Chapter 89 Chapter 89 Xuan Jinyu married on the day she turned sixteen...
The white falcon flew through the warm spring breeze, passed by the peach tree with new buds at the entrance of the cave, and flew into the cave.
The peach tree at the door received Lan Jie'er's placenta last year, and was nurtured by the spring breeze, and it has a new lease of life.
It's only February, but it's already sprouting new branches and buds, a bit earlier than outside the mountains. This might be because spring arrives earlier here than outside the mountains.
This day is the second day of the second month, the day when the dragon raises its head, and it is also Xuan Jinyu's 20th birthday.
Because Xuan Jinyu was still in mourning, in order to avoid embarrassing Xuan Wensheng and the Su family, she wrote a letter early to inform her family outside the mountain, saying that there was no need to celebrate her birthday on this day.
She even declined birthday gifts in advance.
So that day, when the white falcon flew back to the bottom of the cliff, it only brought back the food they needed for daily life and a dish of chestnut cake made by the Su family.
Su Guanzhang got up early and cooked longevity noodles, adding freshly picked mushrooms and shepherd's purse.
As spring comes, the wild vegetables at the bottom of the cliff are extremely fresh and tender. Even a simple bowl of vegetarian noodles tastes very good.
Although she was full, Xuan Jinyu looked at the plate of chestnut cake that was still warm and ate it slowly, bite by bite.
It was still early and the chestnut cake was still warm, indicating that her mother-in-law, second aunt and sisters-in-law who made the cake had gotten up very early. She didn't want to let them down.
Because they ate too much, the family of three deliberately walked a little further when they went out to digest the food.
The snow stopped about ten days ago, and the spring breeze melted the remaining snow only a few days ago.
But the bottom of the cliff is already full of new opportunities.
As the sun rose, the clouds on the distant mountains dispersed for a moment, revealing a lush green.
Wild grass emerged from the ground, trees sprouted new buds, and birds that had not been seen for a whole winter chirped and sang to their family.
"Can we get out?" Xuan Jinyu asked Su Guanzhang.
Since the snow stopped, they have walked all over the bottom of the cliff, but they couldn't find a way out, let alone a crack in the mountain.
The bottom of the cliff is so closed that it's no wonder that the senior who built the cabin was trapped for more than 40 years and was finally forced to try to fly to the cliff.
Su Guanzhang could see her anxiety and stopped.
She had been in a low mood since she got up today. Besides missing her relatives far away in Shengjing City, she must have also missed her deceased grandfather.
"There will be a way."
He took Lan Jie'er, who had fallen asleep in her arms, and hugged her, "Jinyu, the time has not come yet. It's not easy to overthrow the king of a country. Give us some time, okay?"
Xuan Jinyu understood the truth, but whenever she thought of her grandfather, she couldn't help but feel hatred.
"Being trapped here isn't necessarily bad." Su Guanzhang kissed the top of her head. "We're in the dark, so we can seize more opportunities."
Moreover, in the eyes of the world, especially the new emperor Shengyu, they are dead and no one will be wary of them.
"Sister Lan is still young. If we have a falling out, she will be scared." Seeing Xuan Jinyu didn't say anything, Su Guanzhang talked about his daughter.
Xuan Jinyu bit her lip and nodded slowly.
She could still vividly remember the two wolf attacks last year and the final assassination. She would occasionally dream of those scenes when she had nightmares.
She would be scared, let alone her daughter who is not even five months old.
Su Guanzhang was right, she needed to stay calm and be more patient.
On the way back, Sister Lan woke up, whining and refusing to go back to the cave. She grabbed Su Guanzhang's clothes and screamed "wow wow wow".
"What's wrong?" Xuan Jinyu touched her forehead. She had no fever and no sweating.
Su Guanzhang released his hand and said, "It's nothing, she's not sick."
On the contrary, Lan Jie'er's pulse showed that she was very healthy and strong. Indeed, with her supernatural power, her tearing of his clothes was enough to tear them apart.
When Lan Jie'er saw her father and mother standing motionless under the tree and saying something she couldn't understand, she immediately became anxious.
She turned her head, stretched out her little hands, and opened them in the other direction, babbling, with her little feet staring with great energy.
Su Guanzhang took a deep breath after being kicked by her. Xuan Jinyu rolled up his sleeves and saw that his arms were all red.
"You naughty child." Xuan Jinyu felt sorry for Su Guanzhang, but she couldn't say any words of reprimand to her young daughter. She could only sigh helplessly.
"Nothing." Su Guanzhang said gently, "I guess she wants to go there!"
He used his strength to hold Sister Lan, who was struggling too much in his arms, tightly to prevent her from falling. "Are you tired?"
They walked a little far today, beyond her usual walking limit, and Su Guanzhang was worried that she couldn't bear it.
Xuan Jinyu shook her head and said, "It's okay, let's go together." She was about to walk over.
Su Guanzhang didn't move and held her back.
"I'll carry you." He squatted down.
