Chapter 98
After the dragon lantern danced around, they returned to the palace, and the streets became a little quieter. Many people carried lanterns and walked towards the river, and they heard that they were going to release the lanterns.

Dabao and Erbao looked at the rabbit lantern in their hands with some reluctance, pulled Zhuhua, and after she squatted down, they whispered in her ear: "Shall our lanterns also be put in the river?"

"Don't let it go, the river lantern is not the same as the lantern in our hands." Zhuhua said without explaining too much, anyway, they will see it later.

Only then did they feel relieved, and happily carried the lanterns to the river.Qin San squeezed into the crowd, bought six river lanterns and came back. The group found an empty seat, put the river lanterns in one by one, and prayed silently with palms together.

"What wish did the third sister make?" Qin San and Zhuhua were more familiar, and occasionally joked with her.

"Healthy body." Zhuhua finished speaking solemnly, and then showed a big smile. This wish should come true this year, after all, she is already 12 years old.

Qin San didn't know the reason, but he also knew about Zhuhua's illness. Seeing the moon was in the sky, he was afraid that they would catch cold when they stayed outside, so he sent them back after walking around again.Zhuhua was indeed a little tired from shopping, she had already walked around during the day, and was crowded by so many people again at night, her lips were a little pale when she returned home.After drinking a cup of hot tea, she insisted on taking a bath before going to sleep.Although Qiuyun was worried that she would get sick again, but seeing Zhuhua confidently said that she would not get sick again, she had no choice but to let her go.

Zhuhua really thought that she would never get sick again. She didn't expect the slap in the face to come so quickly. In the middle of the night, she slept more and more and became hotter. Her whole body seemed to be on fire. She also knew that this was not right, but she didn't Do something about it.In the fiery torment, it finally dawned, and she didn't know if she was awake all the time, or fell asleep for a while.She heard the sound of Qiu Yun getting up, and heard her go to her bed to take a look at her before leaving the room. Seeing that her face was flushed and sweaty, she knew something was wrong, and after reaching out her hand to touch her forehead, He immediately went to ask someone for a doctor.

This time Zhuhua was seriously ill, and she lay down in the house for a month. When she poured the bitter medicine every day, she would ask in her heart: Is it agreed to stop getting sick after the age of 12?

When she recovered from her illness, she couldn't help complaining about it to Mrs. Sun.

"Did that master say 12 years old?" Sun said a little confused. After so many years, she couldn't remember clearly, but it seemed that the monk didn't mention [-] years old at that time.

"He's talking about Yiji."

This Zhuhua remembered, because she didn't know what a period meant, she thought it meant a century, but after asking others, she found out that a period was a Jiazi, that is, 12 years.After that, she always remembered that she was prone to illness before the age of 12, and it would be fine when she was 12 years old.

"If this is the case, does he refer to the real age instead of the false age? Maybe you have to wait until your birthday next year to pass?"

Zhuhua was silent, she even forgot about the fact of false age and actual age.

"Then I'll stay here for another year and a half." Zhuhua said in a low mood.

Mrs. Sun touched the top of her head, held her in her arms, hugged her thinner body, and asked: "This year's Qingming Festival, do you want to go back to your hometown?"

Zhuhua raised her head excitedly, she hasn't traveled far for a long time, and Jinhua went to the countryside a few years ago during the Qingming Festival.

"Yes." She nodded vigorously.

"Then it's up to you to go this year. It just so happens that your Uncle Li and Aunt Li are going to take your eldest brother of the Li family back to his hometown. I don't know what their plans are in the future."

After Cheng Dashan sent Li Liangzi to Daqing Zhuangzi and reunited the Li family, Uncle Li took the family back to his hometown. After returning, he had the idea of ​​going home, but Li Liangzi didn't seem to be very willing.He has worked so hard in the mine for so many years, he is dry, thin and old, and has a limped leg. He doesn't want to go back to the village to see people he knew before.

At the end of last year, shortly after the royal flower viewing banquet, Li Liangzi and Xiaoya got married. Zhuhua couldn't believe that these two people who seemed to have different personalities would become a couple.Although Li Liangzi looks a little gloomy now, according to Sun, he was a bright young man in the village, and many adults in the village thought he would be promising.

Sun asked Jinhua to drink the wedding wine and go with the ceremony. Zhuhua was ill at the time, otherwise she would have wanted to join in the fun.Originally, the Li family planned to go back to Lijia Village during the Chinese New Year, but Xiaoya was pregnant and her pregnancy was not very good, so they didn't go, and only Uncle Li and Li Liangzi came to Cheng's house to pay New Year's greetings.At that time, Uncle Li revealed that he wanted to go back to the countryside. After all, he now has descendants, so he wanted to go back to his hometown to spend his old age. People have to return to their roots.Although Mrs. Sun can understand their desire to return to their hometown, she also hopes that they can stay in Daqing Mansion for a few more years.

In late February, not long after Zhuhua recovered from her illness, she took Qiuyun and Qiuchu back to her hometown.

She is already 12 years old, even though she looks childish and thin, but no one dares to neglect her in the Cheng Mansion. Over the years, Mrs. Sun has left the household chores to her three daughters and never bothered her again. The family has always been quite stable. She thought it was because of Jinhua's reputation. Later, she found out that Zhuhua was the one who controlled the most among the three sisters. She set a series of rules and followed them in everything. It is also convenient to deal with mistakes.

