Chapter 48 Chapter 048 The Qin family changes, Jin Kui visits, Wantong...
This morning, Liu Chunhua woke up to the noise outside and felt something was wrong. She pushed the old man next to her, and Qin Dali woke up. He heard his old wife whisper.
"Is that noise outside coming from those little maids?"
Last night, the Qin family really saw the difference in their daughter-in-law. Xie Yaer had married into their Qin family alone. At that time, she was just a little girl and the family members felt sorry for her. Even though there was an invisible and intangible family background between their surnames, once she entered the Qin family, she was their daughter-in-law. But when Liu Chunhua saw Wei coming back with people yesterday, she knew that she was different.
When Wei came back from this trip, he brought back ten carts. Although there were no horses, only ordinary mules and donkeys, it was enough to shock Liu Chunhua. But what made Liu Chunhua feel even more strange was that Wei bought people this time.
In the past, she had heard that noble families all had maids and servants, but Liu Chunhua had never thought that Wei seemed to be a decent person when she entered the Qin family, but yesterday she brought back six cooks and ten maids to do rough work. Seeing how these people were arranged so well by Wei, Liu Chunhua was a little at a loss.
The most important thing is that Wei taught her eldest and second daughters-in-law how to arrange for people, so that Liu Chunhua really knew what it meant to be a wet nurse from a wealthy family.
Listening to the noise outside, Liu Chunhua felt a little scared.
Qin Dali was pushed awake by his wife. Seeing that his wife looked conflicted, he smiled. It had been a long time since he saw his wife so uneasy. It was quite funny.
"Mrs. Wei, who works beside my third daughter-in-law, is quite capable. Since you've handed over all the household affairs to her, why worry so much? She's still your daughter-in-law after all. There are maids outside to do the work. Wouldn't it be better for you to take some time off?"
He asked his wife, but with a soothing tone, and rarely grabbed his wife's hand and squeezed it twice.
"You've been so worried about the family for so many years. Now it's time for you to become the old man. From now on, all the household affairs will be handed over to your daughters-in-law and sons. You just need to wait and be filial. Why worry so much? Look at your hands. They have really taken good care of themselves this year. Yoyo, that chilblain cream is great. Your hands are much smoother and softer."
Liu Chunhua was speechless when her husband suddenly teased her. She glared at the old man and tried to pull her hand back, but the old man was very strong and refused to let go.
"Humph! They are working, but I am just sitting here doing nothing!"
She complained, but the next moment, she saw the old man in front of her took out a silver bracelet from somewhere and put it directly on her hand. This silver bracelet was just a plain ring, made with current craftsmanship, completely different from the silver bracelet given by Youyou, and its color was dull. It made Liu Chunhua stunned for a moment, unable to say a word, and stared blankly at the old man in front of her.
They were already quite old, their son had grown up, and their grandchildren were about to start their own families, but then the old man suddenly gave them a silver bracelet.
Qin Dali didn't say that. He rubbed his wife's wrist with his rough hands, looked at the silver bracelet he was wearing, and nodded with satisfaction.
"Before Yoyo gave you the silver bracelet, I was thinking, you've suffered so much following me in this life. I haven't fulfilled the promises I made to my father-in-law and my eldest brother-in-law. I haven't let you enjoy any happiness, and you've been worrying about the family. Yesterday, when the second brother went to the county, I took out the private money I had hidden and asked him to pick out a silver bracelet like this. Do you think it's okay?"
He has always been a quiet man and was short. He couldn't find a wife back then, so he met his father-in-law and his brothers-in-law when he was fleeing from famine. Then he married Liu Chunhua. He has always listened to his wife in his life, but now he is persuading her to let go.
Liu Chunhua couldn't say anything cheesy. She took back the hand that the man was holding, lowered her head and touched the silver bracelet her husband had given her. A smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and she no longer had the previous nervousness.
"You old man, you still think about me! The kids will see you and laugh at you later!"
She complained, but her voice was filled with smiles. Her previous worries were nothing more than the fear that she would be useless in this family, but now she was comforted by her husband.
"They just laugh. I'm their father, you're their mother, and I'm buying things for my wife. Why are they laughing?"
