Chapter 252: Seriously ill
After the marriage, Ningxia Qing was finally able to set off from Mongolia and return to Meigong County, where she had been haunted by her dreams.
In addition to her and Ah Zheng, Yelu Wushu also returned with them.
Anyway, Yelu Wushu is a rare friend of Ah Zheng in this world, although Ah Zheng and Yelu broke up, but the friendship between Ah Zheng and Yelu Wushu is still there, and there is still a long-term business between Ningxia Qing and Yelu Wushu, it is impossible to really die without contact.
Therefore, Yelu Wushu, as a friend of Ah Zheng and Ning Xia Qing, deliberately followed them to the Central Plains, and as a friend of Ah Zheng, he planned to wait until he participated in the marriage ceremony of Ning Xia Qing and Ah Zheng before leaving.
When passing by the capital, Ning Xia Qing met Gu Huailang, who was waiting for her, and she asked Gu Huailang to tell Gu Xuesong what happened to her in the north this time.
She and Gu Xuesong are now grasshoppers on a rope. She went to the Northland this time to help the Chamber of Commerce take the order for the Tianshan Access Road from the hands of the Mongolian Great Khan, and this news needs to be known to Gu Xuesong as soon as possible, and Gu Xuesong can also arrange the future as soon as possible.
She has not been in the Central Plains for the past six months, and she really doesn't know what the situation is in the Central Plains now. How the struggle between the crown prince and the fifth prince will affect the survival of a small people like her, what is the situation of the Xiao clan now, and where is the Ning clan's side prepared, these are all very important to her.
When Ningxia Qing and his party finally entered the boundary of Meigong County, it was a snowy day.
They went to the north in the sweltering heat, and now half a year has passed, and Ningxia Qing has never been out for such a long time.
Since entering the boundary of Meigong County, Ning Xia Qing has been restless, she is about to be unable to sit still in the carriage, she just wants to go home as soon as possible to see her grandmother, mother and Zi'er, she can't wait.
She sat in the carriage and heard the friendly voices outside.
In the past six months of travel, in order to communicate with the people in the north who don't know much Chinese, she and Cuiyu had to try to force themselves to speak the official dialect of the Central Plains.
Today, when she heard the familiar local voice, Ning Xia Qing felt that all this was so cordial that it was like falling into her mother's arms. It's like her hometown stretched out his arms, revealing his broad chest, and accepting her in the dust.
Cuiyu is also the first time to go out for such a long time, and unlike Ningxia Qing, who has gone through the world, Cuiyu is still a little girl, so her happy look has always been on the corner of her mouth, and she even shows her teeth when she smiles.
He snapped his fingers with joy and said: "Let's come back this time, the cook must have made us a table of delicious food, there must be squirrel vinegar fish that the girl likes, scallion oil and shiitake mushrooms, and I will also buy the elbow of the East Street family, as well as the scallion pancake that the chef is good at...... By the way, there must be marzipan and mung bean cake, and you'll drool just thinking about it......"
When she met Gu Huailang, Gu Huailang not only sent a message to Gu Xuesong for her, but also specially entertained them to rest in the capital for a long time, and also specially ordered someone to quickly return to Meigong County to send a message to the Ning family, informing Ning Xia Qing and others of the news that they had entered the Central Plains.
As long as the days are counted, the old lady and the Cao family should know that Ningxia Qing will arrive home today.
Since the old lady and the Cao family knew that Ningxia Qing was coming back, they would definitely let the cook cook a big table of delicious food, and maybe they would let Zi'er stay at home as well, and wait for Ningxia Qing to come back for a reunion.
Ning Xia Qing looked at the jade with a smile, and couldn't help but think far away.
As a woman, whether in her past life or in this life, it is rare for her to go far away, and it is rare for her to experience the scene when her family welcomes her back after coming back. However, she was married in her previous life, and every time she returned to the door, she could experience a scene similar to that of now.
At that time, every time she returned to the door, the old lady would ask the cook to cook a table of delicious food for Ningxia Qing. In her previous life, her family was ruined, and the old lady's body was taken out to pay off Ning Yongda's gambling debts, and she didn't have much money, but every time she returned to the door, the old lady was never stingy.
She told the old lady several times that she couldn't eat anything by herself, and what she couldn't eat would be wasted, so she asked the old lady not to be so extravagant. But the old lady never listened, and every time she insisted on setting up a big table of good fish and shrimp for Ningxia Qingzhi. Every time, I will prepare a lot of good tea and snacks, so that Ningxia Qing can take them back to Tan's house to honor her mother-in-law.
