Chapter 340 Mother is really amazing
"And then what?"
Song Chunxue asked softly, "Did they successfully elope? Did you try to stop them?"
The Taoist priest remained silent for a long while, then asked, "Do we need to drink to talk about this?"
"I'll go get it right away." Afraid that he would lose interest, Song Chunxue turned around and ran back into the house like the wind to get the two small jars of wine that Lord Xie had given her.
One person, one jar, drinking together under the moon – a truly poetic scene.
Taking the wine jar, the Taoist priest laughed, "You ran so fast, were you afraid I wouldn't tell?"
The wind she created was very strong, like a ghost chasing after her.
“That’s right. I know very little about my senior brother’s past and would like to hear more.” She nodded. “If you’re still not over it, it’s better not to mention it.”
The Taoist priest opened the lid and took two sips of wine. "It's been more than twenty years. If you still can't let go, wouldn't you have become a demon in your heart?"
"Not necessarily. It's not that easy for it to become a mental demon; it's just a feeling of unease."
Song Chunxue took a sip and found that the wine was even more bitter than she liked.
"Indeed, it's hard to accept, so hard to accept. We were young then and didn't understand love." The Taoist priest leaned against the steps behind him, his voice low. "Later, their attempt to elope failed, and my senior brother left the mountain gate. We haven't seen him since. That girl has long since had children."
It was such a mundane story.
Without any dramatic events, they eventually faded into obscurity, each going their own way.
But you could tell from his voice that his senior brother was just experiencing his first love, while his senior brother must have been heartbroken.
"After that, I never met a girl who made my heart flutter more."
The Taoist priest turned to look at her. "Do you think your senior brother was a womanizer when he was young, with many suitors?"
Otherwise, he's bound to encounter stunning women while traveling. Besides, his senior brother is now a sage, but he must have been quite the dashing young man in his youth.
If his appearance were too plain, it would be a disservice to the face his parents had bestowed upon him.
"I'm sorry to disappoint you, junior brother. I was born with little connection to my family. After that, everything was just a passing cloud and made no difference."
Song Chunxue didn't believe her. "Even if you were pregnant, you couldn't tell me. I know what's going on."
The Taoist priest snorted lightly, "Don't believe me if you don't want to."
With that, he stood up and said, "Junior brother, go to sleep early. I'm going to go outside for a walk and look for opportunities."
"A love story between a human and a ghost?" Song Chunxue clicked her tongue. "Senior brother is still the best. You go ahead, I'll just have a couple of sips and then go to sleep. I've been drinking too much lately, it's bad for my liver."
"A woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent. The more you read, the more unbecoming you become, daring to make fun of your senior brother."
The Taoist priest took out a whisk and a cloth bag from the house. "Do you want to know what Sanwa's father's attitude was when I tried to match you with Lord Xie?"
"..." Song Chunxue felt a chill run down her spine. "Senior brother, you'd better not say anything more. I'm going back to my room to sleep now."
As she spoke, she hurriedly ran back into the house, saying, "You know his attitude, Senior Brother."
After saying that, she closed the door, hugged the wine jar, and crawled into bed.
She hasn't dreamed of her child's father since he passed away, and she never saw him after he died. She guesses he was reincarnated long ago.
But if he were still alive, she would feel guilty.
...
The next day, He Chuan and his friends planned to stroll around Jincheng. The children headed straight for the Yellow River, took off their shoes, and started playing in the sand and picking up stones.
Song Chunxue was quite old and too lazy to move, so she stayed at home meditating and reading.
The notebooks her senior gave her were worn out from frequent use, but she still loved reading them.
Books like the I Ching are not something someone like her, who only learned to read halfway through life, could understand.
Her senior brother copied it down for her; it was easy to understand and remember.
She enjoyed reading her senior's folk tales, interesting stories, and the twists and turns of treating patients. After several trials of adding or subtracting medications, she finally discovered the right prescription for each patient.
A few words, yet they evoke a complete and vivid picture.
Compared to her senior brother's Taoist magic, talismans, divination, and predictions, she admired his travel stories even more.
