The wife of the power minister's family

"Oh, although everyone in our village is sighing about this, not many people are surprised."

The waiter shook his head and sighed: "Since ancient times, it has not been easy for a widow to raise a child alone, let alone a pretty widow like Sister-in-law Wu. Since her man disappeared, many men in the village have been eyeing Sister-in-law Wu. , many women in the village have been spreading rumors about Sister-in-law Wu behind their backs because of jealousy.

Moreover, many people say that the rumors about Sister-in-law Wu are not all false. Sister-in-law Wu goes to the city every day before dawn to sell tofu, but no matter how good her tofu is, it is difficult to make tofu in the city. She is not the only one who is good, and how much money can she make simply selling tofu? I'm afraid she can't even make enough money to pay for her son's care. Many people say that she actually does that kind of work in private..."

As he spoke, he seemed to suddenly realize something, and he clapped his mouth suddenly and said: "Look at what I say, I'm afraid it will offend your ears. I often speak without any sense of propriety, noble lord." Don't mind..."

Xu Jing glanced at him and said softly: "It doesn't matter, I started this conversation first, and you were just answering my questions. I'm bored just sitting here. Listening to you talk about this is just a waste of time." It’s time.”

The waiter saw that Xu Jing was not like the other refined nobles, and she was very talkative, so the conversation started to open up, "It's okay, noble lady, if you don't mind. Anyway, these years, we have seen the whole person of Sister-in-law Wu with our naked eyes." She has become more and more gloomy and surly. She was originally a cheerful woman who always smiled when she met everyone. Over the years, the smile has almost disappeared from her face. She often bursts into tears over trivial things and never thinks about things. Will think of the good and the bad.

Just like the last time Qu Langjun came home a little late, she immediately rushed around to look for him. She also kept thinking about whether something had happened to her son. Thinking about it, she almost collapsed and hit the wall. Fortunately, the villagers The people there held her tightly, and later I found out that her son came back late because a new wife came to the college who liked to drag the teacher. "

Chunyang and Cheng Xiao were a little stunned when they heard this.

Xu Jing's eyes darkened slightly.

It sounds like Sister-in-law Wu is suffering from a mental illness such as depression or anxiety.

No wonder this guy said that people in their village were not surprised at all that she committed suicide.

"So, let alone Sister-in-law Wu suddenly committing suicide, I wouldn't be surprised at all if she did something even more extraordinary..."

Suddenly, someone not far away called him, and the guy stopped talking, said something embarrassing to Xu Jing and the others, and hurried over.

Chunyang couldn't help sighing: "It sounds like it's really not easy for Sister-in-law Wu..."

She always thought that their wife's life was already miserable enough, but it turns out that there are many miserable people in the world.

Xu Jing gave a faint "hmm" and drank the warm tea in front of her. Seeing Xiao Yi striding this way, she stood up and said: "It seems that the rest is over, let's get ready to hit the road."

With that said, he met Xiao Yi and said, "How is Li Yuan?"

Xiao Yi's face darkened, "He still doesn't want to drink water or eat. He wants to starve himself to death."

They wouldn't let him die so easily.

However, the more Li Yuan behaved like this, the heavier his heart became.

If a person is not afraid of death, what else will he be afraid of?

It seems that the forces behind Li Yuan have a tight grip on his life, and Li Yuan is unwilling to betray them even if he dies.

Xu Jing pursed her lips and said, "Although Li Yuan is a villain, his bones are indeed hard enough. We can only grind them down slowly with him."

Xiao Yi nodded and said: "Immediately set off back to Beijing."

As he said that, he couldn't help but look at Xu Jing with some pity, "It's been hard on you for running around like this along the way."

"Regardless of whether it's bitter or not, I just rushed back to celebrate Changxiao's birthday."

Xu Jing gave him a funny look and said, "You have to escort Li Yuan to the palace after you return. Let's not delay. If you finish the matter as soon as possible, you can go back and laugh with us as soon as possible."

Xiao Yi secretly shook Xu Jing's hand and walked forward to direct the group on their way.

After returning to Xijing, Xu Jing went straight home. Thinking that she would finally see the little one she hadn't seen for a long time, she couldn't help but feel like she was returning home. As soon as she got off the carriage, she quickly walked into the house, completely ignoring everything. Seeing her expression as if she had seen a ghost, everyone hurriedly pulled over a boy and asked, "Where is the young man? Are you at home now?"

