Chapter Seventy-Five: Returning Home

Since Xiaocui's death, Zhang's face has been washed with tears all day long, and his son Bao'er seems to know that something has happened in the family, and he has grown up a lot overnight. The place where Zhang and Xiaocui live in www.biquge.info "Fun" Pavilion is a bit remote, and there are not many close neighbors, and Xiaocui's death has not attracted much attention, after all, it is just an ordinary woman who died from an ordinary family. Fortunately, on the day of Xiaocui's funeral, the warm-hearted young strong man who appeared out of thin air still came to the house from time to time to help do some physical work, so that the orphans and widows of the Zhang family would not be bullied by some ruffians.

On this day, Zhang got up early, warmed some sweet potatoes and ate them with his son, and then went to the well to fetch water and came back to do laundry.

"Mother, how do you pronounce this word?" Zhang was burying her head in washing clothes, and Bao'er was squatting not far away to call her. Zhang got up and walked, his wet hands pinning his hair behind his ears.

"Mother doesn't recognize, Bao'er, what do you pronounce this word?" Zhang looked at the shallow, faint marks that his son had drawn on the ground with a branch.

"This word Nianniang is what I met the son of the Xu family in the field yesterday, and he taught me." Bao'er grinned happily, but Zhang looked a little sad in his eyes.

"Does Boa want to go to school?" Zhang squatted down and touched his son's head. Bao'er's eyes lit up, and she nodded first, then shook her head and said she didn't want to.

"Bao'er, my mother still has money, enough for you to study." Although the Zhang family sewed and mended for others, he didn't save any savings, but after Xiaocui went home, Tang Xu sent money and food to the family several times, and now he has accumulated a small sum. Zhang's thinking about saving some food and drink on weekdays is enough, and it is enough to send Bao'er to study for a few years.

"Why spend that money, I'll go herd cattle for the Xu family and coax his son to teach me. Yesterday he taught me a few words, and today I forgot them, but I told him. Bao'er looked up and looked up very proudly. The son of the Xu family will be 8 years old in February, Xiaobao'er for half a year, the Xu family is not very rich to invite a teacher to teach at home, and it was only this year that he was sent to a private school.

Zhang's heart is unwilling, his daughter Xiaocui is gone, and now there is only this one baby left, and it is not that the family can't open the pot, so he is willing to let him work for others in the wind and sun.

"Mother, I can get money and learn words by herding cattle, what's wrong? I'm so happy. Eight-year-old Bao'er comforted her mother like a little adult, and Zhang was half sad and half moved, and finally nodded in agreement.

After noon that day, the Zhang family took Bao'er to Xu's house, and the Xu family wanted to find an older baby to herd cattle, but they couldn't resist their son Shuncai and wanted to keep Bao'er to play together, so he agreed.

The next day, Bao'er worked at home to help Zhang's work until noon, and went to Xu's house after eating a bowl of hot sweet potato soup.

Bao'er was not at home, and when Zhang sent the sewn clothes to the customer, he came back, and the originally small yard looked even more deserted. The wind was blowing, and the closed gate of the small courtyard was squeaky and creaky by the wind. Zhang wondered how this door was so dilapidated? I thought I had time to find a carpenter to repair it. But the door was still creaking, intermingled with a few knocks. Zhang thought someone was knocking on the door, so he went over to take a look, and was stunned as soon as he opened the door.

"Mother-in-law." Tang Xu hadn't seen Zhang's for many days, and he almost didn't dare to recognize him. Although Zhang is over thirty years old, she is still quite charming, but now she is much older, and some gray hair has grown on her head, which shows how sad she is these days because of Xiaocui's death.

"Tang Gongzi, where have you been these days?" After Xiaocui's funeral, Tang Xu also disappeared, and Zhang was worried that he was too sad, but there was no way to find him. Fortunately, she came back today, and her mother-in-law made her cry.

"The child is not filial, and he didn't say goodbye before to worry his mother-in-law." Tang Xu wanted to kneel down for Zhang, but Zhang hurriedly pulled him up and said that it was good if he couldn't come back. A few people stayed at the door for a while and then entered the house with Zhang, although except for Tang Xu, Zhang didn't recognize the other two, but since they were with Tang Xu, there was nothing to be wary of.

"Tang Gongzi, are you okay these days?" Zhang saw that Tang Xu was very tired, she didn't know that Tang Xu had tried his best to escape from the predicament, and thought that he was missing Xiaocui for days.

"I'm worried about my mother-in-law, I'm fine." Tang Xu helped Zhang sit down.

Tang Xu was about to say a few more words to Zhang, but his stomach rumbled, and Zhang couldn't help laughing when he heard it.

"You're all hungry, I'll go and make you something to eat." Zhang got up and went to the stove room, Xiao Cui also went over to help, Zhang was a little embarrassed, and said how could you let a scholar go to an unclean place like the stove room?

"If it's out of the way, you just let me go." Xiaocui wanted to cry, although she knew that her mother didn't recognize her, but she was still sour, probably her identity had changed to see her mother's hard work that was not easy to notice on weekdays.

