At the beginning, the whole family fled from famine, and I used a milk bottle as a koi carp

Chapter 2 Widow Liu is dead

An Ning Ning's injury is a little better. Let's discuss how to solve this problem with the whole family?

Judging from the vague footprints on Sanbao's coat, it was definitely not as simple as his feet slipping and he fell down the mountain.

The An family was heartbroken, wondering which evil spirit would dare to attack the children in the village. But one thing is certain, this person is Widow Liu's concubine.

From the children's words, adults also understood what was going on. It was an unreasonable disaster! The reason why the two children suffered such a big sin this time was because they encountered Widow Liu stealing someone.

Although there was no evidence, and they did not want to alert others, the whole family just said that they accidentally slipped down the mountain.

But the whole family decided to take turns to keep an eye on Widow Liu secretly, and once they met the murderer, they would immediately catch them in public.

Don't blame them for being cruel. They have already attacked two children. If they are worried about the two children telling the truth later, will they continue to attack the children?

If you know that the entire Lao An family knows about this, will they destroy the entire Lao An family?
  The more he thought about it, the more terrifying it became. Boss An secretly gritted his teeth. He must be keeping an eye on Widow Liu recently and must eliminate the hidden danger for the children.

Unexpectedly, the next morning, Santang Shu, who came to visit, brought shocking news to Lao An's family: "Did you know? The widow Liu in the village fell into the water and died last night."

"What? Widow Liu is dead? Is it true?" Old Man An asked a little surprised.

"What the hell, uncle, I can't lie to you." After saying that, he said in a lower voice, "Widow Liu's husband is gone a long time ago, and her husband's family are all relatives living next to each other, and no one dares to make the decision.

I heard that she fished it out of the water and put it in her own home, waiting for her parents to come over. "

"The village chief won't let everyone publicize it until Widow Liu's family comes over."

Both Mr. An and Mr. An saw shock, understanding and questions in each other's eyes.

Widow Liu’s man has been dead for five or six years. If he wanted to jump into the river, he would have jumped into the river a long time ago. Why wait until now? Widow Liu's husband was originally the only one in the village. Her parents died early, but it was the Liu family who raised her up. Neither of them had children. Once her husband died, Widow Liu was the only one left in the family.

Widow Liu was unruly, and something would happen sooner or later, but why did it happen at this time? I don’t know if the two babies were discovered when they broke into each other. The deepest part of the river in the village now doesn’t even reach the knees! This is really weird.

In the evening, Lao An's family held a family meeting. The main content was that something had happened to Widow Liu.

I don’t know the specific situation, but I feel like the two little ones can’t go out recently, and they must be accompanied by their parents when going out. People from the Lao An family should not go out alone recently.

Thinking about that man's cruelty, it didn't take many days before they were discovered and then Widow Liu drowned! How eager is this murderer to silence him!
  Their children really didn't see the murderer. They said to the outside world that they accidentally slipped down the mountain. It shouldn't make the murderer jump over the wall in a hurry, right?

Before the next day, the news that Widow Liu had drowned spread throughout the village.

More than a dozen of Widow Liu's family members came, and the clan elder named Liu also had a big head. When Liu Qigang died a few years ago, he agreed to let her remarry. It's just that at this time, the custom is that widows must remain widowed, and the clan has to agree. In the future, girls in the clan will be disliked when they get married.

Usually, even if Widow Liu lives alone, her clan has turned a blind eye to her. As long as she does not remarry, her freedom to come and go does not restrict her.

The Liu family is in decline, but the rules cannot be broken! In the past, widows were not allowed to go out, nor could they talk to men casually.

Widow Liu's mother was crying and howling, and Widow Liu's three brothers also refused to leave the Liu family. The final result was that the Liu family compensated Widow Liu five taels of silver, and Widow Liu was buried with Liu Qi.

Mr. An and Mr. An were stunned and didn't know what to do? In this way, Widow Liu is dead and there are no clues.

If I had known this, I would have sent Widow Liu directly to the Liu family ancestral hall to interrogate who her concubine was? There are two big surnames in the village, the An family and the Liu family. There was some friction between the two surnames. There was no evidence at the time, so it was a bit difficult to interrogate Widow Liu through the Liu family.

The Liu family naturally cares for their own people. Although Widow Liu's husband is no longer there, the Liu family has always taken good care of her and did not let her return home after her husband died.

The clues have been cut off, and this matter can only be like this for a while, but the An family's adults have become more strict with the An family's children.

More than a month has passed, and the rainy season that should have come at this time in previous years has not come yet!

It has not rained for two months, and there is not even a cloud in the sky. This is very abnormal!

The river near the village dried up too quickly, and the water levels of several wells in the village also dropped a lot. Every household began to save water, and no one knew when it would end.

The village chief went from house to house and informed each house that young and middle-aged men were assigned to dig canals and divert water for irrigation. The village plans to dig the river next to the village deeper to store some water to irrigate the dying seedlings.

If the seedlings are all withered, even if the drought is over, life will be difficult without food. I really can’t imagine the consequences at that time, so when big things happen, people in the village usually work together.

Boss An was the strong worker in the family, so he had to go.

Old man An and Mrs. An gave birth to two sons in total. The eldest son, An, followed the old couple at home and farmed. The younger son, An, was younger and unmarried.

An Laoer took his nephews Dabao and Erbao to study in the county, and it was a rare trip back. Of course, even if he came back, he wouldn't be able to count on him for the farm work at home.

After the busy season of spring farming is over, the farmers' meals are relatively simple. When they are not working, they eat more simply. Most villagers even only eat two meals a day sometimes.

Today, Boss An is going to dig ditches. When eating early in the morning, Mrs. An specially gave Boss an extra steamed bun.

As usual, I also made a steamed egg for my granddaughter to replenish her health. An Ningning used a small spoon to share the steamed eggs that Mrs. An had specially cooked for her with her grandparents, then Sanbao. There was only one left at the bottom of the bowl, and she ate it happily.

Sure enough, when you are hungry, eating really tastes good!
  Old Man An looked at the spoonful of steamed eggs in the bowl with wet eyes. His granddaughter is so nice!

At first, the adults in the family refused, but when Ning Bao saw that others wouldn't eat, she didn't eat either.

Oh, what a sweet burden! What a lovely little baby. Since being injured, he has become more and more sensible!

Sanbao cherished the spoonful of steamed eggs given by An Ningning and licked his lips, savoring the deliciousness of the steamed eggs.

Mrs. An felt very distressed when she saw that the children were eating so well, yet being so sensible and not clamoring for more. However, now that there is a shortage of food, the family is also in a difficult situation. Even the boss who was going to dig ditches only got one more steamed bun today.

Seeing the lack of water, the vegetables grown in the yard are growing sparsely and poorly. Old Man An walked around in the yard, feeling very upset, "Old lady, I'll go to the mountains to cut some firewood and come back."

An Ningning's eyes lit up when she heard Old Man An's words. She had been recuperating for more than a month and had barely gone anywhere. She urgently wanted to go out for a walk.

Sanbao was sitting in the yard in a daze with his chin in his hands. When he heard that Old Man An was going to the mountains, he immediately stood up and went to the house to take out two small backpacks.

Old man An took the hatchet and the basket on his back, and saw two little guys, carrying their own baskets, blocking the middle of the courtyard gate, as if you don't want to go out without us.

I feel short of breath for a while, why don't I wear it? Or not?

You know, in order to keep an eye on these two kids, the old lady even changed her habit of chatting and watching the fun!
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