“Then we really had no choice but to go back the way we came and return home from the main road.
When Old Lady Ye heard this, her anger immediately rushed to her head.
She suppressed her anger and asked again: "So where are we now?"
Boss Ye said cautiously, "Another, another half hour, and we'll be home soon."
"How far is it from the city to home?
"If I weren't so old now, would you still need to take me in a car? I can walk back by myself!
"This is really getting up early and catching up late."
"I have repeatedly warned you not to miss tomorrow's event.
"Now, not only have we gone around in circles, but now we're back again.
"Tell me, what can I say about you?"
Seeing that Boss Ye didn't say anything, Mrs. Ye wanted to help smooth things over.
"Mom, this is something that no one could have predicted. No one expected this. We're not far away. If we go a little further, we'll reach the place where we dug the ditch earlier."
This road is built in the mountains, with dense forests on both sides, and it is impossible to judge the location based on the scenery along the road.
But when Mrs. Ye said that they were about to reach the place where Widow Liu and her family were trapped in the morning, Old Lady Ye immediately knew how far they were.
Although the remaining distance was not too long, Old Madam Ye was still angry and asked Sister Ye directly, "Why, after all this trouble, Qingtian finally stopped crying?"
When Mrs. Ye heard this, she was surprised to see that they were already talking about sunny days. It was obvious that Mrs. Ye was really angry this time.
"Isn't it normal for a child to cry when he or she is frightened by a nightmare?
"She will stop crying naturally when she is tired, but you are making a fuss about it.
"Now, after taking a long detour, what's the result? I'm still back..."
Just as Old Mrs. Ye was rambling on and on about her dissatisfaction, the sound of whips cracking and hurried horse hooves suddenly came from the distance behind her.
Boss Ye was experienced, and upon hearing the sound, he quickly shouted, "Fourth Brother, hurry up and pull the car over to the woods on the side of the road. Don't block the road!"
While he was shouting at Ye Laosi, he was not idle either. He pulled the flatbed cart straight to the woods on the side of the road.
When Boss Ye heard the sound of bells and whips, he knew that it was the officials coming out to do their job, and the noise was made so that pedestrians on the road would get out of the way in advance to avoid hurting innocent people.
If you still go to the road after hearing the bells and whips, no one will be responsible for any injuries or death you suffer.
Ye Lao Si also hurriedly pulled the cart and followed behind Ye Lao Da, pulling the cart to hide in the woods on the side of the road.
After arriving at a safe place, Boss Ye listened attentively and said, "With so many people here, it seems like today's incident is a bit serious!"
Old Mrs. Ye frowned and looked at the official road. Soon she saw a dozen people dressed as constables riding on horses, holding torches in their hands.
Although these detectives saw the Ye family members parked on the side of the road, they went straight ahead without stopping.
"I don't know what happened up ahead?" Ye Laosi stood on tiptoe with some curiosity, wanting to see what was going on.
"It's better to have less trouble than more. It's better not to join in this kind of excitement." Old Mrs. Ye no longer lost her temper or complained. She leaned aside and sighed, "Things haven't been going well today. Could it be that your father feels that I haven't done something for him?"
"Mom, please stop thinking about it. Dad, please bless us!"
After the detectives arrived, they just emerged from the woods and were discussing whether they should go forward to see what was going on.
A constable in his early thirties was holding a torch and striding towards the Ye family.
Seeing the flatbed cart pulled by Ye Lao Da and Ye Lao Si, the constable's eyes suddenly lit up and he stepped forward and said, "I thought I saw a flatbed cart when I passed by just now! Quick, lend us yours!"
Boss Ye took the opportunity to ask, "Sir Constable, what happened up ahead?"
"Stop asking. You're going to make me sick." The constable's face instantly turned pale when he heard this, as if he had thought of something bad. He frowned and asked impatiently, "We came here in a hurry and all rode horses. We forgot to bring a cart. Can we use your cart? How much does it cost?"
Seeing that the constable was already showing impatience, Old Lady Ye quickly rushed in front of Boss Ye and said, "It's just a cart. If you gentlemen want to use it, it must be for important matters. We support it, and there's no need to talk about money.
"But you see, my family has a lot of people, old and young. How about this: we keep one car and you can use the other as you please? Is that okay?"
It’s not that Old Lady Ye is kind, she is just forced by the situation.
In her experience, people in the yamen are the most unreasonable.
If they directly ordered me to hand over the car, I would have no room to resist.
Perhaps because Mrs. Ye’s words were more pleasing to the ear, the constable’s expression improved a little.
He thought to himself that since one cart had already been requisitioned, one more should be enough.
It was not appropriate to ask the elderly and children to walk out in the wilderness at night.
"Okay, please spare a car for us to use. Don't worry, we can't use yours for free."
Old Mrs. Ye hurriedly shouted to Mrs. Ye in the other car, "What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and bring the child over here. Are you still waiting for me to get in your car?"
Mrs. Ye finally reacted and quickly got out of the car with the child in her arms and came to sit next to Old Lady Ye.
The constable was delighted to have secured the cart so quickly, and he asked, "Are you going forward?"
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