Anyway, no one else in the family would find out except him. The people he should resent are the crazy old woman who beat his daughter to death and his grandsons. If they hadn't been so obsessed with stealing, robbing, and gambling all day, his daughter wouldn't have died.
But they were his grandsons too, and he couldn't kill them to avenge his daughter. He was at a loss for what to do.
An Shuyi nodded, "Don't worry, once you're settled, I'll find you a good place. If anything comes up in the future, you can let me know. I'll go there first. Please accept my condolences."
Seeing An's father sitting there weeping, the two of them didn't know how to comfort him. After all, she had taken over someone else's daughter's body, and unfortunately, she couldn't repay him. Helpless, the two of them could only leave first.
Xia Hua looked at An Shuyi, who seemed a little down, and comforted her, "Shushu, don't worry too much. Once we've settled in, we'll give them some money and then we'll part ways with them."
They didn't kill the original owner of the body. At most, they took over her body after her death. If they could, they wouldn't have wanted to do that. They're not unable to survive in the modern world, so why come here to be tormented?
An Shuyi shook her head, "I'm fine, I just feel sorry for him, it's so sad to see an elderly person like him outliving their child." From now on, besides fulfilling my filial duty, I'll help him in any way I can.
The two returned to their resting place, took their clothes, and went to the cave to wash them. By noon, Village Chief Lin had divided up the meat and cooked it in the pot. Everyone was just waiting to take their rations and eat.
There was plenty of meat this time, and Village Chief Lin told everyone to eat as much as they wanted, as long as they didn't overeat. Soon, the large pots were surrounded by people, but the elderly and children were served first, followed by the elders, and only the remaining clansmen were served last.
Although the tribespeople offered An Shuyi and Xia Hua the food first, the two refused, only filling their own bowls halfway and sitting down to eat their own steamed buns.
The wolf meat was not tasty. If it weren't for Village Chief Lin's orders, they would have preferred to eat dry steamed buns. For the next few days, everyone had a rare period of normal life. They didn't have to worry about running out of water or food, or about refugees coming to rob them. They could even lie down and rest after eating their fill. The tribespeople were so happy that they were cheerful all day long.
An Shuyi and Xia Hua were not idle either. Whenever they had free time, they would go out for a walk around. Although the plants here were all withered, Xia Hua could still do a live broadcast. Every day, the two of them would do a live broadcast while walking around in those mountains.
Although the number of people sending gifts each day wasn't huge, it wasn't small either. Over the course of a few days, the money kept increasing. That night, when she was killing wolves, Xia Hua didn't forget to go live. Even though the wolf-killing didn't last long, the number of people sending gifts in that short time was more than the total number of gifts from the previous few live streams combined.
That evening, before they ate, Village Chief Lin said, “We’ve had a few peaceful days here, but we can’t stay here forever. We need to find a place to settle down. So tonight, everyone should wash up and pack their things. We’ll set off tomorrow morning.”
"Uncle Village Chief, you're leaving so soon? We haven't had enough time yet. Why don't we stay a few more days?" The third brother sighed as soon as the village chief finished speaking, wishing he could stay there forever. The second and fourth brothers next to him were in a similar state, both looking dejected.
Xia Hua's son, Xia Nan, chimed in, "That's right, Uncle Village Chief, we want to stay a few more days. There's still so much wolf meat left. We can stay a few more days and finish it all before we leave. Otherwise, all this hard-earned meat will be gone again!"
*Slap!* An Shuyi and Xia Hua were about to eat dry steamed buns when they heard this unfilial son's words. She immediately slapped him, took the bowl from his hand, and then kicked him several times.
"If you want to die, stay here. I'm not going to stop you. You useless thing, what else can you do besides eat?"
"Mother, I was wrong. I was just saying it casually. Please don't take it seriously." The third brother was beaten so badly that he had nowhere to hide. He wished he could find a crack in the ground to hide in, but there were clansmen everywhere, blocking his way.
"Mom, I was wrong, I was really wrong, I will never do it again. Grandpa, please talk to my mom, I was wrong, I will never do it again."
But An's father remained indifferent, as if this was just a stranger. If it weren't for the other people around, he would have wanted to slap him directly, but he only thought about it.
An Shuyi stopped. "Third brother, you lot, listen to me. If you still want to cling to this attitude of living one day at a time, then I'll expel you from the clan and get out of here. You useless things."
"Mother, don't worry, we won't do it. We'll definitely be obedient from now on," the second son hurriedly assured.
"Yes, Mother, I know I was wrong, I'll never dare to say such things again," the third son hurriedly promised. He had been living too comfortably these past few days and had forgotten how formidable his mother was.
"Good that you know. Hurry up and go eat, then clean up the mess." After saying that, An Shuyi looked at her father standing beside her. "Dad, this kid is being inconsiderate. Let's go eat over there!"
An's father did not refuse and was pulled over by her. In fact, he had thought a lot these past few days. He knew that his daughter could not come back, but life had to go on. Moreover, the person in his daughter's body did not hide anything from him when he asked, which gave him some comfort.
"What was your name before? And how did you get here? You said you live in another world, what is it like?" Father An asked, looking at the two people sitting next to him.
Looking at her father, who was no longer as pessimistic as usual, An Shuyi said, "My name is An Shuyi, I'm twenty-two years old, and I just graduated from university. We came here because we went to celebrate and took the company's people to the countryside for team building. Then something unexpected happened, and I might have died there. When I woke up, I was here."
Our world is better than this one. We can travel by all kinds of vehicles, and fly to distant places. Everywhere we go, there are skyscrapers, and the nights are brightly lit. We also don't experience droughts because we can create artificial rain.
"This is amazing," Father An exclaimed in disbelief. "Does such a place really exist? It sounds like you're reading gibberish to me."
“Of course it’s true,” Xia Hua said from the side. “We are much better off here. You might get at most two shi of grain per mu, but here, the minimum is seven hundred jin, and the best can be as high as a thousand jin per mu.”
“This is just rice. If it were potatoes, sweet potatoes, or corn, that would yield several thousand kilograms per acre.” Seeing the father’s disbelieving look, he continued, “Don’t you believe me, we’re telling the truth.”
"And once we've settled down, we'll find seeds and grow these high-yield crops. Then you can see if what we're saying is true."
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