Su Qi wondered if Gu Jingru's little koi had worked? Was it really as she'd imagined, relying on absorbing the luck of others to enhance its own?
This little koi.
I really want to crush her to death in the cradle.
Seeing the pair of cunning eyes on Gu Jingru's innocent face, Su Qi sounded the alarm from the bottom of her heart.
He only had the thought of crushing her to death, but the reality certainly wouldn't allow it. The little koi's aura would strike back, and Su Qi didn't want to be the one to be killed by it.
She just wanted to take her family away from the little koi.
If you keep wanting to get close, just lie dormant for a while, and wait until you have the strength to destroy the little koi's luck.
The young men of the Gu family were conscripted to dig graves. The dead officials and Gu family members all needed to be buried. For people today, cremation and the ashes are better than being buried in the ground.
Su Qi took Dabao and Erbao to sit on the rocks beside the official road to rest.
Perhaps because she saved these people, the other women and children also gathered around.
Fang Xiaoya, Gu Jingru, and Gu Jingfeng stood not far away. The three of them were all wearing clean clothes, which formed a sharp contrast with this place.
Dabao and Erbao were restless, their bodies and faces covered in mud. Su Qi was busy saving people, and now her body was decorated with mud. It felt like she was in exile and fleeing.
The mother of Gu Xiuming, a member of the side branch, rubbed her chest with a look of fear on her face, but was also very glad that she was not washed away.
He looked at Fang Xiaoya with envy, and said, "Look at Fang Xiaoya's family. How can they be exiled?"
An old woman next to him was a little blind.
He rubbed his eyes and looked over carefully.
He nodded confidently: "You know what, her family is really different. Among all of us, her family lives the most comfortable life. They are lucky and blessed by God."
Gu Xiuming's mother grinned and said, "Let's follow her family. They eat meat and we drink soup." She rubbed the mud off her trouser legs and sighed deeply. "It's a pity that the old general's family had such a glorious life in the past that even the side branches like us have risen to prominence.
Now the old man and his wife are missing. Mr. Huang forbids us from looking for them, fearing they are in grave danger and their bodies cannot even be buried." As he spoke, he reached out and wiped the turbid tears from his face.
Some people started to cry.
Thinking about the future of my family, I usually don't see more than two deaths in a year. Now, in less than a month, more than ten people have died.
By the time they reach Jinyang Prefecture, how many people will be alive?
"Bah! It's all Mr. Gu's fault that we have to suffer. If I had known earlier, I would have stayed in my hometown instead of coming to the capital." The woman had barely avoided the mudslide and vented all her resentment on the Gu family.
"It's the people from the Gu family who owe us. They have to pay back the debt." The old woman said gritting her teeth, biting her back molars.
There was a strong hatred in his two turbid eyes.
Su Qi met her gaze and retorted with cold contempt.
"Don't say that the Gu family owes you. If the Gu family hadn't been so powerful in the capital, who knows what would have happened to you back home?
Since life was good in my hometown, why did I cry and make a fuss about moving to the capital?
We can live in good times, but now that we are in trouble, instead of offering words of comfort, we are still thinking about collecting debts."
"I don't care about others. If you think we owe you anything, you should also consider your own abilities. A centipede is still alive even after death. No matter how badly we fall, you can't compare to us."
Su Qi's words were both reasonable and cruel.
Some people lowered their heads after hearing this. If they were in their hometown, they would be afraid that their children and grandchildren would not be able to find wives.
There was no longer a large family like today, and the days of having maids and servants were decades old.
Again.
The old general's children and grandchildren seemed smarter than their own children. What could they use to collect debts?
"Did you bring the millstone from your hometown village to make a fool of yourself? If you have any dignity, you wouldn't say such things. Five years ago, Lanzhou Prefecture was hit by a severe drought and a locust plague.
How many families have to sell their children to survive.
If you hadn't come to the capital, could you have survived in Lanzhou?" Su Qi snorted coldly.
A pair of sharp eyes stared at the old woman who had spoken earlier.
The old woman was speechless after hearing what he said. She opened her mouth but couldn't utter a word in rebuttal.