Tang Xu wondered why Xiaocui didn't immediately identify herself, causing her mother to cry again. But Xiaocui refused, probably because she wanted her mother to find out for herself so that she could surprise her.

But where would the Zhang family think about the place where Xiaocui was still alive, although she felt that the young man's eyebrows and eyes in front of her were somewhat similar to her own daughter, if it was really her own daughter, could she not recognize herself? When I think about it, I just blame myself for thinking too deeply and looking at the wrong person, and it is ridiculous to see a man as his daughter.

Zhang and Xiaocui were busy in the stove room and barely managed to get a few dishes, but they were all vegetarian dishes, and there were not a few drops of oil stars. When it was brought to the table, they were very embarrassed and asked them to sit down and buy some meat by themselves.

"Don't bother, that's fine." Xiao Cui hurriedly grabbed her and wanted to sit down with her. Zhang refused, saying that it was the first time he came to the house, how could he not be more thoughtful.

"Mother." Xiaocui couldn't help but shout mother, Zhang was excited and didn't think about it, and then hurriedly said sorry.

"Mother, it's me, Xiaocui." Xiaocui hugged her mother tightly. Zhang was stunned and couldn't come back to his senses, and waited for Xiaocui to repeatedly reveal his identity before he finally dared to believe what was happening in front of him, but then it was another bitter cry mixed with joy and fear.

"Don't blame your mother-in-law, there is a reason for it, so I didn't bring Xiaocui back to see you immediately, so that you have added so much sorrow these days, I hope your mother-in-law will forgive me." Tang Xu solemnly knelt down and kowtowed, he was very ashamed that he felt that he had deceived the Zhang family, and Xiaocui also knelt with him for his mother with red eyes.

"It doesn't matter, it's good to be alive, I'm so happy." Zhang smiled and wiped the tears from his face and pulled them up.

"How did you get cured, was it cured by Tang Gongzi?" There are actually grievances in Zhang's tears, but she doesn't feel wronged, if she can get Xiaocui's life back, she is willing to die, not to mention that she just worried about it for a few days in vain, for her, this is the best deal in the world.

"I'm ashamed to say that I thought Xiao Cui was gone at the time. As for how Xiao Cui came back to life, I didn't know at the time, but when I woke up, Xiao Cui was already standing in front of me. Tang Xu was very ashamed, he had studied medicine for so long and saved countless people, but he couldn't save his wife in the first place, but let her take care of her sluggish self.

"Mother, I. . . After his death, did a white-bearded old man come to his house? Xiao Cui remembered that Liu Shenxian said that after Xiao Cui "died", he would come to help take care of it.

"Whitebeard? I haven't seen it. Zhang shook her head blankly, she searched carefully for a long time from the chaotic impression at that time, but she didn't find the white-bearded old man Xiao Cui said.

"That's weird." Tang Xu also felt incredible.

"What's wrong?" Zhang's unknown. Xiao Cui told her that the white-bearded old man was the one who gave her the miraculous medicine that could cheat her death, and the old man also said that after she "died", he would naturally come to take care of the "aftermath" for her, help her get out of trouble, and keep her safe.

"And I don't remember how I got out of the coffin, I was already lying in the bedroom of the Tang Mansion when I woke up, and I thought that all this was done by the old fairy." Xiao Cui said again.

"But it's true that I've never seen the white-bearded old man you mentioned." Zhang's words were full of deep regret. She heard her daughter tell her truth, and Tang Xu also said that she had met this master to solve difficulties and teach skills before. Although Zhang had no impression, he was already grateful to this old immortal and hoped to be lucky enough to see him.

"Has there ever been a stranger but warm-hearted person?" Tang Xu had a whim, maybe the old immortal did not appear in front of Zhang's eyes with his true face after that, or maybe even the immortal wind bones with long beard and white beard were just pretends. Although this idea is a bit fanciful, who knows what the world's masters do? I didn't think about it, Tang Xu asked casually, and Zhang really thought about it carefully.

"On the day of Xiaocui's funeral, someone did come to help." Zhang said and looked at Tang Xu, and said to him that it was the young man who stopped you from going to see Xiaocui that day.

"Is that him?" Tang Xu suddenly realized, at that time, he only felt that the person was too unkind, and he didn't let himself look at it, and kept urging him to be buried. If that person is Liu Shenxian or the helper Liu Shenxian has found, those strange behaviors can be explained.

"What's his name?" Bai Lun sat on the side for a long time, listening to them all the time, and he would also be interested in interjecting.

"I don't know, hey, I've been so confused these days that I forgot to ask his name." Zhang said, saying that the young man was really a good person, and he was busy and did not eat at home.

"Speaking of which, I haven't seen it yesterday, so it's a little worrying." Zhang said again.

"If it's really related to that old fairy, then don't worry. Maybe he knew that Tang Gongzi and Miss Xiaocui were back, so he left with confidence. Bai Lun didn't know much about Immortal Liu, so he just said in passing that he wanted to comfort the Zhang family. When Zhang heard this, his worry decreased slightly, and he turned to ask Bai Lun.

"Where is Bai Gongzi?" Zhang felt that he was handsome and handsome, and together with Tang Xu, he was also knowledgeable in conversation, thinking that he should also be a first-class official.