"Bullshit, why would the donkey fall down for no reason?" Although Widow Liu knew that her son was spitting out the dirt in his mouth, she always felt that he was expressing his dissatisfaction with her.
Wang Dahu went forward to check. He looked at the hole in the ground, then at the donkey, whose left front leg was kneeling on the ground and its right front leg was tilted unnaturally to the side. He frowned and said, "Mom, the donkey is injured."
"Injured?" Widow Liu stepped forward to take a look and immediately started cursing, "Who is so wicked as to dig such a huge pit in the middle of the official road? Is this to rob people or money?"
Widow Liu spoke as she listened worriedly to the noises around her.
When she realized there weren't any bandits rushing out from the roadside, she mustered up the courage to continue cursing, "How unkind of you! Such a huge pit, covered with something. How could anyone walk by and not get caught?"
The donkey just stepped on it and immediately fell into the pit.
His right front leg was broken and his left leg fell heavily to the ground, so the carriage suddenly tilted forward and everyone on board slipped out.
But no matter how much Widow Liu scolded, the donkey's broken leg would not heal immediately.
The donkey kept crying out in pain, echoing with Widow Liu's cursing, as if it were providing her with music.
After cursing a few times, Widow Liu realized the problem and shut up in disappointment.
"What should we do now?" Widow Liu turned her head and asked. Seeing Wang Dahu's indifferent look, she remembered that it was Wang Dahu, not Wang Dalong, who was driving the carriage today. It would be better to discuss things with the donkey than with him.
If there is really no other way, you can only wait, and when another car passes by, help pull them up.
At this moment, the old Ye family slowly caught up from behind.
Ye Laosi saw the widow Liu's carriage from a distance and immediately frowned.
"Why doesn't her family just leave? They're just stuck in traffic? They still refuse to give up!"
Ye Laosi's tone was full of excitement as he wanted to rush forward and do something big.
Old Madam Ye said worriedly, "Old Four, don't be impulsive.
"Could it be that his family found some helpers and deliberately stopped here to wait for us to take the bait?"
The moment she saw Old Ye's family, Widow Liu suddenly slapped her forehead and said, "I forgot, I should have laid things out just now, waiting for Old Ye's family to throw it down too!
"What we broke was just a donkey's leg, but if his family breaks it, they'll have to break a human leg!"
It’s a pity that I didn’t think about it just now and missed such a good opportunity.
Ye Laosi watched the situation here from a distance and immediately quickened his pace to watch the fun.
"Why is there such a huge pothole on the official road? Could someone have gotten their car stuck in it?"
Although the road from Rongxi Village into the city is called the official road, it was not actually built with funds from the imperial court. Instead, the county found some gentry to donate some money, and the villagers provided manpower to build it with difficulty.
Therefore, it is not as spacious as the official road and can only accommodate one carriage.
Moreover, no one is responsible for maintaining this road. After years of use, it is inevitable that there are potholes everywhere.
But if the damage is serious, the villagers passing by and finding it difficult to walk on will just dig up some soil from the nearby to pad the road, so it is generally passable.
Unless there is heavy rain and the road has become a muddy pond, it is generally not easy for the wheels to get stuck.
But when Ye Laosi got closer, he realized that it was not the wheel, but the donkey that was stuck.
At this time, the donkey of Widow Liu was kneeling on one leg at the edge of the pit, and the other leg was stuck in the trampled pit.
It had no intention of getting up. It just knelt there and howled at the top of its lungs.
Ye Laosi looked down at the hole on the ground again.
Good job.
This pit is obviously not just a broken road surface, it must have been dug intentionally by someone.
Judging from the state of the donkey's leg hanging in the pit, it must have been broken.
When Ye Laosi drove his cart to the side of Widow Liu's car, he stopped cautiously.
He took a step forward and took a few tentative steps, and could clearly feel that there was nothing underneath.
Ye Laosi scratched the ground with his feet a few times, removing the soil on the surface and revealing the thin wooden board underneath.
"Wow, this place is completely empty." After Ye Laosi determined the position, he stepped hard and crushed all the thin wooden boards.
All the wood chips fell to the bottom of the pit, and it was only then that it became clear that this was not a pit at all, but could be called a canal.
A ditch wider than the wheels ran across the middle of the road, as if cutting off the road surface.
Judging from the appearance, this ditch is as high as on a sunny day. A thin layer of wooden boards is laid on the surface, and soil is covered on top.
It's really hard to tell the difference without stepping on it.
After seeing the appearance of the ditch clearly, Boss Ye's expression became a little solemn.
This is not an ordinary pit, nor is it something that a child would dig casually out of play. It is a trap designed to prevent vehicles and horses from passing through.
In the capital, right under the feet of the emperor, are there actually bandits who rob people on the road?
Ye Laosi was thinking about something else.
If I had insisted on overtaking Widow Liu's family again based on my momentary impulsiveness, I would probably be the one falling into the pit now, right?
By then, it may not be as simple as breaking a leg.
Ye Laosi thought with fear, it was a good thing that Qingtian wanted to go to the bathroom just now, otherwise, who knows what would have happened.
"Brother, should we go around the side or find something to hitch a ride on and pull it over directly?"
Boss Ye had just checked the surrounding terrain. There were trees on both sides of the road, so it was no problem for people to walk through them, but it would be difficult for a flatbed truck to pass through.
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