Chapter 10 Farewell at Hefeng Pavilion
"Okay, take it." Shen Yunyue also wanted to make friends with one or two families so that she would have a helper if anything happened.
The other party thanked him profusely and left with the pottery jar, thinking to himself:
"Father is right. As long as I ask her to cook fish soup, the Shen family girl will agree to lend it to me."
Old Madam Shen felt sorry for her granddaughter and called Shen Yunyue to her side. She held Shen Yunyue's hand with concern and said, "Girl, we dare not confront those people from the Peng and He families head-on. We are a small family and weak. What should we do if something happens to us?"
"It doesn't matter if your grandfather and I die. You siblings aren't grown up yet, are you?"
"Grandmother, do you think those people will let us go if we are tolerant? Being aggressive has its advantages. We have to be reckless when we are in exile. Otherwise, they will eat us until not even a bone is left."
"If that's the case, those officers..." Old Lady Shen hesitated.
"The police officer doesn't care about these things."
Old Madam Shen had never expected her granddaughter to have a temperament unlike any other young lady in the boudoir. Her eyebrows twitched even more fiercely. Fortunately, she was married, so she didn't have to worry about not being able to get married.
When I looked up and saw Fu Xuanheng, a disabled man, I felt even more worried.
night.
The people who were riding in the carriage were not afraid of the cold. Shen Yunyue asked Mo Yiran and Liu Xiaoyun to get on the carriage. Now they didn't care about not resting in the same carriage with their elders.
Fu Xuanheng said he would be on night watch, so Shen Yunyue and the others could sleep. Shen Citong disagreed, saying that he was the one on night watch. The others rested around the fire, while Fu Xuanheng and Shen Citong took turns on night watch and adding firewood.
Shen Yunyue sat next to Fu Xuanheng, holding her cloak. After a while, her little head began to nod. Fu Xuanheng pressed Shen Yunyue's head against his chest and put his arm around her shoulders.
He lifted up his cloak again and wrapped Shen Yunyue in it.
Feng Xiao'e and her daughter didn't get to eat any dinner.
They leaned pitifully against the fire. When their house was searched, both of them were panicked and unprepared.
Not even a cloak.
You'll be as cold as a hairless chick running in the snow.
Mrs. Shen couldn't bear it and gave her cloak to Feng Xiaoe. She said earnestly:
"I know you don't think highly of our Shen family. But since you've followed Xuan Heng and are traveling with us, you should know who your backer is."
Feng Xiao'e nodded tearfully, feeling not convinced at all.
Fu Xuanheng remained silent and cold, only giving Aunt Feng a sinister look that frightened her to the point of not daring to cry.
The He family was in a state of chaos, and she knew there was no hope. She wrapped her cloak around herself and Fu Xuanting, and the two of them sat by the fire to keep warm.
Feng Xiao'e reached out and took two pieces of firewood and put them in the fire. She poked around with a stick and found five chestnuts. She quickly moved them in front of her and ate them with Fu Xuanting.
Early the next morning.
Shen Yunyue got up early, and there were not many sticks left in the fire.
She picked up the bucket and prepared to go to the woods.
Fu Xuanheng sat on the ground and pulled his cloak closer, "Yunyue. This is for your self-defense."
He took a sharp dagger from his leg.
"I have."
Shen Yunyue patted her calf.
"Give me yours and you give me mine." Fu Xuanheng handed over the dagger in his hand without hesitation. The dagger looked inconspicuous but it was shining with a cold light.
Shen Yunyue was not pretentious. She pulled out the Swiss Army knife from her leg and gave it to Fu Xuanheng, then took his dagger and inserted it into the leg bandage.
Walking into the woods in the early morning sunshine.
Fu Xuanheng touched the Swiss Army knife with full of doubts. This dagger was so strange.
Shen Yunyue entered the forest, fetched a bucket of water, cut a bundle of straw, and took out some sweet potatoes and potatoes.
The family ate hurriedly.
The bailiff's whip crackled in the air.
"Hurry up and get on the road."
Many families were still hungry, and everyone was hoping that their relatives would come and give them money when they arrived at Hefeng Pavilion. This way, they could buy something to eat from the police.
We walked about twenty miles.
Saw a fork in the road.
Many people were waiting on the roadside to see him off, craning their necks.
Several escorts took the purses handed over by the bride's escort and shook them to check their weight. In a resounding voice, Officer Peng shouted, "I'll give you one stick of incense to reminisce about the past. Hurry up!"
