Chapter 977 What Happened That Day
The silver that Tang stole will be returned to the Wang family, and then Old Master Cui's body can be claimed.
As for Li Xiaoshan's body, Liang Wangsheng had come to see it with Ying Xi that day. After confirming his identity, they stopped caring about it. In any case, the Liang family had already divorced this son-in-law and retrieved the marriage certificate, so it had nothing to do with their family.
Therefore, the officials went to notify the Li family to come and claim him. The Li family had many sons and didn't care much about Li Xiaoshan. Moreover, he was a son-in-law, essentially married out of the family, and yet he had done such a shameful thing. Not to mention the Li family, even the Li clan members didn't want him to be buried in the Li family cemetery.
In the end, the Li family mostly wrapped the person in a straw mat and buried them somewhere.
Jiang Kuanyu would handle these matters, so Shu Yu didn't need to worry about them.
Little Sprout cried a lot, and she seemed different. Although she still looked listless, at least she stopped keeping quiet.
Sitting in the car, she slowly began to recount the events of that day. It turned out that when Li Xiaoshan threw her to the ground, she hit her head and fainted on the spot.
When I woke up, all I saw was my grandfather lying in the yard, covered in blood.
She rushed out, and her grandfather told her to be quiet and run away quickly to find someone. He pushed her along, telling her to take good care of herself from now on, and then he breathed his last before saying a few more words.
Xiao Ya thought her grandfather could still be saved, so while Li Xiaoshan and the other man were cleaning up the blood on their bodies, she planned to find someone to save him.
But her head was in so much pain that Li Xiaoshan's shake was quite severe, and she fainted again halfway through the dog hole.
When the Tang couple came out and didn't see her, they went out to look for her, but couldn't find her. Fearing she might seek help, they kept watch around the house, so that if she called for help, they could spot her immediately and apprehend her beforehand.
Little Sprout didn't wake up for a long time. Worried about Old Man Cui, she quickly ran back to the courtyard.
There was nothing left in the yard except blood. She was five years old and not completely ignorant; she knew that her grandfather had been murdered.
She crawled out through the dog hole again, but the way into the village was blocked. If she shouted loudly, her aunt's family, who lived closest to her, might hear her. But only she and her sick mother-in-law were at home. She was afraid that if the two of them came out, they would be killed by Tang and his family.
Her head was spinning, and she couldn't think of a better way, so she ran in another direction.
Once inside the woods, she saw someone and, without caring who it was, wanted to ask them for help.
But those were the black market guards, who wouldn't care about her at all and wouldn't allow her to move around in the woods, chasing her away.
Little Sprout stumbled forward and then fell down the steep slope.
Shu Yu and Jiang Kuanyu were deeply moved by what they heard. When they got home, they asked Hua Xian to help her wash her hair, take a bath, and get ready. Then, Shu Yu told Jiang Kuanyu about the arrangements for Xiao Ya'er.
Actually, it's not accurate to say that Xiaoya has no relatives. Since Tang is Old Master Cui's distant niece, their family and the Tang family are naturally related.
If the Tang family is so cold and cruel even to their own daughter, it's even less likely that they would adopt and treat Xiaoya'er well.
Jiang Kuanyu said, "I'll take him back to the mansion."
Shu Yu had no objection, but when she asked Xiao Ya'er about it, she fell silent, clearly not wanting to go.
She longed to return to the village, where her grandfather lived, and she wanted to stay with him.
But she has no choice now. She's only five years old and can't do anything. If she doesn't go back with Young Master Jiang, she'll only be able to go to the charity hall or become a little beggar.
(End of this chapter)
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