Chapter 12 You can tolerate it, but I can’t At dusk, Gu Chan and the other person slowly returned to the village. As soon as they entered the village, they were pointed at by the villagers. "Sure enough, not a single knife was sold!" "This is what happens when you offend Zhao Erniu." "The day after tomorrow we have to pay the poll tax. If you can't pay it then you'll have to go to the battlefield and fight, and there'll be no coming back." Faced with these people's ridicule, Gu Chan and Zhang Wanshan just smiled at each other and said nothing. Anyway, they now have 130 taels of silver in their backpacks. They don't want to show off their wealth. Let anyone laugh at them. They will go to the market again tomorrow and sell the knife to exchange for some food. On his way back home, Zhang Wanshan quickly took out the bag of silver from his backpack as soon as he entered the house, then ran into the house and hid it under the bed in the inner room. After hiding the silver, he came out to eat steamed buns with Gu Chan.
Just as the two were enjoying their meal, the little boy who sold knives at the market during the day ran in from the door, panting. "Grandpa Zhang, run quickly! Zhao Erniu is leading people here and says he wants to destroy your house." "what?" Zhang Wanshan screamed in fright, and the steamed bun in his hand fell to the ground. Then he turned around and wanted to run into the house, take out the silver and escape with Gu Chan. But just as he rushed to the door of the house, before he had time to run inside, Zhao Erniu rushed in with three big men. Gu Chan looked up and almost spit out the steamed bun she had just put into her mouth because of laughing. It’s because Zhao Erniu at this time was really funny. He was covered in wounds. His right arm was broken and wrapped in white gauze and hung in front of his chest. His face was not only bruised and swollen, but also swollen like a pig's head, and it was difficult to distinguish his facial features. "Snapped!" Rushing up to surround Gu Chan and the other person, Zhao Erniu raised his other hand and slapped the little boy on the head. "Ah!" The little boy screamed in pain and immediately fell to the ground, crying bitterly. Gu Chan quickly stood up and stepped forward, holding the little boy in her arms, staring at Zhao Erniu and shouting, "Why did you hit someone?" "You little brat, you don't know how to appreciate my kindness. How dare you find someone to beat me up? You're really brave!" Zhao Er roared arrogantly, looking like he wanted to eat someone. Gu Chan protected the little boy and said with disdain, "You are so arrogant and cause trouble everywhere. Isn't it normal for others to beat you up? Why do you blame me? I am just a child. How can I find someone to beat you up?" "Do you think I don't know that the expert who beat me up is from Kaiyuan Pharmacy in Wuheng Town? You went into that pharmacy to sell medicine this morning. How dare you say that it wasn't you who asked him to beat me up?" Zhao Erniu directly exposed Gu Chan's trick. "..."Gu Chan. It is obvious that due to vested interests, the fat and big-eared owner of Kaiyuan Pharmacy will never betray them. But now that Zhao Erniu knew this fact, it could only mean one thing, that is, he had been sending people to secretly follow them and monitor their every move throughout the morning, otherwise he would not have known it so clearly.
Zhang Wanshan originally thought that he could at least hide it, but when he saw his plan was exposed, he was shocked and ran to Zhao Erniu and knelt down, crying and saying, "Erniu, the child is ignorant, don't bother with him. If you are angry, take it out on me. My old bones can still bear it. Come on, beat me up." "I was beaten like this, do you think that beating you up will be the end? I tell you, today you will not only be beaten, but also have to pay for my medical expenses. Didn't you make a lot of money selling herbs? Now give me the silver, otherwise I will beat you to death." "Erniu, that's our head tax! We can't give it to you! Wuuwuwu..." Zhang Wanshan couldn't stop crying. Zhao Erniu didn't care about him at all. He raised his leg and kicked him in the chest, sending him flying several meters backwards. The old man was weak to begin with, how could he withstand such a fierce kick from Zhao Erniu? After falling to the ground, he immediately spat out a mouthful of blood and felt like he was dying. He couldn't even get up. Gu Chan gnashed her teeth in hatred, suddenly propped herself up, rushed to Zhang Wanshan, took out the half of the Bauhinia Blood-red Grass from her arms, and forced it into his mouth, "Grandpa, you eat the spiritual grass first, don't worry about the rest, just leave everything to me." "Child, don't be so stubborn. You can't beat him. Kneel down and kowtow to apologize to him. We can pay him some silver after that. There's no need to lose your life just to vent your anger!" Zhang Wanshan held Gu Chan tightly, fearing that something would happen to her. Gu Chan looked at him, her eyes instantly became moist, and tears began to well up in her eyes. She had never felt the love of her family before, but now she finally understood what the love of her family was. Now, even if it's not for herself, but just to protect her grandfather from harm, she can't retreat, otherwise she is not the kind of person who would squat to pee. "Little boy, come here and help me take care of my grandpa. I'll pay for the slap you just received." Gu Chan tilted her head to look at the little boy lying on the ground and said in a loud voice. The little boy was directly shocked by her momentum. He quickly turned over and got up, ran over quickly, knelt on the ground, and held the injured Zhang Wanshan in his arms. Zhang Wanshan still held Gu Chan's arm tightly and refused to let go. Gu Chan struggled to break free, stood up and walked to Zhao Erniu, as if she was determined to fight him to the death. "Are you looking for death? With your small body, you still want to compete with our big brother?" "Young people need to be beaten, and beaten hard, or they won't learn their lesson." "Brother, just watch. We will teach him a lesson for you first." Before Zhao Erniu could even speak, the three lackeys standing behind him jumped out first. The three of them didn't take a small figure like Gu Chan seriously at all. They thought she was just a small skinny monkey. How could she be a threat? Zhao Erniu was also happy to watch the fun, and said complacently, "You ungrateful bastard, today I will let you know what will happen if you offend me, Zhao Erniu." Zhao Erniu looked at the three men and said, "Be careful when you do it. Don't kill him. Leave him a breath. I want to torture him slowly." "Okay!" the three said in unison. Gu Chan stood there with her back straight. She had just learned some physical skills last night, and her body had become as hard as iron by eating iron. It was a good opportunity for her to use these three lackeys to test how strong her physical skills were. So Gu Chan deliberately curled her lips and smiled provocatively, "Don't pay attention, you can't kill me with your strength, you'd better try your best, otherwise I will look down on you." As soon as she said this, Zhao Erniu became furious. The three lackeys had gloomy faces and attacked her in anger. (End of this chapter)