After the empress left the Baisha Town, the sealed road finally opened up once again. No one knew what had happened in the past two days, they only knew that no one was allowed to enter the Baisha River Pier, and that they would be stopped five kilometers away from the Ling Xiao Inn.
But yesterday, there was clearly someone who saw the carriage going in and out again, and the people on the carriage, other than the few people on Ling Xiao Inn, couldn't really see anything else.
The rumors in the town about this matter spread like wildfire. There were even people who said that over a hundred of the world's great thieves had gathered in Ling Xiao Inn's den.
At that moment, Uncle Biao and Aunt Zhang came to the town to buy food to buy meat and vegetables. They bought a whole cart with food, and the owner of the restaurant poured tea for them and gave them seats.
The couple walked around the town and bought candy, lotus seeds, and sour plum cake for Xiaowan. They were about to head back.
The carriage passed by the Siyun Pavilion s, seeing that Susu was right in front of the door, it stopped and spoke a few words, then Susu curiously asked: "The day of the announcement was fine, why did you suddenly seal the road? I was so scared and didn't know what to do, I was worried about you guys."
Aunt Zhang laughed: "It's just a road construction over there, it's nothing much. It's spring now, so the bamboo shoots and wild vegetables from the back mountain of our mountain are extremely tasty. I'll bring your mother here to play in a few days and get the Uncle Biao to make you some delicious food. "
The heavy winter clothes had been changed into spring clothes, it was unknown whether it was because of the change in clothes or because Miss Yue had really lost weight. He looked at the beauty's sharp chin and her complexion was not too good.
Aunt Zhang knew that Xiaowan did not like Miss Yue, she was just being polite, and chatted for a bit, afraid that the cart would block the way, so she took her leave.
Yue Huaiyin stood in front of the door and asked with a smile: "Aunt Zhang wants you to go play?"
Susu replied, "Yes. "Miss, don't worry. I won't be lazy and run out. I will only be there on the day of rest."
Yue Huaiyin laughed: "It's fine, everyone is doing business on the Baisha Town, although we're far away, we should at least have more traffic. It just so happens that the day after tomorrow, I have a box of goods that I want to transport out.
Susu agreed. But when Yue Huaiyin left, she felt a little awkward.
Previously, she told Xiaowan that she felt that young miss was a person from the brothel, but this time, when she went to the inn, how would Xiaowan feel about her? She could only blame her for talking too much. Why would she need to think so much to speak nonsense with Xiaowan again?
When Ling Chaofeng just came out of the warehouse, he saw her rosy cheeks and was satisfied with her sleep. He said with relief: I'm really afraid that I'll tire you out, when Ershan gets to the capital, we might as well hire someone else., what's going on?
Xiaowan despised herself: "I'm really getting more and more useless. I used to work all day and all night, I don't feel tired even if I work every day."
"That's because you didn't dare to get tired before." Ling Chaofeng brushed away her messy sleep and said lovingly, "From now on, I can't bear for you to be tired."
"I also can't bear to see my husband get tired." Xiaowan laughed, and when she smelled the fragrance, she asked, "What is Uncle Biao cooking again?"
However, Ling Chaofeng said: "Tomorrow is Qingming Festival, we agreed to go to Mother's grave."
Xiaowan said in a serious tone: "I have forgotten my days, I should really die. But hubby, I should also bury my parents. I have been in the door for so long."
Ling Chaofeng laughed: "My parents are both people of the martial world, they do not wish to leave anything behind in this world. They have all been cremated and spilled all over the river, telling me not to think about this memorial service, just put it in my heart. Naturally, what I said wasn't to make you forget about your mother. Since your mother's grave is here, we should pay tribute to it every year. "
Xiaowan agreed, "I'll listen to Hubby."
Aunt Zhang came from the backyard and heard their conversation, laughing: "Tomorrow we will go together, I also want to go greet your mother, and thank her for sending me such an obedient daughter."
Xiaowan had long treated her aunt as her mother and ran over to hold her by the arm while acting like a spoiled child. Only then did Aunt Zhang remember about the snacks that she had bought for Xiaowan.
Thus, on the morning of the second day, Uncle Biao and Ershan stayed behind to look after the house.
It was rare for it to not rain during the Qingming Festival, but the road was filled with people carrying incense paper money, hurriedly going to different places to offer sacrifices. Their carriage stopped at the mountain behind Qingling Village. Ling Chaofeng saw with his sharp eyes a child looking at them a few times before running up the mountain.
Ling Chaofeng realised something, and brought Xiaowan and the rest of the Aunt Zhang up the mountain. A majority of the villagers had buried their ancestors here, and it was no longer desolate like last year.
Xiaowan walked towards his mother's grave in a familiar manner, but before she even got close, she was stunned. Madam Xu brought a pair of children with him and knelt in front of his mother's grave, burning incense and paper, kneeling and bowing.
"Which song is this?" Aunt Zhang sneered, she looked at Xiaowan, and the child's face was filled with anger.
