NFBE Chapter 349 She is alone and helpless, with a husband and children all around her - He Xiulan 1
Chapter 349 She is alone and helpless, with a husband and children all around her - He Xiulan 1
Chapter 349 She is alone and helpless, with a husband and children all around her - He Xiulan 1
Xihe listened to what the old lady said and felt sorry for her.
"What is your wish?"
"My wish is to live my own life. I want to do what other women in that era could do. I don't want to be a good wife and mother anymore."
"I don't want to take care of his parents and see them to the end of their lives just for his empty words."
"Yes." Xihe nodded and entered the small world.
"Xiu Lan, I'm going to join the army. Wait for me, I will definitely come back." Qiu Yian looked at his newlywed wife tenderly.
Xihe nodded without saying anything.
Qiu Yian felt that his wife was reluctant to leave him, so he didn't say much and reached out to hug her.
But could Xihe let him get close to her? Of course not. She dodged the man's hand and walked out with an expressionless face.
Zhou Yian thought his wife was sad, so he started packing his things without thinking too much.
Soon, his parents came into the house. As they watched their son packing his things, they asked in a low voice with tears in their eyes, "Yian, if you leave, what will happen to your parents?"
"If anything were to happen to you on the battlefield, your mother and I would never see you even before we die."
"Mom and Dad, the country is in crisis now, I must go. You can't stop me." Qiu Yian knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
"Father and mother, I am unfilial. I must go to the battlefield."
"What about her?" Mrs. Qiu asked Qiu Yian, what about his wife who had just come home?
"She will stay at home to take care of you two. If I survive to come back, I will remember her kindness. If not, then let her take care of you until the end of your life!"
"Okay, be careful when you get to the battlefield, and always remember that your parents are waiting for you at home."
"Yes, I will keep my parents' words in mind." Qiu Yian patted his chest and made assurances repeatedly.
"My son..." Just thinking about her son going to that place where people would be killed without blinking an eye, Mrs. Qiu could no longer hold back and began to cry loudly.
Qiu Yian took out a handkerchief and wiped his parents' tears, then said with a smile, "You two elders, please help me pack my things quickly. I have to go quickly, otherwise everyone will be gone by the time I'm late."
"Oh, okay." The old couple knew that their son had made up his mind, so they stopped trying to persuade him and helped him pack the things he needed into his bag.
"Let's go, be careful on the road." The couple sent their son out the door and waved to him.
"Dad and Mom, let's go back." Although Qiu Yian was talking to his parents, his eyes kept looking around, hoping that his wife would come to see him off.
To his disappointment, he didn't see his wife until he was about to leave the village.
"This woman is so cruel. Her husband is going to the war, and she doesn't know where he has gone." Mrs. Qiu complained dissatisfiedly because she didn't see her daughter-in-law.
"Okay, they just got married, she must be feeling uncomfortable, can't you let her go out and cry for a while." Old man Qiu was afraid that her words would be heard by outsiders, so he hurriedly stopped the old woman and didn't let her say any more.
"Humph!"
The old woman walked towards the yard with a dissatisfied look on her face, and suddenly she heard someone screaming behind her.
"Aunt Qiu, Aunt Qiu, your daughter-in-law fell into the water, fell into the water..."
"What? What did you say?" Upon hearing this, the two enemies hurriedly turned around and looked at the person who was shouting.
"Really, your daughter-in-law really fell into the water. I saw her wiping her tears before, and then she jumped in." The visitor was also frightened. He saw someone jumping into the river with his own eyes.
The couple was stunned on the spot. Just now they were blaming their daughter-in-law for being cruel and not showing up to see their son off. Now they heard her jumping into the water, and they couldn't describe the feeling in their hearts.
"Hey, what's going on?" After the couple came to their senses, they ran quickly towards the river.
But when they got to the river, there was no sign of Xihe. The river was calm, as if nothing had happened.
"What happened? What happened?" At this time, the head of the village also ran over and asked loudly.
"Oh, Yi'an's wife fell into the water." Someone hurried forward and answered the head of the village.
"Hurry up and find him! If there are any men in the village who are good at swimming, please jump in the water! Saving him is the most important thing."
Thinking that Qiu Yian was going to defend his country, the village head did not dare to hesitate and hurriedly ordered the people behind him to go into the water to rescue him.
Following the order from the village head, many men behind him quickly jumped into the water, but after searching around, they found nothing but a handkerchief.
"Head, there's nothing in the river. We only found this handkerchief." The man handed over the handkerchief. The head of the village looked at it and saw a Chinese character "Congratulations" on it.
His heart sank to the bottom and he had a bad feeling.
He knew it was An's wife's surname. He looked at the couple who were in a trance, sighed, and said, "Go back and take it back to make a cenotaph."
Because they all know that the river flows very fast, and if they can't find it here, it means it has been washed away, and there is very little hope of finding it again.
The old couple took the handkerchief and wanted to say something with trembling lips, but they didn't know how to start.
"Mom and Dad, what's wrong with you? What are you looking for?" At this time, three children came running towards them quickly.
"Hey, Mom, isn't this my sister-in-law's handkerchief? What happened to my sister-in-law?" Qiu Yining looked at his parents and asked anxiously.
"You, your sister-in-law is gone." Someone kindly answered the little girl's question.
"Gone? What do you mean gone?" Qiu Yining didn't understand what they meant and looked at everyone with confusion.
"She was simply washed away by the river. You will never see her again."
"What? How could my sister-in-law be washed away by the water? Didn't she go to see my brother off today?"
They were also waiting outside the village to send their brother off, and they didn't expect something like this to happen at home.
"Who knows? No one knows what she is thinking." Someone sighed and said.
"Alas, she's newlywed, maybe she can't stand it!"
"Forget it, forget it. She is a woman of integrity. Let's build a cenotaph for her. Let's not talk about this anymore." The head of the village waved his hand and signaled everyone to do what they should do.
The village head in that era was still very authoritative. After hearing his words, everyone stopped gathering together to talk and walked towards home with Mrs. Qiu and her husband.
Soon, the enemy set up a mourning hall and even made a proper memorial tablet.
"Mom and Dad, my brother just left. Should we notify him?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? If you tell your brother about this, how can he not worry? If he is distracted, he will lose his life on the battlefield." Mrs. Qiu pointed at her daughter and cursed.