How can such a young child know so much?
Scouting the place, fat sheep, make a fortune...
Where did you learn all this?
Could it be that, as he said, he had long wanted to steal his stepmother's money and make her starve?
What a talent!
Such a small temper has grown up crooked! It is perfect for their line of work!
but,
"Who's that person next to you?" Maotou asked, pinching his throat. "Is that the child your stepmother brought with her?"
"No, no, he and I have the same father," Erdan said quickly. "He's a little goofy, but he's super good at math! For example, if we want to climb a wall to steal something, he can figure out how high a ladder we need. He can figure it out real quick!"
Big Egg: “…”
"You are a bit cunning, boy. You say that he is a bit stupid, and then you say that he can count. Can a person who can count be a fool? Who do you think is stupid?" Maotou spat on the ground, his mouth was crooked with anger.
If the child who can count is a fool, then what is the one who can't count? A big fool?
Erdan: "Brother, don't be angry. When I say my brother is stupid, he really is. When I say he can count, he really can count. That's right, he's so stupid that he can only do arithmetic."
Thief Ershuan: "Huh? Is there anyone else suffering from this problem?"
Are you going to learn something new today?
"When he was a child, he had encephalitis and didn't get treatment in time, so he became like this?" Maotou thought about the fools he had seen before and kicked Erdan.
Erdan: "No. I just told you, don't my brother and I have a stepmother?"
Ershuan and Maotou nodded in unison, and thinking that he couldn't see, they said "hmm" again.
"If we have a stepmother, then we must have a biological mother. Why did my dad marry a stepmother? Because my biological mother ran away!" Erdan said angrily, "She ran away because she hit my brother! I don't know where she hit him, but he became a bit stupid. Apart from arithmetic, he had to be taught everything else ten or twenty times!"
Big Egg: “…”
Dadan gritted his teeth and endured it.
At present, the two criminals showed no signs of wanting to kill them or sell them to others.
And now he is even listening to his silly brother telling stories like an idiot!
Such a fabricated story could actually attract criminals to listen to the sequel... It's unbelievable!
"Where's your dad?" Ershuan asked him, "You don't care about him? You're his son! You'll smash the pot on his head in the future!"
Even Maotou was a little bit unbelievable, "Your father doesn't care?"
"My dad is often not at home," Erdan sighed. "When he's home, my stepmother behaves very well, as if we were her own children. If my dad isn't home, she gets upset and starts beating and scolding us."
"She kicked us, banged her head against the wall. Anyway, beating people up wouldn't let anyone know she hit us."
"In order to beat us properly, she recently bought us milk. She wanted to make us plump and white so that others would think she was being nice to us. Then, if she beats us again in the future, others wouldn't think she was beating us."
Erdan began to choke up, "They always say my brother and I are liars..."
"Oh my god, I didn't expect the stepmothers in your city to be even more vicious!" Ershuan hissed, taking a deep breath. "Isn't this just like a dumb person eating dumplings? He can't even tell me what he's been through!"
Maotou: "Brother, this little brat's stepmother is a piece of shit, so he must be a piece of shit himself! Think about it, he's only this young, and he's already thinking about taking revenge on his stepmother."
Erdan's heart suddenly jumped.
Oops, did he overact?
Just now, the inspiration came suddenly, and I couldn't stop performing...
Dadan also became nervous. He judged the nearby terrain and listened to his brother's position. He just waited for the opportunity to come and then hugged his brother and rolled down the river together.
Once we get into the water, everything will be easy!
There is a steep slope next to it, and if you just roll down, you will go down.
Under the guidance of Su Qinghu, they had practiced in the sea water and their swimming skills had improved by leaps and bounds. Once they entered the water, they had a high chance of escaping.
"He's a bad guy, isn't he forced to be so?" Ershuan frowned. "It's just like us leaving the village. Isn't it because the villagers are not doing anything and don't support us? If we weren't poor, we wouldn't do this!"
It’s really not a good feeling to live in fear outside!
"Then what do you want to do? You can't adopt them, right? I tell you, if you dare to adopt them, I will part ways with you!" Maotou glared at Ershuan, "We are just thieves, we steal some things and sell them for money, it's that simple! What do you think of raising children?"
I always thought Ershuan was a little stupid. If he didn't still have some strength and work efficiently, and he didn't want to be controlled by others and didn't want to kowtow and say good things to others, he would have joined the "Beggar Gang" in this city and no one would care about him!
Dadan and Erdan listened and quickly thought of a solution.
Listening to their quarrel, the two men began to approach each other inconspicuously, preparing to join forces.
Ershuan: "No, no, I don't want to raise them. What I mean is that their life is not that good now, so it's better for them to go to a family that won't beat them."
"Okay, Ershuan, I didn't expect you to even plan to sell the child!" Maotou said angrily, "We agreed before that we would only steal things, not children. Did you forget?"
"I didn't forget, and I didn't steal the children. I just said, find them a good family to settle down with. This doesn't count as selling the children, right?" Ershuan was a little confused. "We don't want their money. You know that old man Wang in the mountain valley? His son can't have children, and his daughter-in-law ran away. He dreams of having a grandson to carry on the family line."
Maotou was stunned.
Ershuan continued, "Think about it. They dream of having a grandson to carry on their family line. Would they really beat the child? They definitely wouldn't! When they pass away, won't they be treated like precious children?"
Big Egg: “…”
Erdan: “…” Damn, after talking so much about feelings, I ended up making things worse?
He had originally thought he'd have some personal freedom, a chance to escape, but it turned out they had no intention of doing anything to them. After hearing him plead his case too much, they were ready to help him and his brother find a home? And it was in the mountains!
Erdan was completely fucked up.
Why didn't they say earlier that they had no intention of stealing the child and buying another one?!
What to do now?
Erdan was confused. He had no idea how to turn the situation around or make others believe him!
"It's not impossible, but the old man's family isn't very well off. They'll certainly love their children, but can they afford to raise them? There are two children here! What if we leave and they sell one of them right after? Then the two brothers will be separated forever, right?" Maotou used an idiom for once, feeling much better. "Think about it again. Why do I feel like I've met a relatively wealthy family?"
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