Cao's face was very pale, as white as a piece of paper, without a trace of blood, with a lot of bloodshot in his eyes, his lips were cracked due to long-term dryness, and his hair was a little messy.

This kind of breath is like a gossamer, dying, as if a gust of wind blowing, it will take her bony soul to the underworld.

Probably because of the pain on his body, Cao's expression was also very painful, and even his breathing was very weak. Those sad eyes stared blankly at the narrow bed, there was no brilliance in their eyes, only deep despair in their eyes. The pain of losing a husband and a daughter has tormented the Cao family to the extreme.

Hearing the movement at the door, Cao Shi didn't react at all. Ning Xia Qing cried and called "Niang", but Cao didn't seem to hear it. Ning Xia Qing screamed loudly in grief again, and Cao's dull eyes like wax balls, like two black holes, moved, and weakly turned up slightly, looking at Ning Ningqing.

Cao's lips moved slightly, with a sad meaning, and called: "Qing'er? ”

"Yes! Mother, it's me back! Ning Xia Qing hurriedly replied.

Cao Shi seemed to be in disbelief, her eyes moved slightly, she looked at Ning Xia Qing very carefully, and then her head moved slightly, her mouth also moved, and her throat made a cough-like sound, she seemed to want to speak, but she couldn't spit out a word, and it turned into a violent cough.

Cao Shi coughed more and more violently, his pale face coughed red, his mouth was open, like a thirsty fish, and his nose was fanning hard, as if he was about to lose his breath.

Ning Xia Qing was already stupid, looking at Cao Shi who was coughing non-stop, Ning Xia Qing only knew that he kept crying. I haven't seen him for half a year, and Cao's family, who was originally in good spirits, has become so thin and haggard, his whole body is chousuo, and he can't find his former brilliance anymore, his hair is long, his eyes are gray, his eye sockets are deep, and his complexion is pale......

Cao coughed for a long time, and finally eased up a little, Cao, who was already terminally ill and haggard, opened his eyes dying, grabbed the sheets under him with both hands, and grabbed the sheets out of folds......

Cao Shi couldn't believe that Ning Xia Qing had actually appeared again, and with difficulty he supported himself with one elbow, panting in his mouth, and reaching out to stroke Ning Ningqing's face while shedding tears, so that he dared to be sure that Ning Xia Qing had indeed come back alive.

Ning Xia Qing couldn't hold back any longer, and cried on Cao's quilt.

At this moment, the old lady who heard the news hurriedly walked into Cao's house, and when she walked in, she almost fell and almost sat on the ground.

As soon as the old lady saw that Ningxia Qing was really back, her eyes turned red, and she pulled Ningxia Qing vigorously and did not let go, as if she was afraid that Ningxia Qing would disappear again.

The old lady's hands were like old tree roots covered with scars, and although the joints were not prominent, the green tendons couldn't help but burst out, and the old age suddenly appeared. These days, Ningxia Qing is not there, Cao's is sick again, Zi'er is young, and the old lady can only support this family with this trembling body, which is really much older than before.

After a while, the old lady made the decision and asked Chen Po and Cuiyu to pull out Ningxia Qing, who was crying and couldn't stand up, so as not to disturb Cao's recuperation.

In the evening, the old lady went to Cao's house to see Cao's again, and saw Ningxia Qing, who had been freshened up and still had red eyes, serving the decoction there, and the old lady saw that Ningxia Qingfeng was very tired, so she drove Ningxia Qing back to rest, and then sat on the side of Cao's bed for a while.

Seeing the old lady coming, Cao Shi also solemnly struggled to sit up from the bed.

Although the old lady did not let Cao get up, Cao still insisted on sitting up, as if there was something to say to the old lady formally. Cao's pale face was distorted by pain, and thin beads of sweat oozed from her forehead, as if every movement was a huge drain on her.

Seeing that Cao insisted on doing so, the old lady had no choice but to help Cao get up and let Lan Ying fetch some water to wipe Cao's face and wake up.

