In the Xia Family Courtyard in Fu'an Village, her daughter went out to sell things, and Li Yunniang returned to the house and started to clean up the house.

At this time, she bent down and was using a broom to sweep the fallen leaves in the courtyard and gather the scattered bamboo strips together.

Yuan Bao squatted in front of a bamboo cage in the corner, using a piece of grass to tease a gray hare in the cage.

"Mom, sister sold something today. We have copper coins to buy rice and noodles, so we don't have to eat rabbits." Yuan Bao looked excited.

Xia Qianqian caught this rabbit last time she went up the mountain, but she never thought about eating it.

He stuffed the piece of grass into the rabbit's mouth and said, "Mom, I like it very much. You see it looks so cute when it eats grass."

Li Yunniang turned to look at her son with a smile on her face, "Who said rabbit meat is delicious?"

"I was hungry." Yuan Bao argued hard, "I'm not hungry anymore. I don't want to eat it anymore."

"Really?"

"Really. Mom, I will never lie to you!"

"..."

The two of them were laughing and joking in the courtyard when the door banged and a group of men in Tsing Yi and smart clothes broke in.

"Mother!"

Yuan Bao exclaimed, jumped up on the spot, and threw himself into Li Yunniang's arms.

Li Yunniang had never seen such a scene. She hugged her child tightly, her eyes were timid and her voice was trembling, "Masters, what are you going to do?"

The visitor didn't say a word, and several people quickly rushed to the backyard and the wing. After searching for a while without any results, the leader waved his hand, unfolded a portrait, threw it in front of Li Yunniang, and said sternly: "Do you know this person?"

It was a portrait, with dark ink and ink enchantingly outlining the facial features of a young girl.

The tenacity in her eyebrows and eyes was exactly the same as the look on her face when she stood at the gate that day, staring at the injured Zhang Cuicui, disdainful of bad luck.

Qianqian committed another crime.

Li Yunniang hugged Yuanbao tightly, shrinking her neck, her eyes filled with fear and worry.

Faced with the questioning, she bit her lip and remained silent.

"Tell me, is this your daughter?"

The man's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and he pressed forward step by step: "Where is Xia Qianqian?"

More than a dozen people stood in the courtyard, their faces solemn, and the cold evil aura emanating from their bodies was enough to scare a man, let alone a single, orphaned and widowed mother.

Yuan Bao has never seen a bandit, but according to people, the Fanshan bandits are ferocious, breaking into homes without permission, kidnapping wives and daughters, burning, killing and robbing.

The behavior of these people in front of me completely overlaps with the image of bandits.

When he was frightened, he suddenly shouted loudly, "Come here quickly, catch the bandits...". Before he could say the word "bandit", Li Yunniang forcibly covered his mouth.

"My daughter has been stupid since she was a child. You must have recognized the wrong person." Li Yunniang denied it with a trembling voice.

"Where is she?"

The man was unmoved and continued to press, "If you don't answer truthfully, I will take you two to the government office together..."

Arrest the government office?

These people are not bandits. Could it be that the source of the money that day was unknown, or that Zhang Cuicui reported to the police?

Li Yunniang was analyzing the situation in front of her when Xu Jiang stepped forward limping, "I am the head of Fu'an Village. The Xia Qianqian you are looking for is gathered in Liushu."

After hearing this, the leader stared at Xu Jiang for a while, waved to the people behind him, and everyone quickly evacuated.

After exiting the gate, he got on his horse and drove away.

"No, you can't!"

Li Yunniang got up from the ground, stumbled and ran towards the door, but was grabbed by Xu Jiang on the way.

"Li Yunniang, please think clearly. Do you want to go to jail and live and die together with Xia Qianqian, or do you want to keep the son in your arms?"

"Mom!" Yuan Bao was so frightened that he rushed over and grabbed Li Yunniang's sleeve.

"But, she is my daughter, how could I..." Watch her die.

Li Yunniang's heart felt as if it had fallen into an abyss and was shattered into pieces.

