Chapter 27 Blame the Lecherous County Magistrate
"In short, he will temporarily take over your work in the underworld from now on."
"The higher-ups really value you. These days, college students are everywhere. If they hadn't known you were in this small world, they would have chosen a native. How could he have gotten such a good opportunity?"
"If you encounter any trouble in the mortal realm in the future, you can contact him at any time... Of course, you know what I mean, it has to be within the rules."
Catching the paper bag thrown by Bai Wuchang, Chen Chunxing nodded absentmindedly.
When she first heard that the fool Xue Huai dared to commit suicide for love, she no longer cared about others.
On a rainy night, the pale face in the dark cave flashed before my eyes like lightning.
Chen Chunxing pursed his lips heavily.
She had seen that person's soul before, and it wasn't Xue Huai, but now...
All coincidences in this world are caused by cause and effect. Now that I have met someone who is similar to him, it should not be just that.
"There's a stream nearby with fish in it. Would you like to go and take a look?"
Hearing the sound coming from below, Chen Chunxing came to his senses and patted He Liangpu on the shoulder under the cover of branches and leaves.
"Not yet, just a temporary worker."
After saying that, she no longer paid attention to the two ghosts, hugged the tree trunk, and slid down to the ground easily.
"You're quite brave to take a few kids fishing."
Seeing that there was no one behind Ah Si, even though Chen Chunxing wanted to go back immediately, he couldn't help but make a sarcastic remark.
Ah Si said innocently: "I don't want to take them with me, but I have to stop them."
His gaze shifted downwards to the weeds at his feet, and his voice was faint.
"If you're really starving, who cares whether you die early or late?"
Chen Chunxing paused, said nothing, and walked in the direction he came from.
Across a forest of dead trees.
A river about a hundred feet wide came into view.
"You call this a creek?"
The slight emotion that Chen Chun had just felt was instantly swept to the bottom of the river by the waves.
I am speechless!
"It's not far." Ah Si quickened his pace, feeling guilty. He walked to the river and pretended to pull a child to him, saying, "Stand away, be careful not to fall in."
The children had no time to pay attention. When they heard the sound, they didn't even raise their heads, but just stuck their butts out to pick up fish from the ground.
"Don't touch me!"
The little round-faced boy who was caught even gave Ah Si a punch in the heart in dissatisfaction.
"Hey……"
Chen Chunxing looked at the ground, then glanced at the river, and finally understood.
"Old Sheep!"
The surface of the water was suddenly rippled, and a huge crucian carp fell to Chen Chunxing's feet.
"I am here."
The water droplets from the fish's tail splashed all over Chen Chunxing's face, and she ground her back teeth.
"What are you doing! Don't you know that you are so unlucky and have such a short life? Come up quickly!"
There were no rivers near the village, and since she had picked Yang up, this was the first time she had discovered that someone actually had the pufferfish element...
Ah Si's heart moved, and he went closer. "Brother Yang is a man of great bearing, a rare good man in the world. How can you say he has a short life and a short fortune?"
"..." Chen Chunxing stretched out his hand towards Yang Yi who had swam ashore, "Have you picked any wild fruits? Hurry and give me some to relieve the sourness."
"This is the only one." Yang opened the coat in the chest pocket, and inside were some thumb-sized river shrimps.
"It seems that ability is more important than luck." Chen Chunxing glanced at Ah Si and smiled strangely.
Seeing her like this, the people who had rushed forward just now became silent.
Ah Si imitated the children and caught a few small crucian carps with the hem of his clothes. His expression was vague, as if he was thinking about something.
However, no one present was a busybody.
Chen Chunxing looked around, broke off a vine, tied up the huge crucian carp, and handed it to Yang Yi to hold.
Eight or nine inches long, weighing at least twenty pounds. Just this one piece is enough for my family to eat for several meals.
It’s a pity that there are no salt blocks, otherwise I would pickle it and dry it in the sun, and it can be kept for a long time when the weather is cold.
When they returned, the children were very happy.
Before leaving, the adults in the family only allowed him to find some wild vegetables and fruits. How could he dare to hope for meat?
Thinking of the delicious fish soup that they had not tasted for a long time, one of the children quietly pulled Chen Chunxing's clothes.
"Sister Shen, this is for you. My mother said it's edible."
Caught off guard, a handful of mulberries was stuffed into Chen Chunxing's hands.
She looked down.
This most favored youngest son of the side branch had long lost his former prosperity. His clothes hung loosely around his waist. Only his face still had some flesh, making him look rounder than the other children.
"Sister likes it very much, thank you." Chen Chunxing always tends to be more kind to well-behaved children.
She wrapped the mulberries with a handkerchief, took the child's hand, thought for a moment, and then wiped them on Yang Yi behind her.
Looking at the purple-red juice, Yang Yi was speechless.
"It's already wet anyway, and I'm going to get scolded anyway, so I don't care about this little bit more." Chen Chunxing explained first.
But his smiling face doesn't seem to be very sincere.
Perhaps infected by this cheerfulness, Jiang Yuxin secretly glanced at Chen Chunxing and said hesitantly, "Sister Shen, can you let the Wu brothers and sisters follow you all the time?"
Chen Chunxing patted his head and asked instead of answering, "Why do you want to follow me? Aren't you going to take care of them?"
The child, who was only six or seven years old, sighed like an adult, "My uncle wants to sell Sister Wu to the county magistrate's family as a maid. Mother doesn't want to, but she can't make the decision."
He looked up at the treetops, as if trying to recall, "I secretly told Sister Wu, but I didn't expect her to be so brave and actually run away. Third Uncle led people to chase her, but she never came back..."
Chen Chunxing kept stroking the child's head as if to comfort him, but a sneer of extreme sarcasm appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Among the dozen or so people who had escaped earlier, except for the Wu siblings who were rescued, only five people were captured alive and taken to the mountain stronghold. When they returned, only three were left.
"So, your family blamed Sister Wu for the mistake. Do you want me to protect them?"
Jiang Yuxin nodded, then shook his head, and under the gentle gaze of Shen's elder sister, he gave an irrelevant explanation.
"Third Uncle said he was going to find Sister Wu, but he actually wanted to escape. He didn't take Third Aunt with him, only Second Brother..."
"When I first learned they wouldn't be coming back, I was very sad, but after being hungry for a while, I didn't care about being sad anymore..."
"After being hungry for a while, I couldn't help but think of Sister Wu... Although Third Uncle is gone, there's still Fourth Uncle and Second Uncle... Even my dad seems a little off lately."
"Alas, this is all the fault of that lecherous county magistrate! If he hadn't wanted to force my sister, my family wouldn't have set their sights on Sister Wu!"
As if amused by the last sentence, Chen Chunxing raised the corner of his mouth and patted Jiang Yuxin's shoulder lightly.
"Master Yu, I agree to this matter."
Jiang Yuxin was delighted at first, then her face turned red and she ran away shyly.
He shouted from a distance, "Don't call me Young Master, I'm not a Young Master anymore!"
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