Unlimited estates for rural beauty-Chapter 597 Tragic Death (1)

A group of people followed the older woman as they walked and chatted. Through their conversation, it was learned her husband’s family had the surname Wang, and they lived in Wang’s Village. Everyone in the village called her Wang Sanni. Feng Xuxu, curious, asked about it, and it was only later that she learned Wang Sanni’s family was not from around, and when she was young, the village experienced a famine, with crops failing and no harvest to speak of. In the end, to survive, her father and mother took her and her younger brother, begging their way to Wang’s Village. They ended up begging from a family with the surname Wang, who felt pity for the four of them. They tightened their own belts with their own three mouths to feed and shared some of their rations. Wang Sanni’s father was very grateful and kowtowed several times. When he stood up, he noticed a little boy standing to the side with a chewing and, after looking at his own daughter, made the bold decision to give her to the Wang family as a child bride.

When Wang Sanni recalled the past, she smiled bitterly. Feng Xuxu held her hand and comforted her, "At that time, your father must have feared you would starve following him and, seeing the Wang family were good people, decided to entrust you to them as a child bride."

"Ah, when I was young, I didn’t understand those things at all. I only knew my father didn’t want me. At that time, I cried a lot." As she spoke of the time she cried, the smile on her face was somewhat embarrassed.

"Look, here we are," Wang Sanni said, pointing at a house with green bricks and roof tiles by the roadside and smiling at her companion.

Feng Xuxu looked up and smiled, "Yes, I see it. A row of green brick-tiled houses must have been very imposing in the village!"

Wang Sanni pushed open the wooden gate, turned her head, and said, "Ah, if it were in the past, such tile-roofed houses would be unquestionably impressive. Miss, look around; all the houses in the village are like this one. How can we speak of being imposing?" After saying that, she led the people following her into a spacious courtyard, which was indeed well-kept with not the slightest bad smell.

"Old man, we have guests."

"Who is it?"

Everybody looked toward the door, where they saw a physically frail man limping out, still wearing only a thin layer of clothing. He came out of the house, surprised to see the dozen or so people in the courtyard.

Wang Sanni, who was nervously knocking ash off to one side, was dragged aside, "Wife, these... who are all these people?"

"Hehe, they are good folks. They bought my silk flowers and gave me a Silver, not asking for the rest, just wanting to ask for a cup of water to drink." Wang Sanni casually placed the dusting cloth on the clothesline in the courtyard, crouched by the well, drew water, washed her hands, and went into the kitchen to boil water, leaving him standing there alone.

Feng Xuxu and the others had exceptional hearing. Although they deliberately lowered their voices, the entire exchange was heard clearly.

In the kitchen, after Wang Sanni started boiling the water, she turned around and almost collided with her old man, clutching her chest. She stepped forward to support him, "Why are you still standing here like a fool? Don’t you know to find a stool to sit on for a while?"

"Hehehe, I was so nervous I forgot," the old man Wang laughed foolishly.

She guided him to a sunny spot in the courtyard, fetched a chair for him to sit on and soak up some sun, and then came over, looking apologetically at the group of people, "I’m so sorry. The stools are in the courtyard. Help yourselves to a seat. I’m going to check if the water is boiling."

"Sure."

Feng Xuxu took the stool from Mei Lenglei’s hand and also sat next to old man Wang, chatting with him, "Elder Wang, is it just you and the older woman here at home?"

"Hehehe, no, it’s our grandkid’s one-month celebration, and they’ve all gone for it. Since I can’t move well, I didn’t go. Your older woman stayed to take care of me." Old man Wang was a very sincere countryman. Feng Xuxu would ask a question, and he would answer it.