Old Lady Ouyang's expression didn't seem fake, but since she had no eyes, one couldn't judge whether she was lying by looking at her eyes like a normal person.
Gu Xin asked, "What evidence do you have to prove that you are a citizen of the Great Zhou?"
Old Lady Ouyang touched her collar and took out a small cloth bag from her bosom.
She carefully groped her way to open the cloth bag, refusing to let Ouyang Qing help her.
She opened the cloth bag, inside which was a token and a folded, yellowed piece of paper.
She handed the token forward: "This is my husband's token. In those years, the Goddess Kingdom strictly controlled internal exits. My husband wanted to take me back to the Great Zhou, but we never got to see it."
Gu Xin took it. The three of them, grandmother and granddaughter, didn't know if it was something from a spy sent by Peng's army, but the inn was not far from Peng's family, so Gu Xin went directly to ask Bai Er to take it to General Peng.
The three generations of the family sat and listened to the story, waiting for General Peng to confirm the matter.
Old Mrs. Ouyang carefully wrapped the cloth bag again: "My parents are from Jiangnan. In the Goddess Kingdom, children always take their mother's surname. Our benefactor brought my parents to the Goddess Kingdom, and to conceal their identity as people from the Great Zhou, he bestowed upon them the surname Ouyang. In the Goddess Kingdom, compound surnames are only used by wealthy families. When they arrived, they were still children, trusted by our benefactor, and took care of his daughter. In this cloth bag, there are two things: one is a portrait of our benefactor's daughter left to me by my parents, so that I would always remember our benefactor's family; the other is my husband's token."
Gu Xin asked suspiciously, "Then why didn't you give the token to the Peng family? Your husband is a spy, so he was most likely sent by the Peng family. They would definitely recognize him."
Old Mrs. Ouyang smiled and shook her head: "I'm just keeping this as a memento. I'm a blind woman, and my daughter is only sixteen. Even in the Goddess Kingdom ruled by women, we were often bullied, let alone after coming to the Great Zhou! If it weren't for what Lord Gu did this past year, I wouldn't have had the heart to think about buying a house and settling down in Kuncheng. In the past, the people of Kuncheng didn't live well either, but now, the people of Kuncheng are all better off. I'm blind, and I have no hope for this life. I just hope that my daughter can marry a good man and live a peaceful and happy life."
Gu Nian asked curiously, "Auntie, in your Goddess Kingdom, isn't it possible to marry a husband and have male concubines?"
Old Lady Ouyang retorted, "Young lady, men in your Great Zhou can have three wives and four concubines, so why does Lord Gu's family only have one wife and not any concubines?"
Gu Nian: ...Okay, she misunderstood. She thought everyone in the Goddess Kingdom had multiple husbands and concubines.
A gentle breeze blew by, and as Old Lady Ouyang sat on the edge of the bed, the folded papers in her cloth bag were blown away and landed right at Grandma Gu's feet.
Grandma Gu picked it up and handed it to Ouyang Qing.
Ouyang Qing thanked her politely.
Ouyang Qing looked at the paper in her hand, then at Gu Xin.
Gu Xin: "?"
Ouyang Qing said shyly, "I'm sorry, Miss Gu, I really thought you were a young master before. When I first saw you, I felt that you looked very familiar. Now I know why you look familiar. You look somewhat similar to Miss Gu and our young master."
Gu Xin and Gu Nian are biological sisters, and they look about 60% alike. In the past, when Gu Xin was not cared for by the second wife's family, she was often hungry and cold. Apart from her eyes, there was nothing about her that resembled Gu Nian.
But after being well cared for for four years, the two sisters became more and more alike.
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