The old lady sat on the edge of Cao's bed, and patiently stroked Cao's hand and said, "Okay, okay, Qing'er is back now, we don't have to worry about anything." Right now, as long as you take care of your body, our family will be fine. ”

Cao Shi still had fine beads of sweat on his forehead, pulled out a pale smile, and said with relief: "Yes, Qing'er came back with a good look, so I don't have to worry about anything." ”

Cao's words sounded like he wanted to let go with peace of mind, and the old lady chuckled on her face, revealing a somewhat uneasy look, and immediately said, "What are you talking about?" You have to be well-behaved, and our family can be considered complete. ”

Cao Shi looked at the old lady and smiled, and said, "I heard that Qing'er and Ah are getting married on the grassland. ”

"I've heard about it, too." The old lady nodded and said: "Alas, I didn't expect that Qing'er didn't discuss it with the elders, so she made a marriage with the child, I know that Qing'er always has her difficulties, we should understand her." But I pondered, since they have already made a marriage, we must also have an explanation here, otherwise others will make irresponsible remarks about Qing'er. ”

"yes, we've got to have an explanation." Cao smiled, nodded and said, "In my opinion, since the marriage has been decided, let's leave the marriage to Qing'er." Qing'er's filial piety is about to pass, so it's better to let her get married now. ”

The old lady frowned, shook her head and said, "Now that you are like this, how can Qing'er have the heart to do a marriage?" Yongda's mourning period is still a few months away, if we let Qing'er marry now, Qing'er will be criticized by others. If you want me to say, let's wait until you have completely raised your body, and then let's do a good job for Qing'er. ”

Cao Shi opened his eyes slightly, leaning quietly on the side of the bed, the beads of sweat on his forehead dissipated quickly in the winter. Cao's face was pale without a trace of blood, he smiled weakly, and said resignedly: "Old lady, you actually understand the meaning of my words. ”

The old lady's face sank, revealing a very embarrassed look.

Cao Shi said calmly: "My body is so bad, just give me joy, let Qing'er get married quickly." ”

Cao's meaning, why doesn't the old lady understand?

The so-called chongxi is nothing more than the fact that the woman was afraid that the age would be delayed by the mourning period, so she came up with it. Cao is afraid that after he leaves, Ningxia Qing will keep filial piety for himself for another three years, which will delay Ningxia Qing even more. Ningxia Qing is now an old girl, and she really can't delay it anymore.

"And-" Cao said with a smile, "I also want to see Qing'er get married, I'm afraid that if it drags on any longer, I won't be able to see it." Otherwise, when I see my husband below, my husband asks me if Qing'er is married, how should I answer......" Speaking of Ning Yongda, Cao finally couldn't help it and cried.

The old lady's face began to turn blue, and her brows wrinkled into the shape of "Chuan" unbearably, so she had to follow Cao's meaning and say, "It's okay." The reason why you are so sick is because you are worried about Qing'er. Now Qing'er is fine, if you get married again, you will be sure for life, when the time comes, you can put your mind at ease, your heart will be comfortable, and your illness will be cured. ”

Cao Shi just smiled bitterly, wiped his tears weakly, couldn't help frowning, his face was pale, and his expression was painful. The old lady hurriedly relieved again: "Anyway, I see that Ah Zheng's child is very good, he treats Qing'er very well, and he has saved Qing'er's life. ”

After soothing the Cao family, the old lady came out of the Cao family's courtyard, wiped her tears as she walked, called Ning Ningqing to her yard, explained the matter of Chongxi to Ning Xia Qing, and ordered Ning Xia Qing to follow Cao's wishes.

How could Ningxia Qing not understand the true meaning of Chongxi? After crying for a long time, the old lady had to comfort Ning Ningqing for a long time. Ningxia Qing calmed down, and when he saw that it was getting late, he retreated.

When Ning Xia Qing walked out of the old lady's house, she saw Zi'er standing in the courtyard, looking at the old lady's house, her mouth pursed tightly, and she was staring at Ning Ningqing with big eyes.

Zi'er leaned against her door frame, and after meeting Ning Ningqing's eyes, she only lowered her head and thought for a while, then suddenly ran towards Ningxia Qing, and suddenly threw herself into Ning Ningqing's arms.

Maybe it's because of the age of stubbing, Zi'er has become thinner, her little face has become sharper, the original chubby round chin has become a small pointed chin, and she has also grown a lot taller, and now she is almost to Ningxia Qing's chest.

The sisters haven't seen each other for half a year, since Zi'er grew up to now, the sisters have never been separated for more than ten days, but this time the separation is enough for Zi'er to grow a head taller, for the sisters, this half a year is very unbearable.

"Sister......" Zi'er was still the same as when she was a child, she refused to get up when she was in Ningxia Qing's arms, and as soon as she called "sister", she immediately cried.

