Chapter 299: Feeling like old friends at first sight
"The ground is so wet and cold, why are you still hanging around? Why don't you help Miss Zhou to the car!" Mother Shao was the first to react. Following her instructions, maids and servants immediately came forward.
The young girl, Miss Zhou, did not shout. At first she was dragged backwards, with her eyes fixed on the coffin. But the moment she was far away from the coffin, she suddenly gained strength, broke away from the others, and refused to leave.
Seeing her like this, for fear of dragging her and hurting her, several maids and servants looked at Shao's mother in embarrassment, while Miss Zhou felt that something had been added to her hands.
Spread your hand slightly, it's a handkerchief.
Miss Zhou's eyes moved, her gaze fell on the handkerchief, and she seemed to realize something. She grabbed the handkerchief in her hand, tears streaming down her face, and she could hardly breathe.
"I'm afraid this young lady has some deficiencies."
Su Ziji subconsciously took a few steps back when this woman rushed towards her, but even from a little distance, just looking at her, he could see that this Miss Zhou was not old and her body was very weak.
The so-called weak is probably what it describes.
Her waist was so thin that it seemed as if it could be broken by the wind, her face was pale, and coupled with grief, her whole person exuded a sad aura.
Su Ziji frowned slightly, this seemed to be a sign of premature death. Although the wild Taoist was here at the moment, he could observe the situation, but it was a pity that it was not suitable to talk at this time.
On the contrary, Shao's father did not shy away from Su Ziji's dedication to his son. He sighed and explained to Su Ziji in a low voice: "This is Zhou Yao. Originally there was also a word for wisdom, but deep love will not last long and wisdom will be hurt.
After discussion, we canceled this word. The letter of termination from the letter home that you helped my nephew send back was written for her."
"The Shao family and the Zhou family are family friends. We got married just to get closer. My old wife and I watched her grow up. Even if she doesn't become the daughter-in-law of my Shao family, in the eyes of my old wife and I, she is still half a daughter.
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"My old wife and I had no intention of making her a widow. After reading the letter, we notified the Zhou family that day, exchanged tokens, and terminated the engagement. But she...hey, I can't think about this child!"
"Because of her weak body, she came to the dock this time after getting the news, but she didn't tell her. Due to emotional reasons, we didn't want to let the child show up and be sad again."
"But she still came."
"She is so weak, and she and Sen'er are childhood sweethearts, how can she bear it?"
Saying that, he sighed again.
Not far away, Zhou Yao cried for a while and showed signs of fainting. As a last resort, Shao's mother endured her grief and ordered: "Don't rely on her, take her back to the car."
She was helped up by several maids. She was weak and had been crying for so long. At this time, she was unable to struggle, so she had to be dragged away and helped to a distance, and she was stuffed into a bullock cart.
She also became more awake and didn't want to do this in front of everyone. She just grabbed the handkerchief tightly and couldn't wait to unfold it as if she was grasping a life-saving straw.
Let’s start with one sentence.
"Take this flower bush and look back lazily, half destined to practice Taoism and half destined to be a king."
She looked at it infatuatedly, and the hidden meaning of this love poem pierced her heart like a needle.
"It was once difficult for the sea to overcome water, except for Wushan, it is not a cloud."
"Moriro, not only did I meet you, but also how can I see other people again?"
The next moment, she clutched the handkerchief tightly and fell softly.
"Miss Zhou!"
"Miss!"
"This child is weak, escort her back quickly, quickly!" Shao's mother hurriedly ordered.
Because of Zhou Yao's incident, she managed to cheer up.
Shao's father even sent maids and guards to follow him, making sure that Miss Zhou, who had obviously escaped, was sent back safely.
When Miss Zhou was carefully carried onto the bullock cart, the curtain was lowered, and a group of people escorted her away from the dock, Father Shao forced a smile and said, "Nephew Su Xian, I've made you laugh."
Because of the interruption just now, he could no longer force Su Ziji to accept his youngest son's thanks.
Su Ziji was very emotional just now. You can tell autumn when you see a leaf, and you know that Shao's father is as gentle as jade when you see his behavior. Although the atmosphere of this era is close to that of the Tang Dynasty, he can take the initiative to do this for his daughter-in-law who has not yet celebrated the New Year.
It was also rare, so I couldn't help but feel admiration. Seeing that everyone in the Shao family could not hide their grief, Su Ziji also escorted the coffin to its destination, so he stopped disturbing and said goodbye to the Shao family.
After walking further and watching the Shao family carrying the coffin away, the Taoist sighed: "The family tradition of the Shao family is very good. Shao Ying was just a long history first, and later he was promoted to Tongzhi and magistrate. Therefore, he is good at governance and is very good at governing.
He had political achievements and was deeply loved by the people. It is said that when he was serving as Tongzhi, the magistrate was absent for some reason, so thousands of local people wrote a joint letter asking Shao Ying to take over."
"When Shao Ying was the prefect, he had outstanding political achievements and was very popular. Especially once, a neighboring county encountered a severe drought. Shao Ying submitted a letter, willing to open a warehouse in the prefecture and distribute food to the victims of the neighboring county. However, Shao Ying met with strong opposition from his fellow magistrates.
He said, "The meaning of the Spring and Autumn Annals is to provide disaster relief and care for your neighbors, and treat those people as our own people."
"Although I obtained permission from my superiors to open warehouses and release grain, which helped the hungry people survive the difficulties, this broke the rules and was promoted openly and secretly."
"Although a family that has accumulated good deeds will always be happy, Shao Sisen's death may have damaged the future of the Shao family in half. As for Miss Zhou, she also died young. It was difficult for her to live to be twenty years old. Now she has vomited her heart's blood. I'm afraid
It will be difficult to survive even one or two years."
"Fate has played a trick on me, making me more and more self-doubtful, or I may have misjudged it, my Qi shouldn't be like this!"
Su Ziji felt a little guilty. In the final analysis, Shao Sisen's death was due to his own influence. Without him, he would definitely not have gone to the Ministry of War, let alone the southwest. He was speechless for a moment and glanced at the wild Taoist who came to his side.
, suddenly remembered something.
"Oh no, that handkerchief." He couldn't help but feel a little annoyed: "I was so dizzy before that I forgot that the handkerchief was the one Sang Nu left behind."
I am afraid that Miss Zhou thought it was Shao Sisen's relic and saw the poem again, causing a misunderstanding.
I wanted to chase after him, but stopped and asked for it back. Then I thought, it was just a handkerchief and it was really not worth it.
"Besides, Brother Shao and Miss Zhou are a couple, but they are separated by yin and yang. It is a pity. Brother Shao did not write this poem, and this handkerchief is not his, but his feelings for Miss Zhou are true."
"Forget it, just think of it as a beautiful misunderstanding, and keep it as a thought. When it is fake, it is also fake, so why worry about it like that."
"Let's go home."
Thinking of Ye Buhui waiting for him in the distance, Su Ziji no longer hesitated, greeted the wild Taoist, turned and left.
"By the way, where is Xiaobai?" After taking a few steps, he remembered that he hadn't seen the little thing since yesterday. Su Ziji had to stop and asked the wild Taoist.
The wild Taoist laughed: "I thought it was mentioned to you, my lord, but it turned out that it escaped on its own?"
"Yesterday, the clipper ship came back with a letter, and Xiaobai came back with it. I'm afraid I haven't seen my wife for a long time, and I may miss her."
"She has a conscience." Su Ziji breathed a sigh of relief, shook his head and smiled, knowing that this little thing was not lost on the way.