freenovelworld Chapter 1071 The Tiger Who Likes to Eat Vegetables and Fruits
Chapter 1071 The Tiger Who Likes to Eat Vegetables and Fruits
Until the funeral ended, Jiang Jiyun always followed Mr. Wu's instructions.
After erecting a tombstone for Song Chuxin, she finally spoke to bid farewell to Old Man Wu and the others.
Seeing that she was about to leave, Old Wu took out more than a dozen silver dollars from his pocket, handed them to Jiang Jiyun, and said, "Child, these are the rest, you can take them back!"
Jiang Jiyun looked at the silver dollars, then looked up at Old Master Wu. After a moment's hesitation, he finally reached out and pushed his hand back.
Then, she said softly to Grandpa Wu, "Grandpa Wu, after this parting, my uncle and Jiajia will probably not be able to return for a while. If my two cousins are able to return home in the future, please let us know. We will soon be taking my uncle and younger sister back to Shanghai. As for my uncle's house, we will need your help to take care of it. When my uncle recovers, we will definitely come back to thank you again."
Hearing the young girl's polite manners, Old Man Wu quickly waved his hand and replied, "This is nothing, there's no need to spend money to bribe her."
After all, the thought of receiving over a dozen silver dollars made him feel embarrassed to accept such a generous gift for no reason.
Jiang Jiyun quickly said, "Yes, we need to. If the house in the city is left empty for too long, someone will want to take it for themselves. When my uncle and his family come back, they won't have a place to stay. We'll still have to trouble Grandpa Wu. I'll have my uncle write to you when he wakes up."
Old Wu knew that the young girl wanted his family to help look after the Sun family's house, so he nodded in agreement.
Old Wu's eldest son said, "Don't worry, as long as the Wu family lives, we will protect the Sun family's house. Sun Jiajun and Sun Jiajie are also my friends, and I will take good care of their house."
After Jiang Jiyun thanked them, he turned and left. The Wu family guarded the Sun family's house until someone from the Sun family returned in the 1950s, when they handed it over to them, thus fulfilling their promise.
When Jiang Jiyun went back to meet up with Jiang Wenming, she saw many people on the way asking questions while holding portraits.
She leaned closer and saw that the portrait depicted an old man with white hair and a white beard. Moreover, when she heard that the person in the portrait was a renowned doctor, she guessed that it was the portrait of her uncle.
"I heard that Old Master Chen and several young masters of the Chen family are possessed by evil spirits!"
"That's right, they've invited every doctor and physician in the city."
"A miracle doctor went in early yesterday morning, but unfortunately he said there was too much karmic burden to clear!"
“I heard from relatives who work for the Shi family that they, as wealthy people, committed evil deeds at the Shi family, and everyone involved was just like Old Master Chen’s family.”
"I saw the master performing a ritual to deliver the souls of the dead. There were many children's corpses. They eat children to prolong their lives!"
"No wonder my karmic burdens are so hard to clear! This... this is practically punishable by being struck by lightning!"
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Jiang Jiyun stood quietly behind the group of people, listening attentively to their discussion about the Shi family and the Chen family.
Although she hadn't heard her brother and uncle talk about what was happening in the city, she had instinctively guessed that the babies born to those pregnant women must be of some use.
Hearing the crowd's discussion, the whole incident was pieced together like a jigsaw puzzle: all the children had died tragically.
"This is retribution! They deserve to die!" A woman glared angrily, her face contorted with rage, and cursed viciously.
Jiang Jiyun looked at the haggard-looking aunt and saw someone beside her gently comforting her to try to think more positively.
Through the words of advice from those around her, she keenly grasped the key information: this aunt's daughter had been missing for several months, and her body had not yet been found.
Looking at the woman before him, who had aged considerably in an instant due to the loss of her beloved daughter, Jiang Jiyun felt a pang of pity.
So she said, “Auntie, when I came in from outside the city, I heard that two guerrilla groups had successfully rescued hundreds of imprisoned women. I think you might as well go and investigate. Maybe you can find your daughter among them?”
When the old woman, whose hair was already completely white, heard what she said, her previously dull eyes suddenly lit up with a glimmer of hope, and she seemed to be revitalized.
She excitedly ran towards Jiang Jiyun, stood in front of her, and asked, "Girl, is what you just said true?"
Jiang Jiyun nodded affirmatively and said, "Yes, they rescued many people, but in two different places. I don't know if your daughter is there or not."
She also left a large box of silver dollars for the guerrillas, which must have been worth about a thousand silver dollars, enough to settle the rest of the people.
Upon hearing that the woman was outside the city, she ran towards the city gates without a care in the world. People nearby saw this and quickly went to the woman's house to look for her.
Among the crowd were relatives whose women had gone missing, and they quickly ran back to inform their families to check outside the city.
When Jiang Jiyun returned to the small hotel where Xu Fan and the others were temporarily staying, they had already checked in.
Xu Fan and his wife had already taken the child to rest. Jiang Wenming was in the hotel lobby and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Jiang Jiyun return safely.
Jiang Jiyun and her uncle rested in the same room. After closing the door, the two went into the space and began to busy themselves.
"Uncle, I'm afraid we won't be able to get home before the Mid-Autumn Festival. I really miss my sister-in-law and the others!" Jiang Jiyun muttered listlessly as he packed up the medicinal herbs.
Just then, Jiang Wenming, who had just delivered food to the two detainees, returned and overheard his niece's words.
How could he not miss home? His wife, children, and elderly parents must be thinking of him terribly right now!
Especially his two children whom he has yet to meet. He wonders if they know he is their biological father. He doesn't want those running kids to call him uncle or grandpa when he goes back.
"Once this war is over, we'll be able to go home and reunite with our families!" Jiang Wenming gently comforted his niece, carefully packing the prepared medicinal herbs into a bamboo basket.
At this moment, Da Bai arrived with four little followers to join in the fun.
Jiang Jiyun watched as Da Bai kept chewing on big, red tomatoes, and in the blink of an eye, he had almost eaten the whole basket!
Seeing this, Jiang Jiyun, who was originally immersed in homesickness, had no time to care about anything else and quickly stood up from the ground.
She yelled at the top of her lungs, "You damn big white tiger! You're supposed to be a mighty tiger, so why are you so fond of my vegetables and fruits? How much have you eaten already? And you still keep eating!"
When Da Bai saw its owner getting angry, it was so frightened that it quickly grabbed a big purple eggplant and ran away.
Meanwhile, the four black dogs, foolishly clinging to a tomato that was a size bigger than their own heads, followed closely and unsteadily behind the big white dog's rear end as it ran wildly.
These dogs knew perfectly well that as long as they followed closely behind Boss White, they would definitely get to eat good food.