Chapter 411: Going Home to Visit Relatives (1)
Now, Han Ming had considered asking Song Liyun to take Lang Guo away.
He was born into a slave family and received a slave education since childhood. Although he has escaped from slavery and become a commoner thanks to the Broken Gold Incident, he still has the habits of a slave deep in his heart.
Although Song Liyun took the Balin tribe as a vassal tribe, she had no intention of selecting maids from it.
Han Ming felt that if they were treated as a military household like in the Wu Dynasty, it would be fine if they didn't have maids.
But if you want to be a young lady in the Di tribe, you still need to call slaves and maids to show your status.
In addition to Lang Guo, he also planned to go to Qili County again to buy a few servants for the girl.
After understanding Han Ming's meaning, Song Liyun smiled and said, "Uncle Han, there's no need to bring maids. It's not convenient to bring them to those places. It would be fine if we could bring a few farmers or craftsmen like embroiderers and weavers."
She didn't think of herself as Princess Wencheng of Hefan, but she felt that with these craftsmen around, it would be convenient for her to make something she wanted.
When Han Ming heard that they needed an embroiderer and a weaver, he remembered that Song Liyun didn't know how to make clothes and really needed someone with some skills, so he kept this in mind.
After staying in Suijin Town for a few days, Song Liyun prepared to return to Xiaoshi Village.
As soon as the autumn wind gets cooler, the Wuda tribe will send the wedding dress and follow the rules of the Wu Dynasty.
The dowry purchased by the Tuowan family from the capital will arrive one after another, so Song Liyun can no longer leave Suijin Town.
From the time she arrived in Wu Dynasty, Song Liyun only stayed in Xiaoshi Village for three days.
Ever since she collected Song Laoer's belongings and left over the wall, she never thought of coming back here.
Unexpectedly, after just a few years, I returned to this village.
The news that Song Liyun was coming back had spread in Xiaoshi Village a day ago.
Before daybreak, Yang Hua, who was pregnant, asked Song Zhenping to wait at the town entrance, fearing that she would miss the chance to welcome him.
Song Liyun arrived at noon. In addition to four guards, she was accompanied by Abu, Xiao An and Song Erlang.
Her return first caused a sensation in Qingping Town, and the front of the town hall was filled with people.
Those who had followed Song Erlang to Suijin Town to work and make a living did not come back, but they brought back all their money.
After four months away, each person brought back at least five taels of silver.
The monthly silver of more than forty people put together would form a huge pile, which is a rare sight for ordinary people.
The family members who came to collect the money were notified to gather together, and each pair of eyes was shining.
Even if she didn't eat at home, Chunchun would get five taels of silver, which was higher than her income in any other year.
If he worked for the Song family for a few more months, he could build two more houses for the family, or he could marry a wife.
On the table in the town hall, there were bundles with names written on them.
That was to bring back some furs and wools from the grassland, which were rare things in Qingping Town.
Song Dequan, a dark and thin man, stared at the people below with a serious face. Every time someone was called, the family members came over to collect the money, and those who had packages also came to collect the packages.
Song Liyun and Xiao An sat aside with their faces covered in dust. This was the office and everyone was busy. It was not convenient for her to ask anyone for water to wash, so she could only bear it and go home to wash.
The craftsmen's families happily took the silver and packages from Song Dequan.
Knowing that the dusty girl next to her was the hostess, she thanked her profusely and greeted her, then surrounded Song Erlang to ask how her husband and son were doing.
Song Erlang was originally a man of few words, but now he was forced to say a few words to everyone.
The family members are not greedy and are satisfied just by hearing the word "good".
It took an hour to divide the silver. After everyone had left, Song Erlang said to Song Liyun with an apologetic look: "Someone is working outside, and the family wants to get some silver as soon as possible so that we can buy as much as we want to take back!"
Everyone who works outside to earn money thinks about making their family live a better life. If they get the money early, they can buy candies for their children and cakes for their parents in town.
Song Liyun understood this feeling. Yesterday, when Song Erlang was resting at the halfway post station, he specially asked someone to bring back a letter.
Just because Song Erlang said that he wanted everyone to get the money as soon as possible.
