After a pause, she continued.
"It's not that I don't trust the second child, I just don't know what's going on. I'm feeling uneasy. Do you think something really happened to Xiaoxi?"
Old man Li glanced at Niu Cuihua and saw her frightened look, which made him feel very uncomfortable.
"It's okay, it's okay, don't worry. If it really doesn't work, I'll accompany you to the county town tomorrow morning. Is that okay? Okay, okay, don't think about it, just go to sleep!"
At this moment, he waited for a long time, but didn't hear the old woman speak. He thought she was someone else. He was also sleepy, so Old Man Li simply closed his eyes and went to sleep.
After a while, he started snoring.
Niu Cuihua thought about it for a long time and finally came up with a solution. Just as she was about to say something to the old man, she heard him snoring!
He suddenly became furious and pinched him viciously several times, muttering to himself as he did so.
"Sleep, sleep, I let you sleep, you old man, you know who you are all day long, right? I let you sleep!"
Old man Li fell asleep and was about to continue dreaming when he felt pain in his arm. He immediately let out a cry and then spoke angrily.
"Alright, alright, are you going to let me sleep? It's late at night, what are you doing? If you really don't want to sleep, then go out and walk into the circle. Stop torturing me, okay?"
Niu Cuihua didn't expect that the old man Li would dare to scold her. So, when she heard his complaint, she spoke up without giving in.
"What's so great about you? You old man, I've been unlucky to follow you all my life. All day long, you do nothing but work. You don't care about anything else. I don't know what the use of you is. Now the child has been missing for a few days, and you can not only sleep soundly, but also blame me!"
It was late at night and he had said all the nice things he could, but Niu Cuihua still kept on talking. Old man Li couldn't stand it anymore and sat up immediately.
"Okay, I'm not going to waste my time talking to you. Tell me, what exactly do you want to do after all this trouble? Tell me, and I'll go to sleep after you're done!"
Hearing him say this, Niu Cuihua was also very angry.
He immediately said, "What did I do? I'm just worried about the child. What did I do? Why are you talking to me like this? Are you tired of me?"
"Okay then, starting tomorrow, we won't sleep together. Let's just sleep in separate beds. Then, we won't see each other anymore. I want to see if you're still annoyed."
At this moment, Zhang Huilan's voice rang out through the wall, "Dad, Mom, what's wrong with you? Is there something wrong?"
Seeing her daughter-in-law asking, Niu Cuihua quickly answered.
"It's okay, it's okay, go to sleep!"
"Oh, so I got up to go to the bathroom, and when I heard some noise in your room, I thought something was wrong. I hope you're alright, I'll go back to sleep!"
"Mom and Dad, go to bed quickly, it's so late!"
Seeing her daughter-in-law say this, Niu Cuihua quickly spoke.
"Okay, okay, go back to sleep, your dad and I will go to sleep now!"
After a while, seeing that there was no movement outside, Niu Cuihua spoke through gritted teeth.
"Why were you so loud just now? Look, you've attracted Huilan here! What on earth do you want to do?"
Old man Li said helplessly, "Are you wrong? What do you think I want to do? I want to ask, what do you want to do? Besides, is it my fault for waking up my daughter-in-law? It's none of your business."
When Niu Cuihua heard that he actually blamed her, she was immediately furious.
"You said me, well, it's all my business, you have nothing to do with it, okay!"
As she spoke, Niu Cuihua sat up angrily and picked up the clothes beside her.
When Old Man Li saw her trying to put on her clothes, he quickly sat up and reached out to hold her.
"What are you doing? It's the middle of the night, can you please stop making trouble? If there's anything, let's wait until tomorrow to talk about it, okay?"
"I won't leave if I have to wait for you. I have to get up and go check it out. You can go to sleep by yourself!"
While speaking, Niu Cuihua had already taken the thick coat and put it on.
Seeing that she was about to put on her shoes and leave, Old Man Li sighed and resigned himself to his fate and put on his clothes.
"Okay, okay, wait a minute, okay? Let me put on my clothes and stay with you!"
Niu Cuihua snorted coldly, "What? What do you mean by that? I didn't ask you to accompany me. If you don't want to get up, just go to sleep. Don't say such things, as if I want you to accompany me!"
Old man Li knew that no matter what he said, the old woman would not listen. It was because he had made her angry!
"Okay, okay, it's all my fault. I'm sorry, old woman. Please don't be angry, okay?"
"What do you mean by sorry to me? You're clearly sorry to Xiaoxi. Alright, stop talking and put on your clothes!"
Old man Li was very happy to see that the old woman had really forgiven him, but when he looked at the sky outside, he still spoke in disbelief.
"Old woman, are you serious? It's still early. If we get up now, it won't be daybreak when we get to the county town!"
"What? You don't want to get up? Fine, go to sleep by yourself. I'm leaving!"
As she spoke, Niu Cuihua walked out.
When Old Man Li saw her like this, he quickly called out to her.
"No, no, wait for me, can't I get up?"
As he spoke, he went to put on his shoes.
After the two of them walked out of the east room, Old Man Li asked, "Old woman, how are we going to the county town? Should we walk or ride a bike? If we ride a bike, I'll have to borrow one!"
Seeing him ask her this, Niu Cuihua couldn't explain it. She was just panicking. But it was so late, and she was still running to the county town. Could she really save her granddaughter? She was a little unsure!
Forget it, let’s go to the county town first!
After looking at Old Man Li, she was about to speak.
Unexpectedly, just as she was about to open her mouth, there was a rustling sound outside. From the noise, it seemed like someone was passing by outside, but that was not right. One person would not make such a loud noise!
This sound sounds like a group of people!
Niu Cuihua was about to ask Old Man Li when she heard someone outside shouting, "What are you doing? Keep your voice down!"
As the voice fell, as expected, the noise outside became quieter!
Only after the sound completely disappeared did Niu Cuihua dare to speak.
"What's going on? Old man, do you think those people were bandits?"
"What are you thinking? At this hour, there are still bandits? In my opinion, they are probably tomb robbers!"
Niu Cuihua didn't quite believe it. "Tomb robber? We haven't buried any important figures here."
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