Hearing Cui Yulu say this, the woman felt a pang of guilt.
"There's no need to report that to the authorities; we can settle it privately."
"That won't do. We should go and have a proper talk with the county magistrate."
The woman looked terrified and quickly glanced at Cui Yufang, her eyes filled with pleading.
"What should we do with that Young Master Xing now?"
Xing Dali glanced at Guo Dajia, then angrily turned his head away.
"What does your family member's death have to do with us? Why are you asking me what I mean?"
However, these tricks could not escape Cui Yulu's eyes.
In over a year, their methods of framing others haven't improved at all.
"You woman, someone in your family died and you're still asking us questions? What does this have to do with us? We just couldn't stand this shady shop and were helping you vent your anger. Are you going to blame us for this?"
Cui Liushi angrily shoved Guo Da's family member.
But to everyone's surprise, the woman simply lay down on the ground.
"Hey, what are you doing, woman? Why are you lying on the ground?"
"Ouch, my chest hurts terribly, it's all because you pushed me, I can't breathe."
As Guo was speaking, she fell to the ground again, closing her eyes and humming softly.
"That's settled then. You two families should resolve this matter first. I'll go and report to the magistrate."
No sooner had he finished speaking than Guo Dajia's humming grew louder again.
Little did Cui Liu know that Guo Dajia would try to extort money from her.
"You woman, get up right now! I only gave you a light push. What are you doing lying here? Trying to extort money from me?"
"No, my chest hurts right now, you have to treat me and compensate me."
This was the first time Cui Yulu had witnessed dogs fighting each other.
Guo Dajia realized that Xing Dali didn't want to help him anymore, and he absolutely couldn't go to the county magistrate, otherwise he would ruin Guo Dajia's job.
That would be a losing proposition.
Guo Da works for the Guo family and earns one or two taels of silver every month. He also takes on some scamming jobs outside to earn extra money to supplement his family's income, which makes life much better for him.
However, the only drawback is that he cannot meet with officials, otherwise Guo Da would be out of a job.
Yesterday, she received a job from Xing Dali, asking her to frame a clinic. She originally thought the clinic owner was easy to talk to, but she didn't expect to run into a tough nut.
Going to see the officials was absolutely out of the question. Right now, it seemed that Xing Dali didn't want to help him, and he just happened to run into Cui Liushi pushing him, so he could extort some money from her.
“Daughter, please help her up. Mother has no money to give her.”
Having no other choice, Cui Liu had to beg her daughter, Cui Yufang, for help.
"Mother, I don't have any money either."
After speaking softly, Cui Yufang looked up at Xing Dali.
She was the fourth wife that Master Xing had married. His previous three wives had given him seven sons and three daughters. Now that Master Xing was getting old, his sons were managing the household affairs. Standing next to her was Xing Dali, the old man's eldest son, who was twenty-two years old this year.
He was seven years older than Cui Yufang, so Cui Yufang had no status in the family.
The monthly allowance has to be obtained at the whim of the so-called daughter-in-law.
Life was incredibly miserable.
The old man was unable to satisfy her needs, so over time, an ambiguous relationship developed between her and Xing Dali.
However, her daughter-in-law, Du Juan, saw all of this and frequently caused her trouble.
"Of course I can help you, but you know you'll have to give something in return."
Xing Dali's eyes were fixed on Cui Yufang; those eyes, being from an experienced person's perspective, were easily understood.
"If you resolve this matter first, everything else will be easier to discuss."
"Yes, yes, you should deal with this woman first, and Yu Fang will naturally take care of everything else for you."
Cui Liu looked at Xing Dali with a fawning expression, completely treating her daughter as a tool.
Watching all this, Cui Yulu felt sorry for Cui Yufang. She used to think that this aunt was heartless, but she never expected that she would be just as heartless towards her own daughter.
Suddenly I felt much better.
Little did she know that Cui Yufang already hated her to the core, and she attributed all the suffering to Cui Yulu.
If it weren't for her preventing her from marrying into the Han family, if she had followed Han Bao instead, she wouldn't be reduced to a plaything of this Xing family man now.
Even marrying Han Quan would be much better than marrying an old man.
But all of this ended because of Cui Yulu. Her happiness ended, she couldn't marry into the Han family, and her tragic life was destined.
Therefore, she hated Cui Yulu and everything around her.
"The young lady seems dissatisfied. Does she not want my help?"
"How could that be? Don't you know my personality? I'll definitely make you happy tonight."
Cui Yufang changed her tune, looking at Xing Dali with a beaming smile.
This smile stirred Xing Dali's heart, and he readily took out silver to give to Guo Dajia. This old woman was also greedy for money; she took the silver and got up, acting as if nothing had happened.
Cui Yulu inwardly scorned him; this was truly a case of money making the world go round.
Xing Dali gave Guo Dajia a look, indicating that this matter should continue to be stirred up.
Only Cui Liushi looked at the box of silver and felt extremely distressed. This silver was enough for her to live on for several years, and it was such a waste to give it to her.
She hated Cui Yulu more and more. Ever since Cui Yulu got married, her family had been plagued by bad luck. Her perfectly good son had become addicted to gambling and spent his days in brothels and casinos, living a life of debauchery.
Within a few days, he angered his father to death, and emptied the family's coffers. Helpless, Cui Liu married Cui Yufang to Master Xing, who gave her a sum of money to pay off his gambling debts. However, he went to the casino again within a few days.
Every time he came back, he asked for money. He had already sold off all the things in the house. Cui Liu originally wanted to go to her daughter for help, but when she got to the city, she found out what a terrible life her daughter was living.
"What are you laughing at, woman? We haven't resolved our issues yet."
"Hmph, perfect, then let's go see the officials."
As she spoke, she had the little mute man support her arm and walk towards the county government office.
"I don't want to see the officials, I can't see the officials. I agree to settle this privately, as long as we don't go to see the officials."
Cui Yulu ignored her shouting. This was also an opportunity for her clinic to establish its authority, otherwise, there would definitely be a lot of people causing trouble in the future.
After all, she wasn't the only doctor in the city.
Who knew that Guo would use the same old trick again, and he was about to faint again.
"Hmph, do you think that trick will work on me?"
Cui Yulu flashed a silver needle in front of her and pierced her philtrum.
She woke up with a scream of pain.
"You, you hurt me so much, girl."
"It's good that it hurts. Where there is pain, there is no pain; where there is free flow, there is no pain. You should thank me. Your health will improve from now on."
Seeing that this trick wasn't working, Guo Dajia's eyes darted around quickly, trying to think of another way.
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