The sun was scorching, and the earth was like a steamer, making people unable to breathe due to the heat. The sadness that Liniang spoke quietly made people feel chilly in their hearts.

Zheng Wei moved his buttocks slightly, trying not to disturb Liniang's story.

At that time, Concubine Qi was really the only one left in the family. Just as the Qi family had watched over her all night, Concubine Qi had also spent the first seven nights sitting beside the coffin.

The next morning, Qi Nu entrusted her family's house to her uncle's family to take care of her, and she took over the Qi family's job and embarked on the journey to the north.

Qi Nuyan lives an ignoble life now just to find her daughter so that her son and daughter-in-law can rest in peace.

Qi Nu followed her daughter-in-law's instructions and headed north for ten years.

She would stay in each place for a month, relying on her excellent embroidery skills to travel among the women's families, not only to earn money to support herself, but also to find out the whereabouts of her daughter.

Ten years have passed, from Jingkou in Jinling County to Jinyang, from Wu Nong's soft talk to rare talk, she can't remember how many places she traveled.

From a vigorous pace to a shaky one, she felt that she might not be able to find her daughter.

At that time, Jinyang became a battlefield where the Wei Dynasty and the Yan Dynasty were chasing each other. Countless refugees ran south to avoid the war, and Qi Nu also fled with the refugees.

Liniang smiled: "I was among those refugees at that time. I was hungry for a long time and passed out. Maybe God opened his eyes and finally showed mercy. Qi Concubine saved me and shared her little food.

I."

"She asked me about my daughter, but I didn't remember it at first," Liniang's smile turned bitter. "Later, Qi Nu found the brocade bag at my waist. She was very excited. She grabbed me tightly and asked where the brocade bag was.

Come."

Liniang took a deep breath: "I told her that she couldn't remember clearly. She has been wearing it since she can remember."

Liniang didn't know whether Qi Nu believed her words, but she only remembered that Qi Nu hugged her and cried hard.

Later, Qi Nu took her all the way to Langya County.

Qi Nu felt that she could no longer walk, so she obtained her household registration by embroidering a statue of Guanyin for her mother, who was the administrator of the county governor's mansion, and settled down in Xiuyunfang with Liniang.

"In the past five years, my grandma has never asked me about what I went through. At first I thought she was afraid of touching my scars and didn't want to make me sad! Later I found out that maybe it wasn't..."

Liniang looked at the sleeping Qi Nu softly and saw that there were thick beads of sweat on her head, so she slowly opened her cattail leaf fan.

"You know, I'm not Nannan." Liniang looked back at Zheng Wei, and then said: "Are you curious, how can I have her tips?"

Liniang said that she had indeed seen that poor girl.

Fifteen years ago, she and her daughter were in a carriage being sent to Jinyang.

It was a very hot summer that year, and some children on the bus got seriously ill. They kept shaking and had vomiting and diarrhea. Later, more children got sick one after another. The stewards suspected that the disease was contagious, so they threw those children away.

In the wilderness.

Later, Nannan also became ill. She was young, and the illness came quickly and violently, and she died soon after.

The steward found out from somewhere that the people who died from the disease should be burned, otherwise more people would be infected.

She and Nannan have known each other for the longest time. They took care of each other along the way, developed feelings for each other, and secretly left Nannan's tips bag as a thought.

Unexpectedly, ten years later, someone would still come looking for the girl.

Liniang said that although it was unbearable to mention, she still remembered her feelings at that time.

At that time, she was jealous, jealous that she still missed the child after so many years of death, and she longed for the warmth of someone's love. Perhaps there was a trace of intolerance in these selfish thoughts, and she couldn't bear to see this old man with white temples lose his last hope.

In the end, she concealed the truth. As time went by, the relationship between her and her grandmother became deeper, and the secret became deeper in her heart.

The secret she thought would be buried forever turned out to have been gradually revealed to Qi Nu during the past few years of spending time together.

"Maybe I have a guilty conscience, or there is something I don't know about. Sometimes I always feel that there is deep sadness in my grandma's eyes when she looks at me... but none of us dare to tell the truth."

Until that day when she met that person, Liniang thought she would never meet again in this life, and her peaceful life with Qi Nu was shattered.

The memory related to this person was obviously Liniang's deepest pain, and she did not elaborate on it.

The man used past events to force Liniang to do things for him.

She had managed to live a stable life for several years. If she had let that person go, she would have stepped into the quagmire, and she would never have the life she had now.

Liniang knew that she could not compromise even if she tried her best.

But she was afraid that the man would hurt Concubine Qi, so she could only pretend to agree, and later cooperated with the government inside and outside to capture the man.

It's just that she was away for a long time, and when she came back, Qi Nu was a little bit in a bad mood, and she often didn't recognize her.

It was often said that Liniang had been kidnapped, and she went to the government office to cry. Sometimes she cried for Liniang, and sometimes she cried for her daughter.

Zheng Wei herself knew the rest of the story.

Zheng Wei was silent for a long time. This time he hurt Qi Nu and made her condition worse.

"What are your plans for the future..."

Countless words came to my lips, but in the end I only asked this question.

"Grandma is homesick. I want to take her back to her hometown in Jingkou."

Liniang was very grateful to this little girl for listening to her tell the story that had been hidden in her heart for several years, but she did not delve into the embarrassing secrets in her unfinished words.

"Okay, let's go back to Jiankang in a few days. If possible, we can go together. There will be someone to look after us on the way." Zheng Wei nodded and suggested.

Liniang knew very well that the road was not peaceful. She and her grandmother had made many mistakes on the road in those years. Now that her grandmother could not stand the torment, it was natural for her to have someone to take care of her.

She thanked her hurriedly, "A few days ago, I was thinking about taking Concubine Qi away, but there were still some embroideries for the master's wife that were not finished. I thought I would hand in the embroidery and leave after getting the silver, so most of the things in the house could be saved.

Everything has been sold, and all we have to do is pack up a few clothes."

Liniang happily packed her clothes and waited for Qi Nu to wake up and tell her the good news.

It's just that Qi Nu didn't wake up from her sleep until dusk. Liniang was very worried. Zheng Wei urged He Li to find the doctor, but after the curfew, all the shops were closed, and Xiao Yucheng came to deliver the news and met him. He took the county governor's

A warrant was issued and the doctor was called.

But the doctor was at a loss as to why.

The doctor said that although Qi Nu was injured to the bone, it was not life-threatening. Maybe Qi Nu didn’t want to wake up.

One day later, Qi Nu left in her sleep, with a smile on her lips.

Liniang smiled with tears in her eyes, "Grandma must have found my daughter in her sleep. Their family is finally reunited!"

"Maybe grandma dreamed that you took her home!"

Zheng Wei couldn't bear it and comforted her.

"Yes, grandma, Liniang will take you home!"

Liniang tidied up Qi Concubine's appearance and made a solemn promise.

Xiao Yucheng He Li helped organize the funeral, the county governor's wife also sent someone to help, and Qiniang also came to visit Zheng Wei and the others.

The news Xiao Yucheng sent that day was that my grandmother would arrive in Langya County soon.

Zheng Wei was able to win Mrs. Zheng's consent, and during these seven days, she and Liniang would hold the grandchild ceremony together and watch the funeral for Qi Concubine.

Considering that it took more than ten days to travel from Langya to Jingkou by water, and the midsummer weather made it impossible for the whole coffin to go on the road, after the first seven days, Liniang decided to invite the monks in the temple to chant sutras for Qi Concubine and cremate her.

Today is the day for Qi Nu’s cremation.
Chapter completed!