Chapter 118: Chapter 118: Something in the Water
At this moment, everyone had a similar speculation.
Sun Daniu’s ghost wife wanted to drag him along with her down there.
Over the years, there haven’t been many cases of drowning. Now, in the span of a few months, there were actually two and both people were related to each other.
"Old Su!" The moment Sun Daniu saw the Village Head, he immediately disregarded everything and clutched on his leg like a kid and began to wail.
The Village Head’s mouth twitched. He really wanted to kick Sun Daniu away, but considering that the man might have been frightened, he resisted the urge.
In a patient tone, he asked again. "How did you drown there? Don’t you know not to approach the deep water?"
Sun Daniu fell into a brief daze, and he subconsciously tightened his grip on the Village Head’s leg, shivering.
"Old Su, I-I... it’s really scary... so frightening! I actually saw something... there was something down there!" He stumbled over his own words as he tried to explain.
His eyes were still wide in fear, and his breathing became more labored.
The Village Head sighed. Although he disliked this man who was so irresponsible to his own wife and sons, he still ordered the few other villagers to escort him home.
He rubbed his temples. The Sun family’s sons were so pitiful that the other neighbors sometimes shared their food with them, worried they might not have enough to eat.
Old Su glanced at the Xiao family members who were returning home. These kind-hearted neighbors included them too.
His eyes also swept over the people who were gradually returning to their previous activities. He couldn’t help but remind them.
"Everyone, be careful and watch out, don’t go into the deep water unless it’s absolutely necessary."
He also couldn’t help but look at the direction of the river.
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The Ling siblings were convinced that among the ghosts who settled in the deep river water, there was Sun Daniu’s wife.
They were quite persistent, trying a few times to enter the river water for the past few weeks. Alas, they weren’t really built to be water ghosts.
Unknowingly, another two weeks passed. Besides the Ling siblings who were busy trying to lure Qiu Mu’s ghost out of the water, it was also time for Aunt Dong and Aunt Li’s harvest.
"How much is your harvest, Aunt Dong, Aunt Li?" Xiao Yuxi cheerfully asked when they visited their home.
The two had specifically come to share their good news after they tirelessly harvested their paddy rice for a few days.
"It’s averaging around one hundred and twenty jin per mu." Aunt Dong beamed. "All thanks to your family for telling us about these super effective rice seeds."
"That’s right. If we hadn’t tried it, we might never know there are such good rice seeds being sold in our village market!"
"Old Shun told us there are better rice seeds, have you bought them, Anran?" Aunt Li asked.
They would feel bad if Zhou Anran didn’t manage to get rice seeds because they had promoted them to basically everyone they knew, the neighbors.
"I have gotten a few jin." Zhou Anran nodded.
Both Aunt Dong and Aunt Li had relieved smiles on their faces, and they became more relaxed.
At this moment, Xiao Qingya who was eating mulberries suddenly received a notification from the System.
[Congratulations, Host. You have gained two bottles of fertilizer.]
She widened her eyes and became a little excited. [System look, I actually got two bottles of the upgraded version of the fertilizer. You are awesome. The essay you have written got us a bonus!]
With these fertilizers, they should be able to last for a while until the crops have good resistance toward pests and diseases. The effect of the fertilizer would stack with each use.
After a while, Aunt Dong and Aunt Li left.
The Xiao family also planted mung beans and soybeans in their fields a week ago. They just needed to wait for the other field’s harvest to completely replace the rice plants with other more drought-resistant plants.
Today, the family had planned to go to the county again to check their rice plants that should be ready for harvest in a month. However, they were unlucky this time.
The Ling siblings had gone to the river, so no one told them these two were coming.
Chen Huayun and Liu Hua’s eyes glinted in a pleasant surprise when they saw that Zhou Anran and her children were home. They quickened their pace, not letting them run inside first.
"Anran!" Chen Huayun put her hands on her hips as she jumped in front of her eldest daughter, not letting her run away. "Don’t you dare run away again!"
She and Liu Hua were panting as they spoke.
"Are you... guilty of something?! You kept on avoiding us!" Liu Hua demanded sharply.
Seeing Xiao Yuyan was about to move, she quickly jumped and blocked the door. The Xiao family members were utterly speechless.
"Mother, sister-in-law? What brings you here?" Zhou Anran asked calmly.
"Where is your father and younger sister?" Chen Huayun asked shrilly. "They are spotted at your house a few times, so you must have known where they are."
She also pointed at the barn where the oxen were lazily munching on their feed. "You even got oxen while your mother had to walk on foot tirelessly each day!"
"That’s right! Your family is really unfilial and ruthless!" Liu Hua put her hands on her hips. "Now, tell us where Father and Shu’er are?"
At this moment, Liu Hua was suddenly taken aback when she noticed her mother-in-law missing from her side. She needed Chen Huayun to pressure Zhou Anran so that she would reveal Zhou Wenzhi’s whereabouts!
The money left from selling the fields currently wasn’t enough for her husband.
She scanned her surroundings, and spotted Chen Huayun walking toward the oxen aggressively. Her eyes lit up, and she suddenly had the same idea.
These oxen must be quite expensive!
With that, the pair of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law walked toward the oxen. They wanted to grab their ropes and bring them home, but...
They realized that the Xiao family didn’t tie these oxen at all! What was happening next was quite tragic.
