Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside-Chapter 21 - 0 Fatty Ding Gets Beaten

Zhu Da, along with a dozen servants, quickly rushed to the resting place of the Old Gu Family and asked Elder Ding, "Elder Ding, who should we capture? You command."

Elder Ding pointed at Gu Jinxiu, Gu Jinli, and Gu Dashan and said, "These few, they took our Qi Mansion's grain and silver coin, said they would sell themselves into servitude, and now they want to renege. Capture them all and let them witness the might of our Qi Mansion."

Zhu Da was just a servant, relying on flattering people like Elder Ding to make a name among the servants of the Qi Mansion. Hearing Elder Ding's words, he pointed his large stick at Gu Dashan and the others, "What a bunch of troublemakers, wanting to take our Qi Mansion's grain and silver coin for free. Looks like you've grown tired of living."

Zhu Da called out to the group of servants behind him, "Brothers, seize them and make our Qi Mansion's power known, lest these disaster victims think our Qi Mansion is some third-rate landlord's home. Our Qi Mansion is related to the officials!"

"Yes, Brother Zhu." The dozen or so servants of Qi Mansion, holding thick clubs, charged towards Gu Dashan with a menacing momentum.

The villagers of Gu Family Village originally intended to help, but recalling Granny Gu's threatening words and seeing those terrifying clubs wielded by the uniformed servants in short gray-blue robes, they all retreated.

Elder Ding, seeing the villagers scared, had a face full of satisfaction.

Granny Gu had a pleased expression on her face, thinking that Gu Dashan, this bastard family who dared defy her, was waiting to suffer greatly.

Village Chief Gu saw the servants of the Qi Mansion charging over, and cried out urgently and angrily, "Stop, stop there, these are people of Gu Family Village, what are you trying to do?"

"Pah, what 'your Gu Family Village people', these are our Qi Mansion's newly purchased house slaves." Zhu Da's face was fierce, and he terrifyingly glared at Village Chief Gu, feigning a swing with his large stick. Village Chief Gu was scared into retreating repeatedly, almost falling backward if not for the timely support from other villagers.

Gu Jinxiu and Gu Jincheng were terrified, as Third Grandma ran over and tightly hugged the two siblings.

Gu Jinli and Luo Huiniang stood behind them, shielding the three, with wooden sticks in their hands pointing towards the approaching servants.

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Father Luo slapped Gu Dashan's back to snap the terrified Gu Dashan back to reality and stuffed a flat pole from the Old Gu resting ground into Gu Dashan's hands, "Dashan, hold it well, today we fight them."

Father Luo twisted his wrist, pulling out a short knife from his waist, his eyes carrying the sharpness of a warrior as he stared down the Qi Mansion's servants.

Zhu Da looked at Father Luo, feeling a bit intimidated, wondering how there was also a practitioner among them. Usually, they would only bully some farmers outside and had never fought with a practitioner.

Father Luo's knife-drawing stance was quite intimidating, causing all the Qi Mansion's servants to jump in fright, not daring to really charge in.

The two sides were at a standoff.

Granny Gu's smug look disappeared, and she anxiously shouted at the Qi Mansion's servants, "Don't be afraid of him, brothers. It's our Old Gu Family selling people, this man surnamed Luo, our family's matters have nothing to do with him. If he dares to make a move, you have every right to file a complaint against him."

Zhu Da and the servants of Qi Mansion looked towards Elder Ding.

Elder Ding nodded, "Go, don't let these country bumpkins look down on our Qi Mansion." What he wanted was to capture Gu Dashan's family and bring them back. Whether Zhu Da and the other servants would get injured was of no concern to him. If they got injured, all the better, he could then cry to young master and ask him for a batch of skilled Protectors to kill this man named Luo.

Zhu Da, knowing Elder Ding was determined to take down Gu Dashan's family today, gritted his teeth and led the servants to charge.

Father Luo kicked over the servant who charged at them first, his short knife deftly waving not to strike fatally but aiming at the servants' arms and legs to scare them away.

Gu Jinli, gripping his wooden stick, rapidly and accurately struck at the servants' hands, knocking the large clubs from their grips.

Zhu Da, cunning as ever, didn't dare face Father Luo head-on. Using the villagers as a cover, he brought two servants around to Gu Jinli's back, attempting to capture Gu Jinxiu.

