The Second Sister of a Farmer's Family's Path to Imperial Destiny

"What? Is everything alright, sis?"

Guo Ruo asked people in the village to help upload the news to the provincial capital. Guo Xin just heard a group of men surrounding the house. He was very worried about his elder sister. Before he finished listening, he grabbed his aunt's hand and asked.

Although my elder sister has learned some self-protection skills under my instruction, it is still not enough to resist so many men. If something happens, how can I explain to my brothers and sisters? How can I be worthy of the original owner?

The aunt who reported the news pulled her hand out with all her strength, her wrist was red from being gripped, and she took a breath and said, "Don't worry, Ru'er is fine, the gambling house people went back after paying a hundred taels of silver. I came here mainly to pass on some words she asked me to."

"She asked you to announce to the public that your uncle's debts will only be borne by him in the future. She also said that the gambling house seemed to have targeted you this time and set up a trap to defraud money. She was worried that your wine shop and hot pot restaurant would be framed, so she asked you to be more careful in the future."

Guo Xin nodded. His own hotpot and wine shop may have made countless enemies in Yong'an County, and even in Suining City. He will give instructions later and ask the waiters and others to manage them strictly.

But if her uncle had reached such a shameless level, then her family didn't need to save any face. After sending her aunt from the village away, she packed up and planned to return to the village.

Keeping this evil in the house is always a hidden danger and must be eliminated as soon as possible. However, this task cannot be left to my eldest sister, I have to do it myself.

"Liu You, I'm going back to the village. You must keep an eye on the hot pot restaurant here. Nothing can happen. Someone might cause trouble for us recently." Guo Xin walked to Liu You and said.

"trouble?"

"Yes." Guo Xin got on the carriage without saying anything else. If they went back at this time, it would be evening when they arrived at the village. If they delayed any longer, they would probably miss it.

Outside the carriage were a few slaves bought from the hot pot restaurant. They were very tall and strong. They hardly stopped along the way and finally arrived at the village at 12:00 p.m.

"Sister! I'm back!" Guo Xin shouted as soon as he got off the carriage.

Guo Ruo was the only one at home at this time. The workers in the workshop and the people in the village who came to Guo Xin's family for help were all staying in their respective homes.

"Xin'er?" Guo Ruo came out holding a bowl with some vegetables and porridge in it. "Why are you back?"

The aunt from the village should have arrived in the city this morning, but Guo Xin came back so early. I guess she rushed back home without stopping the moment she got the news.

Thinking of this, he looked at Guo Xin carefully and said, "Have you eaten? Come and eat something quickly. It's not very good because you are not at home. I just ate something casually."

"It's okay. I don't have an appetite today. If you want to eat, I'll make something myself. Besides, I'm worried about you. Uncle is like this, I really don't want to show mercy anymore." Guo Xin pulled Guo Ruo towards the kitchen.

Guo Ruo looked at the tall men following behind Guo Xin, and understood. He closed his eyes and sighed, "Go ahead and do whatever you want. Don't worry about me. This time I really saw my uncle's true colors."

Guo Xin nodded, took a sack from home, and walked towards his uncle's house with the strong man behind him.

At this time, Uncle Guo should be strolling around the village, looking for anything he could steal in the houses of each household and then putting it in his pocket.

Guo Xin was very familiar with his uncle, so he waited on the road that his uncle had to pass. When he saw Uncle Guo approaching, he waved to the person behind him.

Several men holding sacks quietly walked towards Uncle Guo. When they got close, they quickly put the sack over his head and tied the mouth tightly.

Uncle Guo was suddenly plunged into darkness and shouted in panic, "Who are you? What do you want to do? This is Guojia Village, don't mess around."

There was silence in response to him.

Uncle Guo's voice seemed even more flustered, and he cried a little: "Are you from the gambling house? My niece has returned the money to you. Don't come to me, go find my niece. Her family is very rich, and they can give you whatever you want, really!"

When Guo Xin heard this, her face darkened. She knew that Uncle Guo was not a good person, but she didn't expect him to be so bad.

What is a gambling house? Who are the people in it?

How much blood has been shed on his hands! How cruel his methods are!

This so-called uncle actually wanted to sell his entire family to the gambling house. Thinking of this, he hit Uncle Guo's leg hard with the wooden stick in his hand.

"Ah!" Uncle Guo screamed, lay on the ground, curled up his body, and didn't speak for a long time.

After a while, he suddenly said, "I know! I know! You are not from the gambling house. The gambling house said they will not look for me, but only for Guo Xin and the others. I don't have any money, and they look down on me!"

"You are the people my parents were talking about! We really didn't take the child away on purpose. It was the man in black who threatened my mother to take the child away. It's true, it's true..." Uncle Guo knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

"Where are all the items on the doll?" A sturdy man asked in a deep voice after receiving Guo Xin's signal.

"Xia Ke, I don't know where he is. His family was not well off before, so they had already pawned all his clothes and other things, leaving only a jade pendant on his body."

"Where's the jade pendant?"

"Yes, yes, yes, I'm sorry. Some time ago, my family wanted to use the silver, so I sold it."

"Sold to whom?"

"I really don't know! I just sold it to a peddler I met on the street. You know my jade pendant is from an unknown source. If I take it to a pawn shop, they will check it. How can I dare to go there?"

After Guo Xin got what he wanted, he hit Uncle Guo on the neck with a stick. Uncle Guo fainted on the ground. He untied the sack and went home.

Now that she has got what she wanted, there is no need to keep Uncle Guo as a slave. It would be better to send him to the government as soon as possible to save trouble. Tomorrow she will find Li Zheng Guo, and the two of them will send Uncle Guo to the government together.

As for the rest of Uncle Guo's family, without Uncle Guo, the mastermind behind the trouble, the rest of them couldn't cause any big trouble.

……

In Yong'an County, a notice was posted on the board, with several officials with sticks on their waists standing on the side. In the middle stood an official who interpreted the content of the notice so that illiterate people could know it as soon as possible.

"In short, if the government wants to recruit soldiers, the government will provide food for those who want to serve, and give their families three taels of silver, a bag of rice, and a piece of silk."

"So many!" exclaimed one of the uncles.

"That's not a lot. I heard that border relations are tense. If you join the army at this time, you will lose your life." A scholar said on the side.