In her previous life, Zi'er had never been to the academy, and every time Ningxia Qing returned to see Zi'er, she would only see Zi'er cat scribbling in her dim room.
Zi'er also slipped her mouth in front of Ningxia Qing once, saying that she hoped that Ningxia Qing could come back a few more times, because Ningxia Qing would have delicious food at home every time she came back. Ningxia Qing asked Zi'er what the old lady and Zi'er ate when she didn't come back, and before Zi'er could answer, she was stopped by the old lady.
Although he didn't ask in the end, Ning Xia Qing also knew that it was just some porridge and side dishes, and I was afraid that it was not even oily, let alone the sweet snacks that Zi'er liked.
At that time, every time she left her mother's house and returned to Tan's house, the old lady and Zi'er would send her together. The old lady stood there watching her with a rough stick, and Zi'er's small figure shrank beside the old lady, a pair of big eyes always purring at her, with the introversion and timidity of a broken child in her eyes.
And behind the old lady and Zi'er is the dilapidated courtyard.
That bleak scene is still firmly imprinted in her mind, and she still remembers it from time to time. The scene of the bleak grandmother and the introverted and timid sister standing in front of the dilapidated courtyard deeply pierced Ning Ningqing's heart, making her feel sad every time she thought about it, and she was more determined to make herself stronger.
Finally entered the county boundary of Liuyang County, crossed the boundary monument and entered the gate of Liuyang County, which is not very tall, Ningxia Qing lifted the curtain and looked out, looking carefully, but unexpectedly found nothing.
"What is the girl doing?" Seeing that Ningxia Qing was acting strangely, Cuiyu couldn't help but ask.
Ning Xia Qing just shook his head and said, "It's fine." He didn't say much, but lowered his head and pondered.
She had come back from such a distant place, and the old lady and the Cao family should have calculated that she would be home today, but why didn't they send someone here to meet her?
It stands to reason that the Cao family should have been eager to send Lan Ying here to welcome Ning Xia Qing. Even if Lan Ying can't pull away, Dong Zizhen, Zhen Fu, and Gu Feng can all be sent over, but why is no one here to welcome her?
She wasn't disappointed because of that, she was just a little uneasy.
According to the days of his previous life, Cao's body may have problems. As soon as she saw that no one came to pick her up, she couldn't help but start thinking about the worst aspect, was it because Cao's health was not good, so the family couldn't spare time to pick her up?
Entering the boundary of Liu'an County, her heart has never been able to let go, and when they were about to reach Xu Ning Street, they passed by the Gupeng Inn first, and the group also stopped for a while.
Ning Xia Qing stepped out of the carriage and watched as Master Ning San also got down from a carriage in front of her, while Yelu Wushu and Ah Zheng and the others got off the horse directly.
Yelu Wushu walked up to her, exchanged a few words with her, said goodbye for the time being, and then walked to Ah Zheng. Ah Zheng beckoned Yelu Wushu and his party into the Gupeng Inn to settle down.
Master Ning San also walked in behind Yelu Wushu and the others.
Yelu Wushu and his party came for a deal with Ningxia Qing, and Ningxia Qing couldn't say anything about it, so he threw these people to Ah Zheng to entertain. But as a woman, it is indeed inconvenient for her to entertain her in person.
Therefore, she went to find Master Ning San, put on a posture of respecting the elders of the younger generation, coaxed Master Ning San, and then finally got to the point, and asked Master Ning San to entertain Yelu Wushu and his party as a young elder in Ningxia.
Master Ning San was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, but he didn't dare to disobey Ning Ningqing. Now in the Ning clan, Ning Ningqing's status is not lower than that of Ning San.
Master Ning San had no choice but to take over this troublesome errand angrily, and went to entertain Yelu Wushu and others for Ning Xia Qing.
In fact, the reason why Ning Ningqing pushed this errand to Master Ning San was not only because she was inconvenient as a woman, but also because she wanted to go home early and leave a little more time to spend with her family.
After sending Master Ning San and Yelu Wushu and the others into the Gupeng Inn, Ning Xia Qing planned to turn around and get into the carriage and go home. At that moment, something broke into her sight, and she was suddenly frozen.
It was a couple of white paper dollars......
A few pieces of paper money were scattered at the intersection of Xuning Street......
She was cold, and immediately walked over to the paper money, followed by Cuiyu's voice: "Girl, girl! What do you do? ”
Ningxia Qing panicked and went to the street, only to see more paper money sprinkled on Xu Ning Street, sprinkled all the way, she panicked, and suddenly began to run, Cuiyu called her behind while running, until she found the source of the paper money, she finally stopped, stopped at the door of the house with white lanterns.
