Chapter 2 Returning Home
Continuous green mountains, quiet valleys, and a deep pool sparkling in the sun are unfathomable.
The water surface of Rufei suddenly swung open, and a person appeared. The deer who were drinking water by the pool were so startled that they fled in all directions.
Ah Heng wiped his face, looked around, was shocked when he saw the familiar scene, covered his face and cried.
She's back. The husband didn't lie to her. She's really back!
Without thinking too much, Ah Heng's first reaction was to go home. As soon as he landed, he heard an explosion and a bolt of lightning struck the water. Then there was rolling thunder again, and heavy rain poured down along with streaks of lightning that cut across the sky.
Ah Heng ran towards home, followed by lightning and thunder, and an inexplicable thought came to her mind: This thunder and lightning seemed to have come specifically to hit her.
Why? This is her home, where she should be!
A surge of anger arose, slightly suppressing the excitement of returning home, and Ah Heng's feet became faster.
Amidst the rain and thunder, the girl was as fast as the wind, passing by on the mountain road. If anyone saw her, they would definitely suspect that she was a ghost.
The outline of a house finally appeared in front of him, and Ah Heng slowed down.
Her house is closest to the mountain pass, just in front of it.
Perhaps because of the heavy rain, no one was seen walking around in the village. This made Ah Heng, who was soaked all over, feel more at ease until he reached the door of his house.
Why... are there white flags hanging at the door?
Ah Heng stared intently at the home she longed to return to, as if she had fallen into an ice cave.
There was a roar of thunder, and the heaven and earth seemed to tremble, and lightning rushed in ferociously like a dragon.
Aheng was pulled back to his mind, and he opened the door with trembling hands, and an urgent call came into his ears: "Madam, Madam——"
It's Fangzhou's voice, and it's my mother who will be called "Ms." by Fangzhou!
Ah Heng stumbled and fell into the house.
The girl who was holding the woman's arm and crying looked towards the door when she heard the movement. She was stunned at first, and then rushed over with huge surprise in her eyes: "Girl, you are back!"
Ah Heng didn't seem to hear the girl's cry and rushed to the bedside, holding the woman's hand: "Mother——"
The woman's eyelids trembled with her eyes closed tightly. She tried to open her eyes and saw clearly that the lifeless eyes of the person in front of her were bright: "Heng'er, Heng'er, you are back!"
Ah Heng kept nodding, crying: "Mom, I'm back, what's wrong with you?"
The woman with a sallow complexion gave a difficult smile: "It's okay, Mom, I just miss you..."
Aheng's heart felt like it was being cut by a knife.
Nothing is wrong with my mother, she is clearly running out of gas...
"Fangzhou, haven't you hired a doctor for your mother?"
Before Ah Heng finished speaking, the woman started coughing violently, almost breathlessly, as if a candle flame was extinguished at any time in the wind.
"Mother——" Ah Heng shouted in shock and patted the woman on the back.
The woman grabbed her hand hard and asked breathlessly: "Heng'er, where have you been? Are you injured? Why did it take you so long to come home?"
"How long has it been since I... went home?" Ah Heng asked, holding back his violent heartbeat.
"The girl has been missing for ten days!" It was Fangzhou who interrupted.
"Ten days?" Aheng looked pale and muttered to himself.
She was pushed into a deep pool by her friends and stayed for ten years in Daxia, where the mountains and rivers were shattered thirty years later.
Her year turned out to be one day for her mother and the others... But why did her mother become terminally ill in just ten days? Why are the white flags hung at the door?
Chill penetrated into the bone marrow, and a guess was ready to come out, but Ah Heng did not dare to ask, for fear of irritating her critically ill mother: "Mom, please rest first, I will go get a doctor for you——"
"Don't ask for a doctor, don't ask for a doctor!" In excitement, the woman suddenly sat up, looking horrified.
"Okay, okay, I won't call the doctor." Ah Heng comforted the woman softly, with doubts in her heart.
Why did my mother react so violently to asking for a doctor?
At this time, there was a sudden knock on the door.
Dong-dong-dong - the thunder stopped at some point, and the knocking on the door could be heard clearly.
Aheng glanced at Fangzhou.
Fangzhou ran out and opened the door, and was stunned: "Who are you?"
There were two people holding umbrellas standing outside the door, a man and a woman, dressed in silk clothes. The woman among them smiled and asked, "Is this Chen Langjun's family in Chenqiao?"
Chen Qiao is the name of Aheng's father.
Fangzhou became alert: "Who are you?"
"We are from the capital, and we have come to ask Mr. Chen about something."
"My master has passed away, please go back -"
Fangzhou was about to close the door when a sound came from behind him. It was the crisp sound of a rough porcelain bowl falling to the ground.
Ah Heng walked out quickly, ignoring Fangzhou's worried eyes, staring at the woman and asking: "Are you from the capital?"
The moment the woman saw Ah Heng, her pupils suddenly dilated: "It looks like it, it looks so similar!"
The man who looked like a manager was much calmer than the woman. He looked at the girl with a scrutinizing gaze and couldn't help but nod. It was indeed like the third wife who died young, but why didn't she change her clothes even though she was soaked to the skin?
"Ahem." The man coughed and reminded the excited woman, "It's better to ask first."
The woman came back to her senses and stared at Ah Heng: "Do you remember what happened when you were a child?"
Ah Heng frowned: "You two, just tell me your purpose. My family is in trouble and I really don't have the heart to guess."
The woman who regained her composure opened her mouth, but she didn't know what to say.
