Episode 7: Hua Zhi is beaten and Gu Yanxi approaches her

Shen Qi held herself up and wanted to see her off, but Shen’s father refused and knocked Shen Qi to the ground with a stick. Lin Wan and the others waited for a long time, but there was no sign of Shen Qi. In order to not miss the time, Hua Zhi volunteered to drive to Shiliting.

Because the clothes on the car were relatively light, Bao Xia simply lay on top of them to escort the car. Huazhi couldn’t help but blush when she saw her grandfather’s hands were scarred. She smiled and told Hua Yizheng that she had never shed a tear since the accident at home.

In the distance, King Xian Gu Yangong, who was sitting in Dali Temple, was watching all this. He smiled and said to the people around him that Huazhi was more interesting than Hua Yizheng. After everyone put on cotton-padded clothes, they were put on shackles again. Hua Zhi looked at her fourth uncle Hua Pingyang but did not tell him that her fourth aunt was pregnant.

Hua Pingyang secretly told Huazhi that the big locust tree in the back hill of Qingya Academy was planted when she was born. She should water it more often to loosen the soil when she had nothing to do.

When they were about to set out, Gu Yanxi arrived on horseback. He asked Hua Yizheng about the child who had followed him to the palace when he was young. Hua Yizheng did not know Gu Yanxi’s intention and did not tell the truth.

Gu Yangong thought that Gu Yanxi was here to cause trouble, so he stepped forward to negotiate with Gu Yanxi. Gu Yanxi asked Chen Qing to search the prisoner on the grounds of routine search, and Gu Yangong did not stop him. Chen Qing did not like the way the Dali Temple acted, so he searched very carefully, and indeed found the broken silver sewn in the clothes.

Gu Yangong was very displeased that the Seventh Consulate slapped the Dali Temple in public. Seeing this, Hua Zhi quickly stepped forward and said that it was the cotton-padded clothes she brought.

Gu Yangong saw that it was a misunderstanding, and quickly made a big deal out of a small matter, and forced Hua Zhi to go back to the Dali Temple to receive ten canings.

After sending Hua Yizheng and the others away, Gu Yanxi left alone. After the Dali Temple beat Hua Zhi, they released her. Hua Zhi walked out of the Dali Temple with injuries all over her body. Unfortunately, it started to rain. Gu Yanxi did not wear a mask this time.

Hua Zhi recognized him as the one who spoke for her in front of the coppersmith shop. Gu Yanxi took Hua Zhi to see a doctor. After applying the medicine, Hua Zhi did not go home directly, but went to Qingya Academy on the mountain with Gu Yanxi.

Hua Zhi indirectly told about her current situation. Gu Yanxi did not ask any more questions, but gave her a copper coin and asked her to use the coin toss to solve the troubles in front of her. Hua Zhi dug out eighteen jars of daughter wine under the big locust tree.

It was the dowry prepared by Hua Pingyang for Hua Zhi. With the assistance of Gu Yanxi, Hua Zhi sold seventeen jars and exchanged for one hundred and seventy strings of money. The remaining jar was given to Gu Yanxi as a thank-you gift, and she also gave him two strings of money. Gu Yanxi escorted Hua Zhi all the way back.

On the way, Hua Zhi could no longer hold on and leaned directly on Gu Yanxi’s shoulder. She learned a lesson from her failure. There were many people in her family, all of whom were women and children, so she could only ask Gu Yanxi to help her dig and sell wine.

Gu Yanxi sighed that the thing he regretted most now was that he alienated his closest relative, his mother, when he was young. Hua Zhi asked about Gu Yanxi’s name, and Gu Yanxi said that his surname was Yan and his given name was Xi.

After returning home, Hua Zhi questioned her mother and second aunt. Her mother had never paid attention to it, but now she felt distressed and regretful. The second aunt still didn’t think she did anything wrong. The third aunt also started to criticize Hua Zhi after seeing Hua Zhi arguing with her family.

Hua Zhi looked at them, her heart was broken, and she turned around and left without saying anything. After Gu Yanxi returned to Qisusi, he ordered that the Hua family should be kept under close watch and not allowed to cause any more trouble.

The pawnshop that collected wine was only allowed to redeem the pawns but not sell the wine. Wu Yumei comforted Hua Zhi, saying that she was not an insignificant girl at home. In order to find her, everyone in the family had done their best.

No one cared about face or money. Home was not a place for reasoning. After listening to Wu Yumei’s words, Hua Zhi obediently returned to her room. Her family had already made the quilt for her. Seeing everyone’s concern, Hua Zhi felt warm in her heart.