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Chapter 224 Hurry Back
After being told by An Xiu'er, Ban Xia's mood improved a bit, but she felt that she could not go on like this any longer. At home, she was not as good as Madam Fu, and she was not as good as others outside.

In fact, she really wanted to go with An Xiuer, seeing An Xiuer working so hard, she really wanted to share something for her, but she also had self-knowledge, she knew that An Xiuer had a reason for not taking her with her Yes, she really doesn't have any strengths to sell.

Maybe she can be a big maid, but it's only because she is the one who was by her side from the beginning.

Thinking about it, there was some sadness in her heart, but she couldn't do anything, she could only stand by An Xiu'er's side, waiting for Madam Fu to come over.

Madam Fu is very capable in handling affairs. As expected of an old Jianghu, she led a team of guards in a short while. When An Xiuer saw it, she said, "Mommy Fu, why did you call me so many people?"

"The more people there are, the safer the road will be." Madam Fu said.

"I don't want to bring so many people with me." An Xiu'er said, "There are too many people, there is no place to live in my house, and if there are too many people, it will be easier to become a target. Just choose four of them to go with me."

"Okay then." Hearing An Xiu'er's words, Madam Fu felt that it made sense, so she walked up to the guards, asked the captain a few words, and finally selected four people to come out.

An Xiu'er took a look and felt that there was nothing wrong, so everyone was ready to go.

Before leaving, she was most reluctant to part with her child, and asked the servant girl to bring the child in, and held it in her arms for a long time before letting go.

She didn't know what would happen along the way, although she really wanted to take the child with her and let her parents have a look, but thinking of the freezing weather, she decided not to take him with her.

Her father should be fine, she just went home to see him, and by the way, she could pay them a new year's greetings during the Spring Festival.

Originally, she planned to leave just like that, but in the end she suddenly remembered that she forgot to bring a gift, so she asked someone to bring a lot of precious medicinal materials and gifts, and planned to bring them back together, as well as his father's favorite wine, which she naturally didn't have either. forget.

She had prepared the medicinal wine long ago, and originally planned to give it to Father An when he returned to the county, but now, she didn't know if he would have a chance to come to the county again.

I am afraid that this opportunity is running out.

She brought everything she could bring to him, including medicinal materials and warm clothes. She thought that she would give the two of them a good face when she went back this time. Anyway, she is not short of money now.

After preparing the things, she asked Nanny Fu to hand over the child to Wu's care, and then she left. Along the way, several grooms took turns to drive the horses. They changed several batches of horses along the way, even at night.

Fortunately, the journey went smoothly. They set off the afternoon of the first day and arrived at Qingshuihe Village on the morning of the third day.

When she saw the iconic Qingshui River in Qingshuihe Village, An Xiu'er suddenly felt very emotional. She hadn't been back for almost two years. In the past two years, too many things really happened. She doesn't want to think about it anymore.

But as soon as she saw this river, she thought of the figure by the river. He used to row his small boat to fish in this river. He also liked to bring a small jug of wine. She used to I have paddled on this river with him countless times, but what happened just over a year ago, when I think about it now, I feel that it is very far away.

But it was obviously a long time ago, when she passed the river now, she felt the past was vivid again, as if she was seeing it up close, and even at this moment, she seemed to be able to see the shadow of the boat just by glancing at the river .

It seemed that he could still see that person standing quietly at the bow, or perhaps sitting in the cabin, drinking bitter wine with full of thoughts.

I don't know if that boat is rotten now, no one has taken care of it for two years, it must be rotten.

Even if it wasn't rotten, she didn't want to see it.

This time, she came to Qingshuihe just for her father, otherwise, she didn't want to go back to this place at all.

It was obviously the place where she was born and raised, but because it brought too many memories, she dared not face it.

But no matter how afraid to face it, the chariots and horses drove slowly into this small village. The willow trees with crooked necks at the entrance of the village looked even older. They hadn't had time to grow green leaves yet, so the bare branches hung down , looks really a bit bleak.

The weather was still very cold, and some villagers covered their sleeves, looking at the chariots and horses coming into the village, whispering, they didn't know who it was, they just thought it was really cool.

Some children seldom saw tall horses, so they followed the carriage from a distance. They watched the carriage drive towards the gate of Lao An's house, and then ran out quickly, telling the adults behind them, "They are going to An's house. went."

"That's right, I went to An's house, could it be their woman An Xiu'er?" Someone guessed.

"It should be. I heard that the man she married turned out to be the young master of a rich family. The family is rich."

