I feel so good after dressing up as a peasant girl

After thinking for a while, Gu Wenxuan seemed to describe herself unintentionally:

"Jingzhou and I were walking on the mountain road, but those two people acted like crazy. As soon as they saw us, they rushed over and attacked us without saying a word."

"Jingzhou sprained his ankle in panic, and then one of them broke his head. When I saw him fall straight down with blood gushing out of his forehead, I got hot-headed and attacked the two men ruthlessly."

Everyone looked terrified. Gu Yongming said, "You must have encountered bandits or refugees."

Ordinary refugees would certainly not do such a thing, but the small group of refugees who committed all kinds of evil were much more cruel than bandits.

Bai Chong frowned, "We don't have a large number of refugees or bandits here. Could these people have come from other places?"

Thanks to their county magistrate, the people in their county have always lived better than those in the neighboring counties.

This good thing is not only reflected in the number of people who can barely feed themselves, but also in the local public security situation. Compared with other counties and towns where vicious incidents often occur, they can really be called "peaceful" here.

"I don't know about that." Gu Yongming sighed, "I have to go find the village head and explain this to him first."

Gu Wenxuan's murder was self-defense. He had to help the child clean up the mess, but he couldn't sneak up the mountain to bury the body by himself, otherwise others would think they were guilty and were in a hurry to destroy the body.

"I'll go with you." After Bai Chong finished speaking, he took out the medicine prescribed for Gu Wenxuan and handed it to her. He then explained which bundle was for treating injuries and which bundle was for replenishing the body, how to decoct the medicine, how many times a day to take the medicine, etc.

After giving the instructions, he and Gu Yongming went to find the village head to discuss the matter.

The village head of Baijia Village was surnamed Bai, and he was Bai Chong's uncle within five generations. During the years he served as the village head, he not only took care of the Bai clan members who were in trouble, but also helped people from other families like Gu Wenxuan's family.

When Gu Yongming was discharged from the army due to injury, his family was kicked out by the old man Gu who was still alive at the time in the name of dividing the family property, and they fell into the embarrassing situation of being homeless and penniless.

It was Bai Lizheng who persuaded a group of village elders to give them the empty house at the end of the village to temporarily stay in so that they would not have to sleep in the open air.

Bai Lizheng did a lot of things like this, so the villagers respected and trusted him very much. Whenever there was something going on, they would subconsciously inform Bai Lizheng first.

It was the same this time. When he encountered a difficult situation, the first thing Gu Yongming thought of was to go find Bai Lizheng to report.

Although Bai Lizheng was not an official of high rank in the county government, in the countryside where government influence was basically not reached, "Lizheng" was actually the actual official representative.

Gu Yongming and the others had informed him in advance, which meant that the matter had already been cleared in the eyes of the authorities. Bai Lizheng would personally lead people to investigate if the matter was indeed as the two said. If the matter was indeed as the two said, he would also organize people to help deal with the aftermath.

The most important thing is that he will use his identity as the village head to testify for them in the future and will not let anyone use this matter to cause trouble for Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou.

For Gu Yongming, this is the correct way to deal with the aftermath and eliminate future troubles.

After Gu Yongming and Bai Chong left, Jia Guizhi and Gu Wenxuan's grandparents also said goodbye.

Jia Guizhi, "Sister-in-law, let's take Wenxuan home first."

Ning Cuizhi nodded, "Wenxuan is also injured, she needs to go back and recover quickly, I won't keep you here in vain."

Upon hearing this, Gu Wenxuan turned around and looked at her friend who had resurrected with her - Bai Jingzhou, who was lying flat on his back in the room resting. She had to leave him here for the time being and go far away alone.

Bai Jingzhou had raised his upper body without him knowing. When Gu Wenxuan looked over through the open window, she happened to meet his eyes which seemed to contain thousands of words.

Gu Wenxuan gave him a soothing look, "Jingzhou, take good care of your injuries. I'll come visit you again when my mother allows me to go out."

Bai Jingzhou hummed, and slowly turned his gaze to Gu Wenxuan's grandparents and mother, "Grandpa Gu, Grandma Gu, Aunt Gu, can I... let my sister go visit Sister Wenxuan on my behalf?"

Everyone:......

Ning Cuizhi glared at her son with both anger and amusement, while Jia Guizhi quickly exchanged glances with her parents-in-law.

"You kid, what are you talking about visiting or not? If Jing Xin has time, let her come to my house to play anytime."

Bai Jingzhou's lips curled up slightly, "I'll tell her."

Jia Guizhi said goodbye to Ning Cuizhi in a good mood, and returned to their home next to the woods at the end of the village with Gu Wenxuan's grandparents and Gu Wenxuan herself.

Their house is not like Bai Jingzhou's. It has a high and solid adobe wall on the outside and a grand house with a blue brick facade that was built only a few years ago.

As one of the poorest families in Baijia Village, the Gu family only has a few low, old and possibly dilapidated houses, and an old fence that has been eroded by wind and rain.

Of course, the reason why they are so poor is not because the Gu family is lazy and incompetent.

In addition to the common reason of heavy taxes and levies that increase year by year, there is another historical legacy that makes their family so poor that most families do not have.

This historical legacy can be traced back to fifteen years ago, when Gu Yongming, who had not yet married Jia Guizhi, was discharged from the army due to injury.

At that time, the previous dynasty was on the verge of chaos, and all rules and common practices had become meaningless.

Not only did their wounded soldiers fail to receive the monetary subsidies they were entitled to in accordance with the court's laws, but they were also treated as useless garbage and forcefully driven out of the military camp by the eunuchs who came from the capital to supervise the army before their injuries could be properly treated.

Faced with a powerful enemy, the generals in the army did not dare to further intensify the conflict between the military and the military supervisors, so they just sent their servants to secretly hire a car for them, prepare medicine for wounds and water for the journey, and sent them back to their hometown after doing their best and leaving the rest to fate.

Because Gu Yongming only injured his left arm and his hometown Xingzhou was not far from the border, he did not die on the way back home like some of his comrades who were more seriously injured.

He came back, and although one of his arms was broken, he was lucky enough to survive.

His grandmother, parents, younger brother, and uncle were all very happy. They surrounded him, laughing and crying, and kept saying "It's good to be alive", "It's good to be back", "Call a doctor quickly". However, his grandfather Old Man Gu and the other members of the Gu family were not willing to spend money to treat his injuries.

The father and son from the eldest branch of the Gu family were the first to jump out. They pointed out Gu Yongming's sore spot without any hesitation, saying that even if his arm was cured it would only be a decoration, so it would be better not to waste the money.

Gu Yongming's parents, younger brother and uncle all glared at the father and son from the eldest wife and argued with them, but Gu Yongming only looked at the head of their family, his grandfather, Old Man Gu.