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Gu Fei was silent. She also knew that what Xing’er said was true. This era was so harsh on women.

She stood up: “I’m leaving. You should eat something, otherwise you will have nothing to vomit.”

Xing’er smiled and said: “You are kind.”

“I didn’t treat you very well in the past, but you still came to see me.”

She said with tears in her voice, “Xiao Fei, I just want to remind you that in the future, don’t be like me.”

“If a girl doesn’t love herself, others can abuse you at will.”

“Men are no good. They just want your body——” Xing’er’s voice became smaller and smaller.

Gu Fei sighed and walked out.

Aunt Huang stood outside the door and gave Gu Fei a flattering smile: “Xiao Fei, Auntie asks you a favor, please come and persuade her more often when you are free. She is like this now, she has to get married, and you tell her not to worry. It’s my Shanzi who has let her down, I will treat her well in the future.”

Gu Fei said “hmm” lightly and walked away quickly.

That damn Shanzi, what a piece of shit!

Gu Qing waited outside the manor, and after Gu Fei got in the car, he drove the mule cart to the city.

When they arrived at Furong Street, Old Man Huang was still sitting at the door in the same manner. When he saw Gu Fei get out of the car, he got up from the ground: “Young lady, you came really early, have you thought about it, do you really want to rent my shop?”

Gu Fei nodded: “I’ll rent it, I came here today to sign the deed.”

Old Man Huang quickly found a broker, and the two signed the contract, and the broker took it to the government office to stamp it.

Gu Fei asked the agent to find a bricklayer, painter, and carpenter to repair the house for her and agreed that the agent would bring people over the next morning. Old Man Huang handed Gu Fei two keys, kept one for himself, and said with a smile: “When your house is finished, you can change the lock. For now, just use this one.”

Gu Fei thanked Old Man Huang, found an empty room, closed the door, took out a pen and paper from the space, and began to write down some things to buy, such as tables and chairs, bowls and chopsticks, quilts, sheets, quilt covers, and beds.

As she wrote, Gu Fei felt overwhelmed. She had to buy so many things and renovate them. She only had 140 taels of silver left, which was not enough.

Whenever she was short of money, Gu Fei would think of her little treasure in the space and look around at it, maybe she could find something valuable.

Gu Fei sank her consciousness into the space and found a jewelry box. Inside were some small jewelry she bought in college, such as earrings that cost dozens of yuan a pair, necklaces that cost more than a hundred yuan a piece, two pink crystal bracelets that cost dozens of yuan each, and a green crystal bracelet that cost hundreds of yuan bought from Taobao.

When they were bought, they were said to be natural crystals, and it was unknown whether they were real or not.

Crystals had been mined and used a thousand years before this era. Lanzhi once had a crystal hairpin, so crystal bracelets could be taken out and exchanged for silver openly.

She took out the crystal bracelet, cut off the elastic cord, and wrapped it in a purse. Gu Fei came out of the room with the purse.

When she went downstairs, she saw that her elder brother was sweeping the yard. He had already swept half of the yard. Gu Fei was stunned for a moment, her eyes were a little wet. She stood there for a while before she said: “Brother, I’ll go to the pawnshop and come back.”

Gu Qing put down the broom: “I’ll go with you.”

Gu Fei didn’t refuse. Lian’er didn’t come today, and her brother would never let her go alone.

There was an alley on the left side of the door, and there was a pawn shop in the back of the alley.

As soon as Gu Fei entered the door, she met a pale and thin young man who came out.

The young man looked at her and said: “Hey, isn’t this Miss Gu? What’s the matter with you here?”

The doctor wrote a prescription, and Gu Zhong looked at the prescription at a loss. It was already this time, and the city gate was closed. Where could he get the medicine?

The doctor had no choice but to think about it and gave a bottle of pills: “One pill at a time, crush it, and feed it to her.”

Aunt Huang gave the consultation fee, and Gu Rong drove the doctor away.

Gu Zhang said: “I still have some gold medicine left. I will ask Dalang to bring it over later. Use it first. Tomorrow morning, when the city gate opens, you quickly get the medicine back to boil.”

Aunt Huang and Shanzi stood by the door and didn’t dare to leave. Aunt Huang whispered: “It’s my son who caused the trouble. Give him this prescription and let him get the medicine tomorrow.”

Gu Zhong’s face was ashen, but he said nothing.

Gu Zhang handed the prescription to Shanzi.

Mrs. Qian suddenly rushed out of the room, grabbed Shanzi, and started fighting: “If anything happens to my Xing’er, I will kill you!”

Gu Zhang shouted: “Enough!”

This sister-in-law is a fool!

Firstly, she shouldn’t have quarreled about the matter. If she found out that they were having an affair, she should have asked quietly and dealt with it quietly.

Even if she quarreled, she shouldn’t have asked too much, forcing Shanzi to talk nonsense and finally making things out of control.

Gu Zhong came out with a stern face and grabbed Mrs. Qian.

Gu Zhang said impatiently: “Sister-in-law, don’t quarrel any more. Xing’er needs to recuperate quietly now that she is injured.”

“Her condition is still unclear. It’s useless for you to say anything now.”

He looked at Shanzi with a cold face: “You and your mother should go back too. Remember to get medicine tomorrow morning.”

Aunt Huang thanked Gu Zhang and took the distraught Shanzi away.

Gu Zhang sighed, called Gu Fei, and they went back together. When they got home, he asked Gu Qing to find the golden medicine and send it to Xing’er.

Gu Fei got up early and had breakfast. She was going to go to the city. Thinking of Xing’er, she filled a bowl with white rice porridge and went to the mansion again.

