Chapter 38: The Afterlife
Siyu was anxious, but she firmly remembered Xue Ling's entrustment, just knelt on the ground and said, "Madam, there are four girls, look at the four girls, you can't go." ”
The movement here quickly alarmed the old lady Xue who was guarding the spirit in the mourning hall.
When Mrs. Xue heard the report, she only felt that her eyes were black, she glanced around, and her sharp gaze fell on everyone, and the anger in her eyes was already difficult to hide.
Mrs. Xue was born in the lineage, and married into the Xue family as the housewife, these years have been about being safe, and she has never been so angry as she is now, and her emotions are almost uncontrollable.
She picked up the tea in her hand and swept it to the ground.
The sound of the tea cup cracking echoed in the mourning hall, which was particularly abrupt.
The girl who came to report was frightened and didn't dare to speak again.
It was the Wu family and the Qiu family who couldn't stand it and took half a step back, not daring to make a sound.
Mrs. Xue lost her only son, and she had been holding on until now, but when she heard this, she couldn't get up in one breath, she only felt panicked, covered her heart, and coughed incessantly, "I'm not dead yet, it's no longer useful to speak?" You can't wait? If the Jiang family has a good one, how can I explain to Jiyuan? ”
Old Lady Xue's anger was something that the Wu family and the Qiu family had not expected.
The girl trembled and said, "Not only the eldest lady, but the third girl and the eldest lady live in the main room together." Now life and death are also uncertain. ”
Old Lady Xue poured up in one breath, and a mouthful of old blood almost spurted out, "What are you still stunned about, quickly gather all the people to fight the fire." ”
Saying that, he held Mama Wu's hand, and hurriedly walked out, while saying, "Go and call me Jihong and Jiman, if Jiang and Ah Ling have a difference, don't blame me for turning my face and not recognizing people." ”
The Wu family and the Qiu family hurriedly followed, and under the anger of Mrs. Xue, the two daughters-in-law naturally didn't dare to say anything.
When he arrived at the courtyard gate, Xue Jihong rushed over first, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Mrs. Xue, while saying, "Mother, this day is dry, and there is also water, even if it is an accident, it is important to put out the fire quickly, mother should not be angry, so as not to hurt yourself." ”
Mama Qiu has been by Mrs. Xue's side since she was a child, and her affection is extraordinary, so she has to persuade at this time, "Old lady, the third girl is a blessed person, and now the top priority is to save people quickly." ”
Xue Jihong only then knew that Xue Ling was also in the main room, and he regretted it slightly, and said, "I also knew that Ah Ling was also in the house, and now I have gathered all the people to prepare to fight the fire, don't worry, mother." ”
Old Madam Xue couldn't listen to such an understatement, high-sounding words, she looked at Xue Jihong, and then said coldly, "There is one thing, I haven't told you yet, Jiyuan gave the ancestral sunken wood box to Ah Ling, and now it is still in Ah Ling's hands." ”
At that time, when Mrs. Xue asked for this box, only Xue Ling and Jiang Yue were present, and Mrs. Xue did not mention this matter later, and the two brothers of the Xue family thought that Mrs. Xue had already got it in their hands, and they just waited for the elders of the clan to arrive, select the heir, and then they could pass it on.
Hearing this at this time, Xue Jiman, who had just arrived, couldn't help but change his face.
Xue Jihong was also a little confused, "Mother, didn't you say it a long time ago, after you arrive, take back the sunken wood box first, such an important thing, how?"
Old Mrs. Xue looked at Xue Jihong, the anger in her eyes turned cold, people's hearts were separated from their stomachs, Xue Jihong was not from her, but she has always adhered to the duty of a mother-in-law, at least on the bright face of motherhood and filial piety.
Just before, Old Lady Xue was also inclined to inherit everything from the Xue family as the eldest grandson of the second room.
But now, like a scoop of cold water poured on the head, all the illusions have been torn apart.
The last trace of generosity in Mrs. Xue's heart was finally consumed.
Old Madam Xue said, "You'd better hope that Ah Ling and the medical book are not half a point apart, otherwise the Xue family's century-old inheritance will be cut off, and you will all be sinners through the ages." ”
At this moment, everyone fell silent.
Xue Jihong and Xue Jiman glanced at each other silently, and then began to order all the subordinates to start extinguishing the fire and saving people.
Extraordinarily united.
When I came to the courtyard, I saw Jiang Yue standing there alive.
All of them were dumbfounded.
Mrs. Xue glanced at it, only saw Jiang Yue and Xue Yan, and there was no figure of Xue Ling, her heart cooled inch by inch, and for a while, no one said a word, and hurriedly instructed everyone to quickly extinguish the fire and save people.
The fire starts and goes out quickly.
I don't know who shouted, "The third girl is fine, she dived through the back window." ”
Mrs. Xue was overjoyed and hurriedly instructed everyone to go to the edge of the pond to save people.
Not more than a moment.
When Xue Ling was fished ashore, she was already soaked.
Several mothers-in-law came up and carried her into the courtyard.
Jiang Yue hurriedly pounced and called out tremblingly, "Ah Ling." ”
Xue Ling shuddered, raised a small face, and the whole person was dripping with water, dragging out a long list of water stains.
Under the candlelight, it looks very embarrassed.
She trembled and saw her mother standing alive in front of her, and her face finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The corners of his lips involuntarily appeared half a smile.
After tonight, no one can take A-Niang away from her.
Jiang Shi was obviously frightened, and his eyes were red with anxiety, and when he saw Xue Ling at this time, he took her into his arms, and his voice trembled, "It's okay, it's okay, it's okay, if you have a good one, how can you tell A-Niang to live." ”
Xue Ling lay in her mother's arms, feeling her mother's body trembling, she absorbed the temperature in her mother's arms, closed her eyes gently, and called out to A-Niang.
That's what it's like to have someone to care about, what it's like to be able to rely on, and that's good.
She struggled in her previous life, and after becoming a witch master, she was even more cautious in her words and deeds.
Since his rebirth, he has been able to take charge of himself.
But no matter how independent she became, there was always a soft place in her heart that longed for this unreserved concern.
"Auntie, don't worry." Xue Ling comforted in a low voice, and as soon as he opened his mouth, his teeth were trembling.
Two lines of tears flowed from Jiang Yue's cheeks, hugging Xue Ling tightly, unable to say a word.
Xue Yan had already woken up and was so frightened by the scene in front of her that she cried.
There was a commotion in the courtyard.
Xue Ling was shivering from the cold.
Jiang Yue hugged Xue Ling's small body, and while feeling distressed, she hurriedly ordered, "Hurry up and prepare hot water." Prepare your clothes. Prepare ginger soup to ward off the cold. ”