Xiao Haozi knew he couldn't escape, so he had to bite the bullet and bargain: "Master, if you don't hit me, I... I will tell you, otherwise, I won't tell you even if you kill me."
Before the old man and old lady lost their temper, Zhou Lihua pinched her son hard and said, "Little bastard, if your grandfather asks you a question, you should answer it quickly, or I will punish you."
The old man quickly stopped him: "Don't scare him."
"Xiao Hao, I promise I won't beat you or punish you, but you must explain what happened clearly."
Seeing that his grandfather agreed, Xiao Haozi finally spoke up boldly: "I... I followed my sister in through the abandoned path behind Coal Hill. I didn't go in by myself."
Although he is small, he knows how to protect himself at critical moments.
As for whether doing so would cause trouble for his sister, he didn't care.
The old man frowned slightly: "Why would your sister go there?"
The abandoned passage at the back was actually dug up by someone
How come he doesn't know this
"Yesterday, I overheard Erya from the village head's family telling me that the mine had been closed for the past few days and no one was there. She also said there was a small path behind the mountain that led to the mine. She also said that someone had come to the village to secretly collect coal a few days ago. I secretly went to the back of the coal mountain with a basket on my back at noon today. I... I just wanted to follow her and take a look."
Although Xiao Hao's words were a little vague, the people present were not fools and they immediately understood the whole story.
"Well, it turns out that Erya was the one who tricked my daughter away. I'm going to tear her mouth apart!"
Zhou Lihua rolled up her sleeves and rushed out, looking ready to do something big.
Su Yaohui had a headache and pulled her back: "Stop, what are you doing? Do you think your daughter's reputation is not bad enough?"
"I... So let's just let this go?"
Zhou Lihua looked indignant, but under the stern gazes of her old man and her husband, she gave up the idea of rushing out to find someone to settle the score with him.
The old man frowned and pondered for a moment: "Whether this was intentional or unintentional, let's not talk about it for now, but that Erya, you should all stay away from her from now on. I think that little girl has a lot of tricks up her sleeve."
Second Aunt Liu was also a little surprised and said softly, "I saw that Erya was so weak and timid, and she spoke in a very small voice. You can't tell that at other times."
Zhou Lihua rolled her eyes at her fiercely: "This is called knowing a person's face but not his heart. Unlike us, everything is exposed on the surface."
Su Yaohui scolded coldly: "Shut up! Do you think that everything is fine if you show it on the surface? Don't you see what people in the village say about you and your daughter in secret?"
Speaking of this, Su Yaohui recalled what Doctor Li said in his daughter's room not long ago.
He was extremely embarrassed at the time, but fortunately, his daughter behaved well this time, and even Doctor Li was fooled and thought that the previous rumors were false.
Otherwise he would be really embarrassed.
"You are a mother, too, why don't you think about your daughter? She is already fourteen years old, and is about to get married, but look at her now, who wants her?"
Zhou Lihua didn't like to hear this.
"What's wrong with my daughter? She's sturdy and easy to bear children. She can even read. What's wrong with her?"
"Huh, literacy? You only know a few words. Is this what you call literacy?"
Zhou Lihua put her hands on her hips and puffed out her chest. "How can she only know a few words? She can even understand the prescription written by Doctor Li. How can you say she only knows a few words?"