Grandma Gao cursed with great force, and her legs, which were originally paralyzed in bed, kicked her son several more times in anger.

The villagers were so shocked their eyes almost popped out.

Back then, everyone in the village knew that Grandma Gao had been bedridden for seven or eight years, and her eldest son was a filial son who took care of her wholeheartedly for many years.

They originally thought that Grandma Gao had long been dragged into the deep sea by the storm surge and eaten by fish, leaving not even bones behind.

To everyone's surprise, not only did Grandma Gao return unharmed, but her crippled legs were also able to jump and hop around, kicking people just like before.

Grandma Gao's son grabbed the leg his mother had kicked and knelt down, hugging her and bursting into tears. "Mother, I thought you would never come back. You don't know how much I regretted it every day, regretting why I had to go out that day. Mother, I'm an unfilial son. It's so good that you're back!"

With red eyes, Aunt Gao slapped her son a few more times, "You fool, who told you to cause trouble? Comrade Ling is our benefactor!"

As she spoke, she reached for Ling Huanwu's hand, tears streaming down her face. "Comrade Ling, it's all my fault for not raising our son well. You can hit or scold him as you please. If it weren't for you, this old woman would have died long ago!"

Ling Huanwu, like the villagers, was still in shock.

I don't understand how she opened the space.

Just now, when she was furious and picked up a chair to hit someone, she kept thinking that she wished Aunt Gao and Aunt Liu could appear immediately.

To her surprise, they actually appeared in front of her the next second.

The triplets had grown taller and heavier in the past year. Their three identical faces were filled with joy as they ran over and hugged Ling Huanwu, holding her in the middle and crying until their little faces were red. "Sister, I missed you so much, waaaah..."

“Every day I pray to the gods to bless my sister so that she will be alright and that we can come out and reunite with her!”

Ling Huanwu squatted down and hugged the triplets together, her heart melting.

Over the past year, she has been losing clumps of hair.

Every day, all I think about is whether the children inside are well-fed and warmly clothed.

She often wakes up in the middle of the night from nightmares, dreams filled with terrifying scenes of the five of them lying dead in a space.

Holding the three chubby sisters in her arms, Ling Huanwu could no longer hold back her tears of joy.

The aunties who came to work outside squeezed in, and when they saw this scene, the whole cooperative was in an uproar.

A group of villagers also came upon hearing the news, surrounding Aunt Liu and the others with tears in their eyes, offering them words of comfort and concern.

The village chief and police officers arrived at the scene shortly afterward to inquire about their whereabouts over the past year.

"Aunt Liu, you're not dead, so why haven't you come back this past year? Your family has caused trouble for Comrade Ling time and time again this year, making a scene countless times!"

The police officer, holding a pen and notebook, conducted his routine questioning.

Ling Huanwu got up nervously, hugged the children, and her heart was pounding in her throat.

I was afraid they would reveal that space.

After all, they had been in the space for so long, they must have entered the warehouse where supplies were stored. Judging from the items inside, it was clear that it wasn't a fairyland, but rather a place where Ling Huanwu stored her things.

Zhou Jiuzhen stepped forward, took Ling Huanwu's hand, and whispered comforting words in her ear, "It'll be alright, they won't believe it."

Everyone held their breath and listened intently as they recounted their story.

Aunt Liu and Granny Gao exchanged a knowing glance, and their answers were almost identical to those in the storybook.

They were swept away by a storm surge and rescued by a kind family living in seclusion on an island in the sea. To repay their kindness, they worked for the family for a year before they were able to return.

To corroborate this, the triplets vividly recounted their experience of farming on an island in the sea.

"The sweet potatoes grown there are as big as pumpkins, and the vegetables can grow in just one day!"

"And the rice grown there is so fragrant, it's like rice mixed with egg yolk..."

Daya, Erya, and Sanya all looked up and chattered excitedly about their farming achievements to the adults, leaving everyone speechless with astonishment.

Everyone thought the child was making things up.

Aunt Liu's uncle's family, who hadn't visited in a long time, had long since grown tired of listening to this.

They had originally come here to extort money, but now that their wish had been dashed, they couldn't help but get angry. They interrupted the triplets who were still chattering away, "Alright, alright, stop talking nonsense and bragging. Kids love to brag. If you're so capable, show us how to grow a sweet potato the size of a pumpkin. We can't even grow sweet potatoes on our island anymore!"

After he said that, Aunt Liu finally noticed him again.

Aunt Liu was furious when she remembered that this group of people had come to extort money from Comrade Ling in their name. She picked up a broom from the cooperative and chased them all out.

The other women in the cooperative had long disliked them, and they all picked up their measuring tapes and other tools to drive the group out of the cooperative.

The police officers present couldn't stop them no matter what they tried.

Finally, they slunk away.

Only Gao Da Niang's son remained, kneeling before Ling Huanwu with a thud, kowtowing repeatedly, "Comrade Ling, I was bewitched and misled by others, constantly causing you trouble. You saved my mother, and I still treat you like this, I'm a bastard..."

Grandma Gao also looked at her son with a look of utter disappointment, slapping him on the back of the head, "Son, who did you listen to and did such a stupid thing? How am I supposed to face my savior now!"

Ling Huanwu hurriedly went over and pulled the old lady up, indicating that she would no longer hold it against her.

Gao Da Niang's son, however, seemed determined. Pointing at Ling's parents who were hiding outside the crowd, he gritted his teeth and said, "They said that Comrade Ling has plenty of money. They used your disappearance to bring a large group of people to cause trouble. Comrade Ling will definitely pay compensation!"

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