Chapter 12 I can’t bear it but I can’t.
At dusk, Gu and Chan slowly returned to the village.
As soon as they entered the village, they were pointed out by the villagers.
"Sure enough, not a single knife was sold!"
"If you offend Zhao Erniu, this is the consequences."
"You will have to pay the poll tax the day after tomorrow. If you can't pay the tax by then, you will have to go to the battlefield to fight. There will be no return."
Faced with the ridicule of these people, Gu Chan and Zhang Wanshan just looked at each other and smiled and remained silent.
Anyway, they have one hundred and thirty taels of silver in their baskets on their backs, and they don't have to show off their wealth. Whoever wants to laugh at it is free to say so. Tomorrow they will go to the market again and sell their knives in exchange for some food.
All the way back home, Zhang Wanshan quickly took out the bag of silver from his backpack as soon as he entered the house, then quickly ran into the house and hid it under the bed in the back room.
After hiding the money, he came out to eat steamed buns with Gu Chan.
Just as the two of them were enjoying their meal, the little boy who was selling knives at the market during the day ran in from the door, breathing heavily.
"Grandpa Zhang, run quickly. Zhao Erniu is leading people over, saying they are going to smash your house."
"ah?"
Zhang Wanshan screamed in fright and dropped the buns in his hand to the ground.
Then he turned around and wanted to run into the house, took out the silver and ran away with Gu Chan.
But as soon as he rushed to the door of the house, before he could run in, Zhao Erniu had already rushed in with three big men.
Gu Chan looked up and almost spat out the steamed buns he just ate in his mouth, laughing.
Just because Zhao Erniu was really funny at this time.
He was covered in injuries all over, his right arm was broken and was wrapped in white gauze and hung in front of his chest, and his face was not only bruised and swollen from being beaten, but also swollen like a pig's head, even his facial features I can't even tell the difference clearly.
"Crack!"
Rushing up to surround Gu Chan and the other two, Zhao Erniu raised his other hand, aimed at the little boy's head and slapped him on the head.
"Ah!" The little boy screamed in pain and was immediately beaten to the ground, crying bitterly.
Gu Chan quickly stood up and stepped forward, stretched out her hands to hold the little boy in her arms, glared at Zhao Erniu and shouted coldly, "Why did you hit him?"
"You brat, you don't know how to behave, how dare you find someone to beat me up? You are really smart!" Zhao Er roared in an arrogant manner, as if he wanted to eat people.
Gu Chan protected the little boy and said with disdain, "You are usually so arrogant and cause trouble everywhere. Isn't it normal for others to beat you up, and you blame me? I am only a child, how can I find someone to come to you?" Beat you?"
"You think I don't know that the master who beat me up is from the Kaiyuan Pharmacy in Wuheng Town. You went into that pharmacy to sell medicine this morning. How dare you say that you didn't ask him to beat me?" Zhao Erniu exposed it directly. Gu Chan's tricks.
"..." Gu Chan.
Obviously, out of interest, the fat shopkeeper of Kaiyuan Drug Store would never betray them.
But now that Zhao Erniu knows this fact, he can only explain one thing, that is, he has been sending people to follow them secretly throughout the morning and monitor their every move. Otherwise, he would not have known so clearly.
Zhang Wanshan thought that he could at least hide it, but when he saw that the plan was exposed, he was frightened. He quickly ran to Zhao Erniu and knelt down, crying and saying, "Erniu, the kid is not sensible, so don't do it." If you argue with him, you are angry with me, I can still bear it. Come on, give me a good beating." "I've been beaten like this. Do you think that's the end of it? I'm telling you. "Not only will you be beaten today, but you will also have to pay for my medical expenses. Didn't you make a lot of money selling medicinal herbs? Now give me the money, or I will beat you to death."
"Er Niu, that's our poll tax! We can't give it to you! Wuwuwu..."
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 backwards and flying several meters away.
The old man was already weak, how could he withstand Zhao Erniu's fierce kick?
After hitting the ground, he spit out a mouthful of blood. He felt like he was dying on the spot and couldn't get up even if he wanted to.
Gu Chan gritted her teeth in hatred, stood up suddenly, rushed to Zhang Wanshan, took out half of the red bauhinia grass from her arms, and forced it into his mouth, "Grandpa, eat the spiritual grass first, and then you Don’t worry, just leave everything to me.”
"Child, don't be brave. You can't beat him. Kneel down and kowtow to him and apologize. We'll pay him some silver when it's over. You don't have to lose your life just to vent your anger!" Zhang Wanshan pulled Gu Chan tightly, for fear that Something happened to her.
Gu Chan looked at him, her eyes instantly moistened, and tears began to well up in her eyes.
She had never felt family affection before, but now she finally understood what the love of family members meant.
Now even if it was not for herself, but just to protect her grandfather from harm, she could not back down, otherwise she would not be the master of squatting and peeing.
"Child, come here and help me take care of my grandpa. I'll pay back the slap you just received." Gu Chan said with a smile as she turned her head to look at the little boy lying on the ground.
The little boy was immediately shocked by her momentum. He quickly rolled over and got up, quickly ran over and knelt on the ground, holding the injured Zhang Wanshan in his arms.
Zhang Wanshan still held on to Gu Chan's arm and refused to let go.
Gu Chan broke away forcefully, stood up and walked to the opposite side of Zhao Erniu, as if she wanted to fight him to the death.
"Are you looking for death? You have such a small body, but you still want to compete with our big brother?"
"Young people have to be whipped, and whipped hard, otherwise they will lose their memory."
"Brother, just watch. We'll teach him a lesson for you first."
Not waiting for Zhao Erniu to speak! The three losers standing behind him jumped out first.
The three of them didn't pay attention to a little person like Gu Chan. They thought she was just a little skinny monkey. How could she be a threat?
Zhao Erniu was also happy to watch the fun and said smugly, "You ignorant bitch, today I will let you know what the consequences will be if you offend me, Zhao Erniu."
Zhao Erniu looked at the three men again and confessed, "Be careful when you do it. Don't beat him to death. Let him breathe. I will torture him slowly."
"Okay!" The three of them said in unison.
Gu Chan stood there, her back straight.
She had just learned physical skills last night, and her body became as hard as iron by eating iron. It was time to test how strong her physical skills were with these three losers.
So Gu Chan deliberately raised her lips and said provocatively, "Don't pay attention, you can't beat me to death, you'd better try your best, otherwise I will look down on you."
As soon as she said these words, Zhao Erniu became furious.
The three thugs even had sullen expressions on their faces, and they all attacked her angrily.
(End of chapter)