Chapter 36: New Life
As soon as the words came out, everyone's expressions changed subtly.
Especially Zhou, her face was half black, and seemed to be mixed with some other complex emotions.
Xia Daohua saw something was wrong: "What's going on?"
Everyone looked at each other, as if they wanted to speak, but were hesitant about something. In the end, it was Zhou who solved her doubts:
"Your sister-in-law has a miscarriage. She has just been seen by a doctor, who said she needs to rest. Your eldest brother and sister have already sent her back home.
Anyway, after the Lantern Festival, the year is over.
Your uncle has to go back to the restaurant to work, and your aunt has to take care of your uncle's family.
Your eldest brother is going back to Songxi Academy, and your eldest sister is getting old and wants to stay in town to find a husband.
If Yinhua were left alone to go back to the village with us, your aunt would be afraid that she would miss her parents.
So, your uncle and his family all went home today."
Xia Daohua instantly realized that her talent of "bringing up irrelevant issues" had already been maxed out. She laughed awkwardly:
"Haha, so, shouldn't we go home then?"
Zhou nodded: "Go home!"
The whole family got up in a hurry. Erlang borrowed a fire from the owner of the wonton stall, lit a pine torch, held it silently in his hand, and walked in front to light the way for everyone.
In fact, the town was brightly lit, but there was a particularly dark section on the road from the town to Beiguan Village. Although the moonlight was good, having a torch in hand undoubtedly made people feel more at ease.
Zhou was reluctant to spend money on a taxi, so everyone still walked home.
Although they took a break at the wonton stall, Zhou and Old Man Xia were old after all, and they were still very tired after walking home, so they didn't say much and went to bed after a simple wash.
Each family also returned to their own home.
Sun's face was full of excitement, and Wu was also smiling.
Obviously, the two sisters-in-law were very happy about the fact that the eldest wife had made the old couple unhappy today.
Jiang took off Xia Daohua's clothes and examined her body from head to toe patiently and carefully, asking her repeatedly if she felt any pain here or there.
Xia Daohua was indeed a little embarrassed.
Although she understood Jiang's concerns and could understand Jiang's feelings, she was still very uncomfortable being touched like this.
Jiang found a bruise on her back and wiped away her tears again with heartache.
Then, Jiang gritted her teeth and took out the small half jar of turbid wine that Xia Youtian treasured so much from the cupboard. She used it as medicinal wine and rubbed it to loosen up the blood clots on Xia Daohua.
Xia Youtian's expression was quite conflicted.
He felt sorry for his child and his wine, so he simply closed his eyes, thinking out of sight, out of mind.
That night, Jiang slept with Xia Daohua in her arms.
Xia Daohua resisted the urge to push her away and waited until Jiang and the others fell asleep before she quietly broke free from her arms.
When he tried to break free, Jiang pulled him back twice in his sleep.
It seems that Jiang was really frightened.
Xia Daohua sighed softly and let out a long breath.
Today, she has been enduring.
She particularly dislikes physical contact with people.
An occasional hug, just a quick touch, is fine with her.
Sometimes, she would take the initiative to hug others.
But she really wasn't used to and didn't like this kind of overly intimate physical contact.
Fortunately, Jiang's stress reaction was not particularly strong, and she basically returned to normal the next day. The Xia family also returned to their ordinary daily lives.
Except for the Sun and Wu families, who would occasionally quarrel or have a fight, everyone lived in harmony.
In order to thank Xia Daohua for saving Liu Lang last time, Cheng always secretly gave her some delicious food.
For example, dried sweet potatoes, fried silkworm pupae, smoked rabbit meat and so on.
Xia Daohua refused several times, but Cheng was too sincere and she was defeated every time.
Time flies, and before we know it, the days have passed. The ground is still covered with winter snow, and the branches of the magnolia trees have already budded.
Xia Daohua also found an opportunity and selected a few items of property obtained from the foreigners and exchanged them for the supermarket.
The fur cape was valued at 15,000 yuan and was exchanged for 15,000 points. The golden knife was exchanged for 8,000 points. The wine bag, which was quite exquisite, was exchanged for 1,600 points.
"Qianchuanzijun" really is a sender of wealth, hehe.
The gold, silver, copper coins in the purse, as well as a few jade pendants, jade rings and other small items. Xia Daohua checked the prices and kept them all. Anyway, these things would be useful in the future.
Inside the mysterious oil paper bag was a large package of documents that looked like some kind of drawings.
Xia Daohua took it to the service counter and estimated the price. She did not choose to exchange it, but stared at the instructions given by the supermarket's exchange platform.
"Defense map"?
Do these words really mean what she understood?
If this is really a defense map, then this thing should be very important, right?
On the Lantern Festival, the government was "catching thieves". Could it be that the person they were after was the foreigner who fell in the alley?
Should this thing be handed over to the government?
But how can I make up a complete story to explain its origin?
On the twenty-sixth day of the first lunar month, news came from my uncle's family that Xia Dalang's wife, Zhu, had given birth to a little girl, nicknamed A-Liu, and her full name had not yet been decided.
Mrs. Zhou was a little confused: "Why did she give birth so soon? It seems like she was born more than a month early!"
The person who brought the message was the old lady from the Fang family in the same village. Her grandson worked in the same restaurant as Xia Youcai. The two families visited each other quite frequently, so it was very convenient for them to help each other pass on messages or bring clothes.
Old Mrs. Fang curled her lips:
"How could I know so much? They just asked me to pass on a message."
Afterwards, she lowered her voice again, leaned close to Zhou's ear, and whispered:
"Actually, I heard that Jinhua had a quarrel with her sister-in-law, and when she got angry, she pushed her sister-in-law..."
After seeing off the old lady from the Fang family, Zhou walked around the house several times.
But she was still worried, so she picked out the big red-skinned eggs, filled a basket with them, took a bag of brown sugar, and went to town.
When he was going out, he happened to see Xia Daohua, and on a whim he asked her to go with him.
Apart from Xia Dalang and Zhu, Xia Daohua was the first grandchild of the Xia family to meet A Liu.
A Liu, who was in the cradle, had a wrinkled little face and a dark complexion. I wonder if he had jaundice.
However, his hands and feet were very slender and delicate, and each finger was so thin that it seemed as if they would break if touched lightly.
Xia Daohua had never seen such a young child before.
She stared at A Liu with interest for a long while, but A Liu did not give her aunt any face at all. He kept his eyes tightly closed, sucked his little fists, and slept soundly.
I really wish I could save some manuscripts, but it turns out that this is impossible...
(End of this chapter)
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