PWDLAW Chapter 271: They're Back
Chapter 271: They're Back
Midway, Chu Lin returned, bringing back a large piece of soft fragrant cake and the rankings from the women's embroidery competition.
Chu Qingxiang predictably ranked eighteenth, Chu Qingyu was ranked around one hundred and thirty, Chu Ziluo surprisingly made it to the top one hundred, at eighty-fifth, while Liu Jiao was sixty-fifth—a good result.
This news lifted the gloomy mood of the people a bit.
After dinner, Zhang and Wang went to clean up the dishes.
Liu Cheng decided to go and look for Wang Chuan and his father again.
Chu Liushi did not stop him knowing that stopping him would be useless.
Liu Cheng went alone to the Wang family's shop again.
When he arrived at the back door and started knocking, the family members of Chu saw that Luchuan had returned.
The back door creaked open.
Liu Cheng was surprised, frozen in place.
"Uncle Liu?" Wang Chuan saw Liu Cheng outside, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes. He looked behind Liu Cheng and found no one else. He reached out and pulled him in.
"Uncle Liu, did you come to participate in the county's female embroidery competition? I heard about it before and thought that Sister Jiao would surely achieve good results." Wang Chuan spoke as they walked.
After a while, Liu Cheng reacted, not hearing what he said clearly. He grabbed Wang Chuan's wrist.
Wang Chuan was startled, but seeing Liu Cheng's excited and inexplicable emotions, he who had always been gentle didn't panic. He waited for Liu Cheng's emotions to stabilize.
"You guys are alright!" Liu Cheng held onto his wrist joyfully.
Wang Chuan, looking puzzled asked, "Uncle Liu? What's going on? Did something happen?"
"Haha, it's good that nothing happened. You kid has good luck and won't run into trouble." Liu Cheng patted his shoulder, releasing the pent-up frustration. At this moment, he felt carefree.
"You see, you told me about your family's situation last time and I was worried."
"Today, I came to find you in the county, knocking on the door for a long time without anyone answering."
"Coincidentally, I met my sister and her husband, so I told them about this. Then Heng sent someone to inquire about your situation and we learned that you had left three days ago."
"I thought you guys were attacked by the landlord's family..." Liu Cheng said with a mix of shame and relief.
Wang Chuan suddenly understood. Seeing Liu Cheng so concerned about them, the exhaustion from these three days of travel disappeared. He quickly explained, "Uncle, sorry for making you worry. I wasn't considerate enough."
"This time, it was my father's idea to go find an uncle we knew before. We wanted him to take over our shop."
...
Let's leave the matter of the Wang family aside.
On this side.
Luchuan brought back news of the return of Wang Chuan and his father.
Chu Liushi breathed a sigh of relief.
Although she had firmly believed that Liu Jiao's speculation might not be reliable, there was still a slight concern. Now, she could finally let go.
Liu Jiao was even more ecstatic, hugging Chu Liushi with great joy.
Later, Chu Heng privately instructed Luchuan to investigate the Wang landlord's family regarding this matter.
As the sky gradually darkened, there was no more delay.
The Chu family, along with their own cattle and carts, headed back to the village.
After Liu Cheng returned, the Liu family also returned to the village.
At the city gate, Ye Muyu encountered Ye Pozi sitting on the ox cart.
"Mother, why didn't you come back later?" Ye Muyu lifted the curtain of the cart and called Ye Pozi before asking softly.
Hearing her voice, Ye Pozi jumped off the ox cart and placed the basket on the seat where she had been sitting. She quickly walked over, "I can't just freeload at your in-laws' place. What would that be considered?"
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