C163 (1/2)
Inside the Qingling Village, Mu Xiaowan did not return for the entire night. Madam Xu was looking for her everywhere with a broom in her hand, which alarmed the entire village.
In the past, there had been cases of Xiaowan hiding outside and not returning home because of fear, but they were young and timid, and they only dared to hide and not leave home. Sooner or later, they would be found by her early in the morning and then given a beating.
When Uncle Biao drove the horse carriage leisurely to the village, he was standing on the road with his hands on his hips and shouting, ”Mu Xiaowan, come out. If you come out now, I'll spare your life.
When she turned around, she saw a tall and mighty man sitting on the carriage and glaring at her.
But Uncle Biao jumped down from the carriage and walked towards her.
Madam Xu had lived her entire life and had never seen such a valiant man before. On the other hand, not only was Uncle Biao's body tall, her appearance was domineering as well.
”You, what are you trying to do …” When the Madam Xu realized that the Uncle Biao was heading straight for her, she could only retreat in fear.
”Xiaowan is recuperating in our inn.” Uncle Biao said, ”Last night, the child was unconscious. We could not find out where he came from, so when he woke up today, he immediately came to inform us.”
”She …” ”Inn?” Madam Xu was confused.
The Uncle Biao introduced himself, saying that it was someone they found in the river. At first, they thought that someone had killed someone and abandoned their corpse, but they never thought that they were actually a living person. However, the child was beaten up, so after they came to inform the Madam Xu, they went to inform the officials.
The reason he said he wanted to report it was naturally to scare the Madam Xu, and the Madam Xu was terrified as expected.
It was not easy for a woman like her to take care of a child. She said many nice things and begged the Uncle Biao not to report at the yamen.
The Uncle Biao then said: ”The child is severely injured, if you think it's appropriate, we can let her rest for a few days.”
Madam Xu rolled her eyes and said timidly: ”Let her go home, I, I will take care of her.”
Uncle Biao did not say a word. He just stared at her, scaring Madam Xu to the point that her stomach was trembling. She hurriedly said: ”Yes yes, let her recuperate in the inn.”
Uncle Biao laughed, turned and got on the carriage, and leisurely walked away.
Madam Xu was holding onto her chest as she panted heavily. Only then did the people from the village appear and ask who she was talking to. Some said that the man was from Ling Xiao Inn, and that she always came to the town to sell buns. Every year, she would also place porridge on the ground.
”That scared me to death …” Madam Xu sat on a rock. She couldn't understand, how did they manage to find Mu Xiaowan twenty miles away from the Ling Xiao Inn. Could it be that the little bitch committed suicide by throwing herself into the river?
When she woke up, the person accompanying her was a young and beautiful young lady. She was holding a baby in her arms and feeding it to the child.
”You're awake. Are you hungry?” Susu said, and then went to the door and called out, not long later, she saw Aunt Zhang going upstairs, bringing over a bowl of laying egg noodles.
”There are customers in the store, Xiaowan, you take your time to eat, I will go and entertain them.” The Aunt Zhang touched Xiaowan's head and said gratefully, ”You are still young, and your complexion is looking good now. What a good child.”
Aunt Zhang quickly went downstairs. Susu put the child down and came over to help support Xiaowan.
In the morning, when they were eating a bowl of duck meat porridge, the Xiaowan was in high spirits. At the moment, there were two white, tender, yellow and clear eggs lying on top of the fragrant noodles.
Susu laughed: ”I am not a few years older than you, just call me by my name, I am Susu, and your name is Xiaowan, right? You go ahead and eat, I just ate it first. ”
Xiaowan nodded, holding a hot bowl and drinking a mouthful of soup, a smile suddenly blossomed on her face. She looked at Susu excitedly with sparkling eyes, as if saying, ”How can there be such delicious food in this world?”
”Hurry up and eat it, the noodles will pile up in a while.” Susu laughed.
When Ling Chaofeng went upstairs and saw that the Xiaowan was eating, she carefully bit off the egg and sucked on it contently. He smiled happily, satisfied that much, it was just a bowl of ordinary noodles.
He didn't enter the room and didn't want to make Xiaowan nervous. He wanted her to enjoy this bowl of noodles.
The moment he turned around, he saw Little Pei running down from the stairs and was about to rush into the Xiaowan's house. Seeing that his father was there, he quickly put his hands behind his back and stood properly.
”Finished writing?” Ling Chaofeng asked.
”Finished.” Little Pei replied obediently, ”Daddy, I've finished memorizing the book.”
The Aunt Zhang recited the words several times for the sake of letting a three-year-old practice reciting.
However, Ling Chaofeng felt that Little Pei was indeed smarter than the other children, so it didn't matter if he studied earlier, since it wouldn't affect his play.
Since he was able to teach Ershan how to become an outstanding student, his own son definitely wouldn't be weak.
”Go on, don't make things difficult for your aunt. Be a bit more obedient.” Ling Chaofeng opened up a path.
Little Pei stuck to the wall and took a few steps, then smiled at his father, and turned around and ran into the Xiaowan's room.