"Your nephew can't recognize a character as big as a bushel... and still sends letters back..." someone nearby muttered mockingly.
Mrs. Li was somewhat annoyed by the teasing and swung the basket in her hand at the person. That person covered their head and quickly dodged, while Mrs. Li relentlessly chased after them. The two of them, one running and the other chasing, squeezed out of the crowd.
The commotion between the two made some people whisper, while others were amused, though they felt it inappropriate to laugh in such a situation. They could only hide in the crowd, lowering their heads, quietly snickering.
Zhu Yu, who had been squatting to examine the newly unearthed skeletons, listened to their chatter while comparing the bones. After a while, she stood up and asked the surrounding people, "I'm curious if any of you who lived around here before have heard any spooky or strange rumors, anything particularly frightening?"
