Chapter 48: Mrs. Luo is missing, Lin Xiuzhi's guess

Regardless of whether others were happy, congratulating them, or saying sarcastic words, after work, Lin Xiuzhi and Pan Wenlan carried the dead rabbit home.

When he got home, he shouted, "Sangning, let's have a feast. We're going to eat rabbit meat today."

Lin Xiuzhi was smiling happily. She was just thinking about what to eat, but now she no longer had to worry.

The Jiang family's braised rabbit meat was already cooked, and the aroma was so good that it could be smelled throughout most of the village. Old Mrs. Luo was still angry on the way, and her shrewd little eyes kept staring.

"Mom, what are you looking for?" Luo Yiping was anxious to go home. He was stained with sweat after a day's work, so he went back to boil some water to wash his clothes.

Old Mrs. Luo waved her hands and said vaguely: "Son, you go back first, I'll go over there and take a look."

As he spoke, he walked towards the back mountain, and Luo Yiping didn't even stop.

There was no other choice, Luo Yiping went home by himself. He was too embarrassed to bother Zhao Jiayun, so he boiled some water to wash himself and knocked on Zhao Jiayun's door.

"Are you home? What would you like to eat tonight?"

Zhao Jiayun opened the door, holding a handkerchief with the money she had recently saved inside. She glanced casually into the yard, "Where's Mom?"

"Out."

Now that they were alone at home, Zhao Jiayun asked tentatively: "Yiping, what are your plans for the future?"

Luo Yiping looked at Zhao Jiayun in surprise, not knowing why she suddenly asked such a question, and said calmly, "Get to work and build a good house."

That's not right. Zhao Jiayun stamped his feet anxiously and asked directly, "Have you ever thought about going out and messing around?"

"No." Luo Yiping's decisive answer made Zhao Jiayun even angrier. He sulked for a while and walked into the house with a sullen face.

Luo Yiping pretended not to see anything. The weather outside was gradually getting dark. He had been preparing dinner at home for a while, but his mother had not come back yet. He was about to go out to look for her, but Zhao Jiayun held him back nonchalantly.

"The village is so small, maybe she went to visit someone's house. Have you ever thought about going out to explore the countryside? You can only make a little money by farming at home."

Zhao Jiayun couldn't stop encouraging him. As long as Luo Yiping had this idea, she would give him money to do business and he would become rich soon.

Luo Yiping broke free from her hand and put down his bowl and chopsticks coldly: "Eat by yourself, I'll go out and look for it."

Luo Yiping walked around Changxing Village, but didn't see anyone anywhere. Afraid that he might have seen the wrong person again in the dark, he kept shouting while looking for him. He shouted until his voice became hoarse, but still didn't see anyone.

More than an hour had passed since he realized something was wrong. He ran to the captain's house, bent over and panting, "Captain, it's bad. My mother is missing."

"What? How could a living person disappear?" Jiang Zongzheng had just finished his meal and felt uneasy for a moment. He even suspected that Changxing Village had encountered some bad luck recently. Why did something happen every other day?

"After we got off work, my mother said she was going to the back hill to check on her, but she hasn't come home yet. I went to the back hill to check, but there was no one there."

What could Jiang Zongzheng do? He cursed in his heart and greeted the eight generations of Luo family's ancestors, but on the surface he still had to organize people to go to the village to look for someone.

Pan Wenlan was holding her son in the yard and teaching him to read. Lin Xiuzhi and Jiang's father went into the house to rest. Chu Sangning and Jiang Xingyan were also in the yard. They didn't talk, but they looked very harmonious when they sat together.

Chu Sangning was about to go back to the house when she saw a light outside through the crack in the door. She stood up and walked slowly closer, and found several men holding torches and shouting at people.

"Mrs. Luo, Mrs. Luo—"

"Auntie, Auntie Luo, where are you, Auntie Luo?"

The noises were getting louder and louder. Chu Sangning opened the door and blinked curiously, "Hey, big brother, what are you doing?"

"Oh, Mrs. Luo hasn't returned home since work. Her son said she disappeared in the back hills. The captain asked a few of us to help look for her."

Back mountain? Chu Sangning nodded in thanks and closed the door again, then turned around and threw herself into Jiang Xingyan's arms.

Her head collided directly with his hard muscles, and she was so scared that she covered her head and whispered, "What are you doing? You're so close to me. You scared me."

"Sorry, let me take a look." Jiang Xingyan actually thought that Chu Sangning was hurt, so he nervously pulled her hand and was about to move forward.

Fortunately, Pan Wenlan covered her son's curious eyes in time and coughed twice as a reminder: "Hey, Sang Ning, what's going on outside?"

"It is said that Luo Yiping's mother disappeared in the back hills, and the villagers are searching for her everywhere in the village."

After hearing the good news, Lin Xiuzhi couldn't sleep. She came out with her clothes on, smiling broadly, and pointed at Chu Sangning and said, "With Luo Jia's temper, I know what shit she's going to do as soon as she sticks her butt out."

"It must be because of greed. I caught a rabbit this afternoon and ran to the back hill by myself."

Pan Wenlan looked worried: "Nothing will happen, right? Didn't the elders say that the back hill was dangerous? How come Aunt Luo dared to go there?"

Lin Xiuzhi sighed and shook her head. "It's different. There's no danger at the foot of the mountain. Telling the children is just to scare them away from playing there."

"There are all kinds of things in the depths of the mountains. Just two years ago, a hunter from our village went there and never came back. It's been two years now, and all the bones and meat have been eaten by those big creatures."

Lin Xiuzhi pursed her lips as she spoke, looking towards the back mountain, and sighed, "It all depends on how smart the Luo family is. After all, you can get into the deep mountains but you can't get out alive."

The search for the missing person in Changxing Village was quite large, with a dozen strong young men holding torches and searching in groups of three or five.

There was so much noise that it was impossible to sleep, so Lin Xiuzhi simply put on her clothes, sat in the yard with the door open, and watched them search.

The Jiang family's location is quite close to the back mountain, basically only about four or five hundred meters away. There is no need to go up to see the excitement, you can hear some of it in your own home.

After searching for two rounds, no one was found. Jiang Zongzheng saw that everyone was tired, so he waved his hand and told them to go home and rest.

Luo Yiping was fed up and stood in front of Jiang Zongzheng, saying anxiously, "Captain, we can't stop. My mother hasn't been found yet."

"Your mother didn't find it, but don't you see how hard everyone has been looking for you?" Everyone was so tired that they kept yawning and could hardly walk steadily. What was the point of looking?

Besides, everyone has to go to work tomorrow. If we don’t get enough rest, who will be responsible for the deduction of work points?

Knowing that Luo Yiping was worried, Jiang Zongzheng softened his tone and comforted him: "Your mother may have already returned home. She is such a grown-up, how could she get lost like a child?"

"Captain, please, please look around again. I beg you." Luo Yiping bowed to everyone, making them feel embarrassed to go back first.

Moreover, Luo Yiping was popular in the village, honest and simple, and at this time, they all bowed to him. After discussing it, several men suggested: "Captain, let's look for another one."