"It's a famine year now, where can I find any sleeping pills? There aren't even any anesthetics, where am I supposed to find them for her?"
Han Luoxue looked at Han Liu and sneered:
"Now do you hear me?"
"Sir, I really saw it! She used such a big rock to hit it, and I even saw where she hid it..."
The man gestured, but as soon as he finished, the old general impatiently waved his hand:
"Thirty strokes of the cane for falsely accusing someone!"
After he finished speaking, he looked at Magistrate Zhu and smiled amicably:
"I suspect you've embezzled, but... it's almost Chinese New Year, and I'm here to reunite with my family, so I'll leave you alone for now. Men, tie him up and lock him in the woodshed. We'll deal with him after the New Year."
“Grandpa, the woodshed is used frequently and it’s not very convenient. How about we keep it in the storeroom? Hasn’t he always wanted to see our storeroom? Let Magistrate Zhu see it all at once.”
Han Luoxue didn't even consider letting Magistrate Zhu leave today.
She didn't want her mood to be ruined during the Lunar New Year.
If he sends a message to the Crown Prince overnight, then things will not be peaceful for me.
"Who are you? I am an official appointed by the imperial court! How dare you..."
Unfortunately, before Magistrate Zhu could finish his rant, he was tied up and gagged.
Even the constables he brought were with him.
The old general even considerately gave each person ten lashes and threw them into the storeroom.
Han Mingyuan's warehouse was still in the basement. It was dug quite a lot at the time, and it was expanded several times later.
The group of five or six people were thrown into a corner. Looking at the warehouse full of grain, vegetables, and fruit, Magistrate Zhu and his companions stared in astonishment, even forgetting the pain from the wounds on their buttocks.
Damn it, with so much food, that thousand kilograms of corn is nothing to them, okay?
And what you've embezzled is nothing compared to other people's stockpiles.
What terrified him most was the identity of the old man who had come. He was terrified at the sight of him and wanted to ask, but unfortunately, the old man didn't give him the chance.
Several people were gagged and tied up, unable to even speak.
This is how I spent the New Year.
...
"ah……"
The screams continued in the courtyard as the two men were being beaten with paddles. Although it sounded terrible, no one sympathized with them.
I think these two deserved what they got.
It's disgusting. People from the same village always do such low-class things.
Han Qiang looked at them with more resentment.
Before they had even finished thirty blows, the two of them passed out.
The men the old general brought wouldn't show any mercy; they'd still give him the beating.
And the old woman from the Li family, out of consideration for her age, was only hit twenty times.
The people of Hutouya Village were too lazy to carry her, so they sent someone to ask the people of Lijiazhuang to come and take her away.
When the village head of Lijiazhuang learned of the news, he was so angry that he didn't want to get involved anymore.
However, as the village head, he couldn't back down now. He took a deep breath and led his men to carry the person back.
But then another problem arose.
The three sons of the Li family have injured their legs, and in the past, it was Mrs. Li who took care of them. But now...
"Whatever."
Anyway, he has three daughters-in-law at home, and he can't control whether they live or die.
This old woman went to make a scene again, but she didn't tell him, and he's still feeling resentful.
...
Grandpa, what brings you here?
After everyone had left, Han Yuchen closed the courtyard gate.
Han Luoxue looked pleasantly surprised.
"I came here because I missed you."
"Little Xue, didn't you see me coming?"
Zhou Yuan smiled broadly and extended his paw to greet him.
"Cousin, you're here too."
"Hey, that's not a sincere thing to say."
Zhou Yuan sniffed:
"What delicious food did you make? It smells so good."
He could smell it as soon as he entered the courtyard. Now that there were no outsiders, could he finally eat?
"It's Chinese New Year, so of course we should make something delicious. Come on, let's go inside and eat."
Everything has been packed inside; it's almost all ready-made.
However, Han Luoxue still personally stir-fried a few vegetables, added some meat, and laid out a large table full of food.
The old general snorted disdainfully when he saw the people inside the room.
Zhou Yuan was stunned for a moment, opened his mouth, and didn't know how to address him.
"I knew you'd run here."
The old general looked at the old man with disdain.
"How dare you say that? You didn't even tell me."
Why would I tell you? Can you protect him?
The old general rolled his eyes at the old man.
"I……"
"Alright, let's eat first. You're all in for a treat today, try the medicinal wine I made."
Everyone here is one of our own, and the medicinal wine that Han Luoxue brought out was made with very high-quality ingredients.
"You really got a good deal on Xueyatou's wine."
"I……"
The old man wanted to say that she was also his daughter-in-law, but looking at Han Yuchen's cold and hard face, he couldn't say it.
It's already good enough that they didn't drive me away.
A glass was poured for each person, and the woman's glass naturally contained fruit wine.
"Little Xue, can you drink this?"
Seeing that Han Luoxue also had a cup, the old general asked with concern:
"If you drink now, won't your child be a little alcoholic?"
His great-grandson can't be a drunkard.
"Grandpa, this prescription is very low, it should be fine, right?"
Han Luoxue wasn't sure either. She remembered that in modern times, there didn't seem to be any rule that pregnant women couldn't drink alcohol at all.
"Xue'er, you're pregnant, you shouldn't drink it."
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