In a village like this where outsiders are generally not seen, the accidental appearance of such a pretty girl would probably cause quite a stir.
Fan Qiang looked like a reptile covered in slime, almost crawling all over Gu Qingsheng's body.
The words "I pledge my love to you" made Aunt Li a little angry. She stood up holding the crying Xiaofu and yelled at Fan Qiang.
"You're going too far. I clearly owe you thirty taels of silver, which I paid off long ago. Then you said the amount was wrong and raised it to one hundred taels. Old Li paid you one hundred taels every day by repairing someone's roof!"
"You also said that you borrowed three hundred taels and sent people to beat up our Lao Li. He went to repair the roof with injuries and then fell down and died, leaving us two orphans and a widow. Now you are forcing us to pay. Do you really want to drive us to death?"
She cried sadly, and several people who knew Aunt Li came over to comfort her.
Now the whole story is finally clear.
Liu Yanqiu gritted his teeth, and his originally bright eyes gradually revealed a coldness.
"Even if I beat you to death today, I will enforce justice on behalf of Heaven! You beast!"
The fists made a clattering sound, but the more this happened, the less likely it was to solve the problem.
Gu Qingsheng turned his face cold, turned around and shook his head at Liu Yanqiu, and smiled at the fishmonger beside him.
"Uncle, can you give me some rice paper?"
These rice papers were originally used by the fishmongers to record their accounts. He immediately tore off a large piece and handed it to Gu Qingsheng without hesitation.
"Girl, take it."
He was also considerate enough to hand the charcoal pencil to Gu Qingsheng. The others looked at Gu Qingsheng squatting and writing something and were confused for a moment.
"What other tricks are you planning to play?"
Fan Qiang rolled his eyes, showing no fear of Liu Yanqiu.
"Even if you beat me to death today, the Li family still owes us three hundred taels of silver, and they have to pay it back even if I die."
"If it really doesn't work, sell the child or the woman to us to pay off the debt. We brothers are still single at this age. The village is full of ugly men. A woman like this is the one that suits me."
They burst into laughter, and the villagers passing by looked at them with more or less disgust.
"you!"
Liu Yanqiu was about to punch, but Gu Qingsheng stood up and threw the rice paper at Fan Qiang's feet.
"Can you read? Take a look."
Her sarcastic tone made Fan Qiang so angry that he picked up the rice paper and couldn't figure out what was going on. After pretending to look at it for a long time, Gu Qingsheng kindly reminded him
"You saw it backwards."
The people around him immediately covered their mouths and laughed, and some even pointed at Fan Qiang.
Fan Qiang's face flushed instantly, and he stuffed the paper into the hands of his younger brother behind him.
"Look! What does this mean!"
The younger brother took the paper. He was better than Fan Qiang. He knew it even after stumbling over it. After a while, he happily fell to Fan Qiang's side.
"Brother, this is a debt letter. It says that as long as the Li family pays us three hundred taels of silver, the debt will be completely cleared. If you continue to ask for more and disobey the rules, we will file a lawsuit against our village."
This is of course scary.
Not everyone can file a complaint with the emperor, not to mention that this village has been isolated for many years.
"You? Complain to the Emperor?"
After looking at Gu Qingsheng for a while, Fan Qiang obviously didn't believe it and snorted coldly.
"Our village is closed all year round. Where can she go to file a complaint with the emperor? How shameless..."
"I can."
Gu Qingsheng said calmly, when she smiled, there was a dimple on her face.
"Since I can get in, I can get out, and it's easy for me to file a complaint."
Under normal circumstances, this little trick would definitely not fool Fan Qiang, but Gu Qingsheng held his head high, looking very confident.
"Boss, this woman doesn't look..."
The younger brother muttered to Fan Qiang, and Fan Qiang thought for a while.
Thirty taels turned into three hundred taels, it was worth it anyway.
It’s better to take this trouble and make some money for free than anything else.
He narrowed his eyes and wrote his name crookedly on the rice paper.
"Okay, I'll write it."
After Gu Qingsheng took the debt letter and looked at it carefully for a while, he felt relieved.
Aunt Li sighed, rolled her eyes and shook her head.
"Girl! They are a bunch of scoundrels! We gave them three hundred and they asked for five hundred! Besides, this is our family's business, how can we ask you to pay back the money?"
She grabbed Gu Qingsheng's hand firmly, and Gu Qingsheng patted Aunt Li's hand.
"It's okay, auntie."
His eyes shot towards Fan Qiang like a sharp arrow.
"Evildoers will be punished."
He reached into his arms, intending to take out the jade pendant he had brought from the mansion, but unexpectedly, he touched two jade pendants.
Some time ago, Prince Duan went to the imperial master to have a divination done for him. He was told that he should carry a jade pendant with him to ward off disasters at any time. He didn't expect that he would use it here.
Any jade pendant from Prince Duan's Mansion costs more than three hundred taels. Gu Qingsheng isn't worried about this, but...
She took out two jade pendants at the same time and spread them out in her palm. The other one was exactly the one that belonged to Master Zhan.
"When did the old man give this to me?"
Gu Qingsheng sighed, it seemed that he was indeed being pestered by this old man, but he never expected that Liu Yanqiu on the side would be stunned when he saw the jade pendant, his eyes staring straight ahead without even focusing.
She put the jade pendant away and threw it to Fan Qiang.
"Do you think this is worth three hundred taels?"
Even an outsider who doesn't know much about jade pendants can tell at this moment that this jade pendant is made of high-quality materials. Aunt Li's face immediately changed and she cried out,
"That's not right, girl! That's not right!"
"It's okay, Aunt Li."
Gu Qingsheng watched as Fan Qiang hurriedly accepted the jade pendant, as if he was afraid that Gu Qingsheng would change his mind, so he took it and walked away in a swagger.
Suddenly, a drizzle began to fall from the sky. After watching the excitement, the fishmongers hurriedly packed up their things and ran home.
Xiaofu was tired from crying and fell asleep. Aunt Li covered Xiaofu's head and sighed.
"Miss, you are so kind and generous. Even in the next life, we will never be able to repay you."
"Don't talk about this. It's raining. Take Xiaofu back quickly. We'll be there soon."
Seeing Liu Yanqiu's distracted look, Gu Qingsheng asked Aunt Li to go back first and walked up to Liu Yanqiu.
"Mr. Liu, what are you staring at?"
Retracting his gaze, Liu Yanqiu looked at Gu Qingsheng steadily without saying anything. Suddenly, he grabbed his wrist, his eyes red, and there seemed to be a lump in his throat.
"That jade pendant of yours...that jade pendant of yours...where did you get it from..."
“Ah…”
I thought they were talking about the one in the mansion, so Gu Qingsheng subconsciously answered
"I got it at home...Ah Pain!"
She didn't expect Liu Yanqiu to suddenly exert force, and when her wrist tightened, the man came over, tightly grasped Gu Qingsheng's shoulders and shook him.
"I'm asking you for the other piece! The other piece!"
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