Chapter 341 - 202
It really was him!
Qian Yixiu’s heart felt as if it had been instantly emptied. She took out a five-tael silver ingot and gave it to Liang Fu, saying, "Thank you, Butler Liang, and also thank your relative. Take this silver and treat him to a drink."
Her voice seemed to come from far away, as if it wasn’t coming out of her mouth.
After Liang Fu left, she went back to her bedroom to lie down, devoid of any strength. Her mind replayed scenes from home after her father left, like a film being projected.
Grandfather Sangui lay in bed almost all day, gritting his teeth as he took care of household affairs...
Grandma Wu left early and came back late, busying herself with farm work. In a few years, she had transformed from a beautiful woman to a hunchbacked crone...
Her young aunt, still just a five-year-old child, took care of the whole family, doing almost all the household chores...
Her mother waited at the door every single day, hopelessly longing for Brother Jiang to return from his travels, her love never wavering through the years...
And then there was Qian Yeejin, who as an infant had started going into the village alone, begging for food—a frail little protagonist blown away with the slightest breeze...