The doctor at Zhou's clinic examined Zhang for quite a while and is still quite surprised.
He had just taken the patient's pulse. The patient had lost too much blood, suffered a head injury, and the stool that hit his back had damaged his internal organs. He wanted to stop the patient's relatives from talking, but how come they were still so energetic after talking for so long?
Could it be that he misread the pulse?
Gu Xin quietly pulled Gu Shouxin outside: "Dad, Zhang Xiaohu's mother's family is in Gaojia Village. During the New Year, we picked up our younger brothers and had Yuanyuan lead us to beat up the Gao family brothers. They beat them quite badly. Do you think that's why they hate us?"
Gu Shouxin thought for a moment and said, "It's not necessarily just the Gao family."
Gu Xin pursed her lips: "Dad, before, Aunt and Uncle had a fight, and Aunt even asked Mom to take us to Gaojia Village to deal with those widows. But Mom has been busy and hasn't had time. Do you think it has anything to do with those widows? Also, Mom, Fourth Uncle, and Aunt Xiaohuan caused Xie Jiaoniang's husband's business to suffer losses. Could there be people from the Jiang family involved? Besides these people, I can't think of anyone else our family has offended."
Gu Shouxin patted Gu Xin's head and said, "Don't overthink it. Your sister can ask the Zhang family in the village. She'll definitely get the answer from them."
No sooner had she finished speaking than Gu Nian arrived with Grandpa Gu.
Grandpa Gu got off the oxcart and asked, "Second brother, is eldest brother's condition serious?"
Gu Shouxin explained the situation.
Gu Nian said, "Can my aunt handle the shock? I want to go and give her a piece of my mind."
Gu Shouxin did not answer, but asked, "How is the situation with the Zhang family?"
Gu Nian said irritably, "Someone promised the Gao family in the village next to the Zhang family and those widows a sum of money to put on a show for Aunt Zhang, and Aunt Zhang fell for it. Zhang Dahu's mother persuaded Aunt Zhang and took her to Gao Village to question the women of the Gao family. Then those widows caught Aunt Zhang and gave her a piece of their mind. Aunt Zhang was furious and wanted to turn things around and change Renren's fate. She wanted Renren to become a child prodigy. All the money she had saved was swindled away by her sister-in-law from her own family!"
Upon hearing this, Gu Shouxin understood. The one who promised money to the villagers must be the Jiang family! The Gu family girls were always together, and no one was left out. The stupidest one in the family was Zhang Shi. So, they had already targeted Zhang Shi and the baby Gu Ren.
Gu Nian said angrily, "Father, I don't know if Xue Qianyu can bring Renren back. If he doesn't find Renren, I'll make Zhang Dahu and Zhang Xiaohu pay with their lives!"
Gu Shouxin raised an eyebrow. Seeing his daughter's angry expression, he had a rough idea of the eldest son's identity.
The three members of their family who had traveled through time hadn't discussed the little one's differences. Since Empress Dowager Jiang was staying in their house, and the old women and maids around her were all martial arts practitioners, they hadn't had a private meeting recently, but they all knew that the other party had noticed the little one's differences.
Gu Nian was so angry, and the little one kept looking at the confused expressions on the faces of the second branch of the family, so how could Gu Shouxin not guess what was going on?
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After checking on Zhang's condition and exchanging information, Gu Hui and Gu Si stayed at the clinic to take care of Zhang.
Grandma Gu has already gone to the county town to report to the authorities. Uncle Gu and Gu Shouxin took Lu Zheng to the Gao family to arrest the person. They have to stop him and prevent him from escaping.
Originally, Uncle Gu wanted to go along the land route to catch up with Xue Qianyu and go find his son himself, but Gu Shouxin and Lu Zheng both advised against it, saying that Xue Qianyu could manage on his own and that Uncle Gu wouldn't be able to help anyway.
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