They certainly wouldn't be getting any sleep now!
Hahaha!
All four of them laughed inwardly.
Seeing everyone wandering around searching, they started looking too, rather than let someone else get the prize.
Someone had already caught one, and they had only caught five themselves. Whether they caught the last one didn't really matter. Better still if nobody found it-leaving it there for a lucky draw would be perfect.
But as the search went on, the people who had originally come in to watch began rummaging around, and things took a different turn. They started searching through every room. Those outside heard that six snakes had already been caught, grew less afraid, and came inside too.
The noisy crowd threw the whole house into chaos.
The Wang Family couldn't stand having their home turned upside down either. They figured that after all this time, the snakes inside should all have been caught, so they impatiently drove the villagers out again.
Seeing the Wang Family discard their helpers now that they were done with them, Ye Yaodong went along and headed outside.
He had already wanted to leave when the house suddenly filled with people, some rummaging around so outrageously that they were clearly trying to take advantage of the confusion. Forget the last snake if they couldn't find it.
It wasn't that he was afraid someone else would catch it. Leaving it there was better!
Some villagers were unhappy and muttered under their breath, "They're all polite when they need something, then drive everyone out once it's done..."
"They call you Mother when you feed them, then curse you once they've finished eating."
"No decency at all..."
"As if we only learned what their family's like today."
"Serves them right. If we'd known, we shouldn't have gone in to help catch