Chapter 137 Looking for mother in the middle of the night!
"Sixth Uncle, Sixth Uncle! Open the door!" Someone shouted at the top of his lungs. The sound could be heard far away in the dark night, and Zhimaqiu, who was sleeping in the main room, immediately cried out.
Yang Lihua was the first to wake up. She raised her hands to cover her daughter's ears, for fear of scaring the child.
Tai Jizu also subconsciously turned over and picked up the axe under the edge of the kang.
After hearing the noise outside, Tai Jizu frowned, said a few words to Yang Lihua, and went out after putting on his clothes.
The old man slept in the east room with his grandchildren as usual, and now he pushed the door open and came out.
Tai Yonglu and Tai Yongyue were eager to follow their grandfather, but their second brother pulled their ankles and refused to let go.
At this moment, Tai Jizong, who lived in the wing room, had already walked to the gate of the courtyard and asked loudly, "Who is shouting? What happened?"
Outside the courtyard gate, Tai Jijin was looking anxiously into the courtyard. When he heard this, he shouted, "Second Brother Jizong, is my mother at your house?"
Tai Jizong got a headache after hearing this and quickly responded, "What nonsense are you talking about? How could your mother be in my house? At noon, your mother came to my house and made a scene, wanting to take Chunhong back and even saying she would sue our family to the government.
"Later, the tribe leader came and chased her away! Many tribe members saw her leave our yard. You wouldn't have found her here even if you looked for her!"
The Third Aunt's family next door also heard the noise and were leaning against the wall to watch the fun. They echoed, "Yes, I was right there at the time. Your mother was so unreasonable that the clan leader was furious. When your mother was leaving, she accidentally bumped into the door, and many people saw it."
Tai Jijin didn't really think that his mother was at the Tai family, but he asked around inside and outside his home, and even everywhere in the village, but couldn't find any trace of his mother.
Since there was really no other way, he came to ask with some hope.
I didn't expect this result.
The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he burst into tears at the top of his lungs.
"Mom, mom! Where have you been? Why don't you come home when it's dark? Woo woo, mom!"
It happened that the rest of the villagers had come out to check on the situation because of the noise. Uncle Tai San was among them, along with his son. He quickly scolded Tai Jijin, "Shut up, you useless thing! If someone's missing, look for them right away. What's the point of crying?"
After that, he asked the villagers, "From noon till now, has anyone seen Jijin Old Lady? Whatever it is, tell us quickly!"
The villagers looked at each other, and finally said they had never seen it.
Old Master Tai remembered something and narrowed his eyes slightly before asking, "Has anyone seen the mute? He's always wandering around the village, maybe he'd seen something!"
This reminded a villager, who immediately shouted, "Oh, I remember now. At noon, I went to the toilet in the back garden and thought I saw the mute and the aunt talking at the foot of the mountain. But I only saw them for a moment, and I don't know where the aunt went after that."
"Could it be that he went up the mountain?"
"I don't think so. It's so dangerous in the mountains. I don't dare to go there alone."
"That's not necessarily true. Maybe he got lost on the mountain. Otherwise, why wouldn't he go home after dark?"
The villagers were talking at once, and Tai Jijin's hope was rekindled. He knelt down and kowtowed to Master Tai San and Master Tai Lao.
"Uncle San, Uncle Liu, it's all my fault! No matter how bad my mother is, she's still alive. Please send someone to help me find her. If I delay any longer, she might get eaten by wolves!"
Even if he didn't ask for it, Mr. Tai San would not stand idly by. After all, they were of the same clan, so he had to lend a hand.
Master Tai San pulled Tai Jijin up and said, "Wait a moment. Ask the mute to see if he knows where your mother went. Even if we go into the mountains, we need a direction."
After saying that, he called Tai Jicai to find the mute.
Old Master Tai winked at his eldest son, and Tai Jizu caught up with Tai Jicai.
After a while, the two brothers found the mute.
The mute might have fallen asleep, and was suddenly woken up, still a little sleepy.
Master Tai San asked him a few questions personally, "Mute, Tai Jijin's mother is missing! Someone said that someone saw you and her standing at the foot of the mountain talking at noon. Do you know where she went? Did she go into the mountains?"
The mute seemed to be in a state of confusion, with a blank look on his face for a long time. Then he suddenly seemed to remember something, and started gesticulating with his hands and shouting incoherently.
After guessing for a while, everyone finally understood most of it.
According to the mute, he did meet Tai Jijin's mother at noon.
He picked up a nest of pheasant eggs in the mountains at that time. Tai Jijin's mother wanted to snatch them away, but he refused to give them to her.
Later, Tai Jijin's mother asked him where he picked it up, and he pointed to a place and ran away.
But he didn't know whether Tai Jijin's mother went up the mountain to look for pheasant eggs.
No one had any hope of luck at this moment. Needless to say, Tai Jijin's mother must have gone up the mountain.
After all, this old lady is someone who likes to take advantage. When she heard there were eggs, she would never let them go...
Tai Jijin sat down on the ground and cried out in anger.
"Mom, why are you so confused? Why don't you call me to come with you?"
Unfortunately, it’s too late to say anything!
While no one was paying attention, Old Master Tai looked at Tai Jizu.
Tai Jizu nodded imperceptibly. After a moment's thought, Grandpa Tai stepped forward and pulled Tai Jijin along. He then patted the mute's shoulder and said, "Mute brother, thank you for coming here so late at night. Go back to sleep quickly. We may have to go into the mountains."
The mute waved his hands repeatedly, looking honest and simple.
Master Tai San immediately ordered his clansmen to go home to get axes and torches and go up the mountain immediately.
Of course, we cannot leave no manpower in the village, after all, the elderly, the weak, women and children also need to be protected.
If we scare the wolves into the mountains and they come back into the village, we will regret it and have no place to buy medicine.
Grandpa Tai took Tai Jizong with the villagers, then quietly gave Tai Jizu a few instructions and set off with the sesame balls.
It is not easy to go up the mountain, especially in such a dark night.
Everyone agreed on a slogan to facilitate mutual support.
Grandpa Tai asked Tai Jijin to find a piece of the old lady's underwear and let Zhimaqiuer smell it.
Sesame Ball turned his head away in disgust and barked several times.
Mr. Tai was a little worried and said, "Sixth Brother, this dog is too small. I'm afraid it won't be able to do anything."
The old man replied in a low voice, "It's too difficult to find anyone in these vast mountains. I'm just desperate and trying everything I can. If it helps, it'll save us some energy."
I don’t know if Zhimaqiu understood it, but he barked a few more times, as if protesting their “contempt”.
The group quickly entered the mountains, with four teams of ten people in each team, and a distance of fifty feet between each team, so that they could provide support at any time if they encountered wild beasts.
The sesame ball has grown a lot bigger than when it first arrived at Tai's house, but it is still pitifully small compared to the vast mountains.
Unexpectedly, its legs were very strong and it ran very fast, weaving in and out among the bushes.
Just when everyone climbed halfway up the mountain, Zhimaqiu suddenly started screaming wildly.
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