The notebook, about two inches thick, was worn soft from her frequent flipping; she had complained countless times that her senior brother hadn't written enough.
My senior said that the less he wrote, the fewer sleepless nights he had.
After resting on the mountain for a day, they rode down the mountain in a horse-drawn carriage at dawn the next day.
Another evening, they arrived in Zhuanglang County.
The moment she entered the city and saw the small city gate, Song Chunxue felt much more at ease.
I'm home now. I wonder if Sanwa has been waiting anxiously these past few days.
As the carriage passed the clinic, the Taoist priest jumped off. "You all go back. I'm going to find Lei Yun and Wang Shouming. I'll be back for lunch tomorrow. It's been a long time since I've had fermented noodle soup."
“Okay, then tomorrow I’ll make long noodles and stir-fry some fermented bean curd with ground pepper (thyme) for my senior brother to eat.”
"Okay, the sauce from stir-frying the ground peppers is good. Do you have any coriander? If not, I'll buy a bunch on the street."
"Yes, the seeds I sowed in the garden last year have already sprouted before I left. I estimate they're about a foot tall by now."
The Taoist priest nodded, "Alright, you can go home now."
Song Chunxue nodded to him, raised her whip, and the carriage continued forward.
Seeing her senior brother walk into the clinic, she suddenly understood why he had tried to set him up with someone else.
He knew better than anyone that their relationship was doomed, but two years later he changed his mind and did something he had never done before.
They are fellow students, and after spending the past two years together, they are closer than family.
But having traveled for half his life, my senior brother will not stay in one place for long.
Although she devoted herself to cultivation, she was still bound by ties and could not wander with him.
Her senior brother didn't want her to wander.
The senior brother probably wanted someone to take care of her and keep her company after he left.
Her senior brother already considered her as his own brother.
She raised her whip with a smile; heaven had been kind to her.
My senior brother will definitely continue his travels; he is a benefactor to many unfortunate people in the world.
He shouldn't stop for anyone.
And in the future, she wants to become someone like her senior.
*
"Mother, you're back?"
Sanwa, who was washing clothes in the yard, heard the noise outside the door and quickly opened it.
Seeing her sister, brother-in-law, and three nephews outside, she was overjoyed. "Sister and brother-in-law, come in quickly, our family is about to have a lively time."
He opened the courtyard gate to let the carriage in, saying, "I've been all alone these past few days, it's been so hard."
Jiang Hongying's eyes welled up with tears. "Sanwa has grown so tall. I almost didn't recognize you. It's true what they say, a scholar and a shepherd are worlds apart."
"Quickly call him Third Uncle. From now on, you will be just like your Third Uncle. Study hard and be as handsome as him."
Sanwa took out a bag of candy from the house and gave it to the children, thinking that reading could make them more beautiful.
That seems to make sense; studying doesn't require basking in the sun, so it's naturally more appealing than being a shepherd boy.
He Chuan unloaded the items from the carriage and placed them at the kitchen door.
"Brother-in-law, let me handle this. You two go inside and rest for a while. You must be tired from the car ride."
He Chuan laughed and said, "We're not tired at all. Mother and the Taoist priest are driving the carriage. We're inside the carriage, so we're not tired at all."
mother?
Sanwa couldn't help but look at He Chuan.
He Chuan, leading the horse, asked, "How do we tie the horse?"
“There’s a donkey pen in the back, and there’s a donkey there, all locked up together.” Sanwa held out his hand. “I’ll go to the pen.”
"It's okay, I'll do it."
Seeing He Chuan go to the backyard, Sanwa lowered his voice and asked, "Mother, did you kidnap the He family's son?"
I heard He Chuan's mother is a ruthless person. How could she agree to this?
“He’s not a son-in-law who lives with his wife’s family. We have another courtyard in our house, and your sister’s family lives there. Staying at the He family’s house makes your sister and brother-in-law unhappy.”
The third child nodded, "Mom is really amazing."
What's the difference between this and a son-in-law who moves into his wife's family home?
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