Chapter 112: The Xie Family Women at Qingzhou Post Station
Now the three of them looked at him together, and Qin Lang asked curiously, "You've been free lately, haven't you? Why don't you go to Haicheng for a few days?"
Lei Feng lit a cigarette and exhaled lightly, saying seriously, "The ashes of my old grandfather's former comrades are going back to China. I have to buy some good cigarettes and good wine to accompany him to reminisce with old friends."
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Gyeongju Post Station, set up camp.
After the meal, the convicts fell asleep to replenish their energy. I don’t know who passed the news in the team, but when they heard that Lord Xiong and his men had not returned yet, and that the team might not continue on the journey today, they all exclaimed with joy.
On the way to exile, it was not easy to rest for half a day. Many people leaned against the roots of trees, closed their eyes, clasped their hands together and made a wish:
"May God let Master Bear and the others come back later and later."
The escorting officers and yamen runners found that the prisoners today were much easier to manage than in the past few days. Most of them followed the officers' orders obediently, and fewer of them made trouble. The camp was much quieter in the afternoon.
Xie Wuying carefully walked around and turned back to Old Madam Xie to tell her, "Grandma, I went to the public servants' place and asked the Chai family about it. It seems we really won't be leaving."
Old Madam Xie sat on the ground and listened to Xie Wuying finish speaking. "Did you go to ask Lord Chai, or did you ask Lord Chai Jin?"
"I asked Prince Chai, and he said that the hundred households were waiting for Lord Xiong to come back."
Madam Xie nodded slightly and whispered, "Then it seems that it should be pretty close."
Zhou beside her handed her a glass of water, "Mom, drink some water. It's better not to leave for now. We can rest for a while."
"It's good to be able to rest." Old Madam Xie took a sip of water and looked back at the road they had come from. "With the protection of the family god, Yuchuan should be fine."
Old Madam Xie, who had been comforting the other female members of the family, had been walking for such a long time and had not seen her grandson Xie Yuchuan return. She suddenly relaxed, but she still couldn't help but worry about his safety.
After Xie Wuying finished speaking, he went to find Xie Wenjie and the others.
Mrs. Xie's side was filled with female relatives and children, and Zhou, as usual, chatted with her mother-in-law, Mrs. Xie.
Mrs. Zhang, the second wife of Xie, was lying on her side with her head propped up, watching Ruan coaxing the child. Xie Jiarui had just finished his meal and was not sleepy yet, so he pestered his mother Ruan to tell him stories.
Zhang was not sleepy either, and was listening to what Ruan was saying.
She was wearing thin clothes, and Ruan was worried that she would catch a cold, so she pulled out a thick piece of clothing from the bag her parents gave her and spread it out to gently cover Zhang.
"Second Aunt, take care of yourself."
Zhang's eyes warmed up, and a sour feeling suddenly surged to the tip of her nose, but she quietly suppressed it. Instead, she deliberately teased Ruan in a light-hearted tone: "Yu Ting family, tell your story quickly, Second Aunt is waiting too."
Ruan's cheeks flushed, and she said angrily, "Second Aunt, please stop laughing at me."
Little Xie Jiarui was between the two of them. He looked up at his mother Ruan on the left, then looked up at Zhang on the right. His big, innocent eyes blinked, and soon he nestled into Zhang's arms with stars in his eyes.
In a baby voice, he asked Zhang: "Does Second Uncle Grandmother also like to listen to mother's stories?"
Zhang looked lovingly at the Xie family's youngest son lying in her arms. She gently pinched the little baby's soft cheek and teased him, "Yes, Second Aunt also likes the obedient book. Jiarui, urge your mother to tell her to read faster."
"Mom, please tell me quickly!" Little Jiarui was indeed very obedient.
An old man and a young boy are together, and the wind blows through the treetops, making a rustling sound.
Ruan looked at the family in front of her, her heart softening unconsciously. She pretended to think seriously and said, "Then mother will tell you a story that your grandmother told me when I was a child."
"What is it like?" Little Jiarui's eyes sparkled.
Zhang had a smile on her lips and a kind look in her eyes.
Ruan pursed her lips and smiled, "This is a story about a little immortal who was too lazy to study and came down to earth to take the exam to become a scholar."
The starlight in little Jiarui's eyes suddenly went out.
"ah?"
Zhang laughed heartily, "You are so mean."
When Ruan saw Zhang laughing heartily, her worries were relieved a lot. She really hoped that her second aunt could always be like this.
On the other side, Xie Zhen was accompanying his mother, Shen, threading the needle and mending everyone's clothes.
Shen's temperament is not as calm as her elder sister-in-law Zhou, nor as straightforward and unrestrained as her second sister-in-law Zhang. She is a typical lady. She follows the rules at home and learns how to take care of her husband and children from her mother's generation. When she grows up and gets married, her life ideal is to become a qualified wife of a wealthy family, take care of her husband and children and spend the rest of her life in peace.
I don’t know if it’s because she lived too orderly and peacefully in the first half of her life. Now in middle age, with her husband gone and no children, she has lost the most important things a woman needs to make a living in this world.
Shen survived the most difficult period in a daze, always thinking about Xie Zhen, the only daughter left to her by Mr. Xie San, and she managed to survive from the great sorrow.
Her daughter is still alive, and she can't let her precious daughter Xie Zhen be without her mother's home to return to.
Shen struggled to regain consciousness. Even though she knew she was going to be exiled, she still thought to herself that it was a good thing that Xie Zhen was married.
However, the banker actually divorced his daughter!
Shen, who has always been gentle in nature, hated the Zhuang family in her heart. As a mother, the thing she could not tolerate most was her child being treated poorly by others.
Xie Zhen followed the exile team. Every time she saw the calm and indifferent look on her daughter's face, her heart ached.
Xie Zhen and Shen have been mother and daughter for more than 20 years, so how could she not understand her mother?
I was afraid that she would think too much, so whenever I had free time I would talk to her to divert her attention.
But there is always a time when the conversation between mother and daughter ends, or there are some topics that she doesn't want to talk about anymore.
They just found some work within their abilities to pass the time. Today, Xie Wuying came back from a walk and told her that he might not be able to leave in the afternoon.
Xie Zhen suggested to Shen, "Mom, how about we mend some clothes?"
With her daughter by her side, Shen is happy to do anything.
Xie Zhen dug out the needle and thread and patched up the holes on everyone's bodies. Shen was naturally dexterous and liked such quiet work. As she did it, she felt calm both physically and mentally.
Xie Zhen would look up from time to time to look at his mother who was no longer young. Occasionally, he would reach out to tuck Shen's fallen hair behind her ears, and gently wipe away the fallen leaves on his mother's head with his fingertips.
"Mom, don't worry. Dad is gone. I will protect you."
Shen bit off the needle and thread in her hand and looked up at her daughter Xie Zhen.
With a gentle smile on her face, she said, "Okay, from now on, we will be company."
Xie Zhen smiled with satisfaction.
"Mom, we will definitely reach Laozhou safely."
"Yes, of course. Mukuro is here."
Xie Zhen nodded vigorously, "Yes, with Sixth Brother here, our family will definitely be safe."
Shen put down her needlework and looked at her mother-in-law, Old Lady Xie, who was talking to her eldest sister-in-law not far away. Suddenly, she whispered to Xie Zhen, "Zhen'er, let me tell you, after the Xie family spirit became powerful, I saw your grandmother secretly crying several times."
Xie Zhen was a little surprised.
Shen sighed softly, "The family god hasn't left. Mother is extremely happy."
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