Chapter 1249: Marriage Recovered Through Fraud (15)
Du Xiaoling was being fed melon seeds by Shi Chu. When she heard the adults talking, she opened her innocent eyes and asked curiously, "Auntie, who was the figure that Wang Zhiqing saw?"
Shi Chu paused, looking at the chubby little girl in front of him who had a gossipy look on her face at such a young age, and couldn't help but reflect on whether he had led the child astray...
At this time, Du Xiaoshi interrupted mysteriously and said to Shi Chu and Du Xiaoling in a low voice: "I know! I know, what Wang Zhiqing saw was not a human, but a wild boar!"
When Du Xiaoling heard what he said, she was so scared that she hugged Shi Chu and said fearfully, "Is there really a wild boar?"
Du Xiaoshi swore: "It must be a wild boar! Otherwise, how could Wang Zhiqing lie in the bamboo forest all night and not be discovered until daytime?"
Seeing how confident he was, Shi Chu couldn't help but rub his forehead and asked him, "Why are you so sure that what she saw was... a wild boar?"
"Erniu, Qiangzi, and Xiaozhu said that their parents also felt so..." Du Xiaoshi said to Shi Chu as if taking credit.
Erniu, Qiangzi and Xiaozhu are kids of similar age to Du Xiaoshi and usually play together. It was a little surprising at first that these little kids, who are only a few years old, would discuss adult matters.
But she still had to remind him, so she said to Du Xiaoshi with a serious face: "Du Xiaoshi, whether it is a wild boar or not, you should never go to the bamboo forest in the future, do you know? Wild boars are very fierce and can easily kill people. There was a case of a wild boar killing someone a few years ago. Don't disbelieve it..."
When Du Xiaoshi heard Shi Chu's words, his face turned pale. He was young and it was easy for him to believe what adults said, especially since Shi Chu spoke so righteously.
"I, I'm not going." Du Xiaoshi said this and hurriedly covered his mouth.
"That's good. These messed up things have nothing to do with us. We can listen to what others say, but we shouldn't make random guesses, okay?" Shi Chu said to the two children this time.
Du Xiaoshi and Du Xiaoling nodded quickly. Seeing that they were obedient, Shi Chu asked them to put some melon seeds in their pockets and go play with other children.
After listening for more than twenty minutes under the banyan tree, Shi Chu lost interest after confirming that Wang Minxi really did not see the dark shadow that harmed her in the bamboo forest that night.
Around noon, the gossiping group under the banyan tree dispersed, and Shi Chu took his two children home to cook.
Before she reached home, she saw the yard gate was open. Shi Chu immediately became alert and asked the two children to walk behind her while she went in first to prevent thieves from breaking into the house.
But she soon found out that it was a false alarm, because it was Du's mother who came in. When she saw Shi Chu, she put on a stern face and started to scold him again: "Where did you go to have fun so early in the morning? You are not at home every day. Which woman is as lazy as you? You are already a mother, but you are not sensible at all..."
Shi Chu rubbed her ears and turned a deaf ear to what Du's mother said. She also took the opportunity to push the two little kids behind her in front of her. So Du's mother immediately had no time to scold Shi Chu. She was busy checking whether her two grandsons were abused by their stepmother Shi Chu.
When Shi Chu returned to the kitchen to cook, he saw half a pig's foot on the stove, and the hair had not been shaved clean.
"Wan Cao'er, I brought the half pig's trotter from the kitchen. You can cook it for San'er and the two children!" Mother Du's words came from outside.
"Got it." Shi Chu was not surprised at all that she specifically said to make it for Duzhou and the two children - she was not among the people who could eat it. Du's mother had a lot of opinions about Shi Chu, and naturally thought that good things should be left for her son and grandchildren. How could Shi Chu, a daughter-in-law she disliked, eat the things she brought? !
Would Shi Chu care about this? Did she want to eat as many pig's feet as she wanted? She hadn't taken Du's mother's little thoughts to heart.
"By the way, San'er's uncle is getting married the day after tomorrow and asked us to go to the wedding. Remember to tell San'er to take a day off the day after tomorrow and take you to your uncle's house." Mother Du carried Du Xiaoling back to the kitchen and said to Shi Chu with a cold face, "I won't come over tonight. Remember to tell him, don't forget."
"I know. I'll tell him." Shi Chu promised.
"Going to my uncle's house for a wedding?" Du Xiaoling blinked her eyes curiously.
"Silly girl, you should call him uncle. Your father calls him uncle!" When Du's mother heard what her granddaughter said, she couldn't help but smile and pinch her little face to correct her.
"Uncle?" Du Xiaoling mimicked in confusion, "Who is uncle?"
"He's grandma's brother." Du's mother replied.
Du Xiaoling was immediately surprised, as if she had discovered a new world: "Grandma, you have a brother too?"
Du's mother was amused by her words: "Of course grandma has a brother, just like you have a brother."
At this time, the chatterbox Du Xiaoshi also quickly interrupted and said excitedly: "Then I am also an uncle!"
Du's mother was amused by his childish talk and laughed so hard that her teeth were showing: "Silly grandson! It will take decades for you to become an uncle!"
"Why?" Du Xiaoshi was very puzzled after hearing this.
"Because your sister is not even three years old yet, she will have to wait for 40 to 50 years to have grandchildren." Du's mother laughed happily, "Only her grandchildren will call you uncle."
Du Xiaoshi was extremely disappointed: "It will take so long for me to become an uncle? I can't wait!"
At this moment, Shi Chu couldn't help but be amused by him.
Du Xiaoling's eyes rolled around, and suddenly he said whimsically: "Brother, don't be sad, I will go find Xiao Zhuzi to be my grandson, and let him call you uncle!"
"No, Xiao Zhuzi is too sloppy and doesn't even wipe his nose. I don't want him to call me uncle..." Du Xiaoshi said with disgust.
"Alright, alright! You two, you can't just adopt a grandson casually. You have to have your own biological child." Mother Du smiled and interrupted the increasingly outrageous conversation between the brother and sister.
Du's mother played with the brother and sister for a while, reminded Shi Chu not to forget to attend the wedding banquet, and then left.
When Duzhou got home from get off work in the evening, Shi Chu immediately told him about this.
"Attending a wedding?" Duzhou was a little confused. "Which cousin is getting married?" His uncle had quite a few sons, but only one of them got married, and the other three were not married yet.
"I don't know. Your mother didn't explain clearly. She just said that our family will go the day after tomorrow." Shi Chu replied.
"Then I'll go to my eldest brother's house after dinner and ask mom." Duzhou nodded.
"What gifts do we need to prepare?" Shi Chu was a little worried.
"Wait until I ask my uncle which son is getting married." Duzhou said.
"Do you give different gifts to different sons?" Shi Chu asked curiously.
"I have close and distant relationships with several of my cousins, so of course the gifts I prepare are different," Duzhou said as a matter of course.
(End of this chapter)
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