Allure of a Country Maiden-Chapter 72 - 70 Truth Reveals Itself

Chapter 72: Chapter 70: Truth Reveals Itself

Chapter 72 -70: Truth Reveals Itself

“Auntie, is your older brother also from Yundong County?”

“No, my birth family is from Wanhe County, closer to here.

My big brother and sister-in-law moved in with us only a little over three years ago.”

It’s that couple, there’s no more doubt about it.

“Why are your older brother and sister-in-law not with us anymore?”

“My older brother worked himself to death and my sister-in-law lost the will to live after he passed away.

She caught a cold but didn’t want to seek treatment and soon followed him in death, leaving their two poor children orphaned at a young age.”

Overworked to death implies the family conditions weren’t great, Yun’er must have suffered a lot.

But the original host also suffered a lot in the Shen family and even lost her life in the end, so whether it’s a blessing or a curse is hard to say…

“Auntie, since your home is so far from your birthplace, do you rarely go back?” Otherwise, she wouldn’t be clueless about her sister-in-law’s long-term infertility and the couple’s decision to adopt a pair of twins.

“Yes, over all these years I only went back home once during my first year of marriage.” Later, because she was giving birth about every other year and was always pregnant, it was inconvenient to travel.

And then when the children grew more numerous and there was more work at home, her in-laws disagreed with her returning to her birthplace, and the long journey further discouraged her from doing so.

“Auntie, let me first take you to my uncle’s home, then I’ll go back to the village to fetch my dad.

If we can confirm Wen Yue is my sister, our family will bring her home.”

“Wen Yue and Wenri have a very close sibling relationship.

Could your family also take in Wenri?” Seeing how well-dressed the young girl was, Mrs.

Fang thought her family must be well-off, and if they could also adopt Wenri, it would be a weight off her shoulders.

“We’ll discuss it when the time comes, or maybe he won’t even want to come to our house.” Xiao’er didn’t commit.

She had no idea what Wenri’s moral character was like, she didn’t mind taking in one more person, but anyone brought home had to be of good character.

And since her elder brother had entrusted this to her, and she had given her word, regardless of how difficult it would be, it was her responsibility.

Why should she push her responsibilities onto others just to avoid being divorced!

Xiao’er brought Mrs.

Fang to Manager Yao’s.

If she went straight home, Shen Chengguang would probably soon realize and come back for her, and if he couldn’t find her he’d definitely go to the village.

If she took her to the inn, she was worried that Mrs.

Fang would leave, wasting time and manpower to look for her again.

It was strange for Manager Yao to see Xiao’er come back so soon.

“Niece, did you forget something and had to come back?”

“Uncle Yao, this is Auntie Fang.

Could you let her stay at your place while I go get my parents to talk to her about some things?”

“Of course, no problem, I’ll have your aunt arrange it!” After saying so, he called over a helper to get Mrs.

Liang from the backyard.

“Thank you Uncle Yao, I’ll go back to the village first.”

“Don’t worry, I will definitely take good care of your guest.” Manager Yao patted his chest to guarantee.

“Auntie Fang, you rest here for a while, I’ll head back immediately, get my parents here, and you can tell them what you know.”

Mrs.

Fang had some trepidation, but she still nodded.

This was her last chance.

She didn’t want to be divorced, but she also couldn’t bear to see the children homeless on the streets.

“Niece, let me send someone to take you back to the village.”

Xiao’er listened and nodded: “Thank you, Uncle Yao.”

Upon returning to the village, Xiao’er got out of the car at the entrance of the village, gave the driver two wen, and called Shen Chengyao from the new house to return home together.

When they got home, Mrs.

Liu was in the kitchen preparing dinner.

“Mom, come into the room for a moment!” Xiao’er stood at the entrance to the kitchen and waved to Mrs.

Liu.

“What’s wrong?”

Putting down the kitchen knife, Mrs.

Liu rinsed her hands in the basin, dried them off on her apron, and left the kitchen.

Back in the room, Xiao’er closed the door: “Dad, mom, I saw uncle in the town talking to a woman…”

Xiao’er recounted every single word she overheard from Shen Chengguang and Mrs.

Liu that day in town.

“Is that woman referring to Yun’er?” Shen Chengguang jumped up in excitement, even knocking over the stool.

“What does she mean by ‘leave to die’?

What happened to Yun’er?” Mrs.

Liu was extremely worried and convinced that the woman’s niece was Yun’er!

“Dad, Mom, calm down first!

Let me finish!

I left Auntie Fang with Uncle Yao to look after.”

“Why didn’t you bring her directly home?”

“We’re not sure if it’s Yun’er, and Uncle denied it, didn’t he?

If I were to bring her home and Uncle found out, wouldn’t that just invite unnecessary complications?”

