The scramble had just ended, and the convicts had almost finished negotiating with the villagers.
When the old village chief saw that there was no hope with Ouyang Yuqing, he also accepted other people to stay at his place.
At this moment, on the threshing ground, the officials' faces were as black as the bottom of a pot.
Because the villagers here completely ignore them, treating them as if they were invisible.
Therefore, they had to gather with those who had no money left to stay overnight.
Although they had to guard the prisoners, they might not be able to stay in the rooms at night.
But wouldn't it be okay to be modest and just go through the motions?
But what was the result? The villagers saw the exiled criminals as if they were money trees.
They weren't even spared a glance.
The villagers led the convicts they had chosen back to their homes one by one.
The old village chief had chosen the men and sent his eldest son to take them back first, while he stayed behind to make arrangements for the remaining convicts and officials.
The old village chief walked up to Yang Yi, a fake smile on his face. "Sir, why don't the rest of these people rest here in the threshing ground?"
This place is spacious, and our villagers often dry and thresh grain here. It's also relatively safe.
Yang Yi, his face as black as the bottom of a pot, grunted at the old village chief and said nothing more.
His expression was as if he owed someone five hundred pounds of cornmeal.
The old village chief had served as a village cadre for so many years, and he hadn't done it for nothing. Looking at Yang Yi's face, which was as black as the bottom of a pot and as dark as a shoehorn, he said to him perfunctorily, "Since the official has agreed, then this old man will not disturb you any longer. Farewell."
The old village chief left Yang Yi and walked towards his home, spitting as he went.
Bah... What a piece of trash. What's with this pretentious attitude from a prison guard? He really thinks he's something special.
I'm still the village chief, am I being presumptuous?
It has to be said that the old village chief had a lot on his mind.
Ouyang Yuqing and Shen Yingying held hands and followed Ge Peng to his courtyard.
Ge Peng's family wasn't very wealthy, but their yard was always very tidy and clean.
From the moment Ouyang Yuqing entered the courtyard, she was eager to confirm whether Ge Peng's younger brother was indeed her former loyal subordinate.
So he pressed Ge Peng for an answer, "Ge Peng, what's your second brother's name?"
When asked, Ge Peng replied truthfully, "My second brother is called Ge Qiang. Ever since he came back from his injury, he's been like a completely different person."
He's very quiet now, but he gets animated whenever the battlefield is mentioned.
I even suspect that if you gave him arms and legs, he could crawl back to the battlefield.
Ouyang Yuqing's heart pounded violently upon hearing the name Ge Qiang.
Even the usually oblivious Shen Yingying could see Ouyang Yuqing's excitement.
"Yuqing..."
Ouyang Yuqing's mind was now filled with images of Ge Qiang taking the knife for him and losing his arms and legs.
Shen Yingying called him, but he didn't hear her.
"Yuqing?..."
This time, Ouyang Yuqing snapped out of his reverie and heard Shen Yingying calling him.
"Yingying, did you call me?"
When Shen Yingying saw that he responded to her, she said to Ouyang Yuqing, "Yuqing, what are you thinking about? I called you a second time before you responded."
Upon hearing his wife's words, Ouyang Yuqing said apologetically, "Yingying, I'm sorry! I was thinking about some past events and neglected you."
These are long stories, but I'll tell you about them in detail when I have time.
But now I need to verify whether the second brother Ge Peng mentioned is indeed my savior.
"Oh, my savior? What happened?"
Ouyang Yuqing did not answer her question.
He just told Shen Yingying to wait a moment, because he needed to see someone.
Ouyang Yuqing looked at Ge Peng and asked him seriously, "Where is Ge Qiang?"
Ge Peng heard Ouyang Yuqing ask him where his second brother was.
He pointed with his right index finger to a single room.
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