Chapter 1051: Saving Lives

"Oh no, young lady, stop fighting, quickly stop. It’s not good for a mother and daughter to fight, you’re family. Stop quickly so others don’t laugh at you." The hooligan was talking while touching, with a disgusting expression on his face.

"Ah, bastard, you dog, get away quickly!" Chang Yuhua screamed, hitting the man who was taking advantage of her with a backhand.

But there were three men. After hitting one, the other two reached from behind to take advantage, laughing, "The young lady is so eager to marry, we can help you with that. Come, come, let the brothers take care of you. After we’re done, you can come home with us, and we’ll have the wedding tonight, make some babies, and have a prosperous life."

He Haizi and his group were scared stiff, they never expected to see such a thing.

This is at the entrance of Da Feng Village, with so many people here, yet these three hooligans dared to do such a thing!

"What are you standing around for, grab something and help her!" He Datian shouted, grabbing a stick and rushing up, wildly beating the three hooligans.

He Haizi and his group quickly picked up sticks, rushing forward with thuds, beating the three hooligans half to death, rescuing Chang Yuhua.

"Spare us, brothers, spare us, we won’t dare anymore." The three hooligans quickly begged for mercy, cursing He Datian and his group for meddling.

What nonsense, they were taking advantage of Chang Yuhua to vent for Da Feng Village, how could they beat them?

He Datian spat at them, cursing, "You bunch of dogs, get lost. If we catch you in Qingfu Town again, we’ll drag you to the government office, have the officials give you a big punishment, and throw you into the mines to work."

These three hooligans looked unfamiliar, probably not from Qingfu Town but out-of-towners looking for excitement, who took the chance to take advantage when they saw Chang Yuhua and her daughter fighting.

Although Chang Yuhua and her daughter deserved it, the incident happened at Da Feng Village’s entrance, and they couldn’t let these hooligans succeed.

There were only three hooligans and they dared not go against the entire Da Feng Village, quickly nodding in agreement, "Yes, yes, yes, we’ll go right away, don’t hit us anymore, quickly don’t hit us."

"Get lost!" He Datian warned again, "Don’t think about sneaking back. Our village will send someone to report to Si Li Square, tell the officials your descriptions, and have them keep an eye on you."

The three hooligans, after hearing this, cursed their bad luck but said nothing, nodding, bowing, and running away.

However, after running a few meters, they turned back to look at Chang Yuhua and the other girl who hadn’t left, with a scheming, vicious glint in their eyes.

"Damn you, do you still want to do bad things?! Haizi, let’s get them, beat these three scumbags to death!" He Datian, who had met many people while working outside, saw the way these three hooligans looked back at Chang Yuhua and knew they weren’t giving up, planning to stay in town to kidnap and sell Chang Yuhua and the other girl.

"Let’s go, beat them to death!" He Haizi and his group, all young men in their teens and twenties, with quick tempers, had started considering right and wrong since a few students became Masters, and like the wind, they chased and caught the three hooligans, tying them up quickly.

He Datian said, "Haizi, you all stay here and guard them. I’ll go back to the village and report to the village chief, see if we should send them to the government office."

"Okay, Uncle Datian, go ahead, with us here, these three bastards won’t escape." He Haizi said, kicking one of the hooligans, cursing, "Ruining a girl’s reputation at our village entrance, do you think our village is full of dead men?"

Pah, they now had great integrity, becoming the most chivalrous young men in the surrounding villages.

The three hooligans were dumbfounded, not expecting that a mere glance back would get them caught by He Datian and his group. They wanted to beg for mercy, but their mouths were stuffed with grass, only making muffled sounds.

...

Village Chief He was using family discipline at the ancestral hall against Fourth Son He and his wife, He Tianwa’s wife, already quite angry. After hearing from He Datian, he immediately said, "Go to my house and get the mule cart, take these bastards to the government office to show these hooligans who dared to block our village entrance what they’re up against. Let’s see if they dare to come again."

Village Chief He was almost furious, having encountered so many issues before noon, wondering if the day’s troubles would ever end?

"I’ll take care of it immediately." He Datian, led by He Tongsheng, went to Village Chief He’s house, got the mule cart, hurried to the village entrance, threw the three hooligans into the cart, and personally drove them to the government office.

Before leaving, he looked at Chang Yuhua and her daughter, as well as the other mother and daughter, saying, "What are you standing around for? Hurry home. Young ladies running around everywhere, getting targeted without knowing it, if you don’t hurry home, you might get sold to a brothel. By then, wanting to die won’t work."

Once in a brothel, even wanting to die is difficult.

Scared, Chang Yuhua and her group didn’t dare stay, quickly leaving together.

Seeing them go, He Datian then drove the cart to take the three hooligans to the government office.

However, at the moment, He Datian didn’t know that these three hooligans were related to He Daqian’s noble brothers.

The three hooligans weren’t here without reason, they were here in advance to scout and monitor He Daqian, fearing he might cheat them or back out, ruining the big plan.

Due to this matter, a few other men who had been lingering at Da Feng Village’s entrance with gifts left as well... It seemed getting into Da Feng Village was impossible, continuing to wait was useless, best to return first.

...

Erqing had already taken Ms. Lu’s group to the Gu Family, asking them to wait while he went inside to report to Mrs. Cui and the others: "Second Mrs. Xu from the Xu Family has arrived, saying she’s here to make amends and apologize, but she didn’t bring her daughter."

Rest assured, they won’t get entangled again.

After hearing this, Mrs. Cui and Third Grandma both let out a sigh of relief, at least they didn’t bring their daughter. If they came again, they couldn’t handle it.

Mrs. Cui used to worry about the family’s poverty, fearing Brother An couldn’t find a wife. Now that Brother An had made something of himself, she was afraid too many girls would cling to him, causing trouble.

"Third Aunt, let’s go welcome Second Mrs. Xu." Mrs. Cui had a good impression of Second Mrs. Xu, finding her shrewd but not evil, and someone worth associating with.

Third Grandma chuckled, "Okay, Xu Er’s wife is quite nice, can speak well, and this old lady wants to continue chatting with her."

Mrs. Cui laughed, supporting Third Grandma, instructing Erqing, "Go tell Xiao Yu, Sister Xiu, Hui Niang, and Xiao Hua that we have guests, and have them come out to greet them."

Nanny Tao had said that since Brother An was planning to pursue a career in government, the family needed to establish certain customs. When an older female guest visited, the young ladies in the family should come out to pay respects.

"Yes." Erqing responded, going to the courtyard where Gu Jinli and Gu Jinxiu lived to inform them.

Gu Jinli, who was planning to visit the pharmaceutical workshop, heard this and decided to stay, saying, "Alright, we understand."

She then asked about Gu Jin’an and the others.