Gaoling Village
"Mother, Seventh and his wife have been gone for so many days. You don't think something's happened, do you?" After finishing his work in the fields, Gu Yuanjin took a stroll to the village entrance. Seeing the house still bolted shut, he anxiously went to find Li Cuicui.
"What could happen to them?" Li Cuicui spread the freshly washed wild vegetables on a winnowing basket. "Seventh has his own business to attend to. You don't need to worry for nothing."
"Mother, how is this worrying for nothing? Don't you know the village is already full of gossip? They left a perfectly good field unplanted. What are they going to eat in the future?" Gu Yuanjin grew anxious thinking about how Seventh and his wife had only sown the seeds in their field before leaving it unattended.
Li Cuicui put down her work. "They know what they're doing. But you, don't be so naive about everything. Your wife has been listless for days. What is she trying to pull?
