A year later

At the gate of Xiangping City on the border between Liangzhou and Fanbang, a carriage slowly approached the city gate with the flow of people.

"Stop, take out the identity papers."

The driver was a tall, thin and mediocre businessman in his twenties, who handed over his identity document with a smile and stuffed a piece or two of silver over by the way.

The guards guarding the city unabashedly checked it, accepted it with satisfaction, and flipped through the identity documents casually: "What are you doing?" Where? How many people? What are you doing in Xiangping City? ”

"Back to the official, the little one is in business, it is the person in this Xiangping City, who has been out doing business for many years, and I heard that the war here has subsided, so I want to come back to see the old house, this time I only brought a lady and a maid and a servant, a total of four people."

The guards of the city walked to the side of the carriage, lifted the curtain and looked at it, and saw that there were indeed three people inside, one of whom was a young daughter-in-law who looked good, but unfortunately a big mole on her cheek ruined the beauty.

The guard lowered the curtain, returned the document to the merchant, and instructed: "There will be a curfew in the city as soon as it gets dark at night, so don't come out and shake it around if you have nothing to do." ”

"Okay, thank you, sir."

The carriage drove slowly into the city, and on the wall beside it was a large portrait of a bright and delicate woman with a pointed chin and big eyes, which looked particularly pleasing. If the guard had paid a little attention, he would have noticed that the little lady in the car was very similar to the woman in the portrait.

The carriage slowly entered the city, slowly all the way, and finally stopped in front of a secluded small courtyard, and the merchant jumped out of the carriage and said with a smile: "Sister, it's here, get off!" ”

A woman in her thirties got out of the car. Then there was a thirteen or fourteen-year-old little maid, the last white and plump hand stretched out, and the merchant helped her to slowly get out of the car.

A few people came out of the yard. Before he reached the door, he heard the old man's happy voice: "Get rich!" Rich, you're back? ”

An old couple came out of the courtyard gate one after another, a woman in her twenties with a three-year-old child, and two servant women and two domestic slaves.

They were all surprised when they saw the merchant, but when they saw the smile of the young woman supported by the merchant, the smile suddenly froze, especially the woman holding the child, her face turned pale: "Husband." You...... You ......"

The woman said to the woman: "I have seen my sister." ”

The woman shook and almost fainted, but the merchant hurried forward a few steps to help her, but the woman stubbornly pulled her hand away. Hold the child and walk briskly to the yard.

The old couple was a little embarrassed, "Get rich, this is ...... This ......"

Liao Facai looked at the woman's back anxiously, but the young woman smiled and said, "Brother Facai." Let's catch up and explain. Otherwise, my sister will hate me to death in the future! ”

Liao Facai said sorry to Ling'er, saluted the old couple again, and then hurried to the backyard.

The young woman smiled and stepped forward to the old couple: "Meet my father." ”

The old couple looked at each other awkwardly: "Girl, you ...... You are ......"

The young woman raised her head and smiled without being a little shy: "My surname is Xiaowen, and now I am nominally the concubine of Brother Fa Cai." ”

The old couple was shocked: "Huh? Why didn't you mention it to us, you ......"

"Father and mother, we met halfway. Brother Facai hasn't come back, why did I mention it to you? The woman naturally helped the old couple to walk into the yard. I don't know if it's because the woman can speak well or because the woman is too affinity, the old couple doesn't have the slightest sense of rejection towards her.

Yes, this woman is Ling'er, who has been missing for a year.

Ling'er talked with the old couple in the front living room, talking about the strange things along the way, the old couple listened to it with relish, like curious children sometimes surprised and sometimes laughed, Liao Facai and his wife saw this scene when they came to the living room.

When Ling'er saw them coming in, she got up and walked towards the woman with a smile: "Sister, didn't scare you, did you?" Don't worry, Brother Fa Cai always takes you to heart, you see, the purse you embroidered for him is about to wear out, and he is reluctant to lose it, and he always holds it and smells it, and we laugh at it many times. ”

The woman blushed and said embarrassedly: "My sister is smiling, I am rude, my sister will accompany you." ”

"No, no, we're not outsiders."

Seeing that his daughter-in-law and concubine get along harmoniously, the two elders of the Liao family were surprised, you must know that this daughter-in-law loves to be jealous the most, and she can't see that she is good with a woman, and she has to be angry even if she says a few more words, and today she can actually tolerate the concubine who is newly brought back by Fa Cai, it is really strange!

But that's fine, they wish their sons would marry more and give them more grandchildren, so that the family can be lively and harmonious at the same time, how good it would be.

Sister-in-law Liao and Ling'er greeted each other for a while, and began to arrange a place for Ling'er to live, send someone to buy wine and vegetables, and the family got together in the evening.

Liao Facai personally helped Ling'er take things and send her to the house where she lived, and Ling'er said embarrassedly: "Brother Facai, I'm sorry for you!" ”

"Don't talk about this, we're not outsiders, it's just that you just leave like this, will they be worried? And Xiaobao, he is so young, can you rest assured? ”

As soon as Xiaobao was spoken, Ling'er felt uncomfortable in her heart, thinking about him so much, that soft meat dumpling, after leaving her mother for a month, she has grown up a lot, right? I really want to go back and see him.

Seeing Ling'er's sad appearance, Liao Facai felt that he had said the wrong thing: "Sister, don't be sad, when this side is settled, I will go back and help you pick them up." ”

Ling'er took a deep breath, shook her head and said: "No, no need, let her stay in Cangping County safely, at least there is no war there, the situation here is unknown, whether the war stops or not, I can't let my children suffer with me." ”

"But sister, why don't you take the child to his biological father? Maybe his biological father has a way to stop the government from being wanted. ”

At the mention of this, Ling'er turned her head and didn't want to say more. Liao Facai sighed lightly: "Okay, if you don't want to say it, I won't ask, but if you have something on your mind or have something you can't think of, remember to come to me." ”

"I know, thank you, Brother Facai."

"Okay, I'll go see the lady and the child, you can rest!"

Ling'er returned to the house, the dumb aunt and Yuanyuan were cleaning up the house, they were all bought by Ling'er halfway from the girl, the dumb aunt was not dumb, she was working in a big family's house, because of the battle of tongues, her tongue was cut out, and Yuanyuan was also sold by a big family.

Ling'er saw that they were diligent and had a good heart, and the most important thing was that their hometowns were in the remote countryside and they didn't know anything about the outside world, so they were relieved to take them with them.

Yuan Yuan saw Ling'er come in, and stood up to Fu Fu: "Madam, the bed is made, do you want to sleep for a while?" ”

"No, Yuanyuan, you go to the yard to help, by the way, inquire about the situation in this Xiangping City, have a dessert in your mouth, don't cause trouble, don't offend people."

"Yes, the slave knows." (To be continued......)