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

Upon learning the whole story, Gu Kaiyuan immediately ordered a car to be prepared, as it seemed he would have to return to the village.

Bai Suihe directed several young maids to help pack her things. Since they were going back, she would go back with them and see what kind of extraordinary person they were.

Although the Gu family members are also awful, they still have to maintain some semblance of dignity.

However, those illiterate villagers have some ingrained ideas passed down from generation to generation, and they may even stubbornly add their own subjective thoughts. Such people are often the most difficult to get along with.

"Why don't you two stay here and not go back?" Bai Suihe couldn't help but advise when she saw the two maids carrying their packages and following behind. "You've suffered so much these past few days, so just stay here and don't keep running back and forth."

If those people are too outrageous, she and Gu Kaiyuan will inevitably have to give them a good talking-to. Dongmei and the others will feel uncomfortable going back.

“Madam, we’ll go back with you.” Dongmei and the others originally wanted to seek refuge with Bai Suihe, but now that the master is willing to go back and seek justice for them, they can’t hide here anymore.

"Don't be foolish," Granny Pang said sharply, "You said before that most of the people there are your elders. As daughters-in-law, when they are in the wrong, they will use the moral cudgel against you."

Your return will not only be of no use, but may even cause trouble for the master and mistress.

Don't forget your indentures have already been returned to you. If they seize on that, a simple "you handle your own family matters" will leave you with no way out.

If they stayed in the county town, even if those people had ten times the courage, they wouldn't dare to come here.

If that moment really came, at least there would be room for maneuver, so Granny Pang absolutely forbade them to come along.

So, as the saying goes, "old ginger is spicier," and Bai Suihe agreed. "You all stay here for now. If you can't go back to that home, you can always sign another contract of servitude with me."

In ancient times, this contract was far more powerful than any moralistic dictatorship.

Dongmei and Chunxiang weren't stupid; they just didn't want things to come to this.

If it were anyone else, they would have hesitated, but since it was Bai Suihe and Granny Pang who spoke, they immediately calmed themselves down and agreed.

Bai Suihe specially called over Song Liushi and asked her to take good care of him before getting into the carriage and the family headed towards Tian Village.

Upon waking up, Gu Xingyang said in a condescending tone, "Mother, when we get back, let's give Zhuang Datou and the others a good beating. They're two grown men who can't even protect their own wives."

Gu Kaiyuan patted her little head, "What kind of big talk does a tiny child like you have?"

This is only Dongmei and Chunxiang's side of the story; don't jump to conclusions too quickly.

"Do you think Dongmei and Chunxiang would lie to me?" Bai Suihe immediately objected. After spending so much time together, she knew Dongmei and Chunxiang's character.

"It's not that they're going to lie to you, I just think Zhuang Datou and Huang Pingguo are in a difficult position, so let's hear what they have to say first." Gu Kaiyuan was relatively calm. He had been through thick and thin with them all along, so he knew Zhuang Datou and the others quite well.

Although they each have their own minor flaws, the people raised by Granny Wu will not be so foolish as to be bound by so-called family ties.

There must be some unspeakable reason behind this.

"But no matter what?" Gu Xingyang couldn't help but interject, "Aunt Dongmei and the others are pregnant, how can we let them suffer like this?"

Bai Suihe said, "This is what angers me the most. Even if they are in a dilemma, they should protect the pregnant women first. In this hot weather, making two pregnant women go into the city is their fault, even if it's not.

At this moment, the carriage suddenly stopped, and Zhuang Datou and Huang Pingguo's voices came from outside, "Lin Wei, is the master going back to the village?"

"That's right, why are you entering the city at this time?" Because he wasn't there at the time, he was suddenly called to drive the carriage, so he didn't know.

Zhuang Datou felt a little embarrassed and didn't know how to answer for a moment.

Just then, Gu Kaiyuan lifted the carriage curtain and saw that the two of them were covered in sweat and looked anxious. His expression softened a little. "We are on our way back to the village. You two should hurry up and catch up."

Huang Pingguo broke her silence this time, "I wonder if the master has seen my wife and Sister-in-law Zhuang."

“I didn’t see them,” Bai Suihe said coldly. “Dongmei and Chunxiang are both so pregnant, how could they have run away?”

Zhuang Datou and the others heard the unfriendly tone in the lady's voice and knew that Dongmei and the others had indeed arrived in the county town. They couldn't help but feel bitter, seeing how much trouble this had caused.

"Alright, stop making that long face. Let's go back to the village first." We've only been out of town for a short time, and there are still many people coming and going. There's no need to make a fool of ourselves here. "Dongmei and the others have suffered these past few days. Let them rest well in the county town."

After Gu Kaiyuan finished speaking, he ignored them and directly lowered the curtain, and the carriage slowly started moving.

Zhuang Datou and the others, with long faces, quickly followed. Although the master didn't say anything to them, he knew that this matter couldn't be resolved peacefully.

"Big Head, what do you think we should do about this?" Huang Pingguo wiped his face, shaking off the sweat.

“How would I know what to do? I told them back then that we shouldn’t have given them this address. You didn’t believe me, but you thought that now that we’ve found our family, we should let them know how great we are now.”

Now look what's happened. Everyone's come along to benefit, even selling their land and tearing our family apart. We'll just have to live like this from now on.

Zhuang Datou spoke harshly, saying that Huang Pingguo wouldn't listen to his advice back then, otherwise there wouldn't be such a bad result today.

Huang Pingguo was filled with remorse; he didn't know how his family had turned out this way.

They have the good life they have now, not only because of good luck, but also because their employers are kind-hearted; otherwise, they would still be doing hard labor somewhere.

They've only just started to see a glimmer of hope, and with such a large family already squeezed together, how can his meager monthly salary possibly support them?

Now that they know Dongmei and her family have the dowry land and silver given to them by the lady, they've actually made a move on it.

They say that since the whole family has not divided the property, all the family property belongs to everyone and should be handed over to the patriarch for management.

Once this matter is brought up, not only are Chunxiang and the others unwilling, but even I feel uncomfortable.

Those were all gifts from their master, given to them through their hard work, and they will only belong to their children in the future. What do they have to do with them?
But the word "filial piety" left them speechless.

Now things have blown up. The wife has run away, and the master and mistress are coming to settle accounts with them. What kind of situation is this?
As the vehicles came and went, the villagers of Tiancun noticed Zhuang Datou and his group looking dejected. They whispered amongst themselves, noting that while the influx of people had provided plenty of entertainment, it had also caused them some trouble. (End of Chapter)