Chapter 307 The Two Children of Fourth Aunt's Family
Shu Yu frowned as she listened. What kind of nonsense was this? How could something like this be related?
Da Niu, who was standing nearby, had overheard the gist of the conversation. Knowing that Fourth Aunt had been taken away by the officials, he became increasingly anxious and asked the people of Daxu Village, "What about Xiao Zhen and the others? Could it be that the two children were taken away as well?"
"No, the two children were terrified and are resting at the house next door."
No sooner had the woman finished speaking than the sound of a child crying came from afar.
Shu Yu suddenly raised her head and looked toward the source of the sound. She saw a little girl of about six or seven years old, stumbling toward her with tears streaming down her face.
Not only were her face streaked with tears and snot, but she also had a wound on her forehead, the size of which was unknown, and a large area was stained red with blood.
But what was even more terrifying was that she was holding a child in her arms. However, her position was poor, and the child was about to fall to the ground.
Both children, one older and one younger, were crying. The older one was clearly trying his best to hold back, but the younger one had cried until his voice was hoarse.
Da Niu's expression changed slightly. He quickly pushed aside the people around him and rushed forward.
"Xiao Zhen."
The little girl looked up, and the moment she saw the big ox, she finally couldn't hold back anymore and burst into tears.
"Brother Da Niu".
Da Niu barely managed to catch her, taking her brother just before she lost her grip and nearly dropped him to the ground.
He held the baby in one arm and patted Xiao Zhen's back with the other to comfort her, "It's okay, it's okay, Brother Da Niu is here, it's alright."
The little girl hugged Da Niu, crying and sobbing as she spoke, "Mommy, Mommy's been taken away. They said... they said Daddy is a bad person... No, Daddy is a good person, they're talking nonsense... My little brother keeps crying, I can't soothe him, I'm so worried he'll ruin his voice... I don't know what to do... My voice hurts so much..."
Da Niu squatted on the ground, feeling saddened as he listened.
Shu Yu and Lu Dasong also came over. She glanced at the two children first, then looked up at the aunt from next door who was following behind the children.
The auntie chuckled and explained, "Well, after their mother was taken away, I felt sorry for the two children, so I took them home to look after them. But when I heard that the children's uncle had come, Xiao Zhen couldn't stay at home and insisted on coming out. She even wanted to hold her younger brother herself and wouldn't let me touch him. I couldn't do anything about it."
A villager nearby bluntly pointed out, "Come on, don't try to make yourself look good. The village chief clearly asked you to take Xiaozhen and her brother home to help take care of them before he left, and you weren't happy about it at the time."
With such a big incident happening in Daxu Village, the village chief naturally couldn't just stand by and do nothing. He took several villagers with him and went to the county government office to inquire about the situation.
Another villager chimed in, "That's right, and you said you were just looking out for the child because you felt sorry for him. Look at how you've taken care of him! Little Zhen's forehead is still bleeding, and you didn't even offer to get him a handkerchief to wipe it off."
The man was quite kind; as he spoke, he took a clean handkerchief, dampened it with water, and handed it to Da Niu, asking him to wipe Xiao Zhen clean.
"I think you rushed the two children out because you heard that Xiaozhen's uncle was coming, right? Otherwise, why would Xiaozhen and her brother be crying like this?"
The aunt was exposed by several villagers and became somewhat embarrassed and angry. "What can I do? The Yuan family committed such a serious crime, the whole family has been arrested, and they might all be beheaded. What if I get implicated?"
(End of this chapter)
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