The tall man turned his head to look at the two wild boars, his eyes full of desire, but he had no bad intentions at all, nor did he dare to have any. This little girl could kill a wild boar with her bare hands, so with that strength, it was not impossible for her to tear him apart with her bare hands.
"If it were me, I would get rid of the wild boar here and quietly take the meat back." Why should I give the wild boar I fought so hard to kill to someone else? If someone saw me and stopped me, I would have nothing to say, but if no one saw me and stopped me, who would be so stupid as to give the meat to someone else?
Song Yun thought the same thing. Since the Fengshi Brigade was far away and no one usually came, they might be afraid of encountering wild boars that might come down the mountain and hurt people, so they didn't dare come. It was possible. In short, she didn't plan to send the meat to the Fengshi Brigade unless someone from the Fengshi Brigade came over now.
Song Yun looked at the tall man. "Are you from the Fengyu Brigade? You're so familiar with this place. I heard from Gu Lao that you often blocked him here and robbed him of a lot of money."
A flash of embarrassment crossed the tall man's eyes. "I didn't take his money for nothing. I was collecting protection money. I helped him drive away wild boars and raccoons that could hurt people."
Song Yun looked at the old man.
The old man nodded, "That's true." This was also the reason why he hated but was not afraid of these people. Besides, these people only asked for fifty or one yuan each time, and they would not curse or beat anyone. They would just stop him and ask for a few yuan as a bribe, and would not take more, so he didn't take it too seriously.
In fact, Song Yun also noticed that there was no real malice in the eyes of these three people. They were willing to save their companions regardless of the consequences. These people had good character.
But, robbery is robbery, even if it is only fifty cents or one dollar, without beating or scolding, it is still robbery no matter what.
A mistake is a mistake, and it cannot be dismissed as a mistake just because it is a minor mistake.
Song Yun asked the tall man, "Then next time you see him gathering herbs alone, or if you see someone else coming to the mountains, will you continue to collect 'protection money'?"
The tall man hurriedly said, "I've never accepted 'protection money' from anyone, and I won't do it again next time, ever. I'll also return all the money I received before."
The old man glared at me when he heard this. "You're just trying to pick on me, aren't you? How have I ever offended you?"
The tall man hurriedly shook his head. "No, no, you didn't offend me. I just—" He lowered his head, his voice becoming low and helpless. "My child is sick at home, and I have no money for treatment. I've been asking for money everywhere but to no avail. I wanted to try my luck in the mountains and catch some game to sell on the black market, but game in the mountains isn't easy to catch, and my child can't wait. That day, I happened to meet this old comrade. He was alone, and his clothes were different from those of the people in our village, so I had evil thoughts and stopped him to "ask" for a dollar."
This kind of thing will happen again if it happens once.
When he was once again at his wit's end, he would think of the old man who collected herbs in the mountains. Sometimes he collected fifty cents, sometimes one dollar, which added up to about seventeen dollars.
Song Yun asked him expressionlessly, "There are three of us today. How much do you plan to rob?"
The tall man was stunned for a moment, then held up three fingers and said, "Three."
It's quite honest.
"What if we don't have money or don't want to give you money, what are you going to do?" Song Yun asked.
The younger brother next to the tall man quickly answered, "If there's nothing, then there's nothing. What else can we do? We can still kill you."
As soon as these words were spoken, the tall man's eyes changed, and he quickly swore, "The three of us were originally here hunting, and meeting you was just a coincidence. We really didn't have any bad intentions. The second brother is a simple-minded person, and he said what he thought. He really didn't mean any other things."
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