GBP Chapter 17 Is she really just a peasant girl?
Chapter 17 Is she really just a peasant girl?
"This is the IOU for the twenty taels that Zhao Daniu owes. You just need to pay back these twenty taels," the leader said with a gloomy face.
The leader had already figured out that even if Xia Mo and Hunzi didn't register at the yamen or hold a wedding banquet, once the Xia family returned the twenty taels, it would be tantamount to acknowledging that Hunzi and Xia Mo were husband and wife.
In the countryside, wedding banquets and registration are not required. As long as both families acknowledge that they are husband and wife, and this is considered genuine, the government will also recognize it.
Upon hearing this, Xia's mother realized that as long as she could repay the twenty taels of silver for the scoundrel, the matter would be resolved, so she immediately decided to accept the loss.
"Dad, we only have fourteen taels of silver left at home," Xia's mother whispered in Xia's father's ear.
Xia's father frowned, feeling irritated.
Thinking that suffering a loss is a blessing, as long as my daughter is alright, that's all that matters.
Brother Xia and Brother Xia felt a lump in their throats.
The scoundrels' gambling debts have nothing to do with them!
"How about... we borrow some?" Xia's father suggested through gritted teeth.
Xia's mother looked at the villagers watching not far away, already thinking about who they could borrow money from.
"No!"
The petite Xia Mo ran into everyone's sight.
The eight people in the casino turned their heads and saw Xia Mo's appearance for a moment, like seeing bright spring flowers blooming in winter, their eyes lit up.
What a beautiful little girl!
"What does the gambling debt that scoundrel borrowed have to do with us?" Xia Mo asked.
The leader withdrew his gaze, his mind racing, and other thoughts began to take shape.
Given Xia Mo's appearance, if we could capture her and sell her to a brothel, with a starting price of two hundred taels, we could earn more than twenty taels!
The leader reached out and grabbed Xia Mo.
In late summer, one had to get past the leader of the group blocking the gate to enter the courtyard.
Xia Mo was about to be caught...
"Nah!"
"Little sister!"
"Don't touch her!"
Xia's father and mother exclaimed in surprise and rushed over to try to stop the leader.
The villagers watching looked at the Xia family with some pity.
Why did you come back when you were perfectly fine staying in the mountains at the end of summer?
The leader saw Xia Mo duck and hide, but he didn't take it seriously and scoffed.
The leader also saw Xia Mo step on his foot, and he was very disdainful.
How much strength could a little girl have? Even if she were stepped on, it wouldn't hurt or itch.
however……
"Ouch..."
The ringleader had to pay for his contempt, and he let out a pig-like scream.
In everyone's eyes, it looked like this: the petite Xia Mo ducked down, dodged the hand that the leader was grabbing, and then jumped a full 10 feet away, successfully returning to her father, mother, eldest brother, and second brother in one go.
The leader suddenly let out a scream for no apparent reason, startling everyone present.
Xia's father, mother, eldest brother, and second brother warily shielded Xia Mo behind them.
"Nannan, go inside first. Let your parents handle this," Xia's mother said, not wanting Xia Mo to be upset, so she wanted to deal with the matter before talking to Xia Mo.
“Yes, little sister, listen to your mother and go inside first,” Brother Xia comforted gently.
The leader, his forehead was covered in cold sweat from the pain, his lips were white, and this big guy was trembling and shaking, unable to speak for a while.
When the leader looked at the petite Xia Mo again, there was a hint of fear in his eyes. His big toe was numb with pain, and only then did the leader's expression improve slightly.
"What does that scoundrel have to do with our family?! Why should we pay off his gambling debts?!" Xia Mo puffed out her cheeks angrily and shook her head at her father and the others.
“Father, Mother, Eldest Brother, Second Brother, this debt has nothing to do with us,” Xia Mo emphasized again.
Xia's mother said in a low voice, "Suffering a loss is a blessing. If it can resolve this matter, then so be it."
"No, if we pay back the scoundrel's debt, it's equivalent to our family acknowledging my marital relationship with him! Even if we don't register it with the authorities or hold a wedding banquet, the authorities will still recognize it!" Xia Mo shook her head and emphasized.
In her previous life, Xia Mo hadn't considered this crucial point. To be precise, no one in Anjia Village had considered this crucial point. It wasn't until later, when a matchmaker came to the Xia family to propose marriage and said that Xia Mo was getting married for the second time and could only marry a widower, that the people of Anjia Village and the Xia family realized this.
Xia's father, mother, eldest brother, second brother, and the villagers of Anjia Village who were watching were all suddenly shocked.
"The gambling debts owed by that scoundrel have nothing to do with our family!" Brother Xia said decisively.
"When Zhao Daniu wrote down the debt, he clearly stated that he borrowed twenty taels from his wife Xia Mo as a low-interest loan." The gang leader suffered a hidden loss and dared not directly grab Xia Mo.
"He says I'm his wife, so I'm his wife? If I say you're my grandson, then you're my grandson, right?" Xia Mo rolled her eyes at the leader of the group.
Xia Mo's eyes darted around, glancing at her father and the others beside her. Making sure her family was looking at her, she looked at the leader of the gang, gave a sinister smile, and asked, "Why don't you go down and ask the thugs?"
The subtext is: let the ringleader die too.
The gang leader was stunned by Xia Mo's emotionless, icy gaze. He was certain that it was the gaze of someone who had killed! That kind of cold gaze, like looking at a corpse, couldn't be faked!
Is she really just a peasant girl?
When Xia's father and the others looked at Xia Mo, Xia Mo's cheeks returned to their cute puffed-up appearance, as if she had just said those things because she was too angry and spoke without thinking.
The leader gave Xia Mo a deep look, then turned to Xia's father and the others, who were easy to manipulate, and said, "If this debt isn't settled, we'll take her away today! At that point, it won't be something that can be settled with just twenty taels!"
The following sentence is a threat.
"You dare! I'll fight you to the death!" Brother Xia gripped the wooden stick tightly and glared at the leader.
Xia Mo looked at the stick in Xia Dage's hand and winked at him playfully.
Brother Xia, not understanding the situation, saw Xia Mo pinch the stick between his thumb and forefinger, and the stick, which was as thick as an adult's arm, was smashed open, turning from something that was so solid it couldn't be broken into something that could be broken with force.
As summer draws to a close, concealing its achievements and fame, it playfully skips away.
Because Xia Mo used his strength skillfully, the stick in Brother Xia's hand still appeared to be a perfectly good stick to onlookers.
Brother Xia understood. He glared angrily at the leader and, right in front of him, snapped the thick stick in his hand with a sharp crack.
The leader's heart skipped a beat; he was startled by Brother Xia's immense strength!
It turns out that Brother Xia, whom he thought was easy to handle, is actually incredibly strong and terrifying! If he didn't know the situation and went straight into battle, wouldn't he suffer a huge loss?!
Brother Xia's act of breaking a stick as thick as a human arm had a psychological impact on the leader and the seven thugs.
Brother Xia said firmly, word by word, "We would never pay off a scoundrel's gambling debts!"
"The casino won't take this loss!" The leader looked back at the seven henchmen he had brought, pondering the odds of winning if they went head-to-head.
That is, at this moment...