Chapter 714 Exonerated
The three of them entered the house, and Miao and others brought a brazier to warm Li Shimian.
"Mother also sits closer and bakes. The dripping water outside is freezing, so my mother insists on going there herself."
"I won't go, you can't call him back."
Mashi pushed the brazier, moved closer to the old man, and went to pull the great-grandson, "Cheng'er also come to warm up, don't freeze."
"Cheng'er is not cold."
"Bake it even if it's not cold, to get rid of the cold air." Ms. Miao pressed her grandson on the small square stool, and stuffed a hand stove into his little hand.
Children don't know the cold or the heat, and it will be too late when they realize the heat or cold.
Li Shimian washed his hands and feet with warm water, put on cotton shoes, sat in front of the brazier and was warmed by the smoke and fire.
Seeing the granddaughter-in-law Bai carrying her little great-granddaughter Xi'er out of the house, she straightened her neck and flirted with her great-granddaughter, stretching her hands and feet to warm herself by the fire, while chatting with Ma and the others about homework.
"It's the first day of the new year soon, and I don't know if they have received the things we sent to Ning'er and Nian'er. It's really cold this year, and I'm afraid there will be delays on the way."
Ma Shi was a little worried.
It was too cold this year, she felt freezing when she stayed at home. The old man still ran to the fields every day.
"We sent it early this year, so I'm afraid we may have received it." Cui replied.
Miao also agreed: "Yes, mother, don't worry. We can send the clothes, shoes and socks of the two children to the year before every time. It's just that Ning Jie'er and Nian'er are not short of needlework..."
Mr. Ma interrupted her, "It's true that they have needleworkers, but Sister Ninger and Nianer like to wear the clothes I sewed stitch by stitch."
"Yes, you are always right. Your grandchildren, don't they look forward to the clothes, shoes and socks you send every year, and they look better than those made elsewhere."
"That's not true."
Ma Shi looked very proud.
Her eyesight is bad, and her daughter-in-law and granddaughter-in-law told her not to do it, as long as they can do it, but she did it on her own will, her sister Ning and Nian'er lost their mother at such a young age, she gave it to them for Rou'er What about making some clothes.
She did it slowly, so she finished it slowly. If you do it earlier, you can send it in time.
"However, sister Ning's annual gift has not been delivered this year..." Miao muttered again.
Li Shimian said: "It's cold, it's inconvenient for us to get in and out here, I'm afraid it's delayed on the way."
"That's right, sister Ning sends packages seven or eight times every year, how could she forget the annual gift. It must have been delayed on the way."
Mrs. Ma also gave her a reproachful look, then looked at her grandson-in-law Mrs. Bai, "Why don't you go back to your mother's house, Yunling, and ask your father to help you find out?"
Bai Shi was about to answer, when he heard Li Shimian say: "What are you asking! If you are on the road, you are on the road. What's the rush?"
"Aren't you in a hurry? I can't see you looking at me? I stretch my neck to look at the road every day, ten or eight times a day. Who is looking forward to the letter from Sister Ning and Nian'er?"
Is she only looking forward to it? Tch, old man, the more he lives, the more stubborn he becomes.
Li Shimian turned his head, not going to talk to her.
Seeing that granddaughter-in-law Shui Shi also came out with her great-granddaughter, sister Heng, she hurriedly stretched her neck to look.
When Cui saw it, she said angrily: "It's very cold outside, what are you doing out here with my sister in my arms?"
Walking over to pick up the child, Ma Shi and Li Shi rushed over, pinching their faces and shaking the child's little hands. Sister Heng raised a big smile at her great-grandfather and great-grandmother, and responded with a woo-oh.
Now Huo Xi's cousins, Li Zhi and Li Xi from the big house are all married and have children. Li Mingjin also married Shao Geng, the grandson of Shao Ji in the exile village, and gave birth to a son.
Ming Yue, the second wife, married into a nearby village and has no children yet. There is one Li Ji who has not married a wife.
Looking at each other's life and death, Li Dianzang and Cui Shi are worried.
"It's so cold, Dian Zang and they should be able to come back from the dam earlier?" Cui was very worried.
It can freeze people badly on this day, and the man in the family has to go to the military every day, and his legs are soaked in water, turning purple from the cold. When I get home, I have to bake for a long time before I can slow down.
Back when they saw it, they shed tears.
Li Shimian and Ma Shi paused for teasing their great-grandson's hands, it was the flesh that fell from their bodies, so Ma Shi was not worried.
Sighed, "What's the use of worrying, everyone is the same, why don't they go? Go to the kitchen and simmer some **** soup, and drink it for them as soon as they come back."
"Mother, it's boiling on the stove."
Li Shimian turned his head and looked at the misty sky outside the house, which was gray and without a ray of sunlight, just like his state of mind at this time.
It was as if a boulder was blocked in his heart, making him unable to breathe.
Bang bang bang... There was a knock on the door, interrupting his melancholy.
"Who is it? It's so cold. It's coming!" Mrs. Miao answered loudly, and trotted to open the door.
"Who is this?"
"Someone from the village. I'm afraid they came to pick up the work of the female workers."
After a while, hurried footsteps came, and Miao's voice was excited: "Father, mother, look who is coming!"
Li Shimian and Ma Shi hurriedly turned their heads to look, chasing the wind? It's the Chaser by Ning's side!
"Zhufeng? Why did you come in person?" Could it be that something happened to Ning'er and Nian'er? The old couple hurriedly helped them to stand up.
"I met the old man, the old lady. Our girl sent me to come here in person, and I have something important to tell you."
"Okay, come in, come in!" Seeing Zhufeng, I was very happy.
"Father and mother, Chasing the Wind came here in a carriage."
"Oh, hurry up, help unload the carriage, feed the horse some grass and water, feed some warm water, it's freezing cold, the horse has walked all the way, it's too hard."
"Yes, my daughter-in-law is going right away." The whole family started to move.
Until the carriage was unloaded into the living room, "Why did you bring so many things here?" This is a waterway and a mountain road, and it is thousands of miles away, so why did you bring so many things here.
Li Shimian and Ma Shi were chattering, trying to wipe away their tears.
"The girl also said that this time was special, and she didn't intend to let the little one bring so many things, but after packing, she made a pile, and Master Nian also added more and more, and it was a cartload. "
"These two children..." Ma Shi was excited, raised his arm, and pressed the corner of his eye with his sleeve.
"Why did you come in person? Sister Ning, too, this person sent you all the way, and let the post station deliver it." I heard that Zhuifeng also gave birth to a son, only one year younger than Xiao Yuer Month, how come this is approaching the Chinese New Year and still send someone.
"This time, I have something important to explain to the old lady. If the girl can't leave, I have to go there myself."
"Is there something important? What's the matter, did something happen to Ning'er and Nian'er?" It's a shame that they are nestled in this place, and they can't exert their energy at all.
Two children, they can't count on half of their grandfather's family.
"The girl and the young master are doing well. It's a good thing, a great thing! The girl begged the emperor, and the Li family was exonerated! The emperor pardoned the Li family, and your family is innocent. The emperor promised you to return to your original citizenship!"
(end of this chapter)