After having a meal in the village, Liu Dashi and his wife returned to the county town and locked the door.

Tianshan Village, late 7 PM.

“Father and Mother, look at Liu Dashi’s house, no one lives there. Why don’t we go to his house tonight? He’s so rich now, he must have a lot of good things.”

“We’ll take it out and sell it in town, then we’ll have some money.”

Li Guiquan set his sights on Liu Dashi's house.

"This... isn't this stealing? If I get caught, I'll go to jail." Li Guifu was a little scared.

"Are you stupid? There's no one in his family, who's going to arrest you!" Li Guiquan thought his older brother was incredibly stupid.

Li Ergou thought his youngest son's suggestion was a good idea.

So he immediately agreed, "I think it's a good idea. Dad supports you. He's always loved petty theft."

Moreover, he had already spent all 50 taels of silver.

Recently, his family has been eating wild vegetables and brown rice again, and even that is not enough to fill him up!

If his son could get some money, his life would be better again.

During the day, Yang was consumed with jealousy whenever she thought about Wu's attire as she stepped off the carriage. Why was that wretched woman, Wu, who had no parents, so lucky?

"I want to dress nicely too. After I sell her things and get the money, I'll buy myself a beautiful dress like that."

Before she even received the goods, Yang was already fantasizing.

“Alright, I’ll go keep an eye on things for you two. You two go.” Madam Yang also strongly agreed with Li Guiquan’s idea.

Li Ergou, being a paralyzed man, could do nothing but wait at home for "good news" from his two sons.

Only after seeing that every household in the village had blown out their oil lamps did Yang dare to take her two sons out.

"Let's go!" Madam Yang looked at the people and told her two sons to go first.

Li Guiquan even brought his ladder from home.

They had just reached Liu Sisi's house when they found that her gate was locked. They couldn't open it, and they were afraid of making too much noise if they smashed it, so they had no choice but to climb over the wall to get in.

"Luckily I brought a ladder. I'm so smart, aren't I!" Li Guiquan thought to himself with pride.

After entering the courtyard, the two arrived at the main gate in the middle of the house, which was locked.

Li Guiquan didn't go through the main gate. Instead, he poked a hole in the paper window and looked inside by the moonlight. There was nothing on the first floor.

He also wanted to go into Liu Dashi's family's room to take a look, thinking there must be something good inside.

When they couldn't open the door, they dismantled the paper windows, and it took them quite a bit of effort to remove the paper windows on the first floor.

Li Guiquan jumped in eagerly, but he couldn't see anything at all in the pitch black ground.

They hadn't walked more than a few steps.

"Ah...! My foot."

Li Guiquan let out a scream, so loud that it startled the other villagers.

The villagers quickly got up. Ever since the village was attacked by bandits last time, everyone was very vigilant. Upon hearing the commotion, they immediately got up, dressed, and went out to see what was going on.

Aunt Li's house was the closest, and she thought the sound was coming from Liu Dashi's house.

"Hurry up, it seems there's some commotion at the Da Shi family's place." Aunt Li urged Li Erdong to go out and take a look.

On the other side, Zhou Lizheng and his two sons also came out, holding oil lamps and looking in the direction of Liu Dashi's house.

The other villagers gradually came out as well.

Hearing her son's screams, Madam Yang didn't know what had happened and anxiously looked inside.

Inside, Li Guiquan's foot was caught in a mousetrap, and Li Guifu was trying to pry it open for him.

After trying for a long time, Li Guiquan's foot was pinched and bleeding a lot, but Li Guifu still couldn't get it free.

Well, now he's done for. He didn't steal anything, but he's ruined one of his legs.

"What are you doing here?" Zhou Lizheng recognized Yang Shi standing at the gate.

Yang was so worried about her son that she never expected it would alarm so many people.

"Village head, um, I was just passing by and stopped by his house. I'm going back now." After saying this, Yang tried to run away, but Aunt Li grabbed her.

"Hey Yang, what brings you here so late at night?"