Just as Chen Yunyun was engrossed in her work, an urgent shout came from afar, "Zhijun's son, something's happened to your child! Hurry to the river to check on him!"

Because they were quite far apart, the person shouted with all their might, and their voice became somewhat distorted and shrill.

Chen Yunyun stopped what she was doing, frowned. Niu Niu and Da Wa didn't seem like the kind of people who would cause trouble.

Without thinking too much, she dropped the hoe, picked up her three children, and ran towards the river.

There is a river at the entrance of the village. The river water is spring water flowing down from the mountains. The villagers often wash their clothes in the river. However, at this time of year, the river surface has long been covered with a thin layer of ice.

Could the child have fallen into the water?

The more she thought about it, the heavier her mood became, and she quickened her pace. Sanwa was swaying violently in her arms, his little hands tightly gripping Chen Yunyun's collar.

The usually quiet riverbank was now crowded with people, and from within the crowd came the sound of a woman wailing and lamenting...

As Chen Yunyun approached, the people who had been gossiping lowered their voices and whispered among themselves when they saw her.

Pushing through the crowd, Chen Yunyun walked over with her child in her arms. A disheveled woman was kneeling on the ground with a child in her arms.

Upon recognizing the person, Chen Yunyun breathed a sigh of relief. The child was so chubby; he wasn't hers. Her gaze shifted from the crowd to the large baby and the little girl, both soaking wet, not far away.

The corners of their thick cotton-padded coats were dripping water onto the ground, and their lips were frozen white.

She rushed forward and touched the two children's hands. They were colder than ice and soaked to the bone, clearly having just come out of the river.

The eldest child still had a purple wound on his forehead.

He was perfectly fine before he went out, but after a short trip, he fell into an icy river and ended up with a head injury.