Everyone in the Li family has their own thoughts.

Originally, after listening to Mrs. Wu's words, I thought I could pick a cheap one, but ended up feeding mosquitoes for half the night on this mountain.

"You wait until you go back and I'll take care of you!" Seeing that his father and mother were about to leave, Li Tian gave Wu a vicious look, and followed him down the mountain.

Seeing everyone leaving, Wu's heart skipped a beat, she was afraid that she would be scolded again when she went back.

Nan Zhi got up to see if there was anything wrong with the hare. After all, a live rabbit was definitely better for sale than a dead one. He saw that the rabbit was alive and kicking in the basket before throwing a sweet potato into it.

Then he turned around and went to the kitchen to cook two potatoes mixed with some black flour and made two potato pancakes before waking the dog up.

The first thing the little guy did when he woke up was to see the hares in the baskets.

Seeing that the big fat rabbit was still there, he happily ran to the kitchen.

"Aniang, Aniang, are we going to sell Tutu?" Gou'er looked at Nanzhi with bright eyes.

Nanzhi was a little worried that Gou'er was reluctant to sell the wild rabbit, and was just about to tell him about the current situation at home when he heard him continue.

"Let's sell the rabbit and buy a lot of food, okay?"

Looking at the dog's shining eyes, Nan Zhi nodded, it seemed that she was thinking too much.

The dog is very novel about something that has never been eaten before, such as potato pancakes. After taking a bite, he found that it tasted good, so he ate it up.

"Dog, what would you say if someone asked you what you ate at home?"

"Eating potatoes." The dog blinked.

Hash browns...are they just potatoes?

Nan Zhi touched the dog's face in satisfaction.

After packing up and locking the courtyard door, I took the dog to find Aunt Liu again.

Aunt Liu looked at Nan Zhi who was in a good mood and asked with some doubts, "Girl Lin, did you hear any movement from your side last night?"

She was afraid that someone would go to Nan Zhi's house to make trouble, after all, they are orphans and widows with no help, but seeing Nan Zhi as if nothing happened, she should be thinking too much.

"Movement?" Nan Zhi thought about it carefully for a while, but still shook his head.

Last night, she and the dog ate porridge and fell asleep. Where can they hear anything after eating and sleeping well?

"It sounds like Mrs. Wu is howling there." Mrs. Liu muttered a few words without thinking about it.

The Wu family was very unpleasant, and he probably got beaten up by Li Tian again.

It wasn't until the two of them went up Dongshan that Nanzhi felt that something was wrong. The path that was originally hidden was now much wider and the weeds were overgrown.

It looks very disorganized.

Because Lizheng hadn't told everyone about the chestnut forest, Nanzhi and Aunt Liu were very careful when they went up the mountain and didn't leave any obvious traces.

"Auntie, I feel something is wrong." Nan Zhi looked at his feet carefully - quite a few footprints had been stepped on.

Someone must have come to Dongshan last night, I'm afraid there are still many people.

"Is this someone here?" Aunt Liu looked around and asked with her eyebrows furrowed.

"Aniang, I picked this up." Gou'er tugged at Nan Zhi's sleeve, a ribbed handkerchief in his hand.

"Where did you pick it up, dog?" Nan Zhi took the veil and looked at it, and found some dark red blood stains on a corner of the veil.

"Isn't this the Wu family's handkerchief?" Aunt Liu came over to have a look, and recognized the owner of the handkerchief.

Mrs. Wu got this handkerchief and showed it off in the village for a long time. During that time, everyone would take this handkerchief out to wipe off sweat.

That is to say, at that time, Nanzhi was taking care of two seriously ill elderly people at home every day, but he didn't know about it.

"Why did she throw her handkerchief on Dongshan Mountain?" Aunt Liu also asked Nanzhi's doubts.

"But since the veil is stained with blood, I'm afraid something happened. Aunt Liu, I guess we have to ask the village head to tell everyone about the chestnut forest today."

