After Transmigrating Into a Novel, She Become the Opposing Character’s Mother - Chapter 16
Chapter 16: Is Mine
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
When Bai Wenjing heard this, she saw Xue Xiaohua blocking the door with a pole in her hand. A few villagers were standing outside the door.
“What’s wrong, Xiaohua? What are you doing?”
Xue Xiaohua held the pole and shouted rudely, “They stink! Don’t let them into our house! Get out! Get out!”
As Xue Xiaohua spoke, she held the pole in her hand and poked at the people.
Bai Wenjing could tell that Xue Xiaohua was a mischievous person. She did not like the smell on the people’s bodies. Before she could speak, one of the people at the door had already shouted, “Listen, there’s a sound. A pig is crying. I’ll say that her house stole the pig.”
The people did not care about what Xue Xiaohua said. Instead, they directly pushed the pole away from Xue Xiaohua.
Before Bai Wenjing could figure out what was going on, she saw Xue Xiaohua throw away the shoulder pole and hurriedly run to the pigpen. She stretched out her arms and screamed, “I didn’t steal it. We picked it up. We picked it up!”
“Haha, we can even pick up a pig. It’s obviously stolen. You’re still stubborn. Don’t deny it. There aren’t many families in our village that have pigs.”
“That’s right. Isn’t that old Xu’s pig with a black spot on its buttocks? Old Xu, come and take a look. Your pig is in their pen.”
“Maybe old Huang’s big buffalo has been hidden by them too.”
The people at the door pointed and pointed. Xue Xiaohua’s face was flushed red.
Bai Wenjing looked into the pen. Sure enough, there was a fat pig that weighed more than 200 pounds inside. At that moment, the fat pig heard the noise and immediately got up. Then, he walked to the fence and snorted.
Bai Wenjing could not care less. She went forward and said, “Villagers, why do you say that we stole the pig? Old Xu, let me ask you, when did you realize that the pig was not there?”
The middle-aged man, called old Xu said, “Yesterday, she went up the mountain to look for the cow but did not go to the pigpen. Then, this morning, she was found missing.”
Bai Wenjing asked again, “Then yesterday, we went up the mountain together. Did you see it?”
Old Xu Thought for a moment and said, “I saw it. It was still there at that time.”
When Bai Wenjing heard this, she had an idea. “Yesterday, everyone in the village, except for the elderly and children, went up the mountain to look for the cow and the two children. This pig weighed at least 200 kilograms. I went up the mountain to look for the children. There were two children at home. The oldest was only about 10 years old. How could they steal a pig as big as you?
“Even if she can chase them away, she can’t possibly carry them out of your pigsty.”
“This, this…”
Old Xu was stumped by Bai Wenjing’s question and did not know how to answer for a moment.
Someone in the crowd said loudly, “Could it be that old Xu’s pig ran into your pigsty by itself? What a joke.”
Bai Wenjing smiled and said calmly, “Of course, if I’m not wrong, it was your pig that escaped from your pigsty.”
Xue Xiaohua was happy when she heard this. She said proudly, “That’s right. Your pig jumped out of the pen. I told you I didn’t steal it.”
“How did that pig get into your pen?”
“I rushed back. I picked up a pig for no reason. But, of course, it’s mine.”
Xue Xiaohua’s unreasonable reasoning angered bai Wenjing. Everyone did not know whether to laugh or cry.
Bai Wenjing could only smile apologetically and say, “Old Xu, the misunderstanding has been resolved. The pig ran out of the pen by itself. Although Xiaohua isn’t sensible, it’s still a good thing for her to rush back. It’s better than the pig running into the mountains and being taken away by the wolf. Don’t you think so?”
Old Xu paused and could only nod. Then, seeing that there was nothing to see, everyone prepared to leave.
Another busybody was unconvinced and asked, “What about the cow? Hasn’t the cow been found yet? I think it should be hidden in her house.”
“The cow really isn’t in my house. Why don’t we go up the mountain to look for it? We might be able to find it today.”
Bai Wenjing’s heart was pounding. It had already been twenty-four hours. She had to hurry up and look for the children. She still did not know how the two children were doing the night before.
“I’ve found the cow. I’ve found it. I just saw Old Huang dragging the buffalo to the river to wash!”
Someone ran over from afar and shouted. Bai Wenjing was shocked and hurriedly went up to ask, “Where’s the child?”
The person shook his head. “I only heard that Old Huang’s cow went up the mountain and fell into the pit. The child was not found.”
Bai Wenjing instantly felt as if someone had poured a bucket of cold water on her. She hurriedly said, “Then I’ll have to trouble everyone to help me find the child again!”
At this moment, the crowd no longer looked as spirited as before. Instead, they just scattered in all directions. No one paid any attention to her words.
Bai Wenjing was anxious. She said, “If anyone helps me find the child, I’ll give them food, fine rice.”
A few people paused their steps and said, “It’s good that her family has fine rice.”
“That’s right. Isn’t she here to steal men?”
“It’s been so long. There’s an 80% chance that the children are gone. If they were really captured and brought to the mountain, the wolves would have already taken them away.”
Not long after, everyone in the courtyard had already left.
“Don’t go. We’re all from the same village. This human trafficker kidnapped these two. I’m afraid that he’ll attack the children in the village in the future. So we must catch the human trafficker and find the children.”
However, no matter how Bai Wenjing called, none of the people in front of her were willing to stay and help.
“Sister, stop shouting. No one is helping. They have been looking for the child for a whole day. I think the child… the child is probably really gone. Why do you think our lives are so miserable…”
Zhaodi said as she wiped away her tears. However, after not seeing her for a night, she had already become very haggard.
“Sister, a stranger came to my house last night. I guess it must be a trafficker. As long as we find the trafficker, we will be able to find the child. If others don’t go, we will go and look for him again.”
As Bai Wenjing spoke, she had already pulled Xie Zhaodi out of the house. However, she did not expect Xie Zhaodi to remain motionless on the spot.
“We have found him. He is from the Xue family. We have found the two children from the Xue family!”
Someone called out from afar. Bai Wenjing immediately perked up when she heard that. The two of them could not wait to run in the direction of that person’s shout.
However, they saw that everyone had gathered in a circle. The one sitting on the ground and crying with his eyes closed was Xue Bainian.
At this moment, Xue Bainian’s body was filthy beyond recognition. His small face was smeared like the bottom of a pot. Probably because he was hungry, his crying voice was hoarse and powerless.
Bai Wenjing felt a wave of sadness in her heart. She pounced forward and hugged Xue Bainian tightly in her arms. At the same time, she suddenly heard a wail.
“Chunsheng, my son, what happened to you? Open your eyes and look at your mother! But, Chunsheng, don’t scare your mother, Chunsheng…”
Zhaodi was crying her heart out. Bai Wenjing turned around only to see Zhaodi hugging Xue Chunsheng, whose body was already limp. She was crying loudly. Looking at Xue Chunsheng’s pale face, Bai Wenjing finally understood that this child was already dead.
The people beside her did not make a sound. They only watched in a daze as Zhaodi hugged Xue Chunsheng, who was already dead, and wailed. The entire Buffalo Bay seemed exceptionally lonely.
At this moment, a figure squeezed into the crowd. She raised his hand and slapped Zhaodi’s face. Then, she cursed loudly, “You’re courting death! Why isn’t it you who died? Chunsheng, my obedient grandson….”
