Even if so many people returned to Shi'an Village in batches, it would still be a large number of people and it would be impossible not to attract the attention of the villagers.
Xia Manni is now one of the few people in the village who lives in the city, so everyone came to say hello to her.
"It's almost Chinese New Year, so I brought my family back to celebrate the New Year early."
"Earn money? How much is a lot?"
"Yeah, yeah, I'm too tired, let's take a break early..."
After sending everyone away, Xia Manni told the adults and Hongda about the situation.
"I've heard that things are not going well in Jin'an City lately. Why don't we go back to the village early and leave after the situation is over?"
After hearing this, everyone had a thoughtful expression on their face.
Especially Mrs. Zheng, she knew that Xia Manni was hiding something, but something must have happened for her to be able to hide it.
Late at night, Mrs. Zheng and Mr. Zheng stayed in Wu Dayong's yard.
"Old man, do you think something happened to our son?"
"Don't let your imagination run wild. Ying Yan must have his reasons for doing this. As for our son... I believe he will be able to turn this danger into safety."
Mrs. Zheng curled her eyes at Mr. Zheng, but she was indeed comforted in her heart.
"Old man, do you think Manny is very capable? She is very organized..."
The people around him didn't say anything. Mrs. Zheng took a look and saw that they were snoring.
She patted the quilt and fell asleep.
At first, Mrs. Zheng thought she would only stay for a few days, but she didn't expect that she would stay for three months.
During these three months, there was no news from outside.
Xia Manni took Zhang Cuiling and Liu Miaoyan to study many recipes.
Mr. Zheng took his children to study. Although he had never passed the imperial examination, he liked reading books of all kinds.
The children were all very happy because they didn't have to go to the academy.
Although they had promised to study hard before, it would definitely be best if they could not go there.
No one even asked why he didn't go to the academy.
Of course there is one exception, and that is Xia Hongda, the head of the Xia family.
Xia Hongda is now eleven years old. According to the rules of the Daqi Dynasty, one can take the imperial examination at the age of fourteen.
However, Xia Hongda was vaguely worried, wondering whether the political situation would be stable by then.
I did learn a lot from Master Xia, including astronomy, geography, poetry, and sometimes he would even tell me some unofficial history of dynasties.
However, although he was worried, he did not ask his mother. He knew that Xia Manni must have made the choice for everyone's safety.
So in addition to studying with Mr. Xia, he also tried to write some articles on his own.
It’s a bit funny to say, some people can’t sit still like him.
One of them is the village chief. In the past three months, the village chief has come to their house almost every few days.
Even the village chief had tried to trick him, and he did it again today.
"Dawa, Hongda, your handwriting is pretty good today."
"The village chief praised me."
"Hey, you wrote so well, it's a shame not to go to the academy. Your mother also forgot to send you back to the academy."
Xia Hongda smiled and said, "You don't know, Village Chief. I'm leaving in a few days. I can stay at home for the next six months at the academy. As the teacher said, observing life will help me write better articles."
An Qingnian was stunned. Is that so?
It turns out that the famous Jinyang Academy is like this?
Fortunately, few people from their village went there. It would have been a complete waste of money.
Xia Hongji, who was listening on the side, couldn't help but click his tongue.
"Brother, I thought you were just cunning, but I didn't expect you to be so cunning."
"Third brother, have you finished the poem?"
After hearing this, Xia Hongji ran away immediately.
Jin Zian was walking over not far away. Xia Hongwei felt that this was another person who was losing his patience.
When I first came to Jin'an City, Uncle Jin always had an expression that said "keep away from outsiders".
At most, he only said a few words to his mother Xia Manni. When did this situation change?
Xia Hongwei recalled that it probably started with the poisoning incident.
Secondly, Uncle Jin went to Jin'an City to open Ping'an Medical Clinic.
To be precise, someone from the Jin family came to see Uncle Jin once.
That man was Uncle Jin's biological father. Xia Hongwei didn't know what they talked about. He only knew that after that man left that day, Uncle Jin almost smashed the clinic.
No one dared to go in, only my mother went in and talked to him for a long time.
Since then, Uncle Jin has become cheerful.
He has become even more venomous than when we first met.
Another change was that he became somewhat attached to Xia Manni, and Hongda saw it clearly.
Sometimes he also thought that if Uncle Jin could calm down, it might be a better choice for his mother.
He was eleven years old. Although he didn't understand the relationship between men and women, he was mentally prepared for his mother to get married.
However, there is another person who sticks to his mother.
It was Grandma. After arriving at Shi'an Village, Mrs. Zheng asked them to call her Grandma and call Master Zheng Grandpa.
Grandma Zheng and Uncle Jin are the two people who follow my mother every day, and they quarrel every day.
I was always driven away by my mother.
Uncle Jin must like my mother, after all, he only smiles at her.
So what does Grandma Zheng mean?
Xia Hongda couldn't figure it out.
Because Grandpa Zheng asked them to write poems, he had already written them and was now daydreaming about these questions at his desk.
Suddenly I heard a commotion outside, and when I listened carefully I heard it was the village chief's voice.
I don’t know what happened. Didn’t he just leave their house?
Before Xia Hongda could stand up, the second brother Xia Hongwei had already rushed out.
Following him was the equally agile Zhao Yingyi.
Xia Hongda also hurried out to take a look.
At this time, Xia Hongwei and the other man were nowhere to be seen. He saw the village chief holding gongs and drums and walking to the usual meeting place.
Sensing something was wrong, he quickly ran over.
"I'll say a few words. Don't go out these days."
The villagers were instantly in an uproar after hearing this sudden statement.
We didn’t have a good Chinese New Year last year, and is it going to be the same this year?
"Everyone, be quiet. Everything should be done according to the standards of last year's New Year's Day. Since the eldest brother of the Xia family is here, we will follow his instructions for patrol arrangements."
"Yes, village chief."
Xia Hongda quickly responded loudly.
Is it really coming?
Is this the reason why his mother insisted on coming back?
The villagers were talking about it and asked the village chief one by one if something had happened.
"Don't ask any more questions. There's going to be a fight in Jin'an City. This is a letter from my older brother in the city. Everyone in the city is hiding in their homes and not daring to open the door."
"Ah? If that's the case, doesn't that mean Jin'an City might fall?"
"I can't say."
"Well, maybe there will be a change of dynasty."
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"But this time is different from last time. This time they won't be interested in our little fortune. It should be fine if we don't go out."
In order to calm the villagers, the village chief added another sentence.
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