Chapter 1039: Chapter 1039: The Node Moved Back
When Jiangli and the others headed to the Third Great-Grandfather’s house, they noticed a few people by the roadside, observing them curiously, as if wondering why they hadn’t left yet.
Xia Xin and Bai Changfeng couldn’t help but glance at them.
The mont they t their gaze, those people quickly hid away.
Feeling uneasy, Xia Xin entered the Third Great-Grandfather’s house and didn’t forget to say, “Qiu Tang, are those people all from the Qiu family village?”
Qiu Tang placed the dishes on the table and replied, “Yes, as it happens, everyone is sowhat related. However, they’re older and don’t talk much with us younger ones, nor are they willing to say much to .”
Xia Xin felt sothing was off, “Really? I feel like they’re avoiding us a bit, as if they don’t want to deal with us and wish we would leave.”
Qiu Tang frowned, “That can’t be right. Although they’re not talkative, they’re pretty nice people usually. Many tis, we even relied on them to help take care of the Third Great-Grandfather.”
Xia Xin beca more suspicious.
The Qiu family villagers in Qiu Tang’s words and those he just saw felt completely different to him.
However, Xia Xin couldn’t pinpoint what the issue was.
Xia Xin couldn’t help but look at Jiangli and Bai Changfeng.
Jiangli, at this point, had already sat down at the table and started eating, as if on a leisurely spring outing.
The words Xia Xin was about to say, he could only swallow back down.
Bai Changfeng also seed a bit helpless, but since Jiangli didn’t say anything, he could only follow her lead and be patient.
The group sat at the table, and apart from Jiangli, the rest found the al tasteless.
Bai Changfeng and Xia Xin were worried about the curse, while Qiu Tang was concerned about the Third Great-Grandfather; during the al, he kept glancing into the inner room as if afraid sothing might happen to the old man, and he grumbled about the Third Great-Grandfather’s sons.
Listening to her complaints, Jiangli swallowed her food and then asked, “None of them are willing to co and take the Third Great-Grandfather ho?”
Qiu Tang pouted, “Exactly. Each of them says they’re busy and will co later, but look at the ti, not a single one has shown up. I think they’re just afraid the Third Great-Grandfather might die at their place.”
Jiangli asked, “How did they react when they heard the Third Great-Grandfather didn’t have much ti left?”
Qiu Tang recalled, “No reaction, really. If there was any, they seed rather calm. When I said the Third Great-Grandfather didn’t have many days, they weren’t sad or upset, just responded with an ‘oh,’ and to say it bluntly, it was as if they couldn’t wait for him to pass away sooner.”
Jiangli said, “So, all three of his sons are still alive?”
Qiu Tang nodded, “Yes, back then, it was the three younger sons who died; the three older ones are still alive. But as for the grandchildren of the Third Great-Grandfather, they haven’t been so lucky. Like my grandfather, several grandsons also died before they turned thirty. Now, there are only two younger ones left, who are not yet thirty, and I wonder if they’ll be next.”
Jiangli narrowed her eyes slightly, “By the way, when did the people currently living in the village move back?”
Qiu Tang thought for a mont, “They seem to have moved back on the sa day, as if agreed upon in advance. A few of them moved back together, and it’s been… probably seven or eight years now.”
Jiangli said, “Do you rember if anyone in their families passed away around the ti they moved back?”
Qiu Tang’s eyes widened, “There might have been! I rember, just before they moved back, the Third Great-Grandfather’s eldest grandson, who was only 29, suddenly passed away. It seed that barely a week had passed since his death when the Third Great-Grandfather and the others returned to the old ho.”
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