Chapter 23 I dare not move at all
This bad feeling started when I entered the village and met the first group of villagers.
When they saw her car full of goods, they were surprised at first, but because they were not familiar with each other, they did not say anything.
But the hesitant behavior made Qin Yao have a bad feeling.
Afterwards, we drove past the village well. At this leisurely time before dinner, there was no one here.
Mrs. Zhou came over from the fields in the north, carrying a basket of freshly picked vegetables. When she saw Qin Yao, she was surprised at first, then called out to her:
"Where have you been these days, sister-in-law? Where did you get this huge cart of food? Forget it, you should go home quickly to see your Liu Laosan is back!"
Liu Laosan is back?
Alive or dead?
Qin Yao was about to say this, but then she felt it was inappropriate to ask this question, so she nodded to Mrs. Zhou, turned around and urged the driver to go faster, and strode home.
I hadn't reached home yet, just as I got to the river and was about to cross the bridge, I saw a crowd of people gathered in front of the thatched house on the hillside.
Among them were people from the Liu family's old house. Old man Liu and the three Liu Bo brothers were talking to someone, and sentences like "Please give us a few days" and "We will definitely find a way to compensate you" could be heard faintly.
Qin Yao's heart suddenly skipped a beat and she had the urge to turn around and leave.
However, it was too late. Sister He saw her and shouted in surprise:
"Sister-in-law, you are finally back!"
A circle of people standing in front of the house all looked towards the bridge.
A path parted in the crowd, and Lin Erbao's familiar face appeared again.
Qin Yao tightened the knife in her hand, told the driver not to be afraid and to wait there, and walked forward alone, asking unhappily:
"Why are you here again?"
He was murderous and seemed very dissatisfied that Lin Erbao had sent Liu Ji back alive.
Yes, Liu Ji is still alive.
He was in a half-dead state, wrapped in tattered sackcloth, covered in bruises, and lying on the ground in a dazed state.
Especially the handsome face that he was proud of, now looked horrible.
The four brothers and sisters of Dalang were surrounding him and trying to wake him up. When they saw Qin Yao appear, their eyes lit up and they almost subconsciously shook off Liu Ji and ran towards Qin Yao.
"Mother!"
"Aunt."
The four siblings came up behind her, looked at her new clothes, then looked at the full ox cart on the bridge, and knew that she must have caught some prey, and they were overjoyed.
Qin Yao's expression eased slightly when facing the four children. She patted their heads one by one and said in a gentle voice, "Da Lang and Er Lang, take your brothers and sisters into the house."
The four siblings looked hesitantly at the man lying on the ground. Qin Yao said again, "Go in, I'm here."
Dalang looked at Qin Yao deeply, as if to make sure that she would take care of the man on the ground. After a few seconds of pause, he obediently led his younger brother and sister into the house.
As soon as the four siblings closed the door, Qin Yao raised the knife in her hand and put it on Lin Erbao's neck at an extremely fast speed like the wind.
"Huh!"
The villagers and the Liu family who were watching were all shocked by her action and gasped.
The brothers brought by Lin Erbao immediately raised their weapons, surrounded Qin Yao, and wanted to take action.
"Whoever dares to move will be killed!" Qin Yao shouted.
The blade on his neck gave off a chill, and the bloody smell on the handle penetrated his nose. Lin Erbao's face was covered with goose bumps, and he quickly shouted:
"Stop it! Don't move!"
Then, he looked at Qin Yao coldly, "Madam Qin, what do you mean by this?"
Qin Yao glanced at the half-dead man on the ground and said, "I would like to ask you what you mean first."
We agreed not to send her back alive, so what is this?
Lin Erbao was also a little angry, "Liu Laosan is right, you are really a vicious woman, I sent the person back alive out of kindness, and you are not grateful, but you actually want to kill me!"
"Heh~" Qin Yao laughed, "You sent the person back, so what about the debt? Is it written off?"
"Of course not!" Without even thinking, Lin Erbao responded sternly.
Qin Yao narrowed her eyes dangerously. At this moment, her murderous intent was strong and she really wanted to take the lives of Lin Erbao and the others.
Lin Erbao felt a chill in his heart when he was stared at by her. He really didn't expect that there was such a shrewish woman in Liu Laosan's family.
The last time he saw Qin Yao, he just thought she was a strong and fierce woman. Today he realized that this woman's background was by no means simple. She actually knew martial arts and her martial arts skills were very advanced.
If he had known this earlier, he would not have come here in person today.
But just when he wanted to persuade Qin Yao not to be impulsive, she actually put away the knife herself and stretched out her hand.
Lin Erbao was stunned by her. He subconsciously touched his neck. It was still there, and there was no blood. He let out a long sigh and asked blankly, "What are you doing?"
"IOU."
Lin Erbao hurriedly waved away the brothers who wanted to take the opportunity to attack Qin Yao, without even considering whether their mediocre skills were enough to defeat this fierce woman.
He stole glances at Qin Yao several times, and slowly took out the IOU that he had just shown to Old Man Liu and the others.
There were two lines of crooked words written on the IOU, in Liu Ji's handwriting.
When he was young, Old Man Liu thought that the teacher in the school could educate this rebellious son well, so the whole family tightened their belts to squeeze out tuition for him to go to school for two years, and he learned a few strokes of dog-crawling characters.
It said that Liu Ji borrowed twenty taels of silver from Lin Erbao, and agreed to repay twenty-two taels of silver including principal and interest in two months. If the repayment was not made on time, an additional tael of interest would be charged for each day of delay.
The date of signature is July 30th.
It is now October 28th, 28 days past the agreed deadline, and I have to pay back fifty taels of silver, including principal and interest.
Qin Yao couldn't help but swear when she saw this number, "Fuck!"
It just happens to be the same as the fifty taels of unmoved savings she had reserved. Do you want to do this?
Old Man Liu and his family were busy from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, and relying on the output from the fields and the money saved by the women in the family from weaving, they could only save two or three taels of silver at most.
This debt is an unimaginable astronomical figure for any villager in Liujia Village.
If Liu Ji wasn't lying on the ground with bruises all over his body, Old Man Liu would have wanted to kick this rebellious son to death with his own hands.
Qin Yao was no exception. She clenched and unclenched her fists, and her back teeth made a clattering sound that sounded extremely scary.
Lin Erbao quickly snatched back the IOU, took two steps back, and said helplessly,
"Our money didn't fall from the sky. My brothers and I have elderly parents, wives and children at home. Our whole family depends on us for survival. If we don't get this money back, we won't be able to live well."
The way he said this made it sound as if Qin Yao was bullying him.
Mrs. He and Mrs. Qiu looked at the ox carts loaded with goods on the bridge and wanted to ask Qin Yao if she had a good harvest this time in the mountains, perhaps she could use it to pay off her debts.
But before he could open his mouth, Old Man Liu and Mrs. Zhang glared back at him.
Qin Yao took a deep breath, and then she couldn't breathe well, so she kicked the man lying on the ground hard on the butt!
The man's body trembled slightly, his eyes were closed tightly, he didn't dare to move, he didn't dare to move at all!
(End of this chapter)