Chapter 253: Defection
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"Xiaotang ......" Xie Huaijin, who was replaced by filial piety, looked very uneasy. He obviously didn't quite understand the point of doing this, but instinctively knew something was wrong.
At this time, Second Mrs. Ji also came over with Ji Xiaoyun and Changsheng.
"Okay." When Mrs. Ji saw that Xie Huaijin was full of filial piety, she immediately thought of Mrs. Xie, and her voice was a little choked.
"Xiaotang, it's all ready." Master Ji San hurriedly walked over and said.
There was a little girl leading the way in front, and everyone went to the backyard of the immortal temple. Mrs. Xie's coffin was parked in a quiet room in the backyard of Liuxian Temple.
"Uncle, I brought Brother Huaijin to see you." Walking to Mrs. Xie's coffin, Ji Xiaotang said softly.
Before Ji Xiaotang could say anything to Xie Huaijin, Xie Huaijin had already burst into tears.
"Brother Huaijin, you can kowtow a few more times to your aunt." Seeing this scene, Ji Xiaotang felt uncomfortable, so he pulled Xie Huaijin and took two steps to the coffin.
Without Ji Xiaotang's further prompting, Xie Huaijin threw himself in front of Mrs. Xie's coffin.
"Mother......, mother......" Xie Huaijin cried and called her mother, and stepped forward on her knees, and her upper body fell on the coffin.
Ji Xiaoyun saw Xie Huaijin crying sadly, and also cried, and then she couldn't bear it and wanted to come forward to persuade her. Ji Xiaotang stretched out his hand and stopped Ji Xiaoyun.
"Let him cry." For Xie Huaijin, being able to cry loudly and happily is extremely rare in any way.
In the future, I am afraid that there will be no such opportunity.
When Xie Huaijin kowtowed in front of the spirit, he cried for a while. Master Ji San coughed lightly, this was to remind Ji Xiaotang that it was not too early. They need to hurry.
Only then did Ji Xiaotang step forward and help Xie Huaijin up.
They couldn't give Mrs. Xie a public funeral, but now they brought Xie Huaijin to handle Mrs. Xie's funeral, so that Mrs. Xie could be buried in peace. Soon, Master Ji San arranged for someone to lift Mrs. Xie's coffin, and a small but diverse funeral procession followed before and after the coffin, and went out of the side door of Liuxian Temple.
Mrs. Xie's grave. It is chosen to stay in the fairy view, which is a sunny slope.
The coffin was placed, and Xie Huaijin knelt on the ground again and wept bitterly. Mrs. Ji II took immortality. Ji Xiaotang and Ji Xiaoyun both worshipped at Mrs. Xie's grave, put incense on them, and burned paper money. Seeing that Master Ji San led people to repair the grave.
There are only graves. There are no tombstones.
"Uncle, we are going to Beijing in the next few days, and we can't come here to see you often. …… After arriving in the capital, I will also take care of Brother Huaijin. I have already arranged everything, if nothing happens, it will be no problem for Brother Huai Jin to be stable in this life. …… Auntie, don't worry. Ji Xiaotang prayed silently in front of Mrs. Xie's grave.
“…… We will take good care of Huai Jin, you can rest assured, I will love Huai Jin as my own child. You go with confidence. Reincarnate early. I'll ask you to read more scriptures and burn more paper money for you. Help you cast a good baby. In the next life, I will be happy and lively, full of children and grandchildren, and live to be 100 years old. Mrs. Ji said while wiping her tears with a handkerchief.
"Uncle, aunt, I will also take good care of Huaijin." Ji Xiaoyun said in a low voice.
Xie Huaijin has been crying for a long time, and his voice has become hoarse.
"Brother Huaijin, it's time for us to go."
Xie Huaijin was obviously reluctant to leave, but she was used to listening to Ji Xiaotang's words, and Ji Xiaoyun came to persuade her, so she finally got up obediently and followed everyone back step by step.
"Can I ever come back?" Xie Huaijin asked Ji Xiaotang after changing back into the girl's dress.
"Absolutely." Ji Xiaotang's answer did not hesitate at all. One day, they will come back if they want to. That day is only a matter of time.
Back at Liuxian Temple, Mrs. Ji had already taken Gu Xue'er to kowtow in front of Old Uncle Gu's spirit. Everyone didn't stop at the temple, they got on the bus one after another, and walked back.
Ji Xiaotang and Ji Xiaoyun's carriage followed behind Mrs. Ji's car, and when they were about to enter the city gate, they felt that the carriage slowed down, and then simply stopped.
Ji Xiaotang hurriedly sent the little girl to the front to ask what happened.
Nowadays, there are inspections in and out of the city gate, but there are not many people coming and going in Qingyuan, especially when encountering the cars and horses of the Ji family, everyone will take the initiative to give way, and there is really no road that will be blocked.
