Reborn at 60: I Helped My Sister Get Rich Starting from Hunting

For some reason, when Qian Weiguo looked at that well, he felt his throat was parched and burning!

I wish I could jump into the well and drink all the water in one gulp!

"Qian Weiguo, what are you doing!"

Thankfully, his wife shouted, snapping him out of his dazed state.

Qian Weiguo then realized that most of his body was already in the well, and if he exerted any more force, he would fall in completely...

"Xiuju! Xiuju, wake up! Your father is stuck in the well!"

Qian Weiguo's wife, Sun Hongying, is a well-known loudspeaker in the area.

Her voice was loud and clear, and her shout woke up several families in the neighborhood.

"What? Qian Weiguo jumped into the well?"

"You must have misheard. Qian Weiguo must have fallen into the well..."

"That doesn't make sense! Qian Weiguo is a grown man, how could he possibly fall into a well!"

"So you're still going to jump into the well?"

"The Qian and Wang families are counting on him. What could possibly drive him to jump into a well?"

The villagers were buzzing with discussion, and they put on their clothes and shoes and ran to see what was going on.

By the time they arrived, Sun Hongying had already pulled Qian Weiguo out of the well.

Qian Weiguo sat on the ground, his face flushed, panting heavily.

Sun Hongying, hands on her hips, charged toward Qian Xiuju's hut.

"Qian Xiuju, are you deaf?! Your father almost died in the well and you didn't say a word! You heartless wretch—"

Sun Hongying kicked and cursed as she opened Qian Xiuju's door.

However, when they opened the door, there was no sign of Qian Xiuju inside.

Not only was the room empty, but the blankets and pillows on the kang (heated brick bed) were also untouched.

It's folded exactly the same as it was yesterday morning!

Sun Hongying panicked as soon as she saw it.

"Xiuju?! Xiuju!"

She searched the room, but it was cold and deserted. On the long bench was Qian Xiuju's favorite overcoat...

The clothes are still there, but she's gone!

In that instant, Sun Hongying considered many negative possibilities...

She turned around, ready to yell at Qian Weiguo.

But when she turned around and saw so many villagers coming over to watch the spectacle, she swallowed back her wailing.

Not only that, Sun Hongying pretended to curse and left the room, closing Qian Xiuju's door behind her!

"You brat! Just keep sleeping, keep sleeping, you might as well sleep yourself to death!"

"Where in the whole village is there a girl who can sleep as much as you? Were you a pig reincarnated in your past life?"

"I've never seen anyone as lazy as you in my entire life!"

"I can't handle you! Just wait until your in-laws take care of you in the future!"

Qian Weiguo had now snapped out of his daze.

As he listened to Sun Hongying's curses, his head throbbed with pain.

There's no work in the fields during winter, and he sent both of his sons to work in the mines, so now only his youngest daughter is with them.

Qian Xiuju is usually quite sensible and hardworking, her only flaw is that she loves to sleep in.

This isn't a serious problem.

Why would anyone bother to yell and curse in the street?

Qian Weiguo yelled at his wife in annoyance, "Stop making a scene, Sun Hongying! You've called half the village here!"

Sun Hongying rushed to her doorstep.

"What are you looking at? What are you looking at! Don't you have any work to do? Why are you blocking my doorway?"

The villagers outnumbered and were not to be trifled with.

“Hongying, don’t be ungrateful. We came to help because we heard you shouting that Weiguo had fallen into the well.”

"That's it."

Sun Hongying didn't even offer a smile. "He's such a big guy, how could he possibly fall into a well? Besides, I only called my daughter for help, not you! Alright, that's all, go back, go back, everyone go back!"

After finally managing to shoo the people away from the door, Sun Hongying turned around and her face turned pale.

She squatted down in front of Qian Weiguo, her face scrunched up in a grimace!

"Qian Weiguo! Something terrible has happened! Xiuju has disappeared!"

"what?!"

Qian Weiguo sat up abruptly from the ground and ran into Qian Xiuju's room.

After seeing it, his expression wasn't much better than Sun Hongying's.

"Xiuju wasn't here all night? Where did she go? Did she go to her aunt's house to sleep? Didn't she tell you?" Qian Weiguo asked a barrage of questions.

Sun Hongying cried and cursed at the same time:

"When has she ever gone to her aunt's house without telling us?"

"Besides, Xiuju doesn't like her aunt either! Zhaodi wouldn't even share a bowl of egg tea with her, so why would she go to her aunt's house?"

"If you ask me, she was definitely kidnapped by that bastard from the educated youth team!"

"I used to be an athlete in the city, and I was also somewhat educated. I often practiced javelin throwing in the educated youth team, and many girls would secretly watch me!"

"Xiuju mentioned it to me, saying that you should create some opportunities for her to have more contact with **..."

"I didn't like that thieving kid; I thought he was dishonest! So I didn't agree!"

"Xiuju even had a fight with me about this!"

"Didn't she ask you for wild fur to make a new woolen hat?"

"I reckon she just wants to show him off to that kid!"

Qian Weiguo heard the name twice in a row, and before he had even met the person, he already hated him!

Why kidnap Qian Weiguo's daughter of all people?!

He insisted on shooting that kid!

"Don't make a scene!" Sun Hongying wiped away her tears hastily and tried to persuade Qian Weiguo. "This is just my guess! What if Xiuju isn't in the educated youth team? If others find out she didn't come home all night, how will she ever get married?!"

Qian Weiguo's face darkened. "I know! I'll go take a look! I won't say why!"

Just as Qian Weiguo, gun in hand, was about to charge into the educated youth team, he was stopped by Zhang Haiquan at his doorstep.

"Come inside!"

Zhang Haiquan pushed the person inside.

Qian Weiguo was both anxious and angry. "Zhang Haiquan! You should call me uncle by seniority! Who do you think you are, bossing me around like that!"

Zhang Haiquan lowered his voice, "I'm here because of Xiuju! Do you still want your daughter?!"

Qian Weiguo was stunned. "Do you know where Xiuju is?"

"I don't know!" Zhang Haiquan said, annoyed by his stubbornness. "Let's go inside and talk!"

Qian Weiguo didn't understand what he meant, but he could tell that Zhang Haiquan was very worried.

He sensed something was wrong and quickly pulled Sun Hongying inside.

Zhang Haiquan locked the door and told Qian Weiguo and his wife about Qian Xiuju's outburst in the mountains the previous night.

“The weasel harmed her?!” Sun Hongying’s legs went weak and she collapsed onto the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed).

Zhang Haiquan waved his hand, "There's no definite answer yet... but the things she was muttering didn't sound right!"

He looked at Qian Weiguo, "Uncle Weiguo! Just how many weasels has your family killed?"

"I haven't even killed a single one!" Qian Weiguo's eyes were bloodshot, full of grievance. "I only set a few traps, and I don't even know if I've caught anything! I was planning to go check after dusk today..."

"Go and see right now!" Zhang Haiquan was furious. "There are so many things in the mountains, why do we have to fight these evil ones?"