"Sister-in-law, your reaction is very quick. If it were us, I'm afraid the door leaf wouldn't be able to be pulled off." Li Youmei looked at the door panels scattered on the ground and said.
"Yes, from now on we should be more vigilant when going out, and don't sleep too much at night, so as not to get scolded by others."
Ye Chuqiu added: "Originally, I thought we were poor and had nothing worth coveting, but now that I think about it, I was too naive."
"We sold the horses today and we have money in our pockets. Maybe that's why they took notice." Chai Chunfang also said something.
"Hey, we still have two horses downstairs. I have to go and take a look."
After Lin Dahu heard this, he hurriedly said something and hurried downstairs.
"Erhu, you and your second uncle watch these two people, and I'll go and take a look with your eldest brother." Ye Chuqiu was afraid that there might be an ambush underneath them, so he followed them out.
When I got to the backyard, I saw the two horses still tied up in the stable, chewing hay in their mouths, and the big buffalo lying on the side, waving its tail leisurely, driving away flying insects.
"As long as it's okay, it'll be okay."
Lin Dahu breathed a sigh of relief, walked to the two horses, smoothed their fur, and then walked to the big buffalo and touched its horns.
The two of them were about to go back upstairs when a voice came from behind them, "What are you doing? Lock the door and make such a big noise. Be careful not to let the neighbors hear you."
Ye Chuqiu and the other two turned their heads and saw the thin monkey holding a bundle of wheat straw. When they saw it was Ye Chuqiu and the others, the thin monkey froze for a moment. After a while, he squeezed out a smile and said, "It turns out it's Mrs. Lin and Young Master Lin."
, why are you here?"
Before Ye Chuqiu could answer, he said to himself: "I live nearby, come here to get some firewood for cooking at home tomorrow morning... You go about your business first, I won't disturb you."
He greased the soles of his feet and wanted to run away. Lin Dahu had already rushed up, grabbed his collar, threw him to the ground, then picked up his collar and pulled him up, "You think we are fools?"
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"I really came here to pick up firewood." Thin Monkey raised his head and forced a smile that was uglier than crying.
Ye Chuqiu looked at the firewood in his hand and said suspiciously: "You want to burn us to death?"
"without……"
Just as Shouhou was about to defend himself, Ye Chuqiu continued: "Don't think about sophistry. Shopkeeper Tian and his wife upstairs are still in our hands. As long as you give them a confession, I will know whether what you said is true."
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Ye Chuqiu said, casually picking up a wooden stick and snapping it into two pieces, "You know, I am not someone who is easy to bully."
Seeing Ye Chuqiu's posture, Shouhou was very upset. How could he forget this? Ye Chuqiu had clearly shown it to him from the beginning, but he just didn't believe in evil and only thought about money.
Now, he wanted to give himself a slap. Thinking like this, he really slapped himself, and then knelt down with a "plop", "Mrs. Lin, the villain is really blinded by lard. It's Tian."
The shopkeeper is greedy for your money and wants to do harm to you, and the villain is also coerced by them and has no choice but to do so."
"Tell me, what do you want to do to me?" Ye Chuqiu asked calmly.
"I will first lock your door, then smoke you out, and then take out your money."
"Is it that simple?"
"It's that simple."
The thin monkey pounded his head on the ground, kowtowing like he was pounding garlic, "We just want to get some money, and we have absolutely no intention of harming you. If you don't believe it, you can ask Shopkeeper Tian and the others."
He believed that Shopkeeper Tian was not stupid. He would never say that he wanted to make money and "sell" his life.
"Why do I not believe it so much?" Ye Chuqiu said: "You can stun us with smoke? If you really stun us and take away our money, then when we wake up tomorrow, what will happen to you?
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"We just said that there was a thief in the inn, and we fainted ourselves." Shouhou said: "If you don't believe it, the worst thing you can do is report it to the official. But you are outsiders, and the county official will not pay attention to you."
"For now, let's just assume that what you said is true."
Ye Chuqiu said something and asked Lin Dahu to tie him up, then found a rag to stuff his mouth, and then said: "Wait while I go upstairs to interrogate Shopkeeper Tian and the others."
After that, he let Lin Dahu watch him here while he went upstairs.
"Sister-in-law, come over quickly and take a look."
As soon as she came up, Li Youmei pulled her back and said, "They were beaten so hard by you that they seem to be about to die."
"No way, I heard their voices before." Ye Chuqiu was also shocked. She lowered her head to see the two of them, and saw their faces were covered in blood, which looked extremely horrifying.
"Sister-in-law, you are getting stronger and stronger, and didn't you kick them in the back?" Li Youmei said in a voice like a mosquito.
"Uh~"
Only then did Ye Chuqiu remember that after knowing that they wanted to seek wealth and death, she had indeed kicked them in return. Unexpectedly, these two people couldn't help but fight, and she hadn't even taken action yet.
"Then how about we report it to the officials? They were the ones who made the first move anyway." Ye Chuqiu said.
"Sister-in-law, you can't report to the official."
Lin Qingyun came out and said: "Think about it, we are all refugees without status. If we report this to the government, the government will definitely arrest us and send us to prison."
"Why? They are a black shop, we are the victims, and the official wants to arrest us and send us to jail?" Ye Chuqiu asked deliberately exaggeratedly.
"Sister-in-law, their black shop has been here for so long. Who knows if they have anything to do with the government? Even if they have nothing to do with it, the county magistrate won't believe our words."
Lin Qingyun said anxiously: "Official officials these days are all greedy for money. If we go to report to the official, it will be a trivial matter to get beaten. We may also have our money confiscated and lose our lives."
"Yes, sister-in-law, when people ask us where we got our money, how will we answer?"
Li Youmei also said: "As for the government, we can hide as far as we can from the common people. Once we enter the yamen, we are reasonable but weak. If they don't believe us, they will definitely have people beat us."
"They will force us to give money." Chai Chunfang also said from the side.
In short, in their eyes, the government is a man-eating tiger, and they should stay out of it if anything happens.
Afraid that Ye Chuqiu would report to the government, Li Youmei specifically gave an example. She said that a young junior student from Liujia Village next door had a few disputes with the tax collector because he was dissatisfied with the government tax collection.
The official immediately found a reason, saying that he had slandered the imperial court, and put their whole family in prison.
In the end, he was released, but his family was ruined and his land was destroyed by the government.
"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you, I won't report to the official anymore."
Seeing that they were facing a formidable enemy, Ye Chuqiu also agreed. She didn't want to report to the government or deal with the government. She said this deliberately just to see their reactions. Unexpectedly, they all
She is more afraid of the government than she is, as fearful as a tiger.