Chapter 89 Thank you for loving me
Inside the carriage, Xie Suzhou opened his eyes and saw that the seat next to him had become cold long ago, with the entire blanket covering him.
"Why is there no sound?" Sun Po secretly lifted a corner of the curtain, but only saw one person. "Hey? Xie Xiucai, has my sister-in-law left long ago?"
Xie Suzhou lowered his head, quietly looking at the few pieces of silver lying in his palm, and couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips, "Well, let's go."
"Leaving so early..." Sun Po scratched his head, glanced at the man's face cautiously, and said in a deep voice, "Xie Xiucai, does my sister-in-law's ancestors have any background?"
Xie Suzhou didn't understand what was going on, so he looked at him sideways, waiting for the second half of his words.
"Otherwise, where did my sister-in-law get the pistol?" Sun Po chuckled, as if afraid that he would misunderstand. "Xie Xiucai, don't mind. I'm just asking casually."
"That's all right." Xie Suzhou nodded slightly. A smile appeared on his lips when he mentioned Su Cheng. "Brother Sun Po, don't worry. My Ah Cheng is definitely trustworthy."
"Yes, yes, my husband has long said that my sister-in-law knows some physiognomy and can know some things that others don't know. Otherwise, my husband wouldn't have suddenly ordered us to go to the capital." Sun Po laughed heartily and said loudly, "I guess she must have anticipated this and rushed here. With such extraordinary abilities, I have to trust my sister-in-law!"
Xie Suzhou was stunned for a moment before he smiled.
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Xie Family of Xinghua Village
"Mom?" Xie Cuicui rubbed her sleepy eyes and woke up in a daze, but found that there was no one beside her. She immediately woke up from her sleepiness and hurriedly went downstairs to look for someone, "Mom! Mom!"
"Why are you in such a rush so early in the morning? What happened?" Su Cheng came in with a basin of water. Seeing that the little girl had even lost one of her shoes, he hurried over to her. "The ground is cold. Why are you here barefoot?"
Seeing her, Xie Cuicui breathed a sigh of relief and whispered, "The bed was cold. I thought my mother was lost."
"What are you thinking about all day long?" Su Cheng smiled and tapped her forehead. "Wake up your brother, put on new clothes, and go to town with me."
"Going to town?" Xie Cuicui didn't understand and asked in a low voice, "Why are you in such a hurry to go to town so early in the morning?"
Su Cheng pinched her little face and smiled dotingly, "I'll change your name."
The ox cart swayed slowly as it went to the town. As it approached the government office, Xie Cuicui felt even more uneasy. Her little hands were restlessly twirling around her sleeves. She was so nervous that even her palms were sweating.
There was a registration office next to the government office, which was responsible for household registration. Su Cheng had already made arrangements and walked into the gate, leading the two children, one adult and one child.
The accountant moistened the brush with the tip of his tongue, took a quick look at the mother and her two children, and asked with narrowed eyes, "Young Madam, do you want to change the child's name?"
"Yes, thank you." Su Cheng handed over half a piece of silver and smiled gently, "I came here today to change my daughter's name. This is given by the head of our village."
The accountant took the deed from her hand and glanced at it briefly. "Xie Cuicui?"
"Yes." Su Cheng put his arm around the little girl's shoulders and responded softly.
"What name do you want to change to?"
"Zhiyun."
The accountant was busy writing, "Xie Zhijun, right?"
"Su!" The originally quiet little girl suddenly spoke up, her eyes red. "Uncle, I want to take my mother's surname. Is it okay to change it to Su?"
Su Cheng was stunned. He never expected that the child would make such a request.
"Can it be changed?" Xie Chen took two steps forward and looked at the accountant intently, "If I can take my mother's surname, then I want to change it too."
"This..." The account manager was dumbfounded, looking around at the mother and her two children. "Then where is your father?"
Xie Chen lowered his eyes, looking neither sad nor heartbroken, and said calmly, "He made a mistake and died. My mother truly loves us. It's okay for us, brother and sister, to take her surname."
"Dead...dead?" The accountant was startled, then quickly recovered and looked at Xie Chen. "But there are still male children in the family, so it would be difficult to take their mother's surname..."
"Sir, this is the secret letter that County Magistrate Wang asked me to pass on to you." Su Cheng took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to the accountant.
"Wang, the County Magistrate?" The accountant glanced at the government office not far away and carefully took it. He read ten lines at a time, and his expression became more and more serious as he read. "You and your son, please wait for a moment. I need to ask the higher-ups."
After saying this, he hurried away and ran into the small door at the back.
Less than a cup of tea later, the accountant came running over with a smile on his face, his attitude more respectful, "Young Madam, your surname can be changed. You can change it any way you want!"
After leaving the Jifang, the little girl held her new name deed in her hands and looked at it from left to right. She couldn't get enough of it. "Zhiyun... Zhiyun! Mother, this name is much better than Cuicui!"
Listening to it again now, the name Cuicui is really rustic.
"Cui Cui is still your nickname, so be kind with your words." Su Cheng said with a frown on her face, but with a cute smile, she led them both towards the market.
The little girl held the deed in her hand and smiled like a flower, "Mom, I've never been so happy!"
Su Cheng rubbed her head and chuckled softly, "Now, you don't have to feel aggrieved because of your name anymore."
The little girl paused, met her mother's smiling eyes, and her eyes instantly turned red, "Mom, you know..."
"I know." Su Cheng smiled at her, gentle yet firm. "I was too busy before to take care of these things. Now that I have some free time, I will naturally change."
Xie Cuicui bit her lip, and tears as big as soybeans fell from her eyes.
The names of my three uncles are more beautiful than each other. My eldest brother’s name is named Chen, which was chosen by my second uncle.
When I was born, my grandfather wanted to throw me into the river to drown me because he saw that I was a girl. If my third uncle had not dissuaded me, I would have died long ago. Later, my father said that I should give me a humble name and keep my humble life, and I should be raised as a humble child. Only then did my grandmother wave her hand and give me the name Cuicui.
But the child my father had with that woman outside is named Zhao Zhao, which shows how much he cares about her.
She kept this matter deep in her heart, wanting to bear the grievance silently, but her mother saw that she was sad.
"Mother...thank you..."
Thank you for loving me when I have nothing.
Su Cheng turned back to look at her, confusion in his eyes, "Thank me for what?"
Su Zhijun looked at her and smiled brightly, "Nothing, let's go quickly, the market will be closing if we're any later!"
"Oh yes! This kid is just interrupting!" Su Cheng slapped his forehead, quickly took the hands of the two children, and rushed towards the market.
Along the way, the little girl's bell-like laughter never stopped.
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Ganping
"You mean, all the peach blossom wine sent to the Gao, Zhong, and Wu families is gone?"
The man's clear voice rang out, and the three kneeling on the ground shuddered. They looked at each other, trying to shift the blame. "This... our subordinates don't know where the wine went. Even the team of Xuanying Guards we sent out has disappeared."
"What a disappearance."
A sneer came from behind the screen.
Hearing this, the three of them quickly knelt even lower, "Your Majesty, please calm down!"
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