coobybook Chapter 347 Regret 1
Chapter 347 Regret 1
Bai Lizheng rarely loses his temper. Those who realize that the situation is not good immediately hide their heads in their hands. Only a very few who are blinded by greed and whose not-so-bright brains are overwhelmed by the interests actually blame Bai Lizheng for being "unreasonable".
Bai Lizheng would not tolerate them. Regardless of gender or seniority, anyone who dared to challenge him would be scolded back with sharp words.
He mercilessly exposed the faces of those people and pointed out their dirty true hearts. At the same time, he also gave them a combination of sarcasm, scolding and threats, and they all immediately became obedient.
Regardless of how they blamed Bai Lizheng in their hearts for ruining their plans, they didn't dare to complain to Bai Lizheng on the surface.
A group of people left Bai Jingshan's house with shame on their faces, and dared not raise their shameless demands again.
Bai Jingshan breathed a sigh of relief and thanked Bai Lizheng solemnly.
Bai Lizheng patted him on the shoulder and said, "I'm sorry for making you feel wronged. If you see people like this again in the future, you don't have to pamper them just because we are from the same family."
The child is already a juren, if he still suffers losses and humiliation in the clan, then wouldn’t his success in passing the exam be in vain?
Based on Bai Lizheng's understanding of Bai Jingshan, he would certainly tolerate him a little because they were from the same bloodline, but he would not tolerate him again and again. If those people made him angry, he would definitely deal with them until they regretted being born by their parents.
Not to mention that Bai Jingshan is likely to develop disgust towards his people and become alienated from them.
Bai Lizheng would not let a few bad apples spoil the whole pot of soup. He needed young people like Bai Jingzhou and Bai Jingshan to lead the Bai family to prosperity.
Bai Jingshan's family's little trouble was quickly settled by Bai Lizheng. With him in control, no one in Baijia Village would cause any trouble because of their little calculations.
The four scholars' families no longer had tactless people coming to their homes and throwing abacus beads in their faces, so their lives were relatively peaceful.
At the same time, the news that Baijia Village had produced four successful candidates quickly spread to the surrounding towns and villages.
You know, in many towns and villages around the towns, there are no such creatures as Juren.
People either live in the county town, in the state capital, or simply seek to be an official of a low rank in other places. They will not "lower their status" to live in a town or even a village.
But among the four scholars in Baijia Village, except Li Fan whose whereabouts are still uncertain, the other three will obviously not move away in the short term.
It is so rare that there are three or four permanent scholars in a village!
As a result, Baijia Village quickly became popular and became a magical village that was passed on by word of mouth among people in the surrounding counties and towns.
When the news reached the town, Bai Jingzhou's grandparents who were already seriously ill and bedridden, Bai Jingzhou's aunt's family, Gu Jin's family, and Gu Tao's family all regretted their decision.
They never dreamed that the son of a relative whom they had hurt and looked down upon would be so successful.
Bai Jingzhou's aunt, Gu Tao, and Gu Yongmei's in-laws all forced them to reconcile with their promising relatives. They did not ask for their support, but only asked them not to bear grudges and not to target them because of old grudges in the future.
Bai Jingzhou's aunt and Gu Tao refused to go. They had completely broken off relations with Bai Jingzhou's family and Gu Wenxuan's family, and going would only bring trouble to themselves.
Both of them felt that maybe the other party had not remembered them in the first place, and their departure would remind the other party to target them.
Gu Yongmei didn't want to go either, but she didn't dare to express her objection strongly.
Her father and brothers from her natal family are good-for-nothings who only know how to spend money but not how to earn it. Now they have given up hope and have completely lost their shame. If she doesn't give them money, they threaten to go to her husband's family to make trouble. She has no choice but to secretly help her natal family who spend money lavishly.
Her in-laws were very dissatisfied with her because after she emptied her own private money, she began to find ways to embezzle her in-laws' money.
With someone holding the upper hand and her family being such a mess, her status in her husband's family plummeted.
Her parents-in-law insisted that she reconcile with Gu Wenxuan's family. She had no choice but to prepare gifts and go to the village shamelessly on the day of Gu's family's celebration.
Of course, her trip was in vain. Before she could even meet the Gu family, she was stopped outside the gate by the Gu family's servants.
She deliberately made a noise, hoping that the Gu family would be cautious because there were so many guests today and at least let her in, giving her a chance to create the illusion that the two families were reconciling.
However, the servants of the Gu family, who were well prepared, did not give her a chance at all. Before she could even start to shout, the other party took advantage of the fact that there was no one at the door, knocked her out and stuffed her into a carriage, asking Gu Xing to help send her back to her husband's house.
Gu Xing was busy helping her brother's family. When she heard Jia Guizhi say that Gu Yongmei was going to cause trouble at their doorstep, Gu Xing's anger suddenly rose up.
She rolled up her sleeves and said, "Don't worry about this. I'll go and talk to her myself!"
Jia Guizhi held Gu Xing's hand and said, "Aunt, you don't have to be so serious with her. It won't be worth it for us to make you angry. Just send her back to her husband's house safely and let the neighbors see that she has indeed returned safely."
Gu Yongming felt that this was not enough, so he said, "Aunt, please tell her and her in-laws that the two families have severed their relationship. If she continues to come over, and if her family loses face or money in the future, they can't blame us for not warning them in advance.'"
"Okay, I will definitely convey your message to you." Gu Xing's eyes were sharp and she left in a hurry.
Gu Yongming was worried about her going alone, so after thinking about it, he asked someone to call Fang Youfu and Fang Yougui over.
With them by her side, Gu Xing will never suffer any loss.
What the Gu family didn't know was that the Gu Jin family, who were lazy and timid, not only relied entirely on Gu Yongmei for support, but also always had quarrels over various trivial matters.
Gu Yongwen's wife disliked Gu Yongwen and his father Gu Jin for staying at home all day and not trying to make money. She also resented them for selling her daughter for money.
Gu Jin's wife has always complained that her daughter-in-law is not diligent enough. She can't even finish the "little chores" at home, and she even wants her, the mother-in-law, to work hard with her. In addition, she is always in conflict with her son, which makes Gu Jin's wife more and more dissatisfied with her daughter-in-law.
After the marriage with the stupid son of the former magistrate of Qingshan County fell through, Gu Yongwen's eldest daughter, Gu Hui, was sold by Gu Jin and his wife to a wealthy family in the neighboring county as a concubine.
The rich man was a traveling merchant who came here to collect mountain products. Although he was wealthy, he was short and dark, with sparse hair and a round belly. Most importantly, he was not only over 40 years old, but also had a wife, three concubines, and several maids at home.