The quarrel between Yao Wenyuan and Yao Dayang made the already divided tomb-robbing gang even more precarious. People were unstable and could not see the future or hope. They looked depressed and thought about a way out.
Yao Dayang went out to drink. He didn't dare go to a tavern or a teahouse, so he went to the home of a widow he used to be in love with.
The widow's surname was Gu. She was hardworking and efficient at work. She adopted two orphans and supported the whole family with her skill in making tofu. The two children were also very hardworking. One studied and the other practiced martial arts. When they met Yao Dayang, they happily called him godfather.
Yao Dayang was delighted to see the children, but he had come in such a hurry that he didn't bring any gifts for them. So he casually took off two copper coins from his wrist. The children took the coins and thanked him repeatedly, "Thank you, godfather. I wish you a long life."
"I also wish Godfather a long life. Godfather, when you are old, I will take care of you."
"Godfather is very strong. He makes money to support you."
The two children skipped away.
Yao Dayang was sitting on the doorstep when an old woman pushing a cart passed by. The old woman was weak and the cart did not move after being pushed for a long time.
Yao Dayang stepped forward to help, and the old woman took out two sweet potatoes from the cart for him to eat.
"Dayang, thank you, you are a good person."
"Auntie, be careful when you work."
"It's not a big deal for me, I'm old. Yunniang is a good woman. You two should live well. Auntie is leaving."
The old woman pushed the cart away. Yao Dayang washed the sweet potatoes, slowly peeled off the skin with a knife, and then cut them into small pieces and put them into his mouth.
Yunniang came out to carry firewood and light a fire to cook. After eating sweet potatoes, Yao Dayang also went in to help light the fire.
Yunniang hesitated to speak. Yao Dayang added a handful of firewood to the stove, and the flames leaped and emitted a warm, soft light. "If you want to say something, just say it. Don't be so hesitant."
"Dayang, if this doesn't work out, let's quit. I'll save some money selling tofu, and we'll buy a few acres of land. Then we'll clean up the west wing and let Wenyuan live there. Then we can find him a wife."
When Yunniang said this, Yao Wenyuan just walked to the door. He paused while knocking on the door, squatted in the corner with his arms folded, and listened quietly to the movements in the room.
"Our line of work is shady. We might get caught by the government someday. Wenyuan is my brother, so I'll have to take the fall if anything goes wrong. You can keep your money."
"In the future...if anything happens to me in the future, you find a good person to marry."
Yunniang was kneeling on the ground crying. A pot of dumplings was cooking in the pot. The dumpling skins had broken apart during cooking, and the sticky dumpling soup was bubbling.
Yao Wenyuan knocked on the door. Yunniang wiped away her tears and went to open the door. Yao Dayang stared at the dumplings in the pot.
"Brother, I bought you a roast goose."
Yunniang arranged the tables, chairs and benches, and took the two children to the kitchen to eat dumplings, while Yao Dayang and Yao Wenyuan sat opposite each other and drank.
"A younger brother shouldn't get angry with his older brother. Come on, brother, I'll toast you a glass."
Yao Wenyuan raised his glass, and Yao Dayang took the glass and took a sip.
"Why are you chasing me all the way here? Are you afraid your brother will run away?"
Yao Wenyuan laughed and then told a story, "When I was little, I stole cucumbers from my neighbor's house and ate them. My father chased me and beat me. Later, you said you stole the cucumbers, so you got beaten."
"I'm the eldest brother, so I have to go first when I get beaten. You're the younger brother, so just stand behind me."
The misunderstanding between the two was resolved because of a banquet, and Yao Wenyuan kept pouring wine into Yao Dayang.
"Brother, I have no ties. Even if my head is broken off and I only have a scar as big as a bowl, I will be a brave man again in eighteen years."
"You are different. You have a sister-in-law and two godchildren. You have to survive."
Yao Dayang was half drunk and half awake. He tried hard to raise his head from the table, but his head seemed to weigh a thousand pounds and he couldn't move it no matter what.
It felt like there was a pair of invisible hands on his shoulders, holding down his body and preventing him from moving.
Yao Wenyuan left. He walked onto the street, found a few thieves who were responsible for looking out, and then followed the thieves up the mountain.
Gu Yingxia and Gu Mengjun had already sent people to wait for a long time and laid bait in order to lure the Yao brothers to appear.
Therefore, as soon as Yao Wenyuan appeared, his hands and feet were immediately tied up and sent to Gu Yinwei.
"Chu Chu, I've accomplished something great. You have to at least fry ten kilograms of melon seeds for me. No, twenty kilograms of melon seeds."
"Okay, Chuchu will fry as much as the Concubine Dowager wants."
Gu Yingxia crossed her legs and waited to eat melon seeds, while Gu Yinwei dressed neatly and went to interrogate Yao Wenyuan.
The two brothers of the Yao family were originally honest bamboo craftsmen. They followed their father to cut bamboo for a living and made a living by making brooms, dustpans, bamboo baskets and other items with their skills.
Later, Yao Dayang found an old book in the ancestral home. The book recorded a lot of knowledge about Feng Shui. Yao Dayang learned while reading the book, and when he encountered something he didn't understand, he would pull his brother to learn with him.
The two of them stopped weaving bamboo strips and read books all day long. Yao's father and mother were very pleased and thought that their ancestral graves must be smoking. Unexpectedly, after learning the contents of the book, the first thing the two sons did was to dig up their own ancestral graves.
The two brothers of the Yao family put their knowledge into practice and made their first fortune by digging up their own ancestral graves. Then they became more and more daring, gradually gained fame, and formed gangs.
They became well-known figures in the suburbs of Beijing. Many small fish and shrimps were unsure whether the things they had were real or fake, and often asked the two brothers to judge. As a result, they also made friends with many people from all walks of life.
Gu Yinwei flipped through Yao Wenyuan's confession paper and then slammed it shut.
"He's clever, but unfortunately he's using his intelligence in the wrong place. He's been sent to the Ministry of Justice for a detailed interrogation."
Fugui hesitated, "I'm afraid the Ministry of Justice is not suitable to try this case."
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