Chapter 71 - Chapter 71: Time to Settle the Score
Chapter 71: Time to Settle the Score
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
The next morning, not long after dawn, a few children ran around the village and shouted, “Hurry up and take a look. The Gu family has caught thieves.”
“It’s Liangzi, Big Qian, and Gousheng. 1 heard that they were caught on the spot when they were stealing.”
An adult, who was about to go to the field, could not help but stop the children. “What did you say just now? Who caught those hooligans?”
The children were still holding the candy in their hands. As they licked it lovingly and reluctantly, they said, “It’s the Gu family that wants to build a green brick house in our village. The four of them have been arrested. Now, they’re at Second Aunt Chen’s house.”
“What?” An adult beside him had a look of disbelief on his face. “Doesn’t the Gu family not even have a strong laborer? They still have the ability to catch those hooligans? Don’t tell me it’s the opposite.”
“Let’s go and take a look. 1 don’t think it’s possible. Those bastards steal all day long. They’re very skilled. They’ve never been caught on the spot.”
“That’s right. I heard that last time, they even set their sights on Master Wang. There were many men in that family, and two chickens were even stolen.
Master Wang went to Liangzi’s family to settle the score, but because there was no evidence to prove that they did it, he could only suffer.”
“Let’s go and see what’s going on.”
The children went all the way and even went to the four people’s houses to tell them.
Gousheng and Big Qian’s house was not in Yongfu Village. It was in the neighboring village and was not far away. Two slightly older children got two more pieces of candy from Gu Yundong and immediately ran to their houses to inform them.
When the people in the village walked to the Chen house in twos and threes, they saw four people tied up on the trunk of the big tree outside their house. Wasn’t it Liangzi and the others?
There was a stool beside the tree, and Gu Yundong sat there eating melon seeds.
Madam Yang and the others were not around. They should be in the house and had not come out.
Everyone stopped in their tracks and did not dare to go forward.
It was Feng Daneng’s wife, Liu Guihua, who came over from behind. She was the first to speak to her. “Yundong, what, what’s going on? I heard that these four bastards went to your house to steal things and were caught red-handed by you? You caught them?”
As Feng Daneng was building a house for Gu Yundong, he was full of praise when he mentioned her at home. Liu Guihua had only seen Gu Yundong twice. Compared to the other people in the village who had never even spoken to her, she was more familiar with her.
Gu Yundong gave her half of the melon seeds. “Auntie, eat them. I made them myself.”
Liu Guihua looked at the fragrant melon seeds in her hand in a daze. She could not help but eat one. Yes, it really smelled good.
She could not be bothered to ask anymore and started eating.
This scene made the onlookers, who wanted to know the truth, want to go up and hit her. Eat, eat, eat. You haven’t eaten melon seeds in half your life, right?
Gu Yundong looked around and immediately saw Liangzi and his family from afar.
She stuffed the remaining melon seeds into Liu Guihua’s hands and clapped her hands. She walked to the four of them and woke them up.
“It’s dawn. It’s time to settle the score. Wake up.”
Zhuangzi was the first to open his eyes. When he saw her, he immediately felt his fingers begin to hurt. He immediately squeezed out a very ugly fawning smile.
Liangzi was the second to wake up. The moment he opened his eyes, he saw that they were tied up. In front of him was Gu Yundong’s harmless face. He immediately shouted angrily, “Stupid girl, did you tie us up? Let go quickly, or 1’11 sell you to a brothel..”