Chapter 229: A thousand miles away, I send you a branch, I only hope you will understand my heart
Sang Zhixia bent her fingers and tapped the table, reminding him, "This village is different from other places. We can't accommodate such a large Buddha, nor can we accommodate any prominent nobles. If others hear about it, it will cause trouble."
The Xu family's place of exile was the northwest, but it did not specify where in the northwest it was.
The reason why he was able to live safely in Luobei Village was because his early colleagues from Jiaxing Hou secretly helped him to make arrangements, and then he was able to come here without being seen by others.
At this moment, most people in Kyoto believed that the Xu family had died in the northwest wilderness, and they did not want anyone to discover that the Xu family was here.
Lin Yun suddenly realized and wanted to kneel down to agree. Seeing this, Sang Zhixia's head was greatly enlarged. She waved her hands with a bitter face and said, "Hey, why don't you listen to me?"
“No need to kneel!”
Sang Zhixia anxiously emphasized, "The doctor told you to take good care of your leg and not let anything go wrong. You keep slamming down to the ground. Are you afraid you'll slow down your single-leg hopping?"
"That's what's going on, just listen to me."
"Okay, okay, I have to rush to the county town, so I won't talk to you anymore."
Sang Zhixia ran away: "Song Liu! Let's go!"
Lin Yun stood up with a limp, looking at a loss. When he saw the old man who had arrived at the door at some point, his eyes suddenly turned red.
"Old Hou..."
"Just call me old man."
The old man waved his hand and smiled, "My granddaughter-in-law is right. There is no need for such strict rules."
"If you don't know what to address me from now on, just respectfully call me Boss. Isn't that what everyone on the farm calls me?"
Lin Yun hesitated for a while before finally agreeing.
The construction of the homestead was completed before the first snow of winter fell. During this period, Xu Minghui personally brought back two people, one of whom was a woman.
Compared with the tragic cases in which most of the people were missing arms and legs, this woman who looked only a few years older than Sang Zhixia was rare to be intact. She was only wearing a large gauze hat, and her face could not be seen clearly.
Sang Zhixia asked everyone to sit down, feeling a little strange.
Why don’t you take off your hat after entering the house?
As if noticing her confusion, Xu Minghui whispered, "This is Madam Xue, it's..."
Xu Minghui stumbled for a moment, unable to continue. The woman he addressed as Madam Xue smiled brightly and explained through her veil, "My husband's name is Xue Wu. He used to be a deputy general under the Marquis."
Sang Zhixia's eyes flickered slightly, and the words on the tip of her tongue could not come out.
Madam Xue said, "He died fighting in Hongbei with the Marquis. I got the news at my parents' home and went home to tell my parents-in-law about his death. There was a fire at home and a beam fell on my face, disfiguring it. It was awful. That's why I didn't dare take off my veil for fear of frightening the young lady. I hope the young lady will forgive me."
Every word is written in a light tone, yet between the lines one can glimpse an unpredictable depth of bloodiness.
Why did a fire break out in the house for no reason?
Mrs. Xue is the only one from the Xue family who came here, so the rest of them...
Sang Zhixia's heart skipped a beat and she said nothing more, "Since we're here, it's just like being at home. There's no need to be so particular."
"If you want to wear it, don't take it off. If you don't want to wear it, take it off. We are all people who roll around in the fields. We are not so timid."
Sang Zhixia's frankness made Mrs. Xue laugh softly behind her gauze hat.
Sang Zhixia didn't look at her strangely, but simply said, "There are quite a few places to live in Dongshan, but..."
"Our old house is still empty and has been cleaned up so it's not covered in dust. We simply invited Madam Xue to stay there. It's quite secluded."
Xu Minghui thought the same thing. After Sang Zhixia finished speaking, he said, "My eldest brother sent a message saying that Madam Xue is the daughter of the martial arts master and is very skilled. If you don't mind, you can stay by my side and help with some trivial matters."
