The sisters had taken 5500 taels of silver with them on this outing, which Xiao Yu usually carried, while Yaya only had so small change.
In ancient tis, there were many mountain bandits, and traveling was not very peaceful, especially since they were on the official road (which was easier to travel on). Although they were low-key, having a horse carriage (for which they had exchanged 10 taels of silver for a decent horse when they reached the county) ant they were not ordinary people, so they ended up confronting these bandits face-to-face.
"This mountain was opened by , this tree was planted by , if you want to pass by here, leave money to buy the road." Tsk tsk, even their opening lines were so... clichéd.
Xiao Yu calmly looked at the dozen or so big brothers of the mountain bandits, ard with large knives and dressed in a motley fashion, and jumped off the carriage in an instant.
Yaya trembled with fear, but Xiao Yu turned back to give her a reassuring glance, then turned to address the bandits.
"Good heroes, staying here in such hot weather can’t be easy for you, how about this? I have one tael of silver here, take it and have a drink on ? Then let my brother and leave, would that be alright?"
Spending money was inevitable when traveling; giving them one tael of silver, which she and Yaya had earned by working hard for two days, pained her heart to part with, but to avoid unnecessary strife, it was necessary to spend the money when needed!
The result was that the dark-skinned big man with a face full of stubble suddenly widened his eyes and then threw his head back and laughed loudly; once he laughed, his surrounding fellows joined in.
"One tael of silver? Are you trying to brush off beggars? Not only do we want your money, but we also want your carriage, and everything except for the two of you stays here, not even a finger can you take with you!"
The big man’s follower stepped forward, wielding his knife and hips akimbo, laughing scornfully toward them as Xiao Yu frowned.
"Leave everything behind? That won’t do, what will we eat and drink if everything goes to you?"
"Not possible? Leave your lives behind then!"
Xiao Yu’s frown deepened: "That’s even less possible. If you don’t want the money, then we’ll have to do this the hard way—either all at once or one by one, you choose!"
"Hey guys, did I hear that right? This skinny little bird thinks we should all attack together? Is she so cocky she’s not afraid of flying into the sky?" one of the n, with a sharp face, chuckled as he approached while swinging his large knife toward her.
He just intended to scare her, but unexpectedly, she flipped over and kicked him with one foot, sending him flying high up into the air before landing heavily on a tree branch behind him. Then with a thud, he fell from the tree, unconscious before he even had ti to groan.
This scene unfolded so quickly that while the others were still laughing and joking, he had already been kicked and had fallen heavily.
In an instant, the scene turned deathly silent, the heaviness felt even in breathing, and even Yaya, covering her mouth, stared in shock at the unfolding scene.
Xiao Yu shook her legs, flexed her wrists, and then, very calmly, crossed her arms and cast a sideways glance.
"How about it? Who else wants to give it a try? I’m ready to see it through to the end."
Backwoods yokels, she might hesitate to be so bold if they had guns in the modern era, but what were they wielding in their hands?
A few rusty iron knives were supposed to scare her?
That’s how people are, the more cowardly you are, the more soone will bully you; the more arrogant you are, the less they dare to ss with you.
She kicked out, and they all stood there like fools, it took quite a while for them to realize what had happened, then one by one weakly they looked toward their boss because they too were stunned by the kick, clueless about what to do next, and could only look to their boss for a decision on how to handle the situation.
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