Chapter 64: Fragment 2 He stayed in his mother's womb for twenty more years...
Weibo maintenance staff have been on call almost 24 hours a day these past two days, fearing that the system would crash again at any moment.
The reason is simple. After Liu Yichi's incident was exposed, everyone had not yet recovered from the afterglow of the melon-eating wave, and shocking news broke out in Wanning.
She rushed back to Langang overnight and ran into her innocent and upright boyfriend having a romantic date with her daughter at home.
It turned out that the other party was not after money or fame, but just wanted to kill two birds with one stone, and prepared two paths to glory for himself at the same time. He did it flawlessly, and neither she nor her daughter who had just entered college had any doubts.
Wan Ning froze the bank card and found someone to settle the financial transactions, returning all the assets that the gigolo had made without a penny left. She also applied for a place in a foreign university for her daughter, allowing her to stay away from the hot topics in the near future, go out and relax, and after dealing with everything, she could rush back to the program crew to continue recording.
At the same time, she did not forget to post a Weibo to indicate that she had made a mistake, and added an apology, stating that she had some prejudice against Jiang Bei's group before, but facts proved that their choice was correct.
The meaning of this sentence is quite intriguing. It was added specifically after these messes were dealt with. Does it prove that those "jianghu charlatans" played some extraordinary role in it?
So the behind-the-scenes photos of "Wangxiantai" were dug out again, and everyone compared them with the nine-square grid of pictures on Chen Songling's Weibo, matching the three people one by one.
[So who are these three people? I'm so curious!]
[The tall girl is the daughter of the headmaster of Taiqing Palace... You all remember the Qixia Taoist priest we discussed earlier, it's no secret within the industry. I don't know about the other two, but judging by their attire, the man is probably a Taoist priest from Qingcheng Temple.]
[So Chen Songling knew them because of Huiyao Group?]
[Perhaps, the connections of wealthy families are beyond the reach of ordinary people.]
[Oh my god, Director Zhang and Sister Wen both posted on Weibo to speak up for them. They really aren't scammers, right?]
The discussion about the three people did not last long, and in the end the public relations team of the Abnormal Control Bureau brought the heat under control.
The power of the masses is immeasurable. If the topic is allowed to continue to ferment, the activities of the back mountain dojo may even be exposed. In order to ensure the smooth conduct of the Xuanmen Martial Arts Competition, they have no choice but to intervene. Besides, some things should not be made public, and tacit understanding is enough.
However, after Liu Yichi ran away alone, he seemed to have disappeared at the foot of the mountain.
But this was like throwing a stone into the water. It should have caused some ripples, but there wasn't even a splash.
Despite the intense activity of the production crew in the neighboring courtyard, Yu Longzhu had nothing to do with it. She ate and drank her fill, then returned to the side courtyard and slept for most of the day. When she woke, she saw a hazy mist and the sun was about to rise. She was so lost in thought that she had lost track of time.
There was no one in the corridor. Meng Caiyun and Wang Fengxu were not there, and there was no sound from next door. It seemed desolate and lonely as if some people had left and the tea had gone cold.
Walking around to the center of the yard, there was a white-haired old lady who was setting up a pot to cook fish soup. She held a handful of dripping Artemisia annua in her hand, twisted it in half, and stuffed it boldly into the steaming pot.
"Are you awake?" The old woman showed her gapping teeth and called to Long Zhu, "Come and sit down."
Long Zhu wasn't actually a glutton; ordinary food rarely tempted her. But the fish soup before her held a certain allure that was hard to resist. She lowered her head, rubbing her stomach. Without hesitation, she walked over and sat on the drum stool, watching the old woman in front of her stir the soup with pine branches.
"Try it," the old lady scooped a bowl and handed it to her, "and see if it suits your taste..."
Long Zhu took it, feeling in her heart that the word he'd been mumbling might be "Xiao." She raised her head again, examining the old woman in the misty air, but her wrinkled face seemed unremarkable.
The old woman smiled kindly and asked expectantly, "Is this wormwood fresh?"
Long Zhu took a bite, his eyes lit up, and suddenly he thought of something: "This seems to be..."
"You ate it yesterday," the old woman said. "I picked it from Sister Wang's vegetable garden."
It is said that Wang Suqing, the Taoist Lingsu, has lived for more than a hundred years, and this old lady, who calls her sister, is probably in her eighties.
Long Zhu suddenly realized and put the bowl on his knees: "You are the owner of the B&B."
"You didn't expect I'm this age now, did you?" The old lady leisurely touched her cheek with her wrinkled fingers: "Back then, I was the most beautiful woman in the area. My young lady was worried that I would be tricked into marrying early, and she said she would keep me until I was twenty years old before letting me go, hahahaha." She couldn't help laughing, and slapped her thighs with her big hands like a palm-leaf fan. Her laughter was unique, like a hammer hitting a red-hot iron.
Long Zhu repeated doubtfully, "Your young lady?"
"You don't know?" The old woman's eyes suddenly widened. "Didn't that kid Tsuruya tell you?"
Long Zhu shook his head honestly: "No."
"Oh, I thought... that's right, that child is introverted and doesn't like to open up to others." The grandmother raised her drooping eyelids and showed an embarrassed expression: "Oh, look at my memory. I was just talking about - my young lady, Tsuruya's grandmother."
