Chapter 481 The old lady fainted
When the courtyard gate opened, the old lady saw that Liang was covered in sweat.
Even though the weather had cooled down and she hadn't exerted much effort riding back in the oxcart, she was covered in sweat and looked rather disheveled.
The old lady looked at her suspiciously, "What are you doing?"
"Mother, something terrible has happened!" Madam Liang cried, pulling the old lady into the house.
The old lady frowned when she saw the crooked basket on her back and said, "Take this off first."
Only then did Liang realize that she had been carrying a basket on her back the whole way, and those two damned Da Niu and Da Bao hadn't reminded her.
Liang haphazardly put down her basket, ignoring the fact that it had tipped over, and dragged the old lady into the house to talk.
The old lady's wrist was sore from being gripped so tightly that she immediately shook her off after entering the room. "Just talk, can't you be a little gentler?"
She didn't believe Liang's claim that something terrible had happened; this man always exaggerated, making a big deal out of the smallest things.
Madam Liang wiped her face, almost crying. "Mother, didn't you tell me to go back to my parents' home today? Later, when I was planning to return to the county town, I went to the village and met Tang Xiucai and his mother, who had returned from the provincial examination. Tang's wife said that she saw Ayu in the prefectural city, and that something had happened to her; she had been exiled to the southwest."
The old woman's expression froze, and she turned her head sharply, her eyes stern. "What nonsense are you spouting? A-Yu went to the southwest to find someone. What exile? If you dare to talk nonsense again, believe me, I'll tear your mouth apart!"
“Mother, I really didn’t make this up.” Madam Liang was also very scared, her voice trembling. “It was Sister-in-law Tang who said it herself. She said they saw A-Yu being escorted out of the city by officials in the procession of exiles. That’s why they rushed back before the results of the provincial examination were released to confirm whether A-Yu was at home and whether they had mistaken him for someone else.”
The old lady suddenly took a step back, and the scene of Tang Wenqian and his mother coming to the shop yesterday flashed through her mind. They had barely exchanged a few words when they started asking about Ayu's whereabouts, and she had assumed at the time that Tang's mother had some feelings for Ayu.
So that's not it. So that's why.
Liang said, "Tang Xiucai didn't deny it. When I left, he told me not to go out and talk about it, because if word got out, our entire Lu family would be in trouble. I was so panicked that I didn't dare tell anyone and rushed back to find you, Mother. Mother, what should we do now?"
The old woman's throat was dry. She slowly shook her head. "No, it's impossible, how could it be? My Ayu is perfectly fine, why should she be exiled? It's impossible, no..."
"Mother! Mother! What's wrong? Don't scare me!" Liang suddenly screamed, causing Da Niu, who was picking up the basket of vegetables in the yard, to tremble and drop it back to the ground.
Da Niu's expression changed drastically, and he rushed into the house.
At a glance, they saw the old lady with her eyes closed about to slip and fall to the ground, and Liang Shi struggled to support her body.
Da Niu rushed over to help her up, "Grandma, Grandma, wake up." His expression was unusually fierce and stern, "What did you say?"
Liang shrank back slightly. Hearing the commotion, Da Bao, San Ya, and Bao Ya also ran in and were now standing at the door.
Seeing the old lady lying on the ground, Bao Ya was so frightened that she burst into tears. San Ya also asked in fear, "Grandma, what happened to Grandma?"
(End of this chapter)
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