Lin Jianing drove the oxcart all the way to the person's doorstep before driving the oxcart back home.
His wife, Lin Qi, came out to open the door for him, wearing only a coat, and said while cursing:
"Why are you only getting back now? What happened to that family again? They can't even let us have a peaceful night!"
Lin Qi was very unhappy that her husband was always the one to handle any village matters late at night!
Her father-in-law is the clan chief, and her brother-in-law is the village chief. It seems that all the benefits go to others, while the hard work and effort are left to her husband. How can they treat people like this?
But she couldn't be too obvious, otherwise if she angered her father-in-law and they separated the family again, then her second branch of the family would really not get any benefits.
Therefore, she could only complain privately and only grumble to the family that had the accident.
"Alright, nobody wants anything to happen. Go back to your room and rest. I'm so sleepy I can barely keep my eyes open."
Lin Jianing's words silenced Lin Qishi, who then urged Lin Jianing to go to sleep, feeling sorry for her.
This little incident was known only to the two of them; everyone else was sleeping soundly in their own rooms, not even turning over.
Meanwhile, at Yue Jiuyue's house, chaos erupted. Xiao Man'er woke up at some point and, not seeing Liu Shi, cried loudly for her mother. Lin Chaobei tried everything to soothe her, but to no avail. By the time Yue Jiuyue and the others returned, Xiao Man'er's voice was hoarse from crying.
Hearing the hoarse voice of Xiaoman'er crying and reaching out to Liu Shi for a hug, they felt extremely sorry for her.
But when they looked at Lin Chaobei, whose eyes were red with worry and who had been comforting Xiaoman'er for who knows how long, they couldn't utter a single word of reproach.
Liu was so heartbroken that she burst into tears, but she couldn't hold Xiaoman'er to comfort her. Xiaoman'er wouldn't come to anyone else. It wasn't until Lin Chaodong carried her back to the kang (heated brick bed) in their room that she was able to put Xiaoman'er next to her. Liu hugged Xiaoman'er, and before she could even comfort her, the little girl fell asleep snuggled close to Liu.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Next, Lin Chaodong was in charge of preparing the medicine for Liu Shi, while Yue Jiuyue and her two sons also went back to the front and went to their respective rooms to sleep.
Yue Jiuyue slept exceptionally soundly this time, even more soundly than during the wheat harvest, autumn harvest, and spring planting.
Moreover, she seemed to have a dream in which a little girl, about the same age as Xiaoman'er, followed behind her handsome father, pointing at a brightly colored bird chirping merrily in a tree, wanting it.
The little girl's father couldn't refuse his daughter, so he picked up a slingshot and aimed at the birds singing in the tree.
Bird: It hides! It hides! It hides and hides!
Seeing that her father couldn't hit the bird and was even getting a little angry, he started arguing with the bird that seemed to be mocking them. The little girl tugged at her father's sleeve and whispered:
"Dad, I don't want the bird anymore, let's go home."
Her father glanced at his daughter, then at the birds chirping and hopping about in the tree, and aimed twice more, but they dodged him again. He sighed and said:
"Alright, let's go home."
The little girl looked up at the bird in the tree, and it suddenly flapped its wings and flew away.
The little girl was being led home by her father's hand, but she turned her head and stared for a long time in the direction the bird had flown away.
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