Chapter 33 Village Chief Zhao and the others are also here.
Bai Zilin said with a look of sudden realization, "No wonder! You were stupid when you were at Old Liu's house because everyone in Old Liu's family is stupid. But you were smart when you were with me. Oh, so that's how it is!"
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She nodded, suppressing a laugh, "Brother Bai is absolutely right, hehe, that's exactly it..." ╮(￣▽￣)╭
Suddenly, Village Chief Zhao passed by the alley entrance and glanced around casually, only to see Bai Zilin and Liu Ye. What were they doing here? He had thought they had starved to death in the village because they had no food or water. He hadn't expected them to have come to Taicheng like them. Strange, where did they get food and water?
Bai Zilin turned around and looked towards the alley entrance, where he met the gaze of Village Chief Zhao. Village Chief Zhao nodded awkwardly and said, "Zilin, what are you doing here? How long have you been here?"
Liu Ye was also a little confused when she saw Village Chief Zhao. What was Village Chief Zhao doing here? If he was here, then it meant that the Liu family and the Bai family were also here. How unlucky they were!
Bai Zilin didn't give Village Chief Zhao a friendly look either, coldly saying, "We just arrived today!"
After saying that, he stopped talking. Village Chief Zhao said with an awkward smile, "You only arrived today? Hehe, not bad. What a coincidence. We stopped on the street behind yours. Your parents and sister are all here. Alas, it's really pitiful. Your family ran out of food on the way. Fortunately, we made it to Taicheng just in time for the government to distribute disaster relief grain on the first day, which saved them. Oh dear, you haven't gone to collect your grain yet since you only arrived today. You should hurry up and line up to collect it. Today seems to be the last day."
Bai Zilin said coldly, "Village Chief Zhao must be getting old and has a bad memory. He's probably forgotten that I've severed ties with the Bai family. Goodbye, Village Chief Zhao!"
Village Chief Zhao angrily flicked his sleeves, turned around and left: "It's like a dog biting Lü Dongbin, not recognizing a kind heart!"
Liu Ye looked at Bai Zilin with some concern: "Brother Bai, why don't we hurry up and leave? I can't be bothered to watch them!"
Bai Zilin nodded without hesitation: "Let's go."
Liu Ye quickly got up to pack her things. There wasn't much to pack, just two bamboo mats. She threw them on the cart and that was it. Bai Zilin didn't want the Bai family to see that his leg had healed, so he sat on the cart again, leaning on his crutches.
Liu Ye pushed the cart out of the alley and had just reached the street when she was bumped into by the Bai family members who ran out of another alley. Bai Shuisheng shoved Bai Wangshi, who then jogged over to the cart, looking pitifully at Bai Zilin, tears streaming down her face before she could even speak.
Seeing that things were going badly, Liu Ye tried to pull the cart forward, but Bai Zimei ran ahead and blocked her way: "Stop! You big idiot, where are you trying to take my brother!"
Liu Ye rolled her eyes, thinking, "You're the idiot, your whole family are idiots." She turned to look at Bai Zilin, who didn't even glance at his mother: "Let's go, ignore them, kick anyone who dares to block our way!"
Upon hearing this, Bai Wangshi grabbed Bai Zilin's arm tightly with both hands and said in a tearful voice, "Zilin, my son, don't go. I miss you so much. I miss you every day. Don't be so heartless as to leave me. Your sister misses you too, and your father misses you too."
“Zilin, we were wrong before. It’s also because our family was too poor. Your father couldn’t do anything about it. Now your father regrets it. He won’t kick you out of the Bai family. You are still the son of the Bai family. Zilin, come with us. Our family can’t be separated!”
Bai Shuisheng stood aside, wiping away non-existent tears, and said with a sad expression, "Yes, yes, yes, Dad regrets it. I watched you grow up since you were a child. Although you are not my biological son, I have always raised you as my own son. Dad is getting senile. Please forgive Dad. As the old saying goes, the kindness of giving birth is not as great as the kindness of raising a child."
Bai Zilin looked at Bai Shuisheng and said, "I'll forgive you too!"
Liu Ye exclaimed, "What?! No way! Well, they're family after all. If he leaves with the Bai family, then she won't go with him. Their fate is over!"
Bai Zilin continued, “On the way, I met a barefoot doctor who examined my leg and said he could cure it. He even wrote me a prescription, but the herbs listed above are a bit expensive. It will probably cost 15 taels of silver to cure my leg. If you still consider me your son, then give me the silver to cure my leg first!”
Madam Bai immediately released Bai Zilin's hand and stood back beside Bai Shuisheng with a grim expression: "Ten...fifteen taels of silver, this...this is not something we have. We don't even have one tael of silver right now, husband, you see..."
Bai Shuisheng also pulled a long face and stopped pretending: "Hmph! Go and take the baskets off their cart!"
Bai Wangshi obediently stepped forward to snatch the basket, and Bai Zimei also quickly ran to the basket and reached out to grab it. The mother and daughter were going to grab it at the same time.
"What can Liu Ye do?" She quickly pulled a wood-chopping knife from her basket and pointed it fiercely at the mother and daughter, scaring them into retreating hastily, afraid that the fool would chop them up.
Bai Shuisheng bent down to pick up the stick from the ground, but Bai Zilin hit him in the waist with his cane, knocking him to the ground and making him bite into a mouthful of mud: "Ouch!"
Bai Zilin shouted loudly at Liu Ye, "Let's go!"
Liu Ye pulled the cart and ran forward quickly, out of the city in one breath, faster than a horse-drawn carriage. She then stopped the cart by the roadside to rest. Despite running such a long distance, she seemed completely unaffected, not even panting.
Bai Zilin tenderly handed the water pouch to Liu Ye: "Don't run so fast next time, I'm afraid you'll throw me off, hahaha. When you overtook the carriage just now, I saw the coachman was dumbfounded, hahaha, it was so funny."
Liu Ye took two big gulps of water and handed the water bag to Bai Zilin: "Brother Bai, the carriage I overtook was their servant selling beef. It must have been their master who ordered it. I guess he wanted to make a fortune, but the beef was stolen by the disaster victims."
Bai Zilin said with a smile, "I don't think it was ordered by the master. It must be the young master of the manor. He is inexperienced and does not know the wickedness of people. The master would not do such a thing. People become more shrewd as they get older. Have you ever heard of people becoming shrewd with age?"
Liu Ye smiled and nodded: "Of course I've heard of them. An old horse knows the way, and an old man is wise. Brother Bai, look, they're coming over."
Two luxurious carriages, surrounded by a group of servants, arrived before them. Inside the carriages, the curtains were lifted, revealing a beautifully dressed young lady and a gentleman sitting beside her.
The young lady didn't even glance at Liu Ye, but instead looked at Bai Zilin leaning against the cart. He was good-looking and had a good build, but his clothes were tattered, and he looked like a poor wretch. What a pity: "Let's go."
The young lady lowered the carriage curtain, and the carriage slowly moved forward again. Liu Ye touched her nose, turned to Bai Zilin and teased, "Brother Bai, that young lady just now seemed to have taken a liking to you. You're about to have some luck with women."
Bai Zilin rolled his eyes speechlessly, thinking to himself, "This silly girl is acting up again: What nonsense are you talking about? Didn't you see what kind of entourage she's in? Riding in a carriage, escorted by servants, she's obviously a rich girl. Besides, just because she likes me doesn't mean I have to like her. I don't think she's even as good-looking as you."
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