The relationships in the big clan are complicated, with all kinds of intrigues and ups and downs. It's not like those ruffians like them. It's simple. If you look at it one by one, whoever has the bigger fist is the boss.
If the inquiring information is wrong, and Yang Ji is actually protected by some noble person in the Yang clan, then they are seeking their own death.
And what Yang Ji said is right. Even if he is not popular, he is still a member of the Yang clan no matter what the face or the bark of the tree.
Because of such a trivial matter, if the Yang family members wanted to bury him with their own people, wouldn't it be an unjust death?
"Damn it!"
The leader of the local gangsters watched the words and expressions, unaware that all his brothers had given up. He was so angry that his steel teeth were about to break.
How had he ever suffered such a big loss? The other party was obviously a young man, but he was so angry that he couldn't vent it out.
It’s really annoying!
"A bunch of scum! Get out of here!"
Yang Ji saw the effect, gave a sharp shout, and gave them a step to go down.
"Hmph! Don't be too proud, little bastard. Sooner or later, you will pay the price."
Several people borrowed donkeys from the slope and left behind these harsh words. No matter how unwilling they were, they had no choice but to leave.
…
"Shh, luckily, we've restrained them."
Yang Ji breathed a sigh of relief and felt that his whole body was covered in cold sweat.
Only he himself knew how dangerous the situation just now was. If he hadn't been calm enough and courageous enough, he might have been lying on the ground by now.
"This kind of thing can never happen again. Strength is king. This will never happen next time."
Yang Ji secretly warned himself.
Turning around, Yang Ji walked towards Yang Erniu.
"Okay, don't be afraid, they have left and won't hurt you anymore."
Yang Ji leaned down, patted Yang Erniu's shoulder and said.
If you didn't know the truth, it would be hard to believe that such a young man as tall and strong as a bear was actually very fragile inside.
He was kneeling on the ground with his head in his hands, hanging down like an ostrich. Yang Ji heard him muttering in his ears. At first, he thought he was afraid, but when he crouched behind him, he realized that this was not the case at all.
"No, I didn't lie..., I didn't lie, this is really the meteor I picked. This is really the meteor I picked in the mountains. I didn't lie... A Niu never lies!"
The voice coming from under those arms was stubborn and paranoid, like a stubborn child.
"Well, I know, you didn't lie."
Yang Ji comforted.
Perhaps because Yang Ji's voice was relatively gentle, Yang Erniu's body finally stopped shaking and slowly calmed down.
"I...I remember you. You are a good person. Thank you...thank you."
Yang Erniu slowly raised his head. He had a face in his twenties, but with the innocent eyes of a three-year-old child.
Yang Ji just smiled lightly.
"It's already very late and I have to leave. Also, you should go home early. Your mother might still be waiting for you."
Yang Ji turned around and prepared to leave. However, before he took a few steps, Yang Erniu grabbed him from behind and hugged his right leg.
"Help me, help me... buy some of my things! One tael of silver... one tael of silver! A Niu wants a tael of silver! Mother wants a tael of silver! A Niu wants to save her mother...
"
Yang Erniu suddenly said excitedly, with a trace of anxiety and despair in his simple eyes.
"Mother? What's wrong with your mother? One tael of silver! Why do you want so much silver?"
Yang Ji was taken aback.
"Mother... Aniu's mother is sick, and the doctor said she needs some money..., Aniu wants to treat her mother, and Aniu wants a tael of silver!..."
Yang Erniu was holding on to the last straw, refusing to let go.
"It turned out that his mother was ill...he did all this just for his mother."
Yang Ji understood the whole story from his intermittent narration.
"Help me, please, help me...save my mother, okay?"
Yang Erniu shook Yang Ji's legs vigorously, and two large tears flowed out, sad and longing.
Yang Ji felt embarrassed. It was not easy for him. He had tried his best to earn eighty-five copper coins. If all of them were given to Yang Erniu, then he and Uncle Liang...
But looking into those eyes, it was difficult for Yang Ji to say no.
These eyes are so imaginary to who he was back then. Thinking of his deceased mother, Yang Ji couldn't help but feel sad.
"I don't have much money on me, only eighty-five pieces. You take it first. Although it's less than one tael, it should be enough to treat your mother. Ordinary doctors bully you orphans and widowed mothers, and they will definitely tell you
It's a bit false. Go to the south of the city and ask for the doctor named Zhou. He has great medical ethics and has a reputation for helping the world. His prices are always lower than others. If you ask him to treat your mother, he will definitely be able to cure it.
good."
Yang Ji gritted his teeth, took out the money bag from his body, hesitated for a moment, and stuffed it into Yang Erniu's hand.
Unexpectedly, although Yang Erniu accepted Yang Ji's money bag, he still did not let go.
"My mother said that you can't ask for other people's things for nothing... A Niu has a lot of things, look, look! Take whatever you like, take them all!"
Yang Erniu raised his head with a stubborn look on his face.
Yang Ji took a look and saw some things scattered around Yang Erniu, including combs, pottery pots, bronze mirrors, statues, rouge, shoes, knitted embroidered cloth... He was kicked in the beating just now.
Scattered all over the place.
"These are probably all the belongings of his family."
Yang Ji secretly felt pity in his heart, but he was not willing to take his things.
"No, I don't need any of these things. You can take them back."
Yang Jidao.
"No! Aniu can't take other people's things for free..."
Yang Erniu said stubbornly and would not let go at all.
Yang Ji was helpless, knowing that Yang Er was stubborn, and if he rejected him, it would really be the end of the world.
"Okay. You can take all these things back. I don't need so many, just take one."
Yang Ji looked at it casually and picked the most inconspicuous thing at random. It was a flaky pebble with some strange bark-like patterns on it. It looked like it was picked up from a river beach. It was the most common thing.
but.
Yang Ji vaguely remembered that Yang Erniu had been severely beaten because of selling this thing. This was the only thing in Yang Erniu's stall that was the least valuable.
"Just think that I bought this thing."
Yang Ji laughed to himself in his heart.
He and Yang Erniu were in the same boat to some extent, so they couldn't bear to take his things.
"Haha, you are a good person,...only if you believe me,...I give this piece of star iron to you..."
Yang Erniu chuckled, feeling relieved.
It's strange to say that when Yang Ji picked up the broken stone, Yang Erniu no longer held Yang Ji back. He packed up the things on the ground and left happily as if he had solved a major event.
"Star……"
Yang Ji stood up and looked at Yang Erniu's leaving figure with a dazed look in his eyes. Then he thought of something and felt deep guilt in his heart.
"I'm really broke this time."
Yang Ji felt bitter in his heart, but he had no regrets. He smiled and stuffed the stone into his arms.
"ah!"
Yang Ji suddenly let out a low cry, and he didn't know where he touched it. Yang Ji felt as if he was stung by something. The stinging pain was very weak and fleeting, so Yang Ji didn't pay attention, packed up his things and left in a hurry
Without noticing, a drop of blood seeped into the stone in his arms...
To be continued...