Qin Dali returned to his unruly self and spoke in a rude manner. Liu Chunhua glared at him and then got up.
"Get up and go to the Baiyuzhi workshop to work."
She was no longer afraid. She put on her clothes and opened the door, but she didn't expect that a maid was already waiting outside the door.
"Madam, you are up now. I will prepare some hot water for you to wash up."
Liu Chunhua knew that the little maid was called Meihua. After saying that, she quickly ran to the kitchen. After a while, two little maids who were only thirteen years old came with hot water to help Qin Dali and Liu Chunhua wash.
It was the first time they were served, and both of them felt a little uncomfortable, but thinking that they would have a long time to live in the future and couldn't always feel uncomfortable, they gradually got used to it.
The same thing happened to Wang Pandi and Zhou Yan, a couple who got up early. They were served by the maids who were waiting at the door early. They learned that the kitchen had started boiling water and preparing breakfast. The meal time at home would also be changed from two meals a day to three meals a day. They needed to eat less in the morning to fill their stomachs, and the kitchen had already started preparing.
Qin Shan and Qin Shu, two grown men, did not need much service. Wang Pandi and Zhou Yan were also a little uncomfortable. Qin Yue and Qin Feng'er were using maids for the first time. They were really tired from practicing martial arts yesterday, so they did not feel that uncomfortable.
After everyone got up, the kitchen quickly delivered morning snacks and tea to each room.
This is breakfast. The six cooks each have their own skills. They made several kinds of dried meat and sweet snacks. Qin Yuan thought that morning tea was a dark snack that put all kinds of things together, but everyone in the Qin family enjoyed it.
Master Lu Qing struck the gong in the yard, and all the martial arts practitioners quickly gathered together. A new day of martial arts practice was about to begin!
Qin Yuan did the same. She got up from bed early and took a medicine specially prepared by Lu Qing in the morning. Now even the three girls were standing in the yard practicing martial arts together. The first thing they had to do, of course, was horse stance. The row of people became a beautiful sight.
Xie Yaer did not get up. She was really tired after keeping watch over her daughter yesterday. Qin Yuan specifically told her father not to call her mother. Now Xie Yaer was sleeping, and her wet nurse Wei was guarding the room.
Early in the morning, great changes began to take place in the Qin family. The men got used to it quickly, and Liu Chunhua had to get used to it even though she was not used to it. After knowing that her third daughter-in-law was still sleeping, she went to the warehouse specially vacated for Youyou to find some cloth, intending to take this opportunity to make a few more pairs of shoes for Youyou, because practicing martial arts would destroy shoes and clothes.
She was looking for suitable fabric in the warehouse. Wang Pandi also came over, looking a little at a loss.
"Mother...Wei Shi has arranged for the cook to take care of the kitchen matters, so I came to look for you."
Wang Pandi also did these things all day long. When his work was suddenly taken away, he was a little at a loss.
"Well, the six cooks in the kitchen are better than us. You ate today's snacks, and they are better than those bought in the shops outside. I heard from the second brother's family that this cook costs twenty taels of silver."
That’s right, maids are cheap, a little maid only costs one or two taels of silver, but these six cooks are selected with the best skills and their prices are also high.
“…It’s delicious, but I can’t go into the kitchen, so I don’t know what to cook.”
The two sons have recovered and are learning martial arts with their father. The daughter is also learning martial arts with Yoyo, leaving Wang Pandi alone and not knowing what to do.
"Then take a rest. Help me pick out some fabrics. We'll make some shoes for Youyou and the men in the family. We'll need to learn to read when spring comes, so study hard then."
Liu Chunhua had already reacted and knew what she would do in the future. When Wang Pandi heard what her mother-in-law said, she immediately laughed.
"Hey, I'll work with Mom and learn to read in the spring. I'll definitely work hard too."
The two of them found a job and started to choose fabrics. There were various fabrics here, which were sent by Jin Kui last time. Basically, they were all good materials selected for making clothes for Youyou.
Outside, Zhou Yan searched for her mother and mother-in-law for a long time before she realized that the two had hidden in the warehouse, so she hurried over.
It's strange to say, this was an empty house before, but now it has become a warehouse, filled with all kinds of good things.
