Inside the Qingling Village, Mu Xiaowan did not return for the entire night. Madam Xu was looking for her everywhere with a broom in her hand, which alarmed the entire village.
In the past, there had been cases of Xiaowan hiding outside and not returning home because of fear, but they were young and timid, and they only dared to hide and not leave home. Sooner or later, they would be found by her early in the morning and then given a beating.
When Uncle Biao drove the horse carriage leisurely to the village, he was standing on the road with his hands on his hips and shouting, "Mu Xiaowan, come out. If you come out now, I'll spare your life.
When she turned around, she saw a tall and mighty man sitting on the carriage and glaring at her.
But Uncle Biao jumped down from the carriage and walked towards her.
Madam Xu had lived her entire life and had never seen such a valiant man before. On the other hand, not only was Uncle Biao's body tall, her appearance was domineering as well.
"You, what are you trying to do …" When the Madam Xu realized that the Uncle Biao was heading straight for her, she could only retreat in fear.
"Xiaowan is recuperating in our inn." Uncle Biao said, "Last night, the child was unconscious. We could not find out where he came from, so when he woke up today, he immediately came to inform us."
"She …" "Inn?" Madam Xu was confused.
The Uncle Biao introduced himself, saying that it was someone they found in the river. At first, they thought that someone had killed someone and abandoned their corpse, but they never thought that they were actually a living person. However, the child was beaten up, so after they came to inform the Madam Xu, they went to inform the officials.
The reason he said he wanted to report it was naturally to scare the Madam Xu, and the Madam Xu was terrified as expected.
It was not easy for a woman like her to take care of a child. She said many nice things and begged the Uncle Biao not to report at the yamen.
The Uncle Biao then said: "The child is severely injured, if you think it's appropriate, we can let her rest for a few days."
Madam Xu rolled her eyes and said timidly: "Let her go home, I, I will take care of her."
Uncle Biao did not say a word. He just stared at her, scaring Madam Xu to the point that her stomach was trembling. She hurriedly said: "Yes yes, let her recuperate in the inn."
Uncle Biao laughed, turned and got on the carriage, and leisurely walked away.
Madam Xu was holding onto her chest as she panted heavily. Only then did the people from the village appear and ask who she was talking to. Some said that the man was from Ling Xiao Inn, and that she always came to the town to sell buns. Every year, she would also place porridge on the ground.
"That scared me to death …" Madam Xu sat on a rock. She couldn't understand, how did they manage to find Mu Xiaowan twenty miles away from the Ling Xiao Inn. Could it be that the little bitch committed suicide by throwing herself into the river?
When she woke up, the person accompanying her was a young and beautiful young lady. She was holding a baby in her arms and feeding it to the child.
"You're awake. Are you hungry?" Susu said, and then went to the door and called out, not long later, she saw Aunt Zhang going upstairs, bringing over a bowl of laying egg noodles.
"There are customers in the store, Xiaowan, you take your time to eat, I will go and entertain them." The Aunt Zhang touched Xiaowan's head and said gratefully, "You are still young, and your complexion is looking good now. What a good child."
Aunt Zhang quickly went downstairs. Susu put the child down and came over to help support Xiaowan.
In the morning, when they were eating a bowl of duck meat porridge, the Xiaowan was in high spirits. At the moment, there were two white, tender, yellow and clear eggs lying on top of the fragrant noodles.
Susu laughed: "I am not a few years older than you, just call me by my name, I am Susu, and your name is Xiaowan, right? You go ahead and eat, I just ate it first. "
Xiaowan nodded, holding a hot bowl and drinking a mouthful of soup, a smile suddenly blossomed on her face. She looked at Susu excitedly with sparkling eyes, as if saying, "How can there be such delicious food in this world?"
"Hurry up and eat it, the noodles will pile up in a while." Susu laughed.
When Ling Chaofeng went upstairs and saw that the Xiaowan was eating, she carefully bit off the egg and sucked on it contently. He smiled happily, satisfied that much, it was just a bowl of ordinary noodles.
He didn't enter the room and didn't want to make Xiaowan nervous. He wanted her to enjoy this bowl of noodles.
The moment he turned around, he saw Little Pei running down from the stairs and was about to rush into the Xiaowan's house. Seeing that his father was there, he quickly put his hands behind his back and stood properly.
"Finished writing?" Ling Chaofeng asked.
"Finished." Little Pei replied obediently, "Daddy, I've finished memorizing the book."
The Aunt Zhang recited the words several times for the sake of letting a three-year-old practice reciting.
However, Ling Chaofeng felt that Little Pei was indeed smarter than the other children, so it didn't matter if he studied earlier, since it wouldn't affect his play.
Since he was able to teach Ershan how to become an outstanding student, his own son definitely wouldn't be weak.
"Go on, don't make things difficult for your aunt. Be a bit more obedient." Ling Chaofeng opened up a path.
Little Pei stuck to the wall and took a few steps, then smiled at his father, and turned around and ran into the Xiaowan's room.
Not long after, laughter could be heard from inside the house, although Ling Chaofeng did not know why they were so happy, he could not help but smile.
