Chapter 178 Extra 2
When I was 6 years old, several strangers came to my house. They were my parents whom I didn’t know. They were afraid that I might encounter any danger, so they asked my brother to take me away. However, as soon as we stepped out of the house, we were stopped by the people at the door.
The man said to my mother, "Madam, your daughter can leave, but the child must stay. If we cannot reach an agreement, we will still take the child away. The child does not belong here, so please think carefully about how to tell us."
"Gentlemen, if the biological father of the child sent you here, we have nothing to say. However, we have not received any letter saying that the biological father sent you here, so we cannot rashly hand the child over to you. What if you are bad people and kidnap the child? We have raised this child to this age, and we must be responsible for the child."
My father fought with that group of people for us, and the fight was fierce. Only then did I realize that my father knew martial arts.
I was still clapping and cheering when my brother stopped me.
He said, "Little sister, I will take you inside. Otherwise, what if these people hurt you? Come with your brother."
But one of them ran up to my brother and me and put a knife to my neck.
This scared my brother, father and mother.
The brother immediately yelled, "Let my sister go. I'll be your hostage. It's me you want. Don't hurt my sister."
"We don't want to do this either, but they are going too far, so we have to do this. If you follow us obediently and go back with us to see your father, we will let the three of them go. Otherwise, they will all become innocent souls under the sword."
At this moment, someone came to the door, and the villagers who were watching the excitement saw this scene and shouted: "Oh no, someone is killing someone, someone is killing someone, they have offended someone."
For a while, everyone in the village was in panic.
I wasn't afraid either, but reason couldn't overcome fear, so I still cried, and cried very loudly.
This made everyone in the family very sad.
In order to protect me from getting hurt, my brother agreed to their request.
Just then, another person came to the door, and when my brother saw him, he ran over immediately.
The elder brother cried and said to him, "Why did you do this? I've already said that it was my choice not to stay in the capital. Why did you implicate innocent people? You did everything you could to make me go back. I will still hate you after I go back with you. Why did you do this? So please don't let me go back, okay? I don't want to go back. I'm doing well here. I have books to read, my family to accompany me, and friends to play with. I'm so happy. If you let me go back, there will be no one to accompany me, and I will be worried about you every day."
It turned out that this stranger was my brother's biological father, the one who lived in the capital. However, he hurt us in order to get my brother to go back. I wonder what my father and mother would think.
"My husband, don't you understand now? This is the prince you have always been loyal to. If it weren't for him, we would not have been forced into this situation. We might not even be able to stay in this village. He wants his child back, but his child doesn't want to follow him, so he takes it out on us. There is no such thing in the world. Send the child back quickly and explain things to his father. If the child still doesn't want to follow him, you should bring the child back. Otherwise, if this gets out, the world will be in turmoil, and then that powerful person, His Majesty, will cause trouble for us again."
It was only during my parents’ conversation that I learned that my brother was the prince’s son.
Then my brother is also a royal relative, so why does he have a connection with our family?
If Dad really takes my brother away, what will happen to Mom and I? Will those people come back again? If there is no one to protect us, we don’t know what to do.
Lu Yan felt that what his wife said made sense. This was not a solution. Besides, the villagers had just made a fuss, so it was estimated that someone already knew about it.
If this matter is not resolved quickly, it will probably be very troublesome.
Lu Yan stepped forward and bowed, saying, "I am willing to take my child with me to the capital to see the prince, but you have to promise that after I go with you, you will not send people to bully the mother and daughter again. Otherwise, I can take my child with me and come back with me."
Of course those people are willing to do so if their goals are achieved.
My mother and I hurried into the house to pack my brother's luggage.
With tears in her eyes, A'niang gave her brother some advice.
"Son, I know you asked your biological father to send you back because he was reluctant to leave us, but now they insist on sending you back, so you have to go back. Remember, if you are wronged in the capital, you must write to tell your parents. Your parents will find ways to bring you back. We raised you to this age, and we don't want you to be wronged. In fact, we just hope that you grow up safely."
My brother hugged my mother and cried, and I started crying too.
I don’t understand why my brother’s biological father only wrote to him for so many years without asking him to go back, but it hasn’t been so long since he sent someone to bring him home.
Did something happen in my brother's home?
But I was young and couldn't say anything to make them believe me. I could only watch my father and brother follow those people to a place I didn't know. I didn't know if I would see my brother again.
My brother and father followed that group of people, and when the master got old, he came to our house.
Grandma asked: "My daughter, your husband and son really left with those people. What happened? I heard that group of people even put a knife to your neck. What happened? Haven't you been acting very pretentiously in the village recently? How did you offend those people you shouldn't have offended again?
Are those high-ranking officials jealous of us, so they come here to take revenge on us? Is your daughter okay? ”
I smiled and said to my grandma, "Don't worry, grandma and grandpa, I'm fine. It's just that my brother left with them. I don't know if he can come back. They are a happy group. They took my brother and dad away. I don't know if they are in danger. We have no way to save them."
Several days passed like this, and my mother and I received a letter from my father.
In my heart, my father said that my brother had caught a cold on the road and needed to rest for a few days. He could continue on his journey after he recovered.
My mother was crying while reading the letter. I knew she felt sorry for my brother. I felt sorry for him too, but I couldn't see him anymore. I didn't know if it was my father or the other two who came back.
