He held his head in his hands and rocked it gently.

“Fourth Uncle doesn’t know how things ended up like this. I just want to do something, like all the men in the world, to impress everyone…”

His voice, tinged with a hint of rasp and bitterness.

Still, the most prevalent thing is self-deprecation.

Last time I fought with your aunt, she stormed back to her parents' home in anger. Your grandfather gave me a hundred coins and told me to buy some things and go to Liujiacun to get her.

"On the way, I remembered what your aunt said to me. The more I think about it, the angrier I get."

“So he didn't go to pick it up, and took the money and ran off to the county town.”

“I originally planned to find some work in the county town to earn some money, so I could show off and let my aunt see how capable I am!”

But later, I met a person.

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“That man was Huang Laojiu. He said he had a quick way to make money, so I went with him.”

It wasn't until they arrived that they realized it was a quarry, located at the border of Wanghai County and Huguang County.

“When I got there, Lao Jiu Huang told the quarry owner that I was his cousin.”

"I was put into a group with Huang Laojiu. The people in that group all knew Huang Laojiu well, and there's a leader in the group who everyone calls Pao Ge."

"When I first got in, I thought it was just about putting in the effort every day."

"Later on, there was one time when our group of people were moving stones."

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“I accidentally ran into Leopard Brother and Old Nine Huang...they...”

Yang Huaming's eyes were wide with terror.

It seems that even recalling it fills him with terror.

"What did you see them doing?" Yang Ruqing asked in a low voice.

There was a bad feeling in my heart.

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Yang Huaming trembled and said, "It was a pile of neatly stacked stones; they just had to knock it down."

The fallen stone covered the newcomer.

“That worker was injured and called for us to save him. I wanted to go over and help him, but Huang Laojiu stopped me.”

He warned me that if I dared to pull it, he would kill me.

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Then, I saw the head of the gang, Bao Ge, run in and pick up a large stone, smashing the injured worker to death!

Brain matter splattered everywhere, his face mashed into a pulp...

Yang Ruqing secretly took a breath of cold air.

"Next, did they use the deceased coworker as leverage to negotiate with the quarry owner and settle for some hush money?" she asked.

Yang Huaming was stunned.

"Qing'er, how did you know?"

"Yes, when that worker came in, he said he was Leopard Brother's cousin."

"Bao Ge also found several women with children to come to the quarry and make a scene."

"The quarry owner didn't want things to get out of hand, so he paid some money to settle it."

“They gave me two taels of silver to keep quiet, and held me there, not letting me leave. Huang Laojiu also pulled me into their gang and asked me to work with them.”

Yang Ruqing's brows furrowed.

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This part feels familiar.

The movie I saw in the past, "Blind Well," is similar to this.

All of them went to other places to swindle people into working in mines, and then artificially created mining accidents to claim compensation.

"Then you went along with them?" Yang Ruqing asked again.

Yang Huaming shook his head without hesitation.

“Your Uncle Four, I am a lazy good-for-nothing. I would never do anything as harmful as stealing or killing for money! That's something that would invite divine retribution!”

Seeing Yang Huaming swearing like that, Yang Ruqing believed he wasn't lying.

>And thinking about him these days, he was plagued with nightmares and sleepwalking, carrying stones.

Suddenly, I understood.

Si Shu must be under a lot of pressure and doesn't dare to say anything, so he's bottling it up like this.

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"Fourth Uncle, how did you get back there? Weren't they afraid you would give away your location?" she asked next.

Yang Huaming said: "My fourth uncle, a man of courage can bend and stretch. I can feel that those people have murderous intentions towards me, so I have to yield!"

"I served them tea and water, and at night I massaged their legs and fanned them to keep the mosquitoes away. Gradually, they relaxed their prejudice against me."

>"Later on, they couldn't find any available workers for a while and were at a loss. I said to them, 'There's a bachelor in our village who is rather simple.'"

“There aren't many people at home, so they lured him to the quarry 'to work,' and everyone shared the money together.”

They trusted me, so they let me go back.

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“When he was leaving, Bao Ge gave me two ounces of silver, telling me to use it to spruce up the storefront when I returned to the village. That way, people would believe my words.”

Hearing this, Yang Ruohua's mouth twitched involuntarily.

Even someone as bad as Lian Baoge dares to fool, this fourth uncle is also quite amazing!

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On second thought, if I didn't fool him like this, he might never come back.

Three cousins, and that's all the fathers they had.

It's pitiful to think about a child without a father.

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Seeing Yang Ruqing's silence, Yang Huaming pleaded with her: "Ruqing, Uncle Fourth has said everything he could say to you."

"Huang Laojiu was sent by Leopard Brother to urge me to go back. Since Huang Laojiu didn't return to report, Leopard Brother must have started to suspect something."

"At most a day or two, at most three or five days, he will definitely send someone else to inquire about the situation."

"Qing'er, you must help your fourth uncle! Your fourth uncle hasn't lived enough, he doesn't want to die!"

Yang Ruqing gave him a withering look: "I saved you from Huang Laojiu's hands and even buried him for you. I've done all that a righteous person could."

"Besides, you brought this upon yourself. If you hadn't acted recklessly, you wouldn't be in this situation now. You have to take responsibility for your own actions!" she said.

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Upon hearing this, Yang Huaming was truly panicked.

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I was so moved, I almost knelt down to Yang Ruqing.

"Good heavens, you can't speak like that!"

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He wept and wailed.

"You can't write two Yang characters with a single stroke, we are family!"

"Leopard Brother and his gang, they are real murderers, all big bad guys."

“I heard that Leopard Brother has a boss above him. That boss commands wind and rain, both the black and white worlds fear him...”

“I know I brought this on myself, but those guys were unreasonable.”

"When the time comes, I'm worried he'll bring trouble to our entire Yang family, from top to bottom. Who knows, maybe even the whole village will suffer!"

Upon hearing this, Yang Ruqing's face showed a thoughtful expression.

Emotionally, she really didn't want to deal with this mess.

Yang Huaming, if you want to die, just die far away. Living is a waste of food.

On second thought, his analysis makes sense.

The other party is clearly a disciplined, organized, and extremely cruel and bloodthirsty evil force.

"Things might get really bad, you could end up killing everyone in the family."

This kind of thing has happened before.

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No, for my own family, for my parents and younger siblings.

Our neighbors are a family who came from the mountains, including Grandma Ga.

For Uncle Five and Aunt Five's child in their belly...

...also for myself...

Forget it!

Seeing Yang Ruqing nod, Yang Huaming's heart, which had been hanging in the air, finally settled down a bit.

<<><>He knows about Qing'er's abilities.

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She ran around outside, had a wide social circle, and was involved with both the legitimate and criminal worlds.

He is acquainted with the magistrate of Zou County.

She intervened, saving most of her own little life.