Aunt Zhang raised her head from downstairs and saw that there was a smile on her face. She calculated in her heart that it was finally time to get married to this brat.
Besides, in the tavern, only during the first month of the new year would there be such a joyous event. By the time Ershan brought Lian Yi back to the capital, he would be accompanied by his legal and proper wife.
But she wasn't too happy about the way they had arranged the marriage. She felt that it was too hasty and not grand enough, especially since she hadn't been able to attend her grandson's wedding.
There were a few complaints about this matter. Fortunately, Lian Yi was very considerate, so after everything was settled and tidy up, she told her that she would bring Grandmother over to the Lang Zhong Residence to stay for a few days.
Although their house was not as spacious and clean as Prime Minister's Estate, it was more than enough to serve the old lady.
Old Madem immediately agreed. He even said that he would bring Hanxi along, naturally, it was because he was rejected by the Mrs. Bi.
On this day, Lian Yi brought a servant to the Prime Minister's Estate, and was about to bring Old Madem to stay at home. As for the things in the Old Madem, they had all been packed, and only brought two personal attendants with them as they waited for their granddaughter.
However, after waiting for a long time, the nurse in her room came and said that the young miss was not feeling well, so she didn't go today.
Old Madem hurriedly asked with concern: "Everything's fine, where you're not feeling well, quickly tell me to go and take a look."
"Old Madem …" Unable to stop the servants, they could only follow the old lady towards the pavilion.
Lian Yi followed behind her and went into her room. Sure enough, she saw Hanxi lying on her bed.
Old Madem doted on his granddaughter as he sat on the side of the bed touching the child up and down. At the same time, he instructed the servants to go and invite some familiar imperial doctors over, and said to Lian Yi: "Wait a moment, let me see how Little Xi is, then I'll think about whether or not I should go to your place."
When the imperial physician arrived, the Mrs. Bi personally went to receive him. This way the imperial physician naturally knew what was going on. After building a pulse and examining him for half a day, he said that the young miss had caught a bit of cold and would be fine after resting for a few days.
The Old Madem hesitated as he thought about whether or not he should leave home right now. Fortunately, Lian Yi was careful, and said gently, "Wait until my sister is well, then we can go together again. Otherwise, if you go to our house and think about my sister, you will never be able to live peacefully. Grandma, in a few days, Ershan and I will come together to see you and Hanxi. "
"Alright, alright, I will wait for Little Xi to recover before going to your house, there's no need to be anxious about the next few days." The old lady covered her granddaughter with the blanket and muttered, "This child, why is he so weak? He must have been scared by her father."
Mrs. Bi stood at the side with a straight face, not saying a word. Lian Yi was courteous to her, he only treated it as not seeing it, but Lian Yi naturally would not care, she and Ershan both knew, that in this family, they would always be guests.
"Grandma, I'll go back first." Lian Yi said to the Old Madem, "If there's anything you need, please just send a servant to the middle school's residence to instruct me."
"Good child, be careful on your way." Old Madem said, and ordered the mama by his side to send Second Young Madam out.
Lian Yi bowed towards the Mrs. Bi, who turned his face away and ignored him. Lian Yi smiled warmly and followed the mama away.
After they left, the Old Madem finally spoke out: "You are the daughter of the Hou clan, and the wife of the prime minister. To be disrespectful to a junior, no wonder those noble women kept on pointing fingers and looking down on you from behind your back."
"Mother, aren't these words too harsh …" Mrs. Bi held back the anger in his heart.
She had already been angry with her mother-in-law several times and had even spread it outside the house. The more she lived, the worse it was for her. She thought that even if her son married his daughter, he would still be able to give her face and make her proud. In the end, the bastard ran back and took everything from her and her child.
"What's wrong with what I'm saying? You don't sound comfortable, do you? I'm not used to it yet! " The Old Granny reprimanded him, "For such disgraceful matters, even I was pointed at. Blame me, your mother-in-law, for not being able to teach a daughter-in-law."
Mrs. Bi kneeled down and said emotionlessly: "My daughter-in-law is not filial."
Old Madem snorted: "Don't kneel before me, just treat it as me torturing you. How about I kneel before you and beg you to let my children reunite with me?"
Hanxi sat up from the bed. She was truly happy to be with her mother, but …
At this moment, the mama by Old Madem's side ran over anxiously and said, "Old granny, Second Young Mistress has fainted."
Old Madem was extremely anxious, everyone quickly escorted her and left.
"Mother." Seeing that his grandmother had left, Hanxi ran over to help her mother.
Mrs. Bi sat paralyzed on the ground, chuckling coldly: "So what if they passed out, it's good that they died, it's good that they all died."
Hanxi cried, "Mother, don't be like this, mother …"
Mrs. Bi was also crying as he said, "Little Xi, Mother only has you and your brother now. You must not abandon Mother."
At this time, Lian Yi was carried to the old lady's bedroom in the inner courtyard. The imperial physician, who had just left, was found again.
Old Madem was elated, he was so overjoyed that he didn't know what to do. He instructed the servants to go find industry and at the same time hugged Lian Yi and said: "Poor child, you're at home by yourself. You don't even know if you're pregnant?"