Soon, the little girl returned.
The carriages and horses did not stop because of the inspection of the city gates.
"Someone knelt in front of the old lady's car, saying that he had come to join his relatives." The little girl reported to Ji Xiaotang.
Someone came to join the family?
"Sister, what other relatives do we have in our family, I don't know?" Ji Xiaotang asked Ji Xiaoyun on the side.
Ji Xiaoyun was a little absent-minded, but she came back to her senses when she heard Ji Xiaotang's question.
"I don't know, I don't think there are any relatives we don't know." Ji Xiaoyun is not very sure.
"Who is it, you know?" Ji Xiaotang asked the little girl.
"It is said that it is the old lady's maiden niece, not alone, but a family. The old lady has already recognized the person, and wants to take it back to the house to talk. The little girl said hurriedly.
Sure enough, after this time, the carriage in front of him moved again.
Ji Xiaotang was puzzled, but it was not good to continue to ask. When I get home, everything will be clear.
The carriage stopped in front of the second gate, and Ji Xiaotang asked Mama Cheng to settle Xie Huaijin well, and at the same time asked the nurse to take Changsheng to rest first, and she herself went to Mrs. Ji's yard with Mrs. Ji and Ji Xiaoyun.
When she arrived at Mrs. Ji's upper room, the little girl lifted the curtain, and Ji Xiaotang followed Mrs. Ji and Ji Xiaoyun into the house.
Sure enough, there were three more people in the room.
Sitting under Mrs. Ji was a middle-aged woman who looked to be in her thirties, and behind her stood a young man and a woman, who knew at a glance that they were two sisters and brothers.
"This is Yao's Qinniang, this is a pair of children of Qinniang." Mrs. Ji said.
All three guests had already stood up. According to Mrs. Ji's words, Yao is her distant cousin and niece. Older than Mrs. Ji, Mrs. Ji asked Mrs. Ji to call Mrs. Yao her sister.
As for Yao's children, my sister is called Zhou Nianhong. He is sixteen years old this year, and his younger brother's name is Zhou Qiao, who is only thirteen years old this year.
Everyone greeted each other and sat down in order.
Old Mrs. Ji's emotions seemed to be a little excited.
“…… I didn't expect that we girls would be able to meet each other in this life. Qin Niang, the first time I saw you, you were only fourteen or fifteen years old. Now, your daughters are so old! ”
Ji Xiaotang had never heard of Mrs. Ji having such a cousin, but looking at Mrs. Ji's attitude towards the Yao family. But it seems that it was once very close.
Did she really know too little about the Ji family's past? I don't think that's the reason. Ji Xiaotang thought about it carefully, and thought about the experience of his previous life, but he couldn't remember this Yao family anyway.
Old Mrs. Ji, Yao and Second Mrs. Ji spoke, and Ji Xiaotang took this opportunity to look at the mother and son.
Yao has a slender figure. The face is fair. Melon seed face, willow leaf eyebrows, the tips of the eyebrows are slightly slanted, and there seems to be a layer of faint sorrow between the eyebrows. Obviously, Yao must have been a one-in-a-hundred beauty when he was young, and even now that he is older, he still has charm. Moreover, the melancholy look between her eyebrows adds a mysterious charm to her.
As for Yao's two sons and daughters. Zhou Nianhong is seven or eight points similar to Yao's, but he does not have Yao's charm. Between the eyebrows, it shows a rare fortitude in a woman. And Zhou Qiao is a young man with a pointed chin, thin, and has not yet grown up.
Looking at the clothes of the three people, they should have been medium-sized people in the past, but now, these are all unspeakable.
Ji Xiaotang retracted his gaze and heard the Yao family recounting to Mrs. Ji about the misfortune that the Zhou family had suffered after the drought.
The Zhou family is also a farming heirloom, and it was originally very solid. It's just that this successive years of drought have made the family's situation much worse than before. And if it was just a drought, the mother and daughter would not have fallen into the trap of relatives and friends.
The Zhou family is in Huai'an Mansion, Huai'an Mansion has been full of bandits in the past two years, Yao's husband was kidnapped by bandits, although the Zhou family handed over the ransom, but the bandits still tore up Yao's husband.
After that, the life of the Zhou family plummeted even more.
Without the man in charge, the Yao family and a son and a daughter can't keep the rest of the family business at all, not to mention the thieves and robbers, even in the township and the same clan, there is also the family business of the Zhou family.
And among them, there are many people who covet Yao's.
Speaking of this, Yao sobbed in a low voice, Zhou Nianhong and Zhou Qiao behind her also had red eyes, Zhou Qiao was young, and he also sobbed, but he was pinched by Zhou Nianhong, and he pinched his tears back.
