Chapter 86 Chapter 86 Yu Xiaogu
After Yu Li finished chatting with Boss Tu, he went to the guest room to see the seven girls.
She knocked on the door and a vigilant voice came from inside. After she answered, there was a rustling sound and the door opened from the inside.
Yu Li didn't care about their behavior of locking the door. After experiencing all these things, they had become frightened birds and would not be able to recover in a short period of time. The slightest movement would make them scared, so it was not wrong to be more alert.
"I'm leaving first," she said to the girl in the room.
She did not cover her face at this time, and the girls looked at her blankly, without responding for a while.
An oil lamp was lit in the room. Yu Li looked at the seven people and continued, "The owner of this house is Uncle Tu. He is a good man and will make arrangements for you. Just listen to him. If you have any difficulties, you can also look for him. He will try his best to help you."
The seven people remained silent and looked at her in silence.
After Yu Li finished her instructions and was about to leave, a voice called her.
“Wait a minute…”
She turned her head and looked at one of the girls with a beautiful face. She was the most beautiful among the seven, with fair skin, plump cheeks and a healthy body. From the confidence between her eyebrows, it can be seen that she should come from a good family and is quite favored at home.
This girl was trafficked here from the provincial capital.
When Yu Li turned around, she took the initiative to ask: "How is the situation at the gambling house now?" Although she didn't ask along the way, she actually knew in her heart that something must have happened at the gambling house.
This is certainly a good thing. She wishes that such disgusting and dirty places would be completely destroyed.
Yu Li said: "It has been wiped out."
“…”
The girl was stunned, and the others were also unable to react. They stared at her blankly, as if they were trying to digest this incredible news.
No wonder she was able to rescue them without meeting anyone along the way.
The gorgeous girl curled her lips as if she wanted to cry, but she held back. Only her beautiful eyes were a little moist. Then she said, "That gambling house... also does human trafficking. Their targets are all young and beautiful girls. They will send people to specifically watch some lone women, and then pretend to be gangsters to capture them... When I was trafficked to the gambling house, I heard that they got a lot of goods this time and were going to send them to the north..."
Yu Li listened patiently.
Boss Tu, who was not far away, also heard this and his face became very gloomy.
The girl's words were vague, but he knew very well what the "goods" were. It was not just people, but also other things that could harm people.
After she finished speaking, Yu Li said, "I understand."
The girl stared at Yu Li, as if she wanted to remember her, and said, "This time...thank you."
The others also thanked her shyly.
Yu Li smiled at them, told them to stay here with peace of mind, and finally left.
Boss Tu saw her out and said to her, "Don't worry, I will definitely have someone arrange for them."
Yu Li hummed, and suddenly asked: "Uncle Tu, are there many people being trafficked in this world?"
"Yes." Boss Tu said in a deep voice, "In fact, no matter whether you are male or female, old or young, you may be abducted, but the number of women and children abducted is the largest. There are also young and strong men who are caught and sent to work in some private mining sites, and they can't get out for the rest of their lives..."
A thoughtful look appeared on Yu Li's face.
If Wu Shouzi were here, he would be so scared that his scalp would go numb.
The last time she heard about the bandits, she had the same expression on her face, and that night she got drunk and went to fight the bandits.
Boss Tu didn't have as much experience as Wu Shouzi, but he already knew Yu Li's personality, so he quickly said, "Don't think too much. We will pay attention to these things. If we need your help someday, we will call you."
Her fighting ability is so strong, it would be a shame not to call her along. With her here, casualties will definitely be reduced.
This world is much darker than people see. The filth in the dark can make people despair. Even if they are only exposed to a little bit of it, it is enough to make their scalps tingle. He does not want her to get involved.
This time, she attacked the gambling house without warning. Although her actions were a bit rash, it was still a breakthrough. She could take the opportunity to muddy the waters and eliminate some of the Kang family's forces here, so that the Third Prince would not use the Kang family to suppress the Zhennan Army.
He had to quickly inform Young Master Xuan and ask him to come over and rob the silver from the gambling house first, and make sure he was not taken away by the Kang family.
From what she said, that was thirty-five large boxes of silver. This amount was simply shocking and must not be allowed to be obtained by the Kang family.
