A woman who was watching the child nearby suddenly changed her expression, rushed over, and covered the chubby boy's mouth.
"Oh dear! What nonsense are you talking about!" The woman forced a smile, though it was a little strained, but she deliberately raised her voice to drown out the child's sobs. "This child! He hasn't even started learning to read yet! He doesn't know any better! He's just talking nonsense! Please don't take offense! Please don't take offense!"
As she spoke, she forcefully picked up the struggling child and hurriedly walked towards the next room.
Old Man Weng immediately burst into laughter, his voice booming, trying to ease the awkwardness from before. "Hahaha! Children say the darndest things! Children say the darndest things, everyone! There are wolves in the mountains behind us, and wild goats often come down to drink water, all dusty and gray."
He pointed to everyone's dusty clothes, "The kids, seeing you all all travel-worn, don't you just look like those dusty goats! Hahaha!"
He laughed loudly.
Several men from Wengjia Village nearby also laughed and nodded repeatedly.
"Yes, yes, there are many wild sheep in the mountains!"
"Dull and gray, just like it!"
The surprise and doubt on the faces of Village Chief Chen, Li Laosan, and the others hadn't completely faded, but seeing Weng Laojiu's hearty smile and "reasonable" explanation, they could only force a smile and awkwardly agree.
"Ah...haha...so that's how it is..."
"They're just kids..."
"Like a sheep...like a sheep..."
The atmosphere seemed to have eased again.
The group continued walking forward, but the childish cry of "fat sheep" and the woman's flustered movements pierced the hearts of some people like a tiny thorn.
Jiang Chan's grip on the cart tightened noticeably.
Her face was expressionless, but her eyes grew even more intense as she silently surveyed the "clean and tidy" village.
The image of the children imitating the game of drugging and dragging people lingered in her mind.
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