Chapter 639
Lin Lan was so panicked that she went to find another village woman to take the girls home before she returned early with Maisui.
As soon as they entered the village, they met a child who said that Xiaowang and Sanwang fell into the river and Liu Guifa had rescued them.
As soon as the two heard this, they ran home. Fortunately, the children were okay.
Sanwang wanted to say something, but then he remembered that he had made an oath by spit and couldn’t say anything. He hesitated for a moment before he heard Xiaowang say, “We went to wash the veggies…”
Xiaowang played with him and accepted the rules of the older children— if you spat, you were not allowed to complain to adults. He was just a child and didn’t understand the importance of speaking up. He just felt that if they swore to not talk about it, then that is what he should do. If he said anything, his family would become the bad one. Moreover, he was under the impression that he was exchanged for a large pancake and his Third Brother was picked up from the streets. He thought that if his parents were to know that his Third Brother went swimming, they would definitely not want him any longer. He didn’t want to be sent away nor did he want to leave his parents.
Lin Lan said distressedly, “Silly boy, the water is freezing cold at this time, how can you go there to wash vegetables?”
Maisui, “Sanwang, what’s going on? Tell the truth!”
Sanwang wanted to tell the truth, but he felt like something was blocking his throat and he couldn’t speak.
He spat and he didn’t want to be sent away.