Chapter 399: Officials Coming to Find Yuan Shanchuan
Chapter 399: Officials Coming to Find Yuan Shanchuan
Shu Yu finished eating her pastry and immediately said, "Or maybe I'll go to Daxu Village later to check. If he has already left, we can still catch up."
They were people with a mule cart.
Da Niu waved his hand, "Don't go. Everything is wet in this rainy weather, and you'll end up getting dirty. I'll go, I'm fast on my feet, and I'm used to these roads."
As he spoke, he prepared to set off. "Alright, you go back and continue eating breakfast. I'll go home and change into my raincoat, then I'll leave."
Shu Yu couldn't stop him no matter how much she called out to him. Da Niu had already left the house.
She felt a mix of helplessness and joy. With Da Niu around, she would become lazy.
Da Niu moved quickly, changed into his raincoat, and headed towards Daxu Village.
The rain had lessened quite a bit by the time he reached Daxu Village. He went straight to Yuan Shanchuan's old house, hoping to catch a glimpse of Yuan Shanchuan if he was home.
However, as soon as he arrived at the gate of Yuan's house, he saw a villager from Daxu Village walking briskly with an umbrella.
Da Niu hurriedly stepped to the side, and the person didn't even look at him. They just knocked on Yuan's door and shouted, "Uncle Yuan, Uncle Yuan, come out quickly! I just saw two officials heading towards Shanchuan's house."
The door of Yuan's house opened with a bang, revealing the familiar face of Yuan Laoda.
Da Niu breathed a slight sigh of relief when he saw that Yuan Laoda was home.
But soon, he realized what the person had said. Officials were going to Fourth Uncle's house?
Oh, wait, he shouldn't call it Fourth Uncle's house anymore.
But compared to him, Yuan Laoda seemed even more flustered. After all, he had just dug two large holes in that yard the day before.
He grabbed the villager who delivered the message and asked, "You said officials went to that place? What are they going there for?" Could they have discovered something hidden underground?
"It seems like they're looking for Shanchuan."
Yuan Laoda was taken aback. "Looking for Yuan Shanchuan?"
At this moment, other members of the Yuan family also arrived one after another. Yuan Laoda furrowed his brow and said, "Why are officials coming to find Yuan Shanchuan again? I knew it, Yuan Shanchuan is always causing trouble. This must be the umpteenth time, officials are coming to our doorstep."
"Alright, enough. Let's not talk about it now. He's not in Daxu Village anymore, so if the officials went to his house, they've come up empty. Let's hurry over there and let them know that Yuan Shanchuan is no longer associated with us."
Everyone agreed, grabbing umbrellas and putting on raincoats in a hurried and flustered manner before rushing out the door.
Da Niu didn't know what had happened, but he was certain that it wasn't Fourth Uncle causing trouble this time.
He immediately followed behind the Yuan family members.
On a rainy day like this, not many people in the village had gone out. When they heard the commotion, they also followed along to watch the spectacle.
By the time the Yuan family arrived, the two officials were standing at Yuan Shanchuan's house, frowning as they looked at the locked gate.
The person who came was Hu Li, wearing a raincoat. He asked the neighbor, Auntie Yao, "Where did Yuan Shanchuan and his family go?"
"In response to the official, they moved out of here yesterday. The house was taken back by the old Yuan family. They went to Shishi Village and are staying at the Lu family's place."
"What did you say? They don't live here anymore?" Hu Li furrowed his brow, feeling a bit miserable.
Auntie Yao, curious, mustered up the courage to ask, "Sir, what happened to Yuan Shanchuan? Did he cause trouble again, and you've come to arrest him?"
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