Chapter 165 Taking a Risk
Everyone was watching, expecting what good questions she would come up with.
Gu Leyou took a deep breath and began to speak: "My topic is, there was an old lady in a family, she had 5 daughters, each of these 5 daughters had a younger brother, how many people are there in this family?"
This question is actually a brain teaser. It is easy to answer it wrong if you don't read it carefully.
This stumped the group, and it took a while before someone answered.
"Eleven people."
Another person answered, "12 people."
Gu Leyou shook his head.
This means that none of these answers are correct.
Then one of the villagers studied her question again, trying to understand its meaning and find out what the correct answer was.
They thought about it for a long time but couldn't come up with the correct answer.
The tall man said, "We admit defeat. Please let this young lady announce the correct answer."
Gu Leyou explained the literal meaning to them.
"In fact, this question is very simple. An old lady is one person. She has five daughters, and each of these five daughters has a younger brother. This younger brother is the youngest. 5+1+1 equals seven people."
Now those people suddenly realized that this was the calculation.
But some villagers were unhappy.
Some of them have read more books than those who have passed U. If this problem seems so simple, there is no way they can't figure it out.
"The second daughter of the Gu family is wrong. You calculated wrongly. There should be 8 people. The old lady should have a husband. With the husband, there should be 8 people."
Everyone was confused. Could there be multiple answers?
Gu Leyou explained to them.
"My literal meaning of this question does not mean that the old lady's husband is still alive, so there are only seven people in the family. Unlike the previous answers, you said there are more than ten people. Could it be that the old lady gave birth to more than ten children? Although it is possible in this era, my literal meaning is that his son is the youngest son and the younger brother of their five sisters. Therefore, the younger brother calls the old lady's five daughters "sister", so he is the youngest brother, and it can be inferred that there are seven people."
At this time, one of the people said, "This question doesn't count. Ask another one. There are already multiple answers. If the old lady's husband is still alive, then there can't be only 7 people out of 8, so this question is wrong."
Lu Yan became anxious.
"You guys lost, why don't you just get out of here? Or are you still talking nonsense? Do you want to deny your responsibility? Leave now, and don't blame us for turning our backs on you."
As a result, this group of people were still very stubborn and directly called for the board.
"You'd better not force us to reveal your identity, you rude man. Once we reveal your identity, we will see whether you can still stay in this village. We advise you to hand over the child quickly and let us take it away. Otherwise, you will be in trouble."
As soon as this person said this, the villagers who were watching the fun around him started talking about it. Could it be that the two of them had some secret identity that they couldn't reveal?
It is unlikely that they are not Gu Laoer’s daughter and son-in-law. They have seen this girl grow up since she was a child. How could she become someone else?
The village chief was a little confused.
"Brothers, please talk nicely. Don't get angry. They are all honest people. Did the villagers do something wrong? No, I offended you, and you are here to seek revenge."
The village chief was speaking to the couple.
Gu Leyou and her husband looked at each other and said to the village chief in a decisive tone, "That's not true. They are probably kidnapping children. So you have to go back and tell them to take good care of their children and prevent them from being kidnapped by these people."
These words made these people very angry.
"Don't spit blood at us. Your son is very important to us. As long as you hand over your son, we don't care about others. If you don't hand it over, we will come every day."
The couple was terrified now. What if they came every day and made the village a mess? Everything would be ruined.
"You two should all speak properly. What is going on? Why doesn't anyone tell me the truth? How did you and your wife offend me? If they speak clearly, it will be fine if it is just a misunderstanding."
This group of people are also careless. Their organization told them that as long as they can bring the couple's son back, they will complete the mission, so if they can't bring him back, they don't have to appear in front of their master.
So we must bring the child back no matter what.
The village chief was at a loss for a moment. They were determined to stay in this village and not leave. If they didn't leave, there would be no peaceful life in this village.
Gu Leyou thought of what they had said before, so he wanted to use that to get them to leave first.
"You guys should know that the most important thing between people is trust. You've already said that if you don't answer my questions, you have to leave. There are so many people here to witness you, so you'd better leave quickly. As for whether you will come back in the future, that's your business. You can come and go as you please, and we can't control you. But today you have to leave because you have made a promise, and you can't go back on your word."
The village chief continued Gu Leyou's words and said, "You are all real men. You must keep your word. Leave now. Don't force me to find someone to chase you away."
"Brother, hurry up and leave. You have to keep your word. They look so ferocious. If we don't leave, we will lose our lives here. If our master gets angry, we won't be able to handle it."
So the group of people said something cruel: "Just wait, we will be back."
After saying that, they left.
The village chief was relieved. This group of people were really difficult to deal with.
After they left, the village chief dismissed the group of people and called the couple and Gu Laoer back home to discuss things.
The village chief called these people back home, and then called his wife, son-in-law, daughter, and grandson out.
Now there are only Gu Laoer, himself and this couple left in his family.
"Come on, sit down and tell me what's going on. Did you offend someone you shouldn't have offended? They want to take their anger out on your son. If you hand the child over to them, will the child ever be able to come back? Have you ever thought about it? How did you offend these vicious people? I see they are all big and strong, you may not be their opponents, you'd better make a plan now."
