Chapter 81: Are you just playing tricks here?
These words made Liu Nian's heart tighten. Before she could finish her popsicle, she hurried toward the village entrance.
"Slow down," Zhang Suzhen followed behind. "Don't wait until we get there and find everything's fine, only to have it upset your baby again."
The two hurried over and saw an old woman lying on the ground, crying and wailing. A group of men surrounded her, but no one dared to approach.
Liu Nian got closer and then he could hear what the old woman was saying.
"My ancestors are buried down here! You can't touch it!"
The old lady's name is Hu, and she is eighty years old. Her younger relatives are all filial, and she has a good reputation in the village. She is not an unreasonable person.
Liu Nian quickly went over. Su Xu looked at the bright sun, then at Liu Nian, and quickly took off his undershirt, placing his hands on Liu Nian's head to shield her from the sun.
Looking at the beads of sweat on Liu Nian's nose, Su Xu asked with some concern, "Aren't you hot?"
Liu Nian gave him a coquettish look, then glanced at the men watching them, and nudged Su Xu, saying, "I'm fine, you should put your clothes on quickly, everyone's watching."
Da Peng and the other team members were already used to it. They raised their eyebrows and sighed inwardly, thinking that they also wanted to have a wife.
Zhang Suzhen glanced at Liu Nian with envy, then went over to help the old lady up, saying, "Grandma, please get up first. We can talk about it slowly."
Wiping away her tears, Ms. Hu said, "I'm not an unreasonable person, but my husband appeared to me in a dream and said that our ancestors are buried down here and cannot be moved."
This area used to be a wasteland, a mass grave, where people who had no family left were buried. Why is the Hu family buried here?
"If you disturb my family's ancestral graves, how can I face the ancestors of the Hu family after I die?"
Madam Hu began to sob, "I can't be a sinner to the Hu family!"
“But we still have to work! Otherwise, how will we calculate today’s work points?” The workers looked at Liu Nian reluctantly.
Liu Nian comforted everyone, saying, "It's hot today, everyone take a break. We'll still pay you."
Upon hearing Liu Nian's words, everyone cheered, wiped the sweat from their brows, and couldn't help but praise, "Sister-in-law is so generous!"
When the Hu family heard that their matriarch had come to cause trouble, they quickly sent people over.
Hu Zhiqing, the eldest grandson, and his wife Zhou Xiaomei helped Hu Shi up, asking anxiously, "Grandma, what are you doing here?"
Zhou Xiaomei looked at Liu Nian apologetically and said, "Sister Nian, the elderly in our family are confused. Let's try to persuade her."
Liu Nian nodded.
After hearing what Mrs. Hu said, they realized that there really was someone from the Hu family buried down there, but it was a distant relative.
But this place is huge, and we don't know its exact location. Where can we find a mass grave without even a grave mound?
“Let me tell you, I didn’t know that the mass grave contained members of the Hu family, but I was half asleep that day.” Madam Hu shuddered and said, “I suddenly saw a figure outside the mosquito net, which looked like my deceased old man.”
"He came to me in a dream!"
Hu began to sob, her dry eyes turning red, her face filled with sorrow, showing that she had deep feelings for her man.
He said his family members were underground, so he couldn't move them.
Liu Nian and Su Xu exchanged a glance. Is it really possible for dreams to appear in the world? Especially at this critical juncture?
"Grandma, this is feudal superstition, you can't believe in it," Zhou Xiaomei gently advised. "Shall we go home first?"
After saying that, she looked at Liu Nian apologetically and smiled at her.
In these kinds of situations, you have to remain calm and adaptable. If someone is trying to cause trouble, they'll eventually slip up. Are they just playing tricks?
If you can't work, just take a break. In the end, the anxious person will definitely get angry.
Liu Nian and Su Xu both understood this principle, and neither of them was in a hurry.
At night, Su Xu knelt on the kang (a heated brick bed), one leg stretched back, his neck tilted upwards, clumsily like a large dog, which was quite cute.
With a plum in her mouth, Liu Nian looked at him with a smile and said, "What are you doing?"
“Yoga.” Su Xu glanced at Liu Nian, then braced himself with his hands, his arm muscles bulging and taut.
“I saw online that pregnant women practice this, and it’s good for their health. I’ll learn it first, and then I’ll teach you.” Su Xu was exceptionally serious, staring intently at the video on his phone, and added, “We also need a yoga ball.”
A man, shirtless, his well-defined muscles rippled with movement, but his posture was shy, and he looked at Liu Nian with a very serious expression.
Liu Nian's lips twitched, and she finally couldn't help but laugh.
"What are you laughing at?" Su Xu glanced at Liu Nian. "These things are all good for you."
Su Xu then quickly took notes, noting down the key points.
"Oh, right, I also bought some things online." Su Xu took out a bottle that looked like an oily substance.
Liu Nian's eyes widened. What is this?
Su Xu unscrewed the cap, squeezed a little into his palm, rubbed his hands together, and said to Liu Nian, "Come on, take it off."
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