Chapter 30 She is still young, why does she have to get married?

Mrs. Wei stared at Yu Liuzi intently.

It was visible to the naked eye that Yu Liuzi's breathing had become much steadier and his face had become much more rosy while he was sleeping.

Mrs. Wei couldn't believe her eyes.

What kind of luck is it to meet such a hermit?

Xingxing ran in, holding the string of Buddhist beads in her hand and showing it to Grandma Wei: "Grandma, look, this is what the hairless uncle gave Xingxing just now..."

Grandma Wei looked at her granddaughter, then at the Buddhist beads in her hand. She seemed to understand something and tears welled up in her eyes.

She personally put the Buddhist beads on Xingxing's wrist.

The little girl had a slender wrist, and although the Buddhist beads were small and exquisite, they were still a little too long for Xingxing. She had to wrap them around twice before they fit her properly.

Xing Xing opened her eyes wide and looked at the round, dark beads on her wrist in wonder.

Grandma Wei warned her earnestly, "Xingxing, that master is a hermit. You must wear the beads he gave you properly."

Xingxing was confused and didn't understand what was going on, but she naturally listened to what her grandmother told her.

Xing Xing nodded earnestly, very obediently: "Grandma, Xing Xing will remember this."

Outside in the sun-drying field, the Yu family was still arguing with the Xiang family. Finally, with the mediation of Li Lizheng from Beimanggou, the two sides reached a consensus not to punish Pu privately but to send Pu to the authorities for murder. As for the Xiang family, they had to compensate Yu Liuzi five taels of silver, which was to make up for the money Yu Liuzi had paid for Pu's medical treatment.

He took the silver from the Xiang family and gave it to the head of the Yu family, and took the adulterer named Xiang away.

As for Pu, she will continue to be locked up in the woodshed, and someone will send her to the government tomorrow.

Most of the people in the sun-drying field had left. Seeing that the matter had been resolved, some members of the Yu family returned home with their families.

Someone asked the head of the Yu family, "How many days will it take for Camel to die? We will come to pay our respects to him when the time comes."

The head of the Yu clan sighed, "It's estimated that it will only take a few days. Fortunately, the Xiang family has compensated some money. When the time comes, we can help to make sure that the camel passes away in a dignified manner."

Everyone nodded in agreement and then went their separate ways.

However, the next day, when others were about to escort Pu to the authorities, Yu Liuzi, who everyone thought would not live long, held onto the door and walked out with difficulty.

Only then did everyone learn from Old Man Yu that a great monk had come here yesterday and saved Yu Liuzi.

Pu, with disheveled hair and a furious look, immediately started cursing, saying that Yu Liuzi was faking his death and causing her so much suffering. She was also overjoyed and asked others to let her go, because Yu Liuzi was not dead, so the allegation that she had killed someone was naturally not true.

Yu Liuzi was coughing violently. He looked at Pu for a while, said nothing, and walked back to the house with difficulty, holding on to the door frame.

Pu had a rag stuffed in her mouth and was still sent to the county town.

Although Yu Luzi was not dead, she was both the victim and the culprit for her murder. It was a serious crime for a wife to murder her husband, and in the end, Pu was sentenced to be tattooed and exiled - but that is another story.

At this moment, an uninvited guest came to Mrs. Wei's house.

He is Mrs. Wei’s nephew from her mother’s side, Wei Feng.

Wei Feng is 20 years old and has not yet married. He is not very tall, a little thin, and has no flesh on his face. When Xing Xing saw him for the first time, she was a little scared and hid behind Wei Pozi.

Mrs. Wei was naturally very excited when she suddenly saw her relatives from her mother's family.

Mrs. Wei's parents' home is not close to here, and she has a lot of family affairs to take care of, so she can only go back to her parents' home during the New Year holidays.

Mrs. Wei was so happy that her nephew from her mother's side could come to see her.

Mrs. Wei asked Wei Feng to sit down in a hurry. She spoke with a bit of sadness: "Ah Feng, how is your family? Why do you look so thin?"

"Second aunt, don't mention it. It's not easy to make a living during the holidays." Wei Feng sighed heavily. "Didn't I do business with the owner of a fur shop in the county before? With all the natural disasters and man-made disasters in the past few years, there are no good furs... Life is hard."

"Let's not talk about that anymore," Wei Feng paused and looked at Xing Xing who was hiding behind Mrs. Wei. "I heard someone mention a few days ago that the second aunt had raised a little girl. Is this the little girl?"

He felt around his body in embarrassment and said, "I came here in a hurry today, and I didn't bring any gifts."

Mrs. Wei looked at Wei Feng's shabby coat and the shoes that were about to show his toes, and felt very sad: "What kind of meeting gift do you want? Okay, okay - come, Xingxing, meet your uncle Wei."

Xing Xing looked at Wei Feng timidly and called him "Uncle" in a low voice.

Wei Feng didn't sit there for long. He just said that he happened to pass by here when he went to the countryside to collect leather goods, so he came over to see his second aunt. Now that he saw that his second aunt was fine, he was relieved.

Mrs. Wei felt more and more sad, and when Wei Feng left, she took out a pile of money and stuffed it into Wei Feng's pocket.

Wei Feng hurriedly declined, but Mrs. Wei forced it on him. Wei Feng then said goodbye to Mrs. Wei with a guilty look on his face and left.

Mrs. Wei stood at the door and watched Wei Feng's back disappear into the mountains. After a long while, she returned home feeling a little melancholy.

Xing Xing saw that her grandmother seemed to be worried. She thought for a moment, washed a wild fruit, and gave it to Grandma Wei: "Grandma, eat some fruit!"

Mrs. Wei raised her hand and touched Xingxing's little head with some regret, muttering: "When Xingxing grows up, it would be best for her to find an honest and hardworking man to marry in our Nantuo Village. Then when grandma wants to see Xingxing, she won't be able to..."

Xingxing was confused.

Isn't she still a child?

Why are you getting married?

She knew about getting married. She had heard from her brothers that the sister next door was about to get married!

When you get married, you won’t be able to live at home anymore!

But she is still young. Is she going to get married too?

Xingxing suddenly panicked. She grabbed Grandma Wei's hand and said in panic, "Grandma, Xingxing doesn't want to get married. Xingxing doesn't want to!"

Seeing Xingxing's confused look, Mrs. Wei came to her senses and laughed: "Look at me, what are you talking about? Our Xingxing is still a little girl, she doesn't want to get married - OK, Xingxing, go play."

Xing Xing hesitated: "Really?"

Grandma Wei smiled again and pinched Xingxing's little face: "Really. Little girl, does grandma still need you to worry about her?"

Only then did Xingxing start to laugh, and happily took the small sandbag that Mrs. Wei had sewn for her, and went out to find her friends to play with.

Xingxing has been in Nantuo Village for quite some time now. She has gradually made some friends of her own in the village. Most of them are of similar age, and they play together happily on weekdays.

The place where they mostly played was under the big elm tree in front of Yu's house. Several young guys chased each other and had a lot of fun.

Suddenly, Xingxing was running away laughing, and with a "bang", she bumped into someone.