Chapter 901 904. Shi Family Father and Son
Gu Wenheng didn’t know what the father and son of the Tian family said about him after he left, otherwise they wouldn’t have been so positive.
With the grace he had just received from heaven, Gu Wenheng immediately summoned all the officials of the Ministry of Revenue.
He wanted to reorganize the taxes collected throughout the year and make them as accurate as possible for the people in each region.
This is undoubtedly a tedious task, and the people in the Ministry of Revenue don't know when the settlement will be made.
Gu Wenheng thought of the people that Jin Qianqian had sent to the farm here, and finally shook his head in denial. It doesn't matter if it goes slowly, the treasure exhibition will also take some time anyway.
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Fu County Government Office
Even though Jin Qianqian asked Hu Dong to keep an eye on them, County Magistrate Gao still said that there was insufficient evidence and that Gu Yuanfeng died due to the delay in calling for medical treatment. He sentenced both of them to twenty lashes of the board and released them after three days of detention.
When the Shi family father and son came out of the county jail, they begged the bailiffs to help them find a ox cart to tow them back to Shitou Village.
Everyone in the county knows that the Gu brothers have been handling Gu Yuanfeng's funeral these days. No one knows whether the two families will reconcile in the future, but they helped them send the person back to the village.
When he returned to Shitou Village, he saw white couplets hanging in the house and the door was closed. Shi Laicai shouted at the door, "Chuncao, where have you been? Hurry up and open the door. Why are you closing the door in broad daylight?"
After shouting for a long time, the door was still closed. The old man driving the ox cart looked at them with sympathy, without urging them or saying much.
Anyway, the father and his two sons have already given the silver, so waiting any longer won’t delay them much longer.
Because he had already seen someone walking towards this side in the distance, he should not say anything too much, otherwise he would get into trouble.
Village Chief Shi, who received the news, sighed when he saw the three of them, "Stop scolding. Now that you're back, take good care of your injuries."
Look at this father and his two sons, all lying on the car floor with blood on their buttocks. How could they not know?
"Uncle village chief doesn't know where the Chuncao sisters have gone. The door is closed in broad daylight. Could you please help us find them?" Shi Dayong faced the village chief uncle, and even though his hip was in unbearable pain, he still smiled.
"No need to look for him," Village Chief Shi looked at the old man driving the cart. He didn't want to embarrass himself in front of outsiders again, so he asked a few villagers who came to watch the fun to help the man in first.
Seeing that there was nothing exciting to see, the old man regretfully led the ox cart back.
"I don't know where this bitch has gone. There's no smoke in the house. She even didn't even bother to boil some water to cool it down."
Looking at the house which had become deserted after only being away for a few days, Shi Laicai started to complain.
"Didn't you hear any news in the county government?" The villagers found it unbelievable, but they didn't know that the bailiffs in the county government had been avoiding them these days. Apart from delivering food and interrogating them, they didn't say a word extra.
"Any news?" Shi Dayong immediately realized something was wrong. Could it be that Li Chuncao had gone back with the Gu family?
As soon as they arrived at the door, he felt a little confused. It seemed that a funeral had just been held in this yard. It was not that he looked down on Li Chuncao, but it must be that the clan members helped.
"On the third day after Gu's death, Shi Li committed suicide by hanging herself in the backyard. The Gu family and the clan members jointly organized her funeral, and she was buried next to Shi."
The lady standing next to the village chief wiped her tears and said, "This is all a sin. A good life is gone just like that."
If the Shi family had not been so harsh on her, such a good child would not have gone down this path of no return.
Especially when we saw the indifferent expressions on the faces of these three people when they heard the news, everyone felt even colder.
That was a real life, but to them, it sounded like a piece of news that had nothing to do with them.
"That bitch, how dare she...?" Shi Laicai scratched his head, but what he was thinking in his heart was that the three of them, father and son, were now injured, so who should take care of them next?
"Shut up," Shi Dayong was quite sensible. Seeing that everyone looked unhappy, he was afraid that his son would say something else that would anger everyone. "I just heard that my wife passed away. No matter how sad I am, I can't say nonsense."
Then he turned around and said to everyone present, "Thank you all for your help these days. When my father and I recover, I will come to thank you one by one."
Village Chief Shi sighed and said, "No need to thank me, after all, we didn't help much, it was the Gu family's masters who made great efforts.
It's such a pity that you lost such a good marriage.
Don't even think about going to Gaoling Village, because Master Gu left a message that the Gu family and the Shi family will no longer have any connection, and this message has spread throughout Fu County."
Village chief Shi doesn't want to offend the Gu family. If he lets the Shi father and son come to make trouble again, they will be angry with him and it will only affect the younger generations in the village.
"What about Chunya?" Shi Dayong thought of his other stepdaughter. Could it be that the Gu family took her back again?
"That girl has returned to the He family. I heard that she has been registered as a female household in the past two days. She will support He Tuping in the future."
Shi Dayong, "..."
He wanted to yell at her, saying that the girl was ungrateful.
But at this moment, he couldn't say it out loud, because everyone in the village knew that when Li Chuncao and her sister came, the Shi family never treated them badly.
Even the old lady would ask people to send things here every now and then, but it was their Shi family that benefited from the two girls.
When everyone saw that the father and his two sons had returned and explained everything clearly, they didn't want to stay any longer.
They all found excuses to leave one after another. Village Chief Shi also said that he had some chores to deal with and didn't want to stay here any longer, but he was called back.
"Uncle village chief, could you please find someone to help me go to the next village and call my daughter back?" Shi Dayong panicked when he saw that everyone was about to leave. It would be useless if there was no one to serve him.
When it comes to Shi Niuniu, the villagers' expressions become even weirder.
Village chief, "When the funeral was held a few days ago, we went to inform them, but your Niuniu said she was busy. I'm afraid it would be a wasted trip if we went to look for her this time."
Everyone in the village knew that when Gu was alive, she was not very kind to her stepdaughter, but she was not bad either. She even prepared a generous dowry for her when she got married. Many people in the village were envious of her at that time.
Unexpectedly, when Gu passed away, Shi Niuniu didn't even show the last bit of kindness, which made many elders unhappy.
Shi Dayong wanted to speak up for his daughter, "She might really be busy. Can someone help me run a trip? I won't treat him unfairly."
Someone was immediately tempted. It was just a matter of running errands, but they would get paid for it, so someone soon took on the job.
Unfortunately, Shi Dayong was disappointed this time. Shi Niuniu's in-laws sent someone to tell her that they were busy at home and might not let her go back to her parents' home for a while.
The Shi family father and son had no choice but to take out some silver and ask their neighbors to help prepare meals.
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The punishment given to the Shi family and their two sons was so light that the brothers of the Gu family were very angry.
(End of this chapter)
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