As for Magistrate Zhang, he didn't have the courage to do that. The account books were all with him, and anyone could come to him if there was any shortage of money.
So he is not worried about the silver being kept in the casino's warehouse.
Yu Li smiled and said, "Uncle Tu, you can call me if you want to fight. I don't have anything else but I'm strong and I can fight well."
Boss Tu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "I know, I know."
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After leaving Tu’s house, there was not much time left until dawn.
Yu Li didn't wander around and went straight to the clinic.
When he arrived at the clinic, he saw that the door was closed. Yu Li didn't knock on the door, but climbed over the wall and went in.
But as soon as she climbed in, she heard a voice: "Sister, you're back?"
Yu Li turned his head and saw Yu Jin peeking out of the window. His eyes were sparkling and it was obvious that he was not asleep.
Yu Jin came out of the house quietly and whispered, "Sister, some officials came and called Doctor Xu and the others away, saying that there were many injured people in the gambling house and they needed their help..."
As she said this, she looked at her sister.
There were too many injured people in the casino. Even if there were no injuries, those who were knocked unconscious would not wake up for a while.
Fearing that something might happen, Magistrate Zhang had all the doctors in the county invited over.
Yu Li was very calm and asked, "Why haven't you slept yet?"
"I'll wait for you." Yu Jin said without hesitation.
Yu Li touched her head and went with her into the clinic where patients could rest. The room was quite small, with only two bamboo beds and a few chairs. One bed was for Yu Dagu and Sun Zheng, and the other was for Sun Fangniang.
Sun Fangniang was also injured, although not as seriously as Yu Dagu and her son, but she could no longer hold on by midnight, so Yu Jin let her lie on the bed and she took care of her.
When Yu Li came in, Sun Fangniang was not awake yet, which showed that she was really tired.
The two sisters sat down near the window.
Yu Li said to his sister, "You sleep for a while. When it's daybreak, we'll go back to the village to rest. You don't have to do business today. Let mother, the third sister, and the youngest sister go."
"No, I'm not tired." Yu Jin said. She had eaten well, rested well, and taken care of her body in the past few months. She was now in good health and in better spirits than before. There was no problem in enduring a day or two.
Seeing that she insisted, Yu Li didn't try to persuade her anymore. She was never the kind of person who would persuade others.
She sat there and closed her eyes to rest.
When the sky turned pale, Sun Fangniang woke up from her sleep.
When she saw the surroundings clearly, she finally breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her mother and brother lying on the bamboo bed opposite her, and the Yu Li sisters sitting crookedly not far away to rest.
This is not Qingya Village, and Sun Datian is not here either. His legs were broken by his younger brother, so he will never be able to gamble again, and he will never hurt them again...
Her eyes lit up as she realized this clearly.
It was not until now that she finally realized the consequences of Sun Datian's broken leg.
He can't stand up anymore, and he can't hit anyone. If he hits them, they can run away. Even the lame Sun Zheng can run away, not to mention Sun Datian who can only lie in bed. They can hit him whenever they want...
The more Sun Fangniang thought about it, the happier she became, and her eyes lit up strangely.
She wiped the cold sweat from her forehead and got up from the bed.
The bamboo bed made a creaking sound, which instantly woke up Yu Jin, who was dozing off by the window.
She stood up to stretch her body, turned to look at her sister, and saw that she had opened her eyes.
"Cousin Fangniang, you're awake." Yu Jin asked, "How are you feeling? Are you feeling any discomfort?"
Sun Fangniang shook her head, "I'm not uncomfortable."
She looked at her mother and brother lying on the bamboo bed with concern. They did not wake up throughout the night.
Yu Li also stood up and said to them, "Are you hungry? I'll go buy some food."
At this time, breakfast is already being sold in the county town.
When Sun Fangniang saw her, she asked, "Li Niang, when did you come back?"
She had no idea what thrilling things had happened in the county last night. When she woke up, she saw that she was there and was fine, so she didn't think much about it.
Yu Li didn't want to talk because she was hungry again.
After returning last night, she took advantage of the recovery of her superpowers and transferred some of them to Aunt Yu and her son. Now she was hungry and tired and just wanted to eat something.
