"Who knows! They might come back again." Gu Xianglan glanced at the carriage heading back home.
“Mother, Second Brother said he’s going to pay off his gambling debts today. Does he really have money? You should let me or my eldest brother go with him. I’m really afraid he’ll take Second Sister-in-law and his two nieces to pay off his debts!” Gu Shouli said again.
"No. Go do your work!" Gu Xianglan didn't say anything more and turned to go back into the house.
On the carriage that hadn't gone far, Lu Zheng's ears twitched.
Hearing about gambling debts and settling them down made him panic.
"Gu Shouxin took his wife and daughter to town to sell things these past few days, and I heard they made quite a bit of money! Now they've even gone to the county town!"
Which county did you go to?
"Taoyuan County! Don't all the villagers go there to go to the market?"
"Huh? Taoyuan County? No matter how much he earns, he can't pay off his gambling debts. That gambling den is in Taoyuan County. I heard from the debt collectors last time that it was three hundred taels!"
"Three hundred taels? That's a lot! Did Gu Shouxin take it with his wife and daughter to pay off his debts? Isn't Aunt Xianglan going to do anything about it?"
"When Aunt Xianglan kicked the four of them out of the house, it meant she didn't want to take care of them anymore! Poor Daya! She's pretty and good at embroidery, but she ended up with a father like that!"
"Then aren't Cai Xiaolian and Gu Erya pitiful? Gu Erya was such a sensible girl, look what Gu Shouxin raised her to be! And how many boys in our village wanted to marry Cai Xiaolian back then? But she married Gu Shouxin, who had ambitions that were higher than the sky, and look what she's been wasted all these years?"
"Maybe if this mother and her two daughters escape Gu Shouxin, they can find a good family and live a better life!"
"What nonsense are you talking about! Those who use the money to pay off debts, what kind of good life can they live? Sigh, even the old couple Gu don't care, and it's no use for us outsiders to say anything, it's a tragedy!"
"..."
The carriage had just left Sanchakou Village and was heading back to town when Lu Zheng stopped it.
"Grandpa He, Jixiang, I want to go to Taoyuan County. You two go back first!" Lu Zheng jumped off the carriage and untied a horse.
The carriage was harnessed to two horses, just in case there was any emergency and he could ride off on horseback to deal with it. And now, it came in handy.
"Young master, let's go with you!" Butler He quickly said.
"The carriage was slow, and I was in a bit of a hurry, so I rode there on horseback. Please tell my grandfather that I'll be back for dinner tonight." Lu Zheng finished preparing the horse, mounted it, said this, and rode away.
"Oh, Jixiang, what do you think the young master is up to? Why is he suddenly going to the county town?" Butler He asked with a worried expression.
"Second Steward, I don't know either." Jixiang scratched his head. He knew his young master was strange, but he just couldn't understand his inner thoughts!
"Alright, let's go back!" Butler He watched the horse disappear and finally decided to go back and report.
Lu Zheng rode at full speed, his mind in a state of panic.
He would never allow Xin'er to be sold to someone else again.
He will not allow his daughter to walk the same path again.
He wanted to protect her well.
As for Gu Shouxin and his family, they were only slowly driving their oxcart out of Lotus Village when Lu Zheng was rushing to rescue Gu Xin and was almost at the county town.
They went all the way, taking Sun Yumei to her brother's house in Lotus Village. The oxcart was slow, so Lu Zheng missed them again.
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