"Miaoying Sanren, Song Zhen."
When my great-grandmother was young, she was not called Great-grandmother. Her maiden name was Xiuchun.
Xiuchun's family used to be tenant farmers in the northern part of the mountain. The years were bad, with frequent wars and banditry, and the harvest was poor. They tightened their belts and drank rice soup every day. One day, they could not make ends meet anymore, so they sold Xiuchun to a wealthy family named Song with tears in their eyes.
Xiuchun actually felt a bit of resentment at the time. Her parents took the deed and a few dou of rice and left without even a word of returning. But later, she discovered that the Song family was capable, well-off, and Miss Song treated her well. Gradually, her resentment turned to pity, as if she had left her parents behind to live a better life.
I don’t know how much rice soup I can drink with those few buckets of rice.
The Song family's abilities are extraordinary, and are especially valuable in troubled times. However, this also makes them more prone to disaster.
Xiuchun moved with Song Zhen several times. Even so, those matchmakers who came out of nowhere still broke into the Song family's doorstep, but they would be driven out by Old Master Song and Young Master Song the next second.
Xiuchun still remembered the sight of Old Master Song banging on the door bolt with his neck stiffened as he cursed, "You're plotting against my daughter! How shameless! You're only after the little things in our Song family!"
As for what the Song family's things were, Xiuchun wasn't quite sure. She only knew that it was a treasure that everyone wanted.
But in the end, Song Zhen finally got engaged to Meng Bujiu - Old Master Song felt that his daughter would eventually get married when she grew up, so he might as well choose someone with good character and appearance.
The Meng family was also a well-off family, known for their ability. Meng Bujiu, along with his junior sister Wang Suqing, had become famous for his chivalrous deeds, slaying demons and monsters at a young age.
But Xiuchun knew that this happy event would not happen.
Her young lady has long had someone in her heart. The other party's surname is Bai, and he is well-proportioned, but he always exudes a sense of naivety. It is said that he is a scholar who has studied abroad, and the words he speaks are also novel. Xiuchun sometimes thinks that the young lady has been fooled by those new words, and sometimes, when she sees the silly look on their faces when they try to avoid meeting each other, she feels that it is not the same.
Old Master Song didn't like the young man named Bai Huaijin, so one day, Song Zhen left a letter and eloped with the boy.
Xiuchun was illiterate and didn't know what the letter said, but Old Master Song burst into tears after reading it, and declared that he would break off the relationship with Song Zhen and never be related to him again.
As expected, Song Zhen never came back. Xiuchun missed her, and when the situation was temporarily stabilized, she secretly asked someone to inquire about the news and learned that the young lady seemed to be in Fengcheng.
Old Master Song discovered her inquiring about the news. He didn't say anything, but gave her generous travel expenses and a bond, and said, "If you miss her, go away."
Xiuchun thought that her master was angry with her for acting on her own, so she packed her luggage and set off in fear, only to find that her indenture was also in the package.
It seemed that Old Master Song had no intention of letting her go back, but he also didn't say what to do if Song Zhen was found. This old man had been fighting with himself all his life.
Long Zhu listened attentively, as if she had a part in the story. "And then?"
"Then, I found the young lady. She already had two children at that time. Her son followed Mr. Bai to the Abnormal Control Bureau, and her daughter took over her affairs and stayed at Changfeng Temple."
"Is that Bai Heye's mother?"
"Yes, after my young lady passed away, I stayed with the young lady for many years. It wasn't easy for her. You can see that. Heye is not much different in age from Ah Heng's children, but they are a generation apart. He stayed in his mother's womb for an extra twenty years."
This is no secret.
After being with Song Zhen for a long time, Xiuchun also knew that "this kind of people" had some unique and unconventional methods.
After Song Zhen passed away, a few years later, his daughter Bai Yixin married a businessman and found out she was pregnant. Before she could be happy, her husband's family was arrested and imprisoned for "speculation and profiteering", and the family collapsed.
Those days seemed to be particularly hostile to those who wanted to live a good life. Bai Yixin didn't want her child to suffer after birth, so she asked the Meng family for help. She used some mysterious methods to freeze the seed that had not yet sprouted in her belly, until the new era came, and she happily welcomed his arrival one spring.
"Well, that's good too. Born in the spring of a new era, even breathing feels easy."
"After wandering for half my life, I can finally take root. Although I'm a mediocre person, after staying in the Song family for a long time, I seem to have gained some spiritual energy. There are many benefits to spiritual energy, such as being able to live longer. Sometimes, you have more thoughts when you live longer."
"I heard about my parents. They're still on the north side of the mountain. They reportedly survived the famine and later gave birth to a son, who then had a son. I figured since they weren't dead yet, I might as well go back and visit my nephews and grandchildren, and also visit Old Master Song from my old family."
Seeing her sudden pause, Long Zhu sensed that the story would take a turn: "And then?"
Xiuchun, the most beautiful woman in the area, suddenly became hunched over, her temples white. Her rough hands held a bowl of soup and she smiled softly, "Then, I really did go back, but the Song family mansion had been turned into a factory."
"The whole family died long ago."
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