One is her daughter, the other is her young son. As their mother, she has only one life and a heart to protect them. How should she choose?

"No, I want to find Qianqian. The three of us should hide quickly. Doesn't Zhang Cuicui want the land at the entrance of the village? I can give it to her, even..."

Li Yunniang looked back at the house behind her, gritted her teeth, and said decisively: "I can give her this house, as long as she lets my child go."

She broke free from Xu Jiang's obstruction and ran forward with all her strength.

Aunt Li next door jumped out from the corner and grabbed her, "Daughter-in-law of the Xia family, Qianqian offended Zhang Cuicui. With her temperament, how can she be the one to let it go?"

Aunt Li couldn't bear it, but she had to remind her: "Your legs and feet can't keep up with other people's horse legs. Even if you rush over and catch up, it's just a life. If you die, what will happen to Yuanbao? He has no father and no one."

How do you let your mother’s orphan live?”

"But my Qianqian, Qianqian..."

Li Yunniang pulled the Yuanbao in her arms and shouted hoarsely: "Even if she is taken away, I want to know where she was taken. If she dies, I also want to know her body."

Where."

"I can't do anything for her. I can always dig a hole for her, add a few handfuls of soil to the grave, and burn some paper."

With tears in her eyes, she dragged Yuanbao and said fiercely: "Yuanbao, let's go quickly, let's go to Yangshu Market."

Mother and son, holding hands, staggering towards the distance without caring about anything.

Xu Jiang looked at their backs and shook his head.

The onlookers who came after hearing the news were all trembling in their hearts. The joy they felt after watching Zhang Cuicui receive a lesson in the past few days suddenly faded away, leaving only fright and fear.

Tigress, whoever causes trouble is absolutely correct.

Look!

The Xia family, orphans and widowers, will definitely suffer this time.

The Xia family is going to collapse!

Poor!

What a pity!

There was a lot of baskets, dustpans and other items on the oxcart under the big locust tree at the entrance of the poplar tree, but it was sold out in just half an hour.

Some people who came late after hearing the news gathered around Xia Qianqian and asked anxiously: "Girl, when will you come over again, will there be any goods?"

"Yes, yes!" Xia Qianqian smiled, with pear circles on her face, "I will definitely come back in five days."

"Is there still such a magic tool for chopping vegetables?"

"There will be some, but certainly not many. When the time comes, you must come early."

"Okay, okay|~!"

Xia Qianqian sent away the inquiring potential guests, weighed several strings of copper coins in her hands, and was in a good mood.

Four days of hard work were not in vain.

She took out five coins from her purse and handed them over, "Uncle Wang, I'm sorry for delaying your time. It's just dinner time. Take these coins and eat something. I'll go back first.

I still want to buy some things and go shopping without waiting for me."

"No, no, no..." Uncle Wang was an honest man, waving his hands repeatedly, "You have already paid the fare."

"Business is good today, and I want to borrow your car tomorrow, so just accept it!"

Xia Qianqian forced the copper plate into his hand, smiled slightly and said, "Please take care of me in the future."

After finishing speaking, she turned around, picked up her new bamboo basket, and headed towards the main street.

After walking around the market, she bought some rice noodles and a few porcelain bowls. She looked up at the sun and felt hungry.

Smelling the aroma, I found a small steamed bun shop and bought a steamed bun shop with three pennies.

There were ten buns in a basket. She took three of them, wrapped the remaining seven and put them in the bamboo basket.

Yuanbao will definitely love it.

She thought to herself, left the market, got on the road, and headed home.

Facing us, a group of people came galloping on horses.

Each of them was dressed in green attire, and the dust raised by their horses' hooves made people's eyes narrow.

The clothes of these people... are so familiar.

Just three words flashed through her mind. When the leader passed by her on horseback, he suddenly made a move, grabbed her collar, and threw it away.

Xia Qianqian didn't have time to exclaim, she jumped into the air and fell into a green tent carriage.
Chapter completed!