Father An shook his head. “It’s not that I don’t believe it, it’s just that what you’re saying is too shocking. I need to process it. But I’ll wait and see what you mean by high-yield crops. I hope we can grow them successfully.”
"Oh, and remember to wipe your mouths when you're sneaking food, otherwise not only will I know, but other people might find out too." Seeing their shocked looks, Father An was smug. Did they think he was the only one who knew how to put people down?
"Don't worry, for my daughter's sake, I won't report you. In fact, I can even cover for you. But you have to be careful; those clansmen aren't stupid." He could bear the death of his daughter, but not his wife.
"I found out because one night when you went out to eat, the smell was so strong that I could smell it. Actually, I suspected it at that time, but I was worried that such a thing could not exist in the world, so I hesitated to speak up."
It was because the smell of their food was so strong that he became suspicious. He followed them and saw them eating something that didn't belong to this world, which confirmed his suspicions.
An Shuyi and Xia Hua exchanged a glance and both guessed that one night, they didn't want to eat meat and ate a self-heating hot pot, which was beef, so their father could smell it.
Looking back now, they went out to eat that night and ran into An's father on their way back. The two of them didn't pay much attention to it, exchanged a few words with An's father, and then returned to the carriage. It turns out that An's father had already suspected something at that time. It has to be said that scholars are indeed very shrewd.
Seeing that the two girls didn't speak, Father An said again, "Don't worry, just be careful in the future. Don't take people for fools. But it's alright, those clansmen haven't paid much attention to you, so they haven't noticed."
“From now on, you should just be yourselves. I used to think my daughter was too weak, which is why she was bullied. Actually, it’s better that my daughter is gone. Otherwise, with her sons, they might have been able to swindle her out of everything during the famine.”
"Moreover, after my daughter had those sons in succession, her health began to deteriorate. When Lin Changhai was still alive, he would bring her food every day and sometimes buy her some good food to nourish her. But since he died, my daughter hasn't had a single good meal."
“We took some food with us, but her sons ate it all. My daughter didn’t eat any, so we stopped taking any. We were thinking of taking my daughter home, but she didn’t want to. We hadn’t visited her for a long time, and that crazy woman beat her to death.”
“Sometimes I really hate, hate so much that I want to kill those unfilial sons, but I’m afraid you’ll be discovered. Sigh, never mind, maybe my daughter’s life ends here.”
An Shuyi sighed, "Don't worry, old man, that crazy woman who beat your daughter couldn't possibly be alive. When the refugees burned down the county town, they must have passed through that village. That woman definitely didn't survive. This is a way of avenging your daughter."
As for your sons, they didn't expect that your daughter would die because of that stone. But since they were unaware of the situation, they let them go. After all, she is your granddaughter, and you can't kill her. When I become their mother, I will also teach her with care.
Your daughter can't come back now. If you're willing, I'll be your daughter from now on. Although I can't replace your daughter, at least you'll have something to look forward to. Keep thinking about it. I look just like your daughter, and we even have the same name. Maybe I really am your daughter. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to come here from another world and even enter your daughter's body."
"Perhaps God saw that your daughter was gone and wanted to find you another daughter, so here I am!"
An's father looked at her and said, "You're quite the smooth talker. Don't worry, from now on you're my daughter. I'll cover for you two and make sure no one else finds out. Don't think that if they do find out, they won't care."
"But don't you think about what if those people are too bad and want to take advantage of you? Yes, these clansmen won't, but in reality, even two fists can't fight against four hands. If it's an official, especially the one at the top, how can you fight back? You're still young and don't understand. You'll have to be more careful in the future."
An Shuyi and Xia Hua nodded, "Don't worry, we will be careful in the future." Of course, their caution was only to prevent things that did not belong to this world from appearing. As for their personality, that was easy to cover up. They could just say that they had been hit on the head and their personality had changed drastically.
"Uncle An, here you go." Xia Hua handed over a chicken leg. The two of them had originally decided to eat steamed buns tonight and go out to eat something else after dark. But they didn't expect that beating that unfilial son would expose them.
An's father looked around. There was no one there, and they were hidden by something so no one would see them. "You child, why did you take it out like that? What if someone finds out? Put it away quickly."
"I'm telling you this to be careful, not to ask for your things." He knew that if he told the two of them these things, they would definitely worry that he would tell others, but how could he?
He had previously suspected that his daughter might be bewitched by some kind of spirit or that a monster lived inside her. But after all this time, he knew that they weren't like that. He had heard that it was their idea to flee the famine, and they were the ones who told them how to set off and where to go. They were also to protect them along the way.
They also had to kill refugees to buy food and help their tribesmen carry supplies. A few days ago, they even slaughtered wolves—not refugees, but wolves. They showed no fear, charging ahead even though they could have left and ignored them. But they stayed to kill the wolves.
That's why he couldn't help but ask who they were, whether they were really spirits or monsters, but from what they said, it turned out they were just people from another world.
If that incident hadn't happened, he might have pretended he didn't have this daughter, but he can't do that now. So, in order to make a living with his wife and children, he's willing to cover for them and protect them.
Xia Hua placed the chicken leg directly into his bowl. "Uncle, please eat it. We still have some. If you hadn't noticed, that would have been fine, but since you have, we can't eat it all by ourselves."
Anyway, there wasn't much in Uncle An's bowl, just a steamed bun. He was originally going to get some meat, but the third brother stopped him, so he didn't get to get the meat.
Looking at the chicken leg in the bowl, An's father felt as if he had come to threaten them and then steal their food!
Seeing that he didn't move, An Shuyi said, "Dad, hurry up and eat. Anyway, this place is full of meat smells, so no one will be able to smell it." They were really surprised that time, but they didn't expect that their father had already suspected them at that time.
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