Chapter 288 Extra Jiang Wan
Why are you sitting here?
When Cui Cheng returned from work, he saw Cui Yulin sitting in the courtyard, covered only by a thin blanket.
It took a long time for Cui Yulin to come back to his senses.
It took Cui Yulin a while to wake up as if from a dream.
He looked up and realized he had been sitting in the yard all day. Now, as he came to his senses, he suddenly felt sore all over.
Cui Cheng said, "This morning, Wan Su's brocade skirt only sold for eighty copper coins. Take this money and use it to buy Wan Su some cloth to make her a new dress."
"I've thought about the money you gave me yesterday, but I still can't accept it. Our household is currently short of money and supplies, and we'll need to prepare some money in case Wansu becomes pregnant in the future..."
"No more."
Cui Cheng asked, puzzled, "What do you mean you can't do it?"
Cui Yulin said, "Wansu is gone."
"Where did you go?"
"I don't know, perhaps..."
Cui Yulin chuckled self-deprecatingly, "Perhaps he went to find Xu Chuan."
Upon hearing this, Cui Cheng was greatly alarmed: "How can a woman with no money return to Suzhou? Although this place is not far from Suzhou, it is still not appropriate for a woman to go alone. I will go find her."
"father."
Cui Yulin called out to Cui Cheng, "Father, that's enough, let her go."
Cui Cheng was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Yu Lin, if Wan Su leaves, you will probably have to live a lonely life."
"Without Wansu, will you ever be able to find a wife in this lifetime?"
Cui Cheng's face showed a hint of reluctance, "Father knows she has many faults, but Yu Lin, without Wan Su, our family is like this now, and you will never be able to..."
"It doesn't matter."
Cui Yulin looked up at Cui Cheng and said in a relaxed tone, "Father, Wan Su left today. Do you know what I was thinking?"
“I’m not worried about her not coming back, Dad. What I’m worried about is…”
A hint of embarrassment appeared in Cui Yulin's eyes. "Father, I'm afraid of her... I'm afraid she'll come back."
In the dead of night, a man's choked voice came out, "Father, I'm so tired, and you're so tired too. I truly love Wansu, but I also truly hope that she will never come back after she leaves."
"Father, I don't need a wife, nor do I want any heirs. In my current state, as long as the two of us can get through this winter, that's enough."
He didn't think that far ahead, nor did he dare to think that far ahead.
He liked Jiang Wansu and was grateful to her, but he was just too tired now.
Seeing the other person push open the door and leave, he felt a secret sense of relief.
I'm glad she's gone, and I hope she'll never be seen again.
Upon hearing this, Cui Cheng remained silent for a long, long time, while Cui Yulin sat there with a blank stare.
After a long while, he sighed and said, "I'll go make you something to eat first."
"Girl..."
Looking at Jiang Wansu, who was leaning against the wall with an incredulous expression, Granny Wang felt a pang of pity.
She pushed open the door and left during the day, but where could a woman go? She could only wander around the alley, hoping that Cui Yulin would come out to look for her.
She wandered around the alley from one end to the other all day, but no one came.
Having no other choice, she went to rest at the house of Granny Wang next door.
Granny Wang shared a wall with the Cui family. She sat in the courtyard, listening to Cui Cheng and Cui Yulin's words with perfect clarity.
It was so clear, as if it were being whispered in her ear.
Jiang Wansu slid slowly down the wall and soon collapsed to the ground.
She never imagined that Cui Yulin was thinking this way. He hoped she would never return, and even felt she was a burden.
Looking at Jiang Wansu, Granny Wang felt both pity and hatred for her. She opened and closed her mouth, but couldn't utter a single word of advice.
After she went inside to get some warm water, the person had already disappeared.
No one knew where Jiang Wansu had gone. The people in the alley only knew that Cui's beautiful and precious wife, who was paralyzed, had run away with someone one night.
Many unpleasant words were heard from the alley, but neither Cui Yulin nor his son Cui Cheng offered any explanation.
As winter passed, Cui Yulin and his son moved away from the alley. People around them said that the Cui family couldn't withstand the gossip.
But only Granny Wang knew that the father and son were probably afraid that the woman would come back to this place again...
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"Please let me in. I am the eldest daughter-in-law of the Xie family."
Winter passed and spring arrived, and Suzhou Prefecture was filled with vitality.
After the Xie family was taken over by Hua Nanzhi and Xie Xuchuan, the weaving and dyeing garden resumed operation.
However, they were severely weakened. By the time they got back on track, the entire business of Suzhou Prefecture had already been taken over by Xiecuifang and Jixiazhuang.
Take another step back, and you'll find Shen Yanhuai's Shen Family Dyehouse.
The Xie family is no longer respectable.
But even a starved camel is bigger than a horse, and the Xie family never lacked food or clothing.
When Xie Xuchuan returned to the Xie family from the dyeing garden, he saw a crazy person harassing him in front of the Xie family gate.
