Chapter 807 Life Story
Daji had been waiting for the old lady to call him, so he came over quickly. He whispered the words that the young master had used to scare Zhou Silang, and also reported his guess that the two children were hiding in the room.
Madam Liu didn't expect that the two children could actually guess Manbao's life experience. After a moment of silence, she waved her hand and said, "I know. You can go down."
Daji bowed and retreated.
Old Madam Liu couldn't help but sigh.
Aunt Liu asked, "Madam, will the Zhou family tell Miss Man?"
Madam Liu pondered for a moment and said, "Whether they tell it or not, we have to tell it. The Zhou family has been very worried recently, and County Magistrate Tang seems to be investigating here, so we should tell everything we need to. As for whether they tell Manbao or not, it is up to them to consider and decide."
Qian and Old Zhou are now considering it. The two of them are looking at each other from a distance and communicating with their eyes.
Manbao raised her little head, looked at her father, then at her mother. Seeing them flirting with each other in front of her so unscrupulously, she slammed the bed in anger.
The couple looked down at her.
Manbao felt a little guilty. It was very rude to lose her temper at her parents like this. She retracted her hand and pouted, "Dad, Mom, just tell me, or I'll go ask my brothers and sisters-in-law, and the people in the village, if they know too."
Qian sighed and asked, "Couldn't this longevity lock be given to you by your parents from somewhere else?"
"Then where did you get it?" Manbao asked, "Mom, County Magistrate Tang is investigating our family right now. I don't know what he's investigating, but I also think that we can't afford such a good longevity lock."
Qian was silent for a moment and then said, "This longevity lock was made by your uncle..."
Manbao looked at Qian quietly.
Qian closed her eyes and looked at Old Zhou.
Old Zhou sat on the chair and sighed, "Come on, the child knows everything. What's the point in hiding it? The officials are about to come and we don't know what to do then. We have to let Manbao go and burn some incense for them."
Qian touched Manbao's head and said, "Manbao, you are indeed not your mother's child. You are your uncle and aunt's child."
Manbao wiped away tears and said, "I knew it. Shanbao and I guessed it. Mother, tell me everything about them. Why don't you raise me as your niece, but as your daughter?"
Qian took Manbao's hand and told him in detail about Zhou Yin's return after selling herself. "...You were only six months old at the time, and you weren't shy. You giggled whenever I held you. It was the changing seasons, and the weather was unpredictable. You had just returned, and I don't know if it was because you weren't used to the climate, but you felt a little lethargic the next day. Your parents asked someone to send your luggage here, but it only went to the county town, so they had to go into the city on the third day to pick up the luggage and buy some needed items. I thought it wouldn't be good for you to be traveling so often since you were so young, so I kept you here."
In her dreams at midnight, Qian was more than once thankful for her persuasion, but she also felt a little regretful. She should have let the couple stay. If they had just gone to the city one day later, perhaps things would have been different.
"Your father and mother," Qian choked up and said with red eyes, "They were murdered in the Dahu Mountain at the entrance to the city. Your father and mother's faces were slashed several times with a knife. When your fourth brother carried them back, we wanted to go to the county to report the crime, but before we could go, an official came to the village with your father's portrait, saying that your father was a bandit..."
Manbao opened his mouth in surprise.
Qian held her hand tightly and said, "How could your father be a bandit? He has been kind-hearted since he was a child. He returned to his hometown this time because he wanted to settle down and build a career in the village. He has a wife and children. How could he do such a thing that could lead to death? He was wronged, but those officials swore in front of his portrait, and I, none of us dared to admit it..."
Manbao asked: "My father sold himself. How did he redeem himself? How did he make so much money? Oh, and who is my mother?"
Qian wiped the tears from her face and said, "Your father said that when he sold himself to the caravan, he followed them all the way north to do business. But halfway through, perhaps because of the climate or the rain, he had a high fever and could no longer walk."
"The caravan manager found a doctor to see him. A cure would cost a fortune, and he couldn't leave, so the caravan kept him," Qian said. "The caravan also left your father some medicine, but he wasn't cured after taking it. Your father needed a place to stay and food, so he spent all his savings in a few days. The innkeepers carried him outside, but your grandfather took pity on him and let him stay in the gatehouse while hiring a doctor to treat him."
"Your father was only fourteen at the time. After he recovered, he stayed at your grandfather's house to help out, and occasionally went out to run errands for others to earn some money, hoping to repay the money he had spent on medical treatment."
Old Zhou nodded repeatedly, "Your father never accepted favors from others for free. I guess it was because of this that your grandfather took a liking to your father and recruited him as his son-in-law. After your father took care of them until their death, he brought you and your mother back to the village."
The tears on Manbao's face had dried up, and he was no longer sad. He just asked curiously, "So my mother doesn't have any brothers or sisters?"
In her opinion, every household seems to have brothers and sisters.
Old Zhou said, "No, so all the money in your maternal grandparents' house belongs to your parents. I heard that the longevity lock on your neck was also made for you by your maternal grandparents."
Manbao thought thoughtfully, "Then wouldn't my father be a live-in son-in-law?"
Old Zhou nodded, "He's a live-in son-in-law."
Manbao: "Then why is my last name Zhou?"
Old Zhou and Qian: ...
Manbao looked at her mother and then at her father.
Old Zhou patted her head and said guiltily, "What a silly girl! You can't tell anyone that your father has come back. You have to pretend to be my daughter. How can you not have the surname Zhou?"
Manbao hung his head and asked, "So, do I have to change my last name in the future?"
Old Zhou said reluctantly, "No, no need."
Qian pondered, "If it could be changed, it would be better to change it back. Your maternal grandfather gave you a name, but it was a boy's name, so your parents didn't use it and thought they would give it to your younger brother in the future. Who knows..."
Qian paused and said, "Your father is a man of his word. If he says he's a live-in son-in-law, then he's a live-in son-in-law."
Old Zhou moved his legs reluctantly and whispered, "Then I want to find a live-in son-in-law for Manbao..."
Manbao felt this was too far away from her. She finally remembered the most important thing at the moment. "So County Magistrate Tang is investigating the bandits back then? Since I said my uncle...my father was a bandit, there must be victims of the theft or robbery, right? Who are those victims?"
Qian and Old Zhou both shook their heads and said, "We've inquired with the government office, but those officials aren't from the county government, so we didn't dare ask too much, for fear of arousing suspicion. We asked your uncles to inquire indirectly with the relatives of the county government officials, but we didn't find out anything."
The next update will be around 6:00 PM
Hahahaha, I thought I set the time, but I forgot
(End of this chapter)
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