Yu Jin replied, "My sister came back not long after you went to bed." Then he asked, "Should we go look for my aunt?"
"I'll go." Sun Fangniang bit her lip. "If my aunt knew my mother was like this, she would definitely be worried and would come to check on her."
Yu Li stood up and said, "I'll go with you."
Let Yu Jin stay at the pharmacy and go out together.
Although it was not yet completely bright, there were already quite a few people on the streets of the county town. Breakfast shops on both sides of the street were open, and there were also many small stalls selling food on the roadside.
Yu Li came to a steamed bun shop, bought a dozen large meat buns, and ate them while walking.
She handed one to Sun Fangniang and said, "Eat it."
Sun Fangniang was stunned and said thank you. Seeing her eating one bun after another, she couldn't help asking, "Li Niang, you eat so much, won't your stomach be full?"
"No." Yu Li had no expression on his face. "I'm very strong."
Sun Fangniang thought about how strong she was, and realized that she was indeed very strong, so she didn't think about it any more.
Yu Xiaogu lives in an alley called Shuangrong Lane, which got its name because there are two banyan trees in the alley.
There are many shops in the alley that do various kinds of business. They are all street shops, and the backyards are used for living or making goods. The whole alley is full of dazzling goods, and it can be said that all the daily necessities of life such as rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, etc. are gathered here.
They came to a vinegar shop. The shop was not big and there was a woman sorting things inside.
Usually no one comes to buy vinegar this early in the morning. Although the door is open, business has not yet started. Before daybreak, I put things in order in the shop and put the prepared vinegar on display, waiting for customers to come and buy vinegar.
Sun Fangniang called out to the woman who was packing her things, "Auntie."
The woman looked up and was surprised when she saw two pretty girls at the door. "Fang Niang? Why are you here?"
She was really surprised to see Sun Fangniang suddenly appear here early in the morning. When she came out of the house, she saw Sun Fangniang's face in the dim light of dawn, and her voice suddenly rose.
"Who hit you?" Without waiting for Sun Fangniang to speak, she angrily asked, "Was it that jerk Sun Datian?"
Sun Fangniang's eyes were filled with tears, and she choked up and said, "Aunt, my mother and brother are still in the clinic, I..."
Without saying a word, Yu Xiaogu pulled her to the clinic.
She turned her head and shouted into the house, "Dad, I have something to go out for a while, you watch over the store."
A male voice was heard from inside, and then a thin middle-aged man came from the backyard, but only Yu Xiaogu's back was seen pulling the man away.
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On the way, Yu Xiaogu learned the whole story from Sun Fangniang and was so angry that she almost wanted to hit someone.
If Sun Datian were here, she would definitely pick up a stick and beat him.
She has been a strong-willed person since she was young, otherwise she would not have run to the county town to get married just because she was dissatisfied with her parents' arrangement, and she didn't even give a penny of betrothal money to her parents' family.
For this reason, Old Lady Yu threatened to break off relations with her, but she was not afraid at all. Instead, she threatened her family that if they dared to ask her for a betrothal gift, she would go to her eldest brother's school to make trouble, so that people would know how her eldest brother sucked his sister's blood for his studies and even married her to an old man as a concubine...
Because of her threats, Mr. Yu and his wife were helpless and finally treated her as if they had never given birth to a daughter.
Little Aunt Yu is such a strong-willed person, but unfortunately Big Aunt Yu is not.
In the Yu family, the one she felt most sorry for was her elder sister. Because her sister was born early, she had been treated like a slave by the family since she was young. Old Mrs. Yu often instilled in her ears how she should contribute to her mother's family and to her elder brother's studies.
Over the past ten years, my personality has been developed.
No matter how much Yu Xiaogu felt sorry for her sister, she could not change her sister's temper. Every time she found out what Sun Datian had done, she could only curse angrily but could do nothing.
After getting angry, Yu Xiaogu suddenly looked at Yu Li who was walking silently beside her and asked, "Who is she?"
Why did you come here with Fangniang?
She looked at Yu Li curiously, and the more she looked, the more familiar she seemed to me. If she had seen such a beautiful girl before, she would definitely have an impression of her, but she seemed to have never seen her before.
