Time Travel: A Fisherwoman Goes to the Sea to Raise a Baby

Chapter 416 demonstrates an impeccable grasp of interpersonal relationships and social dynamics.

Si Hai glanced at it and exclaimed, "It's so obvious!"

The child grunted and handed the fabric to Sanchuan to look at.

Seeing the expressions on the two children's faces, Xu Anyang hesitated for a moment: "No, you'll understand after you see this fabric?"

His tone was full of disbelief.

Sanchuan and Sihai simply nodded.

"Stop keeping me in suspense and tell me already."

Xu Anyang was eager to know something, and his tone became somewhat aggressive.

"This fabric is silk, and look at this pattern, doesn't it look familiar?"

Sihai put Xueqiu down from his arms, stretched out the fabric in front of Xu Anyang, and stared at him expectantly.

"so what?"

After a long pause, Xu Anyang finally uttered this sentence.

San Chuan smiled helplessly: "So, only one person on the island has this fabric, and that's Li Xiuying. Did you forget about the betrothal gifts sent by her husband's family?"

Hearing Sanchuan say this, Xu Anyang finally remembered.

Li Xiuying's husband's family and her elder sister Xu Honglian's husband's family arrived one after the other to deliver their betrothal gifts.

Unfortunately, Li Xiuying got a rather nice piece of fabric and showed it off to her older sister every few days.

For several days in a row, she wandered around the island wearing a dress made of new fabric, like a butterfly flitting about.

Many girls on the island were envious.

Xu Anyang clicked his tongue and slapped his forehead.

"How come I didn't remember?"

Because of this, Xu Anyang bought a lot of good fabrics for his older sister after he made money.

"So what? We know who the thief is now. Go and drag her out and teach her a lesson..."

Xu Anyang suggested that while the children were talking, Xu Yiyi had already cleared away the traps that had been set up in the yard.

They also checked the house again and found that nothing was missing.

Judging from the fact that Li Xiuying had been caught in the animal trap after coming in, she was already panicked and naturally dared not continue her actions.

"Alright, you can go back now. Don't worry about this anymore," Xu Yiyi said.

Xu Anyang was stunned, not expecting her to say such a thing: "Go back? After all this trouble, we finally found out who the thief is, and you're not going to arrest him?"

Sanchuan patted Xu Anyang's hand earnestly: "Brother Anyang, you don't understand. This matter is not easy to explain. You don't understand the ways of the world."

Xu Anyang: "..."

He looked troubled: "Why is it hard to say? Do you think you do know if I don't?"

"Because she is Aunt Li and Uncle Li's child! Uncle Li and my father were so close that they could share the same pair of underwear. Since my father passed away, Uncle Li's family has helped us a lot, especially Aunt Li, who often brings us fish. Now that they've come to expose us, it's a small matter if Li Xiuying gets a beating or scolding, the main thing is that it will put Uncle Li and Aunt Li in a difficult position."

Sanchuan spoke earnestly.

"So, we're just going to leave it at that?"

Xu Anyang was ultimately unwilling to accept this.

"How could that be? Even if you're happy, your older sister isn't."

Despite his young age, Sanchuan knows his eldest sister the most.

This matter will definitely be resolved quietly, bypassing Aunt Li and Uncle Li.

Hearing this, Xu Anyang reluctantly agreed.

"I must say, you're quite insightful for your age, and you have a firm grasp on interpersonal relationships."

Xu Anyang threw the stick in his hand into the kitchen, and when he came out, he couldn't help but pat Sanchuan's head.

"I learned all of this from my great-grandfather, and of course... I also learned some from books."

Sanchuan said arrogantly, urging Sihai to quickly change his clothes.

"Trouble! I've already taken a shower."

Sihai glanced sideways at Sanchuan, his expression clearly showing his dissatisfaction.

“You took a bath, but Snowball didn’t! You carried him all the way back, so even if your clothes weren’t dirty, he got them dirty.”

San Chuan snorted coldly, dipped the cloth into the water, and then wrung it out.

With a slap, he threw the cloth at Sihai's face and started rubbing it.

Xu Anyang walked home amidst the bickering of the two children.

When he returned home, lanterns were still lit in the yard, and no one in his family was asleep; they were all waiting for him to come back.

Why are you so late tonight? Are you too busy?

Ah Si kept nagging Xu Anyang: "You haven't been slacking off at the restaurant, have you? Do more work! Don't cause trouble for your sister Yi Yi..."

Xu Anyang glanced helplessly at his mother.

"By the way, why didn't Yi-yi ask us to come over to boil water today? She also didn't ask us to feed the chickens and sheep. Is something wrong?"

A Si opened the food box in Xu Anyang's hand, inside was the pickled fish that Xu Yiyi had made.

Not only did she eat it herself, but while the aunties were washing dishes, she also made another portion to bring back for them.

"Wow! It smells pretty good." Xu Honglian immediately poked her head out of the window upon smelling the aroma.

"Sister Yi is working on a new dish that will be available next month. Please try it and give us your feedback."

Xu Anyang washed his hands and took out bowls and chopsticks from the kitchen and placed them on the table.

"You still haven't said, is there something going on today?"

Ah Si pressed on, asking questions that Xu Anyang had initially intended to brush off.

He sighed: "What else could it be? The house was burgled. Sister Yi dug out more than a dozen animal traps that Uncle Yinli used to have when he was alive, and set up traps all over the yard to catch the thief."

Xu Anyang paused for a moment, then said, "I'm not letting you go because I'm worried you might get hurt."

"thief?"

Uncle, leaning on his cane, suddenly popped his head out from the courtyard gate. The flickering candlelight fell on him, making him look quite frightening.

"Grandpa! Why do you walk so quietly?"

Xu Anyang patted his chest, panting heavily.

"Stop yelling, just tell me what happened!"

Ata was furious, as if he wanted to devour someone.

Even the usually kind uncle and aunt looked a little off.

"Ugh! I reckon we've attracted attention. They've already found out who the thief is, but Sister Yi didn't let me handle this anymore."

Xu Anyang said, pursing his lips.

Who is the thief?

Uncle's face was grim; he hadn't expected that the island was patrolled day and night without interruption.

I can't believe something like this actually happened.

"Li Xiuying!"

Xu Anyang said somewhat awkwardly, "Sister Yi didn't go directly to your door because of Uncle Shun'an's sake."

"Sooyoung? That can't be."

Xu Honglian's first thought was that it was impossible, but then she thought about how her personality had changed drastically since her engagement this year.

But then I thought it wasn't impossible.

"It's true. Her foot must have been caught in an animal trap. There's still fabric from her clothes on it. Even Sanchuan Sihai recognized it at a glance. There's no mistake."

As Xu Anyang spoke, he transferred the fish slices from the large bowl into his grandmother's bowl.

"Let me tell you, nobody should interfere in this matter! Let Sister Yi handle it herself."

Uncle snorted coldly and remained silent for a long time.