Chapter 96 Something Happened to the Family of Your Parents
Liu Cuihua arranged Dacheng to take them to the kiln. He would go to the mountain to cut firewood every day anyway, so others would not feel strange if they didn't see him for one or two days.
When he woke up, Wu Xiyuan found that the little tyke who fought for affection in front of his elder brothers was not at his home.
He found that his eldest brother was also not at home before he could feel happy.
With heart terribly hurting and down in the mouth, he walked up to Su Jiuyue, "Did my eldest brother leave me? Did he plan to be the eldest brother of others?"
While Su Jiuyue was dipping out hot water to get him washed, such jealous words took her by surprise, so she couldn't help but laugh loudly.
Seeing that she was smiling, Wu Xiyuan was driven to his wits' end.
He scratched the back of his head and asked nervously, "Why are you laughing? Where are my eldest brother and Wu Zongyuan?"
Su Jiuyue could not explain to him where was Wu Zongyuan, so he just said, "Your eldest brother sent him to his family."
Wu Xiyuan then smiled happily, "Great! He has a family and I don't have to share my eldest brother with him!"
"No one can steal your eldest brother and second elder brother."
Wu Xiyuan nodded, "Hmm! They are also your brothers!"
A sudden knock on the door drew them up sharply in their conversation.
Su Jiuyue became nervous and grabbed the handkerchief slightly hard. She did not dare to open the door, because she was afraid that giving herself away might make things worse.
With the knock on the door continuing, Wu Xiyuan saw that Su Jiuyue did not open the door. So he looked at her in a strange way, "Why not open the door?"
Only then did Su Jiuyue earth to herself and smiled covertly, "I'm going to open the door."
She touched the latch, took a deep breath, and calmed down before opening the door.
After opening the door, she saw an ordinary countryman wearing the tattered padded jacket, rather than a guard with a sword who appeared in her dream.
Su Jiuyue had never seen him before, so she guessed that he was from other village.
Seeing the door was open, he immediately said, "Is this the home of Wu Chuan?"
Su Jiuyue nodded, "Yes. May I ask who you are......"
"I am from your neighboring village the Liu Village. I'm passing by your village and I have a message for you that the mother of Liu Dalin fell ill. You'd better go to his home to check the situation."
Su Jiuyue didn't know Liu Dalin, but her mother-in-law was surnamed Liu.
At the thought of it, she screwed up her face and hurriedly shouted to the room, "Come out, Mum! Someone is coming from the Liu Village!"
The Liu Village was not very far away the Wu Family. At the beginning of this winter, Liu Cuihua went to the home of her parents and brought a bag of rice to them, which was enough for them to survive the winter.
Liu Cuihua did not know why the family of her parents let someone take a message to her.
She hurriedly walked out of the room.
Seeing Liu Zhuang in the courtyard, she hurriedly asked, "Dazhuang, why are you here? Did something happened to the family of my parents?"
Liu Zhuang sighed, "Something terrible happened!"
Liu Cuihua looked pale, "What happened?"
"Today someone came back from the City of Yongzhou and said that your nephew was forced into army service. Your mother fainted on the spot and she was still unconscious when I left!"
Tears welled up in Liu Cuihua's eyes. She went to the City of Yongzhou yesterday, but she did not see her nephew, or else she could take him home! How could he be forced into army service?
The youngest son and the grandson were the apple of her mother's eye!
Liu Cuihua could not stay at home any more, and was ready to leave home.
"I have to go to the home of my parents to see my mother. She is too old to stand such a heavy blow. I'm extremely worried about her."
"Mum, I will go with you." said Su Jiuyue.
Though she may be useless, Su Jiuyue could keep her company if Liu Cuihua could not hold on.
Hearing what Su Jiuyue said, Wu Xiyuan became anxious and raised his hand, "I wanna go with you!"
Liu Cuihua boggled because she was afraid to be too busy to take care of him. Wu Xiyuan repeatedly promised her, "Mum, I'll behave myself and will not act up."
Su Jiuyue held his hand, "Mum, don't worry. I'll keep an eye on him."
Liu Cuihua nodded, "Well, let's go now."
It was impolite to carry no gifts when going to the home of Liu Cuihua's parents. So they took a piece of meat from the roof and then went out in great haste.
It took less than four hours for them to arrive at the Liu Village. Hardly had Liu Cuihua arrived home when she saw that her sister-in-law sat on a stool wiping tears.
Liu Cuihua was also a mother, so she could understand the feelings of her sister-in-law.
If her son had been forced into army service, she would have been more crazy than she was.
She had witnessed her nephew grow up from a baby, and he was like a son of her. Therefore, she was torn by grief.
Seeing her coming, Ms. Zhou immediately stood up, "Cuihua, there you are."
Liu Cuihua held her hand and was momentarily unable to speak. She could never imagine that her nephew went to the City of Yongzhou!
"Sister-in-law, Dagui is clever. Don't worry. A cat has nine lives."
Everyone was the same before sword on the battlefield, so no one could say for certain. But she could say nothing other than auspicious words.
When Ms. Zhou heard she mentioned her son, her eyes became dimmed with tears.
Seeing that Liu Cuihua was followed by two juniors, Ms. Zhou felt a bit embarrassed and wiped her tears with the back of her hand.
"Is she your youngest daughter-in-law?" She asked.
Su Jiuyue stepped forward and said, "Eldest aunt, I'm Su Jiuyue."Later, Wu Xiyuan also called Ms. Zhou as eldest aunt.
Ms. Zhou hastened to give her some gifts for first-time meeting. But people from the mountains had nothing good in their home. She fumbled for half a day, but only found two peanuts that were usually used to beguil her grandson.
She stuffed peanuts to Su Jiuyue, "I have nothing good at home. Try the peanuts."
Su Jiuyue said a few words of thanks. Liu Cuihua anxiously asked about her mother, "Is mum awake?"
Ms. Zhou nodded, "She just woken up, but didn't look well."
Hearing that her mother was not well, Liu Cuihua did not dare to delay and hurriedly walked to the room.
To avoid her catching cold, the window was closed in the winter, so the room was somewhat dim.
Upon entering the room, she saw that her mother was lying on the bed, and her eldest brother Liu Dalin was sitting on the edge of the bed.
Liu Cuihua stepped forward and went to the bedside, "Mum, are you OK?"
Her mother managed to open her eyes, "Dani, Dagui was taken away......"
When speaking, she could not prevent tears from flowing plentifully.
When seeing her mother crying, Liu Cuihua also wept tears, "Mum, Dagui will definitely come back."
Her mother suddenly cried. Then she began to cough and be out of breath. It seemed that the phlegm bothered her throat.