Yu Li said: "Aunt, I am Li Niang."
During the holidays, Yu Xiaogu would bring her husband and children back to her parents' home to attend the occasion and meet several girls from her parents' home.
She felt sorry for the girls in the Yu family and thought they were very unfortunate to be born in the Yu family, especially the nieces from the second branch of the Yu family. She was worried that they would be sold by the Yu family like she and her sister to support the men in the Yu family to study.
When I went back to my parents' home to visit relatives during the Chinese New Year, I gave them a lot of advice, both explicitly and implicitly.
She really wanted to help them, but unfortunately they all had parents, and if they couldn't stand up on their own, she couldn't do anything to help them.
Yu Xiaogu was surprised, "Are you Li Niang? How did you become like this?"
No wonder she felt familiar. Of course she looked familiar. The girl in front of her looked very much like Liu and Yu Laoer when they were young. She had the best qualities of both parents and was extremely beautiful.
Yu Li told her about the treatment method again. Yu Xiaogu was stunned, but when she knew how much silver a prescription cost, she felt it was reasonable.
So much money has been spent to treat the person like this, isn't it normal?
"Your grandma is willing to spend so much money to buy medicine for you?" Yu Xiaogu looked incredulous.
Yu Li said calmly: "It's not grandma who spends money..."
Aunt Yu wanted to ask more, but Yu Li didn't dwell on the topic. He asked her if she was hungry. When he found out that she hadn't had breakfast yet, he went to buy some buns, sesame cakes and the like, and they all rushed to the clinic together.
When she arrived at the clinic and saw Aunt Yu and her son lying on the bamboo bed, Aunt Yu almost burst into curses. She cursed Sun Datian madly in her heart, wishing him a bad death and going to hell after death.
Sun Fangniang hesitated and told her in a low voice that Sun Datian had a broken leg.
"Well done!" Yu Xiaogu blurted out, and her whole face looked brighter.
When Aunt Yu heard what happened at the Sun family last night, she looked at the three girls with approval and said, "In that case, Fang Niang, you should stay at my house for a while, so that the people from the gambling house won't come to your house to look for you..."
"No need." Yu Li said, "Something happened at the gambling house last night. They won't come here again."
"What?"
Yu Xiaogu and Sun Fangniang were both stunned.
Yu Jin's eyes turned and he said, "Aunt, when we went to buy supper last night, we passed by the gambling house and heard that someone went to the gambling house to cause trouble. It was quite serious and even the government officials were dispatched. I don't know what the situation is. I think it must not be good..."
Upon hearing this, Yu Xiaogu said, "I'll go and ask around later."
Although the gambling house has a terrible reputation in Shanping County, she is still willing to take in Aunt Yu and her son so that they can avoid the gambling house.
But it would be great if something really happened to the gambling house.
There is no need for Yu Xiaogu to inquire, the pharmacist in the clinic can tell them.
The medicine man brought the boiled medicine up and yawned as he said, "There are too many injured people in the gambling house. Doctor Xu and his men haven't come back yet, which shows that the situation is very serious. You can feed them the medicine first, and then check on them after Doctor Xu comes back."
The doctor was not there, and he was just a pharmacist, so he couldn't tell what changes had occurred in the patient after taking two doses of medicine, or when he would wake up.
Yu Xiaogu was extremely surprised and felt more at ease.
Knowing that sisters Yu Li and Yu Jin had been on guard all night last night, she felt a little distressed and said to the two girls: "You go home and rest, I'm here, don't worry."
She didn't know much about the two people's situation, but when she saw that they were willing to help Sun Fangniang and her children, and knew that they were all good children, she felt very relieved.
Seeing her coming, Yu Jin was indeed relieved and said, "Then my sister and I will leave first."
Knowing that Yu Jin would go to the dock to do business later, Yu Xiaogu said, "Don't go. You and Li Niang should go home and rest, so as not to hurt your body."
The two nieces looked very healthy now, and were nothing like their pale and skinny appearance before. She didn't want them to ruin their health at such a young age.
Knowing that Liu and Yu Yin would be selling things at the dock today, Yu Xiaogu said that she would go and tell them later and let Yu Jin and Yu Li go back to the village to rest.