The sharp-eyed people ran over and hugged their loved ones and cried bitterly.
Mo Yiran and Liu Xiaoyun couldn't help it. Their families were both in Beijing. The eldest and second wives of the Shen family only came to Beijing after their children were in high school, and they had no other relatives in Beijing.
Liu Xiaoyun took Shen Yuncheng and her daughter to meet her family.
Mo Yiran searched the crowd for a long time but couldn't find her family. She burst into tears. "Are my parents angry? I'm an unfilial daughter. I can't be filial to you in this life."
Mo Yiran knelt down towards the capital.
"Dad, Mom." She hoped to see them for the last time but she couldn't. How could she not be sad?
"Sister. Father can't come out to see you, so I'm here on their behalf." A man in his forties with an elegant appearance came over in a carriage.
"uncle."
Shen Yunyue and Shen Yunfeng stepped forward to pay their respects, and Shen Yunzheng also got off the carriage and ran over to hug Mo Yisheng.
Fu Xuanheng watched his relatives outside seeing him off silently from the carriage, his face gloomy.
"Oh, it's all the good kids who have suffered." Mo Yisheng took out a purse from his arms, which contained some silver ingots and small change.
"Sister, please keep this bag of silver ingots and change."
"Here are some banknotes. When you get to Shihanzhou, you can buy a few acres of land. It will make your life easier."
"Here are some copper coins. I'll need change on the road."
A servant came over with a bundle full of heavy copper coins.
"In this backpack are daily emergency herbs for colds and some steamed buns. I also bought each of you a fine cotton jacket. I also have all the necessary pots and pans, including red radish charcoal."
Shen Yunyue didn't expect Mo Yiran's family to prepare so many things. They were all what they needed for the journey.
"Sister, I'm afraid we won't be able to see each other again after this separation. Don't worry about our parents here, and live a good life with the children." Mo Yisheng said with a sob, reaching out to touch Shen Yunyue's head.
He took out a silver hairpin with butterfly wings spread out from his pocket and inserted it into Shen Yunyue's head.
"Yuer. I'm sorry for making you suffer."
"Uncle. Say hello to my grandparents for Yue'er."
"Hey, I'll go say hello to Mr. Shen." Mo Yisheng tried hard not to let the tears fall and walked towards the carriage without looking back.
Mo Yiran fell to the ground crying.
Suddenly, Shen Yunyue saw Ah Si and Ying Feng. They came over and whispered to each other that they had made some arrangements to sneak into the team.
What I’m afraid of is that the Shen family will be bullied because they don’t have any capable men.
Shen Yunyue smiled. With these two people, she didn't have to worry about being left alone to drive. She also didn't have to worry about being bullied on the road. Making arrangements beforehand really made a difference.
It took an incense stick of time to set off again.
Everyone was in a heavy mood, and Yingfeng and Ah Si even brought a wheelchair for Fu Xuanheng.
Yingfeng drove the carriage and Ah Si followed behind with a backpack on his back.
Feng Xiao'e's eyes were swollen from crying, but her family members still didn't show up. Her plan to get the money and slap the Shen family in the face was shattered.
I felt even worse and cried all the way.
Mo Yiran was a crybaby, and Liu Xiaoyun was almost the same at this moment. The women in the big room were crying so hard that they couldn't recognize each other. When they looked up and saw each other, they felt closer to each other.
"Damn it! If you keep crying, don't blame me for having no eyes on my whip." The officer on horseback scratched his ears and cursed at the walking crowd.
All the crying people seemed to have been paused, and no one dared to cry out loud.
All the way to the post station.
Mo Yiran wept and stuffed all his belongings onto Shen Yunyue. "Yunyue, you'll be the head of the family from now on. You'll keep all the money."
"And mine too." Liu Xiaoyun's brother from her mother's side also came to see her off. "Yunyue, you'll be an adult from now on. We won't call you Yuebao anymore. Keep this money for your use."
Shen Yunyue: .... I'm only 13 years old, how can I be an adult?
"Second Aunt, keep this money of yours."
"Why keep it? Your father will be beheaded, and your second uncle will be beheaded too. All our family's money is in your hands. It's hard work for you to be the head of the family." Liu Xiaoyun's nose was blocked, and he lifted his ear with his hand.
"Okay then. I'll pack it up. Just tell me what you want to buy." Shen Yunyue returned to the carriage with the bag. Now that even Fu Xuanheng had gotten off the carriage, it was most convenient for her to pack up.
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