The boy looked stunned, "Husband, madam?!" Suddenly, a familiar voice full of surprise came from behind Xu Jing, "Madam, you, why are you back suddenly?"

Xu Jing turned around and saw Dong Li standing not far away, with eyes wide open and an expression of disbelief.

Xu Jing couldn't help but smile helplessly, "It snowed a few days ago and the road conditions were bad. We couldn't predict when we would be able to return to Xijing, so we didn't send anyone to notify us in advance. Where is the young man? At this time, he should have finished his class. stop?"

After Dongli was surprised, he seemed to have thought of something. He pursed his lips slightly and sighed: "The young man is in his room now. Madam, please go and see the young man. The young man thinks that the madam and the young man are there." He won't be back in time for his birthday, and he may have even forgotten his birthday. He's been in a bad mood these past few days..."

Xu Jing's heart tightened slightly, "How could we forget his birthday."

"I believe that my wife and husband will not forget me, but I don't know whether they can come back in time, so I don't know how to comfort my husband."

Dong Li also looked helpless, "After all, in the past few years, it was Xiao Langjun's birthday, and it was only on Xiao Langjun's third birthday that Lang Jun found time to spend time with him..."

Before the young man was two years old, he lived with Madam... With her past temper, you know that she would not be able to give him a good birthday.

Three birthdays have passed since Xiao Langjun came to Lang Jun. Although Lang Jun often said that he didn't know how to get along with Xiao Langjun, Dongli and the others knew that Lang Jun cared about Xiao Langjun very much. Every year The young man remembers his birthday.

Unfortunately, the husband is busy with work, and sometimes even if he wants to spare time to spend time with the little husband, he can’t. On the day of the little husband’s third birthday, the husband didn’t come home until very late. That is to say, the little husband always insisted on waiting for him. Go home and don't want to sleep, that's why you are waiting for your husband to come back.

The more Xu Jing listened, the more her heart twitched. Before Dong Li finished speaking, she turned around and walked quickly to the little guy's yard.

It gets dark early in winter, but just after You hour, the sky becomes gloomy.

Xiao Yi's family didn't have many servants to begin with, and the two masters had been away from home for more than a month, so the entire mansion seemed unusually quiet, even a little deserted.

Xu Jing had previously learned from Xianyun that Xiao Huaian had been living alone in a courtyard since he came to Xiao Yi, and Xiao Yi only went to see him occasionally.

The lights outside Xiao Huaian's yard were already on. As soon as Xu Jing walked in, she saw Xianyun and Shen Niang standing next to a swing with helpless expressions on their faces.

Behind the swing frame not far away, a little person wrapped roundly like a snow-white dumpling was squatting there, holding a branch in his hand, lowering his head on the remaining snow on the ground, not knowing what he was drawing.

Hearing the movement at the door, Xianyun and Shen Niang turned their heads almost at the same time. When they found out it was Xu Jing, they were surprised and in disbelief.

When they realized that this was not a dream, there was a burst of surprise on their faces. Just when they were about to tell the little one not far away, Xu Jing raised her index finger in front of her lips and walked over cautiously, behind the little one. Lean down slightly.

Suddenly, she saw what he was drawing on the snow—four regular Chinese characters.

He was currently drawing the fifth straight character, and his little mouth was still mumbling, "The twenty-second day, the twenty-third day, the twenty-fourth day..."

Could this be counting how many days she and Xiao Yi have been away?

Xu Jing's eyes couldn't help but become extremely soft, and she said softly: "Changxiao, I'm back."

The little back figure not far away paused for a moment, but did not turn around for a long time.

Xu Jing was a little strange and couldn't help but tilted her head to look at him, "Long smile?"

The steps under my feet also moved, and I was about to walk over——

"I-I don't want it, you are definitely not the real grandma!"

The little boy suddenly made a pop and sat down on the snow. He covered his eyes with his two little hands and cried loudly, "You must be pretending to be a monster here to deceive me! Sister Qingqing said, as long as, as long as I am patient, When I count to the forty-fifth day, my father and mother will come back, but I, I haven’t counted yet, so you must not be my mother! I have to wait for the real mother to come back! Wu——”