Quick Wear: The Wronged One Becomes Rebellious

Chapter 309: Marrying the Mountain God 31

After leaving the village head's house, Gu Li took the cloth shoe with her. They went straight to the door of Qi Dashan's house.

There were quite a few people gathered here, most of them were young and strong people in the village. The older ones couldn't hold on any longer and slept at home.

On the way here, Gu Li heard that Tang Lan'er seemed to be about to give birth, and the person who ran out of the village before was going to find a midwife.

The village chief was standing at the front of the crowd. He seemed to be exhausted and his body swayed twice. The constable asked someone to bring him a stool.

There were quite a lot of people in the yard. When they saw Lian Yunshen standing next to Gu Li, they spontaneously made way for him.

"Why is he back?"

"It seems that he didn't suffer much physical pain in prison. He is really lucky!"

"What nonsense are you talking about? He was thrown into jail unjustly. It was all because of that kid Qi Shitou that he ruined the future of a talented scholar and even lost his life!

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk. I told you, how could a scholar kill someone? The Lian family kid is a good person."

Gu Li ignored everyone's gazes, walked through the crowd, handed the cloth shoe to the constable, and told him her guess.

The constable had a stern face and was in a headache. Why were there so many troubles in Taohua Village? One after another, leaving him with no time to rest.

However, the constable still stood in front of the crowd holding the cloth shoes and asked whose child the shoes belonged to and whether anyone had seen these shoes.

Everyone stretched their necks to look, and whispered to each other for a while, but no one claimed it.

Aren’t these shoes belonging to the children in their village?

But whose child could run into the woods in their village? Looking at the size of the shoes, they were probably at most the size of a six or seven-year-old child's feet.

At this moment, a woman from the back of the crowd came to the front and said, "Sir, can you show me those shoes again?"

The constable handed the shoe to the woman, who looked through it again and again, then looked up and asked, "Where did you find this shoe? Where is my Si Ya?"

"Are these your child's shoes?"

"Yes, they are my daughter's shoes."

"Where is your daughter?"

The woman clenched the shoes in her hand and said, "Si Ya hasn't been back since ten days ago!"

The discussion in the crowd suddenly became louder.

"Zhang Yuan, your child has been missing for so long, why didn't you come out to look for her? Would you be willing to give your daughter Si Ya such nice shoes? Don't try to take advantage of just one pair of shoes!"

The woman covered her face and cried, "I don't know where these shoes came from. That day, Si Ya brought back a pair of these cloth shoes from somewhere. I thought they were quite new, so I wanted her to take them off and leave them for her brother. But the damn girl was so stubborn that she refused to take them off, saying that her brother bought them for her. But she doesn't have a brother."

"Zhang Yuan's family gave birth to four daughters before they had a son. Si Ya really only has three older sisters."

"and after?"

"I beat her up, but I only had time to take off one of her shoes before she ran away. She said she wanted to go to the city and sell herself as a slave, and she wouldn't let me get a penny of the money she earned! I don't know where she heard those nonsense from, but I was so angry that I didn't care about her anymore."

The villagers were puzzled. "You haven't been home for so many days, and you haven't even looked for me?"

"My son has been sick with a fever recently, and I have been busy taking care of him and have not had time to-----"

Everyone was silent.

Gu Li was speechless.

The detective’s headache became even worse. Was another child missing?

It’s been more than ten days, the chance of survival is very slim!

Some villagers scolded the woman for being a mother. Even though the girl was worthless, she was still her own flesh and blood. How could she not look for her after she had been lost for so long?

Others said that it was such a pity that he was lost when he was already six years old and just old enough to help with housework. The mother was so stupid.

Gu Li couldn't stand it anymore and stayed away from these ignorant villagers.

The woman felt just as uncomfortable as Gu Li. After being pointed at by everyone for a while, she could no longer cry. She covered her cloth shoe with her hands, quietly stepped out of the crowd, and left in shame.

It just makes a perfect pair with the one I have at home, and my little baby will be able to wear it next year.

Gu Li felt an indescribable discomfort in her heart.

He even refused to ask the constable to help find his child, and just backed off and ran away when he was pointed at.

Lian Yunshen, who had been standing beside her without saying a word, felt the loss and helplessness that permeated Gu Li. He took advantage of the cover of his wide sleeves to quietly hold Gu Li's hand.

"Aunt Yun loves you very much. I will take over Aunt Yun's role and continue to love and protect you!"

The Aunt Yun that Lian Yunshen was referring to was Gu Li’s mother who passed away young.

Lian Yunshen gently squeezed Gu Li's slender hand and said, "I will also love every child you give birth to. I like them regardless of whether they are boys or girls!"

This man really understands people's hearts.

He saw all of this.

But what does 'every child you give birth to' mean? If she were a sow, she could give birth to litters after litters.

The crowd's lively discussions continued in waves, but Gu Li and Lian Yunshen formed their own little world, ignoring any interruptions.

Until an elderly woman ran out of the east room and shouted outside: "Why hasn't the midwife come yet? I don't know how to do it. Dashan's wife is shaking with pain!"

The constable looked at the village chief, who raised his hand tiredly and pointed at another person, "Go to the entrance of the village and pick up someone."

The old woman who came out was unwilling to go back in. "I'm not a midwife. It's scary to see such a big belly. I don't dare."

"Aunt, if it weren't for my Hongyun's poor health, I wouldn't want to trouble you. Can you stay with her for a while until the midwife comes?"

The old woman refused to go no matter what, but two brave women in the crowd stood up and said, "I am your distant cousin after all, I will go."

The midwife arrived quickly, hot water was sent into the east room, and more bloody water was brought out.

The quiet yard has an eerie feeling.

All that could be heard was the midwife's instructions to breathe in hard, but the pregnant woman Tang Lan'er didn't make any sound at all.

The blood poured in the corner of the wall gave off a fishy smell which drifted over the yard and made people feel dizzy.

Lian Yunshen also really disliked this smell. It easily reminded him of the scene he saw when he woke up from a pool of blood that day.

He pulled Gu Li towards the gate of the courtyard.

"Are you scared? Let's go back."

Gu Li was not scared about giving birth, she just felt that the atmosphere was a little scary.

The two walked for a long distance, and just when Gu Li was worrying about how to divide the beds between them after returning, a sharp and shrill scream came from the direction of Qi Dashan's house.

As if it had received a huge fright, the screams went straight to the sky, waking up the wild animals in the distant woods.

There was the faint howling of wolves, as if in response.

Before Gu Li could react, a group of people came up from behind like a tide.