"I'm fine, I'm just feeling a bit panicked. I'll go back and lie down for a bit, and I'll feel better after that."
After Yue Jiuyue finished speaking, she went back into the house and closed the door. However, instead of lying down on the bed, she squatted on the ground, trying to pull out the cement pipe and put it into her space.
When Yue Jiuyue's hand touched the cold cement, she suddenly pulled it back.
If the pipe can really be stored inside the space, wouldn't the land collapse without the pipe? Wouldn't that be an even more blatant way of telling everyone that the ancient well is related to her family?
Even at night, that won't work.
The difference between compacted ground and wasteland is significant compared to freshly turned soil. The fact that only the cement pipes are different is self-evident.
So, is all we can do is pray for God's blessing?
Yue Jiuyue was completely flustered.
Sigh! She was clearly trying to do a good deed and wanted to be an anonymous good person, but in the end, it's like she did something shameful, and now she has to hide and hide, afraid that she'll be discovered and treated like a monster.
That's really ridiculous.
Yue Jiuyue stayed indoors all day, only coming out for a bowl of wild vegetable soup at lunchtime.
Mrs. Liu was extremely worried. She coaxed Xiaoman, who was fussing about going out to play, to play in the mud in the yard until it was almost dark when Lin Chaodong and the others returned.
“My mother stayed inside all day, except for a bowl of vegetable soup at noon.”
Seeing Lin Chaodong and the others walking anxiously toward the main room, Madam Liu quickly followed and explained the reason.
“This morning, the village chief’s son came to our house and called my mother over. When my mother came back, she said that the county magistrate had heard about what happened in our village, about the ancient well and the South Lake, and wanted to come and see. He also said he wanted to ask my mother some questions. My mother was in a bad mood. She said she was feeling anxious and that she would be fine if she went back to her room and lay down to calm down. But after she went back to her room, she didn’t come out again except for lunch.”
"Mother! Mother!"
Lin Chaodong and the others knocked on the door, but since they didn't hear Yue Jiuyue's response, they went from gently knocking to banging on the door.
After finishing her lunch, Yue Jiuyue went back to her room and lay on her bed, thinking about all sorts of random things. She even imagined being burned alive... but she couldn't really imagine how painful it would be. She wasn't sure if she could travel back in time after she died, or return to her original world, or be reincarnated.
As I was thinking, I eventually fell asleep.
She was sleeping quite soundly.
She was naturally awakened by her three sons' knocking and shouting, and as soon as she opened her eyes, she thought of the unpleasant things that might happen.
"Hey! Here it comes!"
Yue Jiuyue responded and resignedly got up to open the door, but she still looked listless and dejected.
"Mom, don't be afraid. It's just that the magistrate is coming. If he asks anything, I'll answer it."
"That's right, Mother! We won't let you face the magistrate alone, although I'm a little scared too, hehe!"
"Mother, are you feeling better now?"
The three sons all expressed their concern.
"I'm much better now. I've just never met a high-ranking official before, so I'm not confident and I'm afraid of saying the wrong thing and causing trouble for my family."
Yue Jiuyue casually offered an explanation, and her son and daughter-in-law nodded in agreement, as they shared the same concerns.
They were ordinary people living at the very bottom of society. The highest official they had ever seen was the village head. They were clumsy with words, and if they offended the county magistrate, the consequences would be dire.
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