"Squeak."
Da Mao and Er Mao, who were keeping watch at the crossroads, suddenly heard the door of the house behind them open and turned around curiously.
Then they saw a hand reach out from the door and beckon to them.
They thought Wang Xiaofa had succeeded and was asking them for help, so they immediately ran over excitedly: "How's it going, Brother Fa? Have you found the ginseng yet?"
But when they got to the door, there was no one inside.
The two of them froze in place.
Just then, a gust of wind blew past them from behind, feeling cool.
The two of them shuddered at the same time, slowly turned their heads, glanced at each other, and both revealed crying faces.
I have a bad feeling...
They all turned around and tried to run away.
Suddenly, a pair of hands reached out from behind and pressed down on their shoulders.
The two men froze on the spot, too frightened to move an inch. Then they felt a heat in their crotches, followed by a strong smell of urine.
I was so scared I peed myself.
Xing Zhaozhao frowned in disgust, grabbed the two of them by the neck, and they collided with each other with a "bang".
The two of them rolled their eyes and instantly fainted.
Xing Zhaozhao grabbed their clothes and dragged them inside, then closed the door.
The continuous noise outside quickly woke up Hongfei and Hongyu, who were sleeping inside.
The two little ones, rubbing their sleepy eyes, came out of the house: "Mommy, what happened..."
Before they could finish speaking, the two little ones were stunned when they saw people lying all over the ground outside.
"Mom, what happened?" They rushed to Xing Zhaozhao's side and asked worriedly.
Xing Zhaozhao said dismissively, "It's nothing, just a few petty thieves."
several?
The two little ones quickly counted.
There aren't just a few, there are quite a few.
"Dafei, go to the cellar and get Mom a long rope, the longer the better. Xiaoyu, go to the kitchen and fetch Mom a ladle of water. Once Mom has tied them up, splash them to wake them up," Xing Zhaozhao instructed.
"Okay!" The two little ones immediately replied, their faces beaming with excitement, and went off to work.
There were nine people in total. Xing Zhaozhao tied them together in a long string with a rope, and then had Hongyu splash water on them to wake them up.
In the dead of winter, at night, everyone was jolted awake by the splash of icy water, and then huddled there shivering.
Xing Zhaozhao pulled up a stool, sat down beside her, and asked, "Tell me, what are you all looking for that suddenly appeared at my house?"
Before anyone else could speak, Liu Gouzi's eyes darted around, and he spoke first.
“What do you mean, ‘looking for what’? We didn’t even know this was your house, cousin-in-law. I remember this used to be an empty house. We were just looking for a place to gamble away some money, and that’s when we remembered this place and came here. Who knew you would move in, cousin-in-law?” Liu Gouzi tried to argue.
In any case, we absolutely cannot admit that they came to steal things; we must never admit it, no matter what.
The others realized what was happening and quickly nodded in agreement: "That's right, that's exactly it."
Xing Zhaozhao kicked Liu Gouzi directly in the shinbone.
Liu Gouzi cried out in pain.
Xing Zhaozhao said without changing her expression, "The others look unfamiliar because they're not from our village, so they might not know that you, Liu Gouzi, often come to your aunt's house to beg for money. How could you not know?"
After saying that, she pointed to the other two villages: "Even if Liu Gouzi doesn't know, you two wouldn't know."
The two of them immediately drooped their heads and pretended to be dead.
“Tell the truth, or I’ll send you to the public security brigade and have them send you to a labor camp,” Xing Zhaozhao threatened.
Wang Xiaofa glanced at Xing Zhaozhao, straining his neck to look at her, and asked, "If we confess honestly, you won't send us to the police station?"
He didn't want to go.
Although his brother had connections with the public security brigade, he didn't want his brother to know that he had gotten into trouble again.
"You should confess first," Xing Zhaozhao said ambiguously.
Wang Xiaofa took it as a yes and immediately told her the reason for the matter.
Liu Gouzi tried to stop him but couldn't in time.
Xing Zhaozhao frowned: "Ginseng? What ginseng do I have? Who told you I have ginseng?"
"Liu Gouzi." Wang Xiaofa sold Liu Gouzi without hesitation.
Liu Gouzi: "..."
"I didn't say yes, I only said maybe," Liu Gouzi retorted.
Wang Xiaofa: "..."
That scoundrel.
Wang Xiaofa gritted his teeth in hatred and sold Liu Gouzi out even more bluntly: "I originally wanted to tell my brother to come and buy from you, but Liu Gouzi said that your family only has one woman and three children, so there's no need to waste several hundred yuan."
Xing Zhaozhao raised an eyebrow.
Liu Gouzi: "!!"
Liu Gouzi was furious and continued to argue: "That's right, I did say that, but you're the eldest brother, you're the one who makes the decision, so don't blame me."
Wang Xiaofa: "!!"
I have never seen such a shameless person.
Wang Xiaofa glared at Liu Gouzi.
If they weren't not currently tied together, he would have pounced on him and torn his face to shreds.
That bastard, he tricked me into coming here to steal, and even said there was only one woman and three children. Doesn't he realize she's just an ordinary woman? What kind of woman could take down so many men all by herself?
“I don’t have any ginseng. Although I did find some wild wild strawberries in the mountains, I didn’t find any ginseng. You’re supposed to be the older brother, so be more careful in the future. Don’t just believe everything you hear. You’ll get sold out and end up counting the money for the other person, dragging your underlings down with you as well,” Xing Zhaozhao said to Wang Xiaofa.
Wang Xiaofa, hearing Xing Zhaozhao's "patient persuasion," thought she was going to let him go. Overjoyed, he nodded repeatedly, "Okay, okay, I will definitely remember what you said, sister."
Xing Zhaozhao stood up, turned to Hongfei and Hongyu and said, "Mom is going out for a while and will be back soon. Make sure you lock the door at home."
Hongfei and Hongyu nodded seriously.
Xing Zhaozhao walked over, picked up one end of the rope, and dragged a string of people towards the door.
Wang Xiaofa was dumbfounded: "Sis, what are you doing? My goodness."
"I'll take you to our village chief's office," Xing Zhaozhao said.
Wang Xiaofa's heart sank, and he immediately sensed something was wrong: "Why? Didn't we agree that you would let us go as long as I confessed honestly?"
Xing Zhaozhao denied it: "Who agreed with you? I didn't agree with you. You came to our house to steal things and want to pretend nothing happened? Don't be so naive. I only sent you to our captain for processing, and didn't send you directly to the public security brigade. That's already letting you off easy."
"No! My sister, my dear sister, please let me go! I promise I'll never do it again!" Wang Xiaofa cried out.
Xing Zhaozhao ignored them completely and dragged the group of people down the mountain.
As he passed the cowshed at the village entrance, an old professor who had studied abroad and spent half his life researching physics got up in the dark. Suddenly, he saw a black figure leading a group of people through the darkness, howling like ghosts. He thought it was the underworld officials coming out to collect souls, and he was so frightened that he fell ill when he got home.
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