ATPnovel Chapter 6 Ye Lingyu distributes gold and silver to the villagers
Chapter 6 Ye Lingyu distributes gold and silver to the villagers
"Sister Yu, Sister Yu is back!"
A sharp-eyed child stopped in his tracks.
He suddenly pointed to the path outside the village and shouted loudly.
The once quiet village instantly erupted in excitement.
A dozen or so children happily gathered around.
This village is called "Orphan Village".
Most of the women and children in the village were pitiful people who had lost their sons after being harassed by the Tibetans.
It was Lingyu's father a few years ago,
They rescued them one by one and settled them here.
"Run slowly, don't fall."
Ye Lingyu stopped in her tracks.
She took some candy out of her pocket and gave it to the children.
"Sister Yu, it's been a few days since I last saw you."
"Did you go off to punish the wicked again?"
The boy in the lead was named A-Liang, and he looked at Ye Lingyu with a hopeful expression.
"Ah Liang, it's been a few days since I last saw you."
You've grown taller again.
Ye Lingyu stretched out her fair and delicate hand and gently patted A Liang's little head.
"Of course!"
Ah Liang puffed out his chest.
"Sister Yu, I want to grow up quickly."
"I want to be like you, upholding justice and fighting for the righteous."
Kill all those bad guys who bullied us!
"Yes! We want to be like Sister Yu!"
The other children chimed in, chattering and making a ruckus.
Looking at these pitiful children, Ye Lingyu felt a pang of indescribable sorrow.
These children should be studying in a study.
Or they might snuggle up in their parents' arms.
"Alright, everyone go have fun."
My sister has important business to attend to.
Ye Lingyu gently rubbed A Liang's ears, completely forgetting that she was actually seven or eight years old herself.
At that moment, a woman dressed in a simple linen dress walked over.
That's Aunt Liu.
Her face looked somewhat weathered from years of hard work.
But those eyes revealed kindness and compassion.
"Miss Yu, you're back."
She looked at the large bundle Ye Lingyu was carrying, her eyes filled with concern and heartache.
"Aunt Liu, here you go."
Ye Lingyu laboriously took the heavy bundle off and handed it over.
"This is?"
Aunt Liu reached out to take it.
As soon as she picked up the bundle, she stumbled from its weight.
"I smuggled it from a few 'good-for-nothing' bandits."
Ye Lingyu winked mischievously.
She gently patted the bundle, producing a pleasant metallic clanging sound.
"Aunt Liu, please distribute these to the villagers."
"Give the children some warm clothes."
Buy more meat; look how thin they are.
Aunt Liu was stunned.
She slowly opened a corner of the bundle and saw stacks of silver ingots and several strings of exquisite pearls.
"How...how can this be?"
Aunt Liu's hands were trembling.
"This is what they owe us."
Ye Lingyu's voice became somewhat cold.
"If the government won't take care of us, then we'll take care of ourselves."
Aunt Liu's eyes reddened, and two streams of hot tears slid down her cheeks.
She nodded vigorously.
"Don't worry, Miss Yu, I'll take care of it right away."
Not a single penny will be wasted.
Aunt Liu said, her voice choked with emotion.
"Then I'll head back now."
Ye Lingyu waved her hand.
She turned and walked out of the village amidst the children's lingering gazes.
The last rays of the setting sun disappeared behind the mountain ridge.
Ye Lingyu returned to the forest where she had previously hidden the mechanical beast.
The white tiger, entirely made of wood, sensed its master's presence and immediately emitted a low clicking sound.
"Let's go, let's hurry home!"
Ye Lingyu leaped up and nimbly straddled the tiger's back.
"I promised my mother I wouldn't come home late."
Ye Lingyu muttered to herself, shrinking her neck.
"Otherwise, her broom would never show any mercy."
The man and the beast quickly disappeared into the depths of the dense jungle.
However, in another shady valley,
A series of mournful howls shattered the tranquility of the forest.
"A disgrace! An utter disgrace!"
Cheng Yaojin was hung upside down from an old locust tree by a thick, tough rope.
His large, fleshy body had been hanging for too long, and his entire old face was flushed red and purple.
"Old Cheng, shut up!"
Not far from him, Yuchi Gong was also hanging in mid-air, swaying back and forth.
His dark beard hung down.
"This little girl... she actually tricked us twice in a row!"
Yuchi Gong yelled and tried to untie the slipknot on his ankle.
But the trap was set extremely cleverly.
The more he struggled, the tighter the rope tightened.
"Alright, save your energy."
Li Shimin's voice was somewhat weak.
He was not spared either, and was now hanging upside down on a beam between the two.
Due to cerebral congestion, Li Shimin felt dizzy and lightheaded.
His once dignified demeanor had vanished, replaced by an indescribable dishevelment.
"I have roamed the world for many years and have seen all kinds of storms."
Li Shimin gave a wry smile, his voice hoarse.
"I never imagined that I would be defeated twice by a seven-year-old child in this small mountain forest."
"Your Majesty, I am guilty, I deserve to die."
Fang Xuanling was also hung at the very end.
Although he was light-footed and did not suffer as much as the two generals,
But the feeling of losing all decorum is even more torturous.
"Stop talking nonsense, quickly think of a way to save His Majesty!"
Yuchi Gong rebuked him urgently.
He arched his back, trying to reach the branch.
But it only spun around in the air in vain.
"The rope is too strong; this is not an ordinary vine at all."
Fang Xuanling sighed and shook his head.
Because the distance was too far, even with his arm outstretched,
It also prevents it from touching anyone else in the slightest.
"I can hold on for a little while longer."
Li Shimin forced himself to speak.
"We can only hope that someone will pass by and lend us a hand."
Just when the group was almost in despair, Cheng Yaojin's bull-like eyes suddenly caught sight of a moving figure.
"There's someone there! There's someone over there!"
Cheng Yaojin shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Help!"
"Heroes passing by, please save my life!"
As if grasping at the last straw, the four immediately began to cry for help in unison.
In the grass not far away.
Aunt Liu was leading several village women, carrying empty bamboo baskets, towards the town.
They had just settled the money and were planning to take advantage of the time before it got completely dark...
Go and buy some urgently needed rice and grain.
"Sister Liu, look at that tree..."
A timid village woman tugged at Aunt Liu's sleeve.
She pointed ahead, her face pale.
Aunt Liu looked up.
She squinted at the four men hanging upside down in mid-air.
Those men looked menacing, especially the dark-faced one in the middle.
He looks just like Zhang Fei on the opera stage.
"It's better to avoid trouble, let's hurry up and go."
Aunt Liu frowned.
In this desolate wilderness, who knows whether these people are officials or bandits?
She didn't want to cause trouble.
She pulled her companion along,
He lowered his head and quickened his pace.
"Hey! Hey! Don't go!"
Cheng Yaojin was so anxious that he kept kicking his legs.
"We're good people! We really are good people!"
"Ladies, please wait a moment!"
Fang Xuanling's mind worked very quickly.
He knew that ordinary pleas for help would probably not move these women who had suffered so much.