Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family-Chapter 805 -

Chapter 805: Chapter 805: Family Reunion

“Hmm.”

Di Yelei did not press further. Instead, he picked up a warmed wine jar, slapped it open with his palm, and poured two bowls of wine. Liu Sisi wanted to help in the middle of this but was refused by Di Yelei.

“We are all family here, let’s all sit down and eat, we needn’t mind those formalities.”

“Eat! These dishes were all prepared by Di Cheng’s family after a whole afternoon’s work without anyone else’s help. Let’s eat quickly,” Di Hongyuan said happily as he picked up a chopstick full of meat and put it into his mouth.

“Eat, everyone eat, don’t be shy.” Di Yelei also started eating with his chopsticks.

Everyone naturally dropped the formalities and each took food from the pot. Liu Sisi glanced at the two brothers, who seemed to have forgotten about Ms. Zhao. Whether they genuinely forgot or chose not to mention her, Liu Sisi was not sure.

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The family ate and drank, making merry until the servants at the mansion lit the lamps, and the two brothers were still playing drinking games. Liu Sisi watched the children play from the sidelines, a happy smile unconsciously appearing on her face.

How wonderful it would be if the family could always live together happily like this.

“Third Aunt, when we settle down, shouldn’t we go find Fourth Uncle and bring him back?” Xiao Feng moved closer quietly, sitting down next to her, also watching the playing children with a radiant smile on her face.

Liu Sisi turned her head to look at Xiao Feng. Over the years, this daughter-in-law of the Di family had gradually become more capable. “We should indeed look for him. He’s not getting any younger, and continuing to waste his life away won’t do. Not just that, we also need to bring mother-in-law and Xiao Wei to the capital city.”

Xiao Feng hesitated before speaking, “About grandmother … will she come to the capital city?”

Liu Sisi actually laughed, “Let her decide for herself. Whether we go to invite her is one thing, whether she comes or not is another.”

For more than four years initially, Ms. Zhao also lived in the thatched cottage with everyone else, keeping vigil at the tomb.

However not long after, chaos arose in Macheng County. “Bandits” burned, killed, and looted along the way and even attacked the academy, slaughtering the students and displaying them on the playground as a show of intimidation. Upon receiving the news, Liu Sisi led the Shadow Guards and organized fellow villagers to strike at the academy, annihilating the so-called “bandits” and piling their corpses by the roadside at the foot of the hill. The mountain of bodies served as a deterrent to the “bandits” and secured peace for Macheng County.

But things were far from over. Waiting until Liu Sisi and others resolved the crisis, and when they went back to the cottage, they astonishingly discovered that Ms. Zhao was gone!

Gone?

What should they do now?

Although everyone disliked her character, she was still an elder. And now with the turmoil of war, what if something untoward befell her? Everyone hurriedly began to search.

As they searched frantically, a piece of news came from the fellow villagers—Ms. Zhao had left with Di Ruoning! She also spread rumors everywhere about Liu Sisi’s lack of filial piety and how she mistreated her. Fortunately for Liu Sisi, the fellow villagers who had gone with her to the academy testified on her behalf, and with Di Hongyuan, the eldest son, standing up for her, they thwarted Ms. Zhao’s plot.

Many things happened in the meantime. Ms. Zhao dug her own grave with actions more disgraceful than the last, eventually enraging Di Hongyuan completely. He then exposed Ms. Zhao’s past of murdering her own cousin and scheming to marry into the Di Family after the cousin’s death, leading to public outrage.

Seeing the tide turn against her and wishing to return to guarding Elderly Mr. Di’s tomb, Ms. Zhao was disgracefully chased away by villagers throwing rotten eggs and had to hide at Di Ruoning’s place, not daring to show her face again …

So at the moment, when Liu Sisi suggested going to invite her, Xiao Feng was very skeptical inside.

“That’s a good idea, once things stabilize here in the capital, I’ll send the servants to make the trip.”

“Alright, just let me know what you need when the time comes.”

Seeing that it was getting late, Liu Sisi turned around and discovered that the two friendly brothers, one had crawled under the table, and the other was sprawled on top of it, sleeping soundly, obviously dead drunk.

Everyone was once again in a flurry, lifting the two men back to their rooms, and then they all went to sleep.

“You can put down the towel and go get some rest too.”

Liu Sisi shooed away the maids who were attending to Di Yelei and then went forward to help him out of his clothes.

“Ye Lei, Ye Lei, wake up. Look at you, you can’t handle your liquor and yet you had to drink so much. You’re completely out of it.”

Although Liu Sisi was complaining, her actions were gentle. She removed his shoes and then his outer robes. She then carefully wiped his face and washed his feet with a wet towel, dragging him back to the head of bed like dragging a dead dog, and she herself collapsed from exhaustion.

It was really surprising, he didn’t seem to have that much meat on him, how could he be so heavy!

All night, Di Yelei vomited twice and asked for water several times, while Liu Sisi forced two bowls of sour plum soup on him to alleviate his drunkenness. After several bouts of this, just as dawn was breaking, she couldn’t hold out any longer and fell asleep.

When she woke up again, Di Yelei was no longer beside her. Her hand felt the cold expanse where he had been.

Then she turned over and sat up, hearing the low laughter of a few children outside, she finally felt at ease and called for Ms. Gao to come in and help her dress.

“Princess, you’re awake. Miss of Gan Family and Prefecture Princess Luo have already come, they’re waiting outside for you. They’re being accompanied by the young Madam right now, so please don’t worry.”

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Ms. Gao efficiently helped Liu Sisi get dressed, all the while updating her on the situation outside.

“That’s good. Where is Old Master Marquis? Did he go out?”

“This morning, someone from the Ministry of Works came. It seems they wanted to consult Old Master Marquis about the construction of the Marquis Mansion, so he went out early in the morning.”

Constructing the Marquis Mansion, huh? They’re really moving quickly on that.

After eating some breakfast rather indifferently, she went out to have a laugh with Gan Miaoruo and Thirteenth Luo. After lunch, Zuo Xingyu came by, and seizing the opportunity, the two women took their leave.

Zuo Xingyu’s visit was to arrange accommodations for the brothers who had accompanied him, and after a long discussion with Liu Sisi, they finally decided to temporarily set up a small courtyard to settle everyone. However, Liu Sisi was contemplating matters concerning holding feasts.

It was agreed to host banquets for the Gan Family, Luo Family, and Di Family. But now that Di Yelei had become a Marquis and just returned from a victorious campaign, it was inevitable that he would host a feast for close friends and family, as well as his old subordinates. Liu Sisi thought it over and decided to host separate banquets for these people. A banquet for the people who helped her get out of trouble, another one exclusively for Di Yelei’s old subordinates, and finally one after moving into the Marquis Mansion.

Though it seemed more troublesome, it was the safest approach.

When Di Yelei returned in the evening, Liu Sisi took the initiative to bring it up, and Di Yelei nodded in agreement, “That would be very good. Many brothers who have been with me through life and death have indeed been given official positions, but there are still more who have received nothing. If we are to invite them, let’s do it a bit earlier, before moving into the Marquis Mansion.”