"Mom, sister-in-law, what are you doing here?"
Zhou Yanchen got up early and learned some things from Wei, which was roughly how to arrange the cooks and maids. For example, there were ten maids, and Wei divided them clearly: two for the first room, two for the second room, two for the third room, two for the parents, and the remaining two for Yue'er and Feng'er. All these maids had to do was to help their masters wash and clean the rooms. These were all simple and rough jobs, and they had to be paid silver every month.
In addition, the six cooks in the kitchen are divided into day and night, four during the day and two at night, and they take turns. Hot water must be kept in the kitchen, and they even have to take care of some kitchen matters.
Zhou Yan had never felt responsible for these things before, but after Wei arranged them, she found that they actually had nothing to do. When she got up, the yard was clean and the fallen snow had already been cleaned up by the maids.
Now, the Qin family's father has gone to the Baiyuzhi workshop, and the men in the family are all practicing martial arts, even the daughters are there, so Zhou Yan and the others have nothing to do.
Of course, in addition to practicing martial arts, the men in the family also have to go to the Baiyuzhi workshop twice a day, and they also have to watch the house being built later. In fact, they are very busy.
"Mom and I are here picking out some fabrics to make clothes and new shoes for Youyou." Wang Pandi answered, but Zhou Yan smiled and walked over.
"Mom, is it because we can't get into the kitchen right now and you really have nothing to do?"
Zhou Yan was teasing Liu Chunhua, but Liu Chunhua looked up and glared at her. Zhou Yan just smiled foolishly, and then her sharp eyes noticed the extra silver bracelet on her mother's wrist.
"Is this the silver bracelet Dad gave you? It's so beautiful!"
She is always sweet-talking and sometimes speaks impertinently, but Liu Chunhua likes her carefree attitude.
"Yes, it's a gift from your father." Liu Chunhua raised her arms to look at her two daughters-in-law, and she was really happy. Wang Pandi was also very surprised. He looked at it carefully and praised it.
"Mom, Dad is so good to you!"
Wang Pandi likes this mother. When she was at her mother's home, her biological mother was always beaten, beaten by her grandfather, beaten by her father, and later by her younger brother. Wang Pandi once took the beating for her mother and was almost beaten to death. Only after she met her current mother did she live a good life. She knew that her mother had sold her, so now she only recognizes Liu Chunhua as her mother.
Looking at these two silly daughters-in-law, Liu Chunhua felt a little helpless.
"Now that all the household affairs are handled by your brother and sister-in-law, do you ever blame mother in your heart?"
She asked her two daughters-in-law, but she knew that they were both fools.
"How could that be? My sister-in-law is so capable, I am willing to let her be the housekeeper, I always listen to mother." This is Wang Pandi.
Zhou Yan also smiled and held a new material in her hand.
"Mother, I think my sister-in-law is a very good housekeeper. Look, there are maids waiting on us this morning, and the cook is doing the kitchen work. We can also eat and drink well. How many people in the village would envy us for our life? This is all because of your generosity in giving the power of managing the household to my sister-in-law. My sister-in-law is also the most suitable one. From now on, we will follow you to enjoy the good life and learn to be a rich and idle person~"
She was very eloquent, and what she said made Liu Chunhua feel relieved, and then she said.
"You, you only know how to coax people. No wonder the third daughter-in-law always takes you with her wherever she goes. You should also learn from the eldest daughter-in-law. When the three of us learn to read and read the account books, don't lose to the second daughter-in-law."
Wang Pandi squinted her eyes and smiled, nodding gently. Although she was the eldest daughter-in-law, she had the gentlest temperament. Wang Pandi didn't care what her second brother's wife said sometimes.
Zhou Yan became a little spoiled because of her favor. She had a hot temper at home and she didn't change at all when she came to the Qin family.
"Mom, I will definitely work hard to learn how to read the account book. I can do a lot of things in the future!"
She put her arm around Liu Chunhua and swung it, which reminded Liu Chunhua of something.
"We're building a house later. Your sister-in-law said they'll provide daily meals and some money. You can also take cloth, salt, and grain. Your mother's family has many brothers and children, and you have nothing to do today. I'll arrange for the villagers to drive the donkey cart from home to take you to your mother's family and ask if there's anyone willing to come and do the work. It's always better to keep the money within the family."
