Chapter 527: Chapter 527: Why Keep a Disgraceful Descendant?

"Xiao Xue is a good girl. I’m definitely going to stop this." Jingzhe’s second uncle said, "I’ve discussed it with your second aunt. If they even think about using Xiao Xue to atone for Ruinian’s crime, we’ll take Xiao Xue home and raise her ourselves."

Liu Tieshan said, "If the Xu Family dares to come and take her, I’ll bring people to stop them. I absolutely won’t let Xiao Xue fall into the pit."

There’s actually a way to prevent the Xu Family from taking her, which is to betroth Xiao Xue to Liu Tieshan’s youngest son. Liu Tieshan’s wife noticed that their youngest son likes Xiao Xue. Both of them have a good impression of Xiao Xue, discussing privately that Xiao Xue is pretty, sensible, and capable. If she weren’t Gu Youtian’s daughter, they would surely be willing to propose marriage.

Xiao Xue’s misfortune lies in having such strange parents, plus a scheming Gu Ruinian. No matter how good Xiao Xue is, they don’t dare to get involved.

Tong Huaqiong couldn’t help but have a better impression of Liu Tieshan and Jingzhe’s second uncle.

In these times, when girls are generally not valued, these two have always treated daughters very well.

If Liu Tieshan and Jingzhe’s second uncle can’t stop the Xu Family’s excessive demand to blame Xiao Xue, Tong Huaqiong will step in.

After all, she can’t just watch that silent girl, who only knows how to work, be forced into the fire pit.

She can save Xiao Cao, can save Chun Ni, and even can save Lian Hengruo, so she doesn’t mind saving another Xiao Xue.

Gu Ruinian doesn’t deserve Xiao Xue sacrificing herself for him.

She wants to see, if it were Gu Honglian, whether Mr. Gu and Mrs. Gu would still be willing.

The group arrived at Jufu Supermarket.

"Tsk tsk tsk, your shop is even bigger than the one in Yan Guan Town." Liu Tieshan craned his neck to look at the shelves of Jufu Supermarket.

They were focused on negotiating affairs for Mr. Gu and hadn’t had a chance to look at Jufu Supermarket.

The one in Yan Guan Town had already amazed the villagers, but the Jufu Supermarket in Pingchuan County was even larger and had more goods.

It was bustling with people coming and going, and Liu Tieshan thought to himself, Tong Dajiao really hit it big.

Jingzhe’s second uncle nodded with his hands behind his back, happy that his elder brother’s family was doing well.

At the same time, he sighed to himself, thinking his elder brother and sister-in-law were too stubborn, favoring the second branch so much that they ended up having to clean up their mess in their old age, instead of living a peaceful life with their elder son and daughter-in-law.

Tong Huaqiong said, "If you like it, go inside and take a look later, pick out what you like."

Jingzhe’s second uncle said, "You’re a filial one. But this business is about making money. If relatives come by every day and just pick whatever they like, it would be chaos. We’ll take a look later, and you can just give us a bit of a discount."

Tong Huaqiong readily agreed, "Alright."

Jingzhe’s second uncle is a man of integrity. In the previous life, he often advised Gu Jingzhe, but Gu Jingzhe didn’t listen and went astray.

In this life, before Tong Huaqiong arrived, he didn’t approve of Tong Dajiao’s harsh treatment of Gu Dashu and his wife, and would scold Tong Dajiao whenever they met. Therefore, Tong Dajiao didn’t get along with him. But after Tong Huaqiong changed Tong Dajiao’s temperament, Jingzhe’s second uncle let go of past prejudices and showed a friendly face to Tong Huaqiong and what seemed like a nest of bad bamboo.

Even if Jingzhe’s second uncle were to pay, Tong Huaqiong would still give him extra gifts to take back.

Liu Yueer saw her uncle Liu Tieshan coming and ran over with a smile to greet him.

Tong Huaqiong then said to her second daughter-in-law, "Go call Dashi."

She had some goods to deal with and planned to have Gu Dashu take the two of them out for a meal.

"You must be hungry after traveling for so long." Tong Huaqiong said with genuine concern.

These two had always helped Tong Huaqiong in the village. Even if Mr. Gu didn’t mention it, Tong Huaqiong would make sure they were fed.

