She fell to her knees in the water with a plop, covering her face and sobbing, her voice miserable.
It took a long time for Zheng Guihua to stop crying. She stood up in a daze and walked towards the camp. Jiang Huaixu pulled Jiang Erlang out from behind the tree. When she turned around, she saw Jiang Erlang taking back his hand that was covering Shanwa's mouth.
This is Bodhisattva 'Guanyin'.
Jiang Erlang didn't show any embarrassment on his face. He said to Jiang Huaixu, "Go back. She won't commit suicide again in the short term."
Jiang Huaixu picked up the rabbit and pheasant that Jiang Erlang had dropped on the ground and asked, "How did Second Brother know?"
"Do you know how Sister Guihua married the lame brother?"
Jiang Huaixu took two quick steps and walked side by side with Jiang Erlang, then shook his head, "I don't know."
"Sister Guihua was tortured by her stepmother in her natal family, and her father turned a blind eye to her plight. Sister Guihua endured it all and waited for marriage. At that time, her only way out was to get married.
Even before the marriage proposal, she knew her stepmother would not marry her off to a good family, so she personally went to find the lame brother who had expressed his affection for her. The lame brother spent most of his family fortune to marry Guihua.
At this point, Jiang Erlang paused for a moment and continued, "Originally, Second Brother shouldn't have told you this. I just wanted to tell you that if Sister Guihua didn't have a strong character, she wouldn't have endured so many years under her stepmother's control. Perhaps her suicide attempt was just a momentary confusion. Once she comes to her senses, everything will be fine. You don't have to worry too much."
There was a hint of surprise in Jiang Huaixu's eyes. She had never heard Jiang Erlang talk so much.
When I first came through, Jiang Erlang was still a bit youthful and reckless, but he has become more and more calm in recent days. It is rare to hear so many words from him.
Jiang Erlang tilted his head and asked, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"I thought you were oblivious to the world outside, absorbed in reading the sages' books. Where did you hear all this?"
"Brother Cripple said that when he was drunk on his wedding night."
Jiang Huaixu didn't have a deep memory of Jiang Quezi. He didn't expect to hear so much about him after his death, and he felt a little regretful for some reason.
The two chatted all the way back to the camp.
"Second brother, youngest sister, you are back? Why are you holding Shanwa?" Jiang Wei and Jiang Fu came forward.
"Where's Sister Guihua? Is she back?"
Jiang Fu said, "She's back. I just saw her."
Jiang Huaixu handed the pheasant and rabbit in his hand to Jiang Wei and Jiang Fu, "My second brother and I will go return the child. You give this to mother and eldest sister-in-law."
After saying that, she pulled Jiang Erlang's clothes and walked towards the resting place of Zheng Guihua's house.
"Give me back the child... Why do you talk like I'm the one who kidnapped the child..." Jiang Wei muttered softly while holding the wild rabbit.
Jiang Erlang and Jiang Huaixu came to where Zheng Guihua and Shanwa lived. Zheng Guihua obviously had no intention of packing up her things, and her things were in a mess. She was sitting on her bedding, not knowing what she was thinking.
"mother!"
Shanwa struggled to get down and threw himself into Zheng Guihua's arms.
Zheng Guihua touched Shanwa's head with a complicated expression, then looked up at Jiang Erlang and Jiang Huaixu with a wry smile and said, "Thank you both very much. I was just thinking about how uncomfortable it would feel to be drowned. I'm fine with it, but Shanwa is still so young..."
"Don't worry, I won't drag Shanwa into doing anything stupid again. Life and death are all determined by fate. I have to raise Shanwa up, and only then can I give an explanation to his father in the underworld."
"It's good that you've figured it out, sister-in-law. Shanwa must be hungry. Please make him something to eat..." Jiang Erlang gave some instructions.
Jiang Huaixu stared at Zheng Guihua's eyes for a long time, and finally said nothing.
On the way back, Jiang Erlang glanced at Jiang Huaixu, lowered his eyes and asked, "Little sister, are you in a bad mood?"
Jiang Huaixu shook his head. "It's hard to cure a heart disease. The death of Cripple Brother has had a significant impact on Sister Guihua."
Perhaps Zheng Guihua placed all her hopes of survival on Shanwa, which is why she changed so quickly.
As she was thinking this, a hand suddenly rested on her head. "You, usually so talkative and cheerful, but sometimes you become so mature that you seem like a completely different person. Little sister, you are only nine years old. You shouldn't think too much."
Jiang Huaixu's expression froze. Why did this sound so wrong?
She shook her head and shook off Jiang Erlang's hand. "Second brother, although my master lives in seclusion in the mountains, he cares about the people of the world. I am like a red flower that comes with the red."
After saying that, he turned and left.
As she walked, she secretly felt lucky that this person was her second brother.
Everyone just takes a bite for breakfast, but it’s different for dinner.
Qian Xiuzhu and Zheng Li'niang directly plucked the pheasant with hot water and planned to stew it. When Jiang Huaixu saw this, he hurried forward to help cook.
She cut the washed potatoes into pieces and waited for Zheng Li Niang to blanch the chicken and put it in the pot to stew. When the time was almost up, she put the potato pieces into the pot.
Finally, Qian Xiuzhu placed the pancakes made of white flour and coarse flour on the edge of the pot and simmered them for another quarter of an hour. The moment they were taken out of the pot, the aroma filled the air.
"Aliang's, what did you make at home? Why does it smell so good?"
"Sister Xiuzhu, I have some rabbit stew. How about exchanging it for a bowl of chicken soup?"
“I have one at home too…”
In the end, Qian Xiuzhu gave away a lot of chicken soup and also got a lot of food from other families.
Some people were drinking chicken soup and eating potatoes without even eating a piece of meat, but they kept praising the deliciousness.
Jiang Huaixu finished all the meat and soup in one breath, and then took a few bites of the crispy pancake that was half soaked in soup and half baked. It was the first time he felt so satisfied after eating since entering the mountains.
After dinner, people who had been busy all day did not rest and began to pack their luggage for tomorrow.
Zheng Li'niang started to knead dough and make pancakes again. A few younger ones helped her, and the rest of the people packed their luggage. Boss Jiang looked at the things piled all over the ground and felt worried. When they came here, at least they had an ox that could carry a lot of things. Now the ox is gone, and there are still a lot of things left. He can still carry them, but if he takes too much, he may be robbed on the way.
There is no choice but to pick up the important ones.
After some picking and choosing, we finally picked out some unimportant items and threw them away, and the rest could be moved with the whole family working together.
Qian Xiuzhu, who was sewing a cotton-padded jacket by the fire, saw that the head of the household was dawdling for a long time. She put down her work, stood up, walked over to him, and pulled him aside. "Put all the things you don't need here. Let Xu Jieer pick them up when she has time."
Boss Jiang, who was worrying about whether he should take the books and ink, paused with his hand holding the pen, "What? What? Let Sister Xu take it? It's not like we don't have men in our family..."
He knew that Xu Jie'er was quite strong, but as a girl, she had to be careful.
"Sister Xu can put it away." Qian Xiuzhu whispered.
Boss Jiang slowly opened his eyes wide, "Can it be taken out, and can it be taken back?"
"Ah, didn't I tell you?"
“No!”
"Oh, that's what I forgot."
The two fell silent for a moment.
After a long while, Boss Jiang swallowed his saliva and asked again, "Do you think Sister Xu is really the reincarnation of a fairy?"
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