When that incident happened, Shunping and I were both thankful that you were far away, otherwise we might have been implicated too. Alas, life is truly unpredictable.
"Back then, I couldn't find any profitable business in Lishan County, so I had to take my people to other counties to look around. Unexpectedly, we found an opportunity in Changting County, so we decided to go there." Chen Tu, who had been silent until now, explained with a smile.
In fact, Zhao Guizhi and the others had already heard his explanation, but at the beginning they were still worried, especially knowing that Chen Tu and Bai Yushuang had suffered so much, one had half of his face ruined and the other had a limp. The three children were also quite young, so how could they feel at ease?
Chen Tu and Bai Yushuang were both principled and strong-willed. Their insistence on going to Changting County to make a living was precisely because they were afraid of burdening Zhao Guizhi and Chen Shunping. It was because they had personally experienced the hardships of fleeing that they understood even more the difficulties Zhao Guizhi and Chen Shunping had faced.
The couple were just servants in the Chen household, but the Chen household had suffered such a great calamity and its fortunes had declined. Many servants were only concerned with their own survival and had no regard for their masters. Of course, there were also loyal servants who remained steadfast in their loyalty, such as the two servants who had always followed Chen Tu.
Zhao Guizhi and Chen Shunping were the same. No matter how difficult the journey was, they never abandoned Chen Yueru and treated her like their own daughter. The couple had a hard life, and even when they opened a restaurant, it was thanks to the care of their sister and brother-in-law.
At that time, Chen Tu and Bai Yushuang were grateful to Chen Shunping and his wife for taking such good care of their youngest daughter, and because of this gratitude, they were even more unwilling to hold them back.
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