After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 979 Delivering Porridge
Hai Jiao had Qiao Fu's resume, which contained the names of his father and grandfather for three generations. Although the information on his grandfather's case was a little vague, as long as the names matched, a lot of things could still be found out.

Hai Xiya and Xie Wenzai both confirmed that Qiao Fu's grandfather Qiao Jiran was most likely the brother of Qiao's uncle Qiao Zhongran, which was obvious from the name.

Qiao's biological father was named Qiao Boran, the elder brother of the two brothers. But they also had close cousins, so it was normal to name them "Bo, Zhong, Shu, Ji" from then on.

Hai Xiya had a good relationship with Qiao Zhongran, and he had heard him talk about his family. He was targeted by Sun Ge Lao because of his status as a capable subordinate of Wu Wen'an, and was framed and exiled to the northwest, with his future ruined. But he still had brothers and nephews at home, and another cousin who was an official was also targeted, and it was very likely that his official position would be lost. However, they still had sacrificial fields in their hometown, and they could still support their family. Therefore, Qiao Zhongran drew a clear line with his family and asked them to take their niece back to their hometown to live. As for whether the cousin who was an official could escape, it was beyond his prediction.

He was exiled to the northwest and fell ill when passing through Chang'an. Thanks to the care of his new friends, he also met Hai Xiya, Xie Wenzai and others. Later, his niece Qiao came to take care of him, which moved him very much. At that time, Qiao secretly hired a caravan to send her on the road without telling other elders in the family. Because of this, after Qiao handled Qiao Zhongran's funeral, she asked Hai Xiya to send a letter back home to inform her family of her whereabouts and the death of her uncle. However, she did not receive a reply, and she guessed that her family must be angry with her and would not contact her again.

But now that he had heard about Qiao Fu's life story, Hai Xiya couldn't help but suspect that the Qiao family might have been in trouble at the time and had no time to return home, so they didn't receive Qiao's letter. The two sides lost contact from then on.

The old students of Wumen started with Xie Wenzai, and in the next twenty years, more and more people were exiled to the frontier. Until the Wu family was destroyed by fire, the last batch of officials who spoke up for Wu Wen'an were exiled from the capital, and there were about 180 people in total. Among them were Wu Wen'an's relatives, friends, disciples or subordinates. Due to the time difference, they probably didn't know each other at all and had a distant relationship. It was because they were also exiled to the northwest and met the same benefactors, the Zhou family and the Hai family, and Xie Wenzai helped to connect them. After sharing hardships, their relationship gradually became close.

After marrying into the Hai family, Qiao once heard some news about the Qiao family through an old student from Wumen who was later exiled to the northwest. She knew that Qiao Jiran did not survive for a few years after Qiao Zhongran's accident and fell into bad luck. Although he was also exiled to the northwest, he died of illness on the way and did not reach Chang'an at all. His son and daughter-in-law were demoted to official slaves. With the protection of their in-laws, their lives were a little difficult, but they could still survive. But with the death of their in-laws, their son and daughter-in-law died one after another, and there was no news about their children.

Qiao Fu later became a spy, so it was naturally impossible for outsiders to easily find out his whereabouts.

When Qiao followed her husband to Suzhou, the border town was far away from the capital, and the Hai family was busy dealing with their grief. In order to avoid persecution from the Sun family and protect the old people of Wu, they chose to resign from their official positions and move to Guazhou. Naturally, they had no time to inquire about the follow-up of the Qiao family.

Hai Xiya, Xie Wenzai and Lu Bainian only learned the whereabouts of Qiao's relatives from her mother's side today, and they couldn't help but sigh.

As the only surviving relative of the Qiao family, Qiao Fu suffered a lot in the Jinyiwei, but now he has become Haijiao's subordinate by accident, and his future is promising, which is also an unexpected surprise.

When Ma learned about this, her eyes immediately turned red: "This is really something I never thought of! The young man that Baozhu likes is actually a member of the Qiao family! If we had known this, we should have contacted that child a long time ago. I don't know how much he has suffered over the years. If it weren't for this fate with Baozhu, we would never have known that there are still people in the Qiao family!"