He glanced at the carriage and told the driver to take it to the back gate.
"I am your eldest daughter-in-law, open the door and let me in."
Jiang Wansu, disheveled and filthy, clung to the gatekeeper, refusing to let go.
She had overcome countless difficulties to return to Suzhou Prefecture, but now she was homeless and had no other choice but to come to Xie Xuchuan.
But the doorman didn't recognize her and stopped her from entering.
"Otherwise, go find Xie Xuchuan and tell him that Jiang Wansu has come back to see him."
"Where did this crazy woman come from, daring to impersonate our young mistress?"
The gatekeeper raised his foot and kicked her far away.
"What kind of crazy woman dares to come and cause trouble at the Xie family? And she even dares to impersonate our young mistress."
"Who doesn't know that the eldest young mistress has been dead for many years? You crazy woman, are you out of your mind?"
Jiang Wansu shook her head, her voice hoarse: "I am your eldest young mistress, I am Jiang Wansu..."
The gatekeeper scoffed, "What are you? Take a piss and look at yourself in the mirror. You're a middle-aged woman, and you still dare to call yourself our young mistress..."
"With looks like you, I wouldn't even want you as my wife. Get lost."
Jiang Wansu was taken aback upon hearing this, and then looked down at herself.
She was now wearing a tattered coat with black cotton batting showing through, and her hair was disheveled and covered with weeds.
Initially, it was because she needed to hurry on her journey and was afraid of encountering people with ill intentions that she ended up in such a sorry state.
But after a while, she couldn't manage it at all. And with the wind and sun, plus not knowing the way, she went the wrong way several times.
After an entire winter, she returned to Suzhou Prefecture almost entirely by begging.
But now, she can't even get through the Xie family's gate.
Jiang Wansu stepped back in a daze, then turned and left.
But she never gave up, cowering behind the Xie family's back door.
She waited for most of the day before she saw the Xie family's gate open.
Xie Xuchuan walked out from there.
"Xuchuan...Xuchuan."
Jiang Wansu stood up and rushed forward. Xie Xuchuan followed with an old woman and a servant.
The two rushed over to stop Jiang Wansu as she made her move.
Xie Xuchuan was also startled and cautiously took two steps back.
He was holding something in his arms, and Jiang Wansu kept reaching out, but was firmly stopped by the old woman and the servant.
The little thing in Xie Xuchuan's arms stirred, and the soft, thin blanket slipped off, revealing a cute little baby inside.
The little baby looks a lot like Xie Xuchuan, and is now looking around with his big, bright eyes.
Xie Xuchuan was afraid that he would choke on the wind, so he carefully wrapped him up again.
Jiang Wansu stopped crying and stood there stunned for a moment.
Yes, after all these years, it's normal for Xie Xuchuan to have a wife and children. How could she be so foolish?
Xie Xuchuan ignored her and walked past Jiang Wansu with the baby in his arms.
"Xuchuan..."
Jiang Wansu burst into tears, "I am Wansu, Xuchuan, don't you recognize me?"
Xie Xuchuan's back stiffened, but only for a moment before he walked past the person and left without stopping.
"Where did this crazy woman come from, lunging at people like that?"
The elderly woman pushed Jiang Wansu aside and turned to the servant beside her, saying, "Throw her out, so that the madam doesn't see her."
lady……
Is she Xie Xuchuan's wife?
Jiang Wansu, utterly distraught, was pushed around the Xie family compound by a servant.
She stood on the street in Suzhou Prefecture and suddenly felt a sense of panic.
The world is so vast, yet there is not a single place for her to find refuge.
Jiang Wansu was walking in a daze when she suddenly bumped into a woman coming from the opposite direction...
"I'm sorry..."
The woman left after offering an apology.
Jiang Wansu raised her head, looked at the other person's back, and murmured, "Xueqing?"
"lilac……"
She hurriedly followed, heading in the direction of Xueqing.
After walking for a long time, until she followed Xueqing out of the city, she saw the other person slip into a place that looked like a dilapidated temple.
"Sister, please come back with me."
Xueqing placed the food on the ground, and after a short while, a woman emerged from behind the dilapidated temple.
The woman's face was half-covered in sores, the wounds were gruesome and terrifying.
Jiang Wansu, who was watching from outside, suddenly froze.
It was Zi Tang!
Zi Tang wolfed down the food in front of her, while Xue Qing watched and burst into tears.
"Sister, come home with me. We sisters can live together."
Zi Tang paused for a moment, then shook her head. "You've had it tough too. Although your brother-in-law's family is kind-hearted, you still have your in-laws to care for."
“They won’t say anything for a day or two, but over time they will definitely start to dislike me.”
“They are all kind people and won’t make things difficult for me, but that doesn’t mean they won’t make things difficult for you.”