"In the past six months, I have been at home, you have always taken care of my grandmother and mother, and I heard that you have always been by your mother's side." Ning Ningqing stroked Zi'er's hair and said with great relief: "Zi'er has really grown up, and now my sister is relieved." ”

Zi'er immediately shook her head, and said seriously and with a little uneasiness: "I'm far less capable than my sister, my sister will be in charge, I won't." ”

"Because Zi'er is still a little girl, it will be when Zi'er grows up. My sister believes that Zi'er will definitely be able to help her sister when she grows up, and her sister won't have to be so tired by then. Ning Ningqing lowered her voice as she spoke: "Actually, my sister has something now, and others are not easy to ask, so I can only come to ask you." ”

As soon as Ning Xia Zi heard this, she immediately stared at Ning Xia Qing with big eyes, and said seriously, "Sister ask." ”

Ning Xia Qing said in a low voice: "You tell my sister where the news of my encounter with robbers came from." ”

According to Ningxia Zi, Aunt Jiao, who was on the same street, heard that Cao was sick and came to see a doctor a few days ago, and then told Ning Ningqing about the robbers. Cao had been taking medicine for a long time, and at that time he had just improved slightly, but after hearing about it, he immediately became more ill than before.

Ningxia Qing remembered that Dong Zizhen had said that the story of her encounter with robbers was spread among her peers. The Jiao family on the same street is a small merchant who does embroidery trading, and can also contact some people in the leather industry. Perhaps Aunt Jiao heard about it from the people in the Pi Feed Shop.

Ningxia Zi also said that since this incident came, Dong Zizhen immediately went to the Chamber of Commerce to inquire about the news, and ran outside for a day, and even the old lady went to her house to inquire about the news, but she never heard the exact news, but Dong Zizhen heard the same statement from many people.

Ningxia Zi said that the Cao family had to go to Ningxia Qing at that time, but the old lady hurriedly stopped it, but the Cao family didn't know where to give birth to a brute force, and he had to rush out, but he immediately fainted again.

The more Ning Xia Qing listened, the more sad he became, and at the same time he couldn't help but ponder whether this incident was deliberately done by someone, or whether it was just rumors and rumors.

In order to give an explanation, the old lady and the Cao family planned to give Ningxia Qing another wedding ceremony. The next day, they invited Yelu Wushu to Ning's house to participate in the marriage ceremony.

said that it was a marriage ceremony, but in fact, it was just a passing scene, and it was inevitably said later. Therefore, this wedding ceremony is extremely simple, just let the cook simply organize a solemn banquet, and invite Yelu Wushu to come to Ning's house as Ah Zheng's family.

The Cao family couldn't get up, so they could only let the old lady make the decision for today's marriage ceremony.

What was a headache for the old lady was that there was no one in the family who could come forward to entertain Yeluwushu. Cao's health is not good, he can't get up, the old lady is old, she really can't entertain her, Ningxia Qing, as a girl to be married, naturally can't entertain in person, this time, I really can't find a suitable female elder to come forward.

After thinking about it, the old lady planned to ask Ning Xia Qing to invite Ning Er's grandmother over. Ning Er's grandmother has a modest temperament, and the relationship between Ning Ning Qing and Ning Er's master is good, this kind of thing Ning Er's grandmother is also suitable to come to Ningxia Qing's Zhang Luo.

The old lady instructed Ning Xia Qing to invite Ning Er's grandmother, Ning Xia Qing nodded and was about to go out to the mansion, however, just as she was about to step out of the gate of Huacaiyuan, Dong Zizhen suddenly caught up from behind and said anxiously: "The ...... who is in charge and is in charge"

Ningxia Qing and Cuiyu turned their heads at the same time and looked at each other suspiciously. Cuiyu couldn't help but ask Dong Zizhen: "Is there anything important?" The girl is in a hurry to find the second grandmother in the mansion right now. ”

Dong Zizhen looked extremely embarrassed, and said: "I also know that the head of the house is busy now, but what I want to say really can't be delayed any longer......"

As soon as Ning Xia Qing heard this, his face sank, and he immediately said, "What's wrong?" You say. ”

Dong Zizhen replied: "Actually, it's the second master's side...... Something happened over there......"

Listening to Dong Zizhen's words, Ning Ningqing's face immediately darkened.