Shanzi had already got the medicine, which was still frying on the stove under the corridor.

Xing’er had been moved to the side room. She had woken up, but she was not feeling well. She was lying on the bed with a pale face. When Gu Fei went in, she was lying on the bed and vomiting in a basin on the ground.

Aunt Huang was taking care of her.

Vomiting was a symptom of concussion, and intracranial hemorrhage may also have this symptom. Gu Fei didn’t know which one she had.

Xing’er vomited and lay on the bed, gasping for breath.

Aunt Huang saw Gu Fei coming in and smiled at her flatteringly: “Xiao Fei, talk to her, I’ll be back soon.”

Gu Fei put the porridge on the table: “Are you feeling better? Eat something, otherwise you will become weaker.”

Xing’er raised one hand weakly and shook it gently: “Don’t worry about me. My mother and grandmother don’t care about me. I guess I will die in a few days. It will be peaceful to die.”

Gu Fei didn’t know what to say: “It is indeed peaceful to die, but what if you can’t die, what are you going to do in the future?”

Xing’er panted: “If you can’t die, then die again. There is no cover in the river. I will jump into the river.”

Gu Fei frowned: “If you don’t want to marry, then don’t marry. Is it necessary to seek death?”

Her voice softened a little: “Don’t worry, my father has told everyone, no one will tell anyone, let alone spread any bad words.”

At most, the people in this village will talk about it in private.

Xing Er smiled with a hopeless look: “You don’t understand. Second uncle, Second aunt, and several brothers of yours love you so much. If you are in trouble, they will protect you.”

“But in my family, my mother only wants to exchange me for money. As for my father – he has to earn money, so he has no time to take care of me.”

She paused: “I only have two choices, one is to get married, and the other is to die.”

Everyone looked at Xing’er, and everyone had something in their heart that they didn’t say. What else can you do if you don’t marry him?

Old Lady Gu poked her cane at the door and made a “dong dong” sound. She scolded Xing’er sternly: “Shut up! You are a disgrace!”

She looked at Aunt Huang and said: “Okay, just give 5 taels of silver as a betrothal gift. You can find someone to come to our house tomorrow to propose marriage.”

Shanzi’s face suddenly showed joy.

Mrs. Qian screamed: “Mom, I don’t agree. 5 taels of silver is too little!”

Old Lady Gu stared at her: “What else do you want? Who asks you to raise a bad girl yourself? You have brought shame to the Gu family!”

Xing’er looked at the old lady and gritted her teeth: “I won’t marry!”

“I don’t have anything to do with him. I am still a virgin. I won’t marry!”

Shanzi was anxious. It seemed that things were about to be done, but Xing’er changed her mind unexpectedly.

“Xing’er, what do you mean?”

Xing’er stared at him intently: “When you said those words, did you think of me? You ruined my reputation and made me unable to raise my head. I would rather die than marry you!”

After she finished speaking, Xing’er suddenly crashed into the pillar under the corridor.

Everyone exclaimed.

The eldest aunt was close and quickly reached out to pull Xing’er. She pulled one hand, but Xing’er still crashed into the pillar.

Then Xing’er fell softly.

The eldest aunt quickly supported her, and Gu Fei saw that Xing’er’s forehead was broken, and the bright red blood slowly flowed out.

Then there was Mrs. Qian’s scream: “Xing’er——”

Shanzi ran over and was pushed away fiercely by Gu Zhong.

Gu Zhang hurriedly shouted: “Hurry, hurry, carry the person into the house.”

He hurriedly asked Gu Rong: “Third brother, ask Liu Zhuangtou where there is a doctor, go and bring the doctor here!”

Gu Rong responded and ran out.

Aunt Liu and the eldest aunt hurriedly carried Xing’er into the house and put her on Mrs. Qian’s bed.

Gu Fei followed in and saw Xing’er lying on the bed with her eyes closed. There was blood on her forehead, but not much, and it had stopped flowing.

She frowned. If it was an external injury, it would be easy to deal with, just stop the bleeding and reduce the inflammation, but looking at this situation, she was afraid it was an internal injury.

At this time, the crowd watching the excitement outside the door had not dispersed yet.

Gu Zhang bent down and bowed deeply to everyone: “Dear uncles, aunts, brothers, and sisters, Xing’er is still young. She has caused these troubles due to her improper behavior. I don’t know if she can save her life. I hope you will be merciful for the sake of our fellow villagers.”

The village chief hurriedly said: “Don’t worry, we won’t go out and talk nonsense. Xing’er is also a girl we watched grow up. We won’t harm her.”

The Eldest Uncle also quickly expressed his position: “Don’t worry, Second Brother Gu, even if it’s my wife and children, I won’t let them say a word outside.”

Gu Zhang looked at Shanzi and Aunt Huang again.

Aunt Huang lowered her head: “It’s all my Shanzi’s fault. No matter whether Xing’er gets married or not, if my Shanzi dares to talk nonsense again, I will beat him to death first.”

Shanzi seemed to have lost his soul beside him, and the whole person was stunned.

Gu Zhang snorted and turned to go into the house.

Gu Rong was gone for half an hour before he came back in a mule cart.

A middle-aged doctor in a long robe followed Gu Rong in quickly.

After asking about the situation, the doctor looked at Xing’er’s complexion and took her pulse.

After a while, the doctor opened his eyes and shook his head: “It’s hard to say what’s going on in her head. Let me prescribe a few doses of medicine. If you can wake up and talk in the next few days, then maybe you’re fine. If you can’t wake up, then I can’t do anything about it.”

When Mrs. Qian heard this, she collapsed on the ground. The girl she had raised with great difficulty might be gone.