After standing for a while, Lu Zheng recovered, slowly walked to the door, and opened it.
As lightning flashed, he saw his location clearly: Sanchakou Village, just as he had imagined.
He fell off his horse at the entrance to the village at Sanchakou. He was carried for a short while and guessed that it was either in Sanchakou Village or in the vicinity.
He has recently become quite familiar with Sanchakou Village. He can't take his daughter Xin'er away, but he needs to understand the environment in which she lives.
Therefore, he knew about this little cabin.
Having found the way out of the village, he made his way forward step by step amidst thunder, lightning, and torrential rain.
A rainy day from my past life flashed into my mind.
The day his daughter Xin'er died.
He carried her and ran wildly through the capital to find the legendary healer.
His daughter, Xin'er, was in his arms, the rain washing away the blood from the corner of her mouth.
His daughter Xin'er said, "Lu Lang, in the next life, Xin'er still wants to follow you. In this world, besides Grandpa and Grandma, only Lu Lang truly cares for me."
He was terrified. He cried out, "Shut up! Shut up! We don't have a next life, we only have this one. Xin'er, cheer up, let's go find Doctor Long and have him cure you. When you get better, I'll marry you!"
Gu Xin smiled contentedly when she heard the last three words, but her eyelids were about to close.
Lu Zheng was extremely flustered at that time, and he had completely lost control of his emotions.
“Xin’er, hang in there! Hang in there! When you get better, I’ll have someone sew the most beautiful wedding dress in the world for you. I’ll give you a grand wedding, and the whole world will bless us! I’ll make you Mrs. Lu rightfully! We’ll have three children together, and we’ll take them to sea. We’ll go to that little western country you’ve always wanted to visit, we…”
With her last bit of strength, Gu Xin covered Lu Zheng's mouth: "Lu Lang, we will have a next life. Leave what you said to me in the next life."
After saying that, Gu Xin stopped breathing.
Lu Zheng's mind was still filled with the memory of Gu Xin closing her eyes. At that moment, his heart suddenly felt empty, as if he had lost the most precious treasure in the world.
Lu Zheng walked blankly in the rain, then suddenly stopped.
He crouched down, burying his face in his hands, tears streaming down his face with the rain.
He wondered if none of this would have happened if he hadn't brought Xin'er back to the capital from Jiangnan and had waited until he had finished his business before going to fetch her.
Unfortunately, there are no "what ifs".
He sat on the ground and started crying, crying his heart out, letting out all the grievances he had felt in the past and present.
Until the servant boy, Jixiang, arrived in a carriage.
Unlike the tragic scene at Lu Zheng's place, the second branch of the Gu family was filled with warmth.
Gu Xin put a jade bead into the ginger water for her father and sister, and felt happy after watching them drink it.
The family chatted and laughed for a while, and after Gu Shouxin and Gu Nian had dried their bodies and hair, they all went to sleep.
Gu Xin wrapped herself in a quilt, only sticking her head out, watching the thunder and lightning outside and listening to the pouring rain, while thinking about her future plans.
She wants to learn kung fu from her father, farm diligently to make money, help her sister, and learn from her mother how to sell things without losing money. Oh, and she also wants to learn to recognize more characters; her father promised to teach her, her sister, and her mother.
"I have so many things to do in the future! But I'm so happy. So happy that I can't sleep." Gu Xin said happily to herself, then closed her eyes.
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