Those who originally had complaints about the Gu Mansion, after hearing what Su Qi said, thought about it carefully, isn't this the truth?
In my hometown village, not many people survived. Most of them were refugees who couldn't reach their hometown and settled down in that village.
After a few years of good life, I forgot my basics.
"Madam Second Young Master, I'm so sorry. We were blind and misjudged, and you saved our lives without any grudges." Gu Xiuming's mother took the lead in apologizing to Su Qi.
The others also apologized sincerely.
"Yeah. We're really sorry."
Su Qi held Dabao and Erbao on her lap and smiled gently. "Don't call me Madam Ershao anymore. Now is not the time to be in the Gu Mansion."
Since we are of the same clan, we should be united in purpose and not complain about each other. When we get to Jinyang Prefecture, can you and your family defeat the local tyrants alone?"
"No. Even a powerful dragon can't defeat a local snake. We are just chickens in trouble now."
"After all, she comes from a big family, so she has more experience than us old ladies."
Gu Beiting, Gu Beijing and other girls were dumbfounded.
Over the past few days, the side branch had been sneering at them for no reason. They even tried to snatch things from them, but they didn't expect Su Qi to solve the problem with just a few words.
Fang Xiaoya walked over holding Fang Jingru.
He glanced at Su Qi sitting on the stone carelessly, and the corners of his mouth twitched in disgust.
"My second sister-in-law said it so well. We have our own hardships, but what can we do now that our grandparents are missing?" Fang Xiaoya took out a handkerchief and gently wiped the corners of her eyes. "Grandfather would definitely be very happy if he knew that my second sister-in-law was so kind and saved so many people."
Su Qi's face darkened visibly.
She was chatting with others about the past and the future, and Fang Xiaoya came over and asked what the meaning was of two people who were unpopular.
"Sister-in-law, look at your family's clean clothes. It's like you knew there was going to be a mudslide and deliberately avoided it. I wonder why you didn't warn grandpa and grandma?"
Everyone stared at Fang Xiaoya with ill intent upon hearing this. Old Huang and his men were fleeing on horseback, yet why were they acting like they were on vacation?
Fang Xiaoya didn't expect Su Qi to bring up this matter.
He raised his head aggrievedly and said, "Second sister-in-law. We were just lucky. How could we have known in advance?"
Fang Xiaoya's small face, which was as big as a palm, was filled with tears, which made her look adorable.
If a man were to do this, he would definitely not be able to bear it.
But Su Qi is a woman, and she hates to see a woman like this. She always wants to bully her again to see if she is really that weak.
"I'm really lucky. I remember those people around my sister-in-law, some disappeared, some died." Su Qi shook her head with regret, "Everyone's fate is really different."
Gu Xiuming's mother and several other elderly women immediately changed color.
Isn't this just taking over someone else's luck?
Fang Xiaoya was so angry that she could hardly hold back her smile. She really wanted to grab Su Qi's hair and pull it hard.
Why is this damn woman specifically against her?
She was angry inside, but she had to keep a look of grievance on her face. She couldn't control the strength in her hands, and accidentally tightened her arms around Gu Jingru.
"Second sister-in-law, you can't say that. How can we predict the people around us?" Fang Xiaoya bit her lower lip and stared at Su Qi with death eyes.
Finally turned around and left.
Gu Jingru was strangled and couldn't help crying. "Mom, it hurts. Brother, hug me." Gu Jingru cried heartbreakingly, her eyes fixed on Dabao and Erbao, stretching out her hands for them to hold her.
There was a moment when Dabao and Erbao couldn't bear it.
Su Qi forcibly held him down.
Gu Xiuming's mother asked hesitantly:
"Mother Dabao, did you discover something?"
"What did you discover? I just can't stand my sister-in-law's delicate look and I don't want to deal with her. I'm determined to go against whatever she says." Su Qi naturally wouldn't admit what he said.
"Beiheng and the others are back. We have to continue on our journey."
Gu Xiuming's mother and the others looked at each other, wondering if what Su Qi said was true or false.
All of a sudden, everyone began to doubt themselves and decided to let their men analyze the situation.
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