Since the heavy snowfall, An Shuyao's family has not been out much.
Today, Aunt Lin came to find her.
She held an umbrella and walked with difficulty in the snow. She said loudly: "Girl Yaotou, are you at home?"
An Shuyao opened the door, looked at Aunt Lin who walked in from the door, and said quickly: "Aunt Lin, why are you here? But what happened?"
"Is there something wrong? Is that hilltop five miles away from Rock Village yours?"
An Shuyao was stunned for a moment and then asked, "How did you know?"
After all, the hilltop was given to her by Song Zibai privately. Even if it had been transferred, she had not told anyone about it. How could Aunt Lin know?
"Yao girl, there are dead people on your mountain."
Aunt Lin was so anxious that she didn't know what to do, which shocked An Shuyao.
What the hell, that mountain was just transferred to her, and she has never been there even once, and people are still dead? How can she be so unlucky!
After hearing the news, Lu Jin closed the front door a little: "What's going on?"
Aunt Lin then said slowly: "That's right, isn't it snowing heavily? This year it fell so suddenly that it didn't stop at once. Many farmers didn't even prepare food for the winter, and now the heavy snow has blocked us.
The mountains within a radius of ten miles prevent us from going to the county seat now."
"Eating has become a problem. Some people have run out of food, so they have to take risks and go up the mountain to find some prey. That person was from Taozi Village, which is close to your mountain. After he died, he found a way to deliver a letter to the county magistrate."
"The county magistrate checked and found that the ownership of Shantou has been transferred in your name, but they didn't come, so he sent a message asking them to come to you to solve the problem. Now the villagers in Taozi Village are looking for an explanation from you."
"..."
An Shuyao was speechless. It was snowing so heavily. He went up the mountain and lost his life to seek justice from her?
Mother An had actually been listening to the commotion outside. When she heard this, she stopped playing mahjong and frowned and asked, "What's the truth? It's not my daughter who killed someone, so this explanation is a bit funny.
"
Aunt Lin sighed: "Who can say otherwise? This is indeed a bit rogue, but the ones who died are the Zhou family."
"It's the Zhou family that makes tofu. Ever since your tofu business exploded, no one cares about their tofu. Yao girl, the one who takes the lead this time is Zhou Daji. I'm afraid he won't be so easy to be kind."
When An Shuyao heard this, she understood. A member of the Zhou family was co-authored to death, and someone named her wanted to blackmail her?
For this matter today, she had to go there.
Seeing her put on her hat and thick cloak, An's mother became anxious: "Yao'er, what are you doing as a little girl when it snows so heavily? Just ask your third brother and seventh brother to go and talk on your behalf.
Alas, there are still people dying in the winter, so let’s pay some money to settle the matter, that family is really pitiful.”
An Shuyao patted her hand reassuringly: "It's okay, mother, I just happened to go take a look at the top of the mountain, and then tell them clearly that no outsiders are allowed to enter the top of my mountain, otherwise whoever wants to go up there to commit suicide will treat me like a fool."
If you take advantage of someone, I won't accept it."
"Just let Third Brother and Seventh Brother accompany me for a walk."
An's mother thought the same thing. The top of the mountain was An Shuyao's name. If the owner didn't come forward, it would be hard to do anything. She sighed deeply and said, "Okay, then you should be careful and watch when you walk. Don't fall."
"I understand, mother."
Lu Jin took her wrist: "I'll go with you."
An Shuyao looked at the heavy snow: "But the snow is too heavy. You should stay at home. It's cold outside."
"How do you want me to stay at home with peace of mind? Last time in Qingfeng Village, I didn't look at you and was kidnapped by bandits. This time I'm in front of you. Either you stay at home and I help you negotiate, or I accompany you.
With you."
An Shuyao looked at him helplessly, and seeing his firm expression, she muttered: "It's quite domineering, then let's go, mother, you can play at home, we will be back soon after we solve the problem."
"Third brother, seventh brother, come with me for a walk."
An Jingzhou put on his majestic tiger skin cloak: "Are you impressive enough? Wait for me to scare them off."
Several people each held an umbrella and walked hard in the snow.
The carriage could not move even an inch, so they had to walk for five miles.
Along the way, their umbrellas were filled with snow and cleaned, and they went back and forth several times. They walked for about half an hour before they reached the top of the mountain.
It was much smaller than the Yan'an Mountain behind their rock village. There was a cleared road on the mountain road, and there was a large group of people headed by Zhou Daji surrounding it.
Seeing An Shuyao coming, Zhou Daji snorted coldly: "Little girl, I won't beat around the bush with you, just tell me what should be done about this matter."
"My cousin's body is still at the bottom of the slope and cannot be lifted up. In such a cold weather, he died alone on the top of your mountain. How can you let their family live?"
An Shuyao looked around and found that Zhou Daji had brought at least seven or eight people this time. To her surprise, she also saw Zhou Xiangxiang who was shivering.
She frowned, not understanding why Zhou Daji brought Zhou Xiangxiang out.
Seeing her in a daze, Zhou Daji was dissatisfied: "Hey, don't be a mute, it's fine if my business is robbed by you, don't even think about escaping from this!"
An Shuyao sneered. She had never thought about escaping after coming. An Yue smiled gently: "Zhou family, what you said is a bit unreasonable. First, going up the mountain to hunt in winter is not asking for death."
Secondly, it is generally forbidden for strangers to go hunting on the mountain tops where there are owners, and he violated the regulations. Thirdly, we Anjia have no responsibility and no obligation to compensate."
The people behind him were greatly offended by An Yue's words. This man was already dead to them, yet he could say such irresponsible words.
One of the villagers in Taozi Village shouted: "You are here to put a sign, and we don't know it. If he knew there was an owner, he wouldn't come up, and my brother wouldn't fall down and kill him. Come and see, then
The slope is so high that you can't even see the bottom."
The people from Taozi Village angrily went up the mountain road that they had reclaimed. An Shuyao pursed her lips and followed. Lu Jin held her wrist: "It's too dangerous up there."
Zhou Daji turned around and saw that the An family was still fussing. He sneered: "Are you scared? Are you afraid that my cousin will turn into a ghost and haunt your family at night?"
An Jingzhou rolled up his sleeves: "Who is afraid? Just leave."
An Jingzhou went up, and the others slowly followed.
The mountain path was difficult to walk on, and An Shuyao slipped several times, but it was Lu Jin who helped her to prevent her from falling.
Soon we arrived at the big slope, and there was a vast expanse of white below, making it impossible to see the bottom.
Zhou Daji pointed to the blood stains on the snow: "My cousin is under here. We haven't been able to find the body yet, so just tell us what to do about this!"