Chapter 68: Visitors from the Bai Family
Early in the morning, when they learned that their playmate of more than a month was going home, the five little ones felt the most intense sadness.
Shuiqing was making breakfast in the kitchen, while Fan Jin cut fresh grass to feed the cows and hitched the cows to the cart.
Fan Jiang sniffed and reluctantly asked, "Can't you stay a few more days? Our family has built a new house. Don't worry, with the new house, I won't squeeze you when you sleep!"
Bai Ziqian almost burst into tears when he thought of the friendship they had huddled together at night.
"Brother, this is not a question of whether to sleep in a crowded place or not. It's because Heizi may miss his parents. He should go back and take a look after being out for so long." Yan Qiu, as the eldest sister, advised.
The naive Fan Jiang blurted out without thinking: "Maybe Heizi's parents don't miss him at all. You see no one has come to see him after so long. Why don't you stay at our house and let's play together?"
"Ahem, cough, cough." Fan He coughed suddenly and interrupted, "Brother, is he playing with us? He is doing work!
Think about the days after he goes back. He has a horse to ride on, a circle of boys following him, not to mention food, and it’s not like he goes back to suffer. Why should we feel uncomfortable?
Besides, it’s not like we won’t be able to see each other again, maybe, maybe we can still see each other.”
The voice gradually became quieter after speaking.
From now on, they will live completely different lives. With such a long distance apart, they will gradually forget about it until they can no longer remember it.
Fan Hu burst into tears and pulled Bai Ziqian's sleeves to prevent him from leaving.
Xing Hui also wiped away tears.
This farewell may really never happen again.
"It's okay. It's normal to separate. As long as everyone gets better and better in the future." Yan Qiu's words were very free and easy. It would have been better if there were no choking sounds.
Bai Ziqian could no longer hold back the tears he was holding back, and began to fall down.
"Breakfast is ready, come and eat." Shui Qing saw the children with tearful eyes and shouted.
Holding stoneware bowls, even Fan Jin, not only did they lose the sweetness they had before, their eyes were empty, and their faces were filled with sadness of farewell.
Shui Qing was afraid that she would cry if she stayed any longer, so she stood up with a stoneware bowl and walked to the intersection - she was an adult, and even if she was sad, she couldn't be seen by a few dolls.
Adults should know how to hide their sadness...
Huh?
She looked toward the intersection.
On the road below the high ground, several carriages that were incompatible with the remote and poor villages slowly drove up.
It's not an open ox cart, a donkey cart, or even an ordinary carriage covered with oil and blue cloth, but a gorgeous carriage with green cover and pearl tassels pulled by two horses side by side.
A man who looked like a housekeeper was driving the car, with old ladies sitting on both sides of the car.
Behind them were a carriage of maids and a carriage of young men.
Have the people in Shanshui Village ever seen such a scene?
People from every household craned their heads to watch, and children even cheered and ran forward, following behind the car.
So much so that even the adults followed on both sides, forming a long queue.
Shuiqing held the bowl and watched the gorgeous carriage heading to the village chief's house.
After a while, the old village chief was helped into the carriage by a man who looked like a butler, and the carriage started slowly.
Where are you taking the old village chief?
Shui Qing forgot to eat breakfast and looked around, realizing that this was coming towards his home!
She hurriedly ran back and told the seven people who were deeply sad about parting: "Don't be sad! Heizi's family has come to pick him up. Fan Jin, please pack up so that you can go and greet him."
When Yan Qiuxing returns, he is a guest and is going to make some tea;
There are big rivers and there are not enough chairs in our house. Please bring out the summer bed for Heizi’s family to sit on. "
If a family is poor, they still need to have basic hospitality etiquette.
After receiving the instructions, the few people immediately put down their bowls and chopsticks and went about their business.
Bai Ziqian stood up abruptly, like a headless fly, followed Shui Qing and asked, "Auntie, what should I do?"
Shui Qing laughed when asked: "Your family is here, what do you want to do? Follow your Uncle Fan and go quickly."
Bai Ziqian screamed, as if he had found a backbone, and quickly followed Fan Jin to greet him.
The carriage has arrived at the open space and stopped. The maids and servants in the vehicle behind came forward, setting up footstools and helping people.
An old woman in her sixties came down from the first carriage. She was wearing fine clothes and had a graceful expression. She had a string of green Buddhist beads in her hand.
A middle-aged woman in her thirties or forties got out of the carriage behind. There was a lot of gold on her head, neck, wrists, and fingers, and the gold was dazzling.
Bai Ziqian stepped forward, bowed respectfully to the old woman, and shouted: "Grandma, my grandson has left Grandma to worry about it."
Then he bowed unwillingly to the resplendent middle-aged woman next to him, and said calmly: "Let my aunt take the trouble."
"You child, tell me that your home provides you with delicious food and drinks, and the maids and servants serve you. What else are you dissatisfied with?!
Even if there is something unsatisfactory, you can just beat the maid and the boy to vent your anger, why bother to run out?
You think it would be better if you ran away. Do you know how much suffering your aunt suffered? If I didn't look for you day and night, I would have turned Guangning Mansion upside down! "Bai Ling's voice was sharp and she blamed every word.
"Okay, okay, it's not easy to find the child. It's not your fault. You said it's hard for the child to be a guest in your aunt's home. You'd better not restrain the family servants and say some unpleasant things!
You force your only nephew to run away from home, and you still have the nerve to accuse him? Mrs. Bai criticized directly with her face on her face.
Bai Ling bit her lip, took a step back, and said yes quietly.
If he didn't run away from her home, she wouldn't care.
In the eyes of Mrs. Bai, no matter how precious her daughter is, she cannot compare to her grandson!
After sending Bai Ling away, she stepped forward and hugged her grandson, crying, "My precious grandson, luckily you are okay!
You don't know, your father and grandmother are almost going crazy, and they sent people to various villages to inquire, fearing that you were sold to some black kiln to do hard labor"
Speaking of this, Old Lady Bai paused, pulled away, and looked at her grandson carefully, tears streaming down her face: "He's darker and thinner. My precious grandson has suffered!"
Just as Bai Ziqian was about to speak, Bai Ling interrupted: "Is this family abusing my nephew? I think this is not much different from a black kiln!
Where is the village chief? Tell me, did his family make my nephew work, did they not feed him enough? Oh, if I knew that they treated my nephew harshly, I would definitely not let them have a good time!"
She looked around again, with a look of contempt that was not concealed at all: "They are so poor, no wonder my nephew has lost his good clothes, they must have deducted them!
Isn't it for the thank-you gift that I saved my nephew? It just so happens that we brought it. After taking the thank-you gift, we can go our own way. Don't think of relying on our Bai family anymore."
Bai Ziqian's face sank.
Aunt Shuiqing's family saved his life and treated him politely. Is this the attitude of his aunt towards her lifesaver?