The carriage arrived at Xiaoxiao’s family ho in Stone Village in the afternoon.
As Yang Ming drove into Stone Village, the villagers recognized him, "Hey, isn’t this the son-in-law of the Zhong Family’s girl?"
Yang Ming nodded, "Yes, I’m bringing my wife back to visit her family."
With those words, the carriage passed by the villagers.
Left behind, a few villagers began to talk.
"Did the Zhong Family’s girl hear the news?"
"Probably, for such a big event, she has to co."
"Ah, this ti the Zhong Family is really finished."
"Who wouldn’t think so!"
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"..."
The villagers’ words were carried by the wind to Xiaoxiao and Yang Ming’s ears.
Both of them felt a bad premonition arise within them; Xiaoxiao was even more anxious and said, "Husband, sothing seems wrong at ho, let’s hurry back."
Yang Ming quickly drove the carriage, and within monts they arrived at the Zhong Family’s entrance. Even before reaching the gate, they could hear wailing coming from the courtyard, and there was a crowd of people at the door.
At this mont, Xiaoxiao’s heart was pounding fiercely, and her palms were sweating with anxiety. This situation terrified her; soone in the family had died.
The journey from the road entrance to the doorway was just a few seconds long, but it felt like a century to her.
Holding the child, she got off the carriage, and by then soone noticed Xiaoxiao and Yang Ming.
"Hey, isn’t that the Zhong Family’s daughter returned?"
"Did you hear about it so quickly?"
Soone shouted into the courtyard, "Zhong Eldest Son, your daughter and son-in-law are back."
Xiaoxiao no longer had the leisure to talk to everyone; she just wanted to squeeze into the courtyard to see what was actually happening.
In the courtyard, Xiaoxiao’s mother heard the commotion and wiped her tears, hurrying to welco them, "Daughter, son-in-law, why have you co back?"
"Mother, what on earth happened? Who from our family died?"
Xiaoxiao’s mother, seeing that outside was not the right place to speak, pulled Xiaoxiao towards the house, saying as she walked, "Daughter, co inside with mom first."
Xiaoxiao had no choice but to follow her mother inside. On the way through the courtyard, she glanced at the ground, where there was clearly a corpse covered with a white cloth. It was certain that soone had died, but not from their family, as she saw their family mbers standing there safely.
The accompanying cries also reached Xiaoxiao’s ears.
"Wailing, Zhong Eldest Son, our Feng Family won’t let this go."
"Wailing, my son can’t die in vain, Dalong from your family must pay with his life."
"Wailing, this matter, your family can’t get away with it, my son was still so young, didn’t even leave behind any children, and he’s gone just like that, while Dalong has a son."
"Wailing, giving silver won’t make a difference."
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Amidst the intermittent cries, Xiaoxiao understood the gist of it; apparently, the death was related to her elder brother, and people had co to demand an explanation. As soon as she entered the house, Xiaoxiao hurriedly asked, "Mother, what exactly happened? Tell quickly, why does this sound like it’s related to my brother?"
Xiaoxiao’s mother sighed, choking back tears, the usually formidable mother now seems without strength. She spoke, "Ah, it’s because of the incident at our Stone Mountain. Your brother was setting off firecrackers on the mountain, and the firecrackers weren’t placed well, so rocks didn’t fall down. Your brother and others went to work, and the cliffside rocks then collapsed in complete, Feng Family’s son tried to shield your brother, and now your brother is fine, but Feng Family’s son is gone just like that."
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