Chapter 854: Chapter 856: Planning an Escape
"Okay, go ahead and call the doctor, I’ll pay for the treatment with Silver." Yang Ming had no choice but to agree, as the current situation no longer allowed them to confront the villagers.
"Show the Silver first, otherwise how can we trust you?" questioned one of the villagers.
Yang Ming had to take out two taels of Silver from his pocket and handed them to the Village Chief, "Village Chief, here is two taels of Silver, it should be enough for the treatment. Hurry and send someone to find the doctor."
Seeing Yang Ming’s sincerity, the Village Chief accepted the Silver and instructed everyone to leave the courtyard.
The villagers left one after another, not forgetting to threaten before they left, "Don’t think about escaping, or we’ll drive those two jinxes out."
Little Shitou was frightened and hugged his mother tightly, watching the villagers leave the courtyard.
After the villagers left, Shitou’s mother brought it up again, "Sister, why don’t you escape tonight? They’re serious about the cremation, the village has cremated others before."
"..." Xiaoxiao was truly speechless, this isn’t a village, it’s practically a bandit den, "Big Sister-in-law, don’t worry, we’ll check the situation first."
"Alas," Shitou’s mother sighed and let Little Shitou help her back to their room.
Seeing everyone leave, Xiaoxiao and Yang Ming quickly returned to their room to check on Little Liufu. Luckily, nothing happened to Little Liufu during the short time they were away.
Upon entering the room, Xiaoxiao felt particularly suffocated. Although she was kind-hearted, she only reciprocated kindness to those who treated her well. Paying Silver for these people made her feel like she had swallowed a fly.
But she understood Yang Ming’s point; if they didn’t initially agree, they would be taken to the cremation, so they had to make a temporary retreat.
Yang Ming saw his wife’s low spirits and comforted her, "Honey, I’ve got you, don’t be afraid, if things get really bad, we’ll find a chance to escape."
"How can we escape?" Xiaoxiao’s spirits were indeed low. If escaping were truly possible, those women deceived into the mountain valley wouldn’t remain trapped for a lifetime, besides, their carriage was confiscated.
"We can’t escape now, they’re certainly guarding against us. Let’s wait a few days until they’re relaxed, then we’ll escape."
"..."
Seeing his wife’s spirits still low, Yang Ming continued, "Don’t be afraid, as long as they’re not united, even if they find us, it’s okay, we can use hypnosis then."
Mentioning hypnosis made Xiaoxiao’s eyes light up, how could she forget about this? If they use hypnosis, perhaps they can walk out openly.
"..." As expected, his wife thought his hypnosis was omnipotent, he only hoped it would truly succeed then, otherwise it would all be over.
But Xiaoxiao soon worried again, "Honey, if we leave, what will happen to Shitou’s mother and child? The villagers are so barbaric, they might drive them out or cremate them, then we really would be historical sinners."
Yang Ming thought for a while and suggested, "Why don’t we take them with us?"
"Take them?"
"Yes, if we can leave together, once we’re out, we can hire a carriage to take them to Lin County’s Grand Theater. Coincidentally, your Grand Theater is also looking for actors, perhaps they could perform something."
Upon hearing Yang Ming’s suggestion, Xiaoxiao nodded frantically, Shitou’s mother and child were living quite miserably here, they might as well get out, things had already come to this, they couldn’t regret it now.