Chapter 189 She won’t sell this girl for less than fifty taels of silver!

Chapter 189 She won’t sell this girl for less than fifty taels of silver!

After settling the accounts, Gu Tang returned to Feng's place and waited impatiently for Mr. Gu and Gu Liansheng.

When Feng saw her come back, she asked about the adoption again in a fierce tone.

Gu Tang didn't want to pay any attention to her. No matter how she screamed, he pretended not to hear her and didn't even look at her, which made Feng so angry that she saw stars.

At the city gate, Mr. Gu finally waited for his daughters Gu Zhier and Li.

The Wang family has an ox cart. After receiving the news yesterday, Gu Zhier and Li had already discussed it and asked Gu Zhier's man Wang Dagui to take them to Bei'an City.

Unexpectedly, when they were about to leave this morning, Wang Dagui suddenly had a stomachache and went to the toilet twice but it didn't get better. In desperation, they had to ask Li's man Wang Dacheng to drive them.

All this wasted a lot of time, so they arrived a little later than the Gu family.

Li had met Mr. Gu before, and when they met, Li asked directly, "Is he here?"

Mr. Gu knew who the question “someone is coming” was referring to. He smiled and nodded, “Here he comes! He’s waiting at the Qi Fu Inn!”

Hearing this, Li also laughed and asked the father and son to get in the car.

Li, who often went to Bei'an City, knew Qi Fu Inn. She pointed the way and soon arrived at the door of the inn.

Li Shunzi was still waiting for someone at the door of the inn. At this moment, he saw Mr. Gu getting off an ox cart. His eyes widened as if he had seen a ghost in broad daylight!

"Uncle Jin?! Aren't you in the inn?!"

"I just came out to buy some things for your aunt, and you didn't notice me coming out. I walked a short distance when I ran into your sister and her sister-in-law. When they saw me, they knew I was here to pick up your aunt, and they had to come over to see me."

Li Shunzi breathed a sigh of relief. So that's how it is.

He said, "Of course it is. It is only right for a daughter to visit her mother!"

Old Master Gu smiled and nodded, pointing at Wang Dacheng: "This is your sister's brother-in-law, called 'Dacheng', a few years younger than you. This is his wife, her last name is Li. Your sister came with them to buy some winter supplies, and happened to run into us."

Li Shunzi greeted everyone with a smile, and Wang Dacheng and Li also responded with smiles. Their words were cordial, and they both looked honest and kind people.

After getting to know each other, Wang Dacheng, like Li Shunzi, stayed outside to guard the ox cart, while Old Man Gu took Gu Zhier and Li into the inn to look for Feng.

In the inn, Feng stopped shouting and yelling. It was because she had been shouting for so long that her mouth was dry. But Gu Tang refused to give her any water, saying that he wanted her to be thirsty. Only when she was so thirsty that she couldn't speak could she calm down.

Feng was so angry, but she could do nothing but endure it. She stared at the hot water on the stove, swallowing it non-stop. The more she looked, the thirstier she became!

Therefore, when Mr. Gu and his party entered the house, Feng's eyes almost turned red, and the first thing she did was to ask someone to pour water.

Gu Zhier was still filial to Feng. When she heard that Feng wanted to drink water, she hurriedly took the bowl on the table, poured most of the hot water into it, blew it carefully a few times, and then handed it to Feng.

Feng took the bowl with trembling hands, and regardless of the hot water burning her mouth, she blew on it while drinking. It took her several sips before she was able to quench her thirst.

Seeing her mother so thirsty, Gu Zhier's face darkened instantly. She turned around and scolded Gu Tang: "Are you blind or deaf? Don't you know your mother is thirsty?"

After she finished scolding, she looked at Gu Tang seriously. When she saw Gu Tang's current appearance, she was stunned. Is this Si Ya?

Counting the days, I haven't seen Si Ya for two or three months. How come this damn girl is getting more and more outstanding? !

After quenching her thirst, Feng glared at Gu Tang viciously: "That damn girl did it on purpose! I asked her to pour some water, but she ignored me and said she wanted to kill me with thirst! She is so vicious!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Zhier became angry and quickly walked forward, raising her hand to hit Gu Tang: "You evil and despicable thing..."

"What are you doing?!"

Before Gu Zhier could reach Gu Tang, Li, who had been silent since entering the room and just staring at Gu Tang, stopped Gu Zhier.

"It's inevitable that a little girl will have a temper. As an elder, why do you have to argue with her?"

She spoke softly, but her outstanding almond-shaped eyes contained a murderous intent, which instantly made Gu Zhier lose her arrogance.

