Blacksmith Luo sighed again, "I fell down on the way to find Zhou Xia."

"Looking for Zhou Xia? What's going on?" Luo Fengtang was even more confused.

He left Changping Village for a year and a half, and then came back for half a year, which adds up to two years.

In the past two years, he had not paid any attention to the affairs involving Luo Daye and Zhou Xia in Zhoujiacun.

"Zhou Xia is still in Zhoujia Village? Didn't she say that she would return to the Xiangyang Palace after her uncle's filial piety period is over?" Luo Fengtang asked.

Although, during the period of filial piety, she gave birth to a son out of wedlock and gave birth to Wangfu's son, who was later sent away...

But Luo Fengtang believes that for a woman like Zhou Xia who wants to climb high, these are not obstacles.

"Why, is she still in Zhoujia Village? And she's still missing? What's going on? Can any of you tell me clearly?" he said again.

After Yang Ruoqing gave each of the two children two chopsticks, eggs, shrimp and shrimp, she put down the bowl and chopsticks and said to Luo Fengtang, "Let me talk first."

"The information I know is limited because I heard it bits and pieces from Xiaohuan."

"Xiaohuan and the others know that we don't like to hear about aunt and Zhou Xia, so Xiaohuan hardly mentions it. They only occasionally talk about it when we are doing needlework and chatting together." Yang Ruoqing said.

Luo Fengtang nodded, looked at Yang Ruoqing, and motioned for her to continue.

Yang Ruoqing then continued: "This matter must start from when Zhou Xia gave birth to the child..."

"When Zhou Xia gave birth to the child, she asked Aunt Daye to strangle the child to death in front of her."

"Aunt Dae probably has a bit of humanity left compared to Zhou Xia, and it hasn't been completely wiped out yet."

"So she pretended to pinch her a few times, then tricked Zhou Xia into saying that the child had died, and then she wrapped the child in a quilt and took him away."

"Aunt Dae sent that child to Majia Village..."

"Majiacun?" Luo Fengtang interrupted Yang Ruoqing and frowned, "Why is this name so familiar? I seem to have heard it somewhere..."

"Cough!" Yang Ruoqing raised her hand and put it to her mouth, pretending to cough, and hinted at Luo Fengtang with her eyes.

Luo Fengtang was stunned for a moment, unable to realize what she was trying to imply.

Next to him, Blacksmith Luo also coughed and glanced at Luo Fengtang with some embarrassment, "This is the village where the Ma brothers and sisters lived in the past."

Luo Fengtang suddenly realized, and his face suddenly turned red.

Yang Ruoqing even turned her head away, wanting to laugh but finding it difficult to do so.

Before Auntie Wang Cuilian entered Old Luo's house, Blacksmith Luo once went to town to buy something, and his money bag was almost stolen by a pickpocket.

Then he was snatched back by the eldest brother of the Ma family. Because of this incident, Blacksmith Luo got to know the Ma family brothers and sisters.

Mrs. Ma is very good-looking and is quite pretty among women.

The Ma brothers and sisters approached Blacksmith Luo with a motive. The purpose was to gain Blacksmith Luo's trust and get Ma to marry them, and then defraud Blacksmith Luo of his family property.

But it was later exposed, and the Ma family brother and sister were still involved.

This matter is something that Blacksmith Luo is ashamed to talk about. Almost no one mentions it. Unexpectedly, when talking about Zhou Xia's matter today, he actually mentioned it, sin, sin!

Here, Wang Cuilian looked at the awkward couple on the table and broke the deadlock with a smile.

"Oh, it's all in the past. There's nothing to be embarrassed about. Who doesn't hit the wall? Qing'er, go on and talk about it." She said.

Both the Luo family heaved a sigh of relief at the same time, and Blacksmith Luo even cast a grateful look at Wang Cuilian.

I like this woman's understanding and tolerance, although she is not as beautiful as the original Ma.

But in this life, you still can't be fooled by appearances. Only by finding a down-to-earth and reliable woman can your family and everything be prosperous.

Wang Cuilian also smiled gently at Blacksmith Luo, and everyone continued to listen to what Yang Ruoqing said.

"I heard from Xiaohuan that Aunt Dae didn't dare to ask about the child after he was sent away." Yang Ruoqing cleared her throat and continued.

"Neither Xiaohuan nor Cousin Zhou Wang knew which family she had given her to in Majia Village. It was not clear whether she had agreed to send it there in advance, or whether she just left it at the door of someone's house in the middle of the night and ran away."

"Then Zhou Xia just finished her confinement and started writing letters to the Prince of Xiangyang in the capital, asking the carriage driver to deliver them."

"The carriage driver knew Xiaohuan from the Prince's Palace in Xiangyang before, and they followed Zhou Xia to Zhoujia Village together,"

"Although due to Zhou Xia's intimidation, the coachman didn't dare to do anything when he chased Xiaohuan out, he still said a few words to Xiaohuan when he met her in private."

"The coachman told Xiaohuan that Zhou Xia has asked her to send three replies to the capital in the past six months,"

"However, there has been no response from the Prince of Xiangyang's Mansion. The last time the coachman sent a message to the capital, no one was allowed in through the gate of the Prince of Xiangyang's Mansion!" she said.

Luo Fengtang raised his eyebrows in surprise, "Three trips to the capital in half a year? Every time, that coachman has been on the road almost all the time."

Yang Ruoqing curled her lips, being Zhou Xia's carriage driver was really bad luck for eight lifetimes.

"Xiaohuan also said that Zhou Xia's filial piety period has passed, but she still doesn't leave the courtyard."

"I stay in the yard every day, and Aunt Daye comes out to take care of everything."

"Xiaohuan didn't dare to go to the old yard to see Zhou Xia, especially after giving birth to a child. Xiaohuan simply came to our house with Brother Zhou Wang to do embroidery work in order to make a living, and stayed with her uncle, even more so.

I haven’t seen Zhou Xia anymore, the situation is ominous!”

Yang Ruoqing's words stopped here. She picked up the bowl and chopsticks in front of her, picked up a piece of twice-cooked pork, put it together with the rice, and took a bite into her mouth.

Mmm, smells good!

Here, Blacksmith Luo took over the conversation and continued: "I asked Zhou Wang what happened and why he broke his leg."

"Zhou Wang told me that Zhou Xia no longer wants to stay with Zhoujia Village and writes letters to the capital every now and then."

"When I came back, the old concubine of the Prince of Xiangyang promised to send someone to take Zhou Xia back after the two-year mourning period."

"It's been almost three years and no one has come here."

"Zhou Xia was anxious. She packed her things and planned to go to the capital by herself. Your Aunt Da'e was reluctant to leave and didn't trust her to walk such a long distance alone with the coachman, so she said she would go with her."

"Zhou Xia didn't want your Aunt Da'e to send her away. Three days ago, on a dark and stormy night, while your Aunt was asleep, she took the carriage driver and sneaked away."

"Your aunt will chase and search for her. Zhou Wang and Xiao Huan are both on our side, and your aunt can't find anyone to help."

"Normally in Zhoujia Village, I didn't have any good luck with the villagers. Of course, in the middle of the night, I couldn't even call anyone to help her find it."
Chapter completed!