After transmigrating, he supported his family by working at a garbage dump.

When did this happen?

Xu Wenjie squatted down to look Xu Zhuzhu in the eye. Although his expression remained normal, a clear look of worry appeared in his eyes.

"Just now."

Xu Zhuzhu explained, pulling Xu An, who had seen the scene inside the bead with her, over as well, "Brother saw it too."

At this moment, Xu An kept his lips tightly closed. Seeing that Xu Wenjie was looking at him very seriously, he immediately nodded solemnly and echoed.

“What Zhuzhu said is true.”

Xu Wenjie remained silent, carefully examining the damp beads in his hand.

He had just pulled it out of the water, but the red light was gone, and the image could no longer be reflected.

After listening to Xu Zhuzhu's description of the scene, Xu Wenjie seemed to realize the seriousness of the problem.

But he really couldn't understand why his wife had been taken away by the government officials.

Is it a household registration? Theft? Or murder and arson?

Xu Wenjie mentally checked off all the possible answers one by one, and after much thought, he felt that apart from the first one, none of the others were possible.

If there's a problem with the household registration, then the person in charge should be held accountable. What does it have to do with Zhang He?

His wife could neither steal nor commit murder or arson...

kill?

Xu Wenjie pondered Xu Zhuzhu's words over and over again. Suddenly, his pupils contracted instantly, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

According to Xu Zhuzhu, Old Man Mi was lying in bed due to illness, and Zhang He was feeding him medicine...

Suddenly, Zhang Xiaolin's smug smile flashed through his mind. Xu Wenjie stood up abruptly and immediately grabbed Zhang He, who was cooking dumplings.

"He Niang, I'm going to Granny Mi's house. Keep an eye on the two children and make sure they don't wander off. I'll be back soon," Xu Wenjie said.

Zhang He had already wrapped a batch of dumplings and was about to hand them to the guest when Xu Wenjie pulled her, scattering cabbage leaves and dumplings all over the ground.

"Ouch!"

She exclaimed in regret, turned around with dissatisfaction, wanting to ask Xu Wenjie what had happened. How could he, who was usually so composed, be so careless and impulsive?

As soon as she turned around, she met Xu Wenjie's deep and calm eyes, and the words she was about to say were swallowed back down.

He opened his mouth again, but only nodded silently.

Seeing this, Xu Wenjie stopped talking and ran towards the other end of the street without looking back. Hei Tie had already told them the address of Grandma Mi's house.

Zhang He stared blankly in the direction Xu Wen disappeared, and after a long while, a thought suddenly popped into her mind: Be careful.

……

"Madam Xu, is mine ready yet?"

It wasn't until the woman pushing the cart urged her impatiently that Zhang He snapped out of her daze and quickly reassured the woman, "It'll be ready soon, I'm so sorry."

He hurriedly cooked another portion and wrapped it up for the woman.

Remembering Xu Wenjie's words, she took the time to tell the two children to stay behind her and play, and not to run around.

Xu An obediently agreed, while Xu Zhuzhu stared silently in the direction her father had disappeared.

The beads had cooled down, so Xu Zhuzhu carefully dried them, tied them back in the cloth bag, and hung them around her neck as usual.

They kept this matter from Zhang He and didn't tell her mother, otherwise, given her mother's personality, she would probably be extremely worried after finding out.

Xu An tugged at Xu Zhuzhu, his face full of worry, and asked in a low voice, "Zhuzhu, what do we do now?"

Zhang Xiaolin and Zhang Erye were both gone, and only Zhang Wangshi was at the steamed bun stall across the street.

They're family after all; maybe we can get some information out of Zhang Wangshi.

When she was secretly observing the stall across the street, she noticed that Zhang Wangshi seemed to have a very weak personality and was somewhat dull and clumsy.

They shouldn't pose any threat to them.

Xu Zhuzhu pondered for a moment, then her eyes flashed, and she whispered in Xu An's ear, "Brother, let's go check out the steamed bun stall across the street."

Completely bewildered, Xu An nodded without thinking, but immediately shook his head: "Mother just told us not to run around."