Li pushed her gently, indicating that she should stay away from Gu Tang. Then she glanced at Old Man Gu and nodded slightly without saying anything.

Old Master Gu was delighted, knowing that Li had chosen Gu Tang, and immediately pretended to reprimand Gu Zhi: "Your sister-in-law is right, the fourth girl has become a little arrogant because of your second brother's pampering. Why do you, as an elder, have to argue with her!"

At this point, Gu Zhier also understood that her sister-in-law really liked Si Ya and didn't want to hit anyone for fear of damaging her appearance.

The original anger dissipated immediately.

Her sister-in-law is not a good person. The more beautiful a girl is, the worse off she is!

Glancing at Gu Tang, Gu Zhier felt very happy.

Little whore! Soon you won't be able to be so arrogant anymore!

Gu Tang is not stupid. Old Man Gu said he was going to call a doctor, but the doctor didn't come. Instead, Gu Zhier and a strange woman came.

Since entering the room, the woman's eyes have been fixed on her. Her eyes are fiery, and she keeps looking at her from head to toe, as if she is evaluating an object.

Thinking of how Feng had previously threatened to sell her out, Gu Tang glanced at everyone in the room with an expressionless face.

Mrs. Feng was still drinking water and nothing could be seen.

Mr. Gu was relatively normal, except that he didn't look in her direction.

Gu Liansheng and Gu Zhier, however, revealed their true colors. Their eyes were shining, with a relieved smile on their lips, and the way they looked at me showed both happiness and complacency.

Gu Tang withdrew his gaze, understood a little bit in his heart, glanced at the woman not far in front of him, and had some guesses about her identity.

Li did take a liking to Gu Tang.

To be honest, she didn't take it too seriously before she met him, otherwise she wouldn't have waited until now to meet him.

Previously, she thought, no matter how outstanding a girl from a farming family could be, how outstanding could she be? Besides, judging from the appearance of the Gu family, it was unlikely that they would give birth to an outstanding girl.

This can be seen from the two girls from the first branch of the Gu family. Gu Qing's appearance is barely good enough and she can be considered a pretty lady, but Gu Lian is not so good and can only be described as "neat".

If she didn't want to get into the Cheng family and didn't have any girls she could show off, she wouldn't have looked down on the pair of sisters.

But this is different!

Look at this appearance, it is rare to see someone so outstanding in these years!

And this figure, although tender, is extremely slender, which is the favorite of those pimps.

If I buy this and train it for a year or two, it will surely become a top-notch product worth hundreds of taels a night!

The more Li looked, the happier she became. She kept picking out several brothel owners she was familiar with in her mind. Once she got the person, she would let these brothel owners bid against each other!

Just based on the look on her face, she wouldn't make the move without fifty taels of silver!

Thinking of the huge sum of silver, Li couldn't help herself anymore and stretched out her hand to touch Gu Tang's cheek.

"This little girl is really outstanding! It's normal for her to have a little temper. If I had a pretty girl like this, I would also spoil her until she was arrogant and had a bad temper..."

When the fingers were about to touch his cheek, Gu Tang took two steps back and avoided Li's hand.

She frowned slightly and looked at Li with great disgust: "Talking is one thing, but why are you using your hands? You can't touch my face!"

Li paused, displeasure flashing in her eyes, "Why? Is your little face still a precious thing?"

At this point, she suddenly said, as if she had realized something, and then added, "Look at my mouth. Your little face is really a precious thing!"

Sensing Li's displeasure, Old Man Gu quickly scolded Gu Tang: "What a shame! This is your aunt's sister-in-law. According to seniority, you should call her 'Aunt'! Hurry up and call someone to apologize to your aunt!"

Gu Zhier’s sister-in-law?

Gu Tang pondered for a moment, and some impressions came to his mind.

Gu Zhier has two sisters-in-law, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Wang family, Lu, and the third daughter-in-law of the Wang family, Li.

Neither of the two original owners had seen it, nor had Gu Tang, but she had heard from her father that Lu was too honest and simple-minded, and that nothing could be done by beating her with a stick. She allowed herself to be beaten and scolded at the Wang family, and she would never go out for easy reasons.

Li was different. It was said that she secretly learned from her mother's family and started a human trafficking business. She tricked many families into selling their daughters and did many immoral things.

Gu Tang looked at the woman in front of him again. Since Lu couldn't do anything with just one stick and she rarely went out, the woman in front of him must be Li.

