20demayo Chapter 3 Gu Chenglin
Chapter 3 Gu Chenglin
Fang Yingying was engaged to the young scholar from the Gu family. Fang Yingying was a year older than the young scholar and she disliked this farmer's son who was engaged to her.
During the Spring Festival this year, she visited her aunt's family and was spotted by a wealthy businessman from a neighboring county at the Lantern Festival.
The two chatted, one after the other, one after the other, and Fang Yingying did not return to Fangjia Village. Instead, she stayed at that man's house as a concubine.
The Fang family was afraid that the Gu family would rise to prominence, but they also didn't want to lose their current wealth. So they came up with this terrible idea: to have her marry in their place.
That same night, she learned about her true parentage: she wasn't Fang's biological daughter; they said Fang Youshi had found her.
Fang Yingying is from a wealthy family, and they want to move to a neighboring county, but they don't want to take her with them.
Old Fang said that if he were to bring her along and they were discovered, it would lead to a lawsuit.
So Fang Kun knocked her unconscious with a stick. For safety's sake, Fang Youshi gave her a bowl of water with added ingredients, and that's how she sent him to the Gu family in a sedan chair.
Now that everything is clear, Fang Jin was gone because of this double ordeal.
But where did she meet Fang Jin?
……
Old Mrs. Fang brought a letter severing ties with the family this time. Is she afraid that the Gu family will abandon her and then try to get back at them?
A letter of divorce? That's probably just an excuse; what they really want is the 20 taels of silver back.
By causing this commotion, she's making things difficult for herself in the Gu family. But who came up with the idea of dividing the family property?
"Enough! Stop!" an old man shouted.
"It's the village head."
"The Gu family is really lively."
"Absolutely, let's see what they have to say now."
"The Fang family is quite interesting; they're trying to have their cake and eat it too."
Dongfang Jin listened to the onlookers, each saying their own opinion.
It must be said that the eyes of the masses are discerning!
"Village head, you must stand up for us! The Fang family didn't want to marry off their eldest daughter, so they sent their youngest daughter to take her place, and she's barely alive."
My son Chenglin, that unfilial son, is making a scene again, wanting to separate from the family. I can't live anymore.
Dongfang Jin: Damn, I'm perfectly fine, what do you mean by half-dead?
Sister doesn't have any magic pills. If I had a cup of the magical spring water from a fantasy novel, I could kill a bull with one punch.
Almost as soon as she finished speaking, a glass of water and a bright green rainbow candy-sized dumpling appeared in her hand.
"Go away!" Dongfang Jin's eyes lit up. Did she have some kind of cheat code?
A protagonist's halo as a helper?
Never mind, I put the pill in my mouth and drank the water.
Mmm, a warm current rushed through her limbs and bones, so refreshing!
The aches and pains all over my body disappeared, and I felt so strong that I could actually kill a bull with one punch.
Suppressing my excitement, I looked at the cup in my hand. Why did it seem so familiar?
Isn't this his toothbrush cup? What's going on?
Fang Youshi said angrily, "Lin Lizheng, it was Granny Gu who did something wrong."
She had agreed to this matter, and even accepted my money and sent the person over.
Just a few days later, she sent my daughter a letter of divorce.
The original updates have all been changed; she's going back on her word. What kind of mother is she, a mere novice scholar? Shameless!
Lin Li was getting a headache from their arguing: "Are the Gu family and the Fang family telling the truth?"
Old Mrs. Gu did not deny it: "Who told her family to send a living dead person?"
Dongfang Jin: You're the living dead, your whole family is the living dead.
If she didn't want to know more information and the outcome, she would have rushed out and beaten you up long ago, you jerk who didn't brush his teeth.
“Gu Ye Shi! Stop beating around the bush. If you don’t want to go to the yamen, answer the truth,” Lin Lizheng shouted at the Gu family.
Old Mrs. Gu stood at attention and whispered, "Yes."
"Fang family, are you really going to give the Gu family a sickly son?"
Fang Youshi also stood up and shook her head: "No, Xiao Jin just caught a cold."
That bitch isn't sickly; she's perfectly healthy. She's been lying here for days, probably because the medication hasn't worn off yet.
If it weren't for seeing her grow up day by day, if it weren't for her husband's constant anxiety, if it weren't for her daughter's wealth, and if it weren't for their family's impending move, how could they have sent her to the Gu family and even paid them 20 taels of silver?
Lin Lizheng looked at them and said, "The Gu family is here, and so is the Gu family patriarch. As for the Fang family, since you've brought your village head and the Fang family elders here, tell me how you want to resolve this matter."
Dongfang Jin stuck out her buttocks, staring outside with one eye. Lin Li had a square face and looked like an upright man.
The woman on the left with a big bottom and thick waist is Old Lady Gu, a typical rural old woman. She has a bloated figure, a face full of horizontal lines, and deep nasolabial folds that make her look sharp-tongued and mean.
Behind her stood a hunched old man and two overweight men, each one more prosperous than the last.
However, her appearance does bear some resemblance to that of Old Lady Gu.
The girl dressed in light yellow must be the one who spoke earlier. She has delicate features, and her eyebrows and eyes bear a resemblance to the hunched old man. It seems that the old man is the head of the Gu family.
Fang Youshi from the Fang family was thinner than Granny Gu, and she was dressed very well, befitting her past as a maid in a wealthy household.
The sleazy-looking man next to her is Fang Kun, the eldest son of the Fang family.
The two who just sat down are probably the Fang family's head and elders. To be honest, the original owner of this body had never really walked around the village.
Even during the busy farming season, the Fang family wouldn't let her go out, which is why she had long suspected she wasn't a child of the Fang family.
Furthermore, Old Man Fang occasionally complained to Fang Youshi that she shouldn't have taken advantage of the situation, and that she was growing up day by day.
When he finally forced her to take the medicine, Fang Kun revealed the truth, but only said that she was not Fang's biological daughter.
She didn't know how she ended up in the Fang family, because she had no memory of anything before she was five years old, but she didn't care anymore.
"You're up?" A deep, hoarse voice sounded from behind Dongfang Jin.
Dongfang Jin turned around in a daze and saw a tall man. This man was not exactly burly and strong, but he was close. Wasn't this the man whose back was blocking her view outside earlier?
The left calf is dangling, and it looks like the bone is broken.
A bandage was wrapped around his waist, so dirty that it was unrecognizable. His face was covered in scars... and he was missing half an ear... a bandit?
But wait, this aura is more like that of a soldier? Probably! Because it has the same imposing presence as my second brother.
Gu Chenglin looked at the man staring at him with his big, dark eyes, scrutinizing him from head to toe. There was no disgust, fear, or contempt in his eyes, and Gu Chenglin became curious.
He had noticed a pair of eyes staring at him from behind. So, when no one was looking, he slipped into the room to check if she had woken up.
Suddenly, "gurgle, gurgle," Dongfang Jin's stomach growled at an inopportune moment, pulling him back to reality.
"Who are you?" Dongfang Jin asked, looking at the man.
"My name is Gu Chenglin, and I am your husband."
Dongfang Jin was about to retort when she remembered that this was ancient times and the original owner had never even left the village.
She was completely clueless about this place now. She couldn't act impulsively. She had to be patient, yes, patient! It wouldn't be too late to run away after she figured out the details.