Chapter 347: The Evil Man Files the First Complaint

Old Man Xue saw her coming and knew she was the girl who first discovered his existence, lavishing her with thanks again.

Gu Jinli hurriedly said, "You don’t have to be polite, by helping you, we are also helping ourselves."

Village Chief Sun’s family possessed considerable wealth. Simply removing him from the position of village chief wasn’t enough, as he could still cause trouble for a few more years. Only by exposing the Sun family’s past misdeeds could they be completely eradicated.

Old Man Xue fully understood that the Gu Family sought him out to accuse the Sun family, aiming to utilize him to eliminate the Sun family, yet he remained grateful, as he had avenged his entire family.

Gu Jinli, not fond of constant thanks, then asked him, "Have you recovered your family’s wealth?"

Old Man Xue replied, "It has been recovered. The Lord County Magistrate was fair and returned all the Sun family’s wealth to this old man."

The Sun family’s wealth was substantial; a residence, shop, silver coins, and five ingots of gold that were confiscated, amassing over two thousand taels.

However, the Sun family had committed many sins. After others heard of their downfall, they rushed to the government office to accuse the Sun family, so out of those two thousand taels, one thousand taels were compensated, leaving only twelve hundred.

Nevertheless, Old Man Xue did not care about the money; what he sought was revenge.

And although he now lived like an ordinary wealthy family, the Fu family had left behind plenty of silver, so they were not worried about spending.

After hearing this, Gu Jinli, seeing the way Old Man Xue was indifferent about the silver, didn’t inquire further about the Xue family’s wealth.

Brother Shou knew she was one of the benefactors to Grandpa Xue and took a liking to her, calling her sister, and asked, "Sister helped Grandpa Xue avenge a great revenge, do you have any wishes? If you have, you can say it; when Brother Shou grows up, he’ll accomplish it for sister."

Gu Jinli looked at him, observing his somewhat frail figure, held his hand, and while taking his pulse, laughed, "Do you think you are an immortal who can fulfill wishes?"

Brother Shou, teased, blushed on his pale face but insisted, "Brother Shou will try hard and definitely become a powerful person to help sister in the future."

Then looking towards Scholar Shang, he said, "Uncle Shang, do you have any wishes? Brother Shou can help you fulfill them too."

Scholar Shang laughed, tapping his forehead gently, "Uncle Shang’s wish is for you to grow up healthy."

This was Scholar Shang’s heartfelt wish, as the child appeared weak and it was uncertain if he could grow up healthy.

Brother Shou paused then nodded, "Hmm, Brother Shou will definitely grow up healthy and fulfill Uncle Shang’s wish."

Gu Jinli let go of Brother Shou’s hand, saying, "Don’t worry, you will definitely grow up healthy, but to become a formidable person, you need to practice martial arts."

"Practicing martial arts?" Brother Shou asked excitedly, "Is it like Uncle Ah Hu, who can take down several people by himself?"

Gu Jinli nodded, "Exactly like that."

She thought for a moment and said, "You asked me what you could do for me, then practice a set of boxing every day."

"Alright!" Brother Shou cheerfully agreed.

However, Old Man Xue was somewhat anxious: "Little Xiao Yu, Brother Shou’s body is not fit for practicing martial arts."

Gu Jinli said, "Old Man Xue, don’t worry. I’m not asking Brother Shou to practice intense martial arts, just to perform a set of slow boxing every morning. This is good for his health. If you keep over-supplementing him without letting him exercise, his body will become weaker and weaker."

Brother Shou’s frail constitution has been with him since he was born in the womb, probably because his mother ate something she shouldn’t have while pregnant. Although the poison was resolved, Brother Shou’s body remains weak.

Such a child cannot rely solely on nourishing medicine, as medicines have their side effects, and it’s still necessary for the child to build his own strength for his body to improve.

Otherwise, if the child falls seriously ill in the future, his body would not withstand the toll and he might die prematurely.

Old Man Xue fell silent upon hearing this, recalling a famous doctor’s words in Jiangnan that were quite similar to Gu Jinli’s. As Gu Jinli had helped him avenge a great wrong, he deeply trusted her and agreed: "Alright, after we return to Hukou Town, I’ll have a doctor check on the young master. If his body can handle it, then let the young master practice a set of boxing each day."

Although he trusted Gu Jinli, she was still a young child, and such matters concerning the young master’s well-being required confirmation from a professional doctor.

In this life, Gu Jinli had no intention of becoming a doctor who saves lives and heals the wounded. Hearing this, she let the matter go and simply nodded with a smile: "Alright."

She chatted with Old Man Xue for a while longer, then went back to the kitchen to help.

Old Man Xue expressed his gratitude to her and Scholar Shang, and was able to lay aside the concerns he had always had, had some food in the shop, then had his two servants leave behind the gift and bid farewell to Third Grandpa: "Our home is in Hukou Town, and though we have a mule cart, it’s convenient to go back, but as the young master has always been frail, we need to return early for him to rest, or he might feel unwell tomorrow morning."

They had come in a mule cart, which was parked at Gan Changfa’s tea house.

Upon hearing this, Third Grandpa and the others did not insist on a longer stay and saw Old Man Xue and his companions off the shop, watching them leave in the mule cart.

On the mule cart, Brother Shou sipped the soy milk provided by Gu’s Restaurant, and said to Old Man Xue: "Grandpa Xue, the food at Sister Xiao Yu’s place is really delicious. Can we come again to eat next time?"

Old Man Xue smiled and patted his head, saying, "Alright, but those roasted ducks are a bit greasy, and you can’t handle greasy food. You shouldn’t eat too much next time. Today, you’ve already eaten three pieces of duck meat. Don’t do that again."

Although Brother Shou seemed a little unhappy, he obediently nodded, "Yes, okay!"

Just as he agreed, the mule cart suddenly swerved to the right, throwing both Brother Shou and Old Man Xue against the frame of the cart. Old Man Xue, despite the pain from the collision, hurriedly protected Brother Shou. After the jolting stopped, he urgently asked, "Brother Shou, did you get hurt from the bump?"

He patted the covering of the cart and shouted to the outside, "Ah Hu, how are you driving? You bumped into the young master!"

Ah Hu quickly explained, "Mr. Housekeeper, please calm down. A mule cart suddenly rushed in front of us, and to avoid it, we ended up bumping you."

However, before he could confront the driver of that mule cart, the man driving the other cart stopped his vehicle and scolded toward him, "What kind of driving is that? You startled my Old Master. Where are you from? You look very unfamiliar. Do you know who my Old Master is? My Old Master is the father-in-law of the County Governor!"

Such familiar words—if members of the Qin, Gu, or Luo families were here, they would certainly recognize that the speaker was Shuan Da.

Taking advantage of the Zou family’s influence, Shuan Da was not afraid of these unfamiliar people, pointing at Ah Hu and relentlessly said, "Hurry and let the people in your cart come down and apologize to my Old Master."

He continued to curse, "What’s with Qingfu Town these days? Ever since those few families fleeing famine came, there’s always some strangers coming to town. They bump into someone and don’t even come down to apologize or compensate, have they forgotten who the major family in this town is?"