It seems that all the people in charge of building the house are relatives, and Liu Chunhua is worried about her second daughter-in-law, so she said this.
"Then I will thank you on behalf of my parents. I know you love me the most. I will leave in a moment. When I come back today, ask my father to bring some mutton. My father's grilled lamb chops are the most delicious. You must try them, mother."
Zhou Yan was so happy. Zhoujia Village was right next to Qinjia Village. Zhou Yan had many brothers, five in total. Her nephews had grown up and got married, so their lives were a little tight. It would be best if she could come to Qinjia Village to work.
"Okay, go quickly after you pick your things."
Liu Chunhua was in a good mood. She couldn't help but look up at her eldest daughter-in-law. After getting married, she had never mentioned her parents' home for so long, nor had she said she wanted to go back. Although it was a bit far away, separated by several villages, it was not impossible for her to go back.
Wang Pandi understood what his mother meant and shook his head, indicating that he would not miss his mother's home.
It was her mother-in-law who saved her when she was almost beaten to death in that family. She will only stay in the Qin family for the rest of her life.
Zhou Yan thought of something and looked at her sister-in-law eagerly.
"Sister-in-law, do you want to change your name? My sister-in-law is very educated. Why don't you let her help you change it to a nice name, so that we can put the past behind us?"
Thinking of Pan Di whom she met that day, Zhou Yan knew that many families did not treat their daughters well after they had them, just like her eldest sister-in-law who was so miserable. So Zhou Yan hated this name. If her eldest sister-in-law was willing to change it, would she forget her previous painful life?
She had never thought of these things before, but now she inexplicably thought of them, which made Zhou Yan feel very strange.
"...Is it okay?" Wang Pandi's eyes suddenly lit up. She knew her name, but it was a name given to her by her parents. Now she had a new family, and she was no longer the Pandi of the past...
"Old family, I'll go talk to your third brother and sister-in-law about this. Just wait."
Liu Chunhua glanced at her second daughter-in-law with praise, thinking that her approach was very good! The family was changing in many ways, and it was time for them to change as well. They couldn't just stick to the old ideas for the rest of their lives.
After the three of them found the cloth, Zhou Yan was arranged to go back to her parents' home, while Wang Pandi and Liu Chunhua took the cloth to the main house to do the work. Just as they looked up, they saw the people outside practicing martial arts. Now there were charcoal braziers in the house, and it was warm everywhere, which was completely different from previous years.
Xie Yaer slept until the original breakfast time, but when she woke up, she learned that someone from the Jin family had come. The visitor was none other than Jin Kui.
Jin Kui came early and went to the white jade fat workshop in the village to arrange the transportation of the white jade fat. The first batch of white jade fat began to officially head towards the place he wanted to arrange. He stayed here to tell the young lady of the Xie family something.
Jin Kui waited until Xie Yaer was willing to see him, and then he adjusted his appearance and met this young lady who was always a little cold.
Qin Yuan sat on a low stool and rested on her mother's knees. Although she had taken some medicine and was able to keep exercising, she was still tired! Her small body lay tiredly on her mother, and she only felt her mother's fragrance.
"Jin Kui has met the young lady."
Jin Kui bowed and saluted. Xie Yaer sat there, stroking her daughter's messy hair with one hand, and nodded at him while looking up.
"What is it?"
If it was an ordinary matter, Jin Kui would just need to inform the Qin family. After waiting at the Qin family for so long today, Xie Yaer had actually guessed a possibility, but she was a little uncertain.
Qin Yuan secretly turned her head and lay on her mother's knees to look at the fat man beside her. Today, Jin Kui was wearing a royal blue gown with gold jewelry on his body, looking very noble. In addition, his big belly made it obvious that he was a wealthy businessman. Of course, the most important thing was that Qin Yuan found that Jin Kui was very white, that kind of real, white and tender white, different from the skin color of other men in the family.
This was the first white man Qin Yuan had ever seen in the Great Yong Dynasty. Although he was chubby, he gave people a very comfortable feeling.
"Young lady, I'm sorry to have come to visit you today because my brother-in-law specifically asked me to tell you something important."
