In the evening, the ship arrived in Hekou County.
Cao Defu and others were waiting on the dock and were extremely excited when they saw Cheng Wanwan coming back unscathed.
"It's great that my mother-in-law is okay. Many people from Nanyang City said that my mother-in-law was drowned. I just said those people are talking nonsense. It turns out they are spreading rumors just because they have a mouth!" Cao Defu rubbed his hands and said, "Sit down. It’s been a hard day on the boat, so let’s spend the night at Cao’s house tonight.”
Meng followed and said: "Master comes to the dock every hour, so I have brought Gongren back. I have all the good wine and food at home, and I am waiting for Gongren."
"Thank you for your kindness, but I have to go home quickly." Cheng Wanwan declined, "I've been away from home for many days, and I really miss you. I hope my father-in-law can forgive me."
Cao Defu could naturally understand, and he immediately arranged a comfortable carriage to take Wanwan and his party back to Dahe Village.
All the way back, the sky turned completely dark.
However, Dahe Town is already a small city, and it is also illuminated by lanterns at night, which makes it look a bit warm from a distance.
As soon as the carriage reached the entrance of the village, it was stopped by a patrol. Before the patrol had a chance to question, they saw that the person sitting in the front of the carriage was Cheng Jia. They suddenly became happy and shouted loudly: "It's Dashan Niang who is back, please stop working." Oh, Dashan Niang is back!"
All the people in the village immediately came over.
A few days ago, something happened in Dashan. Dashan Niang went to Nanyang City to find someone. The hearts of the people in the village were not settled.
Later, news came from Nanyang that Dashan had drowned, and Dashan Niang went to find her son but was washed away by the flood. No one was found alive, and no body was found...
When the news came back that day, the entire Dahe Town was shrouded in dark clouds, and many people cried... But everyone did not believe that Dashan Niang died like this...
A temple is being built in Dahe Town. As soon as the four walls of the temple are built, it is receiving the incense from everyone in Dahe Town every day.
The villagers went to the temple to worship every day. Since there was no Buddha statue for the time being, they burned incense and worshiped the gods of heaven and earth, praying to God to bring Dashan Niang and Dashan back alive.
"I knew nothing would happen to Dashan Niang!"
"God will always protect such a good person, so how could he die so young?"
"And Zhao Youjin is protecting us in the sky. Our Dashan Niang will definitely live to be ninety-nine."
"..."
Cheng Wanwan couldn't laugh or cry. If she lived to be ninety-nine, she would become an old goblin.
She said: "Thank you everyone for thinking about me. I'm fine. I'm fine."
"Oh, my dear wife, you are finally back!" Mrs. Zhao squeezed out from the crowd and hugged Cheng Wanwan into her arms, "Do you know that your father and I are both anxious to death? If you If we don’t come back, we, the old couple, plan to go to Nanyang City... Fortunately, you are okay, great, this is really a great thing! We took the boat all the way back, and we haven’t eaten yet. Let’s take a walk. We have everything at home. …”
As the old lady spoke, she noticed that there was another person standing next to her, "How are you doing, Dashan, are you okay?"
Zhao Dashan: "..."
He has been standing here for a long time, and no one has asked him a word. Even when he kissed his mother, he only asked lightly and perfunctorily.
In the past, Grandma's favorite was his eldest grandson. Now, the person who cares most about Grandma is probably his mother.
"Sister-in-law, I'm really scared to death!" Mrs. Sun cried loudly and rushed over, "If something happens to my sister-in-law, I don't want to live anymore, wuwuwu..."
Zhao Dashan: "..."
Well, the third aunt, who used to quarrel with Mom often, also puts Mom at the forefront of her heart.
His mother is a blessing to the family, the village, and Dahe Town...
Because the Zhao family didn't know that Cheng Wanwan would be back today, they didn't prepare big fish or meat. They only prepared some home-cooked dishes, which tasted very good.
Donghua lay on the table, secretly took a mouthful of lard residue, and muttered: "Uncle, please don't do such dangerous things again in the future. My grandpa and grandma cry at home every day, and my sister-in-law My second sister-in-law and I also cried together..."
Old man Zhao's face turned red: "What nonsense are you talking about? How can I cry at such an old age?"
"I was just crying." Qiuhua said, "My grandpa was sitting on the edge of the bed in the room, and grandma was standing at the window, and they were crying together."
"Ahem!" Old Mrs. Zhao cleared her throat, "Donghua is right, you can't do such dangerous things again in the future. If something happens to you, our whole family will not be sad to death. And Dashan, you Now that I am in my twenties, you must pay attention to your own safety when traveling far away, and don’t make people worry about you all the time, remember?”
Zhao Dashan nodded obediently: "Don't worry, Grandma, I will never do it again."
Zhao Youyin, who had been sitting silently on the side, said: "The third child and I have discussed something, and I will discuss it with my sister-in-law as well. Even though my eldest brother is dead, he has been blessing my sister-in-law's family in heaven, and he has also been praised by the emperor. After being awarded the title of seventh-level guardian, the third child and I thought about enshrining a memorial tablet for my eldest brother in the temple. I heard that the ghosts and gods enshrined with incense will be more powerful and more likely to manifest themselves, so that my eldest brother can better protect my sister-in-law's family in the future. Man, how are you?"
Cheng Wanwan said without any hesitation: "Of course."
She has too many secret weapons that she cannot take out. Zhao Youjin is her best shield. With the enshrined tablet, if something strange happens in the future, the villagers will automatically help her push Zhao Youjin out and take the blame. It can't be too perfect.
Zhao Youcai immediately said: "I will go and settle this matter with Tie Zhu tomorrow."
"What are you waiting for tomorrow?" Mrs. Sun pushed him, "It's still early, go and settle down with Tiezhu now."
Zhao Youcai immediately stood up and went out.
After Cheng Wanwan had eaten and drank enough, she returned to her small yard to rest.
In fact, she didn't stay in Nanyang City for long, maybe because she almost lost her life, so when she came back, she felt like she was in another world.
The dogs, wolves, and big white geese in the yard came over and rubbed against each other. She touched each one before going back to her room to rest.
This time, she slept until noon the next day before getting up.
There was harmony in the yard, Xiao Zhuzhu and Chen Chen were running around chasing Xiao Dian, Wu Huiniang was holding Xiao Zhenzhen in her arms, Cao Yingying was reading the account book...
"Mom, you're up." Cao Yingying turned to Mrs. Ma to bring the meal, walked to Cheng Wanwan and said with a smile, "Mrs. Lin and Mrs. Zheng were here just this morning, as well as Mr. Qian, Shopkeeper Zhou, Wang Many people came to visit my mother, but after learning that she was resting, they didn’t dare to disturb her, so they put down their gifts and left.”
Cheng Wanwan sat down and took a sip of porridge to moisten her intestines, and then she said: "Let Mrs. Qi prepare the return gifts and send them one by one later."
Mrs. Qi, who was waiting on the side, replied: "The return gift has been prepared, I need to have a look at it."
"Hui Niang." Cheng Wanwan raised his head, "From now on, I will leave it to you to handle all the welcoming and drop-off matters at home. If you are really undecided about something, come and ask me."
These days, Cheng Wanwan is not at home, nor is Dashan and Ergou, but people come to the house every day to inquire about news. It can be said that Wu Huiniang is dealing with it all by herself.
She knew that sooner or later she would have to face all this, but she didn't expect it to come so soon.
However, she was not afraid or uneasy. She nodded and said, "Don't worry, Mom, I will study hard and won't disappoint Mom."
