The buffet ended successfully, and the Empress Dowager thought it was a good idea. It was much more interesting than eating alone; usually, there was so much food that they couldn't finish it all, resulting in serious waste.
The entire country is facing a food shortage right now; she can't afford to waste food like this in the future.
Han Luoxue wholeheartedly agreed. In fact, she ate very simply in the palace and did not follow the usual rules.
At first, some people came over to talk to her and offer various pieces of advice. But as time went on, everyone got used to it. Han Luoxue's requests were simple, and they were happy to have an easy time.
The two little ones still ate and slept well. Over time, the gap between them narrowed. Mengmeng grew quickly and was quite clingy. Whenever Han Luoxue visited, she would snuggle in her arms and not let her leave. The little one was so soft and cuddly that sometimes Han Luoxue couldn't bear to go outside. When there was nothing else to do, she rarely went out.
In just over ten days, news finally arrived from the border. Ouyang Zhen said he was preparing to return to the palace, as things there had been almost completely resolved.
Han Luoxue calculated the time and figured that her brother Chen should return after the exchange meeting ended.
After not seeing him for so long, I suddenly miss him a little. She left too early back then; if she had known things would turn out this complicated, she should have come back later.
But thinking back to the expressions on the two little ones' faces when I first came back, I wonder if they will still recognize their father when he returns.
I'm a little bit looking forward to it!
"Xue'er, is what you just said true? The Emperor is coming back soon?" The Empress Dowager was also very excited. Although she knew there was no danger there, she was still worried.
"Yes, at most ten days or so!"
The Empress Dowager laughed and said, "That's good, then your exchange meeting will be over!"
Han Luoxue nodded, unaware that chaos had erupted outside.
...
"Han Juhua, why are you back?"
Han Kun had just gotten engaged, and the wedding was only a few days away, when an uninvited guest suddenly arrived in the village!
Upon seeing Han Juhua, Han Qiang frowned. Why had this woman come to the capital again?
"I……"
Han Juhua's clothes were filthy and unrecognizable. She had originally planned to sneak home, thinking that no matter what she had done before, her mother would never abandon her. Unexpectedly, the first person she saw was Han Qiang, who recognized her immediately.
Han Qiang secretly wondered why she had come back to him now. Hadn't he told Yan Gang that he should marry this woman off far away, as far as possible, preferably someone who would never come back?
"You are not welcome here! Please leave immediately!" Han Qiang's face turned cold; this woman was a troublemaker.
"Grandpa Han Qiang, I..."
This was originally a perfectly normal form of address, but Han Qiang felt goosebumps all over his body when he heard it.
Anyone would feel disgusted to hear this. Someone who keeps calling you grandpa is plotting to get into your bed. Who wouldn't feel uncomfortable?
In the past, when Han Luoxue addressed her by this title, she felt as if she were addressing a junior. But when Han Juhua used it, it made her feel uncomfortable.
"Han Juhua, you're not welcome here. You'd better leave now!"
Han Qiang waved his hand again to shoo people away, but Han Juhua remained motionless.
"I walked all the way here. Do you know how many days it took me?"
Han Juhua lowered her head, her eyes red with grievance: "You have no idea what kind of life I live in the village. They all look down on me, and everyone isolates me. Han Lenghua is my own aunt, but she leads the villagers to mock and ridicule me!"
“I don’t know what I did wrong. I have nothing to eat in the village, and look, I’m carrying your child! Grandpa Han Qiang, they say even a day as husband and wife is worth a hundred days of kindness. Although we’ve never been married, I’m still with you…”
"Shut up!" Upon hearing Han Juhua say that she was pregnant with his child, Han Qiang's face darkened: "This child isn't Han Xiaochuan's? Heh, you clung to Han Xiaochuan back in the village, and now he doesn't recognize you? You've come all the way to Beijing to try and cling to me?"
Han Juhua blushed. She hadn't expected that Yan Gang really didn't take her seriously, and would even say something like that.
It's a shame she still harbored wishful thinking before.
But she...
"I, I didn't..." Han Juhua opened her mouth. She hadn't eaten enough for several days, but the little thing in her belly was really stubborn. No matter how much she struggled along the way, the baby was fine.
She even doubted whether she was faking her pregnancy.
"I haven't eaten for days, Grandpa Han Qiang. Look at my clothes, they're all tattered. I've been traveling for over half a month to get here. Please, please let me see my parents!" Han Juhua said, kneeling down with a thud. Now that she had come, she was determined not to leave.
Han Qiang looked at her with a complicated expression. At that moment, Han Laoda came out and his expression changed when he saw his disheveled daughter.
No one knows what her daughter has gone through; Han Juhua is now worse off than a beggar she meets on the street.
When he can't see them, he can ignore it all.
But now... seeing his daughter's sample taken, he simply couldn't remain indifferent.
"Uncle Han Qiang, my daughter Juhua is so sorry about what happened last time. She's come all this way, why don't we let her stay at home for a day and rest a bit?"
Han Qiang looked at Han Laoda, then at Han Juhua who was covered in dirt, and finally turned and left.
"Thank you, Uncle Han Qiang."
Han Laoda hurriedly said, turning to his daughter, "You can stay at home for now, but you better behave yourself in the future. If you cause trouble again, I won't be able to protect you."
Han Juhua settled down there, and when she called her eldest son's wife back in the evening, she was so excited to see her daughter suddenly appear that she burst into tears.
She was, after all, her own daughter; she had no choice but to give her up before.
Actually, she didn't want her daughter to be too far away from her. It's just that this daughter was too troublesome, and even she herself couldn't protect her.
"Chrysanthemum, you'd better behave yourself from now on. Don't let anyone from the village go over there to mess around. You don't know, last time Yan Gang came over..."
Thinking back to that time, she still feels embarrassed.
"Mother, I understand, I understand, I will never do anything reckless again!"
Han Juhua clung pitifully to her mother.
After being taken to Hutouya Village by Han Xiaochuan, Liu Dajiao broke up with Han Xiaochuan and stayed at his house.
Those days were truly worse than death. There was absolutely nothing to eat at home, and instead of finding a solution himself, Han Xiaochuan made her go out to look for it.
She didn't have a good reputation in the village, and Han Xiaochuan was lazy and good-for-nothing; the grain they borrowed wouldn't last more than a few days. Most of the villagers knew the grain was borrowed and never to be returned. Without Liu Dajiao in the family, when could Han Xiaochuan possibly pay it back?
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