Wang Kaizhi sent his niece off to get married, and then went to Ning's house to have a bowl of wine before returning.
This trip to the capital felt very satisfying to him.
Knowing that my sister is doing well, seeing all kinds of exotic fruits and vegetables in the Duan family's yard, and knowing about the existence of rye, it can be said to be a fruitful harvest.
But the only thing that gave Wang Kaizhi a headache was that Mr. Shi seemed to be in a bad mood these past few days. After such a big happy event, he felt lost and depressed all day long.
Fortunately, Mr. Shi has been going out these days and is not with him, otherwise people would see him and think he doesn't like the marriage.
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During the days when the Duan family was busy getting married, Shi Xiyuan had been searching for news about Cheng Ying in the capital. Huang Tian paid off and finally let him find Cheng Ying.
Working as a teacher in a private school in Beijing.
Shi Xiyuan arrived at the school at the end of the day. Seeing that the children were almost gone, Shi Xiyuan slowly walked into the yard, asked the servants sweeping the floor in the yard, and found Cheng Ying in the study.
The private school was in the courtyard of Cheng Ying's house, with only three or four wooden houses. There was only an old tree and a dry well in the courtyard, and it was simple and plain.
Shi Xiyuan stepped forward and knocked gently on the wooden door.
"Who is it?" an old and loud voice sounded.
After hearing the movement inside the door, Shi Xiyuan tried his best to calm down and walked in, recognizing the friend in front of him at a glance.
"Cheng Ying, we haven't seen each other for so many years, do you still recognize me?".
The old man with a white beard who was cleaning up the students' homework in the room heard this and looked up at Shi Xiyuan in front of him.
When I saw the old man in front of the door, he was very imposing, not like an ordinary old farm man. But when it came to making friends and classmates, he only had a few friends and classmates, and he was not the one in front of me.
Are they here to collect debts? But he has no debts!
After Shi Xiyuan asked this question, there was no movement for a long time, and Cheng Ying was unsure.
"I'm A Yuan! On my seventeenth birthday, I took you to a restaurant for a night of drinking, which resulted in you being beaten. So I helped you do your homework for a month. Do you still remember?" Shi Xiyuan said directly.
Told the past.
"You and I met in the academy when we were eight years old. That day I took out the bird's nest in the academy..."
Those foolish things of youth are always particularly unforgettable.
Cheng Ying realized who the person in front of him was. He was shocked and stepped forward. He wanted to reach out and touch Shi Xiyuan, but he took his hand back and said doubtfully: "You, you are really A Yuan!"
"It's me, I'm back."
Hearing this, Cheng Ying was overjoyed, with a few tears in his smile: "...It's the real A Yuan. I thought I was dreaming again! Where have you been these past years!"
"It's me! I managed to survive and went to Xiliang..." Shi Xiyuan simply explained a few words.
"It's good to be alive, and it's good to be here!" Cheng Ying said with a smile.
"I came back to Beijing this time because I heard the news that Yanniang was still alive back then! Before looking for you, I went to find Fusheng, and he said that Yanniang was placed in a safe place by you guys! I want to know how Yanniang is doing now?
Where are they? Are she... and the child okay?" When he said this, Shi Xiyuan's heart trembled.
The changes in the past few decades were so great that even if Yanniang escaped, he could not be sure that she was still alive.
Mentioning the name Yanniang, Cheng Ying took a long breath: "Yanniang, she passed away a long time ago."
"Yanniang stayed in bed for a long time. We hired many doctors for her and took medicine for several years, but she finally passed away." Cheng Ying said sadly.
Knowing that his wife passed away, Shi Xiyuan was deeply saddened.
He came all the way to the capital just to see Yan Niang.
Yanniang is gone, but where is the child?
"I heard that Yanniang was pregnant at that time. How is the child?" Shi Xiyuan asked eagerly.
Cheng Ying recalled the past and talked about several friends he met back then, most of whom are no longer here.