So Song Liyun, who had been traveling for days, had no time to rest and had to appear in front of people with her body and face covered in dust.
It’s really the fastest.
Seeing that the work in town was finally done, Song Zhenping urged his sister to go home quickly.
Yang Hua waited anxiously at home, her neck growing long, and still forced him to go out before dawn.
If my belly wasn't so big that it was difficult for me to walk, I would have gone straight to the town to wait.
Song Liyun also wanted to go back quickly. She wanted to see Yang Hua, who was already eight months pregnant, and then take a comfortable bath and change clothes.
The brother and sister left Song Erlang behind who was left by their eldest brother, and hurried out of the town with Abu and Xiao An who were waiting bored.
However, he was stopped again at the town entrance.
Song Liyun sat high on the horse's back, looking down at the old man standing by the road with a flattering smile on his face.
Mr. Xue finally saw Song Liyun's true face.
When Mr. Xue saw the woman who almost walked into the gate of his Xue Mansion, he felt cold sweat on his back and his heart almost jumped into his throat.
In terms of beauty, Song Liyun is on par with Song Shuirong, and in places like Qingping Town, she is still considered a beauty.
But the spoiled Song Shuirong is still better than Song Liyun in some aspects.
For example: charming!
Song Liyun was neither coquettish nor charming, but rather had a kind of boldness that made Master Xue very uncomfortable.
And the look in those eyes was not of the shyness of an ordinary peasant woman, nor of the fawning seduction of a woman in the flesh trade, but of an awe-inspiring majesty that made it difficult for anyone to have any intimacy with her!
Especially at this moment, the horsewhip gently swinging in Song Li's hand seemed like a poisonous snake that was swallowing and spitting.
Mr. Xue thought of the followers who were carried back from Qili County a year ago, and the several officials who were arrested and had their properties confiscated from the Songfeng County government office.
If he hadn't slipped some money to get away, he would have almost gone to jail.
His legs went weak and he tumbled to his knees. "Miss Song, old... I'm Xue Rengui. I was deceived by Song Defu before, so I acted disrespectfully towards you."
He only hated his parents for not being more careful. Why did he listen to Song Lao Er's lies and want to buy Song Liyun? Later, he was bewitched and wanted to take the indenture to Qili County to make some money.
As a result, he didn't get the money, nor did he return, but instead he got into trouble.
He knew the reasons why those officials in Songfeng County were arrested. He was so scared that he couldn't sleep at night and used many connections to inquire about the news.
And if Song Liyun wanted to pursue the matter now, he would probably break his old bones.
When Song Liyun first saw him, she didn't know who he was.
But seeing Song Zhenping's bad face, and hearing him say his name was "Xue Rengui", he finally remembered who he was and laughed, "So it's Master Xue? How's my cousin doing? Has she given birth to any children for your family?"
At the beginning of the year, Song Shuirong offended Song Zhenping because of her mischief. She was taken away from Xiaoshi Village and sent back to the abandoned old house of the Xue family. She has never been seen since then.
Song Zhenping didn't know the inside story and just thought that he was taken home by Mr. Xue and was under his care.
Song Liyun had no idea and was just asking casually. After all, Song Shuirong was the only person in the second branch of the Song family who could still move freely.
When Master Xue heard Song Liyun asking about the half-crazy woman locked up in the old house, he couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart: Could it be that Miss Song and her sister still have feelings for each other? She just came back today and asked about Song Shuirong first?
No, we can’t let the Song family know the truth about that place.
In the past few months, Song Zhenping has ignored her and never mentioned Song Shuirong.
I didn’t expect that Song Liyun still wanted to recognize her relatives... As long as the Song family still knows that she has a younger sister, everything will still be in time.
Master Xue felt relieved and didn't want Song Liyun to ask him to stand up. He rubbed his legs and stood up with the help of his followers.
He forced a smile on his dry face and said, "Some time ago, my wife saw that my eldest brother was unwilling to acknowledge her as her relative, so she fell seriously ill when she returned home. She kept saying every day that it was her parents and grandmother who let you down.
She had no appetite and refused to take any medicine all day, and now her health is not good.
If my elder sister can't bear to see her like this, I will boldly invite the young lady to my home to comfort Shuirong!"
(End of this chapter)
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