Chapter 437 - 239 Disregarding Human Lives_2
The person looked up with a naive smile, "Ah, it’s my sister, be careful where you’re walking. I’m fine now, will head home right away."
Across the river, waves of golden wheat rolled with the wind, a magnificent sight, with faint glimpses of cowherds riding on oxen and farmers returning home.
The beautiful rural scenery, the leisurely country life, and the love of her family... Qian Yixiu truly wished time could stand still, allowing her to forever possess this comfort, peace, and beauty.
After returning to Guiyuan, she quietly went back to Lianxiang Water Pavilion, cleaned herself up, changed her clothes and shoes, and then went to Wangjiang Building to meet her stepmother.
Qian Yeejin had finished school and was already there, and then they, along with Ming Wa and Jingjing, went to the main house. As soon as they entered the main house, the siblings were hit by such staggering news that they burnt with indignation and were unable to calm down.
Cheng Yue hadn’t even entered the room when she heard so much noisy chatter, she decided to take the two children back to Wangjiang Building.
The trouble originated from Qian Mandua’s parents’ home, the Old Li Family. Normally, the Qian family wouldn’t meddle in their affairs, but this issue was derived from Qian Yixiu’s cannon testing incident.
Across the Hong River, a few miles west of Hong Bridge, there was a town called Shili Town, built alongside the river. Yesterday morning, a sudden "thunderclap" was heard, followed by a billow of gunpowder smoke on the other shore. The townspeople were terrified, thinking this was the heavens’ wrath, punishing mankind. They all knelt down and kowtowed toward the smoke.
In the town, there was a big landlord known as Landlord Ma who also witnessed the terrifying scene. He didn’t think it was the heavens’ anger, but rather the River God of Hong River’s wrath. Thus, he offered thirty taels of silver, claiming he wanted to buy a pair of children, a boy and a girl, to sacrifice to the River God.
Thirty taels of silver, twenty for the boy and ten for the girl.
The second son of the Li family happened to be in the town gambling all night with a few ruffians. His luck was bad, and he lost over eight hundred coins. He left cursing and thinking about how to raise money at home when he heard this "good" news.