Knowing that Wu Da and the others were going to the county town to purchase supplies, the smarter people in the team had secretly given money to the officials and bribed them to help bring some things back.
It's just that they were beaten too hard by the officials along the way, and not many people had enough money to spend to bribe the officials.
Out of more than a hundred people, there were only seven or eight.
The second wife of the Lu family lost rice two days ago and gnawed several meals of tooth-hard black cornbread. Now her face is as green as vegetables and her mouth is full of bitter taste.
Mr. Lu Er can't afford ten taels of silver now, and the sum of the bits and pieces is only seven or eight taels.
But there is no other way. If you want to eat something else, you can only pay for it.
He forced his body, which looked like it had been torn apart, to stand up. He took out the copper plate from his smelly, dirty shoes and put it in his hand along with the broken silver on his body.
"Song, I'll give you the money, and you can help me buy some food and medicine."
If he had money, Mr. Lu Er would definitely not look down on Song Mingyuan, but he only had so little money on him, which was not even enough to buy off official posts. Even if he was unwilling, he could only make this offer.
Song Mingyuan likes valuable common things like money. Even if the money falls into the pile of shit, she can rinse it with water and pick it up.
But she would rather pick up the money that was dropped in the shit with her bare hands than take it.
He could kill with just a nod, why would he use this to disgust her?
Seeing that Mr. Lu was about to bring those over, she panicked and hit him on the knee with a burst of spiritual power, back away, back away!
Mr. Lu Er, who maintained the gesture of handing out money, felt pain in his knees and knelt down with a thump.
The copper plates in his hand seemed to have grown legs, they all fell to the ground and rolled in all directions.
Song Mingyuan took back her hand and said in surprise: "Why do you need to give me such a big gift? Why don't you just say it to me? I don't necessarily agree. How about you kowtow to me and I will think about it?"
Mr. Lu Er looked like he was holding back humiliation, and his expression changed several times: "Don't bully others too much!"
If he hadn't healed from his injuries, he wouldn't have begged her at all!
"Did I ask you to come over and ask me for help?" Song Mingyuan rolled her eyes.
It's funny, what he brought to his door was not just to hand her face over for a spanking. She kindly let him get what he wanted, how could it be called bullying?
"If you don't kowtow, then I can go. Don't waste my time on my way. I don't even have the attitude of begging for help. Who are you begging for?"
Master Lu Er blushed and wanted to stand up and leave angrily.
But when I thought about leaving like this, all I would eat in the next few days were unpalatable doughnuts and sour rice balls, and the whiplash wounds on my body would have to be delayed again and again, and I could no longer move in an instant.
But how could he kowtow to Mrs. Song in front of so many people?
Mr. Lu Er struggled fiercely in his heart.
One is face, the other is food, clothing and survival.
In the past, the vain and arrogant Mr. Lu would have chosen face without hesitation, but now, face cannot be eaten at all!
He was almost starving to the point of becoming emaciated! The whip wounds on his body were all ulcerated and inflamed!
Seeing that Mr. Lu Er had not made any move, Song Mingyuan turned around and left without giving any face.
Mr. Lu Er was anxious: "Wait... I'll knock you! I'll knock you!"
Although he had made a choice in his heart, the humiliation and anger on his face were not less.
He just stiffened his body and bent down bit by bit, stopping halfway. Seeing that Song Mingyuan had no intention of shouting to stop, he gritted his teeth and knelt down.
Song Mingyuan had no intention of avoiding him, so she just stood in front of him and accepted the bow.
She smiled and said: "Your kowtow is not very standard, and it is not loud enough. It is really difficult for me not to doubt your sincerity in asking for help. How about another one?"
Mr. Lu Er knew that she was taking this opportunity to retaliate for what he had done before, and he was very angry.
But he was unwilling to give up.
The first one kowtowed, but if he stops now, wouldn’t the previous kowtow be in vain?
Mr. Lu Er's face was livid. If he dared to make his elders kneel down and kowtow, he'd better kill her with a thunderbolt!
He endured the anger of gnashing his teeth and closed his eyes.
The first one kowtowed, but the second one kowtowed much easier. He even kowtowed loudly to satisfy his request.
Seeing this, Song Mingyuan nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, I feel your sincerity."
Hearing this, Mr. Lu Er breathed a sigh of relief, and then felt ashamed and angry in his heart.
If it wasn't for a bite to eat, why would he do this!
However, I agreed anyway, as long as the result is good.
Unexpectedly, as soon as this thought came to an end, Song Mingyuan turned around and said, "Since you have nothing to do, I'll leave first."
What? Walk? Go first?
"Wait!" He stared and asked in disbelief: "Didn't you promise to help me buy something? I'm so beat up, but you won't buy it for me?!"
"When did I agree to help you buy things? I just said to think about it!" Song Mingyuan turned around and looked at him like a fool: "Don't you think that thinking about it means agreeing to you? If that's the case If so, what’s the point of considering it?”
Therefore, she never thought of helping him from beginning to end! !
"You fool me?!"
Song Mingyuan looked at his incompetent look and said with a smile: "Yes, you only know now? If you don't remember what the Lu family said when they asked to be exterminated, I can help you carve it on your grave for free in the future."
After saying that, she no longer looked at Mr. Lu Er's furious face, turned around and left with the officials beside her who had happily watched the entire process of Mr. Lu Er's defeat.
Mr. Lu Er almost became sick because of his anger.
The group of people walked quickly and arrived at the gate of Fuyang County in less than a quarter of an hour.
Song Mingyuan looked up and saw that the stone plaque with the three characters "Fuyang County" engraved on it had been mottled by the wind and frost. There was a fence around the city, and a dozen city guards with swords and guns stood in two rows, guarding people coming and going. people undergo routine inspections.
Wu Da asked strangely: "How come there are so many people guarding the city gate in Fuyang County? When we came here before, there were only six at most."
When they went to Fuyang County to purchase before, the city defenders here would not be too careful even if they checked.
After all, there are so many people coming in and out of the county every day, and everyone has to check their identity, which is a lot of work.
I thought it would be like usual this time, but who would have thought that they would be so strict.
Seeing the city guards checking the identities of the people coming in and out one by one, Wu Da frowned: "This is difficult to handle. They are checking so strictly. Madam, with your criminal status, they will definitely not let you go. of."
He looked at Song Mingyuan and discussed: "Why don't you, Madam, wait here first and we can buy things for you?"