Jin Kui's words were not flowery, but rather a hint of smile in his voice. He met Qin Yuan's curious eyes and smiled at the young master. He had heard from his sister that the young master loved this young girl the most.
Xie Yaer then raised her eyes again, her pretty face expressionless, but the words she said frightened Jin Kui.
"But what about the news about my father?"
!!!
It seems that my brother-in-law was right. This young lady had indeed planned it all out long ago!
"Yes, my lady, a messenger from the Zhang family has sent a letter saying that the head of the Xie family has presented bean sprouts to Your Majesty. Your Majesty, grateful for your concern for your family, has pardoned Mr. Xie and his men and ordered them to leave their place of exile..."
As for what happened afterwards, it is still unclear, Jin Kui only knows this much.
Xie Yaer was really stunned. Even Qin Yuan could feel her mother's sudden daze. However, this news really made Qin Yuan happy. She took her mother's hand and spoke.
"Mom, are grandpa and grandma coming back?"
When Xie Yaer heard her daughter's words, she came to her senses. She looked down at her daughter's bright eyes and smiled slightly.
"Yes, your grandpa will be back soon."
According to her calculations, the master family should arrange for her father to come to Ming County, then test whether she has other "sacred objects" in her hands, and then reconcile with her father...
"That's great!" Qin Yuan thought about how her mother hadn't seen her parents for five years, and now her grandparents were coming back, so she was happy! !
Xie Yaer lowered her head, ignoring the presence of outsiders, and for the first time showed her special intimacy with her daughter by gently kissing her daughter's forehead.
"It's all thanks to Yoyo that Mommy can bring your grandparents back."
She was talking about things that only the Qin family knew, and Jin Kui stood there and refused to say anything.
When the wet nurse Wei heard the news, she was so excited that her eyes became moist. Her daughter had married into a peasant family, and the Xie family had fallen apart. Now that she could come back, it meant that she would be able to stand up again one day...
Lu Qing was the same, but he looked at Qin Yuan in Xie Yaer's arms with even more excitement, knowing that the return of the head of the family must be related to this fairy!
"Thank you, Young Master Jin, for coming to tell me about this. Wet nurse, bring me the prescription I wrote the other day."
Xie Yaer was really grateful and told her wet nurse Wei to get something. The recipe was none other than raw garlic sprouts.
Jin Kui was so excited, thinking, is this the benefit my brother-in-law mentioned? Could it be the recipe for bean sprouts? That's something even His Majesty praised...
Wei came over again, and this time she put the prescription she had prepared long ago in an envelope and handed it to Jin Kui.
"This recipe is for making golden seedlings. It's destined for your Jin family. Take it."
You can definitely make a lot of money from garlic sprouts, but it depends on who you give them to. Xie Yaer has already planned to use the Jin family more in the future and doesn't mind giving them some benefits.
"Thank you for the recipe, my Jin family will..."
Jin Kui wanted to make another promise, but Xie Yaer interrupted him.
"see a visitor out."
Jin Kui didn't care about her impoliteness and left briskly as Wei and Lu Qing saw him off. But he really thought so in his heart. It was good to be able to rely on his brother-in-law, but it would also be good to find another big backer. This is Xie...
Jin Kui left Qinjia Village, and Yizhou, which was more than a day's journey away from Qinjia Village, received a letter from Ming County.
In Wantong Escort Company, Jiang Tian called several brothers, namely Yue Wang, Xia Heng, Guan Jian, and Du Tong. They were good brothers when they were VIPs of the Xie family.
After the Xie family got into trouble, Jiang Tian and others were given some money by their master so that they would not be exiled. At that time, the entire Xie family had nearly 5,000 people, and half of them were dismissed. Jiang Tian and others were all martial artists. Although the master gave them money, they did not know how to farm or do business. They only had a lot of strength. After being dismissed, they gathered some of the Qu tribes that had left the Xie family at that time and established the current Wantong Escort Company.
There are more than 200 people in Wantong Escort Agency. Since it started operating five years ago, everyone has been able to make ends meet. With the money given by the Xie family, they have all started families and had children. Although their lives are not as comfortable as when they were in the Xie family, they are still able to get by.