You can't just tell a little girl that we suspected that you were a child that had been lost for many years, so we came to our door.
I still need to talk to the adults in this family.
While the woman was thinking, Mother Chen's voice came from the room: "Heng'er, Heng'er——"
Ah Heng hurriedly turned around and entered the house.
Mother Chen was half-relying on the folded quilt, looking at her with some energy: "Heng'er, who is outside?"
"A man and a woman who claim to be from the capital. Mother, don't worry about these things, take good care of them."
Mother Chen's face suddenly changed: "Why do people from the capital come to our house? Your father...are they coming for your father? Heng'er, leave quickly, leave quickly!"
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Seeing that her mother was very frightened, Ah Heng said hurriedly: "Don't be afraid, they probably didn't come for dad. When the aunt saw her daughter, she said she looked like her and asked me if I remember what happened when I was a child..."
Mother Chen listened blankly, then she suddenly got excited and shouted at the door: "Fangzhou, invite the guests in!"
After receiving Chen's mother's advice, Fangzhou led the two of them in.
The woman was startled when she saw the haggard Mother Chen. She bowed and explained her purpose: "Are you the wife of the Chen family? We are from the Qiu family in the capital. Ten years ago, the sixth daughter of my family got lost when she went shopping for lanterns with the adults... Last month one day relative's road I passed here to visit my nephew who was resting in a Taoist temple. I met your daughter and found that she resembled my third wife. After returning to Beijing, I sent a letter to my family. The master of the house ordered the steward and slaves to come and confirm..."
Ah Heng was stunned.
For her, although ten years have passed, it may be that the blood-soaked summer was too painful, but the beautiful memories of the past are deeply rooted in her bones.
When she went to see Brother Bai last month, she did meet an extraordinary woman who always stared at her.
"Ahem, cough, cough." Mother Chen kept coughing, but her eyes were astonishingly bright, "You mean, my Heng'er is your missing girl, but...do you remember what your girl was wearing when she was lost?"
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"My girl was only five years old when she was lost. She was wearing a red jacket and red skirt, with colorful butterflies embroidered on the cuffs and skirt... By the way, there was also a sachet with the word '嘅' embroidered on one corner, which was my girl's name... "The woman said and looked at Ah Heng.
Not only do they look alike, they are also called Heng'er. There can be no such coincidence.
Mother Chen's eyes were red and she ordered Fangzhou: "Go to the west room and get the box at the bottom of the cupboard."
Not long after, Fangzhou came over with a wooden box and opened it at Chen's mother's signal.
Although the coats, skirts and purses stacked inside were stained and old, they were exactly what the woman described.
"Girl, she is really a girl!" The woman cried and held Ah Heng's hand. "Girl, do you remember my slave? I am your wet nurse..."
Ah Heng was silent, and Chen's mother whispered about the past: "Ten years ago, Heng'er's father and I met Heng'er on a mountain road in Dingzhou. At that time, she didn't say a word, didn't cry or make trouble, and seemed to be... I was so frightened. Not far away there was a male corpse with a broken head and bloodshed. He must have been hit by a falling rock..."
The woman and the steward looked at each other.
Dingzhou is adjacent to the capital. It seems that something happened to the kidnapper and the sixth girl just after they left the capital.
"We brought Heng'er home. Because there was a word 'Heng' on the sachet she carried with her, we guessed it was her name, so we chose that name."
"This servant has thanked Madam Chen for her kindness on behalf of the master. We are here just to take Miss Six back. If Madam Chen has any requests, please feel free to make them."
Mother Chen unconsciously curled her lips: "I'll be satisfied if someone can hurt my penis."
"Mother——"
Mother Chen held Ah Heng's hand, but looked at the woman: "I want to say a few personal words to Heng'er."
The woman and the steward retreated to the main room.
Mother Chen looked deeply at Ah Heng: "Heng'er, go and change out of your wet clothes. Mother has something to say to you."
Ah Heng silently changed her clothes, wrapped her wet hair in floral cloth, and returned to Mother Chen.
"Heng'er." Mother Chen raised her hand and touched her daughter's cold cheek, her eyes full of love, "Your father had an accident a few days ago, and mother... mother is not alive either. Fortunately, my Heng'er is blessed. , there are still relatives here...wait-wait, just let them go and go to the capital to live a good life...the life my Heng'er was supposed to live..."
Ahheng burst into tears and kept shaking his head: "I will not leave you..."
"Silly boy, Mom is going to find your father... You heard from Mom that you have a sister, who is your parents' biological daughter. She was about the same age as you were when she was lost... Originally, Mom wanted to take this secret to the ground. Going down, I didn’t expect that Heng’er’s relatives could be found… Mother thought greedily, maybe your sister is still alive, maybe Heng’er can also meet your sister…”
"Mom, I will find my sister."
"Mom doesn't want you to make this kind of promise, just because she's afraid that you two sisters won't know each other one day. Heng'er, please promise mother not to deliberately look for your sister. That's like looking for a needle in a haystack -" Mother Chen shook Ah Heng hard. hand, "Promise Mom!"
Seeing his mother's face flushed and her breathing rapid, Ah Heng hurriedly said: "I promise you!"
Mother Chen smiled. She could no longer see her daughter's face clearly, but she suddenly thought of something and grabbed Ah Heng's hand harder: "Heng'er... your father is on his way to the city to ask for a doctor." An accident... No... It's not because I'm looking for you..."
The voice full of love and reluctance gradually lowered: "Don't blame yourself, Heng'er..."
The hand that was holding her daughter's hand suddenly let go.
(End of chapter)