I saw that the Zhan family members were busy, going to find the head of the village, going to the Chen and Cao families to ask for help, and going to the mountains to look for people by themselves.
The loess house suddenly became quiet.
The two servants, Zhan and Huang Ye, also went there.
The old lady of the Zhan family looked at her little grandson, who was once full of vigor and vitality, and was now sitting alone against the wall, without saying a word.
Sighed softly.
"Grandma knows that you are anxious," the old lady walked over with her cane, reached out, and gently touched the top of Zhan Nanxing's head.
Zhan Nanxing lowered his head quickly to let the old lady see the redness in his eyes.
The hand on his head was warm and kind.
Just like when he was a child and got into trouble and was punished to kneel in the ancestral hall, his grandmother came in to comfort him.
"Don't blame yourself for being injured. You can't always accompany Zhao Zhao," the old lady advised gently, "Zhao Zhao, even if you recover from your injury in the future, can you always accompany her?"
Zhan Nanxing suddenly raised his eyes and looked into the old lady's eyes with red eyes.
Grandmother's eyes are full of wisdom and understanding of life.
Zhan Nanxing’s mind moved.
"You can see that the child is very capable. Some of his abilities are even beyond the cognition of ordinary people like us." As Mrs. Zhan said this, she gently patted Zhan Nanxing on the top of his head like she did when he was a child.
"Grandma likes her, so she naturally hopes that you will always be well."
"But maybe one day, she will do something earth-shattering, and we will follow her footsteps."
"Maybe one day, she will suddenly disappear."
"Marry her, don't blame yourself for following her, and don't blame her for waiting for you. Cherish the present."
The last ray of sunset faded away, and the living room was lit up with twinkling candles.
Zhan Nanxing sat in the corner.
The empty house seemed to still echo with the words my grandmother had said.
“Cherish the present moment…”
On the other side, the Zhan family went to the mountain to look for people.
At the head of the village, Guo ran into a snag.
"You let a daughter-in-law go to the mountains to cut trees by herself?" The head of the village sat on a small bamboo chair, puffing on a water pipe. "You know how scary the mountains are. Now it's autumn, and the beasts are eager to find prey to survive the winter!"
"Head, please send some people to help us go to the mountain to find someone!" Guo was almost crying. "We know we were wrong. We should let her go to the mountain alone."
The head of the village took a puff of the hookah, then found it was blocked, and knocked on it again, in a panic.
"No one has come down, which means they have gone too deep, or they have simply become food for wild animals."
"There's no need for me to give you any help. No one wants to go into the mountains this late at night."
Seeing that no matter how she persuaded him, Guo said, "We can give you money! If you want to help us find the person, you will be rewarded. Come on, Bai Xiaoshan!"
Hearing that there was money to be made, the head of the village raised his eyelids, but thinking that Guan Le had a history with this family, he finally relented.
"Okay, tomorrow morning, I'll help you gather some people..."
How could Guo wait until tomorrow? "Please be kind and arrange some staff for us tonight. Anything can happen in one night!"
The head of the village shook his head and agreed to whatever he said.
Guo was so anxious that she was about to kneel down to the head of the village.
A hand reached out from behind to support her, and she didn't kneel down in the end.
When Guo turned around, she found that it was Lin who went to notify the Cao family that someone was coming, and it was Cao Ya who supported her.
"I am not the one who is making things difficult for you. It is really too late and everyone is willing to die." The head of the village put down his hand and smoked the water pipe.
"Yes..." Guo was about to say something, but was interrupted by Cao Ya.
"Yes, it's important to find people. I brought some men from my family to help. The Chen family is also on the way. Let's gather at the foot of the mountain in a while."
"Thank you." Guo hurriedly thanked him.
Cao Ya took Guo out of the headman's house and walked towards the mountain. "Don't kneel down to others casually in the future. Sister Shen will want to see her family kneel down to others."
Guo blinked and nodded silently.
The light from the torch shone on Cao Ya's tender face. Guo felt that she was obviously much older than this little girl, so why did she need to be taught a lesson now?
And the lesson is so reasonable?
Hearing the people gradually walking away, the head of the village cleared his throat, and the man who wanted to make money from the Zhan family came out.
"Well, are they rushing to feed the wild animals in the middle of the night?" the man said, licking his back teeth.
"There's nothing I can do. I'll persuade you to stop." The head of the village picked up the hookah again. "I've let you brothers make some money a long time ago. You know what you can do. Why do you have to find everyone now?"
The man sneered and crossed his arms, "I guess I've spent a lot of money on this trip!"
The headman started smoking his hookah again, "We are all poor!"
In the Mobei camp, Guan Le was watching the soldiers drill with his hands behind his back, his hands itching and stroking the pistol on his waist.
"Report——"
A soldier ran over, half-knelt and reported, "General, a man who calls himself Zhan Beichen has come and said he wants to see you!"
"Oh?" Guan Xiaole's eyes lit up, "Please come in!"
Not long after the soldier returned, Zhan Beichen came, looking dusty and anxious.
Guan Xiaole greeted him with a smile, "Sixth Uncle, I have settled your family. If you have any other ideas, just talk to me!"
Zhan Beichen stopped suddenly and glanced at Guan Le's big hand that was placed on his shoulder in a very familiar manner.
This General Wude always mentioned his Sixth Uncle.
Zhan Beichen thought about it and felt that there must be a misunderstanding, but now was a good time to talk it over.
He had more important things to do. "This time, I want to borrow some soldiers from you. Is it convenient?"
"It's convenient, what's the matter?" Guan Xiaole wondered.
Zhan Beichen told Guan Le about the disappearance of his third brother's wife, Xiao Shan. After hearing this, Guan Le became even more confused. He pulled Zhan Beichen to a deserted place, patted Zhan Beichen on the chest, and asked in a low voice:
"That's easy. We don't need anyone to find it."
"You're a drone!"
"Take it out!"
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