhang Yuniang have only raised you for a short time... If you... If you don't bring prosperity to me, I will kill you!"
Niuniu was terrified when she heard this, but she still didn't want to be Zhang Guangzong's daughter. She hesitated again and again, closed her eyes, and said silently: "I hope..."
Before Niu Niu finished speaking, she heard a gust of wind and a small stone hit Zhang Guangzong.
"Let go of my sister, you big bad bastard!"
Gu Zhao rushed over like a small cannonball and hit Zhang Guangzong directly.
This collision should not have posed much threat to Zhang Guang, but he was now a weak adult and was knocked to the ground by the angry little fat man.
Niu Niu took advantage of this opportunity and immediately hid aside. Gu Daya took the opportunity to step forward and threw a handful of sand in her right hand towards Zhang Guangzong's eyes.
After doing all this, Gu Daya stretched out her left hand and pulled Gu Zhao up.
"Let's go!"
Gu Daya was the last one to come, protecting her younger brothers and sisters as she ran back without stopping, rushing straight back to her own yard.
Zhang Yunniang looked at the three children in surprise, and when her eyes fell on Niu Niu's red and swollen eyes and messy hair, her face changed instantly.
"Mom, Uncle Zhang just captured Niu Niu..." Gu Zhao stuttered as he spoke about what had just happened.
Zhang Yunniang hurriedly grabbed Niu Niu and looked her up and down carefully. After confirming that the little girl was just frightened and had no injuries, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Niu Niu snuggled into her mother's arms with a look of fear on her face, and her tears fell like beads from a broken string.
Although Gu Zhao and Gu Daya were both children, they were so frightened that they could not help but shiver when they saw Zhang Yuniang's solemn face and the look as if a storm was brewing in her eyes.
Zhang Yunniang forced a smile on her face and told Daya and Gu Zhao: "Play in the yard and don't go out. If you meet Uncle Zhang in the future, just stay away from him."
After getting the two children's nod, Zhang Yunniang carried Niuniu into her house.
Gu Mingda, who was reading in the room, was shocked when he saw something strange happening to his wife and daughter.
Zhang Yunniang was afraid of scaring the child, so she asked gently, "Niuniu, tell me, what does your uncle Zhang want after he captures you?"
When Gu Mingda heard this, terrifying anger instantly burst out from his eyes.
Niuniu whispered, "He wants me to call him daddy and to continue being his daughter. He said I was an ungrateful ungrateful person. Mom, I don't want to leave you! I want to be your daughter!"
Seeing the little girl burst into tears while talking, the couple felt heartbroken.
Zhang Yunniang immediately hugged her daughter tightly and patted her gently in her arms: "Don't be afraid, Niuniu, no one can take you away from your parents. You are your parents' daughter, and no one can take you away."
The couple coaxed the little girl for a long time before she fell asleep with tears on her face.
"I'm going to the county tomorrow." Gu Mingda said softly.
Zhang Yunniang seemed to realize something and asked, "What are you going to do?"
"Niuniu likes to eat Xueyunsu, which is only sold in the pastry shops in the county," said Gu Mingda.
Zhang Yunniang looked down at her daughter, whose brows were furrowed with fear even when she was asleep, and thought her husband went into the city just to buy cakes to cheer her up.
But after a moment of silence, Gu Mingda said with a frosty face: "I thought it was too simple before."
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