Chapter 298: My Wife Can Run Away

After a busy day, Yuan Xiao finally no longer had to live in a house with leaks on all sides.

The villagers also held a bonfire party in the open space, and each household took out the best things in their homes to thank Yuan Xiao.

Although Yuan Xiao was out of his own selfish desires, he did not miss their benefits.

In the cold night, sitting by the bonfire, drinking a few sips of wine.

Although poor, life is still quite prosperous.

Yuan Xiao leaned against Gu Lanting and felt the empty wrist

. "I forgot my watch in the bathroom." Yuan

Xiao stood up and pretended to get it.

Gu Lanting stopped, "You wait here, I'll get it."

The bathroom was outside the house, and everyone was on the bonfire side. It was not only dark over there, but there was no one there, and no one could see what happened.

Yuan Xiao felt warm in her heart. She sat there and waited for a while. Gu Lanting came back in a hurry.

"I didn't see it there. Are you sure you left it there?"

Yuan Xiao thought about it. She only remembered that she took it off when she took a shower. As for whether she took it out, she really didn't remember.

This watch was the first luxury item she bought. Although it was not very new or expensive, she had never changed it because she was used to wearing it.

"Maybe I took it out. I don't remember. Let's go back to the room and check later."

It was late at night. The bonfire party was over, and the fire gradually went out and disappeared in the darkness.

Yuan Xiao went back with Gu Lanting. She was worried about this matter in her heart. The first thing she did when she returned to the room was to look for the watch.

But she searched through everything and couldn't find it.

"Strange, if it's not here, it should still be in the bathroom."

Gu Lanting stood up and wanted to help her go out and look for it again.

Yuan Xiao grabbed his hand, "Don't go, if it's gone, forget it, it's not that expensive anyway."

They will be leaving in a few days, there is no need to make a fuss over a watch.

The bathroom is public, and Yuan Xiao has to have Gu Lanting watching outside the door every time she takes a shower.

So many people come in and out afterwards, who knows who took it away.

Or maybe she lost it somewhere without knowing it.

Nothing happened that night, and dawn rose in the east.

Yuan Xiao is going to visit other villages today.

Because if possible, the school does not have to be built in Beifeng Village.

If there is a more suitable place, other villages will also do.

The old branch secretary can't run, so he is taken there by his youngest son. His youngest son is the greedy Shuanzi from yesterday.

Although he was a little glib, he was still reliable.

He led Yuan Xiao and his party into the neighboring village. Although Shuanzi had greeted them in advance, the people here still looked defensive.

Shuanzi seemed a little embarrassed, but he talked to himself and passed it off.

The group continued to move forward. The village was eerily quiet.

The women washing clothes by the stream were each doing their own things, without even the most basic communication.

Yuan Xiao stopped and observed for a long time, their faces becoming numb.

The women in the village were not the most fond of gossiping, but they were particularly abnormal.

Before leaving, a dusty little girl rushed over, and Yuan Xiao stumbled.

The girl grabbed her sleeve and looked up at her.

Yuan Xiao's heart was shocked, and she felt that her eyes were so familiar.

But she was sure that she had never seen this little girl.

"Is there something wrong?" She asked softly.

The girl opened her mouth, and then she heard a cursing voice: "Come back to me quickly! You are lazy after working for a while, I will beat you to death!"

Shuanzi patted the girl's head, "Go back quickly, or your mother will really beat you!"

The girl pursed her lips and shook her head.

Shuanzi pulled her away and handed her to the cursing woman.

As soon as she walked out of the village, Yuan Xiao looked back, "This village is very quiet."

Shuanzi smiled, "Yes, they don't like to talk."

"Why?" Yuan Xiao asked.

Shuanzi didn't know how to answer for a moment, as if the people of Xishan Village have always been like this, rarely contacting people from other villages.

Every time he came here, he felt uneasy. They really didn't like to talk.

"Maybe, maybe it's genetic. Don't you city people care about genes?"

Yuan Xiao looked back again, still feeling a little weird.

She whispered to Gu Lanting, "Do you find it strange?"

Gu Lanting hummed. He also thought of what Yuan Xiao thought of, but he didn't understand it in depth and didn't know why.

What's more, they were weak and could not act rashly even if they suspected something.

Xu Zhicheng also said, "It's quite strange. So many young men didn't go out. There are not many young people willing to stay in the mountains."

Everyone yearns for a better life. Some hope to make money from the city to build their hometown, while others will never return.

Just like Beifeng Village, there are actually more elderly people and children, and fewer young men, and they are all willing to go out.

But Xishan Village seems to be very different.

Yuan Xiao secretly took note of his words.

Yuan Xiao made a special comparison of the next few places he went to.

Sure enough, just as Xu Zhicheng said, there are mostly left-behind elderly people and children, and there are actually relatively few young strong men.

Even young women are relatively few.

But Xishan Village seems to be very different.

"Shuanzi, which village has the largest population in your town?" Yuan Xiao asked casually. Shuanzi

thought for a while, "I remember my dad said that the village with the most people left in it is Xishan Village where we went at the beginning. Their people don't go out, and many of them are young people. Young people have nothing to do at home, and they just think about making dolls."

Yuan Xiao looked a little uncomfortable, talking about making dolls so naturally.

"Why don't their young people go out to make money?"

Shuanzi scratched his head, "I really don't know. My father never mentioned it, and I guess he doesn't know. Maybe this is their custom. Every village is different."

Yuan Xiao was puzzled, "Your villages are so close, but the customs are so different?"

"Oh! Who knows? They are all weird!"

Yuan Xiao asked again: "Why are they weird?"

Shuanzi looked around furtively, looking even more wretched, and whispered: "Their wives, they can run away."

Xu Zhicheng laughed, "With legs, who wouldn't run away?"

Shuanzi rolled his eyes at him, "Not the kind of running you think! They are too weird, they are married and married, and they still want to run away after having a man and a child, they are restless! My father won't let me say it, I guess the men in Xishan Village dare not go out, just to keep an eye on their women!"

Yuan Xiao's hand tightened suddenly, "Why run away?"

Shuanzi shook his head, "Then I don't know, I am also curious!"

On the way back, Yuan Xiao was silent, and the others also tacitly did not speak, each thinking about their own things.