Chapter 220 Dalang, it’s time to take medicine (End)
Upon hearing the news that Wei Qi had returned, Chu Ran ran over immediately. He looked like a completely different person compared to a year ago. The delicate and graceful appearance of a nobleman was gone. His skin had become dark, yellow and rough, and he had lost a lot of weight. He was no longer much different from the other country men around him.
Huo Shichu was shocked when he saw him like this. How did the male protagonist become like this? Shouldn't he be surrounded by the protagonist's halo, so that even in the poor conditions of Baisui Village, he can still maintain his handsome and noble appearance and temperament?
Chu Ran didn't know that his appearance had brought such a great shock to Huo Shichu. He asked Wei Qi anxiously:
"How is it? Brother Wei, have you found out anything about my background?"
He was both expectant and nervous. He clenched his fists, held his breath, and stared at Wei Qi, waiting for his answer.
Wei Qi shook his head and said regretfully, "I'm sorry, we asked around along the way, but we didn't find any information that matches your identity. Some of the missing people are either younger than you or female, or they are mentally ill and got lost on their own, but these are not consistent with your situation."
After hearing this, Chu Ran was extremely disappointed. With a depressed look on his face, he squatted down and covered his eyes. It was obvious that this bad news was a big blow to him.
Wei Qi and Huo Shichu did not disturb him from venting his sadness. After a long while, he calmed down and stood up.
Huo Shichu asked him curiously, "Why did you become like this?" Taking his self-esteem into consideration, Huo Shichu did not directly say that he had become a farmer.
But Chu Ran was obviously aware of his situation. A year ago, he naively believed that as long as he waited patiently, he would be able to regain his identity, but a year later he faced the reality.
He smiled bitterly and said, "I have no relatives or friends here, and I have no one to rely on, so I have to work to support myself."
"Didn't the Wei family say that you were a noble? Why did they let you work in the fields? Aren't they afraid that you will bear a grudge after you recover your memory?" Huo Shichu asked very frankly.
When Chu Ran heard her ask this, he smiled sarcastically and said:
"What noble person? Even my own parents have no filial sons by their bedside when they are sick for a long time, let alone me, a fictitious 'noble person'? In the first few months, the Wei family used my 'noble person' status to flatter me and didn't let me do any work.
Later, when no one came to see me and I couldn't recover my memory and couldn't let them get what they wanted, they showed their true colors and thought I was an outcast abandoned by the big family. So their attitude changed immediately. They said they couldn't support a person like me who ate for free and asked me to pay back the money for food, medicine and medical treatment.
I have no money, so I can only work for them to pay off my debts..."
Huo Shichu was so shocked that his eyes almost fell out. After all, in the original owner's world, Chu Ran was treated as a VIP by the Wei family from beginning to end. Not to mention asking him to work, even his daily life was served by Wei Er Niang as a maid.
But the Wei family has become so ruthless now that they don't even have the patience to wait two years for Chu Ran to recover his memory, and are eager to make him work to pay off his debts?
However, when Huo Shichu thought about it, he understood why such a change happened, because when Wei Er Niang picked up Chu Ran, the situation of the Wei family had changed!
In the original owner's life, the Wei family's house was intact and had not been struck by lightning. Old man Wei and his wife were still wealthy, so they could naturally wait for Chu Ran to recover his memory and serve him well, treating it as a long-term investment.
But this life is different. Everything the Wei family has was struck by lightning and everything is destroyed. The family suddenly becomes poor and lives in a broken house. They have also sold most of their land and their wealth has shrunk by more than half.
Life was tight, and the Wei family was full of gossips, so they would definitely quarrel over a little bit of profit, and Chu Ran, who was eating for free, became a nuisance. The investment was delayed in getting a return, so wouldn't the impatient Wei family be anxious? Anxiety can easily make people lose their minds and do short-sighted things.
So Chu Ran, the fallen nobleman who had lost his memory, naturally could no longer be “noble”.
