Rebirth in the 80s: The Scholar Wife is Cute
Chapter 258 Missed Rescue

Chapter 258: Chapter 258 Missed Rescue

After all the commotion, it turned out to be a false alarm, and the chubby aunt felt quite embarrassed.

She sheepishly said, "I did say before that it might have been a mistake on my part."

Wasn’t it Old Lady Liu who insisted on taking it seriously?

Why was she being blamed for it?

Zhou Lanfang turned to look at Old Lady Liu, about to chide her as well, when she heard Old Lady Liu say, "At least we can be relieved after checking. If there had really been something wrong with the child, regret wouldn’t even begin to cover it."

She didn’t know which family Shen Mianmian and Xiaocui worked for, otherwise she would go and see right now.

"Yes! Checking makes everyone feel more relieved," the Zhang Family daughter-in-law added in agreement, "Now that there’s nothing wrong, we should all head back! It’s quite cold outside."

Which mother doesn’t care about her own child?

She’s a mother too; if she heard about this, she also would have to come out and check before she could be at peace.

Zhou Lanfang secretly curled her lip and, huffing, turned to go back first.

The people began gossiping behind her back.

"With Lanfang acting like this, she’s bound to regret it someday."

"Don’t let her overhear that, or she’ll start splashing out again."

"Splash out? Who’s afraid of her! We’re not her man, she can’t boss us around at her whim."

"Look at how high her butt is, the way she walks, all swaying, if I were Jianhua, I’d be influenced by her too."

As they talked, the conversation turned to more risqué jokes.

A few women together, telling jokes, can be just as crude as the men.

At the same time, Lu Siyuan noticed that only Xiaocui came alone and immediately felt something was off. Usually, the two of them were together, and now, especially during these times, Shen Mianmian couldn’t possibly be alone.

"Where’s Shen Mianmian?"

"Mianmian said she had something to do and asked me to come first," Xiaocui answered.

Lu Siyuan: "..."

He was a bit displeased because Xiaocui didn’t wait for Shen Mianmian, but he didn’t lose his temper at her and just mumbled to himself.

"This idiot, doesn’t she know it’s dangerous to be alone right now?"

Xiaocui: "..."

She didn’t know what had happened, but seeing that Lu Siyuan didn’t appear happy, she didn’t dare to make a peep.

Lu Siyuan, pushing his bike, planned to go out to meet Shen Mianmian, but just then, someone came to deliver a winter melon.

With Grandpa Lu being old and Xiaocui a young girl, and the winter melon being delivered by a man in his sixties, none of them had any real labor strength.

Helplessly, he had to finish unloading and weighing the winter melons before going to meet Shen Mianmian. When he reached the entrance of Zhao Family Village, he saw a group of people entering the village, though he had no clue what they were up to.

Knowing Zhou Lanfang had a temper, Lu Siyuan didn’t dare to go to Shen Mianmian’s place to look for her and could only wait at the village entrance.

Meanwhile, Shen Mianmian was actually being hauled away on a wooden cart by Xu Haiyang.

From their conversation, Shen Mianmian learned they planned to take her to Gouzi’s house. Gouzi was an orphan; his father had died of illness when he was young, and his mother ran off with someone else.

The grandparents who had raised him died one after the other when he was in his teens. Since Gouzi’s house was located at the edge of the village, far from other homes, and no one usually visited, Shen Mianmian could be hidden away there for ten or eight days without anyone knowing.

Gouzi’s house was conveniently in the direction towards the city. The three men, rather audacious and with the fog making the roads practically empty, boldly took Shen Mianmian along the main road.

Shen Mianmian had quietly made a small hole in the burlap sack and observed the outside, waiting for an opportunity to call for help.

She had been dragged along for several minutes and only encountered an old man in his sixties or seventies who walked with a cane. Shen Mianmian hesitated for a moment but remained silent.

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