The carriage went up the official road at great speed, and it was slightly bumpy, compared to the bumpy and difficult road, but now the road was wide and flat, and the coachman was very skillful in setting up the horse.

The night was dark, and Tanabata, who had not slept well for several days, was too sleepy to lean against the wall of the car and couldn't hold back and closed his eyes.

And Xiao Zhan, who was completely sober, looked at Qixi with her eyes closed through the moonlight shining into the car wall, looked at her brows that were clenched against the car wall because of the bumps and discomfort, and immediately stretched out her hand and let her rest her head on her hand.

Along the way, he asked from the mouth of Qixi Festival, who was twenty years old, and for as long as he can remember, traffickers sold her to her current adoptive mother as a child daughter-in-law.

A few years ago, her husband Chongjun reported the news of his death, and his adoptive mother's body began to deteriorate after hearing the news, and she relied on decoction to continue her life all year round.

Originally, Fangjiagou, where they lived, was slaughtered by the imperial court because of a plague, and when Qixi took his adoptive mother out of the mountain to see a doctor, he escaped a catastrophe.

But the original two acres of thin fields at home are also gone because of the slaughter of the village, there is no source of livelihood, life is becoming more and more difficult, Qixi is doing odd jobs everywhere to live, but the adoptive mother's illness has reached the point where she can survive by ginseng, and she has no way to pawn herself.

After Xiao Zhan heard these words, he got rid of all the disgust he had for Qixi at the beginning, and now all that is left is sighs and a trace of distress, especially looking at the calluses left by Qixi when he was working.

These calluses that don't match those slender hands tell Xiao Zhan what the days of Qixi were like in the past.

Xiao Zhan only said that she was a poor and miserable but pure and filial girl......

Without the discomfort of bumps and bumps, the sleepy Qixi slid down in his sleep, and the whole person leaned on Xiao Zhan's shoulder, choosing an extremely comfortable position, like a comfortable kitten.

Xiao Zhan saw that she was stretching her eyebrows at the moment, and she was reluctant to wake her up, her heart softened at that moment, so she leaned on her shoulder and used it as a temporary support......

The carriage went down day and night for five days and four nights, and finally arrived at Yangjiawan, which was far away in the boot city, Yangjiawan was deserted, and the mountain road was bumpy and difficult to walk.

The bare mountains are rocky and shallow at one foot deep, and there are not many people here, and the villages are close together, and the mountains are undulating all around.

When it was easy to get home, Tanabata almost ran all the way to the small hut, and he couldn't stop calling "Niang ......"

"Tanabata, how are you ...... Came back......"

Hearing the voice, the sister-in-law of Zhou from the next door went out of the yard to follow the prestige, and after seeing Qixi Festival, she raised her voice in disbelief, and then her face showed embarrassment.

"Sister-in-law Zhou, my mother is fine, the master is kind-hearted, she promised me money and didn't want me to work there, just let me come back and take care of my mother, my mother, why is there no movement in the yard."

Qixi saw that it was Sister-in-law Zhou who explained to Sister-in-law Zhou with joy on her face why she came back, and then poked her head to look at the closed fence door, at this time, it should not have been closed.

Why......

"Tanabata...... You her...... Go! ”

Sister-in-law Zhou looked at Qixi's happy little face, pursed her lips, and after a long sigh, she held Qixi's hand and informed the old lady that she had already passed away.

It was like being slapped on the head, Qixi was dark, and the whole person almost didn't collapse on the ground, but fortunately, Xiao Zhan stretched out his hand at that moment and caught her.

"Tanabata ......"

"Mother......

Sister-in-law Zhou wanted to say a word to let Qixi hold up the festival mourning and change, Qixi breathed a sigh of relief and ran straight to the small grass house, she shouted loudly, pushed open the bamboo door, and saw the incense burner and tablet on the square table......