Chapter 95: Zheng's Family Wants to Find Relatives and Sets off to Tiandong County

At a horse racing meeting, Xu Nian met different children from the border area, and Wang Pingting and the third son of the Wei family became engaged.

On the return carriage, Xu Nian was still thinking about learning archery, so he asked Yanfu and Yanrong.

"Miss, if we talk about archery, Yanrong is better. However, if you are just a beginner, both of us can teach you."

Upon hearing this, Xu Nian excitedly ordered the driver to go to the weapons shop first.

Because Xu Nian knew nothing about archery, the entire selection process was handled by Yanfu and Yanrong in the conversation with the shopkeeper. In the end, Xu Nian returned home very satisfied with the first bow in his life.

Xu Nian asked Yanfu and the other person to take the things back to Qingteng Courtyard first, while she went to Shouzhu Courtyard to pay her respects to Wang.

Unexpectedly, when she arrived, almost everyone had gathered in Shouzhuyuan. Not only was Old Man Xu, who had rarely appeared recently, there, but also Xu Youliang, who had been on the farm all the time.

"The eldest girl is back, why don't you change your clothes before coming over."

"I thought I'd pay my respects to grandma first, so you don't have to worry."

As Xu Nian answered, he looked at the people in the hall, and his gaze fell on Zheng, who was crying with red eyes.

"What's wrong, auntie?"

It would have been better if Xu Nian had not asked. As soon as he asked, Zheng's crying voice echoed throughout the hall. Tian and Xiao Wang were standing by to comfort her.

Wang Shi rarely scolded him, but her eyes turned red. Xu Nian's heart skipped a beat. Seeing that Xu Fugui was not in the hall, he could not help but guess, "Could it be that her second uncle is having an affair?"

It was Xu Youliang who solved her doubts.

It turned out that a drug dealer from Lin County came to the farm today to look at medicinal materials, but in the end no negotiation was made due to the price of the herbs. This was not a big deal at first, but it was not until the group left that Xu Youliang felt something was wrong.

It was because a servant beside this old man Su looked very much like his second sister-in-law's younger brother, but because he had only seen the boy twice, he was not sure. When he wanted to chase him out to ask, the group had already left.

After much hesitation, he returned to the county government and told Old Man Xu and Mrs. Wang about it.

"Actually it's my fault too. I should have chased her out earlier." Xu Youliang said with some regret.

Zheng sobbed and tried to comfort him: "How can you blame Third Brother? My younger brother has only been to our Xu family twice, and maybe that person is not the one..."

Zheng originally thought that she would never see her family again in this lifetime, but unexpectedly there was some hope. However, her third brother only said it was a possibility, and she was afraid that her hopes would be dashed.

Xu Nian was puzzled as he looked at the room full of worried people.

"Since Third Uncle said that the boy might be Second Aunt's younger brother, why don't we go and confirm it?"

Everyone in the room looked at Xu Nian, who continued, "Since the drug dealer is from Lin County, let's go ask around. It's not a difficult task."

Zheng had thought about this, but she was afraid that her mother-in-law would have an opinion if she spent a lot of money and effort to go to Lin County just for a servant who looked a bit like him.

Zheng looked at Wang with expectation. Wang nodded and said, "I originally planned to wait for Fugui to come back from the capital and let him go. Now that the eldest girl said so, I will accompany you."

"Mom" Xu Youliang originally wanted to say that it was okay for him to go, but when he thought about the medicinal herbs in the field that could not be left without anyone, he became a little hesitant.

"Grandma," Xu Nian said with a smile, "You don't have to go there. I'll just go with Second Aunt. Besides, I have Yan Fu and Yan Rong by my side, so my safety is guaranteed."

Now everyone in the family is busy with something and can't get away, and Old Man Xu and Mrs. Wang are old, so she is the best candidate.

Wang was still a little worried, so Tian persuaded her, "Mother, why don't you let Nian'er accompany my second brother and his wife? I'll arrange a few guards, and I think everything will be fine."

Tian could understand Zheng's feelings very well, so she supported her daughter's trip. Besides, Nian'er was the most opinionated person in the family. If she really encountered difficult problems in Lin County, she would feel at ease with her daughter around.

In the end, Wang and Old Man Xu nodded, and Zheng happily thanked Xu Nian again and again.

Xu Nian looked at Zheng with hope in her eyes and prayed in her heart that it was not a false alarm. Now Xu Nian can understand more and more the importance of the women's family to ancient women.

Tian prepared their luggage for the long journey overnight, and Xu Yaozu also transferred four of his own guards to Xu Nian. In the evening, Wang, Tian and little Wang each gave Xu Nian twenty taels of silver for travel expenses.

On the second day, with the farewell of family members, Xu Nian took Zheng on a journey to find relatives.

According to Xu Youliang, the drug dealer Mr. Su was from Tiandong County, but it was not clear where in Tiandong County he was from. This was one of the reasons why the Xu family hesitated to look for relatives. After all, the scope of a county is too broad.

"Nian'er, do you think we can find it?" Zheng was feeling both excited and fearful, fearing that she would come up empty-handed.

Xu Nian comforted her softly, "Aunt, we have to do our best and leave the rest to fate. If we don't do anything, we will never know what the outcome will be."

Zheng nodded and comforted herself in her heart that it was all out now and there was no point in thinking too much.

It took five days to travel from Wansheng County to Tiandong County, and during these five days, Zheng gradually calmed down.

It was already late when Xu Nian arrived in Tiandong County. After finding an inn to stay in, he began to ask the innkeeper whether he knew Mr. Su, who was a drug dealer.

The shopkeeper pondered for a while, "There are several bosses in the county who do medicine business, but as far as I know, there is no one with the surname Su."

Xu Nian thanked them and took everyone to the room to rest.

Xu Nian sent Zheng to her room and consoled her, "Don't worry, Auntie. I'll think of a way in the next two days. It may be difficult to find her if we just ask around like this."

Zheng has come to terms with it these days. "Nian'er, don't worry too much. Have a good rest. Whether you can find him or not depends on God's will."

After Xu Nian returned to her room and washed up, she lay on the bed and began to think of a strategy. Since the other party went to Wansheng County for medicinal herbs, she would use the medicinal herbs to fish out Old Man Su again.

On the second day, Xu Nian asked the guards to book a teahouse. She sorted out a copy of each kind of medicinal herbs in the space and then took Zheng, Yanfu and Yanrong to the teahouse.

When the group arrived, the teahouse owner was already waiting outside.

This morning a group of people came and said they wanted to book the entire teahouse. The shopkeeper was a little skeptical because in the entire time their teahouse had been open, no one in Tiandong County had ever come up with such a big gift. It was not until the other party placed a silver bill on the counter that the shopkeeper believed it was real.

At this time, the people who came over turned out to be a few women. The shopkeeper looked at them curiously, and found that they were dressed richly and their gestures did not seem like those of merchants. The shopkeeper hurriedly greeted them humbly.

"Everything that Madam ordered has been prepared."

Zheng looked at Xu Nian in confusion, not knowing what the shopkeeper meant.