"Sorry, young lady, I'm late."

She seemed to only then notice the two people lying on the ground, and exclaimed in surprise:

"Oh my goodness! What happened? Why are these two lying on the ground like this?!"

"Does your sister-in-law know these two people?"

Yue Jiuyue asked this question first.

"No, I don't know him! I don't know him!"

The woman quickly waved her hand, afraid that Yue Jiuyue would mistake her for an accomplice.

"Oh, these two tried to rob my donkey, but they got kicked unconscious by it. Look, my donkey can even protect its master, I really can't bear to sell it."

Yue Jiuyue patted the stubborn donkey's head, and the stubborn donkey snorted and turned its head to the side, braying "Ugh—ah—ugh—ah," showing no respect to Yue Jiuyue, its owner who had just bought it and was about to sell it.

Yue Jiuyue wasn't embarrassed. Anyway, she wouldn't believe that the idea of ​​something becoming a spirit was real, so there was no question of giving face or not.

However, the "sister-in-law" on the other side seemed to be trying to cover up her misunderstanding, not at all like someone who didn't know the two of them.

However, they don't seem to be accomplices.

Otherwise, this person probably wouldn't have come looking for her again.

"Wow, this donkey is really something! It can even protect girls. I wonder how much it costs?"

What women care about most is, of course, the price.

"Seventy taels."

This is a donkey that will protect its owner, so of course the price should be raised appropriately.

Upon hearing this, the woman's lips twitched twice, and her expression became somewhat distorted.

But she still didn't want to give up this opportunity to make money, and besides, this donkey would protect its owner, so maybe those rich people would offer a higher price!

That's right, she didn't bring enough silver.

"Young lady, look, the price of a donkey is only around fifty taels now, which is twenty or thirty taels higher than when we came earlier. How about we make this donkey cheaper, fifty-five taels?"

“Sister-in-law, the price is seventy taels. If you think it’s too expensive, then buy that donkey. It’s cheaper, only sixty taels. No bargaining. If you still think it’s too expensive, then I’m leaving. I’m in a hurry to go to the county town to find the magistrate to help me!”

After Yue Jiuyue finished speaking, the woman looked down at the two brothers lying on the ground, unsure whether to buy the donkey first or go back to find someone.

"Since my sister-in-law doesn't have enough money, I'll be leaving."

Although she really wanted to just drag the two of them away, she still threw them onto the donkey's back and started to leave, holding the reins.

"Hey! Girl, wait a minute! I haven't sold the donkey yet!"

The woman stepped forward and stopped Yue Jiuyue. Without haggling over the price, she took out a small cloth bag from the basket of wild vegetables, which contained exactly sixty taels of silver.

"Hey, girl, nod."

Yue Jiuyue took out the hand scale again and weighed it. It was 1.872 kilograms. Although it was 0.003 kilograms less, Yue Jiuyue didn't feel bad about it when she thought of the silver in the basket.

“The amount given by my sister-in-law is definitely enough, so I won’t count it. Sister-in-law, please take the donkey away.”

Yue Jiuyue placed the person on the donkey's back onto the stubborn donkey's back as well, wiped the sweat from her brow, and said.

In this weather, at this time of day, let alone doing strenuous exercise, even staying still would be unbearably hot. Yue Jiuyue thought to herself: Whether it works out or not today, she would never come out this far again; it's too much of a hardship!

Yue Jiuyue led the stubborn donkey carrying the two of them slowly, while the woman who bought the donkey, after returning it to her home, didn't bother to say anything to her husband and hurried off to the end of the village.