Chapter 293: Cause and Effect
But the longer people don't know, the harder it is to find.
During this period, when the energy, material resources and manpower spent are not enough, it is not easy to find it for several years. Over time, Xia Rou's maternal grandfather gradually stopped being found.
When my wife learned the news, she was very relieved.
Because she is not her own daughter, it is easy for people to hold the handle of whatever she says, so she has never said anything, and allows her husband to constantly send people out to inquire and find out.
But in her heart, she didn't approve of it.
White flowers, good spirits, what to do all the waste on a naughty child who has no trace?
I don't know which one is up and down in the house, the second girl can walk and run since she played, and she hasn't had any time to live in peace, and when she looked at the lights that night, maybe she ran away after she was greedy for fun, so she asked everyone to look for it.
The wife counted the days on her fingers, a year and two years...... Three years, five years...... I've been looking for this for five years!
A five-year-old child has now grown into a ten-year-old, and his appearance has changed, so how can he find it?
It's important to take a break as soon as possible.
However, the young Mrs. Su refused to obey, and after learning of her parents' plans, she cried and knelt down at the door of her father's study, and refused to get up no matter how the servants persuaded her.
She has always been well-behaved and sensible, and rarely has been so stubborn and disobedient.
My father couldn't help but get angry.
He immediately spoke and pulled her up, and said in a deep voice: "What is this, and are there any rules?" β
Mrs. Su, who was only ten years old, did not wipe away her tears when she heard this. So he begged him urgently: "Daddy, keep looking!" Let's keep looking! β
The father's expression on his face relaxed for a moment, but in a blink of an eye, he straightened his face again, frowned tightly and said to her: "She is a child, she has been missing for five or six years, how much can she live?" β
Mrs. Su was stunned when she heard it at the time, and her father was thinking that her sister was dead.
No wonder he didn't want to look for it anymore.
No wonder he didn't even want to listen to her say more.
But she always thought that her sister was still alive!
The twins are born with a heart, and if their sister is really dead, she will definitely notice it.
So in front of her father, she shook her head again and again. He said in a loud voice, "No." She must be alive, I know! β
When my father heard this, he was angry and distressed, and he was sorry for his heartache.
Annoyed that her daughter doesn't know how to take care of her own difficulties. It hurts, even if she refuses to admit it. I'm afraid that the second daughter won't be able to find it.
He looked at the eldest daughter's weeping face. Shaking his head helplessly, he said sadly: "Even if you want to find it, how can you find it?" It doesn't matter how much the appearance has changed. It is unknown whether this person is still in Yangzhou, and if not, the world is too big to find. β
Old Mrs. Su, who was choked with crying, hurriedly said on the spot: "If your appearance changes again, isn't there still me?" Dad looks at his daughter, can he still not know what his sister looks like? β
The two sisters have been similar since they were children, and they should not be too different when they grow up.
"I drew a small portrait of my daughter, and I looked for it."
But when the father of the two heard this, he laughed angrily: "According to your meaning, do you want to spread your portrait all over the world?" It's very inappropriate for the girl's family to show her face in plain form, your idea is simply ridiculous! β
He is a stereotyped Confucian, and of course he cannot agree to such an approach.
But seeing his daughter crying all over, he still relented.
After a long time, he let out a long sigh and said, "That's it, just look for another two years according to your wishes." β
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But two years have passed in a blink of an eye, and the second girl has still not been heard from.
This time, no matter how much the eldest daughter pleaded, he was determined not to look for it again.
Mrs. Su, who was two years older, did not cry as much as before, she just quietly asked someone to draw a small portrait of herself, and took out the money she had accumulated for a long time, and hid it from her father and stepmother, and asked people to continue the search with the portrait.
Since then, she has started painting a new portrait every year.
But she didn't have enough money in her hand, and it was really difficult to maintain the expenses needed to find someone for a long time.
It is because of this search that it is always intermittent.
Hope seems to be fading day by day.
Like a candle flame that is about to burn to the end, the flame is fading and is about to be extinguished.
Her inner belief is just the end of a strong crossbow.
However, day by day, she persevered.
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A few years later, she died.
Another year passed, and the number of people proposing marriage gradually increased.
As the saying goes, there are hundreds of women in a family who want to beg, and it is a good time, where there will be a shortage of people who want to beg.
The stepmother began to weigh it repeatedly, not only afraid that she would not be able to control the married girl in the future if the family was high, but also afraid that others would say that she treated her stepdaughter poorly.
Moreover, she has to carefully pick the man's character, and it is difficult for her to make up her mind.
At this time, the unexpected happened.
The Dingguo Mansion actually came to the door to propose marriage for the young prince.
So Xia Rou's maternal grandfather immediately made a decision to set up this family business.
Mrs. Su also learned after marriage that her husband came to propose marriage at that time because he had accidentally seen her small statue when he was in Yangzhou earlier, and later caught a glimpse of her from a distance at a banquet, so he matched the number......
He admired her for not giving up on finding her twin sister, so he began to help her find her.
But even so, they still searched for many years after that, and finally found a clue to their sister.
At that time, Xia Rou's maternal grandfather had already passed away.
Mrs. Su went through a lot of hardships and finally found her sister in a very remote border town.
If it weren't for the merchant who had seen the portrait of Old Madam Su, I am afraid that he would not have connected people.
Who would have thought that she would be so far away!
As soon as they met, the sisters recognized each other at a glance, although they were dressed very differently.
The tears could not be held back any longer, and the two hugged each other and cried.
My sister cried and said, "I thought you were all deadβ"
Old Madam Su was shocked when she heard this, and hurriedly asked what was going on.
My sister said that it was the nurse who told her back then.
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Xia Rou had been listening quietly, and finally couldn't help but widen her eyes when she heard this, as if something was about to come out.
Mrs. Su didn't tell her about this past.
She was so confused that she clenched her teeth.
Sure enough, the next moment, Mrs. Su gritted her teeth and cursed the nurse back then, the words were so vicious that they didn't look like her.
It can be seen that she really hates it in her heart.
She said: "There was an accident at the lantern festival that year, and the nurse called her stepmother to slap her when she returned home, and she couldn't find your mother afterwards. β
(To be continued.) )