The temple fair on the first day of the first month was extremely important to people of Ling Xiao Inn. That year, Ershan caught the little thief at the temple party and became his wife. Last year, Ling Chaofeng made a connection with his son, allowing him to meet the Xiaowan.
This year, the whole family came again. Including the baby in the Xiaowan, there were two more people here, and it became more prosperous every year.
They went to the infirmary to thank the doctor, and while they were there, they took a look at Xiaowan's body and the child in her stomach. The doctor smiled and said, "Everything is fine, it's good to walk around more."
After thanking the doctor, he went to the city temple to burn incense to worship Buddha. When he came out for a stroll, he met the person selling candied fruits. It was unexpectedly the same young brother from the previous year.
After Xiaowan married into the tavern, Ling Chaofeng would give her pocket money from time to time. He would also take care of all the income outside the tavern, and Xiaowan almost had nothing to spend.
Now that the young lady was rich and imposing, she knew that Little Pei liked it so she had to fork out some silver to wrap all the candied fruits for her son.
However, the little brother said happily. The children were taking the New Year's money to the temple fair to get a few mouthfuls of delicious food. If they told the Xiaowan to buy them, then the other children would have all failed. In the new year, he did not want to earn any money, so he wanted to make the children happy and save some luck for himself.
Last year, when she came to buy it, little brother had also given the biggest string to Little Pei. He then silently wished for a good reward in his heart, bought a string for Little Pei, and left.
Time to eat, drink and play, passed by really quickly. The whole family went to Li Prefecture to visit the Lantern Festival, and this year was about to pass.
And after the Spring Festival, it would become more frequent for Ling Chaofeng to go out to do business. After all, the Emperor had requested for everyone to quickly create a strong water master who belonged to the Daqi.
Currently, countless skilled craftsmen gathered by the sea. They needed the best materials to build the strongest and largest warship, and a portion of the best materials would fall onto Ling Chaofeng's shoulders.
With regards to the things in the tavern, there were the Uncle Biao and the Aunt Zhang. Ling Chaofeng wasn't worried in the slightest, it was just that the Xiaowan's body made him uneasy. Every time he went out, he would remind his son repeatedly, especially when his son was so strong that when he was playing crazily, he would have nothing to worry about.
They were about to leave home again today. Little Pei lay on his father's back and went out the door together with him. Uncle Biao had already prepared a horse for him.
Xiaowan held her son's hand and watched as their husband jumped onto the horse. She warned him, "If you encounter a blizzard, please don't rush there. Even if you are a day or two late, how much longer can you be on the road?"
"I know, you too. Don't go out on a snowy day." Ling Chaofeng spoke a few more words of advice, then rode his horse and left.
After his father left, Little Pei immediately asked Xiaowan: "Mother, in the next few days, can I not study and write?"
Xiaowan shook her head: "It's only been a day, okay, or else mother will spoil you."
Little Pei pouted his lips, the Xiaowan told him to enter the door and said: "Let's work harder today and finish tomorrow's homework, tomorrow we will follow Da Qing to the pier to play."
Once he met someone who was studying and writing, Little Pei would become an ordinary child. He would have to settle down and work hard, simply not willing to do it.
Even Xiaowan could not stand watching this anymore. She patted Little Pei's butt and said, "Are you deliberately bullying your mother? If your father was here, would you dare to dawdle? A little spanking is easy. "
Xiaowan still had a good temper as she said, "It's okay, how can there be a child who doesn't like to play and loves to study."
The Aunt Zhang laughed: "It's great to have a child that is in love with his mother. At that time, Little Pei was also young, and you were not here either. As soon as Zhaofeng met with the matter of the child, he became anxious and this little thing would be beaten every few days. "
Xiaowan rubbed her son's butt and said gently: "Little Pei is not afraid.
At this time, Susu shouted downstairs, "Evening, your mother's village is here."
Xiaowan could not help but frown, and then slowly went downstairs, it was the uncle that she recognized but did not speak much, the man was tired of walking, he drank a big gulp of hot tea, after taking a breather he said: Xiaowan, your mother is gone, your father called me to come inform you, you should go or not, but I have to tell you.
Xiaowan once wanted his father to directly send someone who was half dead, naturally because she knew that Madam Xu would never wake up again in this lifetime. Her father was timid and afraid, and she did not force him. Now that he was truly gone, it was unknown whether it was a natural death or his father's impatience.
Naturally, the Xiaowan would not go home to attend the Madam Xu's funeral. She asked the uncle to bring ten taels of silver to his father, also wrapping two taels of silver and a large piece of beef with soy sauce for them to send away.
It was time for lunch, but Xiaowan had no appetite, after accompanying everyone for a while, she returned to her own room.
Not long after, Susu came over with a bowl of soup, and laughed: "At least take a bite, if not Uncle Biao will be worried that you'll starve to death."
