Chapter 220 Tied Up - Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside - NovelsTime

Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside

Chapter 220 Tied Up

Author: Wind Ten Miles
updatedAt: 2025-07-13

CHAPTER 220: CHAPTER 220 TIED UP

A single statement shocked everyone present.

Gu Jinli felt like she had been struck by lightning—Li Anzi was her cousin? She felt murderous!

Gu Dashan was beside himself with excitement and had already rushed over, grabbing Li Anzi’s arm and asking: "What, what did you say? The person in this portrait resembles your mother? Truly resembles her?"

Li Anzi was also stunned, shaken several times by Gu Dashan before he came to his senses and said, "Yes, she resembles my mother."

Third Grandma also hurried over, squinting at Li Anzi’s face. After a moment, she exclaimed, "Oh my, I knew this young man looked familiar. Now that I think about it, doesn’t he look exactly like that peddler?"

She was referring to Qi Panzi, the peddler with whom Gu Daya had run away.

"Your parents are free citizens, aren’t they? How did they become servants? Where are they now? Are they well? You mentioned having younger brothers and sisters—where are they? Hey, why the daze, speak up!" Third Grandpa also rushed over to question Li Anzi. But Li Anzi was too shocked to respond, frustrating Third Grandpa.

"Third Grandpa, Third Grandma, Father, please step aside." Gu Jinli shouted, and after they stepped aside, she walked over and slapped Li Anzi twice across the face.

"Ah~" Li Anzi, covering his pain-stricken face, teared up and looked at Gu Jinli. Why had this young girl suddenly struck him?

"Xiao Yu..." Gu Dashan was also shocked. Why had Xiao Yu suddenly lashed out at Anzi? He was her cousin, and it was generally not acceptable for a younger cousin to hit an older one.

But Gu Dashan knew that his daughter had always been impetuous since she was young, and ever since she came to after being knocked unconscious, not only was she audacious, but she was also very decisive. Every action she took benefited them. Although he felt sorry for Anzi, he did not blame Xiao Yu and did not scold her aloud.

Gu Jinli looked at Li Anzi and asked, "Are you awake now?"

Li Anzi nodded.

"Good if you’re awake. Now, I’ll ask you one question, and you answer one. If you answer incorrectly or dare to lie, it won’t just be a matter of slapping you twice, understood?!"

Li Anzi nodded again: "Understood, understood?"

Gu Jinli then asked: "Your name is Li Anzi, you are twenty years old this year, and including you, there are five people in your family, all healthy, and all are servants of the Li Family of Daliang Prefecture, correct?"

It took a moment for Li Anzi’s slow-working brain to catch up before he nodded and said, "Yes, that’s right."

Gu Jinli continued to ask: "Are you the first child of your parents?"

Li Anzi shook his head: "No, my parents had a son before me, but he did not survive. I was born soon after, and my older brother passed away young."

So, he was not the first child.

Gu Daya had once written a letter to Gu Dashan when he was seventeen—a time when Gu Daya had already been gone with Qi Panzi for two years.

The letter said that Gu Daya had given birth to a son and was pregnant with another; this Li Anzi must be the one she was pregnant with at the time.

Gu Dashan, Third Grandpa, and Third Grandma all knew about this. Upon hearing Li Anzi’s words, the three of them began to wipe their tears.

Seeing Li Anzi so thin from hunger, Mrs. Cui hurriedly ran to the kitchen, brought back a wooden box of tofu, and made him Fried Five-Spice Tofu.

Gu Jinli continued to question Li Anzi: "You were so young at that time, how did you come to know about this?"

Li Anzi replied, "Every year on my older brother’s memorial day, my parents would set up an altar to pay tribute to him."

"Where is your hometown? What were your parents’ names before? Were you born into servanthood at the Li Family of Daliang Prefecture?" Gu Jinli asked.

Li Anzi shook his head: "I only know that my hometown is in Long’an Prefecture. As for the exact location, and my parents’ names... they didn’t say... they forbade mentioning it... showing an aversion to our hometown."

Li Anzi spoke haltingly; it seemed that Gu Daya and Qi Panzi had a falling out with the Qi Family.

"I wasn’t a servant from birth; I don’t remember when I became one. Anyway, ever since I can remember, I’ve been serving others... At first, I worked at a wealthy household in Long’an Prefecture, and then I was sold twice, eventually ending up at the Li Family and became their servant."

"Daya, oh~" Gu Dashan couldn’t help his tears from streaming down; why was his Daya’s fate so bitter!

"Dad, don’t cry yet." After saying this, Gu Jinli continued to look at Li Anzi: "What were your parents’ names originally?"

Li Anzi still shook his head: "I don’t know; my parents didn’t tell me, and the household forbade it too. After entering the household, we had to change our surnames and use the names given to us by our masters."

Li Anzi was young when he was sold along with his parents; he couldn’t remember many things. He had changed his name several times, and this name was given to him by the housekeeper after he arrived at the Li Family, according to the servant registry.

"How old is your sister? Do you know where they were sold to?" Gu Jinli asked the most crucial question.

"My sister is sixteen this year."

As for where his family was sold?

Li Anzi shook his head: "No, not really clear... We were sold separately. In the Li Family, the only servant sold with me was Miss Chunxiao."

Miss my ass!

Gu Jinli felt like slapping him to death.

"Where does the Li Family live now? Are they in the Prefecture City?" Gu Jinli asked.

Li Anzi knew this, but before he could speak, Yan Chunxiao hurriedly said: "Replying to Young Master, the Li Family has distant relatives in the Prefecture City, and the whole family is currently staying at their relatives’ residence."

Yan Chunxiao was so excited she was almost going crazy. Before, she looked down on Li Anzi, thinking him a cripple and not very smart. She tried to get along with him just because they were sold at the same broker, and she wanted to allocate some of his rations to herself, giving him smiles without ever wanting to be with him truly.

But just now, she heard that Li Anzi was a blood nephew of this family! It was like a street dog ascending to heaven, transformed into an immortal.

Listening to this family’s conversation, they didn’t seem that poor; they apparently owned a profitable workshop and even had a connection with the Second Young Master of the County Magistrate’s Family. And the Second Young Master personally bought servants for this family. This relationship didn’t look ordinary.

Her body was spoiled by Old Master Li, and she was no longer a maiden, but Li Anzi was foolish. As long as she cried to him a few times, claiming she was coerced by Old Master Li, Li Anzi would definitely pity her and continue to marry her.

Moreover, many maids from wealthy families had some unspeakable affairs with the men of the house. Li Anzi, having been a servant for so many years, would understand and probably wouldn’t mind that her body was spoiled.

Yan Chunxiao thought a lot and felt she could ensnare Li Anzi, which is why she boldly spoke to Gu Jinli.

Gu Jinli didn’t expect Yan Chunxiao to dare speak to her, especially when she deliberately withheld half the information, not telling her the surname or address of the household they were staying at.

Was she waiting for her to ask?

Gu Jinli smiled, looking at Old Zhu and Wang Yongfu: "Go, tie her up for me and gag her!"

Old Zhu and Wang Yongfu were startled but quickly rushed over to Yan Chunxiao and tied her up quickly.

"Brother Anzi, Brother Anzi, save me!" Yan Chunxiao cried out for Li Anzi’s help.

Novel