Chapter 45: A Clear Conscience

Exile may not be the final punishment, not only the father and son of the Xia family, but Xia Baihe has seen it from novels and TV, as long as people don't die, some people are not at ease, and there are not too many people who encourage the emperor to add a holy decree to give death, relatively in this case, maybe Xia Lianxin is still relatively safe in the Sun family. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

If he hadn't thought about it earlier, Xia Lihe would have encouraged Xia Lianxin to bring the child to Jiangbei, and Sun Panshi of the Sun family looked reluctant, but his own mother, who was her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, was unlucky, and it was much more difficult to break off the relationship between mother and son than to break off the relationship between husband and wife.

Xiahou had to let them continue to stay in the Sun family for the safety of his daughter and grandson, as soon as he said that the matter in the capital was not over, the two brothers of the Xia family were also silent, yes, the prince was deposed and a new prince would be set up, who knows if the new prince will have to cut the grass and eradicate the roots? The Xia family is not the dust yet.

Xia Baihe looked at the father and son of the Xia family, and her heart was not so heavy, the angle of their consideration of things was whether Xia Lianxin's mother and son could really be safe, instead of insisting that they were born as members of the Sun family, and they would be ghosts of the Sun family when they died, so the attitude of protecting their daughter was very good, very good.

The speed at which the Xia family father and son ran back was too fast, Xia Shiming couldn't catch up if he wanted to, You Shi felt sorry for his son, how could he run and leave the child alone, she took Xia Shiming, and when she came back, Xia Lily had already said that she had a plague in the Lotus Nunnery and escaped death.

You Shi listened quietly, wiping her tears from time to time, and now that Xia Lianxin's matter has been said, Xia Hou decided not to let Xia Lianxin go back to her parents' house first, and then she took Xia Shiming over to give Xia Lily a gift.

“…… Shi Ming?" Xia Lily didn't hesitate to recognize her relatives, but she was surprised by her eight-year-old nephew.

"Shi Ming has met the third aunt, and the third aunt has worked hard all the way. The child was very sensible and well-behaved, kneeling down and kowtowing to Xia Lily, and tears came down, obviously having a strong affection for his aunt.

Xia Lihe also has a very good relationship with this nephew in her memory, so she remembers very clearly that although Xia Shiming is a little gentleman cultivated by the Xia family according to the standard of a gentleman, children can't blindly read dead books, and what they should play and eat will never be short The eldest grandson of the Xia family, Xia Shiming is well developed and has not had any serious illnesses since he was a child.

But Xia Shiming in front of him is skinny, if you want to say that Yaya and they also suffered and lost more than a dozen catties of meat, then Xia Shiming lost dozens of catties of meat, and the original very healthy child can now be blown down by a gust of wind.

The same family, the same situation, the same diet and daily life, the one with the biggest deviation must have a big problem.

It was not surprising that the rest of the Xia family was surprised by Xia Lily, and it was also heart-wrenching for them to see Xia Shiming gradually lose weight like he is now.

"The third girl can rest assured, the eldest brother is just a minor illness, and now he is taking medicine, and Lang Zhong said that it has improved. You also comforted Xia Lily that her sister-in-law had finally reunited with her family, and she didn't want her to be frightened anymore.

Xia Lily is studying medicine, but it is not something that others can send away if they say that it is okay, and she also understands that You Shi doesn't want her to worry, but she promised herself that she will do her best to take care of her relatives for the original owner, so she asked: "What is Shi Ming's illness and how long has he been sick?"

Lang Zhong said that the child was tired and hungry, and he had a loss of qi and blood, and he had been taking the prescribed medicine, and he had indeed seen improvement. Xia Boxi helped his wife explain.

Yes, the sister-in-law of the Xia family may not tell the truth because she is afraid that she will worry, but the eldest brother of the Xia family will not, Xia Boxi will hide some things because he is afraid that his younger brothers and sisters will worry, but if the younger brothers and sisters hear about it from other channels and ask him, he will still tell the truth, Xia Boxi is a gentleman and will never lie to his face.

It's really improving, Xia Lily didn't ask any further.

Mama Lu and Ruizhu came over to say goodbye, looking at the few remaining loyal servants of the Xia family, everyone in the Xia family sighed again, and when the emotion was over, they noticed that there were a lot of clothes piled up in the yard.

"In the summer, there are a lot of mosquitoes, and I see that the girl has several bags on her, so I take out all the clothes to dry, and the house is also smoked with herbs. Xia Lily explained.

It's not just Yaya, which of the Xia family has not been bitten, especially the men who work in the fields, there is a kind of flying insect called "small bite" in Jiangbei, which is only half the size of a mosquito, but the bite is not lighter than a mosquito, this "small bite" occupies the field, as long as people go to their territory, they will be overwhelmed, and the exposed skin will not be thoughtful to greet them.

"Fumigation is good, fumigation is good. "When the Taifu can't deal with the insects, Xiahou didn't refuse when he was scared of being bitten.

Mama Lu looked at it and took the opportunity to say: "It was the third girl who said that she would bring more medicinal materials, not only to smoke the house, but also to bring a lot of tonic medicines, including those used by the second young grandmother for confinement, she prepared them." ”

"Thank you for thinking so thoughtfully. Xia Zhongtan said gratefully that his wife was pregnant and gave birth in exile, and he always felt sorry for the Huang family and the child.