Today, after receiving the letter from Ming County, Jiang Tian immediately called his brothers over.
"This is the letter from the young lady. I've already cut it. It says that Lu Qing has returned to the young lady with Wei. This letter is asking if we want to go back. It seems that the young lady has other plans for us."
Yue Wang never thought that there would be news about the daughter of the Xie family one day, and he looked very conflicted.
"Is the young lady in danger? Do we need to take care of it?"
"If that's the case, we have to go." Xia Heng gave the result bluntly.
When they took the severance pay from the Xie family, they promised their master that if they heard that the young lady was in trouble, they would go to rescue her. They were all knights and valued their promises the most. Xia Heng clenched the sword in his hand and was ready to go to Ming County.
"No." Jiang Tian shook his head. "The young lady's letter seems to indicate that she is planning to reorganize the Qu tribe. She wants us to go there and continue as usual. But if we go this time, I'm afraid we will have to work for her."
Going to help is different from being a guest. Jiang Tian and his people lived an extremely comfortable life as guests. The host family not only took care of their clothes, meals and even money all year round, but also took care of their wives and children. Jiang Tian remembered that the young lady had married a farmer, and if they went there, the young lady might not be able to support him.
"No matter what, I still have to go. Mr. Xie was kind to me in the past. Since the young lady has written to me, I must go and take a look." Du Tong was the same as Xia Heng. He planned to go and take a look.
"It's okay for us to go once, but there are more than just us in this escort agency. There are more than 200 brothers, and with their families, there are almost 500 people. If we really leave the escort agency, how will these brothers survive?"
Guan Jian is in charge of the accounts of the entire escort company. He is a scholar and now has a wife and son. Naturally, he does not want to go to someone else for help. The head of the Xie family was exiled, and they have managed to live a decent life in the past five years. Guan Jian is unwilling to take any other risky measures.
"At worst, we can just take all the brothers with us! The young lady is different from the rest of us. She is from a big family. Even when Lord Xie got into trouble, didn't they let us go out of the old friendship? They even gave us money to settle down. Now that the young lady is in trouble, I must go over to see her. And if she really wants to reorganize the Qu tribe, I'm willing to help! Anyway, I'm alone, so anywhere is fine!"
Yue Wang is the strongest among these people. He has a unique skill, which is the iron shirt. After mastering it, he can be invulnerable to swords and guns in the crowd with a big knife in hand, and can fight several times. However, he is stupid and followed Jiang Tian when he left the Xie family.
Seeing that most of his brothers were planning to go and check on the young lady, Jiang Tian felt relieved and said this.
"Let's not tell the other brothers in the escort company about this for now. We're just a few of us and we don't have much to do recently, so let's go over and take a look. If the young lady really wants to rebuild the Qu Department, we'll stay and help her if it's suitable."
There has been no news of the young lady in the past five years, but Jiang Tian now believes that Xie Yaer has the ability to support them. He took out the Xuan paper that he believed in. Everyone has seen good things in the Xie family. The best paper is yellow. This is the first time they have seen such smooth Xuan paper. Now they all gathered around and became curious about the young lady for some reason.
They decided to go to Qinjia Village afterwards, but in Pingxian County, thousands of miles away, the situation was not peaceful either.
Pingxian County seems to be a nice place just by hearing its name, but in fact it is the most barren place in the Dayong Dynasty, and officials are often exiled here.
Pingxian County not only has numerous jungles, but also has extremely poisonous rats, insects, snakes and ants. The most important thing is that it is close to Dali, a small country that has not surrendered. Pingxian County happens to be on the edge of the Dayong Dynasty, and the Dali Kingdom is eyeing it covetously. Therefore, wars often occur, and people always die.
In places with long-term heavy rainfall, most houses are built with bamboo, and the bamboo houses are very tall to prevent problems caused by rainwater intrusion.
In Pingxian County, which is only 80 kilometers away from Dali Kingdom, there is a bamboo village with the words "Xie's House" hung on it. At this time, the sound of martial arts training can be heard outside. Many Qu tribesmen in simple clothes with their chests exposed are doing morning exercises together, and Xie's father and son are among them.
