Xie's Manor.
Beside the stream, peasant women and girls in twos and threes were chatting and laughing, beating and washing themselves with water, and children also gathered together to play.
Whenever a child wants to get close to the river, he or she will be warned not to come near by the adults.
Far away downstream, an old man with gray hair was silently washing clothes. He seemed to have walked to a corner far away from the crowd.
My eyes are not very sharp either, and I will occasionally lift up clothes and look closely to see if there is any dirt left.
At this time, the light pink bellyband he held in his hand was obviously a young woman's clothing.
After Xie Miaoxuan returned to the manor, he drank the medicine and fell asleep for the whole day. When he woke up, there was only a little daylight left.
I rocked my body, which made a rattling sound, and my waist and legs ached. I stretched my muscles and walked to the stream.
Seeing this scene in front of me from a distance, I felt curious in my eyes and couldn't help but stop and watch.
The washing women around seemed not surprised by the scene of the old man holding up the young woman's clothes and washing them for a while, and no one criticized Yu for being inappropriate.
What surprised Xie Miaoxuan even more was that Xie Yuanju was also on the opposite side.
He was sitting on a stone pier by the stream, seeming to be staring at her, but he was too far away to see his expression clearly.
If he wasn't recovering in the house, why was he here?
Yesterday, both he and Li Ge came back covered in blood.
Because of Li Ge's previous serious injuries and yesterday's injuries, the doctors have strongly criticized him. This person must lie quietly. If he is tortured again, all the blood on his body will be drained, and Daluo Jinxian will not be able to save him.
Yesterday, Xie Yuanju fought against the rocks with his body. The doctor shook his head and sighed at the injuries all over his body. Later, his muscles and bones would be damaged, so he had to rest.
As a result, people ended up here, tsk tsk, regardless of medical advice!
She was about to walk over.
"Girl, the girl is here!"
The Bai Yan family member stood up quickly, wiped his hands on his waist awkwardly, and saluted her.
As she spoke, people nearby stood up and saluted.
Xie Miaoxuan greeted everyone with a kind smile and motioned for them to continue doing their own things, "You are busy, I just came out to walk around and stretch my muscles, don't worry about me."
As she walked slowly downstream, Xie Yuanju naturally saw her. He stood up and walked towards her.
The two of them walked from the upstream and downstream ends and stopped in front of the old man at the same time.
They all have looks that catch people’s attention when they stand there.
The handsome husband and the gorgeous girl stood beside him at the same time. Wen Sou was immediately at a loss. After he stood up and saluted the two generously, his face turned red and his expression became unnatural for a moment.
He knew that it was rude for him, an old man, to starch women's clothes here, and he tried his best to avoid the crowd and be rude to others. But now he was seen by the nobleman, and he felt that he had stained the nobleman's eyes.
What's more, he was not originally from the manor, and he was even more afraid of being driven away.
His thumb with thick joints rubbed the knuckle of his index finger. His smile was cautiously flattering, and his body became more stooped. "Don't blame me, sir. This... I won't come here to wash myself next time."
One of the children who were playing suddenly rushed over like a calf. He opened his hands to protect the old man and said with a fierce expression, "You are not allowed to bully me, Aweng."
The branches he was playing with were swaying in his hands, and his expression was like a wolf cub's bared teeth.
Bai Yan's family kept looking here from the corner of their eyes. She happened to be facing Xie Yuanju upstream. When she saw his brows raised, as if he was about to get angry, she couldn't care so much anymore and hurriedly ran over and pulled the child to the side. On the side, "Aman, don't be rude, this is a girl and a husband."
Since the girl dealt with Cao Youxin, she had summoned the heads of households in each village to introduce Xie Yuanju, so everyone knew that Xie Yuanju was the girl's fiancé, and everyone in the Baiyan family followed suit and called Xie Yuanju their husband.
"Your family's survival food is given by the girl!"
After she yelled at the child, she turned her head and her voice suddenly became softer, "Girl, this is Wensou, Aman's grandfather. After the wife of the Sun family gave birth to her second child, she suffered a heavy haemorrhage and almost died. Now the whole family is lying in bed with one child and one child." On the bed, all the household chores fell to Wensou. Although he is a man, he usually washes clothes downstream and will not disturb us at all."
"The younger one is Aman, the eldest son of Mrs. Sun's family. Since Aliang passed away, the family has no strong labor force. This year, there is no land to plant. If the girl hadn't dealt with Cao Youxin, she would have provided food supplies. Everyone in this family, including the old and the young, are all sick... I'm afraid... they may die."
"I hope the girl won't care about this disrespect."
As the bottom class of society, the prerequisite for etiquette is to live first.
After listening to it for a while, Xie Miaoxuan realized that it turned out that the Sun family's wife was married to the manor. The man, A Liang, was a loyal person and would often express his dissatisfaction after Cao Youxin did something exploitative. Cao Youxin designed him to be sold into hard labor for three months. In the end, only one body was left and brought back home. The wife of the Sun family was mentally and physically damaged and gave birth to a second daughter who was as sick as a kitten and almost died.
Grandpa Wen Soo couldn't bear the death of his daughter like this, and couldn't bear to see his two grandsons alone, so he moved here from a neighboring village.
After losing his wife in his early years, he did not remarry, and he only had one daughter, Mrs. Sun. Knowing that his daughter and grandson would almost die of illness and starvation after his son-in-law's death, he ignored criticism and came to the manor to take care of his daughter and grandson.
This death of Cao Youxin was really not a pity. Xie Miaoxuan even regretted that he died so happily at that time!
She said with a gentle attitude, "Nothing is more important than living. Etiquette and law should be based on life. As an elder, Wen Sou has a heart to defend his beloved daughter at the expense of his own reputation for his descendants. He should be imitated. Whoever doesn't If he respects me, he will be whipped a few times!"
"Since Mrs. Sun is still on the bed, I will ask the doctor to treat Mrs. Sun later. I will provide all the medicinal materials."
Not only did she not blame the Baiyan family, but she took care of them. In her heart, she felt empathy and compassion for what they had suffered, and she wiped away tears when her eyes became hot.
When Wen Sou first came to the manor earlier, many wives and old ladies came to criticize him.
If such a humiliating thing spreads, it will drag down the reputation of the women in the manor. How can the woman's underwear be washed by her father? It would be better to hang her on a beam.
She couldn't stand it, so she went up to say a few words to them, but they all scolded them together, saying all kinds of unpleasant things.
Now that she was fine, with the girl's protection and a doctor specially sent to see her, she suddenly felt proud and proud, and wanted to show off in front of the homes of those wives.
