It's the same old morning for the district 7, eating breakfast, grabbing their farming tools to field, old aunt gather and talking about stiff they heard about in market.
Bunch of kids doing morning run around the district, at first people were staring Gu family girls running around the district every morning, when asked they simple said it develop stamina letting you move for longer time then other without feeling fatigue.
The community know the Gu family came here mainly for the sect test, so seeing them preparing for the test was not shocking.
But what was Gu yin idea of adding concept of exercising in this world was actually quickly accepted here, cause on the third day many kids join them as they though it was fun.
What seem to be normal morning with everyone focusing on their work, someone suddenly come out of their house screaming for help.
The people around the house immediately move to check what's happening, they realise it Gu family girl coming out of house all pale and scared.
Someone made her seat down, offer her water, some enter the house, some went to get the girl on their run.
Those people who had gone inside the came out with same shock and paled expression like the little girl called Gu Xiao.
"T-they all a-are dea-dead" all of the farmer got shocked with this news, before they can process the new, a very loud scream come out if house with rapid footsteps
Suddenly, three terrified figure come out of the Gu family scaring others, it's was Gu Cui holding fifth branch one of the twins and second daughter-in-law holding the other one and third daughter-in-law of Gu family.
Third daughter-in-law had slightly bulging stomach, which show that she's five month or something pregnant, her hand protectively rest on her stomach as she lean against the door.
One of the women in the crowd ask "what happened inside, how did they died" but neither Gu Cui or second daughter-in-law spoke cause they had no idea.
Gu Cui" I was feeding the twins with third aunt, before I heard Xiao xiao scream and came out of the room, saw everyone laying unconscious around the dinning table" she spoke with slightly shaky voice.
Second daughter-in-law "I also don't know, my breakfast was served to me inside my room just two hour ago and then....
She gulp nervously being scared out of wit luckily she's leanly against the doorframe or else she already had fall down on her knees. Since there's no strength left in them to support her weight.
Third daughter-in-law already had faint away, the moment she came out from the house from deep shock and fear.
"What happened here" a slightly immature voice rang out among the quite murmur of the crowd.
When they around they saw the Gu family girls returning from their run, they are standing their all confuse and bewilderm.
Gu Xiao "I also don't know, we were seating on the table eating the food like we always do and suddenly everyone drop on the table, i-i don't under- understand. they were fine one sec then another...
Gu Niu "about my parents and brother" she ask anxiously but Gu Xiao only shook her head, Gu Niu fall down on ground crying.
While Gu Ruo rush inside the house, while everyone sign and lamenting about the situation. The district head arrived with red face and sweaty body probably cause he came here running.
"What happened" the crowd also had no idea about it. Suddenly, Gu Ruo who had gone inside came back with excited look on her face.
Gu Ruo "my parents are breathing, go bring a doctor" few strong men rush inside the house and carefully check everyone breathing and found only three people are breathing among the dead people.
They immediately took them, put them on horse cart and took them to the nearest medical pavillion.
The doctor was shock. when he suddenly receive three unconscious patients, but he immediately check them and found out that they were poisoned.
This was shocking for everyone who came along with the Gu family, how on living earth Gu family end up poisoned.
The doctor feed them something which cause three of them to throw up and give some herbs thats capable of detoxifying remaining poison in the blood.
Soon, three of them woke up all confuse and not sure why they are here, only once Gu ciu explain them what's happening. They realise how serious their situation is.
Luckily, before leaving the house by Gu yin reminder to others about taking the money with them they were able to pay for the medicine.
Gu Cui also brought some medicine capable of healing internal organ and blood replenishing medicine, the reason unknown for now.
The horse cart prove out to be very useful according to the people around them, when return to their rented house.
It was surrounded by officials, as they ask the people present in the house, about what they might had eaten before those people died.
Gu Xiao, told them the dishes were everyday stuff, millet pancake stuffed with vegetables, pickled vegetables, some eggs, buns and mushrooms soup.
The officer conclude it as food poisoning by the mushroom, which scared all people, some were also in disbelief after all, the mushroom were not of poisonous kind.
"Not every, brown and earthy color mushroom are edible their are few poisonous kind too"
And the mushroom were picked up by Gu Lian who's resting in her room, all of the commotion didn't made her leave the room.
So, other went to check in only to realise that she had fainted away, which result into another trip to the doctor.
Who after examining her was furious, Gu Lian was beaten brutally by her grandmother yesterday by just simply being stupid, which is actually not true since she's pretending.
The injuries were to severed, she had internal blessing, bruises all over her body few broken bones which need immediate treatment.
All of it cost alot of money, at least twenty teal of silver were spend for her treatment, along with other three treatment.
They already had paid fifteen teal of silver before so, they can't pay for her right now. The doctor was calm it's not first time people not being able to pay.
So, he made one of the family member sign a paper infront of the management office people, ensuring there are no shady term and letting the Gu family slowly pay the money.