Song Lin’s uneasy mood was washed away by Song Wan Yue’s exaggerated action, but he still did not let go of Xu’s hand.
Xu was also amused.
The dull atmosphere in the carriage was instantly dispersed.
Song Wan Yue sat on Xu’s side and took her arm, “Mother, tell me, why did you fall for my father in the first place?”
Song Lin heard her voice and glared at her, “What are you talking about, you girl?”
“It’s just that ……”
Song Wan Yue raised her hand and gestured, “Look at you, you’re dark and broke, and you’re not much handsome.”
Song Lin was so angry that he made a move to hit her, but Xu stopped with a smile, “Your father, ah, is kind of my life-saver.”
Song Wan Yue urged excitedly, “Mother, tell me quickly, what is going on?”
“I was …… back then.”
Xu spoke with a smile, pausing after saying three words, and the smile on her face receded a little, as if she remembered something, and as if she didn’t.
“Back then, when I woke up, I had no memory, I didn’t know who I was or where I was. I was so bewildered and scared that I didn’t know where to go. Fortunately, I still had a few pieces of valuable jewellery on me at that time, so I took them to a pawnshop and found an inn to stay in, asking my mate to help ask if there were any missing people in the county, and after a long time, there was no news, and the money I had spent on pawning the jewellery ran out, so I was kicked out by the shopkeeper and went into the streets. I was caught by a few ruffians, who attacked me in broad daylight. None of the people around me lent a hand, but your father came forward and saved me, and gave me all the money he had.”
“So you were moved to give your life in return? Picking up the slack by my dad.”
Song Lin’s face darkened.
Xu cried and laughed as she poked Song Wan Yue in the head, “How can you say that about your father.”
Song Wan Yue smiled and took her arm tightly.
When they arrived at the doorstep of the house, Song Shu had just returned and the ox cart was still parked at the door, carrying things to the house.
When they got off the carriage, Song Lin helped unload the things, and after Song Wan Yue instructed Xiao Si and the carriage driver to go to the county town to pick up Gu Yi, she took Xu’s arm and walked in.
Grandma Song had been waiting, and when she saw the few people enter the courtyard, she immediately stepped out quickly, “What did Doctor Yao say?”
“Nothing is wrong ……”
Xu didn’t want to worry the family and avoided the seriousness.
“What’s nothing ……”
Song Lin put the basin in his hand to the kitchen room and came out just in time to hear her words, striding over, “Doctor Yao said she has a blockage in her brain, if it is not cleared, it will be a big hidden problem, originally Doctor Yao said he would perform acupuncture on her, but she did not want to, she had to say she was tired and came back to rest.”
Hearing Song Lin say this, the family was shocked, even the old man Song came out of the house with quick steps, “Since it’s so serious, let’s listen to Doctor Yao.”
“Father, Mother, I’m really fine, he’s exaggerating, Doctor Yao didn’t say it was so serious, he only said that a blockage in the brain is not a good thing. Look, after all these years, haven’t I always been fine.”
“Just because you were fine before doesn’t mean you’ll be fine afterwards. When I was in the county, I heard about people who had fallen and hadn’t cleared the blood clots from their brains, and once the pain got worse, they died and lived. Sister-in-law, just listen to Doctor Yao, do what you need to do, and treat what you need to treat, you don’t have to worry about the family matters, the big deal is to make parents work harder.”
When they heard Song San Xiao say this, the family became even more frightened, and Grandma Song directly asked Song Lin to drive the ox cart and drag Xu to find Dr. Yao again.
“My mother is really tired today, let her rest first, it’s not too late to go back tomorrow, I’ve asked Doctor Yao, he said it’s fine to delay a few days.”
Grandma Song always believed in Song Wangyue’s words, so after hearing her out, she told her to hurry up and help Xu go back to the house to rest.
After she sat down, she poured a glass of water and put it in her hand, which she put to her mouth and blew on it for a while before taking a small sip.
Song Wangyue did not say anything, but pulled a stool and sat in front of her, blinking and looking at her.
Xu couldn’t drink any more of her water and concealed herself by passing the cup to her mouth, “You want to drink?”
Song Wan Yue really did take a few small sips from her hand and said with a smile, “It’s so sweet.”
Xu’s hand, which was not holding the cup, pinched her nose in a doting manner, “It’s just the usual water at home, where’s the sweetness?”
“As long as it’s in Mother’s hand, it’s sweet.”
Xu froze slightly.
After a long time, she sighed slightly, put the water cup on the table and stroked her head, “Mother is a little scared.”
“Although Mother doesn’t remember what she used to look like, Mother remembers what she looked like after she woke up, remembers what kind of fabric she wore and what kind of jewellery she wore, from those, I wasn’t from Qingping County, or rather I wasn’t a young lady from an ordinary family. But in all these years, I’ve never heard of any rich family coming to Qingping County to look for someone, so I guess my injury back then was probably not an accident.”
Here, she stroked Song Wan Yue’s head again, “Mother is living a very down-to-earth life now, she doesn’t want any changes, even if the changes are for the better, mother doesn’t want to, she just wants to keep you and your father and live out this life in a down-to-earth way.”
Song Wan Yue leaned down and hugged her, her face pressed against hers, her voice very soft, “Mother is worried that if your injury back then was not an accident, when you think about it, you will be upset and will think about taking revenge, and will bring trouble to me and my father and my family.”
Xu’s hand that was touching her head paused for a moment.
“But, Mother, what if your injury back then was an accident? Have you ever thought about how worried the family would be? Would grandma and grandpa have gone white overnight, would they have lived the rest of their lives in the pain of losing you, unable to close their eyes until they died?”
“Yue’er, stop it.”
Xu’s voice trembled.
Song Wan Yue lifted her head, “I think Mother, like me, has her own father and mother to love, her brother to dote on, and her family to spoil. So, Mother, you should think about it and go and find your blood relatives so that they can see their lost and found daughter in their lifetime.”
The room fell silent.
Outside the house, Song Lin, who had heard Mother’s words coming, stood at the door of the house and looked inside in silence.
It was only after a long time that Xu’s almost inaudible voice was heard, “You – let me think.”
……
The next morning, the family got up to work as usual, and Xu also got up, her eyes were blue and she hadn’t slept well.
She didn’t dare to ask, but asked Song Lin with her eyes.
Song Lin shook his head faintly.
She thought that Xu was still unwilling to go and was a little anxious.
After breakfast, Song Lin brought the ingredients for the hotpot base over and put them on the eight immortal table.