Nanzhi's heart was heavy. She originally thought that she could pick more chestnuts today, but now it seemed that Mrs. Wu already knew about the chestnut forest, so she had to plan ahead to avoid being splashed with dirty water by Mrs. Wu for no reason.

"Okay." Mrs. Liu is not a stupid person, as long as you walk a little further in this place, you can see the chestnut forest. How could a lazy person like Wu suddenly go to Dongshan to look for things?

I'm afraid I followed them up the mountain yesterday.

But it seems that some accident happened and I didn't find the right place.

"Ms. Liu, I have to go down the mountain and go to Lizheng to say, do you want to go back and ask Uncle Shen and the others to pick more chestnuts? I'm afraid we won't be able to pick them until noon today."

Aunt Liu nodded nervously, and the three of them hid their things behind the haystack and hurried down the mountain.

Even though the dog didn't know why he had to go down the mountain just after he came up, he still held Nan Zhi's hand obediently all the way.

"Aunt Qin." Nan Zhi patted the courtyard door.

It was just dawn now, and most of the villagers had already woken up.

Qin Shi was sweeping the floor in the yard, when she heard Nan Zhi's voice, she hurriedly opened the door.

"Girl Lin, why are you here so early?"

"Ma'am, is Uncle Li Zheng here?"

Seeing Nan Zhi and Gou'er sweating, Qin hurriedly let them in, poured a bowl of water for each of them, and then went to call Shen Dashan.

"Girl Lin, why are you in such a hurry?" Shen Dashan hurried over just after washing his face, fearing that it might be a big deal.

"Uncle Lizheng, you have to tell the villagers about the chestnut forest at noon today." Nanzhi took a sip of water before he felt that he was over again.

She thought faster, and ran all the way with the dog in her arms.

"What's the matter?" Shen Dashan was also a little surprised. Originally, he planned to tell the villagers tomorrow morning. Anyway, the chestnut trees grew there, and he was not afraid of them running away.

Nan Zhi didn't say much, just took out the blood-stained ribbed handkerchief and handed it to Aunt Qin.

"Isn't this Wu's handkerchief? Why is it still stained with blood?" Mrs. Qin screamed when she saw the handkerchief. There were large bloodstains on the handkerchief, which looked dark and scary.

"I picked it up on the mountain." Nanzhi said.

"On Dongshan?" Shen Dashan smacked his lips. How many years has anyone been to Dongshan?That is to say, Miss Lin, who is orphaned and widowed, will run up the Dongshan Mountain when she can't survive. Where will Wu's laziness, which the whole village knows, go?

Nanzhi looked at Shen Dashan and said firmly, "It looks like there's more than one person."

"what do you mean?"

Shen Dashan is not a stupid person to be Lizheng in the village. Mrs. Wu has always been greedy for petty gain, and he lives next to Miss Lin, so he probably followed them into the mountain and discovered the chestnut forest.

This veil was stained with blood. If someone had an accident on Dongshan, he said that he heard something last night, but it was only for a while, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

But if it's really what I think, I'm afraid Mrs. Wu will have to pour dirty water on Miss Lin again.

"I don't want to get into any trouble."

Nan Zhi patted Gou'er's head, the couple looked pitifully tight.

"Hey, I got it, Miss Lin, hurry up and pick more chestnuts and go home, remember to sneak back before noon."

After telling Lizheng the location of the chestnut forest in detail, Nanzhi took the dog into the mountain again.

Shen Dashan only had breakfast at home, and then took Shen Qingchuan and Shen Qinghe to knock on doors from door to door, asking each family to send a person in charge to the village entrance.

When someone asks, they only say that they have something important to say.

It took half an hour for the villagers to gather at the entrance of the village.

Seeing the noisy crowd, Shen Dashan coughed.

"Qingchuan, which family is not here?"

"Father, old man Li's family didn't come." Shen Qingchuan took a brief look at the crowd and replied.

Shen Qinghe scratched his head, and added, "There was no response when I knocked on the door of his house just now, probably because there is no one at home."

"En." Shen Dashan didn't say much, and only asked his eldest son Shen Qingchuan to knock on the gong.

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