Chapter 343 Let Someone Run Away
"After all this fuss, aren't you going to get married? You're going to invite the villagers to dinner?" Xiaoqiang's mother smacked her lips, her expression clearly showing some disappointment.
She had been hoping to get a seat at the wedding, but after all the fuss, it was all in vain.
Song Yanxi handed her a bag of cakes and said with a faint smile, "Thank you for taking care of us, Auntie."
Xiao Qiang's mother happily accepted it and scolded her, "We are all neighbors, why are you saying so many strange things to me? Didn't I tell you to treat this place as your own home?
You must have spent a lot of money in town today buying all these things, right? In today's world, you should keep some money on you."
Seeing that she wanted to ask something else, Aunt Wu yawned and said, "Auntie, it's getting late. Go back to bed."
After sending Xiaoqiang's mother away, Aunt Wu turned around with her smile completely gone. She said with a tired look on her face, "Pingchuan's wife, come with me."
Uncle Wu watched from the side, wanting to say something but stopping himself.
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"When do you plan to leave?" Aunt Wu sat by the bed and went straight to the point.
Song Yanxi hesitated for a moment and said, "If it's fast, we can probably leave in three to five days."
The lights were on in the room, and she could clearly see that Aunt Wu's eyes suddenly turned red after hearing her words.
She asked, "Can't we wait until after this year?"
Song Yanxi lowered her head and said nothing.
Aunt Wu looked at me and suddenly laughed, "Look at me, an old woman, talking nonsense here. You young people, of course, have your own plans for what you do.
Pingchuan's wife, please don't mind me nagging. Ever since Dahe and his brother passed away, this family has become dead and devoid of human touch."
"Auntie, you..."
"Why, are you still planning to continue fooling me with the old man?"
Song Yanxi couldn't answer.
She had felt the old man's pulse. Rather than saying that Uncle Wu and the villagers were hiding the truth from her, it would be more accurate to say that she herself was willing to cooperate and pretend to be confused.
When people are extremely sad, they will subconsciously choose to escape.
Even a powerful man like her grandfather was heartbroken for a long time after the death of her eldest uncle and second uncle.
On the surface, he ordered everyone in the house not to mention the names of his two uncles, for fear that his grandmother, who was overly sad, would not be able to bear the shock.
But how could he, as a father, accept it calmly?
Aunt Wu fumbled around and pulled out a red cloth bag from under her pillow, handing it to Song Yanxi, saying, "Take it. This is the dowry Auntie is giving you."
She said to herself, "It's not a good thing. Don't be polite to me, Auntie. If a girl doesn't give a bracelet to her when she gets married here, she will be laughed at."
Song Yanxi's eyes flickered slightly, "Auntie, we two are actually..."
"Alright, stop talking." Aunt Wu wiped her eyes and interrupted her with a smile, "You kid, do you really think I can't tell what's going on between you two?"
She thought of something and cursed, "That bastard from the Wang family, it's not enough that he harmed my Leizi, now he wants to harm you too."
As she spoke, a hint of murderous intent flashed in her eyes, "As long as his father and I are still alive, he won't even think about it!"
Song Yanxi hurriedly raised her hand to pat her back and said softly, "Don't worry, he can't hurt us."
As for Lei Zi’s revenge, it is impossible to let it go.
She would make him pay with blood.
After coaxing Aunt Wu to sleep, Song Yanxi went out and found that Mo Jinchuan was the only one left in the main room.
She frowned and asked in a low voice, "Why didn't you stop him?"
Although Uncle Wu doesn't talk much and looks honest, he is a man of blood at heart.
At this moment, I'm afraid he's going to settle the score with Wang Biao.
Mo Jinchuan looked at her, his eyes light and he said, "When did your voice recover?"
Song Yanxi looked away and said, "About three or two days."
"Does it hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt, just a little uncomfortable."
She hadn't spoken for so long that she almost thought she was mute.
As soon as the words were spoken, the room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Even without looking up, Song Yanxi could still feel a gaze that could not be ignored falling on her, and the gaze was so scorching that it seemed as if it wanted to see through her.
Unable to bear this feeling, she changed the subject and said, "From what Aunt Wu said, Lei Zi's death seems to be related to Wang Biao. I'm worried that Uncle Wu will act impulsively."
Just as she was about to go out, she heard a noisy sound outside.
Someone shouted at the top of his lungs, "Quick, go to the village entrance and block him. Don't let him get away!"
All the young and old in the village came out, holding torches and searching the village inside and out several times. They even tested the well for water with wooden buckets.
But such a big person just disappeared from the face of the earth.
In front of everyone, the village chief insisted on kneeling down and apologizing to Uncle Wu.
Uncle Wu had a gloomy face. He chopped the door of the village chief's house with the kitchen knife in his hand, turned around and went home without saying a word.
Just when everyone thought that the Wu family would completely break off relations with the village chief and might even move out of the village, they received news that the Wu family wanted to treat them to a big pot meal.
The harvest has been bad in recent years, and every household in the village has not eaten meat for a long time. Thinking about the half pig they brought back from the town, the diligent ones rushed to the Wu family to help before dawn.
The old couple entertained them happily and even took out a lot of cakes that Song Yanxi and the others brought back from the town to fill everyone's stomachs.
The yard was filled with joy, and at first glance you would have thought it was Chinese New Year.
Just before dinner, the village chief's wife came over, carrying a half-basket of eggs. She said, "Changgui was so mad at that good-for-nothing that he couldn't sleep all night. He's still hysterical now, so he won't come."
Everyone present looked at each other knowingly.
I thought, this isn't because he's angry, he's probably just scared and doesn't dare to come and see the couple.
I don't feel guilty about it.
Aunt Wu smiled and filled two bowls of meat for her to take back, and also expressed her concern for the village chief.
As soon as the people left, Xiao Qiang's mother immediately curled her lips and said, "Everyone knows that the kid from the Wang family was let go by Chang Gui. It's a pity that he had the nerve to pretend it was real."
Aunt Wu just smiled and said nothing.
The people at the same table couldn't help but feel sorry for her and said all kinds of things. Some even said that Wang Biao must still be at the village chief's house and clamored to search him.
Aunt Wu said nonchalantly, "Everyone's already run away, why waste time? Let's eat the food while it's hot."
Seeing how open-minded she was, the villagers were happy for her from the bottom of their hearts.
Xiao Qiang's mother patted her hands and said, "Old sister-in-law is right. What's done is done. It's a new year after this one."
"That's not the case. We who are still alive cannot let the past hold us back." Aunt Wu smiled happily, and it looked like she had really let it go.
The villagers also smiled with satisfaction and began to eat with relish.
What they didn't know was that the old couple also didn't sleep all night last night.
Busy sharpening the knife.
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Ever since they learned that Song Yanxi could speak, several young wives in the village who had difficulties in speaking came to her and asked her to help them take care of their health.
She was busy treating patients during the day and studying prescriptions with Uncle Wu at night, keeping herself busy all day long.
It was only after Mo Jinchuan had been leaving early and coming back late for several days that she felt something was wrong.
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