This time she was the one who went back to the hometown to worship the ancestors. On the surface, Jin Hua, who was in charge of the family, was still a little anxious. She always thought that Yin Hua would go.Logically, it is indeed Yinhua's turn to return home. Jinhua is going to get married this year, and the date is set in December. Mrs. Sun is worried that she will go far away, for fear that something will happen when she gets married, but Yinhua is not old enough. Not too young, she is getting engaged recently, and she is not as bold as Jinhua, who dares to go out with Li Shu and Aunt Li, this matter can only fall on Zhuhua.Zhuhua is a brave and capable person, except that she is a little weaker.

In fact, Mrs. Sun has been trying to let her live in other places for a few months. If according to what the white-clothed monk said, she is prone to illness because of Chang'an's imperial aura, will her health be better if she leaves Chang'an?But Zhuhua was still a little younger before, so she didn't feel relieved to let her live in someone else's house.

Before leaving, Jinhua and Yinhua saw her off, and Dabao and Erbao also followed behind with tears in their eyes. Only Changzi didn't know what everyone was doing together, looked curiously at the carriage parked at the door, and wanted to go forward touch.

"Here, I'll give you the peace talisman you asked for." Yinhua handed Zhuhua a purse.

When Zhuhua opened it, she was also taken aback, there was actually a stack of peace talismans inside.She is returning to her hometown and not going to the West Paradise. How can she need so many peace charms? Will she have to go through ninety-nine and eighty-one difficulties on the way?Besides, if she went to worship the ancestors in Qingming, would she make them angry by bringing so many peace charms? It seemed that she didn't dare to worship the ancestors, but she seemed to be looking for trouble for the undead.

"Second Sister, you've been running around the monastery a lot lately." Zhuhua said vaguely, afraid that she was fascinated by praying to gods and worshiping Buddha because she had heard too many ghost stories before.

"No way." Yinhua said with an unnatural expression.

Zhuhua didn't think too much about it, and she didn't try to persuade her too much. Yinhua has a temperament that gets more and more aggressive the more she persuades her, and she is 15 years old who doesn't like to listen to persuasion the most. If he persuaded her, it would anger her instead.

I don't know if the safety talisman Yinhua begged played a role. They walked very smoothly on this journey, and the weather was always sunny. Occasionally, it rained at night, and even the ground was not very wet in the morning, which did not affect their journey.

Zhuhua still remembered the little friends in Lijia Village who offered to give her things, but if she had a particularly good relationship with anyone in it, it was none of them.She was only five years old when she left the village, and she didn't play very well with anyone. She only remembered that she often followed Yinhua to Amu's house to learn to read.I don't know how Amu is doing now, whether his sister still loves to cry.After Yinhua went back to her hometown last time, she didn't mention Amu in particular, but she mentioned that a good friend of hers used to be sold as a maid because someone in the family was sick, and there were people who kept staring at her things. It was really annoying to send her a few things.Later, she heard the other party say that she was stingy in the village, which is why she never wanted to go back to the countryside.

At that time, Zhuhua listened to her complaints and persuaded her a few words, but in Zhuhua's view, there was nothing to persuade her, and when more people saw it in the future, she would naturally look away.

All in all, life in the countryside is still simpler than in the city. Even if the daughters-in-law and girls in the village say harsh words, it is on the bright side. Zhuhua listens to it as if she is watching a show, so it is better than guarding against them.In her previous life, she was a very defensive person, and she always kept a certain distance when dealing with people.Still, she has a lot of friends she can talk to, and a lot of friends who can make her cry in front of each other, but that's all.

Maybe people are born lonely, if you stare at this loneliness, your life will be filled with emptiness; if you turn a blind eye to it, then loneliness is nothing but a sigh when you dream back at midnight.She has always slept well, and she doesn't even have a dream at midnight.However, when she was sick, she slept a lot during the day for a few days, and would wake up suddenly in the middle of the night. At that time, she didn't think about being lonely and cold. She just wanted to cure her illness quickly. I am young and have a lot of private houses.

I don't know if it's because of leaving Chang'an, Zhuhua doesn't suffer from any illnesses in the countryside, and she is very energetic every day.This time when returning home, it was Uncle Li and Liangzi Li who came, and Aunt Li didn't come with her because she wanted to take care of the pregnant girl in the village.Zhuhua was bored along the way, and would chat with Li Liangzi who was sitting on the shaft of the chariot.Although Li Liangzi looked silent, after chatting with Zhuhua, he found that this person was very funny. After returning to the countryside, he took Zhuhua to some places that he thought were fun in the past. In those days, he led Zhuhua and a group of children to go fishing, and he seemed to be the king of children.

Not only did Uncle Li not stop him, but he was also very relieved.Li Liangzi used to be as cheerful as he is now, and loved to play with the children in the village, but after going out for a trip, his whole person changed.The little girl is not talkative, and after the two got married, Liang Zi's temperament did not change back.Although he often comforted his wife that he would naturally become more stable as he got older, he still felt uncomfortable.Sure enough, after staying with the child for a long time, Liang Zi gradually became cheerful. When he has his own child in the future, the hardships he suffered in the past will pass away.It never occurred to him that Zhuhua was not considered a child at this age, but he always regarded her as a child in his heart, so he didn't take her age to heart.

(End of this chapter)

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