Tsk tsk, Huo Shichu gloated and pitied him. Although he was not the culprit who caused the original owner's tragic end in his previous life, he was the fuse that triggered the evil thoughts in the original owner's heart, so Huo Shichu would not suffer the suffering he was experiencing at this time. He did owe the Wei family money, so wasn't it his duty to work to pay off the debt? No matter how much she blamed others, she couldn't blame Huo Shichu, so she felt justified in watching Chu Ran's jokes.
I just don't know if Chu Ran and Wei Er Niang can still be together in this life? If they can, then Huo Shichu will really look at him with new eyes. They can be together like this, it really is true love.
After listening to Chu Ran's endless complaints, Huo Shichu smiled with joy until his eyes were bent after he left.
Seeing her silly smile, Wei Qi couldn't help laughing and asked her, "You are so gloating, are you watching Dashan's good show?" Yes, Chu Ran still called him "Dashan", who made him not recover his memory? But it will be soon.
Huo Shichu nodded with a smile: "Yes, now he can finally understand the ruthlessness and selfishness of the Wei family, right? In the past, he accused you of being bad to the Wei family without any reason. Now his face is swollen."
"You, don't pay attention to other people's affairs. It's none of our business. You should take care of your body. The doctor said the baby is two months old, but why does your belly look like it's more than three months old and it's swollen?" Wei Qi walked up to Huo Shichu with a tender face, rubbed Huo Shichu's belly, and asked in surprise.
"Because there are two little guys inside." Huo Shichu smiled and threw down the fire bomb.
"Two? Really? Twins?" Seeing Huo Shichu nod, Wei Qi's eyes immediately lit up with excitement. He hugged Huo Shichu tightly, kissed her again and again, and said, "Thank you, thank you..."
When Huo Shichu was pregnant, she knew about the Wei family's news over the past year. They had built a new house, but it was far from being as spacious and comfortable as the previous blue brick and tile house. Instead, it was a mud brick house, low and narrow. More than ten people from the Wei family lived together, and they quarreled over trivial matters all day long. There was never a single peaceful day.
Also, because they sold more than half of their land, their quality of life has visibly declined, not to mention compared to before, it's not even half of the previous level. They used to be able to eat meat several times a month, but now they can't eat meat for half a year. The whole family has to live frugally and suffer terribly.
Wei Silang's path to study was completely cut short because he could not afford the tuition. Originally, Old Man Wei and Old Wife Wei wanted to squeeze money out of their own pockets to pay for Wei Silang's studies, but Wei Erlang and Wei Sanlang disagreed. They already had children of their own and more than half of their family fortune was gone, so they naturally became more cautious. They kept a close eye on the little that was left, fearing that other brothers would take advantage of them and they would suffer losses.
How could Old Man Wei let Wei Silang go to school when the family was so poor? If Wei Silang spent more money, wouldn't the share for them be less? So Wei Erlang and Wei Sanlang objected loudly and made a scene, messing up the matter.
Thus, Wei Silang's official career ended before it even began.
Half a year later, Huo Shichu's twins were born, and the poor Chu Ran finally recovered his memory. When he remembered his true identity, he did not make it public, but quietly contacted his family to pick him up.
He left a sum of money, twice as much as the Wei family had spent on him, and left without saying goodbye. He did not tell the Wei family his true identity at all, let alone taking Wei Er Niang away and marrying her.
Perhaps he held a grudge against the Wei family. After all, the son of the Marquis of Anding, who was once a high and mighty man, was treated like a peasant by them. The gratitude for saving his life had long been worn away by their ridicule and sarcasm.
When the Wei family saw the silver left by Chu Ran, they naturally knew that he had recovered his memory and returned home. They immediately regretted their decision and wanted to find him to continue this favor. However, they couldn't find Chu Ran at all, and thus missed the opportunity to rise to prominence with this noble man.
Wei Erniang felt even more lost, feeling that she had lost something, but no matter what, she could never become Chu Ran's wife.
Huo Shichu and Wei Qi lived their ordinary life peacefully in Baisui Village, and raised twins.
The son of the twins was a good student. He passed the imperial examination and realized his ambitions at an early age. Later, he really brought prosperity to the family.
The daughter is a rebellious girl, clever and shrewd, who never suffers any loss. It is conceivable that she will live a carefree and happy life.
(End of this chapter)
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