Chapter 853 Seeing the Essence
Wen Jiahong actually believed in Lian Yi. After all, she had put a lot of thought into Wen Zhaoming's matter.
In fact, when she received the news that three people from Aunt Wen's family had frozen to death after their carriage overturned, she had some guesses in her mind, but she neither told her mother nor the constable who came to report the news, especially after the county constable classified the incident as an accidental death.
The two children of Aunt Wen's family are not having a good life now. They are not starving to death, but they live in a shabby manner and no one disciplines them. After all, they are other people's children. It will not be good if they are treated too harshly or too lightly. Whether they are good or bad depends on themselves.
As the future chief of Wenjia Village, Wen Jiahong also has to do something for the village. He would occasionally visit Aunt Wen's house. One time, he went there at noon and heard the twins, a boy and a girl, arguing.
The cause seemed to be a piece of candy. Wen Zhaolian wanted to eat it, but Wen Zhaofeng refused to give it to her, saying that someone else gave it to him. The two of them started fighting over it, but Wen Zhaofeng was not as strong as Zhaolian, and in the end the candy ended up in Zhaolian's mouth.
"Wen Zhaofeng, you have to rely on me to support you in the future. If you get something delicious, you have to give it to me first."
"Why? I am also your mother's child."
"You are a boy, so you can't set up your own household. Just like Ming Ge'er, he is already that old, but he still has to rely on sister Zhao Yue to keep the house and land.
If it weren't for Zhaoyue, Second Aunt's house and land would have belonged to us long ago, and mother wouldn't have had to scheme to ruin Ming'er's innocence!
So you have to listen to me from now on, otherwise I will marry you off early."
"Wow"
Wen Zhaofeng was young after all, and he was frightened and started crying.
However, Wen Jiahong, who was listening to the conversation between the two outside the door, felt a chill in her heart. It was obvious that Aunt Wen and her husband did not avoid their youngest daughter when discussing things, so the other party could say such words. It should be considered retribution for the three members of the Wen family to end up like this.
Afterwards, Wen Jiahong turned around and left Aunt Wen's house. She decided that in the future as long as she made sure the two of them didn't starve to death, she would wait until she could send them to school and let the teacher take care of everything else.
Soon after, spring ploughing began. After the rice was planted in the fields, the diligent men in the village took their half-grown children to pick wild vegetables on the outskirts of Liangshan.
The cabbage, radishes and potatoes stored in the winter have almost been eaten. It is not easy to see green leafy vegetables, so naturally I pick as many as I can. Once the weather gets hot, some wild vegetables become old and difficult to eat.
As a result, less than three days after the picking, a man in the village found a body that was unrecognizable. It was obviously eaten by wild beasts. The clothes were torn to pieces, and the body was missing arms and legs. The face was even more unsightly.
The man who was picking wild vegetables was so frightened that he let out a cry and sat down on the ground with weak legs. Then he crawled to report the news to the village chief.
The village chief was also frightened, and immediately gathered the villagers to start counting heads to see if anyone had sneaked into the mountains in winter and ended up being fed to the wild beasts in the mountains.
After calling a circle of people, all the adults and children in Wenjia Village were there. Even the old people who rarely went out walked out of the room slowly with their crutches.
"Mother, I checked every household. There are many people from our village, except Wen Xiaoxiao. She was not in the house all winter. The house is drafty and has accumulated a thick layer of dust. If the body is from another village, we will notify the county constables."
Wen Jiahong wiped the sweat from his head and spoke directly.
"You said Jiahong isn't here?"
The village chief seemed to have thought of something and asked again.
"Yes, she only comes back in summer and autumn every year."
"Go and have a look."
Village Chief Wen took his daughter to the place where the bodies were kept and said to Wen Jiahong:
"Hong'er, turn her over so I can take a look at the back of her neck."
Wen Jiahong obviously didn't want to touch the body that was so badly mutilated that no one could recognize it, but she dared not disobey her mother's order, so she could only find two sticks and use her strength to flip the person over.
The head on the other person's neck was still there, but it had rotted and swollen, giving off a pungent smell, and there was also rotten flesh on the neck.
Village Chief Wen pinched his nose and went forward to check. His pupils shrank and he said directly to his daughter:
"Tell the elders in the village to bury the person! This person is Wen Xiaoxiao."
"What? Mother, are you sure?"
Wen Jiahong was surprised. She really couldn't see any trace of Wen Xiaoxiao in the pile of bones and rotten flesh on the ground.
"There's a red birthmark on the back of her neck, like a slap mark. I looked carefully just now and there's still a small half of it. It must be her."
Village Chief Wen sighed and said.
".How did this evildoer go to Liangshan? She has never participated in an autumn hunt."
Wen Jiahong felt it was too unlucky.
"I guess he's trying to trap a rabbit or something. Find someone to arrange the funeral."
Village Chief Wen simply waved his hand.
"Yes, mother."
When the people of Wenjia Village learned that the corpse whose face could not be seen clearly was Wen Xiaoxiao, they all breathed a sigh of relief, and then they were all glad that this scourge was finally dead. This shows how much Wen Xiaoxiao was despised.
After Wen Jiahong arranged Wen Xiaoxiao's funeral, she made a special trip to Sujiazhuang to tell Wen Zhaoming about this. According to his observation, Ming'er was also quite surprised, but because the other party had once targeted him, Ming'er didn't take this person's death to heart at all.
Lianyi only asked Hehua after hearing Ming Ge'er mention it later:
"How come it was found so quickly? Wasn't it thrown deep in the mountains?"
"It is estimated that the wild animals in the mountains came out to look for food in the spring, and then there was a fight, and the body was brought out."
Lotus explained calmly.
Lianyi didn't say much after hearing this. Anyway, Wenjia Village had already ended the matter unexpectedly.
It was because of these two things combined that Wen Jiahong was certain that Miss Su really cared about Ming Ge'er and would definitely not allow these rumors to spread.
"Then you should go to Sujiazhuang tomorrow and meet Ming Ge'er first to see what he means, and then try out Miss Su's attitude.
Since I have agreed to this matter, I must see it through to the end, so as not to betray the children of our Wenjia Village and make a fool of myself for others."
The village chief was an experienced person, so after hearing the rumor, he did not take action immediately. Instead, he let his daughter find out the situation first.
"Don't worry, mother. I will go out early tomorrow morning to avoid the villagers."
Wen Jiahong agreed immediately.
The next day, when it was still gray, she set out with a bamboo basket on her back to meet Ming Ge'er in Sujiazhuang. She had a ready-made excuse: to bring some food to the brother and sister. After all, the spring planting had just ended and it was the time of shortage of food.
Wen Jiahong successfully met Ming Ge'er and Yueyue. After giving the food to Ming Ge'er, he got straight to the point:
"Ming Ge'er, recently people in the village have heard some rumors that Miss Su has already passed the mourning period, but has not yet married you. I'm afraid that your marriage has changed."
"Huh? How come I didn't know that there was a change in my marriage with Ming Ge'er?"
(End of this chapter)
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