The entire Houshantun village is actually very small, with only a little over a hundred people and a few dozen households, most of whom are surnamed Yang.
Yang Manman's family is quite special; her father's original surname was not Yang, nor was he from Houshantun.
He changed his surname after coming here with his mother who remarried.
So even though his surname is Yang, he is ultimately not very close to these people.
This time, Yang Dazhuang didn't care about anything and made a big fuss about Yang Manman's matter.
A young woman's reputation is nothing compared to the benefits Yang Dazhuang desires.
Even if this niece didn't have any Yang family blood at all, he would still do the same thing, even if she were his own niece.
Ever since Yang Manman's affair became a big deal, Yang Manman has been crying every day.
She wasn't crying about herself; if she couldn't get married, so be it.
What's so scary about that?
Life after marriage is never as good as it is at home. Look at all those wives who have married into the family; none of them have had a good life.
They spent their days washing clothes, cooking, chopping wood, weaving cloth, raising children, and were so busy that they never had a day off.
Even so, he still gets beaten up frequently.
What's so good about it?
She was crying because she had harmed her fifth brother.
She's the one who ruined Fifth Brother!
On the day he was taken away, she tried to stop him, she wanted to explain.
Unfortunately, she was already locked up at home by her parents and couldn't get out at all.
As she was crying, she heard a noise coming from the yard.
Upon closer listening, it turned out that her parents were whispering to each other, and the content was related to her fifth brother.
"Her father, Wang Wu is back! He's with several policemen and the captain's youngest daughter-in-law." It was her mother's voice.
They're so loud and in a rush.
"They're together?" The voice sounded like that of a heavy smoker; it was her father's voice.
Her mother: "That's right!"
Her father: "Oh no, this has caused trouble for the Yang family!"
Yang Manman pressed her ear against the door, trying to hear clearly what her father was saying.
Her mother asked again, "Then what should we do?"
"Let me think... Go and call the eldest and second eldest brothers back. Tell them I need to talk to them and I'm going inside to take care of something."
"What about Manman? Should we just stop watching her?"
"What are you looking at? Yang Dazhuang and those guys haven't come back yet. They must have been held captive by someone. I sent the eldest and second eldest brothers back to find out what happened in Shangwan Village. That way we can come up with a plan. Go on!"
Then she heard her mother leaving the house and her father entering.
Yang Manman was overjoyed. Was the bad guy who forced her family to falsely accuse Fifth Brother going to be in trouble?
Is there still hope for her and Fifth Brother?
Fifth Brother, whom Yang Manman was thinking about, was walking through the village with Captain Zhang and others towards the mountains behind the village.
The entire Houshantun village is built on a gentle slope in the mountains. After all, it is a mountain, and flat land is hard to find.
Large, flat areas are even rarer.
Therefore, the residents are very scattered.
It's not mealtime yet, so many families have gone up the mountain to hunt.
He didn't even come back at noon.
As a result, not many people noticed that this group went to the back mountain.
Under a pine tree.
Tian Tian stopped in her tracks.
She didn't know why she was able to remember this place so quickly.
Perhaps it was the spirit of that sister guiding us.
She may have grown tired of the darkness and dampness of the forest and longed to regain the light and warmth.
Seeing Tian Tian stop, Captain Zhang asked, "Here?"
Tian Tian tasted sweetness, but her eyes were filled with desolation.
"dig!"
At a command, the group took out the prepared tools and began to work.
This is somewhat difficult.
The soil here is fertile and the vegetation is lush, especially under a pine tree.
The roots and stems are tangled, and the ground is covered with stones.
After digging for a long time, they finally unearthed a section of grayish-white material.
"Stop! Dig with your bare hands!"
Upon hearing this, Tian Tian, who had been standing there stunned, finally burst into tears.
These people still treated the sister inside as a human being.
They were afraid of hurting her.
Does that mean I'm a more complete person?
Yes? Right!
Even as everyone was digging with their bare hands, the sound of digging could still be heard.
What... what is this?
Everyone stopped what they were doing and listened intently!
Following the sound, Captain Zhang discovered that it was Su Ruobai digging for ginseng.
"What are you doing here?" Captain Zhang's lips twitched.
He always felt that meeting Su Ruobai here was not a good thing!
Su Ruobai's lips twitched as well.
She didn't want to come either.
However, she couldn't sleep last night, and the more she thought about Houshantun, the more she remembered it.
The more I think about it, the more familiar it seems.
Then I remembered a passage from the book.
Many years later, Houshantun has developed into a popular tourist destination.
Then, under many huge pine trees, several skeletonized female corpses were found.
That was decades ago.
Right now, it's exactly the right time.
She doesn't know what she was thinking, she just wanted to see if there was anything there, and when she was halfway through digging, she found someone had come.
There's nothing I can do!
If this is discovered, she can't very well say there's a corpse here.
I can only make up an excuse for myself.
He immediately threw down a few ginseng seeds.
Forced childbirth at the cost of my life.
That's why when Captain Zhang came looking for him, there was a legitimate reason.
Now, Su Ruobai can say with complete confidence, "I'm digging for ginseng!"
Team Leader Zhang's lips twitched even more violently. "Are you kidding me? How could there possibly be ginseng here?"
The straight-line distance from here to Houshantun is only a few hundred meters.
The people of Houshantun have lived in the mountains for many years and make a living by hunting.
If there really were ginseng here, how could it have survived until now!
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