"You're her son, who else should I kick if not you?"
Seeing Ye Ming was about to kick, Liu Qiang and Liu Dahai hurried forward to stop him.
"Brother Ming, stop it, you're going to kill him."
"Yeah, idiot. Even though you don't look stupid anymore, why is your temper still the same?"
Ye Ming glared fiercely at the three men on the ground.
"For Brother Qiang and Uncle Liu's sake, I won't kick you."
The three men stood up trembling from the kicks. Wang Da Jiao and Chen Qingshan were hit the hardest. Their faces were bruised, but Wang Zhaodi, with her thick skin, looked like nothing had happened.
"You little bastard, it's okay to kick them, but why did you kick me too?"
"Don't think you're such a good person. You followed Wang Da Jiao to cause trouble just to ask me for money?"
"How dare you scold me!"
"Okay, just wait!"
He had expected Wang Zhaodi to come over and fight him, but she turned and ran away.
"Tsk, you've gained so much weight for nothing, you're such a wimp."
"Ye Ming, we can't just let go this matter of us beating us up."
"That's right, we can't just let it go."
Ye Ming's eyes darkened, and he looked at Wang Da Jiao and her son with displeasure.
"What do you want to do?"
"Give us ten taels of silver, no, thirty!"
Wang Da Jiao's demand for this sum wasn't groundless; she must have known she'd killed a wild boar.
"Wang Da Jiao, stop asking for thirty taels! If you keep being so unreasonable, don't blame me for using force."
Liu Dahai's words had no deterrent effect, and Wang Da Jiao wasn't afraid at all. If a beating meant thirty taels of silver, she'd take it every day.
"Liu Dahai, mind your own business. I'm only after this little bastard."
"Fool, I know you killed a wild boar and can afford the thirty taels. As long as you give me thirty taels, I'll agree to split the family business with you."
Now it was Liu Dahai's turn to be stunned.
What the hell? The idiot actually killed a wild boar!
"Yes, idiot! If you give me and my mother thirty taels of silver, we'll agree to split the family property with you."
"Don't dream! Have you forgotten what I told you? It's only ten taels of silver for five pounds of rice. That's what we agreed on. Don't be ungrateful."
Ye Ming had underestimated the greed of these two beasts. It's only been a few days, and they've already raised the price to thirty taels.
"Ten taels of silver? How would you pay a beggar?"
"Thirty taels at least, or you can't even think of splitting the family property!"
"Okay, go back and I'll give it to you tonight." He'd already given them a chance, so don't blame him.
Although Ye Ming had never killed anyone, since these two wouldn't let him live, he had no choice but to kill them.
Wang Dajiao clearly didn't see the murderous intent in Ye Ming's eyes. Her face was filled with the smugness of receiving Ye Ming's money.
"Okay, we'll wait for you. If you don't bring the thirty taels of silver today, the price will go up tomorrow!"
"Yes, it will. Not only that, but you'll have to make you money-losing son accompany me!"
Ye Ming might have tolerated it otherwise, but he couldn't bear it at all when he heard this. He rushed forward and slapped Ye Qingshan to the ground with all his might.
He spat blood from his mouth.
Ye Ming had used almost all his strength just now. If he hadn't thought about the trouble that would come if he killed Ye Qingshan now, he would have been dead.
He had restrained his strength a little, and now Ye Qingshan would have only one breath left, if not dead.
"Ahhh, you hit my son!"
"You two better not pay attention to him, or I'll fight you to the death! Brother Qiang, let's go."
Liu Qiang was stunned for a moment, then pushed his flatbed cart and followed Ye Ming. Wang Da Jiao watched Ye Ming's retreating back with resentment.
"Mom, it hurts, I'm spitting blood! We can't let this little beast go so easily."
Seeing that her son could still speak normally, Wang Da Jiao breathed a sigh of relief.
"Who told you to be so mean! Let's go."
"Mom, I can't, I'm dizzy and seeing stars."
"If you can't stand up, crawl back."
On the way to the county town, Liu Qiang pushed the flatbed cart, thinking about what had just happened, and the rage grew.
"Brother Ming, are you really going to give Wang Da Jiao thirty taels of silver?"
"What else?"
Since he had made up his mind to kill Wang Da Jiao and her son, he naturally couldn't tell anyone about this.
"You can't give it. You risked your life to kill that wild boar, and they want to take it all without doing anything?"
"Then what do you say we should do about this?"
Liu Qiang was speechless, because he didn't know what to do. He had never faced a scoundrel like Wang Da Jiao before.
"I don't know, but you just can't give it. Besides, Wang Da Jiao looks like she won't split up with you even if you give it."
"It's better to just drag it out. It won't be of much use to you to separate your household registration for a while anyway."
Ye Ming didn't think it was useless.
What if the government issued a decree that every family with two men must send one to join the army? What if paying money didn't work? He didn't want to be cannon fodder.
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Qingshui County, Piaoxianglou.
"Little brother, the big pig weighs 45.7 jins, and the four little pigs weigh 32.5 jins. The big pig is five qian of silver per jin, and the little pigs are eight qian of silver per jin."
"Add a two and a half jin pheasant, and the total is 53 liang of silver. Keep it."
I, the good boy, earned over 50 liang of silver in a short time. Ye Ming is really good at making money.
Liu Qiang sighed inwardly, looking at the eight liang of silver in his hand. If only I had the ability to kill a wild boar, why would I bother farming?
"By the way, little brother, I was in a hurry last time, so I didn't know your last name?"
"My name is Ye Ming."
"Hahaha, brother Ye Ming is really capable. We haven't seen each other for a day, and you've already caught so many prey."
"Would you be interested in joining the army?"
Join the army?
Even a dog wouldn't join. What's the difference between sending him to the battlefield and killing the enemy and asking for his life?
"Not interested."
"Shopkeeper Li, I'm selling you this out of kindness, and you're trying to harm me!"
Realizing that Ye Ming had misunderstood him, Li Youde hurriedly explained.
"That's not what I meant. Yesterday, a young man from the capital came to our shop. He was going to Liangzhou City to get military merit. He needs a few big-time soldiers for logistics, and he knows about the hard-haired pig you killed."
"I just wanted to ask if you're interested. That young man is very rich. Serving under him would earn at least five or six taels of silver a month."
Ye Ming's face was full of "Do you believe him?" If you join the army, when the time comes to attack the city, the commander won't care whose soldiers you belong to.
What's more, these days there are still young men who pay for their own soldiers? Isn't he afraid of being sued for raising private soldiers with the intention of rebellion?
"Not interested, Shopkeeper Li, if you do this again, I will sell the things to Huang Ji in the future."
"Oh, don't, Brother Ye, I'm just a messenger."
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