"We really haven’t eaten." Jingzhe’s second uncle said, knowing his eldest niece-in-law genuinely wanted to treat them to a meal, so he didn’t stand on ceremony.

Qinghe Bay isn’t close to Pingchuan, and they had set out before dawn, first walking to Yan Guan Town and then taking a carriage. By the end of the day, they hadn’t had a bite to eat or a drop to drink, and after talking a lot at Mr. Gu’s place, they were indeed hungry and thirsty.

Jingzhe’s second uncle couldn’t help but scowl. They had come all this way to mediate between Gu Ruinian and the Xu Family, and Mr. Gu and others hadn’t even offered them a glass of water, let alone a meal.

He understood that the second branch of the Gu Family didn’t have the mind to host a meal because of Gu Ruinian’s troubles, but not even saying a polite word was really too much.

Jingzhe’s second uncle even considered going back and proposing to the clan to just hand Gu Ruinian over to the Xu Family. Why keep such an unworthy offspring?

"We had two steamed buns in the morning. We wanted to bring something to eat on the road, but it was too hot, and we were worried it would spoil, so we didn’t bring anything." Liu Tieshan said.

At this point, Liu Tieshan also felt that Mr. Gu and the second branch were behaving unreasonably.

If Jingzhe’s second uncle weren’t present, he’d definitely gripe to Tong Huaqiong.

Gu Dashu came out of the storeroom.

"Uncle, Second Grandpa." Gu Dashu greeted Liu Tieshan and Jingzhe’s second uncle.

Liu Tieshan and Jingzhe’s second uncle saw the presentable Gu Dashu and nodded quietly.

Liu Tieshan thought to himself that his niece, who had once brought shame to the family, was finally living a good life.

Jingzhe’s second uncle thought, it’s not for nothing that he used to scold Gu Dashu whenever he saw him. At last, he’s on the right path.

Tong Huaqiong said to Gu Dashu, "Take your Second Grandpa and Uncle out for a meal."

Gu Dashu agreed with a smile. Since it was his wife’s uncle and his own second grandfather, he was naturally willing to treat them.

He didn’t even plan to charge it to public expenses; he intended to pay for the meal himself.

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Wuji.

Gu Ruinian lay on the bed.

With a face full of anger, being asked to apologize to the Xu Family members, did those bumpkins deserve it?

He wanted to ask someone to pass a message to the second son of the Zheng Family. If the Xu Family crippled or killed him, how could he continue to research gunpowder?

His eyes darted around, but he couldn’t find the right person to pass the message to the second son of the Zheng family.

The second son of the Zheng Family had said that when he was able to move, he would send over the materials needed for him to make gunpowder.

How could he make gunpowder in the Wuji backyard?

If he accidentally blew up Wuji, he would definitely end up in jail.

He could only return to Qinghe Bay, wide open countryside, where he could find a place to experiment.

But now the Xu Family was clearly not going to let him go.

When he heard Mr. Gu agree to hand him over to the Xu Family to apologize, his heart sank.

The Gu Family had already given up on him.

The Xu Family didn’t plan to let him go.

At this point, the only one who could stop the Xu Family was the Zheng Family.

While Gu Ruinian was angrily tearing up the bed sheets, he suddenly opened his eyes and found a figure standing before him.

Looking carefully, it was Wu Na.

Wu Na had been wanting to see Gu Ruinian alone for a long time, but she never found an opportunity.

Now that only Gu Ruinian was left in the room, Wu Na seized the chance to sneak in.

"Why are you here?" Gu Ruinian remembered when he first tried to talk to Lian Hengruo, and Wu Na scolded him for being a toad lusting after a swan, and he felt humiliated and ashamed.

Wu Na stood by the bed, silent.

"You’re here to laugh at me, aren’t you?" Gu Ruinian closed his eyes and said coldly, "If you’re done laughing, go out."

Even this little village chief’s daughter dared to laugh at him.

Everyone, everyone was laughing at him.

Gu Ruinian’s chest was almost ready to explode with hatred.

Wu Na didn’t leave and said, "Brother Ruinian, why are you so confused?"

There was a trace of a choke and grievance in her voice.