Chapter 38 Looking for Daughter
"What, went with Master Lu?"
Zhang Xiu's head buzzed after hearing this. Ever since she came here, she has felt extremely insecure. This sense of security came from hunger and nomadic pursuers.
But I never thought that the family of three would be separated.
Now my daughter was suddenly taken away by Mr. Lu, whom I had never met before. It was so scary. What should I do?
"Ding Xue, please tell your aunt what happened and what Mr. Lu said?" In a moment of desperation, Zhang Xiu grabbed Ding Xue's shoulders with both hands. Her anxiety made her eyes widen, which was very scary.
Ding Xue shrank her neck in fear: "You hurt my shoulder!"
"Then tell me quickly." Zhang Xiu shook her twice.
This time Ding Xue was so frightened that her whole body trembled. Even Ding Shan, who was standing next to her, didn't know what to do. From childhood to adulthood, they had never seen their cowardly aunt get angry.
In the end, she had no choice but to recount what had just happened tremblingly. Maybe she was frightened out of her potential, but she even repeated everything Ding Xiaodie said word for word.
Zhang Xiu asked repeatedly, "Did Xiaodie really say that?"
"That's what she said. She also said she would bring back some delicious food for you."
"call!"
If her daughter really said that, then half of her worries could be removed. Zhang Xiu patted her chest and sat down on the ground: "Thank you, Ding Xue."
There are two possible scenarios for this matter. If it was Master Lu who took Ding Xiaodie away, there would be a risk. But Ding Xiaodie wanted to go with him on her own, so generally there wouldn't be any problems. That clever daughter must have come up with some new trick.
Ding Xue stood there, not knowing what to do: "..."
The two children from the other village could no longer hold back their tears and burst into tears.
Xiaodie was taken away. What a terrible thing it was. They were also afraid that they would be taken away.
"Okay, okay, stop crying, okay? Let's go back now." Zhang Xiu, who had recovered a little, stood up. He felt a headache. These kids were too timid.
In fact, if she didn't say anything, Ding Xue would also cry. She was just a village boss, and she wanted to cry when she met such a distinguished stranger when she went out.
At this time, the little friends in the village started crying, and her eyes also turned red, but because she was much older than them, she held her tears back out of embarrassment.
When he heard Zhang Xiu say that he wanted to go back, he immediately ran away.
Ding Xue held it in until she got home, and only started sobbing after she entered the house.
This frightened Zhu, who thought her daughter was being bullied outside. "Someone's been bullied? Tell me now."
Ding Xue was sobbing and speechless, so Ding Shan told her what happened on the mountain in a low voice.
Zhu panicked after hearing this and quickly wiped her daughter's tears: "Oh, how could this happen? Are you scared? It's okay, it's okay. You're safe now. Stop crying!"
After coaxing his daughter, he finally remembered the important point: "Did that damned girl Ding Xiaodie really get taken away?"
Seeing that her eldest son Ding Shan and youngest son Ding Hao both nodded, Zhu's mood suddenly became very happy. She grinned sinisterly and said through gritted teeth, "I didn't expect that this little girl would have such a day."
Tragic scenes flashed through her mind. After Ding Xiaodie was brought back home by Master Lu, he made her the lowest maid, making her sweep the floor, mop the floor, empty the dung bucket, and serve the whole family, young and old.
"Mom, I'm hungry."
Just when she was thinking with great joy, Ding Hao interrupted her thoughts.
Zhu glared at her youngest son with some dissatisfaction: "You've been hungry all day. Look, what did you find?"
The two brothers then brought the mushrooms wrapped in leaves to her.
These days even food is a problem, let alone vegetables. Although mushrooms are not green vegetables, they are better than nothing.
Zhu carefully selected the items and found most of them edible.
"Have a while longer to go hungry. I'll make you some mushroom soup later. When your father comes back, let him have some too. Tomorrow morning, you can take me with you. I'll go up the mountain and look for mushrooms too."
"Okay, mother!"
Ding Hao didn't dare to say he was hungry anymore, and just nodded obediently.
At this moment, Ding Shan suddenly saw Zhang Xiu passing by the door, so he whispered, "Mom, my aunt is out!"
Zhu immediately ran to the door to see.
She saw that Zhang Xiu's steps were a little hurried, and thought that she was most likely going to look for Ding Gui at this time. The only daughter in the family was taken away by someone, so she would be very anxious.
However, the more the third family behaved like this, the more she gloated over their misfortune.
She was about to make some sarcastic remarks about Zhang Xiu, but when she turned around, she saw the old woman standing at the door of their house not far away. Zhu immediately shrank back and waved to Ding Shan, "Close the door. Their family's affairs are none of our business."
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Zhang Xiu did go to find Ding Gui. After returning home, she was sitting in the kitchen sorting mushrooms, but she didn't feel happy at all when looking at the black truffles.
Although my daughter is smart, she is still a child after all. If someone wants to harm her, she will definitely not be able to protect herself with force.
As he thought about it, his expression began to become dull.
Wang Dafeng, who heard the noise, went downstairs and saw that she was alone, so she asked, "Where is Xiaodie?"
Didn’t they agree that mother and daughter would go up the mountain together to look for mushrooms? Why is only the mother back now?
Unexpectedly, this sentence seemed to suddenly turn on a switch in Zhang Xiu. She immediately made up her mind to find the man and then go to pick up Xiaodie together. As for whether she could get food for them, it really didn't matter.
"..." Wang Dafeng was shocked when she saw her daughter-in-law standing up like crazy: "You are possessed. Where is Xiaodie?"
"I'll go find her now."
Zhang Xiu immediately walked out of the house.
Wang Dafeng stood there speechless, is he crazy?
Then she hurriedly chased after him, only to see Zhang Xiu had already walked away towards the other end of the street.
What was going on? Wang Dafeng frowned in confusion.
Here, Zhang Xiu searched every house along the street, asking along the way, and finally found out that Ding Gui was right in front of her, so she quickened her pace.
It was a hot day, with the scorching sun overhead. Zhang Xiu, with his face covered in sweat, found Ding Gui and said, "Dad, come out for a moment."
When Zhang Xiu stood outside the door and called out, Miao Dayou's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that Ding Gui had given him all the food, so his wife came after him to quarrel with him?
At this point, he had no choice but to say apologetically, "Agui, if Zhang starts arguing with you, just say the food is still there and I'll go back and get it."
"It's okay, don't think too much, just go to bed for a while." Ding Gui pressed Miao Dayou's shoulder, signaling him to rest assured.
Apart from anything else, Ding Gui knew his wife best. He knew that Zhang Xiu was not the kind of person who would quarrel with him for a little food. Moreover, in such an era, Zhang Xiu was already very sympathetic to the villagers.
So he put down his work and went out: "Wife, what's wrong?"
(End of this chapter)
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