It's over 400 li (approximately 200 kilometers) long. You could travel that distance in a day by horse at full speed, but by carriage with so many people, it would take at least two days, or even three.
Everything was ready. Old Master Chu had also asked the state government for leave. Hearing that he had found his daughter, Lord Tu readily granted him a ten-day leave.
So there's still plenty of time.
Qiao Lian'er sat in the carriage, talking with Old Madam Chu and Old Master Chu, while Da Cheng rode alongside on horseback, his mind filled with countless questions.
Why are there so many people when we go back? Why does Lian'er seem to know this family so well? It seems like they are still going to Datian Village.
He knew nothing about any of these things.
However, there is no need to doubt anything Lian'er does.
"So Sisi was abandoned in your Datian Village. No wonder you found her so quickly." Old Madam Chu said with emotion, "When I first met Lian'er, I felt that we were destined to meet. I never thought that we would have such a great destiny. You helped us find our daughter."
It was as if God had specially arranged for the sickle to come to their side.
Qiao Lian'er thought to herself, "You don't know, there's an even greater destiny between us."
"How is Sisi now? Is she alright? How does that family treat her?" Old Master Chu asked.
Since we're in a village, we don't ask for great living conditions; we just hope the family is kind and generous.
"She's doing well, without any trouble. Her adoptive parents treat her like their own daughter, and she also has a daughter."
"She has a daughter." A joyful smile appeared on Madam Chu's face. "Yes, how come I didn't think of that? Sisi is twenty-eight years old, she must have been married and had children long ago."
Thinking of how Sisi was taken away as a baby, and how she grew up, got married, and had children in a place they couldn't see, Old Madam Chu was filled with mixed emotions.
I don't know why, but I feel a little sorry for her.
"What about the family she married into? Did they treat her well?" Old Madam Chu thought of another crucial point.
Qiao Lian'er paused for a moment, and even that slight pause made the two elders extremely uneasy.
"I've gone home after the divorce and am now at my parents' house. Everything is peaceful and safe."
This kind of thing can't be hidden, so it's better to tell them from the beginning.
Otherwise, when they arrived at the Qiao family, the two elders would ask, "You're twenty-eight years old, haven't you ever been married yet?"
For now, let's get them to accept this fact.
Two lines of clear tears rolled down Old Madam Chu's empty eyes.
As long as life is barely bearable, what woman would go back to her parents' home? She must have been forced into it. I can't imagine how miserable Sisi must have been after getting married.
Wait, divorce?
Old Master Chu quickly asked, "Wasn't he divorced?"
“That family is selfish and heartless. They didn’t even want to give her a divorce certificate. They wanted to abandon her and make her unable to remarry or return to her parents’ home because she was their daughter-in-law. They wanted her to die far away from home.”
The two elders trembled as they listened. Old Madam Chu stared blankly into space, while Old Master Chu's beard twitched.
Qiao Lian'er continued, "Miss Chu's family fought with that family and got a divorce, thus gaining a good reputation."
If things really can't go on anymore, getting a divorce decree would be the best outcome.
"Now, Miss Chu is living a very good life every day."
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