Sang Zhixia now has more and more things on hand.
The livestock and poultry on the farm, the vast wasteland that is constantly being reclaimed, the rice seeds that cannot be cultivated by humans in the greenhouse, and the grain stores in the county town.
She had to take care of everything herself. Song Liu and others who were sent back earlier could only help with clearing wasteland, plowing the land, driving cars and riding horses. They could not do more detailed work.
Maybe things would be different with Mrs. Xue's help.
Sang Zhixia didn't expect such a pleasant surprise, and said with a smile: "That's great."
"I was just worried about not having a suitable helper, and your visit is a great help to me."
Anyone who can get a mention from Xu Yu is naturally trustworthy. It can be used as an opportunity to temporarily hand over one or two things to others, which will make Sang Zhixia feel a lot more relaxed.
Madam Xue chuckled at the sound, stood up and bowed respectfully to Sang Zhixia. "My maiden name is Liu. If you don't mind, you can call me Xue Liu from now on."
"I will obey the orders of the young lady."
Sang Zhixia sighed helplessly, "You don't have to call me Young Madam, really."
Let me explain this one by one. This cycle of words is really going to never end, right?
Xue Liu and another taciturn man walked out and were taken away by Lin Yun who was waiting outside.
Xu Minghui picked up the small cloth bag he had brought with him when he entered the house, handed it to Sang Zhixia, and said, "This was brought back by my eldest brother. He said he would give it to my eldest sister-in-law personally."
Sang Zhixia was startled when she heard this out of the blue.
Xu Yu has been away for almost three months. Not only has there been no news from him during this period, but the people at home also know very little about his whereabouts.
This was the first time he sent anything home.
Sang Zhixia took the small cloth bag and frowned, "Did your elder brother say when he would be back?"
Xu Minghui was unusually frank: "If my sister-in-law doesn't know, there's no way I would know."
"Sister-in-law, you know that my relationship with my brother is not good. He doesn't want to talk to me much."
Of course, even if Xu Yu went crazy and was willing to talk about it one day, Xu Minghui said that he didn't want to listen at all.
He hoped that Xu Yu would be a mute who would keep his mouth shut forever.
Sang Zhixia was amused by the frank disdain in his words and sighed, "Forget it, I will come back when it's time."
"What are those things in those trucks outside? Are they all things Second Aunt asked you to bring back?"
"yes."
After learning about the people the Xu family had settled down, Second Aunt Xu said nothing. She just asked Xu Minghui to give each of these people a few sets of clothes at the beginning.
The things delivered today are also clothes?
Xu Minghui explained, "The weather is getting colder, and we're always short of thick quilts. The embroidery shop happened to have made a surplus, so my mother asked me to bring some back."
"Did you make extra?"
Sang Zhixia murmured a few words, shook her head and laughed: "Forget it, just consider it as too much."
"Give them some and divide it among them. Before you leave, stop by the winery. Aunt San said yesterday that she wanted you to send the wine she had prepared over when you return to the county town."
Uncle Xu has not returned since he left the prison, and most of the things he handled outside were left to Xu Minghui.
Xu Minghui left with a smile.
Sang Zhixia stared at the small cloth bag on the table for a long time, then hooked her fingertips to untie the neatly tied knot.
There was a box in the cloth bag.
A thin letter and a thick stack of banknotes.
All the banknotes were taken out, and at the bottom was a long, thin wooden box.
When the box was opened, a lustrous and smooth white jade hairpin was revealed. The whole hairpin was simple and smooth without many carvings. Only a thin plum branch was drawn on the head of the hairpin. There was no flower, but the branch was tough. There seemed to be a mark where the fingertips rubbed it. When I turned it over, I found a small but familiar word: branch.
I send you branches from thousands of miles away, hoping that you will understand my heart.
Even though I don’t know where I am, my heart is already eager to return home.
Xu Yu wanted to go home.
Thinking of her too.
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