Don’t Show the Son

   Chapter 191 Thanks to Caiyi

   Daxia, Jiangnan Prefecture.

  The small town is simple and elegant, surrounded by water on all sides, with streets built along the river, with pink walls and black tiles, and awning boats rowing across the water, swaying layers of blue waves.

  There are two figures standing on the bow of the boat, a man and a woman, the man is handsome and the woman is pretty, and the two are drifting with the boat, attracting the attention of many pedestrians.

  Lin Xiu had been to Suzhou before and lived there for a while.

   But it is modern after all, and it is also the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River. Suzhou in the 21st century and this small town in the south of the Yangtze River have two completely different feelings. No wonder people say that the south of the Yangtze River is good, and being here is like being in a picture scroll.

  Only in such a place can women like Caiyi and imperial concubine be born.

   After saying goodbye to the noble concubine Ning’er, and taking a long vacation at the Yishu Academy and the Martial Arts Academy, Lin Xiu brought Caiyi to this small town in the south of the Yangtze River called Huaicheng, which is also Caiyi’s hometown.

   After paying the boatman a few pennies, the Wupeng boat leaned on the shore, Lin Xiu and Caiyi got off the boat, climbed the steps, and came to the side of the river, on the bluestone-paved street.

   The streets here are much narrower than those in the capital, less atmospheric, but more elegant.

  The women walking on the street are also mostly like Caiyi, small and elegant, and gentle and graceful, while the women in the royal capital are much more generous and unrestrained.

On both sides of the street, there are rows of shops selling embroidery, jewelry, kites, and all kinds of cakes and fruits. Caiyi held Lin Xiu's hand, pointed to a shop, and said excitedly: "This shop The shop is still there. When I was a child, I liked their sweet-scented osmanthus cake the most, but only during the Chinese New Year can I share a piece with my sister..."

  Lin Xiu bought a box of sweet-scented osmanthus cake, fed her a piece, and said, "If you like it, I will often come and buy it for you to eat in the future."

  The straight-line distance from the capital to Jiangnan is less than 3,000 miles. If Lin Xiu flew at full speed, she could go back and forth once an hour. She flew over to buy some cakes for her and the concubine, and it was still hot when she brought it home.

   After arriving at Jiangnan Mansion, Caiyi became obviously excited and excited. This is the place where she lived when she was a child. Now that she is back, she can't wait to tell Lin Xiu everything about her childhood. .

   However, when she walked to an alley, her footsteps slowed down obviously.

   The nostalgia is even more timid. She has not come back for ten years. Lin Xiu held her hand and walked to the end of the alley. There is a yard here. Although it is dilapidated, it still looks neat and clean.

The courtyard door was open. Lin Xiu and Caiyi knocked on the door and walked into the courtyard. They saw two young children chasing and frolic in the courtyard. A stranger came in and dared to ask, "Who are you, and what is your business at my house?"

  Caiyi looked at the little boy and asked softly, "Excuse me, is this the Gu family?"

   Her voice fell, and two figures came out of the inner room.

It was a young man and a woman. The man was handsome and the woman was average. The two children ran over quickly and called out "Father" and "Mother", then hid behind them and looked at them with timid eyes. Lin Xiu and Caiyi.

   The young man stepped forward, looked at the extravagant couple, and asked, "Excuse me, who are you looking for?"

  Caiyi looked at him, memories appeared in her beautiful eyes, and murmured, "You, are you Gu Xing?"

The    man looked at her, and after a long pause, he asked in disbelief, "You, are you the second sister?"

Lin Xiu heard Caiyi say that when she was a child, she had four siblings in her family. Among them, the eldest sister was a maid in a big family, and she entered a theatre troupe to study art, and the third sister was the child bride. The person in front of her should be their brother.

  The young man looked at Caiyi and asked, "Second sister, where have you been all these years, when your parents were leaving, they were still thinking of you..."

   Caiyi's complexion turned pale, and she said in a trembling voice, "Father and mother..."

   The young man sighed and said, "Three years ago, my father fell ill and died, and after a year, my mother also left..."

   In fact, whether it is Caiyi or her older sister and younger sister, since they left home, they are not considered family caregivers.

   When they were very young, they had to make a living by themselves. Caiyi joined the troupe, and wherever the troupe went, she would go with her, and there was no chance for her to choose.

Not long after, in a field behind the small courtyard, Lin Xiu and Caiyi placed incense in front of a tombstone buried together. When they returned to the small courtyard again, the young man touched the head of the pair of young children and said, "Call quickly. aunt."

   The pair of young children came out from behind him and said timidly, "Auntie."

   Then he looked at Lin Xiu and asked tentatively, "This son is..."

  Lin Xiu said: "You can call me brother-in-law."