Yao's couldn't stand up in Huai'an, and when he happened to hear rumors about the Ji family, Yao simply gritted his teeth, cleaned up the soft things in the house, and led his two children and a few loyal servants to come to the Ji family's old lady Ji.
"The people of the Zhou family don't regard us as relatives at all, and they bully us even more than those bandits. Our mother and son are now in the world, and they have no relatives, and if we think about it, only our aunt can take refuge here. ”
The Ji family gave money and food in Qingyuan, and even people who were unknown in their lives were willing to help, and they still had this level of kinship with the Ji family, and the Ji family should not look at their orphans and widows.
Listening to Yao's talk about her various difficulties, Mrs. Ji also sighed for a long time, looking at Yao's gaze with great pity. And in addition to pity, there seems to be a bit of apology.
"At the beginning, they all said that the Zhou family was very good, the family was cultivated and read to the heirloom, and the patriarch was also a kind person, why did it become like this now!"
"My aunt doesn't know that the old patriarch is good, but he has already passed away. Now the head of the house is the son of the old patriarch, so ......" Yao bit his lip and couldn't go on.
"That's the guy who wants to bully my mother!" The little boy in Zhouqiao raised his eyebrows and said.
Yao's originally pale face was immediately dyed red, and she hung her head sadly.
Zhou Nianhong couldn't stop Zhou Qiao, and when he saw that he was unprepared to say something, he glared at him fiercely.
"There are such people in the world who are not as good as animals! Such a person actually became a patriarch! Mrs. Ji sighed.
"My aunt is a blessed person, where have I seen those cows, ghosts, snakes and gods outside." Only then did Yao raise his head and said with a wry smile, "Originally, the peaceful days were just fine, but now in this world, no one can control anyone, and those people have appeared in their original form." ”
Listening to Yao's speech, I actually read some books.
Mrs. Ji Er's first impression of the Yao family was very good, and she was also embarrassed about what happened to their mother and son.
After sitting for a while, Mrs. Ji arranged for Yao's mother and son to stay.
"Grandmother, didn't I hear you say we still have this family?" Ji Xiaotang did not leave immediately, but asked Mrs. Ji.
Second Mrs. Ji also looked at Mrs. Ji, and she also wanted to ask.
"Oh......" Mrs. Ji's eyes flickered, "It's a distant relative, there is no one in her family for a long time, she is married far away, and she hasn't moved around all these years." She...... She wouldn't have come to us if she hadn't had no other way to go. ”
Mrs. Ji was obviously reluctant to say more.
"What is the old lady's plan?" Mrs. Ji asked.
They are going to enter Beijing soon, and the Yao family defected at this time, how should the Yao family be settled?
"Hmm......" Mrs. Ji thought for a little longer this time, "I'll ask them what they plan to do, if ...... I'm going to take them to Beijing. ”
"Let's go, it's not safe to leave their orphans and widows here, it's better to take them with me, so I can rest assured." …… Qin Niang is a hard-working person, I'm sorry for her. ”
In the end, Mrs. Ji sighed, and then refused to say anything.
When Ji Xiaotang and Mrs. Ji returned to Mrs. Ji's house, and Mr. Ji was sitting in the house, Mrs. Ji told me everything about Fang Cai, and also said that Mrs. Ji would take Yao's mother and son into Beijing.
"Daddy, what is this about? And my grandmother said she was sorry for Yao, what does this mean? Ji Xiaotang asked Second Master Ji.
Second Master Ji had already changed his face when he heard that Mrs. Ji was going to take the Yao family into Beijing.
"Xiaotang, don't ask about these things."
When Second Master Ji said this, he hurriedly got up and went to Old Mrs. Ji, leaving Second Mrs. Ji and Ji Xiaotang, even more puzzled in his heart.
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Mrs. Ji went to the house
"Mother, their mother and son are coming, we can't ignore it, but no matter what, we can't bring them into Beijing. This is really unacceptable! ”
"What's the point. I know what you're concerned about, it's none of your business. …… Even if they follow us into Beijing, the well water does not interfere with the river water, what can there be! Besides, it's not the Qin Niang who is wrong! ”
"Mother, what is right or wrong now! Harmony and tranquility are the way to prosper a family. ”
"When Qin Niang came, there was no harmony and rest? Qin Niang is not that kind of woman, if she were that kind of woman, she would not be ...... now" Old Lady Ji said this, and suddenly paused. "That's it, I've already told Qin Niang, and they are willing to follow into Beijing."
"Mother...... "Second Master Ji still wants to make a final effort.
"Second master, let's not live with Qin Niang. Looking at her current situation, you can't leave her behind no matter what. "As for seeing Qin Niang, what will some people do......
Old Lady Ji showed a rare sneer.
Recommend the weak face to complete the ancient romance "Jinping Ji" (to be continued......)