"At this point, Village Chief, we can only tell the truth. We did offend some people we shouldn't have offended. We thought we could handle it well, but we didn't expect to cause the villagers to worry with us. Otherwise, our family of four should just leave. Go far away so that they can't find us and won't bother you."
This was said by Gu Leyou.
The village chief didn't think so. It was obvious at first glance that this group of people were not someone that was easy to mess with.
If the family of four left, and if these people didn't believe it, they would come to the village every few days to make trouble and that would be the end of them.
"So you can't leave. Think about what else you can do. If it's a misunderstanding, explain it quickly. When they come next time, we can explain the problem and our village will be peaceful. If you keep having trouble every other day, the villagers will definitely be unhappy. When the time comes, they will raise an opinion and want to kick you out. It will be difficult for me as the village chief to do my job."
Lu Yan was also in a dilemma.
Could it be that the identities of the father and son can no longer be concealed? Was this group of people sent by the Third Prince or the First Prince?
They were staying in this remote place with high mountains and deep roads, and had no idea what had happened in the capital. Why did they want to bring this young master back?
After leaving the village chief's house, they returned home.
Gu Laoer has already arranged for someone trustworthy in the village to help them bring the child back home.
They looked at the child with mixed feelings and didn't know what to do. Should I send the child away?
After they coaxed the child to sleep last night, they looked at the child and felt worried.
When they were sure that the child was really asleep and would not be woken by them, they left the child's room.
"Do you think we should leave or stay? If we don't leave, it will bring trouble to the village. If we leave, will it also bring trouble to the village?"
"There is really no good solution at the moment. Can you think of any good solution? And it has to be a risk-free solution. After all, this child is not our biological child. You and I both know this. If anything goes wrong, we can't afford it." Lu Yan said.
"On the way back just now, I thought of a way. We can only put on a show in front of them. They should also know that the child is sick. As long as they are sure that the child is no longer in this world, they will retreat and we can leave. At that time, we will announce to the public that we are leaving this sad place and looking for a good place to live. Otherwise, when they react, they will definitely cause trouble for the recharger. Instead of this, we might as well disappear in front of them without a trace. This is the best result for everyone."
“We have to act out the whole play and tell some close people to cooperate with us. Otherwise, if we mess it up and they find out, it will be terrible.” Lu Yan said.
"Then find a time to discuss with the village chief tomorrow and ask him to arrange a few people to perform with us and spread the news of our son's death in the village. As for where to settle our son, that's up to you. We have to send the child away first. The two of us can't leave yet and have to stay at the scene, otherwise this play can't be performed."
So the next morning after breakfast they went to the village chief's house immediately.
They told the village chief about their idea, but he hesitated and finally refused.
"You two thought about it all night and came up with this bad idea. That's your own son. Don't joke about it. If something goes wrong, some people will take it seriously and bury him. They are not easy to fool. If they find out, they will know that there is nothing in the coffin. If so many people retaliate, what will you do?"
They haven't thought about this problem yet, they are just thinking about solving it, and they haven't considered the current problem that far in the long term.
After hearing what the village chief said, Gu Leyou and Lu Yan fell into silence for a moment, their hearts filled with helplessness and anxiety.
After a while, Gu Leyou gritted his teeth and said, "Village chief, we are really desperate. Please help us think of a solution. We can't just watch the village fall into danger because of us, and we can't hand the child over. The child has already been in danger once, so he is sick. We don't know the origins of these people. If we hand the child over rashly, maybe the next time we see the child's corpse."
The village chief sighed, paced back and forth in the room, and after thinking for a long time, he said: "I do have an idea, but it is quite risky. There is a secret cave behind our village, which was used to hide from bandits in the past. Hide the child there and send a few reliable villagers to take care of him secretly. You can tell others that the child is seriously ill and has gone to seek medical treatment, and it is unknown whether he is alive or dead. If those people come again and see that your family really has lost the child, they may believe it a little."
Gu Leyou refused. She said, "Then only the method we proposed is feasible. The method you proposed is not feasible. We can only entrust our children to others to take care of them. Even if they are trustworthy, they can't take care of them as well as our own parents do."
"Then let me think about it. You should go back and discuss it with your parents and relatives at home, and ask them to cooperate with you in the play. I will then find a few trustworthy people to cooperate with you in the rehearsal and spread the news in the village. The mourning hall should be set up around this afternoon. As for where to send the children, you must make proper arrangements and there must not be any mistakes."
So they hurried back, thought of an excuse, and went to Gu Laoer's house.
After everything was arranged, the child was sent out first.
Then word spread from Gujia Village.
"You said that the grandson of the second son of the Gu family is really pitiful. He passed away at such a young age. I heard that he was ill before, and now he died. His family is really pitiful. They raised the child to such a big age, but he passed away without receiving treatment from the miracle doctor. The child is also pitiful. He left the world like this. His parents really cried their tears dry."
"That's right, he passed away at the same age as my grandson. It's really pitiful. We have to go over and help them burn some paper so that the child can be reborn into a wealthy family and enjoy a lifetime of wealth and glory instead of having to suffer as a child of a poor family."
Soon, the news of the death of Gu Leyou's stepson spread throughout the village. Everyone felt sorry for the child and was very sad.
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