Xiaowan laughed: "Uncle Biao is always worried about me getting hungry."
Susu replied: "That's great, even my own father might not be as good."
It was a joke, but to speak of it now, it was indeed inappropriate. Susu hurriedly said: "Evening, don't misunderstand my meaning."
Xiaowan sat down to drink the soup and said, "It was always like this, my father did not treat me well."
Susu knew why Xiaowan felt sad in her heart, so she told him about how she and her mother felt when her brother died. In the end, it was all because of them, who used ethics to restrain him, and how they always wanted to show mercy. However, the reality was very cruel.
"Evening, it's all over." Susu patted the Xiaowan's hands, "The good will be rewarded the evil, it's their time."
Xiaowan sighed lightly: "My father is not old yet, I'm afraid he won't be able to live by himself, but I hope he doesn't marry, and that if he meets another bad woman, he'll pity my younger brother and sister and make them suffer. No matter how bad Madam Xu is, a child is still innocent. "
Not long after, Little Pei arrived upstairs after eating his fill, and pestered the Xiaowan to tell him a story.
Little Pei, who was naturally asleep, flew out. While the Uncle Biao was not in the kitchen, he put on the remaining half of the beef sauce and a box of lousy duck palms and went down to the Underworld.
Old Master Yama had been waiting by the River of Forgetfulness for a long time.
Little Pei asked him, "Your Highness, how did Madam Xu's lifespan come to this?"
An old and a young agreement had been made. On the day that Madam Xu was gone, Little Pei had sent him delicious food. By the way, he wanted to verify if Madam Xu's lifespan was up to today.
The Old Master Yama pointed into the distance, and two brats floated away while carrying the Madam Xu's spirit. Little Pei sighed lightly and asked: "Will she go down to the eighteenth level of hell?"
Old Master Yama held up his duck's paw, shook his head and said, "Go and rebirth, in the next life, I will taste all the evil that I have done in this world for myself. In my Infernal Realm, there can't be that many people locked up. "
Little Pei said: "Then doesn't that mean that in the next life, there will be another bad person appearing for her?"
Old Master Yama laughed: "Foolish brat, this world has never lacked bad people. Without bad people, where would good people come from?"
"What about my mother?" Little Pei asked, "Could it be that she will torture the Madam Xu in her next life?"
Yama narrowed his eyes and said, "Xiaolong Sun, did I not tell you before?"
"Say what?"
"I only have your mother's lifespan for this lifetime. I don't have any arrangements to be born into this world." The Old Master Yama took a sip of his wine and said, "I was looking forward to day and night, hoping that your mother's time of life was up. I really wanted to know what kind of life she would be like in her next life."
Little Pei swallowed his saliva, and patted the old fellow's shoulder: "My prince, I know why there is no one here to worship you anymore."
King Yan was startled, and asked Little Pei worriedly: "Did you even send me good food?"
As for Little Pei, when he returned to the mortal world, he merely floated to the Qingling Village to take a look. Madam Xu was naturally angered, and was discovered by her daughter this morning. At this moment, the family home was already in the state of being a funeral. Aunt and Uncle were dressed in mourning attire as they received the villagers who came to offer their condolences.
When Little Pei returned home, his mother was covering him with a blanket. He slowly woke up, and Xiaowan laughed: "What are you dreaming about?
Little Pei was joking with Yama in the Underworld, but he didn't think that the sleeping would also laugh. He lazily whimpered and was about to hug his mother.
"You are even more spoiled than Aunt Susu's little sister. Little Pei, you are a boy."
Although Xiaowan said that, she couldn't stop herself from pampering her son. The little guy sensibly said to her: "Mother, when I become a brother, I won't act coquettishly. I want to act as an example for my younger brother and sister." Her heart softened.
However, as Little Pei looked at his mother, he remembered that Yama Minamiya had said that he didn't know what his mother would do in his next life. Perhaps his mother would return to the Buddha and continue being a lotus flower.
Little Pei could calculate everything but his mother's future. He could only live his days one by one.
Yama urged him to say that there was nothing more realistic than living a good life. The relationship between mother and son over 50 years was more than enough.
On the same day, in the capital, the empress took off for a journey. She was going to the Chuanyu to visit the empress's parents.
It was said that he had work to do at the Ministry of Industry, that the emperor had asked him to visit the Chuanyu on the way.
And among the female servants accompanying them, there were also the First Princess and the from the Prince Shen’s Mansion family.
Naturally, Bi Zhenye followed the other ministers. At the back of the group, the princess and Princess followed the empress to the front, and like this, they wouldn't have the chance to meet again if they were walking along the way. However, knowing that Shen Qing was right in front of them, Bi Zhenye was brimming with energy every day, while the others only thought that he was young and strong.
The empress had already planned that he would make a trip to Baisha County halfway. On the day he left the capital, she would order someone to deliver a message to Baisha County, telling Xiaowan to wait for her at home.