Ling Chaofeng did not say a word, and quietly waited for the Xiaowan to settle the matter by himself. All he needed to do was to make sure that no one here dared to hurt his wife even once.
"Big Sis, you're here." Wen Bao shouted loudly, and it was clear that he was the one who was looking around at the bottom of the mountain, upon seeing big sister's family, he ran over to inform them.
Madam Xu turned around and wiped away some saliva on her face. Seeing her tears that were pouring down, she sobbed: "Evening, you came to see your mother too?"
After all these years, the Xu family had threatened Little Night countless times with the intention of plucking her mother out of the ground and feeding her to the wild dogs. They had even dragged her to her mother's grave, whipped her in front of her mother's face, and then left her here without letting her go home.
Her mother was originally buried in the Mu Family cemetery, forced out by the Madam Xu, and turned into a lonely person.
The surrounding villagers all got closer, wanting to see what would happen to Madam Xu. There were three people from Xiaowan, the older woman, dressed well and looked very close to Xiaowan, they all started whispering to each other, wondering if she was Xiaowan's mother-in-law.
It was at this moment that Xiaowan walked up alone. She turned a blind eye to Madam Xu and her younger brother and sister, and kicked over the censer, then kicked away the food in front of the grave. She broke a branch from the side to clean the scattered paper money.
With a whoosh, the branch landed on Wen Bao's body. This brat's skin and flesh was expensive, and he immediately shouted out: "Mother, Big Sis hit me! Big Sis hit me!"
Madam Xu was anxious and embarrassed, all the surrounding villagers were pointing at him, she sat on the ground and started crying, saying that Mu Xiaowan had no conscience, that her stepdaughter was a cruel and ungrateful person, and that she had worked so hard to raise her, and so she ended up like this.
She even threw herself onto the stone tablet and cried towards Xiaowan's mother: "Elder sister, I was the one who was in trouble. I was the one who didn't teach your daughter well …"
"Are you going to scram or not?" Xiaowan raised the tree branch in her hand and pointed it at Madam Xu.
For so many years, she was the one pointing the whip at Mu Xiaowan, always beating the skinny guy to death. Who would have thought that one day, it would be the complete opposite, Mu Xiaowan's turn to point the branch at her.
However, she steeled her heart, thinking that this little slut still dared to hit her. She stood up, glared at her, and cursed, "You heartless animal, do you want to do something to me? What did I do wrong? I'll sweep your mother's grave, how can I let you down?" She pointed at the villagers and said, "You are all being reasonable. How have I let down this child? Mu Xiaowan, you dare to attack me, are you not afraid of the five lightning strikes? "
This matter was completely different from what Madam Xu was thinking. She thought that since she had come to sweep up Xiaowan's mother's tomb, Xiaowan might be able to see that she was sincere and build a better relationship with her. Of course she was still thinking of the fact that the Xiaowan could make up for it at home, that if she could get something from her body, she could do anything she wanted.
The Aunt Wang next door came over from the crowd, to support the Madam Xu, but her words were a little more tactful, and she said in a friendly tone: "Xiaowan, look at how kind everyone is today. The people in front of this grave are all your mother. One person gives birth to you, and the other raises you. Your filial piety is the same for any one of them.
"Are you going to scram or not?" But Xiaowan did not say anything else.
Madam Xu shouted in anger: "This is the Qingling Village, I want to be wherever I am.
Xiaowan looked indifferently at Ling Chaofeng who was standing below. Their gazes met, and Ling Chaofeng slowly walked over. Madam Xu first shivered, then shouted to strengthen herself: "What, you, you guys want to make a move against me?"
In the blink of an eye, before the surrounding people could even figure out what was happening, Ling Chaofeng had already appeared beside Madam Xu. He grabbed her collar with one hand, lightly lifted her collar, and hung his up.
Wen Bao and Wen Juan were so scared that they were crying loudly. Wen Bao picked up a rock and was about to throw it at Ling Chaofeng's body, but Xiaowan raised a tree branch and rushed in front of him.
When the other villagers saw this, they came up one after another to persuade them, and even took the initiative to help Xiaowan clean up all the things that Madam Xu had left behind. They did not wish for Ling Chaofeng to get angry one day and clean them up one by one.
Aunt Zhang watched all of this indifferently. She brought his incense and offering it to the Xiaowan to clean up. Not long after, Ling Chaofeng returned.
After Ling Chaofeng kowtowed to his, he said to his, "Let's move mom out today, we'll move his to the back mountain of the tavern, okay?"
Xiaowan looked at Hubby in a daze. Aunt Zhang said, "Find two villagers for help. Just give them silver." "Today is the day that we should invite your mother over. She lives in the back mountain, which is much more comfortable than here."
Xiaowan nodded with tears in her eyes, then she stood up and laughed: "Which big brother wants to help me out? Today, we are going to move Xiaowan's mother away. Naturally, our shopkeeper will not lose any money. "