It was New Year's Eve, and the atmosphere of the New Year in the capital was getting stronger and stronger. Everywhere there were women washing pots and pans and hanging them out to dry. Madam Xie San lifted the curtain to look outside and sighed softly.
The mundane world is within her reach, but now she can't feel it at all.
Xie Liangqing seemed to sense his mother's uneasiness and tried to move closer to her. He raised his head and pinched a piece of cake to put into her mouth, while calling her: "Mother..."
The eldest son remained calm and composed throughout, as if he had never suffered any hardship, as if in the past two months he had only made a trip to Hubei to pick up his younger brother.
But children don't know how to hide.
Xie Liangqing's constant nightmares and crying at night, as well as the way he would jump up at the slightest sign of fright, made Mrs. Xie San feel like she was being stabbed by needles in the heart.
Mrs. Xie San closed her eyes in pain and anxiety, and hugged Xie Liangqing tighter.
She hadn't slept for several days and was not in good spirits. She looked haggard after the ordeal and as soon as she saw Wei An, she knelt down in front of him.
Old Mrs. Wei was startled and quickly called Wei An to help her up, shaking her head: "What are you doing? Get up quickly, get up quickly..."
Mrs. Xie burst into tears and shook her head with tears in her eyes: "If it weren't for Miss Seven this time..."
Wei An had already helped her up, so Mrs. Xie San quickly pushed Xie Liangqing up and asked Xie Liangqing to call Wei An "sister".
Xie Liangqing was dressed very neatly, much fresher than in the past few days. He smiled as soon as he saw Wei An, and after calling Wei An, he kowtowed to Old Madam Wei.
Old Madam Wei quickly asked Aunt Hua to hold him up, called Xie Liangqing over to take a look, and couldn't help but sigh, "He has lost weight..."
Mrs. Xie's tears welled up again: "That's right. He hasn't been able to sleep peacefully in the past few nights. He always cries in his dreams... Even when I'm around, he can't sleep. If his brother isn't around, he doesn't dare to sleep. You can see how much he has suffered..."
Mrs. Xie San had a lot of resentment and pain in her heart that she couldn't let out. She was almost going crazy because she was holding it in her heart. It turned out that it was her second uncle who harmed her son, but she didn't know anything about it. She naively handed the child to them, and heard them say that they wanted the child to go back for treatment... ...
She lived in fear for more than two months, and even her eldest son almost got into trouble.
But in the end, his eldest son told him that the culprit behind all this was actually his own relative.
Although Xie Liangcheng also told her the reasons and told her the reasons why Mr. Xie II resented them, in the eyes of Mrs. Xie San, Mr. Xie II was still too hateful.
Since he had such a deep hatred and couldn't vent it before, why didn't he say it after the old man died
At that time, he expressed all his grievances. Even if he kicked them out of the third room, she had nothing to complain about.
But what does it mean to attack such a young child directly without knowing the reason
And Xie Liangqing is such a simple child...
But the Third Master was already annoyed enough, and he could no longer complain to the Third Lady. So he had to express his grievances to Wei An and Old Madam Wei, who were also insiders.
She felt very aggrieved and sobbed as she said, "Our master is also very upset. The Xie Family Ancestral Hall even sent us a letter, asking us to go back to celebrate the New Year this year. Our master cannot leave easily while he is in office. So they told me to take the children with me... But who dares to go?!"
Who knows if the second master wants to let them go because he sees that they are not going to die.
But this matter made things difficult for the residents. If they didn't go back, the other people in the Xie family who didn't know the real situation would blame them.
Madam Xie glanced at Old Madam Wei and Wei An, unable to hide her grief and anger: "I really have no other options. I feel like I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place..."
Old Madam Wei frowned and asked, "What does Third Master Xie mean?"
Now that we have gotten involved in this matter, it will be difficult to remain unaffected, so we might as well get involved to the end.
Mrs. Xie shook her head gently: "Ah Cheng's intention is to simply not go back, and use this opportunity to completely break up with the other side, separate the family, and never have any contact with the two sides again."
This is also what Xie Liangcheng said to Wei An before.
Mrs. Wei nodded: "This is also a solution."
There must be someone supporting Mr. Xie Er behind him, that's why he can be so unscrupulous.
As long as the family is not divided and these old family matters are not brought up, Mr. Xie San will be threatened by Mr. Xie Er - all the members of the Xie family are watching.
Under pressure from these clansmen, Master Xie San sometimes had to fall for their tricks.
Wei An had been listening quietly, but when he heard this, seeing that Third Madam Xie hadn't spoken, he asked, "Does Third Master disagree?"
Mrs. Xie nodded with some difficulty: "He... He can't quite accept it..."
After all, he was brought up as a legitimate son and had performed the duties of a son in front of Madam Xie's spirit tablet for so many years. Now, to be told of his shameful identity overnight, no one would be able to accept it for a while.
Wei An nodded in understanding.
It's common that not everyone wants to air their dirty laundry in public.
She gently advised Mrs. Xie: "The third master is a sensible man. He probably just needs to think about it again..."
As soon as she finished speaking, Aunt Kong, who was beside the Third Madam, came outside to ask for a meeting, saying that someone had come from the Xie family's mansion.
Mrs. Xie shed tears with embarrassment: "It's probably Ah Cheng..."
Madam Kong shook her head, looked at Old Madam Wei with an unpleasant expression, then looked at Wei An, and said softly: "No... I heard that the person who came is from the old house of the Xie family in Jingxi... and specifically asked to see Miss Seven and the old lady..."
At this time, someone came to the Xie family's old house in Jingxi? !
Old house...
Mrs. Xie's face flushed immediately: "What on earth do they want?!"
Because Wei An had helped Xie Liangcheng and Xie Liangqing before, Second Master Xie sent people to burn down Wei An's house and deliberately left the bodies of the bandits inside, intentionally trying to drag Wei An into the water and embarrass the Wei family.
Now that Xie Liangcheng and Xie Liangqing are fine, he doesn't restrain himself and even dares to let people come to his house? !
This is really...
Whenever Mrs. Xie San thought about how cruel Mr. Xie Er was to those who had helped the third branch of the Xie family, she couldn't help but shiver in her heart and felt cold all over.
Mr. Xie's hatred for the third branch of the Xie family has reached this point... She simply doesn't know how to resist such a cruel person.
There was silence in the room for a moment, and no one responded to Mrs. Xie's words.
Madam Kong looked at Madam Wei with a serious expression.
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