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After seeing the outsiders off, Xu Qing closed the courtyard gate and burst into laughter, unable to hold it in any longer. Afraid of being overheard, he had to cover his mouth.

All those years of hard work in her past life weren't for nothing; she's definitely honed her acting skills.

Knowing that it was her own daughter who was behind it, Madam Wen asked curiously, "How did Qing manage to do that?"

Xu Qing couldn't explain it clearly either; people of this era couldn't understand what an electric baton was. He said mysteriously:

“Aunt Zhao is right. Heaven is on my side. Mother, don’t worry, your daughter won’t suffer any losses.”

The two girls were terrified, especially Xu Baobao, who hugged Wangcai and kept crying.

Xu Qing walked to Xu Baobao's side, gently hugged her daughter, and softly comforted her, "It's okay, baby. Mommy, your uncle, and your grandma will protect you."

Xu Baobao sobbed, "Mom, is Wangcai dead? It did all this to protect me."

Dad told me to go with him, but I wouldn't. He tried to pull me away, and Wangcai ran and bumped into him. He threw Wangcai to the ground, and Wangcai just lay there motionless... Waaah!

Xu Qing glanced at Wangcai in Xu Baobao's arms. Wangcai's chest was still rising and falling slightly, so he was probably not dead. He was probably just knocked unconscious from the fall. She just didn't know if he had any internal injuries.

Faced with the loss of her child, Xu Qing didn't know how to comfort her, so she could only hold Xu Baobao even tighter.

"It's alright, Mom will always be with you. And your sister, our family will always be together."

This was all she could offer, hoping it would make Xu Baobao feel a little better.

Just then, Xu Gong returned with Zhou Chenggong. Seeing the mess on the ground, he rushed in and asked, "What happened?"

Xu Qing was too exhausted to explain again, and Madam Wen had already helped Xu Jian back to bed.

She was busy tidying up the yard, herding the chickens back to their coop, and cooking—a whole host of things awaited her.

Seeing that no one answered, Xu Gong asked Xu Zhenzhen, "Niece, what's going on?"

Xu Zhenzhen replied softly, "Uncle, my baby and I were peeling aiyu jelly in the yard when a man suddenly ran in and said he was my baby's father."

He even offered the baby a dark-colored steamed bun, but the baby refused. Then he said that his grandmother was sick and asked the baby to go back with him to see her.

The baby said she would ask her mother when she got back before deciding, but the man suddenly got angry, grabbed the baby and started walking out. The uncle heard the noise and came out, and started fighting with him.

He pushed his uncle down and threw Wangcai (his dog) to the ground. The baby refused to go with him even more, so he tried to catch the chicken and Wangcai, saying he wanted to show filial piety to his father.

Fortunately, Grandma Zhao came to help and even called Mom and Grandma back, otherwise the baby would definitely have been taken away.

Xu Gong was furious. He grabbed a wood-chopping knife and rushed out, but Zhou Chenggong quickly pulled him back.

"Murder is illegal, it's not worth it for scum like that!"

Xu Gong slapped himself, grabbed his hair and said remorsefully, "It's all my fault. If only I had gone home with the children."

Zhou Chenggong liked the Xu family very much and didn't want them to be sad, so he comforted them, saying, "It's not your fault, Uncle. It was all because I was playful and insisted on dragging you to set traps to catch prey."

Both of them took the blame upon themselves, and the atmosphere became even more somber than before.

Xu Qing hadn't expected to have to comfort both men as well as the woman wanting to give birth, but seeing their heads hanging low like defeated roosters, she could only say:

"No one expected this to happen, so how can you be blamed? If anyone is to blame, it's that the Shi family is a bunch of scoundrels. From now on, we'll just strengthen our defenses and not give them any chance."

Hearing Xu Qing's words, the two men felt a little better.

Xu Gong secretly vowed that he would go to the Shi family again tonight and smash the wooden plank in the latrine again.

The two then helped Madam Wen tidy up the courtyard.

"Hmph hmph hmph".

Wangcai's pig nose nudged Xu Baobao, as if to say he was alright.