"It's all the money spent by the second sister. "Xia Lily does not take credit.

"What medicinal materials should I bring, it is the list of the three girls, and the medicinal materials I bought are also seen by the three girls one by one, and they are packed in different categories, and the second girl is to make quilts, clothes, and shoes for the master and the second room of the big house, and tell the slave maid to bring them, she can't come to see the master, she can only hope that the master will wear the clothes she made with her own hands, and do a little filial piety. "Mama Lu is Xia Lianxin's nurse, so naturally she didn't forget to speak for Xia Lianxin.

"How can I not know the filial piety of the second girl, but we are now exiled, and people in the county will come to check from time to time, and the brocade clothes and jade food are too attention-grabbing. "It's okay to eat, this dress can be seen by outsiders, Xiahou doesn't dare to be too public, the emperor punished them into exile, originally to make them suffer.

Xia Baihe smiled: "Daddy hasn't seen what the second sister has prepared, isn't it too quick to refuse?"

Mama Lu and Ruizhu understood, opened a box on the side, and took out a long shirt and a pair of shoes for Xiahou to show them.

The Xia family's etiquette was originally in charge of the eldest daughter-in-law of the long house, and women also knew more about needlework and clothing than men.

She happily picked it up and unfolded it, and when she saw that the clothes were just locked, without any extra embellishments, she immediately concluded: "You can wear it out." ”

"The second girl's previous embroidery work was made of silk clothes, originally wanted to go back to the capital to visit relatives when she gave it to the lord herself, but when she heard that the master and the young master's family were exiled, the second girl was in tears, and switched to coarse cloth to work, the second girl understood that it was impossible to wear comfortable clothes in Jiangbei, so she could only ask the whole family to suffer a little less. Mama Lu said as tears fell.

"I can only understand the filial piety of the second girl, she is a married girl, you don't have to suffer with us, let her take care of herself and the children after you go back, don't always worry about us, don't always send things to us, let people see that it's not good. "Xiahou doesn't want to affect his daughter.

"The slave will relay the master's words to the second girl. As for whether Xia Lianxin will be obedient to the point that she really doesn't care about her mother's family, Mama Lu won't believe it.

"The second sister's hands are so skillful, these cloth shoes with a thousand layers of soles are the most difficult to accept......" You Shi took the clothes for Xiahou, and then said, "Dad, you sit, you and the third sister will sit in the courtyard and chat, I'll clean up the house and cook for you." ”

Xia Hou realized that they had been standing and talking to Xia Lily, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to beckon Xia Lily to sit: "Three girls, sit down and rest, you are tired from rushing here, right?"

"I came in a carriage, where will I be tired, I'll help my sister-in-law work. "Xia Lily didn't plan to rest.

"No need, with us, you can have a good chat with your father, but your father has been thinking about you, and he is the happiest when you come. Xia Lihe's two elder brothers also stopped her from doing it, Xia Boxi helped You Shi work, and Xia Zhong talked about going to Huang's house to see his wife and children first.

Xia Shiming didn't need to be instructed by adults, and automatically went to the kitchen to light a fire first, so that it was convenient for You Shi to cook for a while, and even Yaya started to carry the firewood in the corner of the yard to the kitchen.

Xia Hou looked at the children and grandchildren in the courtyard, and there was bitterness and relief in his eyes: "The old man asked himself to write for the prince, not following personal feelings, but for the future of all the people in the world, the old man has a clear conscience, but it is a pity that it has affected you good children and made you suffer with it." ”

"Don't hesitate, my father can do it, and the ancestors of the Xia family can do it, why can't we younger generations do it?"

"Okay, worthy of being the child of my Xia family!" Xia Hou was even more pleased, he also knew that if he didn't sit down first, his sensible daughter would not sit and rest, so he went to sit on a wooden bench in the courtyard first, who knew that the wooden bench did not give a face-saving "squeak".

Xiahou was embarrassed, and he couldn't sit or stand for a while.

The rest of the Xia family is busy, and the sound of the bench is heard by Xia Lily except for Xiahou, it seems that she can only shirk her responsibility to relieve Xiahou: "This stool is loose, show me, maybe I can fix it?"

The daughter wants to see the stool, so Xia Hou naturally doesn't have to sit on the wooden bench that will continue to make noise, but he doesn't think Xia Baihe can fix it: "This house was arranged for us by the county yamen to live in, it is quite spacious, and the things in it are also original, but it is a little old, but it is already good that the place of exile can be like this." ”

Xia Lily agreed, I heard that the winter in Jiangbei is very cold, but fortunately, this house can shelter from the wind and rain, and she paid attention to the kang and flue, as long as there is no shortage of firewood, people will not freeze to death.

Xia Baihe listened and asked, "Is the firewood, rice, oil and salt here also under the control of the county yamen?"

"They won't even take care of this, the county yamen gave us four acres of land for our fathers, sons, grandchildren, and grandchildren, and we have to plant the land by ourselves, harvest the crops and sell them ourselves, exchange firewood, rice, oil and salt by ourselves, and the land has just been planted, but it has not been completed, but fortunately, before we were exiled, your sister-in-law's mother's family gave us some silver, and it was enough to last for some days......," Xiahou explained.