Since it was Li, the look in his eyes just now must have been because he had taken a liking to me… Thinking about the happy and proud expressions of Gu Liansheng and Gu Zhier, it became clear now.

The Gu family wanted to sell her, so they called Li to see her.

It seems that I have fallen into someone else's trap.

Gu Tang immediately laughed, what a courage this guy has!

"Aunt? Whose aunt? What kind of aunt? I am adopted by my father now. Your relatives here have nothing to do with me. Don't try to establish a relationship with them randomly. If this gets out, outsiders will probably say that your family has no rules!"

"You!" Old Master Gu panicked and glanced at Li subconsciously. Sure enough, Li's face turned cold.

"Adopted?" Li looked unfriendly and glared at Mr. Gu instantly.

Gu Zhier also looked incredulous and asked sharply, "Dad! My second brother's family was adopted?!"

Mr. Gu was a little embarrassed.

The son he had raised for decades was suddenly given away for adoption along with all the children in the house. The reason was due to uneven division of the family property. It was difficult to explain and it was not pleasant to hear. He felt ashamed and kept it a secret from his relatives.

Even my daughter was no exception and kept the secret as well.

Facing the gazes of his daughter and Li, Old Man Gu nodded stiffly: "Earlier, the second son wanted to divide the family. He felt that his share was too little, so he instigated the clan leaders and elders to adopt his entire family to your third uncle..."

"Explain yourself clearly!" Gu Tang shouted in dissatisfaction, "What do you mean my father feels that the share is too little? You are not willing to share anything with my father, and you also want my father to pay money to continue to support your big family!

There is no other family in the whole Bei'an City that divides the family equally! In order to survive, my father begged the clan leaders and elders to adopt our family to the name of my third uncle!"

After saying this, Gu Tang turned around and was about to leave the house.

"Where are you going!" Old Master Gu was startled and hurriedly called out to stop the person. He couldn't let anyone go!

Gu Tang paused, pretending to be annoyed and replied: "What do you think I should do? Do you want to pay the inn bill? And the wages of the two women, how about you go and pay them?"

Old Master Gu breathed a sigh of relief: "I didn't bring any money today, so go and pay it off first. I'll return the money to you after we get back. Remember, come back as soon as you've paid the money, your Uncle Shunzi is waiting anxiously!"

Gu Tang sneered without giving any face, which made old man Gu's face turn black!

In front of outsiders, the old man speaks better than he sings, and he has no idea what shame is!

He walked out of the house, and when he was far away from here, Gu Tang ran out of the inn.

As she was about to go out the door, she saw Li Shunzi chatting and laughing with a middle-aged man, and they seemed very familiar with each other.

Thinking of Gu Zhili, this person is either the eldest son or the third son of the Wang family.

The second son of the Wang family is Gu Zhier's man. The original owner has seen him before, but this man is obviously not him. However, his appearance is very similar to the second son of the Wang family, and one can tell at a glance that they are brothers.

While the two men hadn't noticed her, Gu Tang tiptoed back to the inn, called a waiter, took out a few copper coins and gave him to go outside and call a man named Li Shunzi in.

The young man who got the copper coin was very happy. He ran out quickly to call for help, and soon he called Li Shunzi in.

Seeing people coming in, Gu Tang started to lie, half true and half false: "Uncle, I'm afraid I can't go back with you. I can hire a bullock cart to take me back. You continue to wait for my grandfather outside, they will come out soon..."

Li Shunzi was confused: "What happened? Why do we suddenly have to hire another ox cart?"

"You also know that my grandma's medicine costs fifty copper coins for a packet. My father has already paid for a month's supply. Now he suddenly forces me to pay ten taels of silver to buy medicine. If I don't give it, he won't let me ride the ox cart back.

I brought five taels of silver today, and I gave it all to the inn! My grandma has been eating chicken, duck, fish and meat twice a day these days! She has eaten up five taels of silver in these few days! I only have twenty copper coins left, which is only enough for me to hire a bullock cart to go home. Where can I get ten taels of silver? I can't even sell it for ten taels of silver!"

Li Shunzi felt a little dizzy after hearing this: "Wait a minute! Your grandma has eaten five taels of silver in the past few days?! What did she eat? Dragon liver and phoenix gall? And that medicine! What medicine costs ten taels of silver?! Ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum?!"

Gu Tang sighed, "We had chicken, duck, fish and meat for every meal, but they even gave us a small change for the five taels of silver! As for the medicine, I don't know what it is. When I asked him what it was, he didn't tell me and just told me to pay for it. In order to avoid embarrassing ourselves in public, we should go our separate ways."

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