"Mom, Wangcai is alive!"

Xu Baobao's voice rang out in surprise, and a smile finally appeared on her face.

Xu Qing breathed a sigh of relief; she was really afraid that Wangcai would do something...

My family was frightened today, so I made an especially lavish dinner.

Wen steamed white rice, Xu Qing stir-fried tomatoes and eggs, and Xu Qing took the few chicks that were trampled to death in the chaos, marinated them with Orleans seasoning, coated them with flour and made them into fried chicken.

Xu Jian, who had fractured his bone, ate more calcium-rich foods. He made radish and bone soup, stir-fried twice-cooked pork, and, without fail, a stir-fried vegetable dish with pork cracklings.

Delicious food can heal the soul; when children eat fried chicken, they forget all the unpleasantness and fear of the day.

Zhou Chenggong patted his round belly and said ingratiatingly, "Aunt Qing, can we still have fried chicken tomorrow? I can pay for it."

Xu Baobao is very sensible. She knows that the chickens in the family are raised to lay eggs, but when she heard Zhou Chenggong's question, she looked at Xu Qing expectantly.

Xu Zhenzhen remained restrained; her mother had already been very good to her, and she couldn't be too greedy. Her father said he was leaving today, and her mother insisted he finish lunch before leaving.

Xu Qing never refuses the children's requests, as long as they are not excessive.

Besides, the chicken wasn't expensive, so he nodded in agreement.

The children cheered.

After dinner, Zhou Chenggong was still thinking about the herbal soup prepared by Xu Qing.

Xu Qing briefly recounted what had happened in Qianjia Village, adding that they would know in seven days, at which point they would go to the yamen together.

This time, Zhou Chenggong did not refuse. He had been away for so long, and it was time for him to go back and see his parents.

After the children went to sleep, Xu Qing still had to make the jelly that Manager Chen had ordered, but fortunately it was quick to make.

After everything was done, Xu Qing went back to her room to sleep.

Once the house was quiet, Xu Gong opened his eyes and quietly went to Shijia Village.

During the day, after Xu Jianguo escorted Shi Gandang back to the Shi family, the Shi family grabbed Xu Jianguo and wouldn't let him leave, demanding that he pay compensation.

Although Xu Jianguo was honest, he was not easy to bully. He had been influenced by his father, who was the village chief and village head, and had developed a certain air of authority.

After the reason was explained, the Shi family dared not make any more trouble and had no choice but to carry Shi Gandang back into the house to lie down.

I lay there until evening before waking up.

Getting out of bed, Shi Gandang felt as if his body was falling apart. Looking around, he realized he was in his own home.

He was completely baffled. Wasn't he just at the Xu family's house? How did he get back?

He suddenly felt the urge to urinate, so he decided to go to the toilet first and then ask his family.

He walked in the dark to the latrine, and just as he was about to go in, his mouth was covered and he was stuffed into a sack.

Xu Gong originally intended to remove the wooden board and leave, but just then he saw Shi Gandang swaying out, and his anger surged.

He took out the burlap sack he used to carry the aiyu jelly, put it over Shi Gandang's body, punched and kicked him, then untied the sack and pushed him into the toilet.

Taking away the burlap sacks is a waste of money; burlap sacks cost money too.

After doing all this, Xu Gong felt refreshed and relaxed. He hummed an off-key tune and quietly returned to the Xu family home.

Unknowingly.

Shi Gandang was in a terrible state. He was already weak from not eating all day, and then he was beaten up for no reason and immediately fainted.

I don't know how long I was unconscious. I was woken up by a splash of water. I felt that the place around me smelled terrible. By the faint moonlight, I let out a scream!

"Ah! Mother! There's a ghost!"

Shi Dagou screamed and ran into his mother Ding Guihua's house.

The whole family was then woken up by the noise. Shi Dagou said there was a ghost in the outhouse, so the whole family mustered their courage and lit a torch to light it.

Then they saw Shi Gandang, barely clinging to the edge of the latrine, struggling to climb up.