Chapter 66: Taking Care
When she reached the doorway and saw Zhao Yu and Zhao Cheng outside, Zhao Ya instantly breathed a sigh of relief and ran towards them, crying, "Eldest Brother! Second Brother! BOO HOO HOO."
The three siblings hugged each other and wept.
Zhao Dong and Sun Mei didn’t interrupt them, and neither did Zhao Zhitong, who simply clung to Sun Mei’s leg and watched.
Zhao Cheng and Zhao Yu asked Zhao Ya how she was faring. With tear-filled eyes, she told them she was fine and urged them not to worry. She just missed them and home terribly.
However, she had to observe rules and learn etiquette daily. If she failed, scoldings or beatings were normal. But at least she had food; although she couldn’t eat her fill, she wouldn’t go hungry.
Zhao Cheng and Zhao Yu then told their sister about the situation at home.
Upon hearing that her mother had run away with someone, Zhao Ya couldn’t say whether she was sad or not. When the Zhu Clan sold her, her heart had already grown distant from the Zhu Clan.
Later, when Zhao Ya heard that her uncle and aunt had taken in her eldest and second brothers and had even come specifically to find her, she gratefully knelt and kowtowed to Zhao Dong and Sun Mei.
At this moment, many old women in the courtyard witnessed the scene at the gate.
The woman who had opened the door earlier said coldly, "It doesn’t seem like that family is so poor they have to sell their children. So why did they sell their daughter? Now they act all reluctant to part with her. Who are they putting on a show for?"