The Evil Man’s Lazy Lady Chapter 25 (Part 2)
Chapter 25: Refuse to Go (2) Original translation is from tenderflower's blog.
“Eldest and second, when you get to the mountain, you two must follow closely behind the workers, don’t fall behind!”
“We know, father, don’t worry.” Second uncle Qin Yigui had a calm expression on his face. At this time, he was wearing a rough cloth bunt, which concealed his usual elegant and scholarly aura, but looked like a delicate peasant. Unlike Qin Yikang, who was slightly fat, even coarse clothes couldn’t hide his richness.
When they entered the village, they saw the villagers rushing to the village head’s house.
Qin Ruhai directly ordered the coachman to drive towards the place where the crowd was going.
In the distance, Shu Wan heard her father and the village head arguing: “Ah Lang has said that this is the thing of Second Brother Xiao, why won’t you agree to send someone into the mountain to find him? How long has it been now? We set off a moment earlier, the hope is bigger. With so many people going together, are you still afraid of those wolves? Look at how anxious this child is!”
Shu Wan was startled. As Qin Ruhai squeezed into the crowd, he saw Shu Maoting and Qin-shi clasping tightly onto Xiao Lang, who was struggling to go up the mountain alone.
The village head was in his 40s, neither tall nor thin, with a white face and no beards, wearing a gray robe, with his hands behind his back, looking very embarrassed: “Doctor Shu, I know that the two of you have a deep friendship, but in order to find a Xiao Shouwang, let me disregard the lives of the villagers and force them into the mountains to find him? Who knows how many wolves are in the mountains? If any villager is injured or in danger, how are you going to let me explain to their family? Besides, this kind of thing has happened several times. You look at the blood on that bow. Xiao Shouwang is 80% killed. Why risk the villagers to find him...” Shaking his head, he stopped talking.
Before he could finish his words, Qin-shi felt like the person in her arms was struggling more violently. She was distressed and sad, tears fell uncontrollably. No matter whether Xiao Lang was kicking, hitting, or biting, Qin-shi held him tightly. She also knew that Xiao Shouwang was most likely... Xiao Lang was the only blood of the Xiao family. She couldn’t just watch the child die!
Zhao Dalang stood by the village head’s side, gloatingly staring at Xiao Lang, who was struggling with red eyes in the arms of Qin-shi’s husband and wife. He was proud for a moment. Who asked you to hit me. Now the retribution was here. Pah, born to kill his parents, the fate of the evil star! Not to mention that there was blood on the bow, even if there was none, he would also complain to his father, who was the village head, and let him not let the villagers go up the mountain.
At this time, almost all the villagers of Qingshan Village gathered, and many of them clenched their fists and wanted to take action. However, they all know the village head’s temper. If they go out rashly, if there were not many villagers willing to agree, they would not only be unable to enter the mountain, but also offend the village head. Therefore, they could only wait for the village head to speak, and wait for him to personally order everyone to go into the mountain.
Some men hesitated and wanted to plead, but because their arms were firmly surrounded by their wives. Their wives worried and begging eyes made them pause and tighten their lips.
Suddenly, someone shouted: “Xiao Yongjiang, that’s your own son, why don’t you say a word?”
Everyone’s attention shifted to the family in the crowd.
The black and thin old man at the head was Xiao Shouwang’s biological father, Xiao Yongjiang. He was covered in an ill-fitting coarse cloth, which looked empty as if the wind would knock him down. Seeing everyone looking at him, shame, cowardice, and embarrassment flashed in his cloudy eyes. In desperation, he pushed out the eldest son Xiao Shouyun beside him, coughed, and said: “Shouyun, I’m old, go into the mountains. I’m counting on you to find your second brother!” Even if he had long forgotten that there was a son named Xiao Shouwang, he couldn’t openly refuse, otherwise, the villagers would definitely point behind him, scolding him for not caring about blood, not even caring about the life and death of his own son.
Xiao Shouyun was the son born to his widow, a half-brother. He was only a few months older than Xiao Shouwang.
His father didn’t care about his son, so how could Xiao Shouyun care about his half-brother?
He quietly gave his wife Zhang-shi a wink, then stepped forward and said straightly: “Uncle, please help, no matter what the result is, our Xiao family is grateful for your kindness...”
“No, I won’t let you go!” Zhang-shi suddenly shouted. Sitting on the ground like a splash, hugging Xiao Shouyun’s thigh tightly, her hair was messed up after a few movements, crying and shouting: “You doing this is killing our mother and children! The two daughters have not married yet, and Douzi is only four years old. If something happens to you, how can our mother and children live!”
“Nonsense, that’s my own brother, do you want me to watch him trapped in the mountain?”
Xiao Shouyun roared pretending to be angry, shaking his legs vigorously, trying to get rid of Zhang-shi, but no matter how hard he tried, Zhang-shi still hugged his legs and let him drag her away. The miserable cries matched her disheveled hair. Her pitiful appearance made many women feel the same and gave birth to heartfelt sympathy. Compared with the future of the children, no one else was worth risking the pillar of the family.
Listening to the sighs around, Xiao Shouyun thought it was almost done, so he put on an embarrassed expression. He sighed deeply, lowered his head, and stopped talking.
The village head’s eyes flashed with pride. In this village, only his words would work!
At this moment, Qin Ruhai stood in the middle with a cold face, raised a purse, and said: “Everyone, if anyone is willing to go into the mountain to help find him, whether you find him or not, I will give you 100 copper coin. Even if you only find a single bone, I will also pay 300. If anyone is injured by a wolf, I’m willing to pay 100 taels of silver!”
These words were loud, clear, and majestic.
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