Chapter 172 Xiaoxuan's Heartbeat 01
Shen Shiyou was actually feeling quite lost. After being followed for so long, he had already gotten used to her presence.
He was very uncomfortable without that "eyesore" figure around him all of a sudden.
The next day, after everything was packed up, everyone was ready to go their separate ways.
Not far away in the depths of the grassland, there was a horse galloping.
Seeing this, Jiang Ce and Xia Zixuan did not delay any longer. After seeing who was there, they took their people and left.
The rest was handed over to Shen Shiyou.
"Why are you here?" He was actually still looking forward to it in his heart, but when he saw that figure, he started to sneer again.
"I want to go with you. I know you don't recognize me, but you are my chosen husband. I will follow you from now on." Naren said affirmatively.
After she returned home yesterday, she told her parents about this. She gave all the things her parents gave her to her brothers, making it an equal share between the two of them.
She took some silver and a horse and ran away.
Now, she has nothing else but him.
Shen Shiyou didn't know what to feel, a mixture of sweet, sour, bitter and spicy.
Finally, he nodded and agreed to let her follow. "Okay, but let's not talk about marrying you for now."
If someone who knows him is here, they will definitely see how happy he is at the moment.
It really is a combination of wealth and beauty.
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Xia Yutong was quite interested in the story of Shen Shiyou. After listening to it, she was worried about the girl.
"If Shen Shiyou lets her down, he is really not a human being." Xia Yutong said angrily.
Xia Zixuan shook his head. "Sister, you think too much. He's just being pretentious. He doesn't know how happy he is in his heart. Besides, Naren's personality must be very much liked by Aunt Shen. Just wait and see. Maybe the dividend will be paid this year."
"That's more like it. I like that girl very much. When they get married, please let me know and I will definitely support her."
With her status as the Crown Princess, no one would dare to say a word against her in the future.
Xia Zixuan didn't expect that his elder sister liked Naren so much just by hearing about it.
"Well, I will definitely tell you, and I will also tell Shiyou to be careful of his wife. She has a backer."
After saying this, both siblings laughed.
"Let's not talk about this. I'm afraid mother has already made plans for Rongrong's marriage. I plan to go back to South City after the spring next year. Big sister, do you want to go back?" Just because he doesn't miss home doesn't mean he doesn't love it.
"I." She thought about returning to South City, but with Wen Li's current status, it was difficult for her to leave. "Forget it, I definitely won't be able to leave next year."
"Well, let's wait a few years and let my parents move to the imperial city." Now that my brother-in-law's position is stable, he doesn't have to worry about anyone causing trouble.
"Forget it." Xia Yutong felt that there was no need to do this.
My parents live more comfortably in South City than in the Imperial City, as they don’t have to face so many ladies and young ladies every day.
"Xiaoxuan, go back and tell your mother not to rush to marry Rongrong off. At least wait until she is eighteen. It's less than two years away." She advised.
Xiaoxuan didn't know why, but he agreed. What his elder sister said must be right.
In the evening, when Wen Li came back, he saw Xiaoxuan at home. He was very happy. During the days when Xiaoxuan went to the grassland, he was often ignored by his wife.
Now that he is finally back, he has to make up for it.
That night, Xia Zixuan was hinted at by his brother-in-law, which gave Xia Yutong a headache. In the end, she ignored them and went to bed early with her children.
The next day, Xia Zixuan left the Prince's Mansion directly.
The eldest sister has a good relationship with him, and Jiang Ce is also in charge of the shipment. It's time for him to go see his girl.
When he arrived at the village, some people recognized him and knew that he was on good terms with the Luo family.
When the villagers saw him, they shook Luo Xiaoxiao out without waiting for Xia Zixuan to ask where she was.
"Xiaoxiao went up the mountain at this time. Someone in the village gave birth yesterday, and there were not enough medicinal materials at home, so she went up the mountain early in the morning." An uncle said with a smile.
He recognized the young man in front of him and knew that he was looking for Grandma Luo and Xiaoxiao, so he gave him directions directly without being afraid that he was a bad person.
"Thank you, Uncle Zhou. I'll go see Grandma Luo first." Xia Zixuan politely bowed to the uncle and thanked him.
Walking on the small path in the village, he felt as if he was back in his childhood, but he knew that this was not the village of his childhood.
He was bullied a lot in the village when he was little. If it weren't for his elder sister...
It's all in the past, and he will get better and better.
