Shu Blossoms

Chapter 34 Death
The scorching sun is scorching hot, the earth is like a steamer, and the hot people can't breathe.Liniang's tragic remarks made one's heart feel cold.

Zheng Wei moved his butt slightly, trying not to disturb Liniang's story.

At that time, there was really only Mrs. Qi left in the family. Just as Mrs. Qi had guarded her all night, Mrs. Qi sat beside the coffin all night for the first seven nights.

Early the next morning, Madam Qi entrusted her uncle's house to take care of her family's house, and she took over from the Qi family and embarked on the road to the north.

Qi Nuyan is now struggling to survive just to find Nannan, so her son and daughter-in-law can rest in the ground.

According to the words left by her daughter-in-law, Qi Yu went all the way north, and it took ten years to go.

Every time she went to a place, she would live for a month, relying on her excellent embroidery skills to shuttle among the female relatives, not only to earn money to support herself, but also to inquire about the whereabouts of Nannan.

Ten years have passed, from Jingkou in Jinling County to Jinyang, from Wu Nong's soft words to rare words, she can't remember how many places she ran.

From fast-paced to faltering, she felt that she might not be able to find her.

At that time, Jinyang became a battlefield where Dawei and Dayan were chasing each other. Countless refugees ran to the south to escape the war, and Qi Yu also fled with the refugees.

Liniang smiled: "At that time, I was also among the refugees, and I fainted from hunger for a long time. Maybe God opened his eyes and finally gave me mercy. Qi saved me and divided her little food. I."

"She asked me about Nan Nan, but I didn't remember it at first," Liniang's smile turned bitter, "Later Qi Qi found the bag on my waist, she was very excited, she grabbed me tightly and asked where the bag was. come."

Liniang took a deep breath: "I can't remember her, she has been wearing it since she can remember."

Liniang didn't know if Qi Yan believed her words, but she only remembered that Qi Yan hugged her and cried fiercely.

Later, Qi Qi took her all the way to Langya County.

Qi Qi felt that she could no longer walk, so she obtained her household registration by embroidering a Guanyin statue for her mother, the chief registrar of the county governor, and settled down in Xiuyunfang with Liniang.

"In the past five years, my grandma has never asked me about what I experienced back then. At first I thought she was afraid of touching my scars and didn't want to make me sad! Later I found out that maybe not..."

Liniang looked softly at Qi Qi who was sleeping, saw dense beads of sweat on her head, and slowly fanned.

"You know, I'm not a girl." Liniang looked back at Zheng Wei, and then said, "Are you curious, how can I have her tips?"

Liniang said that she had indeed seen the poor girl.

Fifteen years ago, she and her daughter were in the carriage being sent to Jinyang.

That summer was very hot, and all the children in the same car became seriously ill. They kept playing and vomited. Later, more children became ill one after another. The stewards suspected that the disease was contagious and threw those children away. in the wilderness.

Later, Nan Nan also fell ill. She was young, and her illness was urgent and violent, and she went away after a while.

The steward found out from nowhere that it was necessary to set fire to those who died, otherwise there would be more people infected.

She and Nannan have known each other for the longest time, and they took care of each other along the way. With feelings, she secretly left the tips on Nannan's body as a thought.

Unexpectedly, ten years later, there are still people looking for the girl.

Liniang said that although it was unbearable to mention, she still remembers the feelings at that time.

At that time, she was jealous. She was jealous that the child had passed away for so many years and still had her thoughts, and she was greedy for the warmth of someone's love. Maybe these selfish thoughts still had a trace of unbearableness, and she couldn't bear this old man with white temples to lose his last hope.

In the end, she concealed the truth. The more time passed, the deeper her relationship with Granny became, and the deeper the secret was buried in her heart.

The secret she thought would be buried forever turned out to be gradually understood by Qi Qi during the years of getting along day and night.

"Maybe I'm guilty, or there are things I don't know. Sometimes I always feel that my grandma looks at me with deep grief... But none of us dare to say it."

Until that day she met that person, who Liniang thought she would never meet again in her life, and her peaceful life with Madam Qi was shattered.

The memory related to this person was obviously Liniang's deepest pain, and she did not elaborate.

That person used the past to force Liniang to do things for him.

She managed to live a stable life for a few years. If she left with that person, she would step into the quagmire and never have the days she has today.

Liniang knew that she could not compromise even if she was desperate.

But she was afraid that the person would hurt Qi Yu, so she could only pretend to promise, and later cooperate with the government to take the person down.

It's just that she had been away for a long time, and when she came back, Qi Qi was in a bad mood and often didn't know her.

It is often said that Liniang was taken away, and she went to the yamen to cry, sometimes crying Liniang, sometimes crying.

Zheng Wei himself knew the story behind it.

Zheng Wei was silent for a long time, this time it was she who hurt Qi Yu, which made her condition worse.

"What are your plans for the future..."

Countless words came to the mouth, but only this sentence came out at the end.

"Grandma is homesick. I want to take her back to her hometown in Jingkou."

Liniang was very grateful to this little girl for listening to her tell the stories that she had hidden in her heart for several years, but she did not delve into the embarrassing secrets in her unfinished words.

"Okay, we'll go back to Jiankang in a few days. If possible, we'll go together. There will be someone on the way to take care of us." Zheng Wei nodded and suggested.

Liniang knew very well that the road was not peaceful. She and Grandma had made many mistakes on the road in those years. Now Grandma can't stand the toss, so it's natural to ask for someone to take care of her.

She thanked her hurriedly, "I thought about taking Mrs. Qi away a few days ago, but some of the master's wife's embroidery was still unfinished, and I thought about handing in the embroidery, getting the silver taels and leaving, so most things in the house can be Everything that was sold was sold, just pack a few clothes."

Liniang happily packed her clothes, just waiting for Qi Qi to wake up and tell her the good news.

It's just that Qi Qi slept until sunset and didn't wake up. Liniang was so anxious, Zheng Wei urged He Li to find the doctor, but after the curfew all the squares were closed, it was Xiao Yucheng who came to deliver the news, and took the county guard's Warrant, the doctor is here.

But the doctor was helpless and could not find out the reason.

The doctor said that although Qi woman was deeply immersed in her bones, it was not life-threatening. It might be that Qi woman did not want to wake up.

A day later, Qi Qi left in her sleep with a smile on the corner of her mouth.

Liniang smiled and said with tears in her eyes, "Grandma should have found Nan Nan in her sleep, and their family is finally reunited!"

"Maybe, grandma dreamed that you brought her home!"

Zheng Wei couldn't bear it and comforted him.

"Yes, grandma, Liniang will take you home!"

Liniang made a solemn promise to clean up Qi's appearance.

Xiao Yucheng He Li helped to organize the funeral, the county governor's wife also sent people to help, and Qi Niang also came to visit Zheng Wei and the others.

The news that Xiao Yucheng sent that day was that his grandmother would be in Langya County soon.

Zheng Wei was able to win Mrs. Zheng's consent. During these seven days, she and Liniang performed the grandchildren's ceremony together and kept mourning for Qi.

Considering that Langya would take ten days to travel by water to Jingkou, and the weather in midsummer would not allow the coffin to travel. After the first seven days, Liniang decided to invite the monks in the temple to recite the scriptures for Qi and cremated her.

Today is the day of Qi's cremation.

(End of this chapter)