It was the first time that the elder saw the younger, and he didn't give him some gifts. It was unreasonable, but Lin Xiu really had nothing to give to the child, so he had to take out two silver notes and put them in the hands of the little boy and the little girl. Said: "The first time we met, I didn't prepare any gifts. The money was used to buy candy."

   The young couple's eyes widened.

These two silver notes are both in the denomination of one hundred taels of silver. The money they earn throughout the year is only enough for the whole family to eat and wear. For them, two hundred taels may never be saved in a lifetime. .

Although the couple showed eagerness and eagerness in their eyes, the young man still snatched the silver note from the two children and returned it to Lin Xiu, saying, "No, no, this is too much, too much, we can't have... …”

   The woman pursed her lips, but said nothing.

   Lin Xiu handed the silver note to the two children again and said, "This is for the children, not for you."

   He squatted down, held a child in one hand, and said, "Ignore your parents, my uncle will take you to buy some candy later."

   The two children were not as timid as they were before, and they were soon teased by Lin Xiu and giggled.

  The young couple looked at Lin Xiu and then at Caiyi, and they were shocked.

Who the **** did the second sister marry, and she was able to give out so much money casually and give it to the two children who met for the first time. They could tell that the clothes they were wearing were of the highest quality Silk, this young son has a noble and outstanding temperament, and none of the city commanders here has such a temperament.

   This discovery also made his attitude towards the two become more cautious.

   At this moment, Caiyi looked at him and asked, "Where are the eldest sister and the third sister?"

The young man said: "eldest sister has been working in Wang Yuan's house for many years. A year ago, she married a servant of Wang's family. Third sister has been living well these years. She just gave birth to her third child last month. I'll call them, and they must be very happy to hear you're back..."

  Gu Xing ran out quickly, while Lin Xiu and Caiyi were teasing the two children.

  Lin Xiu used to think that things like bear children hated the most, but looking at the little girl carved in pink and jade in her arms, she couldn't help but feel some yearning in her heart.

   As a man, who wouldn't want to have such a little angel?

   He held Caiyi's hand and said, "After a few years, we will also have two children to play with, preferably a girl like you..."

   Caiyi blushed and nodded, with a look of longing in her eyes.

Now Lin Xiu spends most of his time in his practice, and he doesn't even have much time to accompany Caiyi. It should be a very happy thing to have a daughter with Caiyi and grow up with her since childhood.

   After a while, footsteps came from the door again. The woman looked over and said in surprise, "Why did you come back so soon..."

   When she saw the people walking into the yard, her expression changed slightly, and the two children also hid behind Lin Xiu and Caiyi in fear.

  Lin Xiu looked over and saw a man with a scar on his face, and behind him, there were several figures.

  The scarred man glanced at the yard and said unexpectedly, "Yo, there are guests today..."

  The woman hurriedly walked into the yard and said, "Uncle Huang, haven't you already paid the asylum fee for this month?"

The scarred man smiled and said: "I paid it once, but now the rules have changed. In the next two weeks, I will pay it once, and then pay another 100 yuan. I will cover your shop in the past two weeks, and no one will come to trouble you. …”

The woman was angry and helpless. Apart from his subordinates, where would anyone else come to ask for trouble? This was clearly a money grab. It used to be once a month, but now it's once a fortnight. The couple's small shop, A small profit is all given to them.

  Lin Xiu stood up, glanced at the man with the scar, and asked, "What's going on?"

  The woman whispered: "We have a small shop on the side of the street. We cut clothes for others and earn a little money to support the family. They need a monthly shelter money, otherwise they will find someone to make trouble..."

   This kind of thing, the capital also has it, but in the past few months, such a small evil force has long been attacked by the Qing Li Division.

  Lin Xiu took out a silver note and handed it to the scarred man, saying, "Two hundred coins a month, right? I'll pay them for a year first, please find the money..."

  The scarred man looked at the hundred taels, his eyes glowing with golden light, and he decisively reached out to pick it up.

   However, when his hand touched the silver note, his fingers suddenly froze, and the ice layer was still spreading toward his arm, but in an instant, his arm lost consciousness.

   He immediately withdrew his hand and looked at Lin Xiu in horror. Lin Xiu put away the hundred taels, shook his head and said, "You really dare to take it..."

The scarred man was frightened and frightened. When the younger brothers behind him had ever seen such a battle, they also stepped back a few steps, but they stepped on an ice surface, and the ice layer spread from their feet and quickly froze. Their lower bodies, including the man with scars, were frozen in place.

  Lin Xiu glanced at the scarred man and said, "How much money I took in the past, now give me ten times of spit out, or today next year, let your family burn ten times for you."

The man with the scar is no longer conscious of his entire lower body. He has never encountered such a situation before, and he was frightened and terrified. He quickly took out a large amount of broken silver from his arms and said, "Give it to you, I will give it to you, this gentleman. A lot, let the villain be a horse, let the villain be a horse..."

