Hearing An'an's cries like a landslide, Huo Nian frequently lifted the curtain and looked back.
"Sister, An An is going to break her throat from crying." There was worry on her face.
Huo Xi also turned to look and saw that the carriage was slowly driving out of the alley.
"Sister, I didn't expect An An to wake up so early today. It's like she knew we were going out today." Huo Xi sighed.
Maybe she and Nian'er had been accompanying An An day and night and playing with him these days, making the child aware of something. They were clamoring at night to sleep with his sister or his brother. Last night, Yang took him back to their room, but he didn't
Thinking of this early in the morning, An An woke up.
He clung to her and refused to get off, and even ran with the car, crying like a tearful person.
Mother Ma shook her head and laughed: "This second young master is usually very clingy. Seeing his brother and sister leave without him is like poking a honeycomb. I'm afraid I won't be able to stop crying now. Maybe
I’m really going to break my throat from crying.”
Huo Nian looked back with distress in his eyes: "When An An starts crying, his parents can't hold him back." She cried loudly for her brother and sister just now, which made him feel so distressed.
Put down the curtain and sigh frequently.
Huo Xi patted him and said a few words of comfort. If he listened carefully this time, An An's cries could no longer be heard.
The carriage moved forward steadily.
"Girl, isn't this the way to the dock?" Vanilla lifted the curtain, thinking Zhufeng and Tayue were driving the wrong way.
"That's right, let's go somewhere first." Huo Xi didn't explain much.
"Sister, where are we going?"
"We'll find out when we get there." Huo Xi just looked at him with a smile, touched his head, and looked deeply into his eyes.
Mother Ma looked at the two siblings, then thought about the things prepared in the car, and sighed.
In a manor in the south, there was no sign of anyone moving around so early.
Leaving Zhufeng behind to take care of the carriage, Huo Xi took Huo Nian out of the carriage and put a bag of things into Huo Nian's hands, asking him to hold it in his own hands. Bao Kang was about to reach out to take it, but Huo Xi stretched out his hand to stop it.
Huo Nian didn't know why his sister insisted on him holding it, and said to Bao Kang, "Xiao Kang, I can hold it."
"Okay, if Nian'er can't lift it, let's hold it for Xiaokang. Xiaokang is very strong."
I didn't want to take Bao Kang with me, but he insisted on following him because of his behavior. Huo Nian interceded, so Huo Xi took him with him. Bao Kang was very strong, and he could accompany Nian'er all the way.
Let’s kill the boredom of traveling.
The group of people avoided Zhuangzi and walked along the path to a hillside behind Zhuangzi.
Huo Xi led the way, Huo Nian followed with his things, and Ma Ma, Xiang Xiang, Xia He, Bao Kang and others also followed behind with their things.
Huh? This is a cemetery?
Huo Nian turned to look at Huo Xi. He didn't understand why his sister brought him here. Was he to be sacrificed for someone?
Looking at the cemetery not far away, Huo Xi stopped moving forward. His footsteps stopped there.
This is the ancestral tomb of the Zhang family. She had been here when her grandfather passed away, but her memory was blurred. Her mother was also buried here, but she didn’t know where she was buried. There were servants guarding the ancestral tomb, Huo Xi
Don't intend to alarm them.
"Just right here."
After Huo Xi finished speaking, Mother Ma and others started to move.
Although Vanilla had questions, she didn't ask. She and Xia He and others quickly cleared the area in front of them and put the things they had brought.
Since I was going on a long journey, I didn't bring much with me as a gift. I just packed some fruit cakes on a plate and a glass of water and wine.
"Nian'er, kneel down." After Huo Xi said to Huo Nian, she also knelt down next to him.
Huo Nian didn't know who he wanted to kneel to, but he listened to his sister's words. While kneeling, he and his sister took out the incense, candles, paper, money and other items from the package, and lit them with fire sticks.
The morning air is still sweet, and some of the morning dew on the tips of the grass has not yet dispersed. There is no wind in the air, and the surroundings are quiet.
Smoke rose from the small fire in front of him.
"Mother, I brought Nian'er to see you."
Huo Nian suddenly turned his head and looked at his sister beside him. Seeing this, Mammy Ma quickly stretched out her hand to pull Huanxiang, Xiahe and others away from her. She was afraid that the girl would have to say something personal to the madam and it would be inconvenient for them to stay.
As Vanilla walked, she looked back in confusion. Xia He knew some inside information, so he and Mammy Ma quickly took her away.
"Sister?" Huo Nian forgot about throwing paper money into the fire.
Huo Xi ignored him.
He said to himself: "Mom, look, Nian'er is almost nine years old. He has grown up and looks very much like his mother, especially his eyes, nose, and eyebrows...
He studies well, likes to practice martial arts, and likes to read military books. He has a lively temperament and is in good health. Mother, you should rest assured... I have never brought him to see you in these years. Is mother angry with us?
Never came into our dreams..."
As he spoke, tears streamed down his face.
Huo Nian's mind was buzzing and he couldn't think. When he saw his sister crying, his own eyes were red, and the fire burned to the tips of his fingers, he finally realized what he was doing and stared blankly at the fire in trance.
What did sister say?
In addition to having a mother, does he also have a mother?
Why didn't he know? Why didn't his sister tell him? Is his mother gone? Does Nian'er look like his mother?
Huo Nian bit his lip and tears rolled down his face.
"Mother, I want to take Nian'er to see my grandparents, uncles and the others. Please keep us safe on this journey. When we come back, we will definitely go to the Zhang family to seek justice and revenge for you! In the future, I will take you with me
Nian'er, I will go to your tomb in a dignified manner and pay my respects to you..."
Suddenly a gust of wind blew, accompanied by a whining sound, and black ash swirled in front of the two siblings, and then drifted away.
Huo Nian stared blankly with his tearful eyes raised. He saw his sister kneeling and kowtowed, so she followed suit and knocked her head hard on the grass slope. Her tears splashed into the soil and disappeared quickly.
Huo Xi pulled him up and wiped the mud stains on his forehead.
"Mom likes cakes and fruits very much. You must remember that if you come to see your mother, remember to bring her some."
"Yes, Nian'er has written it down." The tears kept flowing.
Huo Xi raised her hand to wipe it off for him, and Huo Nian also raised his hand to wipe it off for his sister.
"Sister, can you tell me about your mother? Why didn't your sister tell Nian'er before?"
"Okay, today my sister will tell you about your mother. In the past, when you were still young, I was afraid that you would spill the beans and cause trouble."
"Nian'er has grown up. Nian'er won't let anything slip. Nian'er is the best at keeping secrets."
"Well, then sister will tell you..."
At the foot of the hillside, Vanilla frequently looked up the grassy slope.
She heard what the girl said just now. So is it the mother of the girl and the young master buried in the cemetery below? Is it the biological mother? What about the master and his wife in the city? Isn’t the girl’s and young master’s surname Huo? Isn’t it?