Liu Guilan, however, did not find it tiring at all. After cleaning several rooms, she even cleaned every part of the persimmon tree trunk in the yard that she could reach.
Watching her busy herself, Ye Weiwei tugged at Huo Xiao's arm: "What's wrong with Mom?"
Huo Xiao frowned as he looked at Liu Guilan, who was staring blankly at the persimmon tree in the yard. "I don't know either."
How could he not see that something was wrong with his mother? But seeing her like this, his intuition told him that it was best not to go and disturb her.
While Liu Guilan finished cleaning and was busy cooking, Huo Xiao walked to the persimmon tree and stood where Liu Guilan had stood. He discovered that a name was carved on the persimmon tree.
Liu Qingxue.
The brushstrokes are immature, and the paper looks quite old; if you don't look closely, you might mistake it for the veins on a tree.
When Ye Weiwei called Huo Xiao for dinner, he didn't respond after she called him twice. Curious, she used her spiritual power and saw him standing in the place where his mother had stood before, lost in thought. When he saw the three faint characters "Liu Qingxue" on the tree, which were almost invisible, he frowned.
Liu Qingxue?
Why does this name sound familiar? It's like I've heard someone mention it somewhere before.
Huo Xiao had a keen sense of perception and noticed that something was watching him. He immediately looked around warily, but found nothing unusual. When he tried to sense it more carefully, he found nothing at all.
"Could it be that I'm hallucinating because I've been too stressed and haven't been getting enough rest lately?"
He rubbed his temples, glanced at the words on the tree, and then went back inside.
During dinner, Huo Xiao chatted with Ye Weiwei while eating.
"Qin Zhenyuan, the old man in the shed, we found some things related to him during this mission. If all goes well, he should be able to clear his name and return to his post ahead of schedule."
"real?"
Ye Weiwei exclaimed with delight, "That's wonderful!"
After saying that, Ye Weiwei slapped her forehead, "I still have Old Master Qin's red jade thumb ring, don't forget to remind me to return it to him..."
"Smack!"
The bowl in Liu Guilan's hand fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.
"Mom, what's wrong with you?"
Ye Weiwei was startled and then noticed that Liu Guilan's face was pale as paper. She quickly put down her chopsticks, took her hand, and took the opportunity to check her pulse.
"I...I'm fine...I'm fine!" Liu Guilan pulled her hand back and reached out to pick up the broken pieces on the ground. Ye Weiwei and Huo Xiao couldn't stop her in time and watched helplessly as her finger was cut.
"Mom!" Huo Xiao grabbed Liu Guilan's hand. "Don't move, I'll clean up!"
Ye Weiwei hurriedly ran to the room to get the hemostatic powder and gauze, sprinkled the powder on Liu Guilan's finger, and then secretly used her supernatural power to help heal the wound before bandaging it up.
Huo Xiao had already quickly cleaned up the broken bowl and then gave Liu Guilan a new bowl to scoop rice for her.
Liu Guilan took the bowl and placed it on the table, but she had no appetite.
Seeing everyone staring at her with worried expressions, she forced a smile and said, "Look at me, I just arrived in the county town today and am so happy to be living in such a big house! Oh dear, I'm getting old, and I'm already exhausted from doing so little work. I can't even hold my rice bowl properly. You all eat... I'll rest for a while before I eat, don't worry about me."
Ye Weiwei looked at Huo Xiao, who gave her a reassuring look and then smiled and said, "Mom, you've suffered for not listening to Weiwei, haven't you? Weiwei has told you so many times to take it easy, but you're just too impatient and have to finish everything in one go."
Liu Guilan pounded her arm. "Hmph, it's all because the sun was too strong today. Otherwise, this little bit of work wouldn't have tired me out."
She's not that delicate.
Huo Xiao laughed and said, "Yes, yes, you're the best!"
After saying that, he massaged Liu Guilan's shoulders and patted her back, saying, "You have to take it easy, we still need you to take care of the child."
When the child was mentioned, Liu Guilan immediately perked up: "Don't worry, I guarantee I'll take good care of Weiwei and the child."
Little Star immediately said, "I can also help Auntie take care of the children."
He's been keeping an eye on Xiao Qiu lately, and Xiao Chun and Xiao Xia have both praised him for taking good care of the children.
Liu Guilan hugged Xiaoxing tightly and praised, "Yes, our Xiaoxing is so sensible! He's obviously a good older brother!"
Little Star giggled with delight.
The atmosphere at the dinner table improved again.
When it was time to sleep that night, Ye Weiwei leaned against Huo Xiao's chest, and neither of them felt sleepy.
"Huo Xiao, did you bring up Old Master Qin's matter on purpose today?"
Huo Xiao paused in his play with Ye Weiwei's fingers, and after a long while, he said quietly, "Is it that obvious?"
He did do it on purpose today, but he didn't expect his mother to react so strongly after hearing Qin Zhenyuan's name.
"It wasn't too obvious, it was just quite sudden. You never bring these things up at the dinner table before. Is it because of the name I saw on the persimmon tree today?"
Liu Qingxue! Qingxue!
It was only when Huo Xiao mentioned Old Master Qin that she suddenly remembered why the name sounded familiar.
It was when they were examining Old Master Qin that he mentioned this name, and at the time he mistook Huo Xiao for Qingxue.
"You saw that name?" Huo Xiao wasn't surprised that Ye Weiwei would find out. After all, his little wife was always quick-witted, and if she wanted to, nothing could be hidden from her.
"You and your mother-in-law were both standing by the persimmon tree in a daze today. It was hard for me not to notice. What's going on? Your mother-in-law's mood is really off today."
Looking back now, my mother-in-law had been acting very strangely ever since they came into this courtyard today.
She seemed to know this place very well, otherwise she wouldn't know so clearly about the words on the persimmon tree in the yard.
Huo Xiao hummed in agreement, and after a while said, "When I was a child, I heard from the villagers that she used to be a maid for a wealthy family. After liberation, they moved back to the village. Seeing how familiar she is with this place, I think the original owner of this house is very likely the family where she used to be a maid."
Ye Weiwei was stunned. "I didn't expect it to be like this."
No wonder my mother-in-law was so excited when she came in today.
"Then, could that Liu Qingxue be the young lady from her former master's family?"
Huo Xiao paused for a moment, then said, "I have an aunt named Qingxue."
Thinking of the name on the tombstone when he visited the grave last Chinese New Year, Huo Xiao frowned.
He subconsciously shook his head, not wanting to think about it too deeply.
Ye Weiwei gasped in surprise, "You mean your aunt... then the person Grandpa Qin is looking for isn't your aunt, is it?"
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