Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside

The human trafficker's surname is Lv, and everyone calls her Aunt Lv.

After Aunt Lv finished speaking, she handed a booklet in her hand to Third Grandpa, hesitant for a moment as she worried he might be illiterate.

Gu Jinli reached out to take the booklet, asking, "Does this record the details of these people?"

Aunt Lv was momentarily startled but quickly recovered, smiling, "Exactly. Little guest, take a look, and if there's anything unclear, just ask me."

Strange things happen every year, but this year is especially abundant. Surprisingly, the one making decisions for this group is a young girl.

Gu Jinli took the booklet, flipped through it for a while, and saw that the records inside were very detailed. They included not only basic physical descriptions but also background information like what they did before, what their families did, and why they were sold—far more detailed than the records in the private slave market that only listed names.

While Gu Jinli was looking at the booklet, the group waiting for her selection was very nervous, but two bold men were surreptitiously sizing her up.

Seeing this, Aunt Lv immediately apologized to them, "Forgive us, guests, for not training them well. I'll take those two who are not watching their sights away right now."

After saying that, she shouted towards the outside of the courtyard, "Someone come!"

Five strong men immediately entered the courtyard.

Aunt Lv pointed at the two men who had been sneaking peeks at Gu Jinli, "Take the Wang Brothers away and teach them some manners!"

She was truly furious. They disrupted decorum right in front of the guests, intending to ruin their business reputation.

"Yes," the five strong men instantly went to escort the two servants.

The Wang Brothers, tall and strong, saw the government enforcers coming to take them away, immediately knelt down, and kowtowed to Gu Jinli, "Young master, please buy us. We brothers will surely work well and serve your family diligently."

Gu Jinli laughed and said to them, "If the government's men take you away, at most you'll get beaten. But if you come home with me, I guarantee that you will meet King Yanluo in hell tonight."

The Wang Brothers were stunned, disbelievingly looking at Gu Jinli. What was this girl talking about? Wanting them to meet King Yanluo? They doubted her capability to overpower them, jesting if she could even fight them.

Once they entered her house, they planned to take over, seizing her nest - given her family's appearance, old and young, what could they possibly do against them?

The Wang Brothers had such thoughts because not only were they tall and robust, skilled in martial arts, but seeing that the decision-maker was Gu Jinli, a young girl, they assumed her family must have lost the protection of parents, a vulnerable household easy to bully.

Gu Jinli, noticing their dumbfounded expressions, deepened her smile, "I am well aware of what you two are plotting. Unfortunately, in my house, you will never succeed."

With that, she looked at Qin San Lang, "Brother Qin."

Qin San Lang strode over to the Wang Brothers and punched them both in the nose.

Crack, crack!

The noses of the two brothers broke instantly.

"Ah—"

"Ah—"

The Wang Brothers screamed in pain, clutching their noses, barely touching them before hastily pulling their hands away due to the pain, ignoring the blood gushing out, they simply stared at Qin San Lang with utmost fear.

Qin San Lang did not let them off, with two snapping sounds, he dislocated both of their arms, leaving them limply dangling as the brothers once again let out cries of agony.

Qin San Lang stared coldly at them, causing them to shudder with his glare, then turned back to Gu Jinli's side.

Aunt Lv was shocked, thinking that the young man was too ruthless, injuring them and now she would have to spend money to treat them. She looked towards Gu Jinli, her eyes clearly conveying: Miss, how about you compensate some medical expenses?

Compensating was out of the question, especially since it was the Wang Brothers who planned to manipulate her family first.

However, Gu Jinli gave Aunt Lv a piece of advice: "Aunt Lv, these two were planning to sell themselves to a weaker master to scheme against their master's assets. Such evil men should be dealt with swiftly by you; otherwise, if they succeed, it will be the reputation of the government slave market that suffers."

Aunt Lv was startled upon hearing this. The act of using one's physical strength to become a servant and then scheme against their master was not new to her, she had been in this business long enough to have heard several cases. She cast a glance towards the Wang Brothers, waved her hand, and said to the five men: "Hurry up and take these two troublesome fellows away."

The five men dared not delay and quickly escorted the Wang Brothers away.

Old Uncle Cheng felt very embarrassed and questioned Aunt Lv: "Aunt Lv, we have been dealing with each other not just for a day or two. What do you mean by this? Are you looking down on our Jiang Family? Our family may not live in the prefecture often, but our elder is frequently in and out of the Prefecture Government Office and often dines with the Lord Magistrate."

Aunt Lv quickly apologized: "It's my fault, I deserve to die, Old Cheng please don't say such things. It's all the doing of the Wang Brothers themselves. Rest assured, I will send them to the mines tomorrow, so they can no more harm anyone."

Once at the mines, the Wang Brothers wouldn't last even half a year.

Old Uncle Cheng snorted coldly: "Don't tell me, tell Elder Gu and Miss Gu."

After hearing this, Aunt Lv hurriedly apologized again: "Elder, this was really a misunderstanding. Had I known their intentions, I would have never bought them. I bought them thinking their family was clear and they were just fleeing famine."

"I thought they would be useful, but it turned out they were rotten at heart."

She then thanked Gu Jinli: "Young guest, thank you so much. If not for you, the reputation of our government slave market would have been ruined by these two evil men."

Aunt Lv's series of apologies and explanations convinced Third Grandpa that she was indeed unaware, so he nodded to Gu Jinli.

Gu Jinli did not bother with Aunt Lv anymore and continued to look down at the ledger.

Seeing this, Aunt Lv did not dare to disturb her further and just stood aside waiting.

After the recent events, all the remaining servants to be selected were intimidated; each of them was fearful, not daring to underestimate Gu Jinli and her group... Although the buyers seemed to be either old or just teenagers, none of them were easy to provoke. This young girl severed the Wang Brothers' livelihood with just a few words and that young man's skills were formidable, badly beating the Wang Brothers.

Fifteen minutes later, Gu Jinli closed the ledger and addressed the fifty or so servants standing in the courtyard: "Who has worked in the escort agency before? Step forward."

The crowd was silent for a while, then five youths stepped forward and said to Gu Jinli: "Reporting to the young master, our fathers are Escort Masters in the agency, and we grew up in the agency, knowing some martial arts."

After speaking, the five bowed to her, all with heads lowered, not daring to raise their heads to look at her.

Gu Jinli was quite pleased with their manners and asked: "You are sons of Escort Masters and have not served as servants before. If I buy you and you become slaves, your life and death dictated by my family, would you be willing?"

The five bowed even lower upon hearing this and replied: "Replying to the young master, we dare not and will not resent or disobey."

Gu Jinli said: "It's best you don't. If you harbor any inappropriate thoughts, the fate of the Wang Brothers will be yours."

Although she came from the modern era, once here, she would act according to the rules of this place.

Forget about equality – such a thing does not exist in the world. Now that she bought servants, she had to dominate them and couldn't treat them as family, allowing them to climb over her head. What would be the point of buying servants then? She might as well become their sworn siblings.