Chapter 11: Returning Home. She is so pure and kind!
The mountains are quiet and peaceful, with only the rustling of leaves in the evening breeze.
Qiu Xuan turned sideways and looked at the person in front of her, her eyes full of inquiry.
"Is there?" Zong Xiao paused and moved to the side unconsciously.
He didn't expect that she would notice his little action and ask him about it so directly.
Seeing that he was not telling the truth, Qiu Xuan no longer wanted to ask any further questions.
She thought that besides the hidden illness, this man must have other problems that he was hiding. But she couldn't ask now. If she asked too much, people would get annoyed, and her good days would be over.
"Maybe I'm overthinking it." Qiu Xuan yawned in front of him. It was late at night and she felt a little sleepy.
Seeing this, Zong Xiao took the opportunity to say, "There's not much left in the courtyard. Go back to your room and rest first."
He just wanted to get rid of her as soon as possible. He felt uncomfortable working here with her around.
"That's so bad." Qiu Xuan was polite to him but turned around and went back to the house.
Zong Xiao: ...
Today is the second day at the Zong family. After a day of observation, Qiu Xuan no longer has any worries in her heart.
The Zong family was small, so there wasn't much to do. My mother-in-law was kind and never aggrieved me. In contrast, the days I spent at the Qiu family were simply unbearable.
Qiu Xuan lay on the kang and fell asleep in a short while.
She was resting her head on a pillow, holding another in her arms, with the quilt between her legs and her face buried in it. The posture looked comfortable.
When Zong Xiao finished cleaning up and walked into the room, he saw her sleeping like this.
She took up both pillows, so Zong Xiao had no choice but to fold up his own quilt and sleep leaning against it.
Qiu Xuan slept exceptionally well that night and even had a sweet dream in the early morning.
It’s a pity that she could never remember beautiful dreams. When she opened her eyes, only scattered memories remained in her mind.
Outside the house, the clan mother was discussing with Zong Xiao.
Tomorrow is the day for the bride to return to her parents' home. Normally, a daughter who is married off to pay off a debt does not need to return to her parents' home, but the clan mother is afraid that this matter will get out and it will be bad. After all, when a new bride marries in, everyone in the village will be watching.
"Take her home tomorrow to see her. It's just this once." The clan mother didn't like the Qiu family, so naturally she didn't want to prepare a return gift.
She pointed to the bamboo basket on the ground in the corner and said, "Go pick some wild fruits today and bring them back tomorrow. As for the rest, you and your wife can discuss it together. Don't let me know."
"I understand, mother."
The clan mother rolled her eyes at him, unwilling to embarrass her son. She added, "If Xiaoxuan wants to bring some wine and meat, don't be reluctant. After all, that's her father. Don't argue about this."
Zong Xiao knew that his mother had a sharp tongue but a soft heart, so he smiled and replied, "Don't worry."
After waking up, Qiu Xuan didn't get up in a hurry. She rested on the kang for a while.
As for the noises in the yard, she couldn't hear them clearly.
But after a little thought, she could guess roughly that it was probably about her.
Just as he was thinking about it, Zong Xiao pushed the door open and walked in.
Perhaps he didn't expect that she was already awake, a hint of surprise flashed in Zong Xiao's eyes.
"Are you going back home tomorrow?" Qiu Xuan spoke first.
Zong Xiao hummed. He couldn't tell what Qiu Yun's attitude was towards the Qiu family. If she took their family ties into consideration, he would make more preparations.
Qiu Xuan didn't want to go back, but if she said she didn't want to go back, it would make her seem a little heartless.
She was silent for a moment, then pretended to be sad. "My mother passed away when I was little, and my father remarried."
Zong Xiao knew these things, and he knew even more how hard it was for a child without a mother.
"My father...he gave my mother's dowry hairpin to my stepmother." After saying this, Qiu Xuan's eyes turned red.
Zong Xiao frowned. He didn't expect Qiu Shitou to be such a worthless person.
"My father and my stepmother had a good relationship, but later on, my stepmother always took things from home to support her younger brother from her mother's side. Since then, they started quarreling." Qiu Xuan lied without thinking, saying whatever came to her mind.
"I originally thought this was wrong, otherwise why would we always argue about it... But before I got married, my father told me to... bring home more things and help my younger brother more."
"You treat me well, and my mother-in-law treats me well too. I don't want to do this kind of thing." Qiu Xuan's tears fell one after another, and the grievances in her heart seemed to finally have a place to vent.
Zong Xiao wanted to comfort her and wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief.
When he touched her, he found that she didn't have a handkerchief or even a piece of cloth on her body. In the end, he could only raise his hand and gently wipe the tears from her face with his rough palm.
He comforted her, "I won't argue with you about this. Don't cry. It's just some things. Just take them."
Qiu Xuan didn't expect that even though she had explained it so clearly, this person still didn't understand the meaning of her words.
She was extremely helpless and had to speak more bluntly: "Forget it, don't bring anything when you go back. I belong to your family now that I'm married, and I just want to live a good life with you. I'm afraid if I bring anything back... they'll just keep thinking about it."
As soon as these words came out, an unspeakable heartache spread from the bottom of Zong Xiao's heart. He didn't expect Qiu Yun to think so far ahead, nor did he expect that she really planned to live a good life with him.
He took her into his arms and comforted her in a hoarse voice, "I'll listen to you and not buy it."
Qiu Xuan breathed a sigh of relief. Although she still had to return home in the end, at least she didn't have to bring anything back, and the Qiu family wouldn't get any credit. Thinking of this, she felt happy.
Her tears were well worth it. After tomorrow, she would have nothing to do with the Qiu family anymore.
The next day, the two left early.
They only carried half a bamboo basket of wild fruits and nothing else.
As soon as they entered Datun Village, they met their next-door neighbor Aunt Wang.
"Daya?" Aunt Wang recognized her from afar, she walked over and called out.
Qiu Xuan: "Aunt."
Aunt Wang glanced at the bamboo basket and asked, "What goodies did you bring back for your parents today?"
"Just some food, nothing more." Qiu Xuan was afraid that she couldn't see clearly, so she moved the bamboo basket outward.
Aunt Wang saw clearly now that there were indeed some fruits. She was too shabby to even look at them. She smiled awkwardly and said, "It doesn't matter if there are a lot of things, as long as the thought is there. But you came back at a really bad time today. Your mother has gone back to her parents' home!"
"ah?"
Aunt Wang's house was right next door, and how could she not know about the quarrel at the Qiu family yesterday? She whispered, "They've been quarreling since daytime yesterday. It was so fierce that she went back yesterday afternoon."
"Gone?"
Qiu Xuan was curious about what had happened that could have caused Lin Cuihua and Qiu Shitou to quarrel like that.
She said goodbye and dragged Zong Xiao home, fearing that she would miss the excitement at home and not be able to watch the show if she was late.
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