Chapter 9 The Moon Over the Old Days
Seeing that Li Shan was honest and kind, and that Li Shan liked Xiu Niang’s fiery temper and thought she was good at managing a household, the two hit it off and became husband and wife on their escape route. They led their families all the way to Shanghai and finally settled down in this wasteland.
It's a pity that Xiu Niang's mother passed away three years ago because she was starving on the road.
"I picked up a VIP customer and made a good two cents. After deducting the commission for the car dealership, I still have one and a half cents left." Li Shan smiled palely. At this moment, Xiu Niang, who was sewing clothes with her head down, realized that Li Shan was in very bad condition. She quickly threw aside her needle and thread and pulled Li Shan over to look him up and down.
"Her dad, what's wrong?"
"I'm alright, I'm alright..." Li Shan held Xiu Niang's hand, finally unable to hold back his tears. "Xiu Niang, I saw Shui Gen... He just... just died right in front of me..."
The nearly 1.8-meter-tall man sobbed uncontrollably, “Those heartless people shot Shuigen and threw him off the second floor. In the end, Shuigen was looking at me and told me to leave... I was scared, so I ran away. Now I regret it. My Shuigen, there’s no one to collect his body.”
Xiu Niang also shed tears, but she was calmer than Li Shan. It wasn't that she didn't love her uncle, but she knew that crying was the most useless way to express her feelings.
Then she grabbed a fire poker next to her and started hitting Li Shan, yelling, "Cry! All you do is cry! You're a grown man! You should think of something! You can't just let your uncle's body be thrown to the dogs!"
"We can't get revenge. We're just insects on the ground, anyone can step on us. How can we possibly fight against officials with guns? But we have to bring my uncle's body back."
Li Shan knew perfectly well what was going on, but he was filled with hatred. He only had one younger brother! The boy he sent to be an apprentice was very clever. A year ago, he had been traveling all over the country with his master doing small business, and now he was dead. He died without a wife or children. He felt so sorry for his deceased parents.
But how could he retrieve his brother's body? If he went directly, he feared he would be mistaken for an accomplice and killed. He also had a wife and children to support. He was fine with dying, but he wouldn't do anything that would implicate his wife and children.
"Daddy~" A child who looked about three or four years old was holding onto the door frame, rubbing his eyes with his other hand, looking like he had just woken up.
"Zhu Zi is awake?" Li Shan tried to put on a smile, but his smile looked worse than a grimace. However, the young Zhu Zi couldn't tell. Xiu Niang, who was next to him, turned her head away and choked up.
My uncle is a very good person. Although we haven't heard much from him since he went out to do business a year ago, he still sends things back from time to time, which is how they learned that he is safe and sound.
She treated her uncle like a younger brother, but who would have thought...
Seeing that Zhu Zi was awake, the two stopped talking and didn't want the child to repeat what they had heard.
If we can't go directly to claim them, then we'll have to go to the mass graves and search them one by one.
"Daddy, what's this? It smells so good!"
Zhu Zi sat in Li Shan's lap, holding a still slightly warm meat pie in his hands, his eyes sparkling.
"It's a meat pie. The gentleman we met today was a kind man. He gave Father a meat pie. Here, Zhuzi, eat quickly."
Zhu Zi didn't eat, but instead held the meat pie to Li Shan's lips, saying, "Father, eat." Then he pressed it to Xiuniang's lips, saying, "Mother, eat."
They each took a small bite, and Zhu Zi ate a little more than half of the last meat pie. The rest was given to Xiuniang. Xiuniang originally wanted to share it equally, but Li Shan felt sorry for her pregnant body and refused.
Xiu Niang had no choice but to take another bite, saving the rest for Zhu Zi to eat that evening.
Life is tough, and they don't seek great wealth or status; simply being able to live peacefully is a blessing.
Xie Ning tossed and turned all night, unable to sleep. The person had slipped a note into her shoe, and the words that appeared after she wiped it with iodine made her feel slightly uneasy.
"Gu has already betrayed us; we must relocate immediately."
With just four simple sentences, Xie Ning almost immediately guessed the identity of the person who came. He was probably an underground worker, and the message meant that there had been a traitor and the people here needed to be moved immediately.
Xie Ning didn't remember the detailed history, nor did she know if the history of this world was different from the world she originally came from. She couldn't guess who this Gu was or what had happened in between.
So she could only wait and see, and then wait for someone to come to her.
Since the deceased chose to meet in a restaurant, the person making the meeting must be nearby. Regardless of whether the person making the meeting saw the deceased's actions, they would inevitably find him after eliminating others.
During this period, she could not sit idly by and wait for her fate. Although the contact person would find her, the secret service agencies that were arresting underground party members would also likely come looking for her. Although there were many people and things were chaotic at the time, it was better to be safe than sorry.
She needed to find a force she could temporarily rely on, so that the secret service wouldn't dare to act rashly against her.
Xie Ning didn't fall asleep until dawn. When she woke up, it was already noon. She took out some food from her spatial storage to fill her stomach before going out to eat. She planned to pick out a few gifts after lunch. She had already spoken with Zhang Congzhi on the phone and they agreed that she would visit him the next day.
She was indeed Zhang Congzhi's savior, but to maintain a long-term relationship, they should remain friends.
Zhang Congzhi's family background was not simple. His family, Zhang, was a prominent local family. His eldest son, Zhang Mingyuan, joined the military and became a major at a young age. He was also a favorite of the army commander. His second son, Zhang Congzhi, managed the family business at home.
This time, she obediently found a Western restaurant in the concession area to eat, and it was a very high-end restaurant. Regardless of whether it was expensive or not, it was safer. After all, anyone who does big business has connections behind them, and not everyone dares to act recklessly here.
As for the issue of not being full from Western food, that's not an issue; if one serving isn't enough, she can eat two.
"Hello sir, may I sit here?" The man was dressed in a black suit with a rose pinned to his chest, and Xie Ning's pupils contracted.
She now knew why that person had put a note in her shoe.
It turns out they mistook me for someone else... and it really was...
"This gentleman has a rather unique style of dress; he's wearing a rose pinned to his chest. Is that some kind of trend?"
Xie Ning asked the question without changing his expression.
The man was taken aback for a moment, then stared intently at Xie Ning. "My wife likes roses, so I didn't wear any."
"Where is Ling Zheng? Has he arrived yet?" Xie Ning took a sip of her juice, still not really liking to drink alcohol.
"My wife was murdered by thieves yesterday and has died. Even the things she left me are nowhere to be found." This explains that he and the person from yesterday were friends rather than enemies.
Xie Ning pushed a plate of steak over, "This steak tastes good, sir. Why don't you try it? Good food can soothe the soul, so it's best to accept this as a loss."
Having said that, he didn't linger any longer, got up and walked out, making it very clear that he didn't want to have too much contact with them.
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