In less than half an hour, the oxcart made its way around the stone mining area in the west of the city.
An old man who looked like a bookkeeper was waiting in front of the shanty when he saw the bullock cart taking two steps forward.
He ably took out a pen and paper to register several people's information, but was stopped by the strong man at the head.
"Uncle Jiang, these are private goods. I want them in cash."
The man glanced at Boss Lin and nodded with satisfaction. When his eyes fell on Zhao Ruoxia and Lin Tianci, he pursed his lips in disgust.
"These two can only count as half a job."
The strong man responded: "You have the final say. They are refugees from other places and have no background. Don't worry, nothing will go wrong."
The old man reluctantly nodded, handed over the money, and drew up the deed. The strong man pressed down on the Lin family to have their fingerprints pressed.
Lin Silang's hood was taken off. He looked around and struggled hard when he saw the words on the deed: "Let me go. Even if the court wants to impose corvee labor, there is no reason to rape people in the middle of the night."
When the Lin family members heard that the strong man had tied them up to do hard labor, they struggled even more fiercely.
Zhao Ruoxia cried until she was about to die. She sat down on the ground with her legs wagging, crying and cursing at the same time.
"You ungrateful bitch, I'm going to sue the officials. Is there any royal law? Wow, what kind of world is this!"
The strong man wanted to laugh when he heard this, so he drove the bullock cart and was about to leave. It seemed that he had received money and was in a good mood. He gave a kind reminder before leaving.
"If you want to blame, it's your fault for offending people. You still have the guts to talk nonsense when you have some ability. You dare to incite the refugees and say that the parents of Fuhai City are not good officials. I didn't punish you for provoking troubles. It's because our school captain is merciful and goes home secretly to burn incense. Bar."
The Lin family's eyes widened, and then they realized the reason for this unreasonable disaster.
"It's unfair. Our family never said anything. It was spread among the refugees themselves. Why should we bear the consequences?"
The strong man didn't have the time to listen to his excuses, his thoughts had already gone to the Wenxiang Nephrite in Tianxiang Tower, and he drove away with a wave of his whip.
"Stop talking nonsense. If you don't do enough work here, don't even think about leaving. You have the energy to mourn here, so why not do more!"
The old lady raised her hand, and seven or eight laborers immediately came.
"Take this person down and guard him tightly so that he doesn't run away. If you dare to be lazy, give me a whip!" He grabbed Zhao Ruoxia's wrist to check, "Especially this sharp-tongued one. If you dare to express dissatisfaction, give me a whip!" Until you take it!"
Zhao Ruoxia's crying stopped suddenly, her body was shaking like chaff. She looked at the man waving a whip in front of her and didn't dare to say another word.
But in his heart, he scolded Mrs. Lin thousands of times.
The old immortal took the third child and his family to enjoy their happiness, leaving them behind to be sold to the mines for hard labor. If he had known that she would be riding in that carriage even if she had known how to behave.
The work in the mines is not done by humans. It is hard and tiring. If you are lucky enough to survive until the day when the corvee ends, there are countless people who are unlucky and die here from exhaustion.
What kind of evil had she committed to marry into this family? She was blessed one day at a time, and suffered one after another.
In this way, a group of six people were detained in the mine to cut and carry stones, mine and sort them.
The man was stronger and was given more work. After finishing the tasks at hand, Boss Lin and Mrs. Zhang had to help Tianci share some of the work. Zhao Ruoxia was used to being lazy at home and had never experienced such hardship. She had to do so much work in one night. Her son was not much different from the seven or eight-year-old Tianci, and Lin Laoer had to grit his teeth to help her share the rest, so that she could avoid being punished by the guards.
They worked until there was a faint light on the horizon and the laborers who had worked during the day came to take over. Only then did the Lin family have a chance to breathe.
Each person was given a bowl of water that was not very clean, and two steamed buns that were dry to the point of hardness. They were soaked in water for a long time before they could barely swallow them.
The strong man with the bullock cart drove over, put a cloth bag on each person's head, and sent several people back.
The tall city guard from yesterday was already waiting at the door. The two looked at each other and smiled. The strong man gave him half of the silver, pointed at the Lin family and said, "I'll come back tonight."
The Lin family was so exhausted that Zhao Ruoxia fell asleep as soon as she touched the straw.
Mrs. Zhang softly comforted the three boys who had been frightened all night, and supported them to prepare food for them.
The three sons of the Lin family gathered together in one place, their expressions were deep, and they didn't know what they were discussing.
Outside the door, the tall city guard who had received the money was grinning from ear to ear. He would be happy if he had more money for such a simple and profitable job.
Suddenly, someone tapped him on the shoulder. He turned around and saw that it was Wang Er who was always bullied in the team.
"Captain of the guard, is he... back?"
The tall guard glanced at him and snorted.
"Is something wrong?"
Wang Er stared at the silver barley in the man's hand, his eyes full of greed.
"No...no, I just want to remind you that the old woman from this family is treating the nobleman in the Xie Mansion. If she cures the disease and is appreciated by the nobleman, and later finds out that her family has been punished, will it be... "
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the guard chief's snort.
"No wonder you have been in the team for so many years and are still just a small soldier with no eyesight at all.
Even Dr. Qin, who is known as 'Sai Huatuo', can't do anything about it. How can an old woman with a broken leg be able to do this? The captain handed her over just because Manager Li was ill and rushed to the hospital to save her life.
Besides, the news spread by the homeless people at the door that the county magistrate has not done anything has already reached your ears. If these unruly people are not punished, where is the dignity of being an official? The Lin family was taken out and killed as a warning to others. It was their misfortune! "
Wang Er nodded repeatedly: "Yes, you are right, I am just too worried."
The captain of the guard clearly saw the greed in Wang Er's eyes, picked up two coins and threw them into his arms.
"The reward for you is the errand fee for picking up the Lin family yesterday."
Wang Er thanked him repeatedly, but after the tall guard left, he spat in dissatisfaction.
The Lin family's main house was living in dire straits, and Mrs. Li's life was not much better either.
I don't know who spread the rumor, but old stories about Mrs. Li began to spread among the servants in the Xie Mansion.
Around the fire in the kitchen, four or five maids and women gathered together and talked quietly. Mrs. Zheng happened to come over to make rice soup for Xiangyun and heard clearly.
"Have you heard that Mrs. Lin has killed people before?"
"What a big deal I am. It doesn't matter how many lives a doctor has on his hands. It's not the doctor's control over life, old age, illness and death. They are not gods!"
"It was a misdiagnosis. A woman who was five months pregnant said she had abdominal distension and used medicine to abort the baby. It's still a boy!"
"Ah? Really or not, Amitabha, what a sin. This is something that damages one's moral character. She has the nerve to say that she is a doctor! Quack doctors are harming people!"
"It's not easy to know the truth. Doctor Gou and Mrs. Lin came from the same village. He must know something!"
The woman who had been listening to the gossip excitedly just now suddenly saw a familiar figure standing at the door and smiled.
"Hey, Sister-in-law Zheng, why are you walking silently? You scared us."
