Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside Chapter 1736: Eliminating Future Threats

Why should she spend her whole life in the mountains when she could be an auntie in the Prefecture?

Besides wolves, tigers, and old coarse men, there wasn’t a single young and handsome lad in these mountains!

But the road down the mountain was blocked, and she couldn’t get out... However, heaven had mercy and let her meet Father Qin.

At that time, Father Qin was still a handsome man in his twenties, with his second son just born not long ago. Though injured, he wore fabrics of Jingjin material that even wealthy families couldn’t afford.

Guo Niang didn’t know of Jingjin, but she had seen silk and knew this material was more valuable, and Father Qin even had a gold medal on him.

Although Guo Niang was illiterate, anyone carrying a gold medal was certainly no ordinary person. Guo Niang then had an idea, thinking of keeping this man, having a son with him, and then taking him out of the mountains to find his family.

Even if he already had a wife, she had a son and had saved his life. Father Qin’s family wouldn’t dare do anything to her to repay her, and might even accept her into the family as a second wife, allowing her to live a life of calling servants, no longer staying in the mountains!

Then, Guo Niang conspired with her grandfather, Hunter Hu, who thought that if his granddaughter could rely on the life-saving grace to attach to a noble, his Hu family descendants could rise like nobles’ descendants and live a life like the Old Master’s family.

Indeed, the Hu family wasn’t childless. People existed, just that Guo Niang’s parents and siblings were working as servants outside the mountains, not within.

Hunter Hu agreed to his granddaughter’s scheme and took the gold medal to talk to the surrounding mountain folks, asking them to cooperate in a play. If they could fool the noble into staying, and if Guo Niang got pregnant, they’d hook the noble.

Once Guo Niang, relying on her son and the life-saving grace, followed the noble back home, she’d bring them out to live a prosperous life outside the mountains!

Life in the mountains was hard, with no fields, and daily worries of being eaten by wild animals. People had long wanted to leave, so hearing Hunter Hu’s words and seeing the gold medal, they gritted their teeth and did it!

That’s how the entire mountain community ended up trying to fool Father Qin.

The shaman barefoot doctor was even Guo Niang’s uncle.

"This is really absurd," Gu Jinli commented with mixed feelings, "Isn’t this a once-in-a-lifetime thing?"

But...

"That Guo Niang is quite clever," Gu Jinli thought of a psychological hypnosis tactic... Even if you’re a normal person, if the environment constantly tells you it’s not as you think but rather this way or that, you’ll start doubting your past experiences and begin believing the fraudsters’ words are true.

"Yeah, Dad also mentioned that about Guo Niang," Qin San Lang nodded, "Dad said if he hadn’t had a strong will and left a secret mark, and if his subordinates hadn’t found him, he might have doubted his past experiences after a year or two and started believing their nonsense."

This is a situation that, upon deep thinking, is truly terrifying; it can subtly make you deny your past experiences and accept the non-existent things they’re feeding you.

He added, "That’s why Dad periodically reminds us of this incident, scolding us that even when faced with emergencies and confusion, you must remain clear-headed even if someone saves your life, you can’t let yourself be led by a group of people’s absurdity."

"Dad also said, in the future, we’ll have to go to battlefields and might sometimes get hurt and be saved by others, but there are many ways to repay, don’t foolishly offer yourself for repayment. Anyone who dares to offer themselves will be expelled from the family."

"And don’t engage in any hero saving beauty leading to marriage in gratitude, anyone daring such, he too must leave the family because the Qin family has no such foolish descendants."

What is repayment for life-saving by marriage?

It sounds nice, but life is long. If you encounter ten times or so of hero saving beauty or need saving yourself, are you to get married ten times?

Utterly ridiculous!

Qin San Lang looked at her, smiling, "So Xiao Yu, rest assured, the Qin family doesn’t believe in that debt repayment for saving lives stuff."

Gu Jinli blinked and could only nod.

Qin San Lang found it amusing, kissed her on the lips, "Why so dazed?"

Gu Jinli leaned back slightly, saying, "Dad is a remarkable person."

She had said this more than once, but whenever she learned something new about Father Qin, she’d marvel at how clear-headed he was!

Qin San Lang nodded proudly, "Dad is indeed a remarkable person."

The three siblings benefitted immensely from their father’s teachings.

"When we have children, let’s also tell them about Dad’s stories, it’ll benefit them," Gu Jinli said.

Qin San Lang was delighted to hear this and nodded, "Yes, let’s tell the children more about their grandparents."

And about the stories of their elder brother and second brother.

He hoped his children would remember their relatives, even if they’d never met, they should remember them.

"And what happened afterward? What happened to that Guo Niang?" Gu Jinli asked.

Qin San Lang replied, "Guo Niang died. Hunter Hu and the mountain folks got a sum of silver, Dad found a village outside Longshan Prefecture and helped the mountain people relocate."

"Died?" Gu Jinli frowned, "Wouldn’t people criticize Dad?"

After all, it was a life-saving grace.

Qin San Lang said, "Dad was a Marquis and had a mission at the time. Although Guo Niang saved Dad, she took everything from Dad, including a Defense Map Dad had painstakingly obtained. Just stealing the Defense Map was enough to have the Hu family beheaded."

"Dad told Hunter Hu, considering Guo Niang dragged him back, he’d spare the Hu family’s lives, but Guo Niang had to die; she was trouble, and not killing her would cause future problems."

Father Qin was in charge of military matters, grew up on the battlefield, and wasn’t one to be soft-hearted towards women. He had long foreseen that if Guo Niang wasn’t killed, with her cunning, she’d surely cause trouble again.

The first time he was plotted against was due to injury and desperation. But if he was schemed against by Guo Niang again, then he would be hopelessly stupid.

Besides, Dad had reasons to kill Guo Niang, and wasn’t afraid of the Hu family or the mountain folks spreading gossip; stealing a Defense Map, deceiving a serving Marquis, even nine lives wouldn’t be enough to pay for that.

"Hunter Hu agreed, and Guo Niang was poisoned. Hunter Hu took the silver and ransomed his son’s family, moving to Daliang Prefecture with the silver, finally living the life of their dreams."

"Because of this, Dad warned us not to be soft-hearted, to repay true benefactors, but to such benefactors with ulterior motives who planned against you, cut them off to eliminate future troubles." Qin San Lang looked at Gu Jinli, delivering the final sentence, "In the future, we’ll teach our children this too, so they understand who a true life-saving benefactor is, and who is a hidden threat taking advantage in crisis."

Gu Jinli listened, still full of admiration, and before she knew it, her bowl of porridge was finished.

Qin San Lang took her empty bowl and touched her belly, "Yes, you’re full, aren’t you?"