Xueqing burst into tears: "They won't. Sister, with you like this, I...I'm worried."
Zi Tang lowered her head and refused after a long time.
"Human nature is most vulnerable to the test of time. Even a rabbit will bite when cornered. No matter how kind a person is, they may do something if they are forced to do something for too long."
Upon hearing this, both sisters fell silent.
Not long after Jiang Wansu and Cui Yulin left, Xie Xuchuan sent the two sisters away from the Xie family.
Zi Tang guessed that Jiang Wansu had said something to Xie Xuchuan, so she dared not say more and quickly left the Xie family.
She was frivolous by nature and had grown accustomed to the life of a young lady under Jiang Wansu's care, so she was naturally unwilling to return to the village and suffer the scorn of her parents, brothers, and sisters-in-law.
So Zitang found another wealthy family to be her maid.
However, she was not young and could not serve others for the rest of her life, so she had some crooked thoughts and climbed into the master's bed.
That lady was gentle-natured, just like the kind person Xueqing described.
She, on the other hand, was favored by the master and found the madam extremely displeasing, constantly trying to harm her.
She even wanted to bring Xueqing into the manor, but Xueqing refused.
later……
Many things happened afterward. The lady was timid by nature, but she had a reckless and unruly younger brother.
Once, when she was pricking the young lady's hand with a needle, that thug poured half a pot of hot oil over her head...
Now that Zi Tang has been driven out, she has ended up in a dilapidated temple.
The two sisters remained silent, but Jiang Wansu walked in in a daze.
"Purple Tang, Snow Green".
Zi Tang and her companion were startled by her and looked back for a long time, but they still couldn't recognize who she was.
Jiang Wansu took two steps forward, squatted down, picked up the food on the ground, and started eating.
Xueqing was stunned and exclaimed, "Miss? You...you didn't leave with Young Master Cui?"
Jiang Wansu paused.
She slowly raised her head, looking at Zi Tang's狰狞恐怖 (zhengning kongbu - ferocious and terrifying) face, and murmured, "Zi Tang, you killed my child, you owe me, and you must repay..."
Xie Xuchuan extra
"Young Master, you've been holding the Second Young Master for quite some time. Let this old servant take over."
Xie Xuchuan snapped out of his daze and looked down at the little guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes.
The little guy stared at him with his big, dark eyes, then chuckled and spat out a string of saliva bubbles...
"Tsk, aren't you ashamed?"
He reached out and poked the little guy's cheek, then casually took a clean handkerchief and wiped away his drool.
After her mother took over the Xie family business, her father began studying ancient books and prescriptions at home.
Although there were fewer people in the family, there were also fewer things to deal with. Hua Nanzhi and Xie Boyu finally moved on from their confrontational relationship and began to be able to talk to each other calmly.
Later, when the family business returned to normal, his parents' relationship improved significantly.
Occasionally, when he went to Xuanji Courtyard, he would see his parents enjoying flowers and tea together.
Later, he had a younger brother.
Xie Xuchuan doted on him. His mother was busy with other things, and his father was focused on improving the prescription, so the task of taking care of the little baby fell to him.
The little guy is sensible and easy to take care of.
"I can hold you."
Xie Xuchuan refused the old woman at home and gently coaxed the little one while holding him himself.
He was a little distracted just now because he saw Jiang Wansu.
When Jiang Wansu left with Cui Yulin, he had told his parents that she had eloped with Cui Yulin. Hua Nanzhi was furious and repeatedly asked why.
He only said that Jiang Wansu was in a bad mood after miscarriage and couldn't get over it. Coincidentally, Cui Yulin had feelings for her in the past, and after returning, the two hit it off and eloped.
Xie Boyu originally wanted to bring Jiang Wansu back, but he said forget it. Since there was no one left in the Jiang family, it would be fine to just pretend she was dead.
With this funeral, Grandma Xie is no more.
Seeing that he was not disappointed, nor did he show any signs of sadness or pain, his mother gradually accepted it and began to think about helping him find a girl from another family.
Xie Xuchuan refused them all, saying only that he had not yet recovered from Jiang Wansu's betrayal.
Using this excuse actually made him much more free.
Now that a new member has joined the family, he feels inexplicably relaxed and is probably the happiest person in the entire Xie family.
Today is the fifteenth, and he went to the temple to visit Xie Shan. Xie Boyu had asked him to take the little guy to Xie Shan for a check-up, so that the father-son relationship could be fulfilled.
"Oh dear, why did it suddenly start raining?"
Suddenly, there was a crackling sound outside the carriage. The old woman lifted the curtain and saw that the sun was shining brightly outside, and it was raining heavily.
The driver got soaked and cried out in pain.
"Young Master, there's a dilapidated temple up ahead. Shall we go there to take shelter from the rain?"
Xie Xuchuan glanced at the baby crying in his arms, and replied with heartache, "Go, we'll continue our journey after the rain stops..."
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