Shuiqing forgot to eat breakfast. As she looked around, she realized that the thing was heading towards her house!

She hurriedly ran back and instructed the seven people who were still lost in their sorrow of parting: "Don't be sad! Hei Zi's family has come to pick him up. Fan Jin, get ready so you can go and greet them."

The autumn stars have returned; the visitor is a guest. Go and brew some tea.

"The rivers and lakes are vast, and we don't have enough chairs at home. Please bring out your bamboo beds for Hei Zi's family to sit on."

Even if you're poor, you still need to show basic hospitality.

Upon receiving the instructions, the group immediately put down their bowls and chopsticks and got to work.

Bai Ziqian stood up abruptly, like a headless fly, following behind Shui Qing and asking, "Auntie, what am I doing?"

Shui Qing laughed when asked, "Your family is here, what are you going to do? Just follow your Uncle Fan and hurry up."

Bai Ziqian let out a roar, as if he had found his backbone, and hurriedly followed behind Fan Jin to greet him.

The carriage had arrived at the open space and come to a stop. The maids and servants in the carriages behind rushed forward, some setting up footstools, others helping people up.

An elderly woman in her sixties, dressed in fine clothes and with a dignified demeanor, stepped off the train from the first carriage. She wore a string of jade prayer beads in her hand.

A middle-aged woman in her thirties or forties got off the train in the next carriage. She had a lot of gold on her head, neck, wrists, and fingers, which was dazzlingly bright.

Bai Ziqian stepped forward, bowed respectfully to the old woman, and said, "Grandma, I'm so sorry to have troubled you."

He then reluctantly bowed to the middle-aged woman beside him, who was dressed in glittering gold, and said indifferently, "I'm sorry to have troubled you, Aunt."

"You child, tell me, your family provides you with the best food and drink, and you have maids and servants to wait on you, what more could you want?!"

Even if there are things you don't like, you can just beat up the maids and servants to vent your anger, why bother coming out?

"Look at you, running away like that! Do you know how much your aunt suffered? She searched for you day and night, practically turning this entire Guangning Prefecture upside down!" Bai Ling's voice was shrill, every word a reproach.

"Alright, alright, the child has finally been found. It's all your fault. The child finally came to visit you, the aunt, and instead of restraining the family and servants, you kept saying unpleasant things!"

"You forced your only nephew to run away from home, and you still have the nerve to criticize me?" Old Madam Bai said with a sullen face.

Bai Ling bit her lip, took a step back, and timidly replied, "Yes."

She wouldn't care if it hadn't run away from her house.

In Madam Bai's eyes, no matter how much she cherishes her daughter, she can't compare to her grandson!

After dismissing Bai Ling, she stepped forward and hugged her grandson tightly, crying, "My precious grandson, thank goodness you're alright!"

You have no idea how worried your father and grandmother are. They've sent people to every village to inquire, fearing you've been sold to some illegal kiln to do hard labor.

At this point, Old Madam Bai paused, stepped back, and carefully examined her grandson before tears streamed down her face: "He's gotten so dark and thin! My precious grandson has suffered so much!"

Just as Bai Ziqian was about to speak, Bai Ling interrupted from the other side: "Is this family abusing my nephew? I think this is not much different from a black kiln!"

"Where's the village chief? Tell me, has his family made my nephew work? Has he not fed him enough? Ha! If I find out they've mistreated my nephew, they'll be in big trouble!"

She looked around again, her expression one of undisguised contempt: "So poor, no wonder my nephew has lost his nice clothes, they must have embezzled them!"

"You saved my nephew just to get a reward, right? Perfect, we brought it. After you take the reward, we'll go our separate ways. Don't try to cling to the Bai family again."

Bai Ziqian's face darkened.

Aunt Shuiqing's family saved his life and treated him with great courtesy. Is this how your aunt treats her savior?