Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family

Chapter 290: Pursuit (Part One)

Let’s leave aside how they chased after Old Man Li for now.

At Di Family’s side, Liu Sisi worked quickly and efficiently. Once the cooked dishes were ready, she took the stewed medicine, placed it on the edge of the stove to keep it warm, and then left the kitchen.

She instinctively searched for Di Yelei’s figure, but couldn’t find him anywhere in the front or back of the house.

Scattered light snow danced in the sky, and the entire sky was gloomy, showing no signs of clearing up. The courtyard outside was full of accumulated snow, so she picked up a shovel and started clearing the snow.

They couldn’t see clearly last night, but this morning, she finally saw the miserable condition of the room after last night’s incident!

Half of the adobe wall by the bedroom close to the big tree had been crushed due to the tree falling down. The other half of the tree trunk still stood outside the wall, and looking through the hole where the tree trunk used to be, all they could see was a terrible mess! It looked like the aftermath of a disaster!

Liu Sisi couldn’t help but feel secretly relieved — luckily, they had gone outside together yesterday and had not been in the house, avoiding this catastrophe!

It was indeed a great fortune amidst misfortune!

Liu Sisi looked for a while and finally had no choice but to withdraw her gaze with disappointment.

Such a big breach could only be fixed by Di Yelei when he returned.

She glanced at the stable and surprisingly found that the horse had finished eating all its fodder. Di Yelei hadn’t taken the horse out for a walk, which was quite strange; he’d never been stopped by any adverse weather before.

Even though she was curious, Liu Sisi still finished clearing the snow thoroughly before feeding the horse and cleaning the stable. Then, Elderly Mr. Di got up.

Old Mr. Di was indeed diligent. Without waiting for Liu Sisi’s invitation, he picked up a shovel and began trying to shovel the snow off the roof. Liu Sisi was genuinely frightened.

“Father! Please don’t go on the roof again! If you accidentally fell, wouldn’t I be to blame? Please come down and rest now, Father!” Liu Sisi tightly clung to Elderly Mr. Di’s clothes, afraid to let go.

“The room… room…”

Elderly Mr. Di seemed unconvinced, still wanting to climb onto the roof, trying to brush Liu Sisi’s hand away.

“Father! Can you weave another straw mat for the room instead?”

He could do anything, just not climbing onto the roof again!

Perhaps Liu Sisi’s persuasion really worked. Elderly Mr. Di pondered for a moment, glanced back at his third daughter-in-law, and slowly entered the room. He picked up the hay and began weaving.

Liu Sisi wiped the cold sweat from the back of her head. That was too terrifying!

She called the two children to get up, went to the room where Ying’er was, and unexpectedly found that Second Sister was already awake.

“You… You woke up? How do you feel now?”

Liu Sisi was initially delighted, but soon worried again. If Second Sister went mad again, Liu Sisi wouldn’t be able to hold her back!

However, Liu Zhi’er looked as if she had lost her soul, staring blankly at Liu Sisi without speaking.

“Second… Are you okay?”

Liu Sisi felt awkward for a moment, unable to call her Second Sister. “Wait for me for a moment; I’ll bring the medicinal soup for you.”

She couldn’t afford to say more. With a turn, she went to the kitchen and came back with a bowl of medicinal soup, her face full of excitement.

By then, Liu Zhi’er had already sat up and was staring blankly at the surroundings while leaning against the head of the bed.

“How do you feel now? Are you still feverish? This is the soup for healing your injuries; you should drink it quickly.”

While Liu Sisi spoke, she handed over the medicinal soup.

Liu Zhi’er’s confused gaze gradually met Liu Sisi’s face. She didn’t seem to recognize her, just staring blankly at her while she mechanically drank the soup from the bowl handed to her.

“Do you feel unwell anywhere? Should we invite another doctor to take a look?”

Yesterday was too hurried, so Zhang Peng only gave a brief examination, and she wasn’t certain about Liu Zhi’er’s current condition.

Liu Zhi’er merely glanced up at her without speaking.

After the initial excitement, Liu Sisi stared at the silent Liu Zhi’er, not knowing what to say.

Suddenly, she realized a problem – she had no memory of the original body’s relationship with this second sister.

Seeing that the soup was almost gone, Liu Sisi finally stood up and said awkwardly, “You rest for a while, and I’ll bring your meal.”

Having said that, she picked up the soup bowl and went to the kitchen again.

Porridge, steamed buns, green vegetables, and tenderly stewed beast meat – Liu Sisi carefully arranged them one by one in front of Liu Zhi’er.

Only after staring at her for quite a while did Liu Zhi’er pick up the bamboo chopsticks and start to eat.

Liu Sisi finally breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly moved all the dishes to her side: “Eat more, these vegetables are delicious, eat more, and this meat is so tender and melts in your mouth, this bun…”

While she spoke, she moved the food one by one in front of her.

Liu Zhi’er squinted her eyes and watched her for a long time, eating the food in her bowl silently.

It was only after she had eaten all the food at a whirlwind speed that Liu Sisi recovered from the shock.

She… ate all that food?

That was… a bit… too much!

Surprised as she was, her hands were not slow as she quickly cleaned up the bowls and chopsticks: “Last night, the big tree next to the house fell and half of the room beside it was crushed. Today, we probably have to be busy for a long time.”

After she had put away the bowls and chopsticks, she went to the kitchen and called Dad and the two children to eat.

Xuan’er and Ying’er stood in the courtyard at the moment, looking at the fallen tree, seemingly unable to recover from the shock.

Upon Liu Sisi’s call, they hurried into the kitchen.

“Mom! Last night… that tree and the house… ”

“Last night the tree fell, and your father was busy all night. Hurry up and eat, and then there will be a lot to do today.” Liu Sisi said, and then remembered that Di Yelei, who had said he would send Old Man Li to the government office yesterday, had disappeared since he woke up this morning.

If it weren’t for seeing the jujube red horse still in the courtyard, she might have doubted it.

Wait a minute! It seemed …Ah-Huang and Ah-Hua were not in the dog house!

As soon as she thought of this, Liu Sisi could no longer care about anything else and hurried out to search. Sure enough, both hounds were missing.

Liu Sisi’s heart skipped a beat!

She quickly told Elderly Mr. Di and ran like the wind to Mr. Land Officer’s house.

At the window in the room, Liu Zhi’er silently watched Liu Sisi running fast into the distance, a deep look flashing in her eyes!

Who knows what she was thinking.

On the other hand, Di Yelei was rapidly approaching Old Man Li’s location.

Old Man Li in front also realized that someone was chasing him from behind and tried his best to move his already lead-filled legs, running deeper into the mountains.

His panting breath was like bellows, and the ice and snow had already condensed into frost on his body, with wisps of heat rising from him.