In an instant, his old tears flowed freely, loudly shouting, his voice hoarse yet unable to hide a trace of excitent, his bent and hunched body curled into a ball, trembling continuously...
"Old man, please get up, you... what are you doing?"
Li Qingmu quickly went up to support him, but Elder Qin grabbed his hands tightly, his old eyes no longer cloudy, filled with a sharp light, "Young Master, you are the little young master of our Qin family! The old servant just knew that the Qin family would not die out, no it wouldn’t! When you were taken by the mountain bandits back then, the old servant held on to a sliver of hope that one day, the young master would return. Heaven has rcy, the ancestors bless us!"
Looking at the excited Elder Qin, Long Yue and Li Qingmu exchanged a glance, both feeling sowhat guilty. This was a loyal old servant, such people are rare, and even rarer is the ten-year long wait and guardianship.
At this mont, they made up their minds to take good care of this old man and to promote Qin Xiu, to offset their guilt of falsely claiming relations.
"Old man, please get up!"
Li Qingmu hurriedly helped Elder Qin up, but he grabbed him with excitent and said, "Young Master, co, let’s go into the house. It’s your first ti coming ho, you must not know what it’s like, the old servant will take you to see!"
Li Qingmu glanced at his little wife, and Long Yue smiled and said, "Go in and take a look!"
"Who is this..."
"This is my wife, Lady Yue!"
"Oh oh oh—so it’s the Young Madam, haha, master, madam, look! The young master has a wife now, our Qin family is going to flourish again, hahaha..."
Elder Qin laughed heartily, Li Qingmu was a bit worried that he might choke on his excitent, which would be awkward, so he quickly cald him down. Elder Qin stopped his laughter, wiped the tears from his eyes, and led them into the Qin Mansion.
Xiang Yin stared in astonishnt as they entered the old Qin residence so openly. You must know, Elder Qin had been very protective of this place before, not allowing anyone to enter, and now...
To be honest, if he hadn’t been involved in the making of their "fake swaddle," he would truly believe Li Qingmu was a child of the Qin family.
But false is false. Doesn’t it hurt your conscience to deceive this kind-hearted old man?
Xiang Yin mumbled to himself, while Li Qingmu and Long Yue, led by the old man, took a tour and ca out. Elder Qin was very warm, laughing, "Young Master, I will contact so of the old people and then bring back the na of Qin Xiu! Qin Xiu is the years of effort of the old madam, it can’t just fall into decline like this!"
Long Yue and Li Qingmu exchanged a glance, and Li Qingmu said, "Okay, but we have so things to do and will temporarily stay at Brother Xiang’s house. We’ll co back once you’re ready."
"Ah, good, good! The old servant will hurry, so the young master can acknowledge his ancestry and return to the family!"
Li Qingmu awkwardly said, "Elder Qin, take your ti, no rush, you... need to take care of yourself!"
As soon as those words were spoken, Elder Qin’s tears flowed like a spring, rolling up his sleeves and crying, "Ah... Young Master, the master took care of just like this back then, you... you are indeed the young master of our old Qin family!"
Li Qingmu, "..."
Bidding farewell to the emotionally overwheld Elder Qin, the three of them headed back, and once they got on the carriage, Xiang Yin could no longer contain himself and finally asked the question that had been puzzling him.
Li Qingmu was silent for a while and then said, "Guilty, yes, a little, but what I see is the joy and vitality of Elder Qin. Previously, he guarded a lonely old house alone, isolated, helpless, despairing! If we didn’t co, he would have waited for death in eternal desolation, but now? His life is rekindled with hope, finding a reason to continue living, isn’t this a redemption in itself?"
"Isn’t this a redemption in itself?"
Xiang Yin murmured, repeating Li Qingmu’s words, and for a mont, it was as if he had been enlightened!
Yes, Elder Qin has truly co alive now, he is happy, excited, he feels he has finally seen the descendants of the Qin family, he can et the Qin family mbers in the underworld...
"This... it turns out I was wrong!"
Xiang Yin stood in silence, solemnly bowing to Li Qingmu.
...
On New Year’s Eve, the sound of firecrackers was constant, bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new, while the streets and alleys were filled with the joyful cries of children.
The New Year Festival is the happiest ti of the year, a day when well-off families buy new clothes and pants for their children, along with plenty of candies and desserts, making children feel like the happiest people on earth.
Families with a modest ans also consider whether to get a set of new clothes, if nothing else, they’ll at least buy so snacks for the kids to enjoy.
If conditions are poor, they might go door to door asking for food, saying festive words, and families who have extra grain will scatter a handful of candies at the door as a token of goodwill.
The Li family was the latter.
But this year’s different, in previous years, there were barely a few bowls of dishes on the table, even the soup was at the bottom, but this year, the table had five vegetarian dishes, three at dishes, and a large bowl of assorted soup, steaming hot, making several children’s mouths water.
"Dad, Mom, let’s eat..."
As it grew dark, after paying respect to the ancestors and the Kitchen God, the family was ready to start eating.
Li Baichuan rubbed his growling stomach, looking pitifully at his mother Mrs. Wang, who slapped him on the head, angrily saying, "Eat what? Your mother hasn’t spoken, why are you in such a hurry?"
Turning around with a fawning smile, "Mom! The kids don’t understand, please don’t be angry!"
Mrs. Li Zhou sat at the head seat, wearing a new cotton jacket, sitting upright, having regained control of the household, holding a valuable Mutton Fat Jade Pendant in hand, along with owning two acres of the dicine field.
With money cos power.
Now, she wielded vast power in this family, everyone in the Li family had to act according to her mood, occasionally flattering her, Mrs. Li Zhou thought these days were extrely comfortable!
All the forr weakness and patience were gone, replaced by pride and composure!
She glanced indifferently at her smiling eldest daughter-in-law, recalling everything about her before, and snorted coldly.
Fortunately, she is now very diligent, greatly satisfying her vanity, so she said lightly, "Let’s eat!"
"Oh oh, let’s eat!"
Li Baichuan exclaid, and the children rushed to eat, except Ah Qiu, who pouted at the table full of dishes.
Not as tasty as what Third Sister-in-law used to make!
"Knock knock knock!"
Suddenly, a crisp and steady knocking sound ca from outside, startling the Li family mbers.
"It’s so late at night, instead of having a New Year’s Eve dinner, who’s the fool knocking on the door?"
"Pah, must be here to freeload, probably that little brat!"
Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Zhang spat at each other, and the more amiable Mrs. Wang went to open the door.
"Who are you..."
Opening the door, there stood a woman dressed in fur, Mrs. Wang was taken aback.
The woman shot a cold glance at Mrs. Wang, a flash of disdain in her eyes, and asked sharply, "Is this the ho of the Li family?"
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