Seven days later, my father wrote another letter to tell us that they had arrived in the capital and met my brother's biological father.
My father said that he looked much older. Although my brother’s biological father was a prince, he did not have much power and was just an insignificant prince now.
As a father, he also missed his child, so he just wanted his brother to go back and see him. If his brother still wanted to come back, he could come back.
But A'niang said that things were not that simple. If my brother's biological father really missed him, he could come and take him back in person, even if it was just to stay for a few days. But he didn't do that. Instead, he sent someone to pick him up. So something must have happened in the capital again.
My mother wanted to write a reply to my father and asked me what I wanted to write. I didn't have anything to say to my father, but I did have something to say to my brother. I didn't know when he would be able to come back. What should I do if he didn't come back?
However, my mother did not write about my concerns in her reply. She just hoped that my father would take good care of my brother. It would be great if the father and son could come back together. If not, it didn't matter. After all, my brother is the biological son of the prince, not my mother and father. We cannot selfishly prevent them from reuniting.
During the few days that my father went to Beijing, we temporarily lived in my mother-in-law's house.
Because my mother-in-law was afraid that my daughter and I would be too lonely, she asked us to move over and take care of Aunt Mingyue for her.
One day when my mother-in-law was at home, my mother and I went to Aunt Anniu's house. The village chief grandfather was very happy because he had a granddaughter. When the baby was in Aunt Anniu's belly, there was a lot of quarrels in their family. My mother and father helped to deal with it, but I didn't expect that even after so long since the child was born, the problem still hadn't been properly resolved. I didn't see the little brother who was not much older than me at Aunt Anniu's house.
The village chief told me that the little brother had been taken home by his grandparents.
I haven't been back to the village for some time, and I miss him a lot.
My mother and I went to see the little girl. She was only a few months old. Then I heard my mother chatting with Aunt Anniu.
Aunt Anniu told my mother, "Sister, do you know? I was pregnant before this child, but I accidentally miscarried when it was less than three months old. I was sad for a long time at that time. My parents were afraid that I would never forget it, so they didn't let anyone mention it again. So this matter has always been a thorn in my side. It was not until I got pregnant again last year that I realized that the child must have come back to me and wanted me to be his mother. I gave birth to this child this year, and it is now a few months old. But when I gave birth to this child, I had to part with my eldest son. My parents-in-law would not let me go back to see my son. They said that the granddaughter could stay in my home, and they would take the grandson back. Just like that, my son and I were forced to separate."
My mother said, "As children, we should consider our parents' feelings, but parents never consider their children's feelings. Your parents-in-law are known to everyone in this village. If you really want to reunite with your son, you probably have to have a good talk with them. Otherwise, it's unlikely."
Aunt Anniu said, "Sister, I asked my parents to talk to my parents-in-law a long time ago, but they refused. They said that my son has lived with us for so many years and it is time for him to go back with them to see his relatives over there, so they have been unwilling to let my son come back. I also know what they are thinking, but as a mother, if she often does not see her son, the relationship will become alienated over time. So I asked my father to invite you here today because I think you are better at speaking than me and you will definitely have a good way to persuade my parents-in-law to return the child to me. My child cannot leave his mother. I know this request is a bit too much, but there is no other way. In the village, I can only ask you for help because I only trust you."
My mother didn't want to help at first, but seeing the separation of family members and the huge difference between having a son and not having a son, she had no choice but to agree.
So he left me at my grandparents' house and followed Aunt Anniu to the village where her parents-in-law lived, but he only went to the entrance of the village and did not go to their home.
Her parents-in-law never liked her in the first place, and for many years they had always thought that Aunt Anniu was an unlucky person, so Aunt Anniu rarely came back to the village.
Even if I came back, I couldn't enter the house and could only wander outside the village.
After all, I had heard some of the rumors from people in the village when I went out to play.
I feel sorry for Aunt Annu. Although her uncle treated her well, he still felt regretful in his heart. After all, his son was taken home by his parents-in-law before his daughter was even born. I wonder what his parents-in-law would say to his child.
What if the parents-in-law teach the child bad things? How should she get along with her children in the future?
After my mother went to the village of my aunt Anniu's parents-in-law, I spent every day like a year at my grandparents' home.
Every day I look forward to my mother coming back soon to tell me if things have improved.
One evening, my grandma was cooking in the kitchen, my grandpa was tidying up farm tools in the yard, and I was sitting on the stone block at the door in a daze.
Suddenly, I saw A Lian's figure appear at the gate of the yard, and I ran over.
A Niang looked a little tired, and when she saw me she forced a smile.
I held my mother's hand and walked into my grandmother's yard, and she slowly began to talk about her experience.
It turned out that Aunt Anniu's parents-in-law were very tough and would not listen to anything Anniang said.
They thought that the child had been with Aunt Anniu for so many years and should also practice filial piety in their own Xixia, so the old couple refused to agree to Aunt Anniu's request.
"What should we do, Mother?" I asked anxiously.
Ah Niang sighed softly and said, "We can only think of another way. I can't watch them being separated. The most painful thing in the world is to separate flesh and blood."
In the following days, A'niang asked around to see if there was any way to reunite Aunt A'niu with the child.
She had approached some prestigious elders in the village, hoping to ask them to mediate, but those elders said they were powerless. They told my mother that it was difficult for a judge to settle family affairs, and besides, they were blood relatives, and it was not appropriate for outsiders like us to interfere.
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