After learning that those people were not living well, he let go of the obsession in his heart.
Soon we arrived at Grandma Luo's house.
Grandma Luo's house is a bit remote. They live at the foot of the mountain, which is convenient for them to go up the mountain to collect herbs and is also quiet.
Grandma Luo didn't like the gossipy women in the village, so when she arrived in the village, she asked the village chief for a small piece of land to build two houses.
This residence lasted for more than ten years.
"Grandma Luo, are you home?" Xiaoxuan came to the door. Instead of pushing it open directly, he shouted from outside.
Grandma Luo is blind in one eye, but the other eye is fine.
She knew who was coming by the voice. She heard Xiaoxiao say that the man had been to the grassland, and she also knew his background, that he was a businessman.
"Come in, the door is not closed." Grandma Luo was cleaning the herbs on the ground.
As soon as Xia Zixuan came in, he saw Grandma Luo.
"Grandma Luo, let me help you." Seeing him still working at such an old age, he felt a little sad.
"That's great. I just have a backache." Grandma Luo didn't bother to be polite with him.
Anyway, if he wants to perform, let him perform.
Don't think that she doesn't know why he went this way, huh.
It's not easy to marry her granddaughter.
Xiaoxuan swallowed and saw Grandma Luo's joking look. He knew that she had seen through all his ideas.
"Okay, get to work. Xiaoxiao is in the back mountain and will be back soon." Grandma Luo knew what he was thinking.
Xia Zixuan had no choice but to squat down and clean up the herbs on the ground one by one.
Most of these are picked from the back mountain and are used to treat daily colds.
Some are used to make medicine powder for external injuries.
The most common ones are anthelmintic herbs.
Xia Zixuan was knowledgeable in pharmacology and medical skills, so he cleaned up much faster than Grandma Luo.
After half an hour, the pile of herbs on the ground was cleared out.
"Xiaoxiao, what herbs are you going to pick? There are quite a variety of herbs here." After Xia Zixuan sorted and dried the herbs, he walked over to Grandma Luo and sat down and asked.
Grandma Luo glanced at him and sighed, "It's for women to replenish their qi and blood. Someone in the village was born yesterday, and it's a girl."
After hearing this, Xia Zixuan understood.
"What's wrong with a girl? My family is built on a girl." He was not afraid to tell her about his family.
It was the first time that Grandma Luo heard him talk about his family.
In fact, she was still very satisfied with him. She didn't have many years left to live, so she would feel at ease if she handed Xiaoxiao over to him.
But she never revealed the truth, so she didn't ask about his family background.
｜"Oh, your mother is so powerful?" Grandma Luo said thoughtfully.
Xia Zixuan shook his head and said, "It's not my mother, it's my eldest sister. I have an older sister, a younger sister and a younger brother." He began to tell his family story bit by bit.
He came back this time determined to confront Grandma Luo. If that was the case, why should he hide it?
The situation at his home was simple, but also complicated. It was simple in the past, but complicated in the future. Xiaoxuan hadn't finished speaking until Luo Xiaoxiao came back.
Luo Xiaoxiao was very happy to see her good friend, but in order to get to know Xia Zixuan better, Grandma Luo asked Luo Xiaoxiao to cook.
We kept him for lunch at noon.
It was not until Luo Xiaoxiao put the food on the table that Xia Zixuan stopped and drank a sip of water.
Grandma Luo sighed again: "In the future, will you be able to be the head of the family?" She could tell that everything in his family came from his eldest sister.
What's more, the Xia family is his eldest sister's Xia family.
She didn't want Xiaoxiao to have to look at her sister-in-law's opinion after marrying him. If that was the case, it would be better for her to marry someone from the village.
"Of course, I have the final say in my own affairs. Besides, my elder sister is very easy to get along with." When talking about Xia Yutong, Xia Zixuan showed a happy smile on his face.
Grandma Luo is not stupid. In her heart, the position of her eldest sister cannot be replaced by ordinary people.
Fortunately, she was his biological sister.
"Have you informed your family about this?" Xiaoxiao is still young, and she has no plans to marry her off in the next two years.
So, she wants to stay for another two years, her body can still hold on.
"My parents didn't tell me, but my eldest sister knows." He didn't hide it.
Grandma Luo nodded and glanced at the busy Xiao Xiao. "If I were to ask you to keep Xiao Xiao for a few more years, would you be willing?"
