Chapter 585 Missing one's family even more during festivals
Li San Niang was sitting in her own carriage when she exchanged a glance with Li Er Xiong, who was sitting opposite her wiping his sweat. The two of them immediately burst out laughing.
After laughing for a while, Li San Niang turned to Lu Zhu'er sitting beside her and said, "My precious darling, Zhu'er is truly my precious darling!"
After saying that, Li San Niang hugged Lu Zhu'er and kissed her on the forehead.
Lu Zhu'er was puzzled. She first looked up at Li San Niang and saw that she was just smiling. Then she looked at Li Er Xiong sitting opposite her. Li Er Xiong also had a smile on his face, but he did not explain or say anything.
So, Lu Zhu'er could only look at Qiu Xiang sitting to her right. Qiu Xiang, seeing Lu Zhu'er's puzzled look, said, "Third Sister loves Little Sister."
Although Lu Zhu'er didn't quite understand, she understood the "love" that Qiu Xiang was talking about. She knew that just like Xiao Huang was good to its offspring, she herself was Li San Niang's offspring, and Li San Niang also loved her and was good to her.
Enveloped in love, Luzhu didn't dwell on why Li Sanniang and Li Erxiong were laughing. She simply hugged Li Sanniang's arm happily and called out, "Mother."
On the way back to the Li family from the Wang family's house, the traffic was extremely congested. During holidays, the roads in Chang'an City were always crowded with people. It took them more than an hour to get back to the Li family's house.
As soon as Li San Niang and the others returned and entered the courtyard, they saw Li Er Lang arrive.
"Erlang, why didn't you go to your duty?"
"Manager Xu was very understanding. After finishing his work in the morning, he gave us a day off, saying that it was the Mid-Autumn Festival and we should spend it with our families. So I came home for lunch."
Li San Niang nodded, and Li's mother and Wu Qiaolan also stepped forward from the side, one taking the dewdrop and the other taking the gift box from Qiu Xiang's hands.
Mother Li glanced at the three-tiered tiered box, then looked at Li Erxiong and asked, "How is it? Is Third Sister behaving well at the Wang family? Has she caused any trouble?"
Have you taken Dewdrop to identify her? How is the child?
Hearing her name, Dewdrop, who was being held in Li's arms, quickly called out to Li's mother, "Grandma, Grandma, Dewdrop has seen my little brother. He's different from me; he has blue eyes."
Mother Li was taken aback by Dewdrop's words and looked at Second Brother Li and Third Sister Li with a puzzled expression.
After Li San Niang and the others washed their hands and tidied themselves up, thanked Wu Qiaolan for the refreshing tea she brought, and drank most of the cup, Li Erxiong finally suppressed a smile and explained the origin of the "blue eyes" to Li's mother and the others.
Not only was Li's mother astonished, but Li Erlang and Li Sanlang, who were listening nearby, were also quite shocked by this.
"I've never heard of any people from the Central Plains having blue eyes. Curly hair is rare, but it's not unheard of."
Li Erlang summarized it this way. He looked at Li Sanniang, then glanced at Luzhu'er, who was already playing with Xiao Silang and Xiao Wulang in the courtyard. With some doubt and uncertainty, he asked, "But I have occasionally seen blue-eyed people among foreigners. A few days ago, I met a foreigner with green eyes from the Western Regions at the Honglu Temple with Assistant Xu."
Li Erlang stared intently at Li Sanniang: "Little sister," Li Erlang couldn't help but lower his voice and ask, "This child is probably not Wang Erlang's, is it?"
Did Wang Erlang's second wife bring her child from another man's marriage into the Wang family?
"Does Wang Erlang's family know about this?"
It was quite reasonable for Li Erlang to ask such a question at this time.
It should be noted that although people at this time valued bloodline inheritance, they were also open and tolerant in matters of marriage.
From top to bottom, apart from some conservative Confucianists, most people are accepting of a woman remarrying and taking her children to live with another family.
