Chapter 106 Wang Tieniu Falls into the Trap
Liu Ye had just closed the door and gone back inside when there was another knock on the door. How annoying! Who could it be now? It shouldn't be that mother and her two children coming back again.
Arriving at the gate, Liu Ye impatiently opened it, only to find Wang Tieniu standing there. "How could it be him?"
Wang Tieniu, with a simple smile, handed a pheasant to Liu Ye: "I caught two pheasants on the mountain, I'll give you one, it's free..."
Looking at the pheasant offered to her, Liu Ye suddenly understood why Wang Tieniu had stolen from her. "Hmph, what a cunning scheme!" she thought. "He stole all her food just to curry favor with her, hoping she would be indebted to him and buy things from him, thinking she would like him in return. Or perhaps he thought she would be with him just for some food. He's ugly, yet he thinks too highly of himself!"
Thinking of this, Liu Ye refused without hesitation: "No, Brother Bai smoked a lot of pheasants and rabbits before he left home. I haven't finished eating them yet. You can take them home and eat them yourself."
Wang Tieniu awkwardly withdrew his hand: "Oh, I see. Well then, I'll go home now...!"
Liu Ye closed the door and bolted it shut. Wang Tieniu outside immediately revealed a sinister expression. Damn it, I didn't expect her to still have food. I'll steal it all from you tonight and see if you still want my things when you have nothing to eat or drink!
Wang Tieniu returned home with two pheasants, and soon the aroma of meat filled the air. Liu Ye could smell it even in the kitchen. She had said that on purpose; Wang Tieniu knew she still had food, and he would definitely come to steal it tonight. Come on, come on, her five animal traps couldn't wait any longer!
Liu Ye steamed a large pot of rice and stewed a pot of braised pork, then stored it all in her spatial dimension. She returned to her room and flashed into the dimension. She came to the black soil and saw that the grain in the black soil was ripe. With a thought, she instantly harvested 96 mu of rice. The black soil flashed with golden light and expanded from 96 mu to 192 mu. The entire space and the black soil doubled in size, and it felt like the sky above her head was higher.
This time she'll plant wheat, alternating between the two. Oh, right, she'll plant soybeans first, then wheat. She untied the soybean bag at the edge of the field, thinking about planting the soybeans in the black soil. Immediately, the soybeans in the bag flew out and were planted in the black soil.
Then, she thought to herself, "Plant wheat all over the black soil." And then wheat was planted on the black soil again. Okay, time to eat.
After finishing her meal, Liu Ye picked an apple and slipped out of the space, then lay on the kang (a heated brick bed) waiting for nightfall.
Meanwhile, at the Liu family's house, the whole family was waiting for the mother and her two daughters to return in triumph. Unfortunately, as soon as the three women returned, Old Mrs. Liu threw off her shoes and angrily climbed onto the kang (a heated brick bed): "Old man, that wretched girl is so unreasonable! She didn't even let us into the yard before kicking us out. She didn't even want the cloth we bought for her. It's infuriating!"
"But that girl is really pretty. Oh my, her skin, her face, her head—you could easily mistake her for a young lady from some noble family. She's so beautiful! If she didn't pretend to be stupid, with her looks alone, matchmakers would be lining up at our door, and we could have any dowry we wanted. It's such a pity."
Old Liu, with his long pipe dangling from his lips, blinked his shrewd triangular eyes and said, “It’s alright, take it slow. As long as we can coax that girl back, the dowry money is nothing. We can get a lot of money from her in the future. You three keep up the good work and go see her every three to five days. In time, she will naturally be moved by your efforts.”
Aunt Liu slapped her thigh with a smile and said, "That's right, Dad is absolutely right. I noticed that the girl's attitude softened today. She didn't curse at us and politely told us to leave. If we go back a couple more times, maybe she'll let us in."
"Exactly." Aunt Liu glared at Liu Wangshi with disdain, then pouted and continued:
"My sister-in-law really doesn't know how to talk. Before anything even happened, she started saying that she should give her money and be filial to her, which made Liu Ye angry again. If I hadn't stepped in to smooth things over, she would have almost ruined our plans. I think my sister-in-law shouldn't go next time. She just spews nonsense as soon as she opens her mouth. Who wants to listen to that!"
Upon hearing this, Old Man Liu glared fiercely at Liu Wangshi with his cloudy, triangular eyes. The rest of the Liu family also looked at her unhappily. Even the sisters Liu Ya and Liu Qing looked at their mother with resentment in their eyes. They were waiting to appease Liu Ye so they could ask her for clothes and money. In short, everything she owned belonged to them.
The sharp, fierce gazes of the Liu family members made Liu Wangshi tremble. She was about to explain when the eldest Liu jumped up and slapped her across the face: "You bitch, I'll teach you to be so foul-mouthed!" *Smack! Ouch!*
Before she knew it, it was evening. Liu Ye didn't take off her clothes and lay in bed with them on, listening intently to the sounds outside, hoping that the trap she had set would work. She had bought the largest size animal trap, with particularly thick iron and sharp iron teeth, otherwise she wouldn't have spent an ounce of silver.
"Hmph, if Wang Tieniu's leg gets caught, his leg will probably be ruined!"
As she pondered, Liu Ye drifted off to sleep. Around midnight, Wang Tieniu saw that it was almost time. Most people were asleep at this hour, and he was also tired. However, he could endure it in order to achieve his goal. He quietly climbed over the wall out of his own yard and came to Liu Ye's backyard. With a running start, he leaped over the wall and jumped down without any warning.
"Ah!" Wang Tieniu's painful howl woke up all the dogs in the village. Their barking also woke Liu Ye from her sleep. "Oh dear, how could she be sleeping like that!" Judging from the sound, she must have been caught in an animal trap. "You son of a bitch, Wang Tieniu, let's see where you run this time!" She quickly put on her shoes and ran to the backyard. When she got to the backyard wall, she saw blood on the ground. Wang Tieniu had already run away.
Liu Ye picked up a stick from the side, cleared away the blood-soaked snow, and found that one of the animal traps was gone. It seemed that Wang Tieniu had taken it with him. Humph, serves him right! Even though he's gone, he'll get what's coming to him!
She threw down the stick, clapped her hands, went to the front yard, gently opened the gate, and quietly approached the base of Old Wang's house.
"Ah! Dad, be gentle, it hurts so much!" Wang Tieniu cried out in agony.
Wang Laopi tried desperately to pry open the animal trap with his hands, but after a long time, he couldn't budge it. The blood on Wang Tieniu's leg was flowing more and more, making him sweat profusely with anxiety: "Hey, what are you yelling for? This animal trap is so hard, I can't pry it open at all. Why did you go up the mountain in the middle of the night? Can't you go during the day or something!"
Wang Tieniu guiltily turned his face to the side, gritting his teeth and enduring the excruciating pain in his leg. He hated Liu Ye to death. That damned bitch had set a trap to harm him. He would make her pay for it once he recovered!
At this moment, Aunt Wang also brought the village's barefoot doctor: "Uncle Liu, please take a look quickly! Tie Niu's leg is bleeding nonstop, and we can't get the animal trap off. What should we do?"
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