Sister Lan's vision suddenly became shorter, and she screamed in surprise, making a lot of noise.
Xuan Jinyu didn't want to lie on top of her, "You're still holding Sister Lan!"
Although he hadn't carried her on his back for several months, she felt a little moved when she looked at his broad and familiar back, but she couldn't bear to see him so tired.
Su Guanzhang turned his head and smiled at her, "Come up quickly, Sister Lan is getting angry."
Xuan Jinyu had already heard the "swish" sound. She walked around him and took a look. She burst out laughing. Her daughter had torn his clothes.
"Why did you tear daddy's clothes into this state? Huh?" Xuan Jinyu touched Lan Jie'er's head and heard her babyish waking sound.
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Xuan Jinyu finally lay down on it.
Su Guanzhang carried his wife on his back and held his daughter in his arms, supporting one with each hand, and he didn't seem to be struggling at all.
However, it was Sister Lan, seeing her mother's face so close to her at such an angle for the first time, she even forgot to flutter and scream; she just bit her little hand curiously and stared at her mother without blinking.
Xuan Jinyu smiled at her.
Worried that Su Guanzhang would get hurt, she did not loosen her arms around his neck, but rested her chin on his shoulder and started chatting with her daughter.
"Next time, don't tear Daddy's clothes, understand?"
Sister Lan let out two "ahhh" sounds, and her hands were covered with her own saliva.
"Mother, take it that you agreed. If you do it again next time, I will punish you..." Xuan Jinyu couldn't think of how to "punish" her, and she even amused herself.
What was she trying to say to a baby who was only a little over four months old?
"Sister Lan will be a good girl, right?"
Sister Lan giggled, and her clever and cute look made the curve on Xuan Jinyu's lips remain unchanged.
Su Guanzhang listened to his wife and daughter "talking" in his ear and felt it was like the sound of nature. After the curve of his lips rose, just like Xuan Jinyu, it never fell.
"Sister Lan, do you want to come and see the sheep?" Su Guanzhang stopped in front of the sheep pen.
During the heavy snow in winter, he moved the sheep into a cave not far from their cave. Recently, grass has grown out, so he built a simple sheep pen outside the cave with bamboo and leaves.
On the day the sheep pen was built, Xuan Jinyu held Lan Jie'er and watched the whole process; after that, the couple brought her here one or two more times.
I guess she has memorized the flock of sheep here, Su Guanzhang thought, looking down at his daughter.
Sister Lan danced excitedly in his arms, pointing at the flock of sheep and shouting "ah ah ah" non-stop.
I really want to come and see the sheep.
Su Guanzhang laughed and first put down Xuan Jinyu who asked to go down to the ground. The couple walked towards the sheep pen.
Sister Lan stared at the snow-white lamb in a trance.
It was rare for her to be so quiet, and Xuan Jinyu breathed a sigh of relief, finally her ears could rest.
"Do you want to let Sister Lan try goat milk?" While Sister Lan's attention was on the lamb, Su Guanzhang turned around and asked Xuan Jinyu.
He also remembered that she didn't like to eat light meals with little oil and salt.
Now she doesn't eat any meat, and although her body hasn't changed much, he really can't bear to let her feed her breast every day, as she can't even eat well.
Xuan Jinyu hesitated for a moment, but still shook her head.
"I continued to feed her," she said.
Since she began to mourn for her grandfather, Su Guanzhang was worried about her health, so he started to study medicinal food using the herbs that filled his two caves.
Therefore, Xuan Jinyu did not feel any discomfort, and perhaps because of the medicinal food, her milk supply was always sufficient.
Last year, I was worried that I didn’t have enough milk, but the situation where Lan Jie’er didn’t have enough to eat never happened.
Su Guanzhang touched her head and said, "Okay."
Then he will continue to raise these sheep!
The white falcon is greedy, and its raw meat cannot be deprived, so it will be fed for the time being. After Xuan Jinyu is freed from filial piety, they can also eat mutton and drink goat's milk.
Master Lin passed away in early November. Logically, the five-month mourning period for his grandchildren should start from the anniversary of his death.
But Xuan Jinyu learned of his death two days after his 49th day of mourning, a full 51 days late. She wanted to make up for the lost time.
Therefore, she had to observe mourning for Master Lin until the end of May.
There are still more than three months left.
Sister Lan was exhausted and fell asleep on the way back. When Xuan Jinyu and Su Guanzhang had lunch and were about to lie down to rest, she whined and arched her body against Xuan Jinyu's to ask for milk.
Perhaps she was too sleepy, so she fell asleep while drinking. She held the liquid in her mouth but stopped drinking intermittently, which made Xuan Jinyu laugh and cry.
Su Guanzhang kissed Xuan Jinyu's face distressedly and said, "Don't let her play like this next time."
Xuan Jinyu felt a little warm in her heart.
Ever since Lan Jie'er was born, she had seen how much he loved his daughter, but whenever it came to her, his daughter would always be put behind him.
