"Why are you holding me? Can't I come out because I have something to do?"
Yang wanted to continue arguing, but then she heard her youngest son's voice from inside the room.
"Brother, hurry up, my foot hurts so much!" Li Guiquan yelled at Li Guifu, his foot aching terribly.
"I'm just doing this! This thing is so tight, I have to be careful, what if I get caught in it too?" Li Guifu's hands were aching from the effort, and his tone became harsh.
When Zhou Lizheng saw the ladder at the door, he immediately understood. It must be that Li Ergou's family was trying to steal things from Liu Dashi's house since he wasn't home.
"Go in quickly and drag the people out of here!" Zhou Lizheng shouted with a dark face as he led his two sons and several strong men from the village out.
Fifteen minutes later, Li Guifu and Li Guifen were carried out by Zhou Dahai and several others.
Li Guiquan still had a mousetrap stuck to his foot; Liu Sisi had placed it in the supermarket before she time-traveled.
Since her family moved to the county town, Liu Sisi has kept this thing in the house in the village.
Liu Dashi and the others knew the location when they returned, so they wouldn't get caught. Unexpectedly, Li Guiquan got caught this time.
"Can't your family do something decent? Can't you earn money with your own hands? Why do you have to resort to crooked and unethical methods?" Zhou Lizheng lectured the Li brothers.
"Yes, Uncle Village Head, it's all my fault, please let us go! We'll never do it again, we'll go back now." Madam Yang tried to plead for her son.
"This is not something I can decide. I'll wait for the servants from the Da Shi family to come tomorrow and have them talk to Da Shi about this. If they don't pursue it, you'll be lucky."
“If they want to report it to the authorities, there’s nothing we can do. After all, the whole village saw you come to their house.” Zhou Lizheng decided to wait until dawn to ask Liu Dashi how to handle the matter.
"Hey, village head, could you please help me with this? I'm afraid my leg is ruined," Li Guiquan couldn't help but say.
The village head looked at Li Guiquan's bloodied feet and called a few more people to help him break the mousetrap open.
"If you don't steal from people's houses, will you get your foot caught? You're not that old, but you're just like your father. I think you deserve it."
Zhou Lizheng gets angry whenever he sees Li Ergou's family. He thinks they're like a rat dropping, always trying to disgust him.
"Grandpa Village Head, I won't do it again. Please, please find a doctor to check my foot!" Li Guiquan was no longer arrogant at all.
"Let your mother go find it for you! Everyone, let's all disperse! Let's see what Da Shi does with them tomorrow."
After Zhou Lizheng finished speaking, he took his two sons back to sleep, not wanting to see Li Guiquan again.
"Mother, please go and find Doctor Li to take a look at my feet!" Li Guiquan then looked at Madam Yang.
Yang also wanted to have her son's feet checked, but he had no money, and no one would check them for him.
So she lowered her head guiltily, "Quan'er, just bear with it, okay? Let your older brother carry you back first, and I'll think of a way for you tomorrow..."
Li Guifu carried Li Guiquan back home, and when Li Ergou saw the situation, he didn't care about his son.
He started cursing at the group, "You bunch of useless bastards! You didn't even steal anything and you've made such a mess of things. What's the point of me keeping you good-for-nothings around?"
Looking at Li Ergou's appearance, a fierce glint flashed in Yang's eyes.
Li Guiquan was in too much pain to speak, and Li Guifu ignored his impotent and furious father and went straight back to sleep.
The next day, when Liu Sheng returned to the village to collect vegetables, Zhou Lizheng told him about it and asked him to inform Liu Dashi to come back to the village.
When Liu Dashi returned, he brought officials with him. They went to Li Ergou's house and took Li Guifu and Li Guiquan away for investigation. They couldn't find Yang's people and didn't know where they had gone.
According to the laws of the Heavenly Dragon Kingdom, thieves will be fined or sentenced to several years in prison, depending on the actual circumstances and the amount stolen.
Those who attempt to steal will also serve three years in prison.
No one in the village pleaded for them; instead, they all rushed to testify. The villagers unanimously believed that getting rid of this rotten apple would improve the village's reputation.
Even though Yang has not been caught, the government continues its investigation...
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