Although the second wife's family has solid evidence, she can't actually produce it, and her words are vague, making her lack of persuasiveness.
"Since you have solid evidence, why don't you report it to the authorities?"
"Report to the authorities?"
The second son's family snorted and said without any politeness:
“The He family is so powerful and wealthy, while we are just ordinary people. How could we possibly stand up to them? Even if we went to court, we would only get fifty lashes.”
That's hard to say. Judging from the second son's family's confident yet resolute demeanor, everyone thought there must be something fishy going on.
The gatekeeper hated these shameless people so much that he ordered his thugs to beat them out.
However, there were quite a few onlookers who were unwilling to go back in confusion before the truth was revealed. So they formed a human-shaped wall to resist the thugs.
Seeing this, the second son's family immediately pulled the third son's family along and started wailing like they were mourning:
"Little Wu, my son, why is your life so miserable? You were kidnapped by human traffickers and have been kidnapped for more than ten years. Your mother is powerless and dares not go to the government to rescue you. Please forgive your mother and come out to see your mother."
“Little Six, my Little Six, ever since you were abducted by human traffickers, I have dreamed of you every night. I dream that you are suffering terribly, that you are calling for my help, that you are being abused and beaten, and that you are asking me to come and save you. I am here, come out quickly.”
"Little Wu..."
The two men shouted for a good while, and finally, when their voices became hoarse and they could no longer shout, He Dacai came out from inside, followed by two thin men with bad legs, who walked slowly towards the gate.
"My lord, they're causing a ruckus here, and we can't get rid of them."
"I know."
This was the first time He Da had encountered such a thorny situation. If it were an ordinary person, it wouldn't be a problem, but this was a worthless, desperate individual. If they didn't respond and provoked him, who knew what outrageous things he might do?
Therefore, he quickly searched through the things left behind by the old man and successfully found two indentures. Then he found the dog and the rascal who were sweeping the yard and came out to explain the matter.
"Xiao Wu!"
"Little Six!"
Yun Erzhuang and Yun Sanzhuang also rushed to the front, intending to call out to Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu, but their eyes beat them to it. They hadn't expected Yun Xiao Wu and Yun Xiao Liu to be so thin and frail, and their clothes were tattered and torn at the corners.
Isn't the He family a wealthy family?
Didn't they say that Master He treated them like his own sons?
How did it get like this? There must be a mistake, there must be a mistake!
The second and third children's families, seeing the fifth and sixth children's worn-out clothes, felt extremely sorry for them, and tears streamed down their faces.
"Little Wu, it's your mother. Do you still recognize me? All these years, I've thought of you and worried about you every moment. How have you been? Why are you so thin and weak? Have you not been eating well?"
Yun Xiaowu had already heard Yun Erzhuang shouting while he was sweeping the yard. He didn't want to pay attention to it at all. If it weren't for them, he wouldn't be living this miserable life. So he calmly said:
"Whether I'm doing well or not, can't you see it? Mother, what kind of mother are you? If you were my mother, would you have just watched me get taken away? You don't deserve to be my mother."
"No, Xiao Wu, we didn't expect that situation. If we had known they would try to take you away, we would have held you back with our lives."
The second daughter's tears flowed freely. Her dream had come true. In the dream, the fifth son complained about her, saying that she had carried him for ten months and given birth to him, but in the end, he was unworthy to be her mother.
The third sister's heart was also breaking upon seeing the sixth brother. Listening to the fifth brother's words and seeing that the sixth brother showed no rebuttal, she assumed he thought the same thing, and felt her heart burning with anxiety. She hurriedly explained:
“Over the years, we have never stopped searching for you. Your father and I even secretly left home to find you. When we were discovered, your father fought fiercely with your grandfather.”
“Our hearts have always been with you. After we fled to Yuecheng, in that godforsaken place, we did our best to earn a living and save money, and we tried our best to please your grandfather, hoping that he and the eldest son would help us find you.”
“But they are scoundrels. If it weren’t for Ling’er coming to Yuecheng to mention you, we would still be being deceived by them. So as soon as we found out where you were, we took a boat to come and find you. It took us a lot of effort.”
"But in the end, we are family, even if our bones are broken, we are still connected. No matter where you are, as long as we know you are still here, we will come to find you no matter what. So please don't be angry, okay?"
The moment the third brother's family uttered these words, not only Yun Xiaowu and Yun Xiaoliu, but even the common people who had been engrossed in watching the show were moved. They all rallied to the third brother's family's defense, saying:
"Parents' hearts are full of love for their children. All parents in this world are worried about their children. Your parents must have had no choice but to let you wander. Now that they have come to find you, why don't you forgive them and let the family be reunited?"
“You haven’t become parents yet, so naturally you don’t know what parents’ hearts are like. From the time they are pregnant for ten months, they have established an inseparable relationship with you. They start to worry about you and work hard for you. Their hearts are all devoted to you.”
“I remember the time my daughter had a high fever. My husband and I carried her around seeking medical help everywhere. At that time, we were willing to give our lives for her.”
"..."
These people were all saying their piece, and although there was a tiny bit of truth to what they were saying, for some reason, He Da found it rather tedious. He took two contracts of indenture from his sleeve and displayed them in front of everyone, saying:
“Our He family is not a heartless family. My father spent 1,800 strings of cash to buy them at the auction. Now that my father is gone, they have done a lot of things to make him happy, and they have made a contribution.”
"In that case, each of your two families will give me two strings of cash, and I will return these two contracts of indenture to you. From now on, your family can be reunited and you will never have to suffer this pain of separation again. What do you say?"
He Da's words were unanimously agreed upon by everyone present, except for Yun Erzhuang and Yun Sanzhuang, of course.
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