After several days of trekking, the Su family finally arrived at Yuzhou Junction Station.
The family found an open space near the inn to rest temporarily.
Because of the lack of money, the family had to sleep in the open along the way. After many days, they all looked disgraced, and at first glance they looked like refugees on the run.
Su Da and Su Er used local materials to build a stove and cook a pot. Next to the place where they stopped was a dry forest, and branches for making fire could be picked up everywhere.
As for food, a handful of cassava flour soaked in snow in advance and a handful of dried vegetables are enough for the whole family to eat.
Liu Yuelan and He Daxiang were not idle either. They started cooking snow in another pot, and immediately a pot of hot water came out of the oven. They wiped the faces of the elderly and children and washed their hands first.
The junction station was dozens of meters ahead of them. There were horses and carriages parked in front of the station door. There were not many passengers, but it was also lively.
As the New Year is approaching, red lanterns are hung at the inn, bringing a strong sense of the New Year.
Old woman Su and the old man were sitting on the big rock next to the wooden cart, holding Tianbao in her arms, and three little kids who were inexperienced in the world were laughing and laughing in front of her knees.
The old couple looked at the red lantern swaying gently in the wind and remained silent.
"Dad and mother are worried about Xiu'er, right?" He Daxiang said with a sour heart, "In previous years, during the Chinese New Year, Xiu'er would come back on the second day of the Lunar New Year, and the whole family would be busy... We had to leave in a hurry this time because of the accident. I didn’t even see Xiu’er for the last time, alas.”
Liu Yuelan bowed to add firewood to the earthen stove and responded in a low voice, "Xiu'er is a married woman, so she was spared from being implicated. In our family's situation, it is better not to meet than to meet. She is in a difficult situation with the Chen family."
When they left Dahuai Village, their parents' families came to see them off, but the Chen family who lived in the next village did not show up.
This kind of hasty separation of relations is heart-wrenching. The Chen family has such a cold character. How can Xiu'er live in that family?
Liu Yuelan sighed in her heart. Her father-in-law and mother-in-law were concerned about Xiu'er, and they must have seen through this.
Nothing happened to the Su family in the past, and Xiu'er still had the support of her mother's family, so the Chen family did not dare to do too much to her.
Now that the Su family is in exile, Xiu'er's backstage has collapsed. A weak woman has no one to rely on. It will only be more difficult for her in such a husband's family in the future.
The stoves for boiling water and cooking were side by side, and Su Da and Su Er naturally heard the conversation between the sisters-in-law.
"That bastard Chen De, when he came to our house to propose marriage, he pretended to be a bitch and said all he could! If I had known earlier that he was a soft-hearted coward, he would have never even thought of stepping into our doorstep!" Su Er He held the urn of firewood and cursed in a low voice.
Su Da took the firewood out of his hand and threw it into the stove, "Okay, shut up, you still think your parents are not upset enough? Now that the Ni Bodhisattva is crossing the river, we can't save ourselves. Xiu'er can at least stay on the shore. Go to The final matters can only be discussed later.”
The two young couples were talking at a very low volume, and in the biting cold wind of December, it was hard to hear them from a little distance.
Tianbao glanced in the direction of his parents, his ears twitched slightly, and he raised his little hand to reach Grandma's chin.
The absent-minded woman was brought back to her senses by the baby's small movements, and she immediately stuffed her little paws back into the quilt, "My dear, don't make trouble."
"Ah." Wa'er looked at her with dark eyes and opened her mouth to make saliva bubbles.
The old woman with a gloomy face teased her lips.
"Old woman, old woman!" While the old and the young were amused, Old Man Su suddenly straightened his back and said in an excited voice, "Did you hear that?"
"What did you hear?"
"Xiu'er! Xiu'er is calling daddy and mother!"
"That's nonsense. This place is hundreds of miles away from Xiu'er -" Old woman Su looked up inadvertently and stopped scolding her.
Then, she stood up, staring at the opposite side, her lips trembling.
At the end of the official road extending back from the inn, a figure stumbled towards this side, seeming to be shouting something.
The closer you get, the clearer the sound becomes.
"Dad! Mom!"
Old man Su also stood up with his crutches, tears streaming down his face before he could say anything, "It's Xiu'er, it's Xiu'er!"
Su Da and Su Er also heard the call at this time, and they all stood up excitedly and looked over there.
The young woman who came into view had a haggard face and disheveled hair. She looked worse than them.
The three cubs recognized their aunt and ran over, shouting and jumping, "It's aunt! Auntie is here!"
Tianbao played with saliva bubbles in the quilt again, as calm as an old dog.
She heard her aunt's voice before she even appeared.
Her ears were not so powerful before, but after becoming a baby again, Tianbao found that there were many strange things about her body. Not only her ears were powerful, but her eyes were also powerful, and...
Tianbao looked at the sky with innocent eyes, and touched a little bit of fabric in the quilt with his little hand.
Stab——
There was a tear in the lining of the quilt.
Tianbao let go of his little hand as if nothing had happened.
As long as she doesn't admit it, no one will know that she did this bad thing.
She quietly finished her bad deeds, while Su Xiuer and her family members over there hugged each other and finished crying.
"Father, mother, I will go to the border with you!" Su Xiuer wiped away her tears and raised the corners of her mouth, "I asked Chen De for a divorce letter. I will have nothing to do with their family in the future. As long as I can be with my parents, I will be exiled." I’m happy too!”
Old woman Su's eyes were red and she patted her daughter's back hard, "You silly girl, silly girl!"
"Mom, I'm not stupid. The news of the accident at home reached the Chen family at noon that day. Mrs. Chen was afraid of being implicated, so she changed her face at that time and called me a hen that doesn't lay eggs. She has not given birth to her in the past two years of marriage. I asked Chen De to divorce me." When Su Xiuer talked about these bad things, she downplayed, "Chen De is a soft-hearted man, and hesitantly told me that as long as I let him marry his cousin, he would protect me. I have a position in the Chen family. I didn't agree and directly asked him for a divorce letter. From then on, I had nothing to do with him or the Chen family. He wanted to enjoy the blessings of the whole family, but I didn't want to suffer such humiliation. From now on, my parents will be here Wherever I am, I will serve you forever!"
Su Er said firmly, "Well done! The Chen family is a nest of snakes and rats. If you draw a clear line with them, you are out of the sea of misery! Don't worry, my parents have me and my eldest brother to serve me, and my second brother will also support you! I still don't believe it. , isn’t it just exile? We can still live well!”
Su Da also smiled and said, "Xiu'er, you really came right this time. Don't look at us with a shabby face. Our childhood is a life of freedom and carefreeness that we couldn't find before! The yamen officials look down on small people like us and are unwilling to endure hardships. Let us go to the border area to collect the punishment by ourselves. No one is looking after us. It’s like traveling all the way down here, eating when we want, resting when we want, and we don’t have to work! Didn’t you expect that? It’s such a demi-god’s day!”
The Su family, "..."
After a moment, "Hahahaha!"
The family was once again in harmony, enjoying themselves in hardship, and their open-minded attitude finally dispelled the heavy gloom.
Bursts of laughter in the forest were carried by the wind and passed into the inn.
At the dining table next to the window in the inner hall of the inn, a beautiful young woman who was feeding her baby was attracted by the laughter outside the window. She turned her head and asked, "Who is making that noise over there?"