In the small building, three women were making shoes. The simple gauze they were wearing was a kind of fabric from Dali Kingdom, which was very cold in summer. After arriving in Pingxian County, these three women realized that there was a place in the world where it was summer all year round.
"Dali's private soldiers came over just over ten days ago. They probably won't be coming again these days. Dad and the others are training so hard every day."
The woman who was speaking was named Jiang Jia. She had become much darker, and her hair was simply curled behind her head with an agate hairpin. Her face already showed traces of time, and it was impossible to tell that she was once a noble lady from the Tianshui Jiang family.
"It's always better to be prepared. We're okay here. I heard before that another village was directly looted by private soldiers. The village was burned down, the children were killed, and the women were abducted."
Ji Shu also sighed. She looked much younger than Jiang Jia. Besides a red jade hairpin, there was also a red unknown flower on her head. But now she had wrinkles on her face and her hands were much rougher.
The two women did not stop while saying this as they were making shoes for their husband and son. The woman in the middle had silver hair and only a simple wooden hairpin in her hair. When she looked up at the second daughter-in-law, she could see that she was missing her daughter.
After the incident at the Xie family, Cui Chan instinctively wanted to divorce and return home. The Cui family was a prominent family in Qinghe, so it was not a big deal for them to raise a daughter like her who had returned home. However, Cui Chan was already of such age, and her parents had passed away long ago. She did not feel comfortable going back, so she followed her husband into exile here.
As for his two daughters-in-law, the eldest daughter-in-law was the eldest daughter of Tianshui Jiang. She originally wanted to divorce and return home, but Jiang did not allow it. In the end, she had no choice but to bring them here. She only sent her six-year-old granddaughter back to Jiang, hoping that Jiang would raise and take good care of her.
The other is the second daughter-in-law, Ji Shu, the second daughter of the Ji family in Pingyang, and also the apple of the family's eye. When people from Pingyang came to pick her up, she was reluctant to leave her son behind, so she sent her daughter back to the Ji family, and followed them to Pingxian County.
The three of them, the mother-in-law, the daughters-in-law and the husband, originally had a gentlemanly relationship, but because of the exile, their relationship gradually became much closer. After sending her daughter away, Cui Chan treated the two daughters-in-law as her own daughters.
My daughter... I don’t know how my daughter is doing. Cui Chan always thinks of her daughter, but never mentions her. She just hopes that her daughter is fine.
The three of them were doing their work when they heard the sound of footsteps coming up the stairs. After a while, a man without a shirt and wearing only shorts rushed in. This man was none other than Cui Chan's youngest son Xie Huai.
In the past, Xie Huai would never dare to be so unruly, but after living in Pingxian County for a long time, those rules seemed to be far away from them.
"Mom! Sister-in-law! Great news!!!"
Xie Huai has a lively personality to begin with, and now his face is filled with uncontrollable joy. He was just practicing martial arts downstairs, and now he rushed upstairs in such a hurry without even a drop of sweat falling off his body. There must be something big going on.
"What's the matter? Tell me slowly."
Cui Chan looked at his son, while Jiang Jia beside him chuckled. She had gotten used to her brother-in-law's behavior. Even her husband, a former scholar, had gained muscle and often ran around shirtless. It was simply too hot in Pingxian County.
"We're going back!!! We don't need to stay in Pingxian County anymore!!!"
Xie Huai was so excited that he couldn't speak clearly. As a result, the three women were stunned when they heard the news. They looked at Xie Huai in disbelief. Five years... Five years passed so quickly. They thought they would spend their whole lives in Pingxian County, but now they can go back?
Back...back to where?
"The prefect of Pingxian County just came over! He said someone from the imperial court has arrived! He said His Majesty has issued a special decree. Because the Xie daughter presented us with such a beautiful gift, and out of gratitude for her kindness towards her parents, he has granted us a special pardon and we can return! Not only that, it seems my father has also been given an official position! In Ming County!! Ming County where my sister is!!!"
Xie Huai hadn't seen his sister for five years, and he didn't dare to think about how his sister was doing now. However, his eyes became red as he spoke, and he couldn't imagine that his family had to go back because of his sister...
It took Cui Chan a long time to react. With the needle and thread still in her hand, tears were already falling.
"Ya'er... Ya'er..."
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