The debt collector obediently left two taels of silver for medicine and ran away with his henchmen.
Gu En was sent to fetch a doctor.
Gu Shouxin carried Cai Xiaolian, and Gu Hui carried Gu Nian on her back, and they all went into the house.
"Dad, Mom and Sister will be alright, right?"
After Gu Shouxin gave the mother and daughter a quick check-up, Gu Xin, her eyes blurred with tears, timidly asked a question.
"It's alright. I see that they have only superficial injuries. However, we'll have to wait until the doctor comes to examine them to know the specifics."
Looking at the pitiful little girl, Gu Shouxin tried his best to soften his voice.
"hiss!"
Gu Shouren hugged his arms and shivered dramatically.
"Dad, what are you doing?"
Gu Hui looked at her father, puzzled.
"My dear daughter! Don't you feel goosebumps all over your body?"
Gu Shouren asked.
No! Dad, are you cold?
Gu Hui is genuinely concerned.
"How could that be! Your father is in such good health, how could I possibly catch a cold? I was frightened by your second uncle! Listen to your second uncle talking, he sounds just like one of those pedantic scholars in the village! Your second uncle must be possessed!"
Gu Shouren gave another exaggerated shiver and said.
He hated greeting scholars more than anything else in his life. All that classical Chinese and pedantic greetings gave him a headache.
"Dad, I heard that Second Uncle was educated before, and he did quite well. Is it okay for him to talk like that outside?"
Gu Hui didn't find it strange.
She had heard her grandfather say that if it weren't for some trouble with his second uncle, Xie Shudaizi, that idiot, would have been the first scholar in their Baima Village.
The father and daughter spoke loudly, and Gu Shouxin and Gu Xin inside the room could hear them clearly.
Gu Xin stared blankly at Gu Shouxin; she had no idea her father had been to school.
Gu Shouxin, however, warned himself to get used to the original owner's way of speaking and not to be too outlandish, or he would run into trouble.
He wasn't afraid of getting into trouble himself, but he was worried about his wife and daughter being gossiped about because of him.
As the all-powerful Ninth Prince, his only regret in life was not having a wife and children. Now, he inexplicably has them, and he has no desire to go back to the past. He just wants to live the rest of his life well.
Soon after, the village doctor arrived. After examining the mother and daughter, he said they were fine, just with superficial injuries. He advised them to apply some medicine, take good care of the wounds, and they would wake up soon.
They only gave me topical ointment; they didn't even give me any herbal medicine for internal use.
After the doctor left, Gu Laosi pulled Gu Shouxin aside: "Second brother, why is it three hundred taels? What are you doing? If Mother finds out, she'll beat you to death. Father and I don't even have three hundred taels combined. Eldest brother has even less money. What are we going to do with this money?"
"Why don't you take your sister-in-law and the children and go hide for a while? If they can't find you, that's fine. Ask our father for travel expenses. Otherwise, even if your mother doesn't beat you to death, the people from the gambling den will."
Gu Laoda joined in the conversation about the brothers.
“Thank you, elder brother and fourth brother. However, I won’t ask Father for this money, nor will I hide from him. I’ll earn it myself. Don’t worry about what method I use; just go back and tell our parents to put their minds at ease.” Gu Shouxin thanked them sincerely, and seeing that the two were about to persuade him, he spoke first, “We’re all brothers, and what I said before was just nonsense. Regarding gambling, I ask you to trust me one last time. This situation will never happen again, okay?”
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