After Xiaohua said this, Shu Jiaying started to panic. She took Xiaohua's hand and said, "Let's go to the river again and take a look."
At this time, Village Chief Xu also woke up and walked out of the room.
"Xiaohua, I just heard you say something happened at home. Is your father not back?"
"Uncle head of the village, wuwuwu... My father has not returned since he went out last night. I'm really afraid that something might happen to him, wuwuwu... I'm thinking of asking Sister Jiaying to accompany me to the village to look for him. I don't know what to do alone, wuwuwu... wuwuwu..."
Seeing Xiaohua crying her heart out, Xu Li sighed deeply and said, "Then I'll go with you to look for her, Jiaying, let's go!"
The two adults and the child walked along the village path until they reached the river. Xiaohua pointed to a reed forest and said tearfully, "Uncle Head, my father often sets traps in this area. I looked for him this morning, but I didn't see him anywhere near."
As she spoke, Xiaohua shouted to the surroundings again.
"Dad, are you here? I'm Xiaohua. I haven't seen you all night. Where have you been? Dad... wuwuwu..."
Shu Jiaying hurried over and pulled Xiaohua into her arms.
"Don't cry, Xiaohua. If it's not here, then Uncle Erlang shouldn't be here..."
As she spoke, Shu Jiaying carefully looked around at the surrounding terrain. When she saw a place with dense aquatic plants by the river, a piece of dark blue cloth seemed to be faintly emerging from the water.
Startled, Shu Jiaying pulled Xiaohua away from her arms and looked at Village Chief Xu with a heavy gaze.
"Uncle Xu, look... there seems to be... something in the water plants over there?"
Village Chief Xu looked in the direction Shu Jiaying said, and he suddenly had a bad premonition.
But he still comforted Xiaohua, saying, "Don't worry, Xiaohua. Let Uncle Xu go over there and take a look first."
Walking down to the river and groping around, Village Chief Xu soon discovered that there was a corpse sinking under the water plants.
Restraining the panic in his heart, Village Chief Xu gestured to Shu Jiaying to cover Xiaohua's eyes.
"Sister, what are you doing?"
"Xiaohua, don't look at it yet, be good..."
"Sister, did Uncle Xu discover something?"
“…”
Shu Jiaying did not answer. She looked towards the shore. When she saw the person that Xu Lichang dragged up, she immediately broke down and cried.
Because she recognized the clothes the man was wearing - it was Erlang.
"Uncle Erleng, wuwuwu..."
Hearing the crying, Xiaohua struggled to run away from Shu Jiaying's hands, ran to the shore, and knelt in front of the body that had been pulled up by Lichang Xu.
"Wuwuwu... Daddy, Daddy... I told you not to go out last night, wuwu... Why didn't you listen to your daughter? Daddy... Wake up, I'm Xiaohua..."
"Xiaohua..."
Shu Jiaying looked at Xiaohua, who was crying so hard that she was about to melt, with tears in her eyes. She wanted to comfort her, but she couldn't find the words to comfort her.
She looked at Village Chief Xu with tearful eyes.
"Uncle Xu, look...shouldn't we find something to cover Uncle Erlang? That way, when he passes away...at least he can look respectable."
"Yes... yes! Jiaying, you and Xiaohua stay here. I'll go get a quilt and ask someone to call the coroner. Look at this idiot. He worked hard all his life, but why is he so miserable when he passes away?"
A tear rolled down his cheeks, and Village Chief Xu hurried back home. Just as he brought a quilt to cover Erlang, the village coroner arrived.
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