However, some families do not allow non-blood relatives to inherit their property, but they will raise their children to be used as laborers.
Humans are a resource from beginning to end.
Therefore, pregnant women carrying posthumous children can all find husbands and remarry. These women, who are not related by blood but were raised from childhood, can form a very close relationship if they are raised well.
But this is only true for some people; many men still value this aspect, which is why Li Erlang asked that question.
Looking at Li Erlang and the nearly fourteen-year-old Li Sanlang beside him, Li Sanniang was unsure whether she should tell them the truth. Just as Li Sanniang was struggling with this, she heard Li's mother, who was sitting at the head of the table, say, "They can't be considered children anymore. One of them is already an official and earning money for the family, and the other will be able to find a wife in another year or two. Let's tell them the truth."
Li Erlang knew something was amiss. He exchanged a glance with the honest Li Sanlang, then looked at Li Sanniang and asked, "Little sister, tell me quickly, what's going on?"
With Li's mother's approval, Li San Niang dared to openly talk about the Wang family's affairs. Wu Qiaolan, Bao Ya, and Li Ersao, who had been sitting in the main hall without saying a word for a while, straightened their backs and pretended to listen attentively when they saw that there was gossip to hear.
"...That's how it is. Around last year, I realized something was wrong. I even talked about it with my mother, my eldest sister-in-law, and my second sister-in-law."
Upon hearing this, Li Ersao thought for a moment, nodded, and agreed with Li Sanniang, "I remember now, Sanniang did mention this back then."
"So, I went today. My mother told me to find a chance to meet that young man, so that Luzhu'er would know that her father's second child is her half-brother, so that she would have an impression of him."
Let's avoid meeting in the future and not recognizing each other, otherwise it would be a laughing stock.
When I saw Wang Ziheng's expression, I had some guesses in my mind.
But the Wang family just laughed it off, and my second brother and I didn't want to take it seriously.
Unexpectedly, it was Dewdrop who insisted on seeing us in the end, and that's how we finally met.
...Then I saw this young man with curly hair and blue eyes. I guessed that, as Erlang had said, the woman may have had this child with someone before, and that's why she seduced Wang Ziheng in order to give birth to the child.
If Prince Heng knew that the child in the woman's womb wasn't his, he probably wouldn't have married her.
Li San Niang stopped talking, giving everyone time to process what had happened.
After a while, Li San Niang continued, "Alas, I now feel that I am very grateful to this woman. Otherwise, how could I have left the Wang family with Lu Zhu'er so early?"
However, it's ultimately a pity for this young man; it's uncertain whether the Wang family will continue to raise him or adopt him.
"If Wang Dalang is kind-hearted, with the Wang family's wealth, he could easily support a young man."
Besides, the child will be able to work after seven or eight years of raising him, so the Wang family won't be at a loss.
However, this child's life in the Wang family is unlikely to be good.
Even if other people's affairs have some connection with Lu Zhu'er, Li San Niang neither wants to get involved nor can she.
After that, the conversation turned to what would happen during the Mid-Autumn Festival family reunion dinner, and whether they would go to see the lantern festival tonight.
As she spoke, Li's mother couldn't help but think of her son, Li Dalang, who was far away on the frontier.
"I wonder if Hu Tou (Li Dalang) is doing well outside?"
He's the only one out there, both inside and outside the house, and I'm always worried about him.
"Sigh, when that soldier came to collect the mail last time, he said he would only deliver the letter, not bring any food or clothing. Otherwise, it would have been nice to send Tiger Head some homemade dishes."
When Li Erxiong saw his mother like this, he quickly changed the subject, "Hey, Hutou is capable, he's making a name for himself outside."
Tiger Head is sure to be lucky. Didn't that soldier say he might be able to come home next year?
When Tiger Head comes back, Mother, please don't just think about him and forget about Little Five and the others.
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