Hearing that the patrol team had come looking for them, the three members of Lin Zhensheng's family gave a start.
"That cursed eldest son! He couldn't carry the load himself, so he went and sold out his own mother!" Liu Huiru looked panic-stricken as she covered her face and pretended to weep softly.
She was the one who had given those silver dollars to her eldest son to exchange for cash. If he confessed, she would be implicated too.
Chapter 38