A Hunter’s Wife - Chapter 8

Chapter 8: Home

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Mao Xiaoyu really did not like the name ‘Daya’.

she believed that many girls in the village were called ‘Daya’.

“Brother Rong, can I discuss something with you?” Mao Xiaoyu squatted opposite Rong Xiang seriously.

Rong Xiang raised his eyebrows and motioned for Mao Xiaoyu to continue.

“Can you not call me Daya? I don’t like this name.” Mao Xiaoyu went straight to the point.

She did not want to make herself feel aggrieved. Taking advantage of the fact that Rong Xiang was not familiar with her, she asked to change the way she addressed him.

Rong Xiang did not expect the little girl to look at him so seriously just to change his name.

“Then what should I call you? Young Lady Mao?” Rong Xiang asked.

“No, there are many young girls in the village!” Mao Xiaoyu refused.

There were also girls called ‘Erya’ and ‘Sanya’ in her house.

Including Second Grandpa’s family and Fourth Grandpa’s family, there were eight girls in total, and all of their names sounded very similar.

“Call me Xiaoyu, I’ll be called Mao Xiaoyu from now on!” Mao Xiaoyu picked up a beautiful chicken feather and pretended to change her name.

Rong Xiang was stunned. This little girl was really casual. She changed her name after picking up a feather.

If he picked up a stone, would he be called Mao Xiaoshi?

Hmm…

Mao Xiaoyu carefully kept the beautiful feather, planning to take it home to fool her mother too.

No matter what, they had to call her Mao Xiaoyu. This was the name her Grandpa had given her, and she liked it very much!

The two of them quickly shared a roast chicken and then sped up their journey back to the village.

The sun was about to set, and it would be dark if they did not hurry.

Mao Xiaoyu walked behind Rong Xiang and smiled for the first time since she came to this world.

This man was really considerate. When they were eating chicken just now, he had given her two chicken legs.

Mao Xiaoyu had never been short of food and clothing since she was young. She was very picky with her food and especially hated chicken breast.

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At the village at the foot of the mountain.

“Mother, please return Daya to me, I beg you!”

In the courtyard of the Mao family, a miserable cry could be heard.

“How would I know where that wretched girl went? Quickly go and cook!” Grandma Mao said arrogantly.

“Mother, Daya is my life. I beg you, I will work hard in the future!” Liu Xianniang knelt on the ground and hugged her mother-in-law’s legs, begging.

“Get lost, get lost, you jinx, let me go!” Grandma Mao was even angrier as she stood rooted to the ground.

“Mother, you’re killing me. Dalang and Yilong are already gone. If Daya isn’t here anymore, I won’t be able to live either!” When Liu Xianniang thought of her dead husband and eldest son, she felt even sadder.

“Both of them were killed by you, you jinx. You still dare to mention them? It’s already good enough that I didn’t make you pay with your life!”

“If it wasn’t for you and Father letting Yilong replace Second Grandpa’s side in the army, Yilong would still be here!”

“You jinx, are you questioning me? Heavens, please come and take this unfilial daughter-in-law!” Grandma Mao was so angry that she slapped Liu Xianniang twice, then sat on the ground and slapped her thigh, crying.

At that moment, the entrance of the Mao family’s courtyard was already surrounded by people. Everyone knew the old lady of the Mao family’s character, and they looked at her with ridicule.

“Mother, you said it yourself this afternoon that you were going to throw Daya into the deep mountains. I didn’t expect you to be so cruel. She’s your biological granddaughter!” Liu Xianniang shouted.

She had been married into the Mao family for 18 years, and this was the first time she had spoken so loudly.

In the past, she thought that since they were the younger generation and their husbands were not favored, she would just bear with it and it would pass.

However, she did not expect that she would lose her husband and son. Now, this old lady would not even let go of her only daughter.

Thinking of this, Liu Xianniang lay on the ground and cried.

She cried very miserably, and the other women also started crying.

“Move, move, the Village Chief is here!” From the back of the crowd, a few teenagers shouted.

It turned out that a woman who had a good relationship with Liu Xianniang saw that the old lady might cause trouble, and quickly instructed her youngest son to run to the Village Chief.

This little child was very clever. He gathered his little friends and spread the news of what happened in the Mao family in a short time.

So, there were two other old men who came with the Village Chief, and they were both influential people in the village.

The crowd automatically parted to the left and right to form a small path. the Village Chief took his pipe and walked to the main gate of the Mao family.

“What are you doing now? You’re the only one with so many family matters in the entire village!” The old Village Chief knocked on the wooden door with his tobacco pipe.

If he was not afraid of paying for the medical expenses, he would have used the pipe to crack open the head of Grandma Mao.

“Village Chief, I beg you to save Daya. She was thrown into the mountains by her Grandma Mao!” As if she had seen a life-saving straw, Liu Xianniang got up and knelt in front of the Village Chief, begging with all her might.

The old Village Chief was taken aback, then quickly turned to look at Grandma Mao. “Dalang’s mother, how could you do such a thing? This is a human’s life!”

He was not mistaken, there was an obvious look of humility on Grandma Mao’s face.

So naturally, the Village Chief believed what Liu Xianniang had said.

Then, the Village Chief thought about how he had seen Mao Erlang and Mao Sanlang go up the mountain today, and everything made sense.

He also said that the two brothers were so lazy that they were almost lying on the bed to hatch eggs, so how could they take the initiative to help cut wood up the mountain?

“Zhu Zi, quickly go and call a few people to go into the mountain to find Daya. If you are late, something will happen!” The Village Chief was panicking as he quickly told his son.

His face was pale as a sheet, and he felt that he was responsible for the disappearance of Mao Daya. If he had been more careful today, that girl would not have been in such a predicament.

Zhu Zi quickly responded and then called a few young men to leave.

It was getting dark. even if they wanted to go up the mountain to look for someone, they had to go home and get something!

“You b*tch, you’re slandering the old lady, you’ll be punished by the heavens!” Mao Erlang’s wife came out of the house, wanting to help her mother-in-law overturn the testimony.

A mother-in-law abandoning her own granddaughter, this reputation was not good.

She still had a son and a daughter who had yet to be engaged. If this reputation were to spread, the children in the family would be ruined.

Soon after, Mao Sanlang’s wife also came out. She was also crying and wiping her tears. She even swore that she had seen Mao Daya walk out of the house with her own bag.

“I thought that she might want to go to the town to see a doctor, so I didn’t have the heart to stop her!” After saying that, Mao Sanlang’s wife even pretended to wipe the corners of her eyes.

From the beginning to the end, the head of the Mao family, Mao Laogen, had been hiding in the house. No matter how noisy the courtyard was, he did not come out.

Pa pa pa!

Clapping sounds came from behind the crowd.