Dad, we are so stable, should we do something?

"What's going on? Oh my God, why are all the people on this street walking with their backs bent?" Tian Xing'er was so scared that she asked everyone.

"What's going on." After hearing Tian Xing'er's words, Tian Yuze and others straightened up.

"Don't tell me something has happened. Sister, let's bend down first and talk, so as not to offend anyone." Tian Yuze straightened up and saw that everyone in front of him was bending down. He was so scared that he quickly pulled Tian Xing'er to continue bending down. When others saw this, they did the same.

"What's going on? How did it become like this in such a short time? Is it someone who can come? Does this big shot have some kind of problem? He likes everyone to walk with a bent back. Is he a hunchback? So when he comes out, everyone in the city has to learn to bend over like him?" Tian Zhenwei couldn't help but complain about this unfounded local bully.

"Who knows? Why don't we ask someone to find out what happened?" Tian Xing'er suggested, "Someone go, Baozhu, why don't you and Baoyu go and ask the people around us to find out how they got back."

"It's Miss."

Baozhu and Baoyu walked to the stall closest to them, bending over, and asked, "Auntie, can I ask you something?"

"What's the matter, little girl?" The old lady was also bending over at this time. At first, she just wanted to pick up some money on the ground, but she never found anything. She originally straightened up, but seeing that everyone around her was bending over, she was scared and immediately bent down again, for fear of offending some important person.

"That's right. Is there some important person coming today? Why are all the people in your county bent over?" Baozhu didn't dare to straighten up to speak. Now she was very tired from bending over with her head half raised to talk to the old lady.

"Yes, I just asked, and it seems that it was said that a high-ranking official from the capital who came from nowhere said that he liked to see people bending over to talk to him, and could not stand up straight to talk. If anyone dared to stand up straight to greet him, he would order his men to cut the rude person in half. It's very scary."

"What? Who on earth is this person? He is so scary." Baoyu was shocked when he heard this, and asked hurriedly, "Then when your county magistrate sees him, do you have to bend down like this?"

"Yes, you don't know that this is a high-ranking official. Who dares to offend him in our small place? If you anger a high-ranking official, you will be in big trouble. Going to jail is the least of your worries. I'm afraid they will beat you half to death and you won't have money to treat your illness. That's how miserable it is."

"Ah, there are still such terrible villains in your small place."

"Hush, little girl, keep your voice down. You are so young, be careful not to get caught for talking nonsense." The old lady kindly reminded Baoyu.

"Okay, thank you, Auntie. But that big shot of yours has passed away. When can we walk straight again?" Baozhu couldn't bear it any longer and wanted to straighten up.

"Oh, I don't know either. Just bend over first. It should be fine after a while. When you see everyone straighten up, we'll straighten up later. Don't be the first one to stand out."

"Auntie, you are right. We will listen to you. Thank you, Auntie. We'll be leaving now." After asking what she wanted to know, Baozhu took Baoyu back with her.

But they didn't know that what the lady said was just her blind guess based on what she heard from others, and she added some extra elements to the gossip she had heard before to make the version she just said.

Seeing Xing'er and Baozhu coming back, she hurried forward and asked, "Baozhu, what's wrong? What happened? My neck and waist can't bear it any more."

"Miss, it's like this. I heard from that lady that some high-ranking official has come to Shang County. This official has a habit of seeing people bend over. Wherever he goes, the people have to bend over when walking or talking. Anyone who stands up straight will be beheaded."

"Where did this arrogant official come from? I'd like to meet him." It was the first time that Tian Zhenwei had heard of such a thing in his life. He was so angry that he wanted to kill that official right away.

"Uncle Zhenwei, don't be angry. We have no power and influence. We still have to stay here for at least a year in the future. We can't cause trouble."

"Humph, I'm so pissed. I'll go ask other people about this dog official. Where did this come from?" Tian Zhenwei had to bend down and lower his head to suppress his anger. This made him feel very uncomfortable. He wanted to ask other people when the dog official would leave. When he left, he could secretly wipe his neck.

This time, Tian Zhenwei asked a few middle-aged men who were far away, "Brother, do you know who this high-ranking official who came here today is?"

"What high-ranking official? Why haven't we heard of him?" The eldest brother was confused by the question.

"Then why are you bending over? I just heard people say that everyone is walking with a bent over because a high-ranking official has come and he likes to see people walking with a bent over."

"Hey, you must have heard it wrong. There is no big official. There is no big official who will come here. He is from a poor village. Only a stupid person would want to come. I heard that a rich businessman came to the county today. He likes to spend money. The more the people bend their backs, the more money he will spend. But if anyone straightens up and he sees him, he will stop spending money. So brothers, you all have to hold on. For the sake of money, hold on a little longer." The eldest brother said in a serious manner.

"Yes, yes, I've heard that too, but I heard from people that the rich businessman is a hunchback, so he likes to make everyone bend over. He doesn't like others' backs to be straighter than his, so he gives money to make people bend over. Don't you think there's something wrong with this?" another man next to the eldest brother said.

"Hey, who cares? As long as we can have money, who cares about other things? It's hard to make money in our poor place." The third man next to them said with emotion.

Hearing this, Tian Zhenwei felt that there was something wrong with this matter, so he found an excuse to leave. He then went to several other places and asked in the same way. Unexpectedly, the answers he got were all different. But what was certain was that it seemed that everyone was waiting for someone to spend money, so they didn't straighten their backs.

"Xing girl, everyone please straighten your backs and talk." Tian Zhenwei straightened his backs when he came to Tian Xing'er and the others, and asked them to straighten their backs as well. "This is all a misunderstanding."

When they heard it was a misunderstanding, Tian Xing'er and the others all straightened up and asked, "What's going on, Uncle Zhenwei?"

"Maybe it's because I picked up the money first, and you all wanted to pick it up too. Then everyone saw us all bending over, and they all thought there was money on the ground, so they followed suit."

"Then why are people all over the street bending over if they follow the trend?" Tian Xing'er still didn't believe it. It was because of them.