Third Grandma, seeing three men suddenly rushing up from behind, screamed in terror, "Stop, stop, help!" While shouting, she quickly pulled Gu Jinxiu over to protect her. Sister Xiu was already a grown girl; if those servants touched her, her entire life would be ruined.

Zhu Da failed to get his hands on Gu Jinxiu and gritted his teeth in frustration, then grabbed Gu Jincheng instead.

Gu Jincheng, terrified, started bawling, "Let me go, you villains, you're all bad people."

Gu Jin'an and Luo Wu had just returned to Old Gu Family's resting area with a foraging team from the village when they heard Brother Cheng's cries. They hurriedly rushed in.

Luo Wu reacted swiftly. Seeing Brother Cheng captured, he slammed his bag filled with mountain rats into Zhu Da's face several times, forcing Zhu Da to step back continuously. Taking advantage of Zhu Da's momentary blindness, he snatched Brother Cheng from his grasp.

Upon seeing Luo Wu, Luo Huiniang immediately shouted, "Brother, come and hit them, these people want to take Uncle Dashan's family to make them house slaves, and that fat bastard wants to take Sister Xiu to become his concubine."

Hearing Luo Huiniang's words, Luo Wu's face tightened, and he dashed towards Elder Ding, delivering several punches right to his face, causing Elder Ding's nose and face to swell horribly as he screamed in pain.

"Ah, stop, stop... I am a housekeeper for Qi Mansion, if you hit me, you're opposing Qi Mansion!" Elder Ding threatened.

Luo Wu didn't listen at all; his punches, each harder than the last, landed heavily on his face.

Zhu Da, frightened by Luo Wu's ferocity, quickly took the two servants and ran back to the camp at Qi Mansion to seek reinforcements.

Father Luo, Luo Wu, and Luo Huiniang were all practitioners; Gu Jinli was fearless, and Gu Jin'an, driven by fury, grabbed a large stick from a servant's hand and started hitting the servants who came to snatch people.

Third Grandpa, Brothers Gu Damu and Gu Dalin, and Uncle Tian had just returned from foraging when they saw the commotion and hurried over to join in on beating the opponents.

In a short moment, they had knocked down ten servants from Qi Mansion plus Elder Ding, and they tied them up with straw ropes.

Seeing the people from Qi Mansion beaten and Elder Ding's face unrecognizable, Granny Gu was furious and repeatedly stabbed the ground with her walking stick, "It's rebellion, rebellion; you dare to hit the people from an official's household! Once Qi Mansion's official learns of this, all your families will suffer!"

Brothers Gu Damu and Gu Dalin, and Uncle Tian didn't realize that Qi Mansion was associated with officials. They had merely seen the Gu Dashan family being bullied and had impulsively joined in to help. Now, hearing Granny Gu's words, they were startled.

Old Mrs. Yan, supported by several granddaughters, had been among the villagers surrounding the Old Gu Family's resting area. She had long detested Granny Gu's actions and, hearing her words, addressed Brothers Gu Damu and Gu Dalin, "Damu, Dalin, you did the right thing. Ms. Pan's conscience must have been eaten by a dog; she plotted to sell off the Dashan family. Our family owes the Dashan family for their help, and this is the time to lend a hand."

Relieved by Old Mrs. Yan's words, Brothers Gu Damu and Gu Dalin felt reassured.

Mrs. Cui had gone to gather firewood when she happened upon Ms. Chu and Aunt Tian returning from foraging. The three women walked together towards the area, and upon returning, heard Old Mrs. Yan's account of Granny Gu wanting to sell her own family, which left them weak with fear, almost causing them to collapse but for Ms. Chu's support.

"My child's father..." Supported by Ms. Chu, Mrs. Cui squeezed into the resting area of the Old Gu Family, and upon seeing Gu Dashan, she choked up and asked, "What exactly is happening? Mother, is mother planning to sell our family?"

Gu Dashan was unable to face Mrs. Cui, his mouth moving without producing any words.

Gu Jinli revealed all of Granny Gu's despicable actions to Mrs. Cui.

Stricken with grief, Mrs. Cui realized their family had toiled like oxen and horses for the Old Gu Family for so many years, only to be rewarded with such a fate.

Holding Brother Cheng and Sister Xiu, Mrs. Cui's face streamed with tears. But before she could cry for long, Zhu Da returned, leading Qi Mansion's young master and several dozen Protectors in a grand procession, surrounding the resting area of the Old Gu Family.