"Yuanyuan, you're back! How much firewood did you pick up today?"
Yuanyuan's eyes sparkled. She waved both hands and drew a circle in the air.
"Yuanyuan picked up firewood this big today!"
"Daddy, eat this. Yuanyuan found this pomegranate!"
As she spoke, Yuanyuan held out the half pomegranate in her hand.
The man looked at the half pomegranate and couldn't help swallowing.
Pomegranates were good things—rare sweet fruit to find out in the wild.
The man shook his head and reached out to stroke Yuanyuan's little head. "Yuanyuan, you eat it. Daddy isn't hungry!"
After saying that, he stroked Yuanyuan's little head again, his touch even more doting.
Then he looked at his frail wife and waved the ragged cloth sack in his right hand.
"They handed out five jin of coarse grain today. It'll be enough to last us a few days!"
"Clean up. Let's get ready to eat!"
Still holding half a pomegranate, the woman gently set it down and nodded. "All right, dear."
Just then, the front door was kicked open with a bang!
Several servant soldiers strode in. "Wang Shi, your crime has been exposed!"
"Arrest his whole family!"
Wang Shi's face went blank, his pupils contracting sharply.
A face like a venomous snake entered his sight.
It was the captain of the patrol troops who managed their district!
"Sir, have you made some kind of mistake—"
Before he could finish, a fist smashed into his face.
The tremendous force sent him crashing to the ground!
"Mistake? Even if it is a mistake, you'll have to swallow it..." the snake-faced patrol captain said with a cold sneer.
"Daddy..." Yuanyuan lunged at Wang Shi and helped him up.
"Daddy, are you all right?!"
At that moment, several servant soldiers rushed in and directly lifted Yuanyuan up!
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