Chapter 307: The Two Children of Fourth Aunt
Chapter 307: The Two Children of Fourth Aunt Shu Yu frowned as she listened, finding the situation quite chaotic. How could all of this be related? Da Niu, who was standing beside her, also grasped the situation and grew anxious upon hearing that Fourth Aunt had been taken away by the officials. He turned to the people from Daxu Village and asked, "What about Xiaozhen and the others? Are the two children also taken away?" "No, the two children were frightened and are resting in the neighboring house," the woman replied. As soon as she finished speaking, the sound of a child crying could be heard from a distance. Shu Yu suddenly looked up and followed the source of the sound. She saw a six or seven-year-old girl, tears streaming down her face, stumbling towards them. Not only was her face covered in tears and snot, but there was also a wound on her forehead. The size of the wound was unclear, but it was stained with blood, creating a large patch of red. But what was even more distressing was that she was holding a baby in her arms. However, her posture wasn't stable, and it seemed like the baby was about to fall to the ground. Both the older and younger child were crying, but the older one was visibly trying to hold back her tears, while the younger one had cried to the point of losing his voice. Da Niu's face changed slightly, and he quickly pushed through the crowd, rushing forward. "Xiaozhen." The little girl looked up and burst into tears as soon as she saw Da Niu. "Big Brother Da Niu." Da Niu barely managed to catch her before her hands weakened and she almost dropped the baby in her arms. With one hand holding the baby and the other patting Xiaozhen's back to comfort her, Da Niu said, "It's alright, it's alright. Big Brother Da Niu is here, everything will be fine." Xiaozhen hugged Da Niu, crying and sobbing as she spoke, "Mother... Mother was taken away. They said... they said my father is a bad person... but he's not, my father is good. They're talking nonsense... the baby has been crying all this time, and I couldn't calm him down. I'm so worried that he'll hurt his throat... I don't know what to do... it hurts so much..." Da Niu squatted on the ground, feeling a pang of distress as he listened. Shu Yu and Lu Dasong also approached. Shu Yu glanced at the two children and then looked up at the woman from the neighboring house. The woman smiled awkwardly and explained, "Well, after Xiaozhen's mother was taken away, I felt sorry for the two children and brought them home to take care of them. But when I heard that the children's uncle had come, Xiaozhen couldn't stay at home and insisted on coming out. She also wanted to hold her little brother by herself and wouldn't let me touch him. I couldn't do anything about it." A villager nearby bluntly exposed her, "Oh, spare us your pretense. It was the village chief who asked you to bring Xiaozhen and her brother home to take care of them before he left. You weren't willing at the time." With another villager chiming in, "Exactly. Don't pretend to be compassionate. Look at how you've taken care of them. Xiaozhen has a bleeding wound on her forehead, and you didn't even bother to get a cloth to wipe it." That villager, being helpful, handed Da Niu a clean cloth dampened with water to wipe Xiaozhen's face. "I think you panicked and rushed the two children out when you heard Xiaozhen's uncle was coming. Otherwise, how could Xiaozhen and her brother end up crying like this?" The woman, exposed by several villagers, became somewhat angry and embarrassed. "What else could I do? The Yuan family has caused such a big incident, and the whole family has been taken away. Who knows if everyone will be executed? What if I get implicated?"
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