"Yeah, this person really has to be lucky. Who would have thought that the unattractive person before would be such a rich and powerful person."

"Xiu'er is lucky. If she marries a blind man, she can turn herself into a phoenix."

"If I had known, I should have married my daughter to him back then. Back then, that blind man Zhang had saved my daughter, but at the time everyone said he might be a fugitive, so I wouldn't have married my daughter to him, otherwise , there is no way she can get her turn, An Xiu'er."

"Tsk tsk, I think you are saying that the grapes are sour when you can't eat grapes. It is their good fortune that they have all these things now."

"That's it."

They were discussing this matter one after another, but they didn't know that the lucky man they talked about had become a half-widowed person, and they didn't know that the man they talked about had disappeared.

What happened at this time is really unclear. Maybe you were in heaven one moment, and you may fall to hell the next moment.

Or, one moment you are still in hell, the next moment, you may be in heaven.

An Xiu'er didn't know what they were talking about, she didn't have time to pay attention to it, she just hurriedly got off the sedan chair and rushed home.

"Father, mother, I'm back!" she shouted loudly.

The door was open, and she hurried into the house.

Dong shi came out when she heard the voice, and blushed when she saw An Xiu'er, "Young lady is back, go in quickly."

"What's the matter?" Seeing her expression, An Xiu'er panicked for no reason, and didn't dare to listen to her answer, so she hurried into the room.

"Xiu'er, Xiu'er." The sallow-faced person on the bed called her name vaguely.

An Xiu'er walked over quickly, and before she reached the bedside, she was already crying like rain.

"My dear daughter." Father An stretched out his hand tremblingly. He wanted to raise his hand several times, but it fell again. He had already run out of oil and the lamp was dry.

"Father." An Xiu'er stretched out her hand to grab his hand, and when she saw his old face, tears poured down her face.

"Father." She sobbed, like a cub about to lose its relatives.

"Don't cry." Father An stretched out his hand, wanting to touch her hair, to comfort her as before, and also wanting to touch her face, to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes.

An Xiu'er wiped her tears with her hands, and held his hand again, bringing it close to her face.

The corners of Father An's mouth moved, as if he was laughing, but he couldn't make a sound.

He raised his eyes and looked at Liang Shi, Liang Shi came over with a jade sachet, Father An signaled with his eyes, An Xiu'er turned his face away, and saw Liang shi handed the jade sachet to her.

"Father, what is this?" An Xiu'er asked, this jade sachet is really too delicate, the outside is carved with dragons and phoenixes, it is very delicate, the jade is transparent, it should be very expensive, from An Xiu'er's current perspective Look, it's impossible for this jade sachet to be owned by an ordinary farm family like the An family.

Father An wanted to speak, but he had no strength left. He looked at Liang Shi, wanting Liang Shi to explain something to her.

Liang said: "I don't know what this is. This is a relic given to you by your father. You should keep it well. Inside is a letter he wrote to you. He told you not to leave it until it is absolutely necessary. Can't open it."

"This last resort, when does it mean?" An Xiuer asked, "Now that you are like this, is it a last resort? If I open it, will there be your life-saving prescription on the front?"

An Xiu'er was about to open it as she spoke.

Father An cried out quickly, sobbing and slurring, his voice was blocked in his throat and nasal cavity, and he just let it out.

An Xiu'er stopped her hands, and said, "Okay, I'm good, I won't open it, are you okay? I brought you a lot of things."

She clapped her hands as she spoke, and the guards moved all the things over.

She said, "This is warm clothes, the inside is made of mink fur, very warm; these are bearskin gloves, as you used to say, and the medicinal wine I prepared for you, you can drink it in winter, but It's warm."

While she was talking and crying, the cloudy eyes of Father An on the bed seemed to be clouded with mist. He listened quietly, and only looked at the sachet in Liang's hand after An Xiu'er finished speaking.

Mrs. Liang and Father An have been married for many years. She knew what Father An meant, so she continued: "Your father told you to keep this sachet well. This sachet is very important to you. You have There are two times you can open it, the first is when I die, and the second is when you feel you should open it."

"What is the time when I think it should be opened?" An Xiu'er didn't understand.

Mrs. Liang shook her head and said, "I don't know either, this is all your father's explanation."

An Xiu'er looked at Papa An again, Papa An just motioned for her to put it away, and An Xiu'er hung it around her waist.

Only then did Father An feel relieved, took a deep look at An Xiu'er, and closed his eyes.

(End of this chapter)