Soon, the old man cooking noodles over there immediately handed Wang Cuihua a bowl of noodles and brought it to her.
He then turned to Su Muyao and said, "I'll serve the noodles to the young lady first. Please wait a moment, this bowl of noodles is on me."
Su Muyao nodded and replied, "No rush, take your time."
Wang Cuihua, who was standing nearby, snorted coldly upon hearing this.
"You guys are smart enough to know your place, huh!"
Then he started slurping it down in big gulps.
Just as Su Muyao's soup noodles were served, the old lady wiped her mouth and left.
After the old lady left, the couple sat at the next table and sighed.
"Old man, I'm so sorry. She's come so many times already, sigh."
Su Muyao asked curiously, "Boss, why didn't that old lady pay after she ate the noodles?"
When the boss heard the girl ask this question, he sighed and said, "You should eat your noodles and leave quickly. Don't come this way. If she keeps an eye on you, you'll be in big trouble."
Su Muyao looked puzzled when she heard this.
Then she suggested to the old lady standing nearby, "Young lady, you don't know, that person's name is Wang Cuihua."
She used to be a very nice girl, but then she started to become strange.
She and I were good friends when we were young, but the man she liked ended up marrying me, so she always went against me.
My first wife passed away many years ago, but she still won't let me go.
The boss, who was standing nearby, sighed when he heard his wife say that.
"Alas, it's my fault for being incompetent and causing you to suffer."
Then the old woman continued, "Later, there were droughts and locust plagues, and people starved to death one after another."
At that time, I had just gotten married to this old man, and we had a child.
But my poor child, in order for my wife and me to survive, had to hang himself.
We survived by eating grass roots, tree bark, and clay.
But Wang Cuihua was no human being; she ate all of her own daughters back then.
Not only that, he also secretly ate other people's children.
So everyone in our area is afraid of that family, especially since they have so many sons. Even though she ate her own daughters during the famine, she still has four sons!
Upon hearing this, Su Muyao's eyes widened immediately.
I've heard of people eating each other during famines, but I've never heard of anyone eating their own child!
Just then, the owner suddenly spoke up: "Young lady, hurry up and eat and then leave."
Wang Cuihua is no good. A couple of years ago, children kept going missing around here. I heard it was her eldest son who... gave the meat to his own mother.
Judging from the way she looked just now, she must have had her eye on you. She knew you were a young girl and didn't have any good intentions.
But don't be afraid, young lady. She probably won't be able to process what's happening right now. Please, please don't come here again!
Su Muyao simply nodded upon hearing this, but she had other plans in mind.
Now that this country has become part of a great dynasty, people like this, rotten to the core, should naturally not exist.
Su Muyao ate the noodles in big mouthfuls; the noodles were very chewy.
After he had almost finished eating the noodles, he took out a silver ingot from his sleeve.
"When Grandma sees you, she's reminded of my grandma back home. She really misses home!"
Thank you for telling me all this today. Here's the money, keep the change. Buy yourself some good food to replenish your body.
After saying this, Su Muyao turned and left.
The old lady behind wanted to catch up, but her steps were no match for the young girl's.
The girl quickly disappeared around the corner.
The old man watched as his wife walked a few steps until she could no longer see the little girl, then returned with the silver ingot clutched in her hand.
"Sigh, that girl doesn't seem like someone who's short of money!"
The old lady nodded when she heard her husband say that.
After Su Muyao left, she chased after Wang Cuihua in the direction she had gone.
Because so much time had passed, they had no idea which house Wang Cuihua was staying at.
But they still went to inquire about each one one by one.
Just as Su Muyao was inspecting the area, she heard a dispute breaking out in one of the houses.
Given Su Muyao's gossipy nature, how could she possibly miss out on watching the excitement?
They went directly to a large tree next to the courtyard of the family arguing.
It turned out to be a small, square courtyard, where a man in his thirties or forties and a woman were struggling.
"Husband, are you really going to do this? If this is discovered, it's a capital offense!"
"Let me go, what do you know?"
"As long as we keep our mother happy, all the dowry she brought will definitely be ours in the future. Just think, I heard there's even a jade bracelet in it."
When the woman heard her husband say that, her eyes darted around.
Indeed, she had always coveted her mother-in-law's dowry, having heard that before she got married, she had saved a high-ranking official.
The man heard that his mother-in-law was about to get married, so he specially added some makeup for her.
Many people saw it at the time; there were even some high-quality jade bracelets inside.
They are all ordinary people, especially now that the economy is bad and they have no money saved up.
It's not a big problem to barely get enough to eat, but if you get sick, you might not just be waiting to die.
But the woman seemed to remember something else, and finally sighed.
“Back then, during famine years, my mother-in-law could eat pork belly whenever she wanted without anyone interfering.”
But things are different now. Everyone keeps a close eye on their children, and besides, there aren't that many dead children, especially not those that have just died.
Su Muyao was standing on the tree when her body swayed.
What's wrong with these people? Why do they always want to eat children?
This family doesn't look like they can't afford to eat, so why would the elderly in their family eat the child?
The more she looked, the more something seemed off, especially when she saw the man's appearance. He looked somewhat similar to Wang Cuihua, whom she had just met.
Could this be Wang Cuihua's son?
Just as Su Muyao was about to jump down from the tree, a man appeared from not far away.
The man was holding a bowl that looked like it contained meat, but his shoes were stained with a lot of blood.
The man then knocked on the door of the neighboring yard.
As soon as the man knocked on the door, the woman in the courtyard slapped her husband.
"Is it the second son's family coming to pick up his mother?"
Upon hearing his wife's words, the man immediately put on his shoes and went outside.
"Then what are you standing there for?"
If we make him do everything for his parents, all the good things will end up in his house! Hurry up!
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