Xu Zhuzhu was stunned for a moment. Although her mother had just finished speaking, she hadn't paid attention to what her mother said, so she naturally forgot about it.

Sure enough, when the two children told Zhang He they wanted to eat steamed buns, she nodded without thinking at first, since they were just across the street and she could see them and felt at ease.

But in an instant, she remembered Xu Wenjie's instructions and quickly pulled the two children, who were about to run across the street, back, saying that they would buy it when their father came back.

Xu Zhuzhu looked at her mother's unusually cold face and sighed helplessly. It seemed that she couldn't get through this and could only wait for her father to come back.

I wonder how his father is doing? Are Grandma Mi and Grandpa Mi alright?

Xu Zhuzhu deduced a hypothesis: Zhang Xiaolin couldn't compete with their family in business, so he wanted to use Uncle Mi and Grandma Mi to take revenge. But how exactly would he take revenge?

They only saw Zhang Xiaolin's image, but they didn't see where Second Master Zhang went afterward.

Could it be the medicine her mother fed her? But that would be too obvious...

Xu Zhuzhu couldn't understand it.

Xu An was also filled with anxiety. He held Xu Zhuzhu's hand tightly and stared intently at Zhang He, fearing that his mother would suddenly be taken away.

Zhang He, however, was completely unaware of this.

Just then, an old woman suddenly appeared in front of their stall. The old woman exclaimed "Eh!" and stopped.

Xu Zhuzhu looked at the old woman and saw that she had high cheekbones and a sallow complexion, but she was wearing a loose and gorgeous brocade that was out of place with her small figure. However, what was rare was that she had a silver hairpin with pearls in her hair.

This reminded Xu Zhuzhu of a pearl headband her mother used to have. The pearls on it were large and round, and it was part of her mother's dowry from her maternal grandfather. Unfortunately, it was later pawned...

However, the old woman only had this one hairpin, which was considered quite good for her in this small town.

Beside the old woman, a thin, haggard-looking young woman dressed in plain cotton clothes with empty sleeves, was supporting her.

Xu Zhuzhu looked them over and felt that the two looked strangely familiar.

"Grass Aunt, go and see what this family is selling."

The old woman spoke gruffly, shoving and giving orders.

The young woman named Cao Gu was pushed forward, nodding timidly while asking Zhang He in a low voice, "Boss lady, what are you selling?"

When asked by a guest, Zhang He, who was not paying attention, paused for a moment and did not look closely at the person. She just smiled and replied, "It's dumplings, a northern food that you don't have in the south."

Cao Gu suddenly realized, and stammered to the old woman, "...Old lady, she said she was selling dumplings."

The old woman had obviously never seen dumplings before, and seeing how novel they looked, she decided to buy some to try.

"Then let's have three servings. This is something new and interesting. I'll take some back for my son to try."

Upon hearing this, Zhang He immediately cooked three portions, wrapped them up, and handed them over, saying, "Three coins per portion."

The dumplings smelled delicious. The old woman swallowed hard, but maintained a haughty demeanor, muttering, "What a waste! How can they wrap them in cabbage? Is it even clean? They didn't even mention using oil paper. Typical petty vendor..."

Zhang He's smile cooled slightly, but she still patiently explained, "Grandma, this cabbage was soaked in water overnight and rinsed with cooled boiled water. It's very clean."

The old woman glanced at Zhang He but said nothing more.

However, when it came time to pay, the two of them couldn't come up with any money.

Cao Gu anxiously reached into her sleeves, but couldn't find her money pouch. Her voice was trembling with tears as she spoke.

"...Why can't I find it? I definitely put it here..."

Zhang He smiled gently and told her not to rush and to take her time searching.

But the old woman slapped Cao Gu hard across the face, yelling angrily, "Useless thing! You can even lose a coin! What a lowly wretch..."

Zhang He's lips moved slightly, but after thinking for a moment, she said nothing.

However, upon hearing the sound, Xu Zhuzhu, who was hiding behind the stroller, immediately frowned and quickly clung to the stroller to look ahead. As she did so, memories flooded back.

It's them!