Carrying the little lucky star, leading the villain on the road to exile

Chapter 291 291. Entering the mountains
Bai Suihe touched her belly, not feeling that raising a baby was anything difficult; it was just what a mother should do.

“I don’t feel comfortable leaving the baby with others,” Bai Suihe said firmly. “My mother has also arranged for people to come over. With their help in taking care of the baby, I won’t have to work too hard.”

Gu Kaiyuan naturally went along with Bai Suihe, and in his heart he also decided that he would take care of the baby together when the time came.

Just as we set the food on the table, there was a knock on the door.

Gu Kaiyuan frowned, wondering who would choose this time to come.

“Young master, young lady,” Dongmei quickly returned, “the village chief is here.”

When the two arrived at the reception room, they saw the village chief standing there anxiously with two villagers.

“Young Master Gu,” Zhu Ziqiang said anxiously, “we have come to ask for your help.”

Zhu Ziqiang dared not treat Gu Kaiyuan and his group as exiled prisoners, and his attitude was very respectful.

"What's going on here?"

"Young Master Gu, Young Madam Gu, please save my son!" Tian Laogen and Xiao Dashan knelt down in front of Gu Kaiyuan and his wife before the village chief could even speak.

Gu Kaiyuan quickly helped Bai Suihe away from them, saying, "Let's talk things out. I'm not a doctor, I don't know how to save people."

"You two, stop making things worse. Let me explain," Zhu Ziqiang said, looking at the two of them with a hint of exasperation. Even at a time like this, they were still causing trouble.

The two people listened and, though they didn't say anything more, they remained kneeling.

"Here's what happened: early yesterday morning, the two boys from both families agreed to go hunting in the mountains. Then it suddenly started snowing yesterday, and the two boys haven't returned yet."

We've searched all the hills around here, but we haven't found any trace of them.

Zhu Ziqiang thought of the snow covering the mountains and fields; even if there were any traces, they would have been covered long ago.

"Then you can go a little further away," Gu Kaiyuan thought of the surrounding mountains, which seemed to stretch endlessly. If the two of them entered these deep mountains, it would be like fish entering the sea, with no way to find each other.

“We know that the villagers are unwilling to go deeper into the mountains…” Zhu Ziqiang said, a little embarrassed. After all, it was a bit unreasonable for the villagers to come to Gu Kaiyuan’s door asking for help if they were unwilling.

“We’re new here too, and we’re not familiar with the mountains around here,” Gu Kaiyuan shook his head directly. “It would be much easier for the locals to find it than for us.”

“We understand all of this. We just heard that you guys are skilled, so that we can have an extra layer of protection when we go into the mountains.”

Bai Suihe: "Who told you that?"

Zhu Ziqiang said, "It was your cousin Gu Kaichen's wife who told you. She said there are many experts around here, and you often go hunting in the deep mountains, so you are very experienced..."

The Gu family really seems to take it upon themselves to screw them over. Is this what they're meant to be cannon fodder and villains?

“We can help you go into the mountains, but as you know, we are not familiar with these mountains, and the area is surrounded by forests, so we cannot guarantee that we will be able to find the person.”

Since things had come to this point, Gu Kaiyuan couldn't just ignore it. If he remembered correctly, Tian Laogen and Xiao Dashan had helped out here before. They were both hardworking and quiet people who were always grateful when they received their wages. Now, seeing them kneeling down to beg for help for their son's sake, and looking at them so earnestly, he couldn't bring himself to refuse.

Since I plan to stay in the village for an extended period, the fastest way to integrate is to stand with them through thick and thin.

“We’ll go into the mountains with you,” Tian Laogen and Xiao Dashan said in unison. “Even if we can’t find them, that’s their fate. We’ve done our best.”

Thinking that those two brats dared to take such a great risk for a piece of meat, they knew that the villagers had already helped them, and to send them into the mountains would be tantamount to sending them to their deaths.

If they hadn't overheard that woman by the river saying that Young Master Gu was a hunter and had skilled fighters around him, they wouldn't have dared to shamelessly come to his door asking for help.

The two of them were also mentally prepared that if there was any danger in the mountains, they would use their two worthless lives to protect them.

Bai Suihe stood up and silently put all the freshly steamed buns and dumplings into a cloth bag. "Who are you planning to take into the mountains?"

“I’ll take Lin Hua and Zhuang Datou into the mountains,” Gu Kaiyuan squeezed Bai Suihe’s hand. “I’ll have Huang Pingguo keep the gate tightly closed. No matter who comes, don’t open it.”

Once things settled down on their end, Yunni took the other brothers to help Gu Kaiyuan with other tasks, which is why he left Lin Wei behind.

"Then be careful," Bai Suihe said without saying much or asking any further questions, but she made a mental note of Xu Yulan's actions.

As soon as they left, Huang Pingguo immediately closed the door tightly.

"Let's eat while the food is still hot." Bai Suihe looked at the steaming sweet and sour pork ribs in front of her and instantly lost her appetite. She ate a few bites and went back to her room to rest.

Dongmei and Chunxiang returned to the kitchen to clean up, and said angrily, "What's wrong with this second young mistress? We're so far away from them, yet she drags us into everything."

“This family is shameless,” Chunxiang sighed. “There’s nothing we can do. They’re all the son-in-law’s family. Even if the son-in-law is adopted and sets up his own household, he can’t be too shameless on the surface.”

"You two don't need to worry about this," Huang Pingguo said after finishing the last sip of soup and wiping her mouth. "The greatest revenge we can take from them is simply helping the young lady and her husband live a good life."

These people are trying to take advantage of our young lady; they don't even know if they're cut out for it.

Dongmei and the others stopped talking. It seemed that this was indeed the case; the Gu family could only resort to some low-level methods now.

"Then you guys tidy up, I'll go to the backyard to do some more work," Huang Pingguo said, her eyes sharp, feeling that she should get some exercise after eating.

Meanwhile, Xu Yulan kept humming a song after finishing her laundry, which puzzled the Gu family. Did she find some silver on the road?
"Second Aunt, why are you in such a good mood?" Gu Antong put down her embroidery. Her grandfather had brought the embroidery back from the city for them, saying it was to help with household expenses.

The entire Gu family knew that Liu Yun and Gu Antong were skilled at embroidery. Back when Liu Yun's aunt was favored, the old Marquis never mistreated this illegitimate daughter, even hiring a famous teacher to instruct her in needlework.

Although she hadn't fully mastered the skills, she was still quite presentable. The Gu family had always maintained a facade of integrity, so they naturally wouldn't invite famous teachers to the mansion to instruct her. Liu Yun, hoping her daughter would become a phoenix, personally taught Gu Antong.

Sometimes, small details are very important in pleasing a man.

Having good needlework skills not only allows one to fulfill filial piety towards elders but also to please one's husband; it is simply an essential skill for women in the inner quarters of the household.

(End of this chapter)