She said to her husband Hai Xiya, "No matter what you think, since Baozhu has chosen Qiao Fu, I must support their marriage. Daughter-in-law Dingcheng passed away early, but she was always very filial to my husband and me, and she left behind two children. She has made great contributions to the Hai family. I can't watch her only family member suffer so much."

How could Hai Xiya oppose her idea? "Qiao Fu has a clean background, and it is a good thing to strengthen the relationship between relatives. How can I oppose it? We didn't know it before, but now that we know the child's life experience, we might as well invite him to our house tomorrow to talk. Before Qiao Fu died, he was still thinking about his family, but we have not been able to find out for him. It was our fault. When Qiao Fu comes home, we can also ask him about his family's funeral." Ma sighed, "The people who were exiled later said that Qiao Fu's wife and children died later, and they didn't know where they were buried. It's better for us to ask Qiao Fu, but I'm afraid he can't explain it clearly... Why did his grandfather die? If his grandfather was still alive, he would not have fallen to this point... Fortunately, Bao Shun has found him now. In the future, with Bao Shun taking care of him in the Jinyiwei, they will definitely get better and better!"

Then Ma thought again. Although they had brought their son and daughter-in-law's ashes with them when they returned to the Central Plains, they had not yet sent them back to their hometown for burial. However, the remains of their relative Qiao Zhongran were buried in Chang'an. After they recognized Qiao Fu as their relative, it was inconvenient for the latter to pay homage to his elders. This was a mistake. Should they ask someone to bring Qiao Zhongran's coffin back to the capital? However, Qiao Fu's grandfather Qiao Jiran also died on the way to exile, and no one knew where he was buried. The Qiao family was just official slaves at the time, and they were sheltered by the Yue family. I'm afraid they couldn't take care of these things.

Hai Xiya and Ma sighed, but they had decided to invite Qiao Fu to their home tomorrow. Although it was already dark, Xie Wenzai and Lu Bainian sent someone to send a letter to the old friends of Wumen who lived nearby, inviting those who knew Qiao Zhongran to come as guests tomorrow.

Hai Jiao sent someone to deliver a letter to Qiao Fu. Although he did not explain it in detail, he also revealed the relationship between the two families in the letter. He invited Qiao Fu to visit his home tomorrow. As for the latter's marriage with Hai Baozhu, there was no need to mention it for the time being. Anyway, after the recognition of the relationship, the two families would often visit each other, and there would be opportunities to propose marriage.

Although Haitang was very happy to find her maternal relatives, she felt a little depressed when she saw that everyone was busy and seemed to have forgotten about Jin Jiashu. However, she would not bring up inappropriate topics at this time. She just quietly counted the ingredients for Laba porridge and prepared to cook the porridge early tomorrow morning according to the original plan and distribute it to relatives and friends.

Anyway, even if Qiao Fu comes to visit our house, he has to drink Laba porridge to celebrate the festival!
Nothing happened that night. The next morning, Ma hurriedly urged the servants to clean the house and prepare to welcome the new in-laws. Seeing her granddaughter also got up early and worked in the kitchen to cook Laba porridge, she was very happy: "When the Qiao family's brother comes, we can use this porridge to entertain him, and it will make him feel close!" She carefully checked the ingredients of the porridge, tasted it, and was very satisfied, thinking that her granddaughter's cooking skills had improved again.

Haitang smiled, and then told Dazhuang's wife to take out a portion of porridge, put it in a small clay pot, put it in a food box, and carried it out of the kitchen.

She was just about to deliver the porridge to the gatehouse and ask someone to run errands to Jin Jiashu's house, with a letter already hidden in her sleeve.

But when she arrived at the gatehouse, she unexpectedly saw that her door was open and a guest had come early in the morning.

Looking at Jin Jiashu's familiar face, Haitang couldn't help but open her eyes wide: "Brother Jin? You...how come you came so early?!"

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When Jin Jiashu saw her, he immediately showed a bright smile: "Sister Hai, I... I brought you some Laba porridge!"

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