Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside-Chapter 853: Informing Gu Dashan

The Young Master said, if the Old Gu Family still dares to seek their death, then ruin their reputation first. That way, when we actually face them in court, no one would curse the Young Master’s family.

Indeed, it’s not about praising them, rather not cursing them. In this Great Chu, where filial piety is emphasized, and a father can send his son to his death, it’s just so helpless.

"Sister Daqing, rest assured, those storytellers can’t wait to talk more about the Old Gu Family’s gossip. Whenever they talk about it, the audience is much larger than for other stories," Sanping laughed and said, "They are even willing to give us silver to reveal more about the Old Gu Family."

After hearing this, Sister Daqing instructed Sanping, "Make sure to do it discreetly, don’t let it trace back to us."

Sanping nodded, respectfully responding, "Yes."

Cleaning up, erasing activity traces, Qin San Lang taught them these tasks, and they’ve learned well enough to deal with the Lai Family people.

Sister Daqing nodded, instructed Sanping to proceed immediately, and asked Erping to keep an eye on the Old Gu Family. Then she returned to Qin San Lang’s residence in the Prefecture. This residence is one of their bases, and handling matters here is much more convenient than at the Young Master’s place.

She wrote a letter, having someone deliver it quickly to You An in Tianfu County, and took people to the Lai Family, monitoring the Lai Family people... Compared to the Old Gu Family, Lord Lai is much harder to deal with.

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In Da Feng Village, the Gu Family, after a few days of celebration, began preparing for spring farming.

Meanwhile, Third Grandma and Mrs. Cui were busy with Zhu Chahua’s marriage.

Zhu Chahua had long been betrothed to Tong Dayu’s brother, Tong Dalai, and they were to marry on the sixth of March.

Zhu Chahua’s family, besides He Sanlai’s couple, has been with the Gu Family the longest among servants, and Third Grandma didn’t want to treat her poorly, helping prepare for the wedding and providing a set of three silver as dowry.

Besides giving the set of three silver, Gu Jinli’s house also added several cases of dowry, and gave ten taels of silver to the Zhu Family and Tong Family for the banquet, ensuring the wedding was grand.

The Zhu Family and Tong Family were excited; Zhu Chahua even cried, thinking if she hadn’t met the Gu Family, she surely would’ve been sold into the brothel to entertain guests. Even if she was lucky enough not to be sold into the brothel and instead into a wealthy household, she couldn’t escape the fate of being taken to bed by the master’s and young master’s.

Zhu Chahua’s family used to serve for wealthy families, and she had no interest in being a concubine for the master or young master.

She had seen many cases where the master or young master slept with you but didn’t necessarily marry you. Most of the maids were slept with for free and then paired with a servant.

After marriage, if the master or young master was interested, they might even visit your house to sleep with you a few times, while the man serving as a servant would avoid it and come back afterward.

Some servants refused to let their wives be slept with by the master or young master, but the only outcome was being sold off.

Thinking about the stories she had heard in the household, Zhu Chahua felt nauseated. Luckily, God was kind to her, allowing her to come to the Gu Family and live a normal life.

On the evening of the fifth of March, the Tong Family held a banquet, inviting all the Gu Family servants to join. Gu Dewang also brought some young children from several families to have a meal, eating till their stomachs were round.

On the early morning of the sixth of March, Third Grandma went to Tong Dayu’s house.

The Tong Family now had built a courtyard in the bamboo grove of the workshop residence, with the family living inside spaciously.

Mrs. Cui went to the Zhu Family. The current Zhu Family also lived in a courtyard built on the vacant land bought by Gu Jinli’s house, a single-family unit similar to the villagers’ homes, and those unaware wouldn’t know this family were servants.

Old Zhu’s wife personally accompanied Zhu Chahua to greet Mrs. Cui, happily saying, "Dong Family’s Madam, you personally come to send Chahua off to marry; you are so kind to us."

Mrs. Cui smiled and said, "Chahua has served Sister Xiu for years. She is getting married, I ought to come to send her off."

The wedding between the Zhu Family and Tong Family was lively, with a flowing banquet; anyone from Da Feng Village who wished could come to the feast.

Every family in the village sent people to observe how grand a servant’s wedding could be, and they were shocked, not expecting a maid’s wedding to have as many as ten cases of dowry!

"Aunt Ya, pinch me, am I dreaming, are these really ten cases of dowry?" He Tianwa’s wife, holding her son, stared blankly at the dowry displayed in the Zhu Family’s courtyard, baffled by a maid having so much dowry.

Aunt Ya didn’t hold back, pinched her hard, making He Tianwa’s wife cry out in pain.

"Wow, it’s indeed not a dream, there are really ten cases of dowry." He Tianwa’s wife was nearly dying of envy; though her family’s life was decent, she only had two cases of dowry at her wedding. One case was collected by relatives, while her family offered one case and some cash buried at the bottom.

He Tianwa’s wife was about to cry, "I heard three cases of dowry were added by the Gu Family, along with hidden cash. How can the Gu Family be so generous? If I sell myself now to the Gu Family to be a maid, is it still possible?"

Aunt Ya mocked her, "Enough with that; you’re already a mother, can you still be a maid?"

"What? Three cases of dowry were added by the Gu Family, and they gave hidden cash? Wow, my daughter Ju’er really got married too early. Had I known the Gu Family was so generous, I’d have sold her to the Gu Family before her marriage, so she could also get ten cases of dowry." Mother Ju’er slapped her thighs, calling out regretfully, wishing she could bring Ju’er back to sell to the Gu Family.

However, even if they wished to sell themselves to the Gu Family, the Gu Family wouldn’t take them. The Gu Family only hires registered servants from brokers.

Not long after, Tong Dalai came to fetch the bride, carrying baskets full of copper coins, which he scattered for the villagers, shocking them.

Is this really a servant?

Those unaware might think it is a young master from some wealthy family getting married.

The villagers both envied and scrambled for the joy money.

Taking advantage of the villagers scrambling for money, Tong Dalai successfully entered the courtyard to receive the bride.

Zhu Chahua, wearing a red wedding dress, was carried out by Zhu Changshou and placed on the mule cart for the wedding.

The mule cart was from the pharmaceutical workshop, and Gu Jinli wanted Zhu Chahua to have a good show, so he lent the mule cart to the Tong Family for the wedding.

"The auspicious hour has arrived, the bride is leaving!"

With this announcement, the mule cart gradually moved, and the Gu Family’s servants carried the dowry towards the Tong Family.

The day was lively, lasting until nightfall.

Gu Jinli’s family also went to the Tong Family to enjoy wedding wine. Gu Dashan and Mrs. Cui watched the liveliness of the Tong Family and thought about how Sister Xiu and Good Brother An were getting older, soon making them in-laws, very happy.

After returning home, they happily talked about how good the Tong Family’s wedding feast was.

Taking advantage of their joy, Gu Jin’an shared a piece of thunderous news with them.