The next day, Dong Huiying went straight to the Daliu Village Dong Family, bringing several husbands from ho to visit her parents, bringing many gifts for the visit.
Mother Dong claid that after the New Year, she planned to take the fathers to enjoy mountain and river views, which Dong Huiying was very supportive of.
Even though she was inwardly anxious and couldn’t wait to go to Qingfeng Balibao to inquire about Little Liu, at her parents’ place, she held her patience, behaving as usual, delighting under her parents’ knees, and the elders couldn’t detect anything amiss.
"Oh, right!" As the husbands were about to leave, Father Dong called Dong Huiying back: "A while ago, Fei Yan (Mother Dong) went into the mountains and found this." Father Dong took out a small cloth bundle containing a snow-white fruit, its skin glistening like it was coated in silvery frost.
Father Dong said, "This fruit grew among the rocks. Back in the day, it was by eating a similar fruit that I..." He glanced at Dong Huiying. The Dong family had always suspected that Dong Huiying’s previously stunted growth and her natural brute strength were all due to Father Dong mistakenly consuming a strange fruit years ago.
Dong Huiying had long heard that there were magical fruits in this world, such as her own physical strength being the product of such fruits, n needing a Life fruit to bear children, and how Zhi Chen and Shu Yu’s Inner Strength were also from consuming fruit.
These magical fruits might grow on mountains or in fields, and she had long yearned to see them with her own eyes. Unexpectedly, this trip to her maternal ho actually fulfilled her wish.
Dong Huiying thanked Father Dong and then tucked the fruit away as she boarded the carriage. Her brothers noticed how much the wife leader cared about the fruit, so Zhi Chen said: "Back when Shu Yu and I were on our way back, we gradually developed Inner Strength after eating so fruit. Once we find Yixuan, we could go visit that place; there are many magical fruits, but the area is surrounded by an illusionary barrier, making it a place rarely visited."
Dong Huiying nodded, "Precisely, once we find Yixuan, I should also go see Yun Ge and the others. If we can gather more similar fruits, they would make good gifts to bring along."
Zhi Chen smiled and softly ruffled Dong Huiying’s head. Little Wu, Liang Yuening, sat outside driving the carriage, occasionally flicking the whip. The sound of the horse’s hooves clip-clopped as the group returned to Kaoshan Village, without staying a mont longer, they imdiately grabbed the pre-packed luggage and headed to Qingfeng Prefecture.
This trip concerned the whereabouts of Little Liu, which the brothers were all very concerned about, so no one was left at ho; instead, the entire family mobilized.
Dong Huiying thought the last ti the entire family went out together was seemingly because of Shujun. They had retrieved the blind Shujun from the mountains.
But, upon reflection, doesn’t seem right?
Presumably, during the Pei Yu incident, to avoid Pei Yu’s persecution, the family might have also had to move stealthily?
However, in conclusion, the opportunities to travel together were too few; with extensive family affairs, usually, so family mbers had to stay behind to guard the ho.
Most importantly, it was because a brother was lost, whereabouts unknown, remaining at ho, waiting and hoping, knowing it was unlikely, but still, they couldn’t help but think, what if the long-lost brother returned? Thus, they kept vigil like this.
Dong Huiying sighed deeply, looking outside the carriage: "Once we find Yixuan on this trip, we all can settle down and live well, never to be apart again."
Zhi Chen chuckled softly, and the rest exchanged glances, ending with gentle smiles on their faces.
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