Grandma Luo is not a pretentious person and says whatever she thinks.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have ended up in such a situation back then, because she always spoke the truth and told the truth about everything.
"I'm willing." At worst, I can go back next year if I don't go back this year.
With so much going on, two years passed quickly.
Besides, his parents are not the kind of people who would force him.
"Okay, I agree." Having said that, Grandma Luo looked at Xiaoxiao again. Xiaoxiao still had a child's mentality and had never thought about matters between men and women.
"As for Xiaoxiao, you have to talk to her yourself. If she doesn't want to marry you, I hope you won't force her." She was more inclined towards her own granddaughter.
"I will definitely make her agree." Xiaoxuan's eyes shone with a strong and persistent light.
"Grandma, Brother Xuan, it's time for dinner." Xiaoxiao came out of the kitchen and called out.
She walked up to her grandmother and helped her up: "Grandma, what did you and Brother Zixuan talk about? You seemed so happy chatting."
Seeing their smiles, she was a little confused.
In the past, Brother Zixuan was very afraid that grandma would ask him questions.
What happened today? I actually talked with grandma for so long.
Her little head couldn't figure it out.
"Because grandma likes me more now." Xia Zixuan knocked her on the head hard.
All of a sudden, the two started fighting.
If Grandma Luo hadn't complained of being hungry, who knows how long these two people would have continued to make trouble.
After lunch, Xia Zixuan asked Luo Xiaoxiao to take him to the back mountain.
There is a secret base in the back mountain, which was discovered by the two of them.
No one knew that there was a cave in this mountain.
"Brother Zixuan, look how well these medicinal herbs are growing. We can pick them in a few days." This small valley is full of medicinal herbs.
There are precious ones and common ones.
They have to thank God for discovering this place.
Once, the two went into the mountains to play. Everything was fine when they went out, but after a while, the weather changed and it started to rain heavily.
The two could only find a place to shelter from the rain.
Then I found a small cave. I didn’t think much about it and planned to leave when the rain stopped.
But at this moment, a wounded little rabbit suddenly ran in.
It was frightened when it saw humans and ran directly to a place it thought was safe.
Now, I have become their guide.
No one expected that there was a cave behind the cave.
When they came in, there were many animals here.
Whether they are weak or strong, they all live in peace here.
This surprised them.
They were even more surprised when they saw what was growing on the ground.
Luo Xiaoxiao might not have recognized some of the medicinal herbs, but he did.
Even some legendary medicinal herbs grow here.
But he didn't move.
I didn’t tell Luo Xiaoxiao either.
It's not that he didn't want to tell her, but he was afraid that something might happen if she took it out.
At first, he only wanted to help her, but after a long time, he found that his thoughts had changed.
Therefore, the things here cannot be moved because they belong to him and her.
After the rain stopped, the two played for a long time. The animals here were not afraid of people at all.
For some reason, all the people and animals who come here can live in peace.
Even Xia Zixuan's own mentality was affected.
After Xia Zixuan felt that this place was unusual, he asked Luo Xiaoxiao not to tell anyone else about it.
Even grandma can't do that.
Luo Xiaoxiao was not happy at first.
There are so many medicinal herbs here, she will definitely pick them and use them.
Besides, what’s the big deal about telling grandma? There’s nothing shameful here.
Xia Zixuan thought about it and realized that it was true that he was too nervous.
Luo Xiaoxiao later told her grandmother about this place, but her grandmother didn't care at all.
Just ask her to be careful when picking herbs and be wary of animals.
Seeing her playing with the animals here again, Xia Zixuan found a place to sit down.
Watching her playing there.
When she was tired of playing, Luo Xiaoxiao went straight to sit next to Xia Zixuan.
"Brother Zixuan, it's so nice here." She likes it here very much.
She was scared by Mrs. He's childbirth last night.
It wasn't giving birth that was scary, but what happened after giving birth that scared her.
"If you like it here, come and sit here more often." Xia Zixuan helped her remove the grass debris on her head and body. Luo Xiaoxiao couldn't keep it secret again. She told her grandmother, but her grandmother said it was common sense and she was the best proof.
But she still felt very unwilling, "Why should girls be abandoned? Just because they are not boys?"
Seeing her lost expression, Xia Zixuan pityfully leaned her against him and said, "I don't know about others, there may be many reasons, like last night, is her family very poor?"
"Or maybe she is old and has given birth to many girls before?" All he could do was comfort her.
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