Chapter 93 He Came From the Capital
Wu Xiyuan was like a child who competed for favor and was afraid to lose his elder brother.
Su Jiuyue simply took him to the room, "Let's go and talk about it later!"
With so much noise outside, others woke up one after another, and they sat around a table in the central room, looking at Mu Zongyuan who came here with Liu Cuihua.
Liu Cuihua cleared her throat and began to speak, "His name is Zongyuan, and we can call him Wu Zongyuan. We are family."
Upon hearing what Liu Cuihua said, Tian Xiuniang, leaning against the wall with her arms clasped, immediately asked, "Mum, we have not enough food to raise another child."
Chen Zhaodi remained silent, with her mouth sawed.
Although Wu Chuan did not say anything, his looked at Liu Cuihua with his eyes full of reproach.
Liu Cuihua was not convinced. Some things had to be explained clearly, otherwise they would wrong Zongyuan without letting her know. And she would have no grounds for receiving an ingot of gold.
She pulled out an ingot of gold from her sleeve pocket and slapped it on the table.
The room was emitting a golden glow, even if it was lit only by a dim kerosene lamp.
The room was silent in a flash. All of them focused their attention on
the ingot of gold on the old table.
Liu Cuihua lowered her voice, "It's used to buy food for him. You don't have to pay for his food. But you should shut your mouth. If you dare to tell others about it, and a thief wants to steal money from our home, I will get you ejected out of the home, and you shall never enter our Wu Family!"
She ran her eyes over everyone in the room, focusing on Tian Xiuniang for a moment. Tian Xiuniang pouted and said nothing.
She was garrulous, but she was not a fool. Everyone would tell others how hard up he or she was. She would never show off unless she was insane. She did not know what to do if others scrounged off her family.
Seeing everyone nodded, Liu Cuihua turned her eyes to Mu Zongyuan, "Forget your old name. Remember that your name is Wu Zongyuan, and you are the child of my distant relative. You escaped from your hometown because it suffered a disaster. Can you remember?"
Wu Zongyuan nodded slightly, "Got it."
This was the first time that he spoke after coming to the Wu Family, so Huang Husheng gave him a strange look.
After finishing speaking, Liu Cuihua let them to go to bed.
But she did not know how to settle Wu Zongyuan down.
Huang Husheng finally said, "The bed is large in my room, so he can sleep in my room!"
In fact, only Huang Husheng's room had space. But Huang Husheng was an honored guest, so she could not tell him to share his room with Wu Zongyuan. Now that he proposed it, everybody was happy.
"I'm sorry to trouble you to take care of Zongyuan."
Wu Zongyuan was dragged back to the room by Huang Husheng, and Su Jiuyue sent warm water to them.
Huang Husheng helped Wu Zongyuan wash down the ash on his face. With the kerosene lamp, Huang Husheng could clearly saw his facial features, and he felt more puzzled.
To his surprise, Wu Zongyuan looked familiar to him.
He was sure that it was the first time to meet Wu Zongyuan. So he was wondering who he looked like?
He put the neatly folded handkerchief on the shelf, looked back at the child sitting on the edge of the bed with his two short legs wobbling around, and sat beside him.
Wu Zongyuan looked back at him and didn't say anything.
Huang Husheng smiled and spoke with a Beijing accent, "Are you from the Capital?"