Gu Shouxin chuckled and carried Gu Ren towards the old house.
Zhang Yungui grabbed Gu Shouxin's leg: "Second Uncle, I really know I was wrong. I shouldn't have bothered Gu Nian, I shouldn't have let my mother bring the matchmaker to your house without asking your family, and I shouldn't have let them make a scene! It's all my fault, my father and brothers did nothing wrong! Please, Second Uncle, have mercy and let my father go!"
Gu Shouxin kicked Zhang Yungui away: "If you don't want people to know, then don't do it in the first place. This is what they did themselves, and they should bear all the consequences! If they have a clear conscience, no one can do anything to them! Just like you, just honestly continue with your blacksmithing, and no one can do anything to you!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Yungui knew that Zhang Yunyun was right; this matter was indeed related to the Gu family, and he felt extremely regretful at that moment.
He regretted being so obsessed with Gu Nian. Gu Nian had rejected him so many times, why couldn't he understand? He had ruined his father and brothers.
Zhang Yungui kowtowed repeatedly, pleading, "Every wrong has its perpetrator! Second Uncle, I beg you, you can do whatever you want to me, just please show mercy and let my father go! My father is old, and life in prison is unbearable! Please, Second Uncle, take out your anger on me!"
Gu Shouxin smiled, and Gu Ren in his arms shivered.
Gu Ren: Today I finally know what it means to laugh yourself to death. His second uncle's laughter is so damn cruel, it could really kill someone.
Gu Shouxin said, “Zhang Yungui, you’ve come to the wrong person! Your father made a mistake, and what punishment he receives is none of my business. As for your elder brother, he was wicked and killed someone in a fit of rage; it’s not like he was implicated by you. Really. Haven’t you ever thought about why you were able to study, while your father sent you to the blacksmith’s shop when you were still young, robbing you of any hope of ever having an education? Your elder brother even had to buy exam questions to pass the county exam—that’s your father’s own doing! If he hadn’t been biased, you might have passed without him risking his life to buy questions. So, Zhang Yungui, your father and brother deserve what they got. It’s not a question of whether I’ll let them off the hook or not; like I said, if they were like you, who could catch them? They deserve what they got.”
Zhang Yungui's expression shifted unpredictably, and he stopped kowtowing.
Gu Shouxin raised an eyebrow and a slight smile played at the corners of his lips.
So you're going to watch your woman beat my woman, huh? I'll make you live a life of injustice and guilt!
Gu Ren patted his heart with his chubby little hand. How scary, how scary! Never offend your second uncle, he's too frightening.
He silently lit an incense stick for Zhang Yungui in his heart and paid his respects.
Seeing Zhang Yungui still in a daze, Gu Shouxin carried the child towards the old house. At this moment, Gu Xin came out from behind the door, looked in the direction of the old house, and only after seeing that Gu Shouxin had gone far away did she squat down in front of the door and look at Zhang Yungui: "Brother Yungui, what's wrong with you now? Uncle Village Head and Brother Yunfu made mistakes themselves, why are you blaming my father? My father is neither the victim nor the county magistrate! Brother Yungui, you've come to the wrong person."
Zhang Yungui looked up and gave Gu Xin a bitter smile.
Gu Xin pursed her lips and said, "Actually, I used to think you were a good person, really. I liked all the older brothers in the village. But ever since I found out that your grandma, your mother, your aunt, and your sisters came to bully my mother and my aunt, and you didn't stop them, and even hoped that they could beat my mother into submission with their fists so that my mother would agree to my sister marrying you, I stopped liking you and even hated you!"
Zhang Yungui looked at Gu Xin and said, "But I really want to marry your sister. Every time, I spend all my money buying her gifts, and she accepts them but doesn't marry me. I'm not willing to accept that."
Gu Xin: "But my sister sincerely apologized to you and even offered to give you double the money, but you refused."
Zhang Yungui: "What do you know? Is this about money?"
Gu Xin: "Didn't you say you were unhappy that she accepted the gifts you bought with all your money? If you are unhappy, then it's just a matter of money."
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