Chapter 142 was swapped.
The eldest brother of the Sun family looked towards the carriage and realized that when the carriage overturned, the horse had run away.
Left with no other choice, he looked into the distance and thought, "What else can I do but walk back!"
"Yes, sir!" the servant replied hastily.
The three of them, master and servant, walked towards the county in the darkness.
When they were halfway there, bandits passing by spotted them.
A group of bandits surrounded them. "They're really lucky to catch such a fat sheep so late at night!"
They stared at the eldest brother of the Sun family, who was dressed in fine clothes, their eyes sparkling as if they were looking at silver.
The eldest brother of the Sun family was a bully who preyed on the weak and feared the strong. He didn't dare to utter a word when he saw the bandits. "Sir, you want money, right? I'll give it to you, all of it."
After saying that, he took out all the silver from his pocket.
Seeing how sensible he was, the bandits didn't make a scene and reached out to accept the silver he gave them.
After taking out all the silver, the eldest brother of the Sun family lowered his head and said, "Sir, this is all the silver I have left."
The bandits didn't believe them and glared fiercely at the two servants beside the eldest brother of the Sun family. "Give me all the silver you have on you!"
The two servants were so frightened that they quickly gave the bandits all the copper coins they had on them.
The bandit looked at the copper coins, still feeling it wasn't enough. After sizing up the three of them, he laughed and said, "Take off your clothes! These clothes should sell for some silver!"
Upon hearing this, the eldest brother of the Sun family turned ashen-faced. "Uncle, we've already taken off our clothes, how are we going to get back!"
The bandit raised an eyebrow and said, "I don't care how you get back! Give me your clothes now!"
As he spoke, he took out a curved knife and pointed it at the eldest brother of the Sun family.
Upon seeing the knife, the eldest brother of the Sun family dared not utter another word and quickly took off his clothes.
The bandits didn't spare the two servants either.
When the bandits finally left, the three of them—master and servants—were completely naked.
Sun's eldest brother, who was completely naked, could only find a few leaves in the grass to cover himself as he hurried toward the county.
They bought a small house in Cheng'an County, specifically for Mrs. Li to live in.
By the time they reached the streets of Cheng'an County, it was already dawn.
A woman on her way to the market happened to see them and exclaimed, "Ah! Rogues!"
A scream startled the people who were still fast asleep in the town.
The eldest brother of the Sun family was terrified. He had a sudden inspiration and took out a bamboo basket from the side to cover his head.
The neighbors came running out, shouting, "Where did this scoundrel come from?!"
A group of people picked up stones from the ground and threw them at the three members of the Sun family, master and servants.
The Sun family master and servants scrambled back to their mansion, and when they came to their senses, their bodies were covered in wounds from being hit by stones.
"My goodness, what terrible misfortune I've encountered!" The eldest brother of the Sun family pounded his chest in pain.
However, even in such dire straits, the eldest brother of the Sun family did not forget his main task. He ordered his servants to find the group of people who had set the fire last time to kidnap people from the Zhou family.
Inside the Zhou family home, Du Wanchun and Aunt Zhou stayed indoors all day.
That group of people never got a chance.
Aunt Zhou was also very worried after hearing about what happened yesterday. "I heard that Master Sun is a very vicious person. I don't know what he's up to."
Du Wanchun smiled and reassured her, "Mother, don't worry, nothing will happen."
Seeing how small her daughter was, Aunt Zhou felt relieved.
Just then, Aunt Wang came over and said, "Sister Zhou, we're almost out of fruit at home. Let's go pick some more."
Upon hearing this, Aunt Zhou quickly got up and looked into the house. "Oh, it's time to pick fruit."
As she spoke, she quickly tugged at her clothes, "Let's hurry up and go, while it's still early, we should be able to pick some more."
Aunt Wang turned to get her basket. "Okay, let's go now."
Seeing that Aunt Zhou was about to leave, Du Wanchun quickly got up and caught up with her, saying, "Mother, here, put this on."
As she spoke, she took out a gold hairpin from her bosom.
"A gold hairpin?" Aunt Zhou asked in surprise. "Wanchun, where did you get this?"
Du Wanchun pinned the gold hairpin to Granny Zhou's head, and then removed the shabby-looking headscarf from Granny Zhou's head. "Ruiyuan bought these. He bought two in total. One for you and one for me."
Aunt Zhou was wearing a new dress made of new fabric and a gold hairpin. In addition, she had a noble appearance, so at first glance she looked like a noble lady.
She reached out and touched the gold hairpin in her hair, then smiled at Du Wanchun and said, "You and Ruiyuan are so thoughtful. I'm just going up the mountain to pick fruit; I don't need to wear a gold hairpin."
Du Wanchun took her hand and said with a smile, "Mother, you should wear it! It looks good."
Hearing Du Wanchun's praise, Aunt Zhou was pleased and did not insist on taking off the gold hairpin. She followed Aunt Wang out the door.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Sun, the eldest sister-in-law of the Sun family, happened to be passing through Changliu Village on her way back from the neighboring county. On the way, Mrs. Sun accidentally got wet in the rain, so she changed into a peasant woman's clothes.
To avoid attracting the attention of the bandits, she even removed the hairpin from her head, so from a distance, she really looked like a peasant woman.
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