With an elder looking after her, Yu Jin had no choice but to agree to go home with her elder sister.
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When we left the clinic, it was already daybreak.
The two sisters did not rush home, but instead ate some noodle soup at a roadside breakfast stall.
It was mainly for Yu Li to eat. When she left earlier, she transferred her supernatural powers to Aunt Yu and her son. She soon became hungry again and decided to eat before going home.
The two were eating noodles when they heard the diners around them talking mysteriously about something happening in the gambling house.
"...I'm not lying to you. Something really happened. The government was mobilized last night and it caused quite a big commotion."
"I heard about it, too. One of my cousins was there last night. He was originally going to a brothel to look for a lover, but he happened to run into a gambling house and was beaten up. I heard that the people in the gambling house were in a terrible state, and they were all beaten to a pulp..."
"Isn't the door closed? How do you know he's completely bruised?"
"Didn't the government call for a doctor overnight? Someone went in with the doctor and saw it. I heard that there were too many injured people and not enough doctors, so almost all the doctors in the county were called in. When the door of the gambling house was knocked open, the smell of blood was overwhelming. The scene was like hell, it was really..."
Everyone gasped, and even the noodle stall owner stopped kneading the dough, his face filled with horror.
After a while, someone swallowed and asked in a low voice: "Who is so bold? Who dares to attack the gambling house?"
"I don't know, but they must be people who have a grudge against the gambling house. There should be a lot of people coming. Otherwise, how can they defeat so many people in the gambling house?"
"That's true."
“…”
The discussion gradually turned into speculation about who had attacked the gambling house. They all guessed whether it was some chivalrous man, or a victim of persecution by the gambling house, or whether it was the county magistrate who had someone do it secretly...
Give full play to the unique imagination of human beings.
Anyway, no one believed that it was done by just one person, and that it was a girl.
Yu Jin forgot to chew the noodles in his mouth.
She finally breathed a sigh of relief when she heard their speculations were becoming more and more outrageous.
It seems that not much information about what happened in the gambling house has been leaked so far. Otherwise, how could people not know that there was only one person who broke into the gambling house, and that was a young girl?
I don’t know whether the government officials took the opportunity to suppress the news, or whether the people in the gambling house fainted and no one revealed the truth.
Yu Jin looked at Yu Li who was concentrating on eating noodles opposite him and thought it should be the latter.
On the way back, the two took a boat.
They were still sitting on Wang the boatman's boat.
Wang the boatman saw them and asked, "How are your aunts?"
Yu Jin looked worried. "We stayed in the clinic all night last night, but they didn't wake up. We don't know when they will wake up. The doctor said the later they wake up, the more dangerous it will be. Even if they can be cured in the future, I'm afraid there will be some sequelae..."
Wang Chengong couldn't help but sigh and said something pitiful.
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When Yu Li returned to the Fu family, it was already dawn.
Zhou was making medicine in the kitchen, while Fu Yanhui and his sister were catching insects in the vegetable garden. They were very happy to see her come back.
"Li Niang, are you okay?" Zhou asked nervously.
She didn't come home last night, and I'm somewhat worried.
Yu Li said: "It's okay, just a little tired."
Zhou looked at her face. It was too white without any blemish. She didn't know if it was because of natural beauty. She hadn't slept all night and didn't even have dark circles under her eyes. She stood there expressionlessly and didn't look tired at all.
However, Zhou believed in her unconditionally. When she learned that she had not slept all night, she urged her to go to rest.
"I want to take a shower before going to bed." Yu Li said. She was not sleeping alone, but had a bed partner, so naturally she had to pay attention to hygiene.
Zhou asked her to wait a moment and went to boil some water for her.
Yu Li went back to the room to find clothes first and found that Fu Wenxiao had woken up and was sitting by the window reading a book.
When he saw her, he looked at her, and after confirming that she was okay, he asked, "Li Niang, are you okay?"
She didn't come back for one night, which was longer than the day she went to suppress the bandits. She always felt that she should have done something else.
Fu Wenxiao's premonition was correct, and she heard her say, "Nothing happened. I went to raid the gambling house last night. It took me a while."
Fu Wenxiao: “…”
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