books44 Chapter 282 Cousin and Cousin
Chapter 282 Cousin and Cousin
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What strange and eerie things are they thinking about in broad daylight?
These are clearly two normal people talking!
And even if An'an really did have a cousin, she'd probably be in someone's belly by now, right? Hahahaha...
They both shook their heads, banishing their random thoughts, and began exchanging glances.
Lin Lanshan tilted her head toward the direction of the sound: "I wonder who's talking over there. Shall we go take a look?"
Lin Chunyi shook her head: Forget it, they just came up the mountain to find medicinal herbs, what's so interesting about that? Besides, curiosity killed the cat, don't you know that?
Lin Lanshan blinked and continued gesturing in that direction: Come on, come on, let's go carefully. We're just going to see what herbs they're looking for; we won't be discovered.
She thought that by winter, most of the grass in the mountains would have withered away, so there wouldn't be any medicinal herbs left.
Could it be some kind of rare and exotic herb like the snow lotus or snow lingzhi from the Tianshan Mountains, as described in novels...?
Hehe~ So after these two leave, will they be able to pick up some leftovers?
But Lin Chunyi didn't think that much about it and didn't want to join in the fun, so she glared at her and shook her head, sticking to her own idea: I'm not going!
The less trouble, the better.
Lin Lanshan was at a loss for words when it came to persuading her stubborn older sister, so she could only puff out her cheeks and glare at her...
Just as they were still locked in a stalemate, the voices of the two people on the other side began to change.
"Cousin, cousin, where are you going? Don't leave me here alone, I'm scared!" the child cried out in panic.
"Get out of here! Blame your mother for meddling, otherwise I would have... never mind, what's the point of talking to a complete idiot like you? You'll just have to wait to freeze to death here!"
Ideally, they should be eaten to the bone by jackals, leaving not even a scrap of bone, so that the villagers won't come looking for them and discover something amiss.
Normally, he wouldn't dare utter a sound no matter how you tidy him up. But if you tell him there are medicinal herbs in the mountains that can cure his mother's illness, he immediately and obediently follows you up the mountain. What else could he be but a fool?
This whole mountain is overgrown with weeds, long since withered and barren, there's not a single medicinal herb to be found here. It's safe to say he was destined to die here!
Then came a splash, like something falling into the water and creating a spray.
Then the woman's cursing gradually subsided and disappeared. Only the child remained, crying out in anguish.
The two sisters frowned at each other. Something didn't seem right about what these two were saying. Why was the older sister suddenly going to abandon her younger cousin in the mountains?
It's the dead of winter, so cold. The mountain paths are difficult to traverse after the snowfall, there's not much to eat, and there are probably many wild animals out hunting for food...
Under such terrible conditions, even an adult might not be able to walk back safely, let alone a child whose voice sounds like he is less than five years old.
They definitely won't survive!
If they just wanted to watch the excitement and listen to the gossip, the two sisters might have to consider and discuss whether or not to join in.
But a child who is only a few years old is about to be killed right in front of them! If they ignore it and just leave, they will probably be awakened by guilt every time they wake up in the middle of the night, even many years later!
The two no longer needed to signal to each other whether they were going or not. They put down the cart, crouched down, and tiptoed over.
As they drew closer to the sound of crying, they reached the edge of the earthen slope and could see a small stream, formed by piles of rocks and overgrown with weeds on both sides, flowing down the slope in the distance.
Beside the stream, there was a small, thin child who looked less than half their height, struggling to climb out of the pile of rocks.
He was wearing an old jacket made of decent fabric, but it was clearly too small. In the sunlight, it looked like a clean, light blue fabric, but the sleeves and the wet areas on the front were a deep, almost bluish color.
And the young woman who abandoned her child and turned her back to the two sisters,
She was wearing a peach-pink jacket with a fur collar, and she was lifting the hem of her matching beautiful long skirt as she carefully stepped through the mud to go up the slope.
Although we don’t know the situation, she abandoned the child in the wilderness, intending to kill him. Surely we can’t misunderstand her!
Before the two could think any further, the child had already scrambled to his feet and limped after them, desperately chasing after them as he ran, calling out, "Cousin, cousin, please, don't leave me behind!"
The sound of a child crying reached the woman's ears, probably reminding her of some particularly unpleasant memories. She gritted her teeth and said impatiently, "So noisy, so noisy, why are all children so annoying..."
That little fool is like that, and so are those two bastards. They're so young, yet all they do is scheme and plot. Everyone's just trying to ruin her plans!
After she finishes cleaning this up,
Those two better not fall into her hands again. Otherwise, sooner or later they'll end up in the belly of a wild boar with this one who died young!
When the two sisters saw her about to turn around, they quickly lay down behind the embankment, leaving only half of their heads and eyes exposed.
The child scrambled up the slope, trying to grab the woman's skirt, when she kicked him hard in the chin, sending him crashing down the slope.
He growled, "Shut up! If you shout again and attract jackals and wild boars, you'll be torn apart and eaten piece by piece!"
No, she couldn't waste her breath arguing with him here; the more she thought about it, the more dangerous the place seemed.
We can't stay any longer; we need to get down the mountain quickly. We can't afford to get stuck here too.
The child was suddenly kicked, rolled several times from the embankment and fell back into the pile of rocks below. He didn't react for a long time, and even his crying stopped.
"Hey! That damned old hag, I'm going to..." Lin Lanshan was furious when she saw this and tried to get up by pushing herself up with both hands.
No matter what, you can't kick a child who's only a few years old so hard. Even murderers only knock their heads to the ground.
"Shh, keep your voice down, don't be hasty!" She braced herself against the ground and was about to jump out, intending to teach the woman a lesson.
Before her head could even fully emerge, her sister pulled her back down, causing her to fall to the ground again.
Lin Lanshan almost inhaled a nose full of dust. She lowered her voice, but her tone was still very anxious.
"Sis, why are you pulling me! Look at that woman, what kind of grudge could she possibly have against her cousin that she would kick him so hard and try to freeze him to death in the mountains!"
The child's face and hands were bleeding from the scrapes; even the most hard-hearted person couldn't bear to look at it—it was such a tragedy!
Faced with the current situation, Lin Chunyi appeared to be calmer.
She frowned, and said quickly, word by word, "Although I don't know the specifics yet, what do you think would be the point of us going out now?"
Should we beat up that woman too and force her to return the child? She went to such a far and dangerous place to abandon the child, do you really believe she'll return it safely? Or should we return the child ourselves…?