Chapter 479: Happy Ending (Part 3)
It just so happened that the Su family had not returned to Xiangzhou for a long time. When Su's father and mother passed away, their bodies were transported back to Xiangzhou, returning to their roots.
Since Su Wan and Jiang Yu were preparing to go back, the whole family agreed to go back together to pay homage to their parents and ancestors.
My uncle and aunt have also passed away one after another, so I have to go and pay my respects to them. I sent a letter to inform Yang Qingqing and my cousin's husband.
My cousin's husband is now the governor of Xiangzhou. He ranked second in the imperial examination the year Murong Huai ascended the throne. He then rose through the ranks and has now reached the position of governor.
They temporarily lived in the place arranged by their cousin's husband. The whole family traveled in a grand manner, with more than a dozen carriages alone.
This time, they also brought their daughters, sons-in-law, and daughters-in-law with them.
The eldest brother's son has already married a lady from a prominent family, but his daughter Su Wenhua is not yet of marriageable age, so she has not been betrothed yet.
The second brother's daughter, Su Yuanzhi, was engaged to the eldest son of the Minister of Works.
The third brother's two sons are still single. Their brains are as slow and wooden as their father's. I'm afraid that in the future it will take the girls to take the initiative.
Fourth brother's two children have also married, and they married into ordinary families. Because he was reluctant to marry his daughter off, he found a son-in-law for her.
Moreover, with Su Zhiyi's personality, most people can't stand her temper.
The fifth brother's son inherited his father's mantle and also has a high talent for painting. He has inherited his father's career and is indeed a noble young man with a clear mind and bright moon.
He doesn't have a girl he likes yet. This guy has too high standards and ordinary girls are not in his eyes at all.
As parents, they could finally understand Su's parents' anxiety about their not getting married.
They all returned to Yangaoao to worship their ancestors. Everyone took a sickle and worked hard to cut all the weeds around the ancestral graves and place offerings on them.
It was the children and their father who did it, while the ladies and girls just had to watch and supervise from the side.
After going down the mountain and returning to the ancestral home, Su Yun rolled up his sleeves and suddenly wanted to cook another meal inside.
As soon as they arrived here, everyone was filled with emotion.
Su Wan seemed to suddenly see herself more than 20 years ago when she had just returned with her elder brother. At that time, she was very much looking forward to the life she had just traveled through, but also a little nervous.
Fortunately, everything went as expected, and she successfully changed her own destiny and the destiny of her family.
Su Yun's proposal was unanimously approved by everyone.
The old house is now being renovated regularly and retains the appearance it had before they left.
It was the first time for the children to see such a house. They gathered around their aunt with great interest and asked about their parents’ childhood.
Su Wan said that she didn't know before she was thirteen, but from the age of thirteen to now, she remembers every moment very clearly.
She told them that she had exchanged identities with the concubine in Prince Jin's Mansion, and later explained how they each returned to their respective places.
She talked about her own story of making a fortune and what their father looked like when he was young.
They were all surprised to hear that their father was so poor when he was young that he couldn't afford to eat or go to school, and could only eat potato and vegetable cakes and stuffed buns every day.
Because they were born with a silver spoon in their mouths and have never experienced the sufferings of the world.
Su Wan told them that their current good life was accumulated by the hard work of their parents. Whether it was glory or fame, he hoped that they would keep their original intentions and not be tainted by worldly thoughts.
The children looked at the big bunk bed where their parents slept when they were young, with five people squeezed together, fighting for the quilt in winter and sweating profusely in summer.
Anyway, there are so many things to talk about that I can’t finish talking about them in an entire afternoon.
Until the brothers had prepared a meal together. They set up several tables in the yard, each with a small stool, and ate with relish.
Maybe the dishes were not as exquisite as the ones they usually eat, and there was not much meat, but it played a nostalgic role for their generation, and the younger generations also experienced a different life.
In the evening, Su Wan and Jiang Yu came to the land temple hand in hand.
The land temple has not been demolished yet, and has even been renovated. It is no longer a dilapidated wall, but has a courtyard wall and is paved with many stone bricks. It is said that people from the flower farm often come here to worship.
Facing the setting sun, the air was filled with the strong fragrance of flowers. Jiang Yu suddenly mentioned something that Su Wan didn't know.
He said:
"Remember the Wang family from Qinghe County? Young Master Wang said he wanted you to be his concubine. Didn't he suddenly go crazy after we drove his men away?
Actually, he wasn't scared crazy by a nightmare, but that night, my third, fourth, and fifth brothers and I tied him up and brought him here, and beat him up severely. That trauma left him insane."
If he didn't say anything, Su Wan had no idea what was going on. She started crying while laughing, and Jiang Yu gently wiped the tears from her face.
When they left the land temple, a carriage stopped at the door and a couple about their age got out.
Su Wan was surprised. Why were there still people coming to worship at this time?
The couple walked towards her, supporting each other. The woman looked familiar, with a deep smile on her face.
"Su Wan, don't you remember us? I am Jiang Sheng and she is Jiao Xing!" The middle-aged man spoke first.
After hearing this, Su Wan immediately remembered, and he and Jiang Yu looked at each other and smiled at each other.
It turned out that Jiang Sheng and his wife heard that they had returned, and were afraid that they would miss them, so they left again, and so they came to see her specially.
The couple kowtowed to Su Wan and Jiang Yu, thanking them for changing their fate.
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Afterwards, the couple did not follow the main group back to Kyoto, but instead traveled from Xiangzhou as the starting point.
Many years later, Su Wan and Jiang Yu were so old that they could not walk, their hair had turned completely white, their teeth had fallen out, and they even had great-grandchildren.
The old couple are surrounded by their great-grandchildren running around, and the children's laughter and playfulness represent youth and vitality.
The two of them lay on the lounge chairs basking in the sun. Jiang Wanning was already middle-aged, so she came over with a blanket to cover her parents, fearing that they would catch a cold.
The mother fell asleep, a smile still on her lips. She leaned in her father's arms and never opened her eyes again...
That night, the father also went there, and the children knelt together and cried.
According to his father's will, Jiang Chengyi buried them both in Yangyao, Xiangzhou, next to the land temple, and placed their token of love in the coffin.
The abbot of Wanfuji Temple said that if they did this, they would have another life.
However, their lives were already complete, and even without what the abbot said, they would still be buried in the same place...
(Ancient Fan, Completed!)
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