Although she felt a little sorry for Sister Lan, she was mostly happy.
Before going to bed at night, Su Guanzhang changed the bed sheets.
Sister Lan lay on the newly made bed, staring at her feet.
Xuan Jinyu was playing with her, making her giggle non-stop.
Su Guanzhang lay outside the bed, looking at the mother and daughter, feeling very satisfied.
Until Lan Jie'er's chubby feet suddenly turned and kicked him in the chest. The force was not strong, but it messed up his clothes, revealing a corner of green.
Xuan Jinyu took a glance and saw that it was a plain purse, then she looked away indifferently - she had to observe mourning and could not be bewitched by him.
She tied the purse around his waist with her own hands before he went on his last business trip last year. The purse was made by Caiwei and the others, and she only embroidered a green bamboo pole on it with her own hands at the request of the maids.
He has kept it until now and keeps it close to his body.
Although Xuan Jinyu didn't say anything, her eyebrows were already curved.
By early March, the cliff bottom had returned to the warmth and comfort it had been when they first moved in last year.
Xuan Jinyu had never even taken a bath in the hot spring behind the mountain wall.
She learned of her grandfather's death when it was snowing in winter, and then she began to observe mourning and had no time to think about dating.
But there was nothing to regret. The water temperature in the warm lake had not changed, and she was very comfortable washing herself. She even tried taking Sister Lan for a bath.
But after that, she never dared to bathe her daughter alone again. Sister Lan was too noisy, and after bathing her that time, she was almost exhausted.
The third day of May is a good day for couples.
Xuan Jinyu married Su Guanzhang on the day she turned sixteen, so after this day, it was also the fifth year of their marriage.
At this time last year, the family was still in exile and had no time to care about this day.
Although it was not appropriate to celebrate because Xuan Jinyu's mourning period had not yet ended, both of them were in a very good mood that day.
The sea of flowers behind the bamboo forest is in full bloom.
Su Guanzhang prepared a blanket and some food, and sat by the sea of flowers with his wife and daughter, which could barely be considered a belated "spring outing".
Lan Jie'er was almost six months old and had just learned to sit, but she wasn't very stable, so the couple didn't dare let her sit for too long. They only let her sit for a short while before straightening her out.
So Sister Lan turned over and played on the blanket for a while, then lay in her mother's arms and blew bubbles comfortably, and finally was held in Su Guanzhang's arms.
"It's a little quiet today." Su Guanzhang rubbed her little head.
Xuan Jinyu glared at him and said, "You're not allowed to talk about that."
Having said that, I’m afraid Sister Lan will make a fuss again later, and the two of them will have no peace of mind.
Sister Lan didn't care what her father and mother were saying. She was concentrating on picking at her father's collar.
Su Guanzhang didn't care much and let her little hands scratch and pick at his clothes, until Lan Jie'er accidentally took out the purse he had hidden close to his body from his arms, and threw it on the ground with a giggle.
She has recently taken a liking to throwing things away. If she is not careful, she will throw away anything within her reach, such as dishes, chopsticks, rattles, etc.
The purse fell to the ground and was stained with mud.
Su Guanzhang picked it up, carefully took out the black hair wrapped inside, and put it in his sleeve. Then he stood up and went to the river a few steps away to wash the purse.
Xuan Jinyu hugged Lan Jie'er, feeling a little surprised. If she had seen correctly, the hairpin Su Guanzhang took out did not seem to be the one they had tied when they got married.
Su Guanzhang quickly walked back and met her gaze, seeing her confusion. "I accidentally broke your hair that time, so I put it away."
He took the knot out of his sleeve, put it in a drying purse, and handed it to her to see.
Xuan Jinyu reached out and touched the knot, her heart softening. "What about the knot on our wedding night?"
She suddenly felt a little melancholy. "When our house was surrounded, I wonder if they damaged anything in it."
"I hid the sachet and buried it in the ground. We'll dig it out when we get back."
Su Guanzhang kissed her and, as he brought Lan Jie'er back, he said, "Shengyu was anxious to have us imprisoned that day, and didn't want to cause any complications, so he left everything in the house untouched. By the time he decided to confiscate our property, Grandfather had already secured our safety, so he no longer had any reason to do so."
After all, the night is long and dreams are many, and what he wants to do most is to kill them, rather than take the dead things in the mansion.
That's good.
Xuan Jinyu breathed a sigh of relief.
Jingzhu Garden is their yard, and she doesn't want any messy man to go in and rummage around.
Thinking of this, she thought of the people she knew in Shengjing City, "I miss Caiwei, Caishu and the others."
She missed her loving grandfather even more, but she no longer had a grandfather.
Su Guanzhang hugged her comfortingly.
Wait for the opportunity.
Xuan Jinyu suppressed the hatred in her heart, suppressed her emotions, stayed at the bottom of the cliff to raise her child, and slowly waited for the opportunity that Su Guanzhang mentioned.
Finally, the time has come.
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