Yue Jiuyue wanted to cry but had no tears.
She was still caught up by those people and then surrounded.
She glanced back at the city gate, and seeing that no soldiers had noticed anything amiss, she resigned herself to turning back, quietly gripping her stun baton, and warily watching the people around her.
"Hey, little sister, don't be afraid. I'm that kid's father. I'm here to beg you to let my son go. I promise I'll keep a close eye on him from now on and won't let him do his homework again."
Seeing that Yue Jiuyue remained silent, and judging from her demeanor, the middle-aged man knew she was terrified. He quickly pleaded with the villagers following behind him:
"Uncles and brothers, please step back, this girl is scared."
A group of people quietly retreated a considerable distance and then quietly watched the drama unfold.
The reason they came in a group was because they were afraid that the two boys in the village had been arrested by the rich man's wife. Even if they didn't dare to fight back, it would at least give them some courage.
Unexpectedly, the person who tied up the two boys was just a woman.
Two young men can't even handle an old woman?
Although I know this thought is wrong, after all, the two boys committed a crime by robbing people on the road, and whatever the consequences, they deserve it.
When they saw that the two boys couldn't even beat an old lady, everyone in the village shook their heads and sighed, saying that the two boys were hopeless.
Seeing those people retreat, Yue Jiuyue breathed a sigh of relief.
Regardless of whether what the person in front of her said was true or false, the others had backed away, so if there was a real problem, she would have time to escape.
As for how to escape, she hadn't figured it out yet.
Because, without external help, she really couldn't outrun these people, even without that stubborn donkey holding her back.
“Sister, I really am his father! He’s been an orphan since he was little, and I’ve been busy farming, so I haven’t had time to take care of him. I never thought he would learn to sneak around from others. I’ve tried beating him and scolding him, but he just won’t listen to me. I never thought he would learn to rob people. Isn’t that just being a bandit?”
As the man finished speaking, he raised his hand to wipe his reddened eyes, then snorted and blew his nose twice. Yue Jiuyue couldn't help but cover her mouth and nose and take several steps back.
Not only was she disgusted by the other party's impolite behavior, but she was also annoyed by the pungent smell of the Five Grains Reincarnation Qi that she hadn't noticed due to her previous nervousness!
The man opposite me, expressing his feelings: ⊙︿⊙
Are you polite?
The man momentarily forgot what he was going to say next.
"The law stipulates that a reward of twenty taels of silver is given for catching a robber. If you want your son, bring the money in exchange."
The man was stunned, but Yue Jiuyue dared not be stunned. She had been thinking about whether to cut her losses and survive because she was surrounded by that group of people, but she did not expect that the group of people would actually retreat.
The bold get rich, the timid starve.
Yue Jiuyue stood in front of the stubborn donkey and asked the middle-aged man who was two steps away from it.
"Huh? Twenty taels!"
Upon hearing that it was so much money, the man couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
To be honest, any family in their village could easily come up with this amount of money, since they live near the county town and can exchange anything they have for money.
But for him and his son, life was tough!
He was not valued by his parents at home, so when his mother died, his parents never arranged for him to remarry. His son also went astray because no one disciplined him.
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