After Yanniang was divorced, Yanniang's family was unwilling to accept the wife of a criminal, so Yanniang lived alone and lived a very hard life.
Remembering the friendship between friends, several people pooled their money to give Yanniang a yard and hired a servant to take care of her. The child was a boy and was born very healthy.
Yanniang didn't want to accept too much support from them, so she went out to find work by herself and worked hard every day. At that time, most of them had wives and children, or they had already chosen a wife, and it was not convenient to take care of an orphan and widowed mother.
Later, when Yanniang was dying, someone stood up and promised to find a good home for the child.
"You may not recognize that person, but I only recognized him after being introduced by Yan Niang. He was promoted by your elders, and he helped Yan Niang a lot after your family suffered a disaster. It was he who stood up at that time,
He took away Yanniang's child." Cheng Ying said slowly.
"who?"
"The gentleman's surname is Duan, and his first name is Duan Yuexiu. It's a coincidence that his home was ransacked a few years ago. But by that time, Duan Yuexiu had already gone, his family property was confiscated, and his family returned to his hometown. I heard that Duan Yuexiu had gone there a few years ago.
The family is back again..." Cheng Ying said what he knew.
Duan Yuexiu, Duan family?
His child is at Duan's house?
Couldn't it be that in the days since he came, he has been living and eating with his own flesh and blood, but they don't know each other.
Shi Xiyuan silently calculated his age in his heart. His son should be around thirty this year. There are two masters in the Duan family who seem to be suitable for him!
Shi Xiyuan thought for a while and immediately rejected his idea. The child is so old, how could he become Duan Yuexiu's biological child?
Even if the old lady seems to understand the righteousness, she cannot directly recognize her own son who is several years old.
During the days when Shi Xiyuan came to the Duan Mansion, he had been thinking about finding someone. He did not ask about the affairs of the Duan family, nor did he talk to Wang Kaizhi. Occasionally seeing the Duan family getting along, he felt as if they were one family, and he did not suspect that several of them were
There is a concubine.
Therefore, it is very likely that his child was arranged by Duan Yuexiu.
"What are the characteristics of that child? Does he have a token on him?" Shi Xiyuan asked with a trembling heart.
After hearing this, Cheng Ying recalled something, "I was beside Yanniang when she was dying. Yanniang gave the jade flower on her body to the child and asked him to take it with him. The child looked upright, somewhat similar to
You, by the way, there is a red mole on the child's left arm. If you find it, take a closer look and don't admit it..."
Cheng Ying carefully warned his friend and told him everything he knew.
Shi Xiyuan's thoughts began to fly, and he suddenly understood something when he accidentally saw the red mole on Duan Mingjing's hand that day.
Why is it that the second master of the Duan family, who is so old and has not even passed the scholar examination, does not study hard? But the other masters still study in the study every day.
It must be because the child, like him, doesn't like to study, and because he is not the old lady's son, the old lady doesn't force him to study.
Although he thought so, Shi Xiyuan was not sure and wanted to go back and check.
Cheng Ying was still talking on the side, and Shi Xiyuan was impatient and wanted to go back to Duan's house to ask. "A Cheng, I have to leave first. I want to go to Duan's house to ask! I'll come see you another day!"
Cheng Ying nodded slowly after hearing this, "Go quickly, it's important to find the child."
"Ah Cheng, thank you!" Shi Xiyuan bent down, gave a big salute, and quickly walked out of the wooden house.
When he walked into the yard and was about to leave the hospital, he suddenly heard a call from behind him.
"Brother Shi!"
Shi Xiyuan turned around after hearing this.
Seeing Cheng Ying standing by the wooden door and looking at him, he said in a slightly suspicious tone: "You are entrusting me with a dream, are you?"
Shi Xiyuan suddenly felt a slight soreness in his nose. He quickly stepped forward, hugged his old friend, and said firmly, "It's not a dream! It's not!"
We are old friends separated by rivers and seas, separated by mountains and rivers several times. When we first see each other, we have doubts and dreams, and we mourn each other and wonder about our years.