Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family - Chapter 219
Chapter 219:Chapter 217: Wealth Moves People’s Hearts, Ye Lei Sobers Up!
In the morning and at noon, young monks brought soup medicine, but Di Yelei was unconscious and unable to take it in.
Helpless, Liu Sisi had no choice but to hold it in her mouth and pour it into his mouth one mouthful at a time.
This scene reminded her of when she first crossed over, when Di Yelei had to pour soup medicine into her mouth when she had a high fever that wouldn’t subside.
Indeed, every sip and bite are predetermined by fate, and nothing is up to one’s will. Those who come out to mix in the world will eventually have to pay the price!
At noon, the government constables came, and they were here for the seven dead bandits.
The leader was none other than Constable Zuo Xingyu!
As soon as Zuo Xingyu appeared, Liu Sisi immediately became nervous. They didn’t come directly to the sick bed but instead asked the night patrol monks about the situation before finally coming to the wing courtyard where the two were located.
After a round of greetings, Zuo Xingyu did not speak, but the account book next to him did.
“You are Liu Sisi, right? Someone had reported a case earlier, saying that seven bandits were killed on a mountain path, and we’ve come to verify the specifics with you.”
Liu Sisi’s heart tightened, wasn’t this going to hold Yelei responsible?
“Brothers Constable, these bandits took advantage of my husband visiting his sister with pregnancy complications and came to attack me. Fortunately, a passerby happened to come across them, leading to the subsequent events. Are you saying that we have to pay with our lives for these bandits?”
“You mean these bandits were not killed by Di Yelei?” Zuo Xingyu, who had been silent, suddenly asked.
Liu Sisi’s heart jumped: “What do you mean by that?”
Seeing the tense atmosphere, a short, chubby man with a Maitreya-like smile next to the account book spoke up first.
“The constable means that if these bandits were killed by Di Yelei, considering his constable status, he could take their heads to the government office and exchange them for a reward of 100 taels of silver per head, as these bandits are from Heilong Mountain and have a criminal record.”
“What Heilong Mountain bandits?”
Liu Sisi was completely clueless.
After everyone explained, Liu Sisi finally understood.
Macheng County is a place with many hills and little land, and there were many documented bandit dens within the county. Three years ago, just before the current County Magistrate took office, the Heilong Mountain bandit den had raided the county government’s reserves.
At that time, there wasn’t much silver in the county government, and the loss wasn’t significant. The problem was that Governor happened to be visiting his hometown at that time, and stayed in a hostel near the county government office. This incident alarmed the Governor, who sent a memorandum, resulting in the dismissal of the previous County Magistrate, and the appointment of County Magistrate Su…
Although there were no similar incidents after Su County Magistrate took office, the bandits on Heilong Mountain were all recorded in the files and had a bounty of 100 taels of silver set on each of their heads.
Now that they had found the seven corpses lying horizontally and vertically, which happened to be the recorded Heilong Mountain bandits, if they were killed by Di Yelei, it would mean that right after he became a constable, he had accomplished a great deed in his first battle, which would greatly increase his chances of being noticed in the future!
Liu Sisi finally understood the key point and felt relieved.
“These bandits were indeed not killed by my husband, but by another passerby. This passerby was the one who forced us both down the cliff, as you should have heard from the night patrol monks.”
Liu Sisi never thought about taking credit for this, and she didn’t want such credit either.
“You’d better think it over! This is 700 taels of silver we’re talking about, not 700 copper coins!” The account book couldn’t help but interject.
Wealth moves the heart!
A huge sum of 700 taels of silver placed in front of anyone would unquestionably be enticing!
Liu Sisi still shook her head indifferently: “It was not my husband who killed them, so we cannot claim this merit.”
Seeing Liu Sisi so determined, Zuo Xingyu raised his eyebrows in surprise but said nothing.
Instead, several constables on the other side gathered together, murmured a discussion for a long time, and finally came over again: “Ms. Liu, can you find the man you mentioned and let him step forward to claim the reward?”
Liu Sisi frowned and then shook her head: “According to this person, he himself is also on the wanted list, so how could he claim the reward.”
The constables’ eyes suddenly lit up!
“So it was a person on the wanted list who killed them. As usual, these bandits who were killed should be credited to Di Yelei. Ms. Liu, don’t refuse anymore.”
Liu Sisi contemplated for a moment, a flash of radiance in her eyes: “If that’s the case, it’s also thanks to the efforts of a few constables for these bandits to be brought to justice. Why don’t we split the reward evenly, and Yelei can take one share of it?”
Liu Sisi’s words hit the nail on the head!
Everyone was delighted, and after discussing the matter, they happily collected the heads of the bandits, intending to bring them back to claim the reward.
Before leaving, several of them deliberately left 10 taels of silver in Liu Sisi’s hand.
“Sister, keep this 10 taels of silver. Use it to buy more nourishing food for Di Yelei to eat. His wounds will heal faster that way.” Everyone received silver, Di Yelei became their brother, and Ms. Liu also became their sister-in-law.
Liu Sisi had no choice but to accept it.
Di Yelei became a constable… Holding the weighty silver in her hand, she felt somewhat unable to adapt to this change in identity.
Although Di Yelei still didn’t wake up, the color of his face improved significantly after drinking two doses of the soup medicine.
Liu Sisi took time to go back to the small wooden house and fetched the painting scroll from the corner of the house and two lanterns that had burnt out.
It was time to feed the soup medicine again, and Liu Sisi still fed him slowly with her mouth. The bitter medicine flowed slowly from her mouth into his, down his throat, causing him to cough a bit.
“Sisi… *cough*…”
Underneath her, Di Yelei suddenly let out a low call, immediately causing Liu Sisi to be filled with indescribable joy.
“Ye Lei, are you awake? Yelei!”
She couldn’t help but whisper to him.
He still lay there quietly, half on his side, as if what she had just heard was an illusion.
She couldn’t help but feel a moment of disappointment.
The Grandmaster said that once he wakes up, it means that he’s out of danger.
“Si, Sisi…”
He moved his head slightly, finally letting Liu Sisi see clearly!
“Ye Lei! Ye Lei, are you awake? You’re awake! That’s great; Ye Lei, you’re awake, *sob*…”
She could no longer hold back and, like a little girl, threw herself into his arms and sobbed.
“Don’t cry…Sisi, don’t cry…”
Di Yelei was so sleepy that it was nearly impossible to open his eyes, but he still forced a smile and continued to comfort her in a broken voice: “Sisi, don’t cry, see… I’m fine now… By the way, what time… is it now?”
