When the report came in from outside the door, the peace in the Fang family mansion was not disturbed.
In fact, everyone was already waiting in the yard in front of the gate.
When Fang Chengyu entered the city, the Fang family didn't know yet, but his followers had already reported it when he entered the county government office.
Mrs. Fang was so excited that she almost fainted.
The news came in day by day, and she calculated it day by day, but she never expected it to arrive in these few days.
"Mother, let's go to the county government to pick up my younger brother." Fang Yunxiu also cried with joy.
Yuanshi even asked someone to prepare the car.
"No." Mrs. Fang cried to stop him, wiping her tears and sitting up straight. "He has gone to the county government to help his grandmother. We won't go and make trouble. We will wait for him at home."
The waiting time really felt very long.
Her son, who had never been away from home for such a long time, finally came back. He was in the county government office not far away, less than half an hour away from her.
Mrs. Fang felt that the wait was longer than just two months.
When she heard the sound of the young master coming back from outside the door, Mrs. Fang felt that her life was over.
The servants on both sides shouted with joy, and many of them ran towards the gate.
Yuanshi and Fang Yunxiu were also going to rush to the gate to greet them immediately, but when they saw Mrs. Fang sitting still, they stopped and looked around with joy.
However, it wasn't that Mrs. Fang didn't want to get up to greet them, it was that she simply didn't have the strength to get up. She held the handrail tightly and looked at the door.
A young man came into view.
Mrs. Fang's eyes were instantly blurred with tears.
She knew it was her son without even looking.
So much like his father when he was young.
She had already begun to have some difficulty remembering what her husband looked like, but when she saw this figure, her memory came back.
When her husband died, she carried the child until she gave birth successfully. Looking at the baby in the cradle, she wondered countless times whether he would be like his father when he grew up.
She can laugh, lift her head, crawl and walk. She is growing up day by day, and she is looking forward to it day by day.
Then everything came to an abrupt end when the child was five years old.
All her hopes and expectations were gone. She no longer expected him to achieve great things when he grew up. She no longer expected him to shoulder the responsibility of the family. She only had one wish, that he could live. One more day, two more days, three more days.
"mother."
The boy's voice rang in my ears.
Only then did Mrs. Fang see Fang Chengyu standing in front of her.
"Madam, madam." Yuanshi cried and reached out to support her.
Fang Chengyu had already reached out and held her arm, then knelt down.
"Mom." He looked up at her and smiled, "I'm back."
The healthy, hopeful child with a future is back.
Those good days of longing for joy on the chessboard are back.
Mrs. Fang hugged him and burst into tears.
"I'm sorry, Chengyu, it was me who hurt you back then." She cried.
After so many years, she was finally able to say these words out loud.
Fang Yunxiu leaned on Yuanshi's arm and cried so hard that she couldn't stand up. Yuanshi patted her and supported her, while she also burst into tears.
All the maids and servants in the yard started crying.
Old Mrs. Fang and Fang Yuxiu, who had been following Fang Chengyu slowly behind and had just returned, stood at the door and couldn't help crying again.
There was a lot of crying in the Fang family compound. If someone heard it on the street at another time, they would think that someone in the cursed Fang family had died again. But now no one would think so.
"I am crying with joy."
"I really want to cry. Even though it has nothing to do with me, I still want to cry."
People outside who came to watch the excitement were talking about it.
But amidst the cries of joy, a sharp cry was heard.
"Where's my lady?"
Liu Er ran out from inside without knowing when, and bumped into the crowd, but she didn't find Miss Jun.
The little girl didn't cry, but turned her head, raised her eyebrows, glared and screamed.
"Did you throw my lady away?"
The sad atmosphere dissipated immediately. Seeing Liu'er rushing over, the maids did not dare to stop her. Fang Chengyu stood up, let go of Madam Fang, turned around and grabbed her.
"No, I had something to do so I hurried back. She is not in a hurry so she can walk slowly and avoid being too tired." He said with a smile.
Liu'er looked at him with disbelief.
"Is it true?" she said.
Fang Chengyu took out a letter and handed it to her.
"This is written to you by your young lady," he said.
Liu'er reached out her hand doubtfully.
"I'm telling you not to try to imitate my young lady's handwriting. I studied and wrote with my young lady." She said as she opened the letter. "You need to use the green hibiscus quilt and the lotus gauze for the tent. You can choose the flowers from the greenhouse. Fresh ones will do..."
She recited, the worried anger on her face dissipating, replaced by a bright smile.
"…I will arrive around the day after you meet the young master."
When she saw the last sentence, she took the letter in her hand, turned around and ran away.
"I'm cleaning the room as the young lady ordered."
She ran away, and the atmosphere here was interrupted and couldn't be picked up.
"Young Master is tired too. Come on, let's go in and talk." Yuan said with a smile, wiping her tears.
The sorrow faded away, leaving only joy, and the whole family went in lively and noisy, with the maids and servants happily preparing the welcoming banquet. Now that there were only these people at home, Old Lady Fang did not hide the fact that Fang Chengyu had killed County Magistrate Li and told everyone.
Mrs. Fang took a deep breath and looked sad and angry.
Fang Yunxiu also raised her hand to wipe away her tears.
"It was such a good fortune for him to die so easily." Yuan said angrily, wiping her tears.
Mrs. Fang reached out and held Fang Chengyu, her expression filled with relief and pity.
"If you can avenge your grandfather and father with your own hands, they will rest in peace in the afterlife," she said.
"Yeah, I never thought that I would be so willing to do it." Fang Yunxiu said, "He dared to kill someone in front of so many officials."
Fang Chengyu's explanation for this matter at the time was that blood feuds are hard to erase.
But it is not easy to do this, after all, it is killing people.
Fang Chengyu smiled.
"Sister, I am the least afraid of life and death, and I am the most courageous." He said, "Don't forget, I am the one closest to death."
First he is sick, waiting to die, and then he becomes a bait on the road, waiting to die.
He was sitting in the car, there was a fighting outside, and blood was splattered on the windows and curtains.
Although not a single blow hit him, it seemed as if every blow hit him.
He did not hold the knife, but when he walked out of the bloody battlefield, he had already killed countless people in his heart.
As night fell, the noise outside died down, but occasionally laughter could be heard, which was the sound of little girls running.
"Hurry up, the young master is giving the red envelopes personally."
A little girl shouted at the gate of the courtyard.
Fang Jinxiu was sitting by the window with lifeless eyes moving around. When she heard these words, she suddenly got an idea and her eyes lit up.
Young Master?
Chengyu?
She grabbed the window sill.
"Who?" she called.
She hadn't spoken for a long time, and her voice was a little hoarse and stiff, which was very strange.
When the little girls heard it, they turned around and looked at Fang Jinxiu by the window with hesitant expressions.
"The young master is back." A maid finally said, and then she ignored him and ran away with another maid.
Chengyu is back?
It turns out that the crying sound outside during the day was Chengyu coming back.
"How is he? What happened to him?" She stood up with the help of the window, almost leaning out of the window, and shouted anxiously.
The little girls had already run away and no one paid any attention to her.
Fang Jinxiu lifted her foot and jumped out of the window.
She fell to the ground due to weakness and struggled to stand up.
Go and check, go and check quickly, how is Chengyu?