Chapter 384 There is True Love in the World
The next day, Guihua got up before dawn. Liu Dabao heard the noise and also jumped up from the kang.
"Big sister?"
Guihua gathered her hair with her hands and turned around to see Liu Dabao looking at her with a hint of panic in his eyes.
"Dabao, Erbao and Shaoyao are now in your care. I will go to the town with the village chief to buy things for today. I estimate that we will be back in the afternoon."
Liu Dabao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He thought Guihua was going back to the Wan family and didn't want them anymore.
"Yeah, okay."
Liu Dabao quickly got off the kang and ran out.
The two came outside, but found that only Changsheng and his wife, and the village chief were in the yard, and everyone else was gone.
Guihua was extremely surprised. She was called to sleep by Changsheng’s wife last night, but she fell asleep unexpectedly. What happened?
Guihua glanced at Chen's body in the yard, which had been covered with a torn sheet.
"Uncle Village Chief, what is this?" Guihua hurried over and asked the village chief.
"Guihua, your mother might have been killed, but we are not sure, so we need to report the case to the county government and let the government take over. I will disperse everyone and you just wait at home while your uncle Changsheng and I go to the county town."
Guihua was a little dumbfounded. This was completely beyond her expectations.
"Dabao, come here, uncle wants to ask you something."
In order to find out the situation, the village chief called Liu Dabao aside and asked him some questions.
"Dabao, were you at home all yesterday?"
Liu Dabao shook his head. "No, my eldest sister would secretly send us food at noon and in the evening, and she would watch us finish eating before letting us go back. There was no fun staying at home. After we finished eating, we would play in the village for a long time. When it was getting dark, we would go to the place agreed with my eldest sister to have dinner, and then go home to sleep after dinner."
The village chief didn't know what to say. Should he say that the child didn't know how to take care of his mother? But a child this old needs adult care, so he had to ask again: "Did you find anything different when you came back last night?"
Liu Dabao shook his head again, "No, we came back as usual and put Erbao and Shaoyao to bed first. I went to see my mother, but she was still lying on the kang, motionless. I thought she was asleep, so I didn't call her."
"Then how did you find out she was dead?" The village chief felt that Liu Dabao's words were somewhat contradictory.
"I heard my mother calling me in the middle of the night. When I went to see her, she was still. I called her but she didn't respond. Then I realized she was dead."
"Then you didn't hear anything else?"
"No, Uncle Village Chief, what happened to my mother? You just said that my mother was killed? But she didn't bleed, and she didn't have any scars, how could she have been killed? My mother must have starved to death. She wanted to sell us for money to buy food. There was no food at home, but she couldn't leave the house. She didn't even have the strength to sell us. She must have starved to death. Uncle Village Chief, don't go to the county government. Hurry and bury my mother so that she can rest in peace as soon as possible."
"Dabao, this is not up to us to decide. You are still young and don't understand. Forget it. Just stay with your mother. Uncle will leave first."
After saying this, the village chief took Changsheng out of the yard.
Liu Dabao clenched his hands and his face turned pale.
Guihua saw that he was not quite right, so she quickly stepped forward and asked, "Dabao, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell? Why don't you go back and rest first?"
"It's okay, big sister, I just think the village chief is meddling in other people's business."
Guihua felt a little awkward when she heard what Liu Dabao said. Although she hated Chen, she didn't want her to die. At most, she just stopped associating with her. Why didn't Liu Dabao want the village chief to report the matter when he knew that Chen was murdered? Guihua couldn't figure it out. Maybe Dabao was still young and couldn't accept Chen's departure for a while, so he wanted to bury Chen as soon as possible.
Guihua didn't think much about it and wanted to coax Liu Dabao in to rest, but Liu Dabao got angry and knelt beside Chen's body, motionless.
Guihua couldn't persuade them, so she went in to check on the two kids.
Shaoyao and Erbao were still sleeping soundly. There was nothing to do at the moment. There was no need to entertain the people from the village who came to help, and there was no need to hold Chen's funeral. Guihua didn't have to stay in this home all the time. The memories of this home were all painful for her. Unless it was necessary, she didn't want to stay there for a moment longer.
Guihua tucked in the quilts for the two children and walked out of the house.
"Dabao, I'm going to go back first. Please take care of Shaoyao and Erbao. I'll bring you breakfast later."
Liu Dabao nodded woodenly without saying anything.
Guihua glanced at Liu Dabao and left without saying anything else.
When they returned to the Wan family, Wan's second wife was already making breakfast. Guihua skillfully went to the warehouse and dug out half a bag of potato scraps, mixed them with some rotten cabbage leaves, chopped them into small pieces, and cooked them in a large pot specially used for cooking feed in the yard. After it cooled down, she put it into the trough in the chicken coop. After doing all this, she changed the water in the trough again.
After feeding the chickens, she went to feed the rabbits. This year, all the rabbits were supplied to her own shops in the town. She made spicy rabbit heads, spicy rabbit meat, and rabbit meat hotpot, and her business was booming.
There are now about a hundred female rabbits and baby rabbits in the house. There are more than a dozen pregnant female rabbits who are about to give birth. Dozens of baby rabbits will be born this month. When the baby rabbits are born, the weather is turning cold, so Guihua needs to take more careful care of them.
Rabbits are rather picky about their food. Since the Wan family started raising rabbits, they grow a lot of carrots every year and store a lot of hay. These two are the key foods to ensure the rapid growth of rabbits in winter.
In another month, the Wan family’s cellar will be filled with carrots, enough to feed so many rabbits for the entire winter.
Guihua's movements had already alarmed the Wan family, but everyone tacitly agreed not to go up to ask about her well-being. When Guihua was almost done with her work, Wan Ersao came out of the kitchen and, as usual, handed Guihua a bowl of egg custard.
"Guihua, you must have been exhausted last night. Come and have a bowl of egg custard to settle your stomach. I'm almost ready for breakfast. You can bring some back to your brothers and sisters later. I made a lot of steamed buns, fried a big pot of potatoes, and boiled half a pot of eggs. You can eat first. I'll pack the food for you. You don't have to do any housework today. Just take care of it over there. If you need any help, tell me."
Guihua quickly washed her hands and took the egg custard with both hands. The porcelain bowl was warm to the touch, and the temperature was just right. It was obvious that Wan Ersao had cooled it down for a while in advance.
"Aunt, thank you." Guihua didn't know what to say. Only these three words could express her inner feelings at the moment.
"We are all family, what are you thanking me for? Eat it while it's hot. See if your aunt's cooking skills have gotten rusty."
Guihua quickly lowered her head, held the bowl and started drinking in big gulps. A tear fell into the egg custard. What she drank was not just a bowl of egg custard, but also a bowl of warmth, a bowl that was enough to give her the motivation to continue living.
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