Chapter 19 (1/2)

”Mother, Mother, where do you want to go?” Zhang Jiaohua had been in pursuit after coming out from the house.

”You don't need to come, go back home.” Liu Qiaoye turned her head to speak to her son, but still continued running towards Rocky Mountain.

Zhang Jiaohua also chased after. He saw mother's appearance looked thoroughly fl.u.s.tered.

Liu Qiaoye turned her head to look, only to see her son come chasing after. She turned her head to speak, ”Son, you must take care of yourself, don't fall.”

”Mother, wait for me.” Zhang Jiaohua felt somewhat panicky in his heart.

Liu Qiaoye couldn't wait for her son. She was feeling a bad premonition in her heart. Each and everyone from the village was running back from the rocky mountain, but she still couldn't see any traces of her husband. Liu Qiaoye's thoughts couldn't help but go into a negative direction. She couldn't help but recall the conversation she had last night with her husband. The contents of their conversation were somewhat ominous.

Liu Qiaoye was running very fast, she didn't stop even a moment on the curving field ridges.

Zhang Jiaohua was following quickly, following a moment of carelessness he lost his footing, and stepped into the paddy field. His trouser leg became wet till the knee. Fortunately, he was barefoot and didn't have to worry about the shoe sinking into the paddy field's mud.

Zhang Jiaohua cried out, ”Mother ah, wait for me.” He had never seen his Mother behave like this before as if she didn't care about him. Even when he fell down, she didn't come to help him; he cried, but she didn't come to coax. He also stubbornly pursued, however, his mother's silhouette was growing more and more distant.

It wasn't as if Liu Qiaoye didn't want to stop and support her son, and comfort him patiently. However, she was not able to do so at the moment. What exactly happened to her husband? Why hasn't he come back till now?

Tears started to well up in Liu Qiaoye's eyes, blurring her vision. The distant rocky mountain had started becoming fuzzy.

Both her legs had already stopped responding somewhat and were moving forward precisely on instinct.

Zhang Jiaohua saw his Mother's silhouette from afar, as she cried one hand, but on the other, she kept running forward.

All of the villager's attention was focused on Zhang s.h.i.+cai whose entire face was full of blood, not knowing if he was alive or dead. The tractor arrived rumbling into the grain drying area in the village.

”Quick Quick, spread the cotton mattress below and let s.h.i.+cai lay down on it. Qiangw.a.n.g, you drive quickly!” Village Branch Secretary Zhang Dechun immediately came running upon hearing the news and immediately launched into action upon reaching the spot.

The tractor driver Liu Qianw.a.n.g promptly pressed his foot on the accelerator, preparing to deliver the patient to the hospital.

”Where's Qianlong? Has he brought money or not? Nowadays, Hospital wouldn't admit patients without payment!” Zhang Dechun remembering an incident suddenly looked right and left, and actually couldn't find Zhang Qianlong.

”Can't see him. He was here just now.”

”That b.a.s.t.a.r.d, definitely out of fear for the medical expenses, he has gone into hiding. He truly is inhuman, other people came to help build his family's house and were injured lifting rocks, but he's unwilling to take responsibility and went into hiding. Could he even be called a human?”

The villagers immediately struck up a lively discussion to scold Zhang Qianlong.

”Don't make a racket. Hurry up and look for someone, and find Zhang Qianlong.” Zhang Dechun shouted out promptly. The power of Branch Secretary Zhang was exhibited here, his words were quite effective. The discussions amongst the villagers immediately stopped.

”Right, Right, hurry up and find him. Who saw Zhang Qianlong?”

”I noticed him walking towards the forest. Not even a moment pa.s.sed since he started walking.”