It's not Hua Cai Yuan.
It's the old Li family that is separated by a few families.
The aunt of the old Li family walked out, and when she saw Ning Ningqing standing at the door of her house, she was startled, and walked forward and asked, "Isn't Miss Ning going far away?" Coming back? How are you standing here? ”
Ning Ningqing looked at the paper money all over the ground and suddenly asked, "Is this ...... Who passed away? ”
The old Li family's aunt's eyes were red, and she said, "It's not my father's ...... who has been lying in bed for many years."
Ningxia Qing breathed a sigh of relief, but couldn't help but be stunned, said condolences to the old Li family's aunt, and then began to walk towards the gate of Huacaiyuan.
Hua Caiyuan looked the same as before, as soon as she walked outside the gate, Dong Zizhen inside had already seen her, Dong Zizhen's sad face was stunned for a moment, and even his eyes were as big as usual, and he was stunned for a while, before he rushed towards her in disbelief and stumbled: "Boss, you ...... You're back? ”
Cuiyu, who was behind Ning Xia Qing, was not happy when she heard this, and hurriedly said, "How can you speak?" Do you think the girl won't come back? ”
"No......" Dong Zizhen hurriedly waved his hand to clarify: "It's just, it's just that I heard that the head of the house encountered a robber blocking the road on the road and suffered a ......."
"What robbers stand in the way? I haven't met, where did you hear that? Ning Xia Qing frowned, more surprised than Dong Zizhen, and said, "And didn't I ask the eighth young master of the Gu family to help me send a letter back?" Didn't you receive it? ”
Dong Zizhen patted his head and said: "I didn't receive the letter, there was a lot of snow on the road, so maybe it was delayed." ”
Ning Xia Qing was even more puzzled: "Even if it's a big snowstorm, it's better to be credible than a person, I'm home, and the letter hasn't arrived yet?" ”
"I don't know." Dong Zizhen was obviously confused.
Ning Xia Qing asked again: "Who did you hear that I encountered robbers?" ”
"It's all spread like this in the industry, I don't know who said it first......" Dong Zizhen suddenly stretched out his hand and patted it a few times, as if he wanted to dismiss the topic, and hurriedly said: "Anyway, let's not stand here and talk, these can be talked about later, let's go in quickly......"
It turned out that Cao's had a cold before, and it had not healed for a long time, and before I heard that Ningxia Qing had encountered robbers blocking the road and was killed in the barren mountains and mountains, Cao's was in a coma for two days and two nights, and he kept crying after waking up, and now he can't even speak!
Ningxia Qing immediately ran towards Cao's yard, and as soon as he entered the yard, he happened to meet Ningxia Zi coming out of it.
Ningxia Zi's eyes were red and swollen, and when she saw Ningxia Qing, Ningxia Zi was stunned, and only after a while did she stumble and say in disbelief: "Sister...... Sister? ”
Ning Xia Qing ran over and squatted down to protect Ning Xia Zi, Ning Xia Zi looked at Ning Xia Qing with her mouth open stupidly for a while, and then said slowly: "Sister, you ...... You're back? ”
"yes, I'm fine, I'm back." Ning Xia Qing hurriedly said: "I heard that my mother is sick? Are you serving your mother here? ”
"Hmm." Ning Xia Zi nodded.
Ning Xia Qing understood that the Cao family must be extremely sick, and Zi'er, as the only child in the family now, even if she is young, has to take on the heavy responsibility of taking care of the Cao family, so she doesn't even go to the academy, and waits for the decoction by Cao's bedside all day long.
Ningxia Qing let go of Zi'er and hurried to Cao's house, as soon as she entered the door, a smell of medicine that was so strong that it couldn't be stronger rushed into her nose, and it was almost straight to her Tianling Gai.
Ningxia Qingdeng was about to shed tears. In his previous life, when the Cao family was bedridden, it was such a strong medicinal smell, and Ningxia Qing smelled it many times!
After such a strong medicinal smell, Cao's death followed! The smell that penetrated deep into her memory was enough to awaken a memory she didn't want to remember.
At that moment, Ning Xia Qing felt that he had been thrown into the cycle of sadness.
She stood in the thick smell of medicine, just like two years ago, she stood in front of the teahouse where Ning Yongda died.
The situation of her father and mother is exactly the same as in her previous life, even if she has worked so hard, even if she has exhausted her strength, has she not been able to keep her father and mother for a few more years?
She is reincarnated in a lifetime, does she want to watch herself experience the pain of losing her father and mother again, but she can't change the ending with all her might?