Xiao’er comforted the two of them and then continued to recount her conversation with Aunt Fang.

“I’ll go to Brother Yao’s place first!” Shen Chengyao couldn’t wait, he wanted to find out the truth now!

He wanted to bring his daughter home now!

“I’m coming too!

Wait for me!” Mrs.

Liu quickly rose to her feet, found a small quilt from the cupboard and bundled up her youngest daughter.

Xiao’er held back the frantic parents: “Father, Mother, are both of you going?”

Shen Chengyao regained his senses.

“Indeed, Xiao’er’s mother, our house is almost finished being built, we cannot leave it unattended.

Yundong County is far from here, the round trip would take at least half a month!”

“But…” She really wanted to see her daughter as soon as possible, to personally bring her daughter home!

“If it truly is Yun’er, I will make sure to safely bring her home!

We have other children at home too and we can’t just abandon them.” Shen Chengyao, being a man, was more rational in the end.

Upon hearing these words Mrs.

Liu gave up, “Then I’ll wait for your return at home.

By that time, our new house should be finished being built.

At that point, it would truly be a double celebration!”

Upon this thought, Mrs.

Liu’s spirits lifted noticeably.

“Father, it’s not right for you to go alone with Aunt Lu to fetch her.”

The couple also realized upon hearing this, that it is inappropriate for unrelated men and women to go on a trip alone.

If it were so, Aunt Lu’s reputation would be damaged.

“Father, let me go fetch her, you stay at home.”

“That won’t do, if something unexpected was to happen to you, a woman, in an unfamiliar place so far away, what would I do?”

“So if it’s not right for you to go, and it’s not right for me to go, what are we to do?”

“Father and mother go together.

Brother and I are at home, and Uncle Four has returned too.

If there’s anything at home that requires an adult, Uncle Four can help!”

“Indeed, let’s have Fourth Brother help with care taking.

I’ll go talk to Fourth Brother.” As the words were spoken, Shen Chengyao had already ran out the door.

“I’ll get the travel baggage ready.

I estimate your father will be leaving tonight!”

“I’ll prepare some food for father and mother!” Having said that, Xiao’er returned to her room.

Back in her room, she entered her pocket dimension and filled two gourds with dimensional water and a small gourd with Ashoka liquid.

She plucked two Ashoka tree leaves, made twenty medicinal pills, plucked four Ashoka fruits and made them into pills, and then packed everything into one bundle.

In the kitchen of her dimensional space, she made some beef jerky and pork jerky, and a dozen meat buns.

After packing these things, she picked a dozen apples and packed everything into one bundle.

Ever since the dimension had a kitchen, when the number of animals on the ranch reached a certain amount, the excess would be automatically slaughtered and stored in the kitchen’s refrigerator.

All kinds of meat were neatly arranged by category.

The harvested rice in the dimension would automatically turn into grains and store in the rice jar, wheat would automatically turn into flour.

Xiao’er was extremely satisfied knowing these functionalities!

After exiting the dimension and returning to Mrs.

Liu’s room, Xiao’er opened the bundle and took out a small bundle containing Ashoka fruit.

“Mother, this was given to me by my master.

These two gourds of water are for you and father to quench your thirst on the road.

These twenty pills are for treating injuries.

If you catch a common cold or have other illnesses on the road, eat the pills in this bag.

Eat them three times a day, every four hours, one at a time.

These are the fruits, jerky, and meat buns that I bought from town, mother can eat them on the road if you are hungry!”

“Keep the medicinal pills your master gave to you.

When mother and father are not at home, in case you fall sick, you can eat them.

This way, mother can be even more at ease.” The medicine given by Xiao’er’s master must be a brilliant elixir.

It is better for her to keep them for emergencies.

“I have more at home, mother, just take them!” Xiao’er repacked the items and handed them to Mrs.

Liu.

“Wife, are you ready?

Let’s depart.” Shen Chengyao had already prepared the newly-bought bullock cart.

“Did you inform the elders?”

“Yes, I told them that I had to go to the neighbouring county to work for a few days and you have taken on a cooking job.” Shen Chengyao scratched his head embarrassingly, feeling guilty for lying to his parents for the first time.

Mrs.

Liu glanced at him, pleased that he wasn’t completely lost yet!

“So what did the elders say?”

“Not much.

Just told us to go in peace and that they would help look after things at home.

Let’s set off!” Shen Chengyao felt touched thinking about this.

His parents really cared about him.

What he didn’t know was that Mrs.

Shen was worried about him over-spending on buying land and constructing the house.

Hearing that he would be working, she eagerly sent him off.

“Xiao’er, tell your brother and the young one that mother and father will be back with your little sister soon.”

“Okay, father and mother, don’t worry.

We’ll take good care of ourselves.”