   He is just a street gangster, who dares to oppose a powerful alchemist.

   He had never seen a few alchemists in his life.

  In the yard, the woman was stunned by the scene in front of her. She gently pulled the sleeves of Caiyi and asked carefully, "Second sister, who is brother-in-law..."

   When Gu Xing led the other two women back, he found that there were neighbors standing in front of his house.

   They poked their heads and looked inside, still discussing something.

   "The surname Huang actually has today!"

   "He deserves it. He received money from such a big man. Is that someone he can offend?"

   "I heard that the second daughter of the Gu family came back. I haven't seen her for ten years. That little girl has grown so big and married such a big man. You say how good the family's life is..."

   "The Gu family is quite developed..."

  …

  The three brothers and sisters Gu Xing squeezed in from the crowd, and they were also shocked when they saw that the surnamed Huang and several of his subordinates were frozen in the yard and shivered.

His wife walked up to him and told him what happened just now with a look of joy. Only then did Gu Xing know that the husband of the second sister turned out to be a powerful alchemist, and he was happy for the second sister in his heart. , speak more cautiously.

  Caiyi came over with a look of surprise, looked at the two women, and said happily, "Eldest sister, third sister..."

  Lin Xiu teased the two children, and looked at the four siblings who were talking not far away, and it was obvious that the other three were talking with Caiyi carefully.

  Although they still have blood on their bodies, they haven't seen each other for ten years. Goodbye is a different person, and it's hard to go back to childhood.

After a while, several arresting officers in official uniforms walked in from the outside, glanced in the yard, walked in front of Lin Xiu, and said respectfully, "Sir, Lord Chengling is holding a banquet in Yanyu Tower, please appreciate the honor. A talk."

   This city commander's movements are not slow, and Lin Xiu can understand it.

He has been in the capital these days, where there are many powerful people, and it is the economic, political and cultural center of Daxia, and there are naturally many strong people, but in this small town in the south of the Yangtze River, some people may never see an alien magician in their lives. , There is a powerful supernatural power in the city, the local parent official, a heart must have been mentioned.

   After a while, Lin Xiu took Caiyi's hand, followed by the obviously nervous Gu family, and came to the most famous restaurant in this small town.

A middle-aged man with a moustache on his chin was waiting at the door of the restaurant. Before everyone could come, he took the initiative to meet him and said, "Zhai Hong, the commander of Huaicheng, the son is coming here, and I will be far away to welcome you. I hope you don't. Weird..."

  Lin Xiu said with a smile: "This official and his wife went back to their hometown to visit relatives. Seeing that Poppy was causing trouble, they couldn't help but teach him a lesson, causing trouble for this adult."

  The middle-aged man immediately said: "No trouble, no trouble, I don't know where this adult is working?"

  Lin Xiu said: "The Imperial Secretary of the Qing Dynasty."

When the middle-aged man heard the words, his heart was shocked, and the smile on his face was even brighter. He came from the capital, and he also possessed a powerful ability of different arts. This official has already asked them to prepare wine and food, the distinguished guests are here, please let this official do the best of the landlord's friendship..."

  The three brothers and sisters of the Gu family never imagined that one day they would be able to eat together with Lord Chengling in Yanyulou. The dishes on the table were all delicacies from the mountains and seas that they had never seen before.

   After moving the chopsticks, they only dared to eat the one dish in front of them, and their eyes were fixed on the table, not daring to glance around.

And the majestic Lord of the City on weekdays, when he saw the second sister's husband, he was obviously very careful, which made them even more shocked. More than ten years ago, the picture of the four sisters and brothers playing together became more and more in their minds. blurred.

  Lin Xiu and Caiyi stayed in Huaicheng for three days.

Before he left, he left one thousand taels of silver to each of the three siblings, which was enough to change their future lives. Lin Xiu also took care of Huaicheng's order and asked him to take care of them on weekdays. , they should no longer be bullied by those hooligans.

   Then, Lin Xiu and Caiyi bid farewell to them and left here.

  Lin Xiu bought a boat and planned to take another tour in Jiangnan with Caiyi.

   At night, the starlight sprinkled on the river, and the boat floated on the water, moving with the power of thought.

   In the cabin, Caiyi was leaning against Lin Xiu's arms, feeling a little depressed. This time, she realized that the family members who were once close to each other would never be able to return to the past.

  Lin Xiu hugged her, kissed her forehead lightly, and said, "Whenever you want to come back in the future, I will accompany you back."

  Caiyi looked up at Lin Xiu and said emotionally: "Thank you, Xianggong, thank you for everything you have done for Caiyi..."

  Lin Xiu smiled at her and asked, "Is there only one word thank you?"

  Caiyi's face turned red, she lowered her head, and whispered, "There's more..."

   Soon, there were ripples on the water surface, smashing a pool of stars.

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