Chapter 113 It’s definitely not a good thing!
"It hasn't been easy for grandma these past few years."
"yes."
Xie Zhen looked at Old Madam Xie, leaned against Shen, and leaned his head on his mother's shoulder. "Mom, it's great to have a family god in our house."
Shen lowered her eyes to look at her daughter, and threaded the needle in the sunlight setting through the woods, her voice gentle.
"Yeah, it's nice to have a family god."
There were officials walking back and forth around, occasionally walking into the crowd to check something. No one came over from the Xie family, as if the official business the patrolling officials were going to do had nothing to do with them.
Xie Wuying rested his arms behind his head, one leg raised and folded on the other side, half lying on the bundle, his eyes following the officers back and forth.
Xie Wenjie, Zhou Chuan and several other guards were twisting hemp ropes nearby, occasionally picking up some branches, pebbles and other things and putting them in bags. They looked like a group of bored prisoners with nothing to do. Occasionally, the patrol officers passing by would see the Xie family sitting on the ground twisting hemp ropes with their hands, and would make a few sarcastic remarks.
The Xie family didn't care at all and just followed the escorts in discussing the matter.
Xie Wuying turned around and saw Xie Wenjie finishing a piece of hemp rope. He asked, "Huaizhang, when do you think Sixth Brother and the others will be back?"
Xie Wenjie started rolling a new one. After hearing this, he pondered for a moment, then lowered his head and guessed, "That commander's matter might not be easy to handle, otherwise he wouldn't have brought so many people to find Sixth Brother. If the matter is difficult, I don't know if he can come back tonight."
"I feel the same way." Xie Wuying reached out and took out a piece of hay from Xie Wenjie's small pile of hay, holding it in his mouth and shaking it. He lazily folded his arms behind his head and continued to stare at the officers among the prisoners.
There are more mountains and forests in Gyeongju than in Gyeongju, and the temperature cools down quickly. After the hour of Wei, shortly after the hour of Shen, the evening breeze outside the post station began to blow, making people shrink their necks.
Fortunately, the Xie family had some warm clothes, but the other prisoners could no longer lie on the ground. Many of them stood up and stretched their muscles to keep warm. The sudden drop in temperature made it difficult for the officials to withstand it, so they lit a fire before dark.
The Xie family's luggage contained the tents and sleeping bags that Tu Huan had sent them. Xie Wenjie mentioned this to the women in the family. Old Madam Xie shook her head slightly after hearing this and said, "Put them aside for now. There are many people here and Xiong Jiushan is not here. I think Cheng Ye is not easy to deal with. I can still bear it. Let's leave it this way for now."
In order to avoid trouble, Mrs. Xie thought it would be better to avoid doing anything conspicuous for the time being.
However, Mrs. Xie felt very distressed when she saw her great-grandson Xie Jiarui. "Anan, ask Wenjie and the others to take Rui Ge'er to their sleeping bag and let him have a good sleep. We are thin, and their men are tall and broad. If we block the view a little, outsiders won't be able to see anything."
After saying this, he couldn't help but chuckle, "It's okay if he saw it, he's just a kid."
Ruan was obedient and handed her son Xie Jiarui to Xie Wenjie. "Be good and listen to Uncle Thirteen, understand?"
"Jia Rui is very good." Xie Jia Rui said in a baby voice, stood up from the ground, raised his little hand to grasp Xie Wenjie's fingers, and looked up, "Thirteenth Uncle?"
Xie Wenjie said to Ruan: "Don't worry, sister-in-law, I will take good care of him."
Ruan didn't doubt his intentions and nodded.
Xie Wenjie carried Rui Ge'er back to the group of men, stuffed his small body into the sleeping bag, and instantly he looked like a small bun.
Xie Jiarui's little face was exposed, lying among the men of the Xie family, surrounded by several big men, and outsiders could not see it clearly.
At first the little guy was very excited. He opened his eyes as big as grapes, looked here and there, and fell asleep unknowingly.
After he fell asleep, Xie Wenjie made a "hush" gesture to everyone, and everyone stopped talking.
Xie Wuying observed for a long time, then sat up and said to Xie Wenjie, "It seems Cheng Ye picked out about twenty people and I don't know where he took them."
When guards Xie Changan and Zhou Chuan heard him say this, they and several others immediately looked over.
"Where are you going?" Xie Wenjie asked.
Xie Wuying shook his head. "I don't know. There are both men and women. It's very mysterious."
Xie Wenjie straightened up and looked outside, then retracted his gaze. "It seems that quite a few young and strong people are missing."
Xie Wuying pulled out the hay from the corner of his mouth and narrowed his eyes. "You said the officers wanted to recruit young and strong men. The Chai family and our Xie family have more young and strong men. Why didn't they come to us?"
"That's definitely not something that's suitable for people like us."
Xie Wuying raised his eyebrows and asserted, "That Cheng Ye must be up to no good!"
"Whether it's good or bad, Sixth Brother is busy with his work and can't take care of this, so it's better for us to have less trouble than more."
"That's true."
Zhang Dayi was lying nearby. He heard the two brothers talking and opened his eyes to look at the towering treetops.
Xie Wuying turned around and saw that he was awake. "Sir, are you awake?"
Zhang Dayi nodded and said, "It's already this late, and General Xie and the others haven't returned yet."
Xie Wuying and Xie Wenjie looked at each other.
Zhang Dayi sat up from the ground, drank a sip of water, and when he unscrewed the cork, he found that the Xie family's child was lying next to Xie Wenjie, wrapped tightly in a bag.
He smiled and said, "It is true that children without worries are the most carefree."
"It's cold at night, and the old lady is worried that Brother Rui will catch a cold."
Zhang Dayi nodded, his eyes fell on the face of Rui Ge'er who was sleeping soundly, and he looked at him a few more times.
Seeing that he was reading seriously, Xie Wenjie felt that he had missed the thought that had just flashed through his mind.
Ever since Zhang Dayi let go of the past, he has been thinking about what he can do for the Xie family in the future. With his current abilities, he only has a little useless knowledge in his head, which can be of some use.
However, he would not go to the Xie family on his way to exile to repay their kindness and say, "Why don't I, Zhang Dayi, give your child an education?"
This is not repaying a favor.
However, Zhang Dayi actually likes the child Xie Jiarui very much.
Through his secret observation, he found that this orphan of the Xie family's eldest son was naturally intelligent and, more rarely, considerate.
No matter what happened along the way, he could always adjust his emotions quickly and try not to cause trouble to the adults. He even observed that when he was very tired, he could still try to control his childish temper. At most, he would hum a few times and then calm down quickly. He was also quick to understand what the adults told him to do.
Zhang Dayi felt that this child would not be bad at studying in the future.
Xie Jiarui woke up while sleeping, opened his eyes to meet a pair of loving eyes, and froze in his sleeping bag. His little body couldn't help but lean towards his thirteenth uncle Xie Wenjie.
Zhang Dayi couldn't help but chuckled twice when he saw this, and said lovingly: "Don't be afraid."
I don’t know if Xie Jiarui understood, but he paused for a moment, tried to sit up, and bowed to Zhang Dayi, “Jiarui greets you, sir.”
These are the words his mother Ruan taught him, and Xie Jiarui has always kept them in mind.
Zhang Dayi couldn't help stroking his beard, feeling even more satisfied.
Seeing this, Xie Wenjie turned to look at Xie Wuying, who shrugged at him.
Neither brother understood.
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