Chapter Four Origin

  However, having gone through a life-and-death cycle in this ancient time, she naturally understood that Ning Shi Bo's paternal love was so profound. Which other man would be willing to shorten his lifespan by ten years for the sake of his daughter's health?

  "Look, our daughter has become sensible now, she knows not to let her father make rash promises."

  Ning Shibei laughed happily and said to his loving wife beside him. But then Yu Shi laughed and said, "You still have the face to say that? I've never seen anyone like you who can come up with anything to say..." Before she could finish speaking, they suddenly heard someone outside the door say, "Ying Ge sister has arrived."

  The door curtain was lifted, and a beautiful woman with an oval face and big eyes walked in, smiling at Ning Shiboke and Yu Shi: "The old lady heard that the young lady woke up, she's also very happy, so she sent me over to take a look."

  Ning Shibuo and Yu Shi hurriedly expressed their gratitude, and Yu Shi smiled: "We still need to trouble Sister to make this trip. Paeonia has taken the doctor's medicine in the afternoon, and it seems to be very effective. Tomorrow morning, we will take her to pay respects to Old Lady."

  Ying Ge laughed and said: "This doesn't need to be rushed, the old lady said that we must let the young lady recover before leaving. Now that Mid-Autumn Festival has passed, the weather is indeed getting quite cool."

  Ning Shibai and Yu Shi hastily agreed, and here they waited for the oriole to leave. Then Ning Shibai carried Ning Fengbi into the main hall.

  Just then, a little boy who had just learned to walk was walking unsteadily in the house, like a duck, and often took a few steps before falling onto his buttocks on the ground, causing both Ning Shibao and Yu Shi to burst out laughing.

  A melon-seed-faced young woman stood aside with her head bowed, smiling as she watched the little boy walk away. When she saw Ning Shibei and others come out, she hurried forward and whispered: "Sixth sister is much better? Amitabha, it's really heaven's blessing."

  Yu nodded in response and saw the little boy, his smile broadened a few points, walked up and hugged him: "Xuan Ge is still unsteady on his feet, needs to be watched more."

  "Yes." The young woman also smiled and said with relief: "Although she still can't walk steadily, she can take two more steps than before. This morning, she didn't come to pay respects to the madam, but was playing with the maidservants. Look, now she's run in here."

  This young woman was a concubine of Ning Shibao, surnamed Lan. Because Yu Shi and Ning Shibao had been married for five years and only had one daughter, Ning Qingbi, the old lady of the Ning family took charge and gave Ning Shibao another concubine.

  Ning Shi's husband and wife had a deep affection for each other, but they did not agree. However, Ning Shi himself held a low position in the family, and the third branch of the family had always been without an heir. Having no choice, he agreed to Old Lady Jiang's proposal, but put forward a condition that the person must be chosen by himself.

  When Madam Yu married into the family, she brought two maids with her. One was called Yulan, who was loyal and devoted to Madam Yu, and later married the son of a steward. The other was Yuzhi, who was clever and intelligent. Ning Shibao feared that if he took her as his concubine, she would give birth to children with greedy thoughts. Therefore, in the end, he chose a child from the family with good looks and physique, and raised him as his own. As expected, soon after Concubine Lan entered the household, there was news of a pregnancy, and later gave birth to Xuan Gege.

  Lan Yiniang's character is clear and gentle, very warm and reliable, and also respectful to the Yu family. Her feelings for Xuan Ge'er since childhood are also very good.

  Originally, this family was harmonious and beautiful, but unexpectedly after Ning Shibo, they were calculated by others and had to take in that Xiao Yiniang. From then on, the three houses were stirred up by that fox spirit, making Yu Shi unable to lift her head in front of her sisters-in-law and mother-in-law.

  Yu Shi and Ning Shibei first went to the Ning Xin courtyard to pay their respects to Old Lady Yu, then Yu Shi attended to Old Lady Yu's dinner, only returning afterwards. Xuan Geer followed Yu Shi around for a while longer before the family finally had dinner.

  To say that even Ning Fengbi couldn't help but admire, her own mother was truly deeply poisoned by the three obediences and four virtues, let alone being kind and benevolent.

  Xuan Ge'er was born as the only root of the third house, so after birth, he was held by Yu Shi and recognized under her name, being raised as a legitimate son.

  It was just that Yu Shi saw Lan's aunt's daily eager and expectant appearance, and felt unbearable. In the end, Xuan Ge was practically raised by both of them, with equal respect and affection for both, which became a beautiful story in the third house. Before, Ning Fenbi only thought this was the survival rule of ancient women, but now that she had been reborn, she naturally wouldn't think so again, and felt that although Ning Shi was respectable, wasn't she also pitiful?

  After dinner, everyone held tea and sat together to eat. This was usually the most lively time for the three houses. Lan Niang and Yu Shi both liked to listen to their husbands talk about past and present anecdotes from all over the world, while Ning Shibuo was also very unassuming in this regard, speaking freely and fluently, creating a very harmonious atmosphere.

  Ning Xianbi was in Yu's arms, quietly listening to her father's voice echoing in the small outer room. Her heart was filled with warmth and excitement: after all these years, she could finally experience this kind of life again. She had previously resented fate for playing tricks on people, but now she was truly grateful to heaven for giving herself another chance to relive.

  The topic gradually shifted to the old master Ning San who was about to return home, and Yu Shi said: "Today, the old lady called us over to simply say something, in front of so many people, I didn't dare ask. But does Master know about Third Uncle's situation? What exactly is going on here? I'm still in the dark."

  Ning Shibuo smiled and said: "You've really asked the right person. Besides Old Lady, I'm probably the only one who knows the inside story of this matter."

  After finishing, he took a sip of tea and smiled: "Third Uncle was separated from our family since childhood. Alas! He was also unlucky to be born during the chaotic times. On that day, our whole family followed the troops to evacuate elsewhere. After Grandmother gave birth to him, our family was caught up by the rebel soldiers, and the horse carriage scattered in all directions. Grandmother and Third Uncle were also swept away to an unknown place. Grandmother thought that once they encountered the rebel soldiers, both mother and son would be hard-pressed to escape death. So she painfully entrusted Third Uncle to a local family and chased after Grandfather alone. Later, when things settled down, Grandfather and Grandmother sent someone to search for that family, but it took three months, and that family had already moved away without a trace. This matter remained a great regret in their hearts until the day they closed their eyes, and tears flowed endlessly.

  "Then how can that family be so untrustworthy? If they've been entrusted with something, they should be loyal to the person who entrusted them."

  Ning Shiboke sneered and said, "Originally, my grandparents didn't know what was going on either. At that time, although it was a chaotic era, later when they went to look for them, the village clearly hadn't experienced any hardships or war. It wasn't until recently, when big brother met third uncle, saw the jade Buddha around his neck, and after recognizing each other, that we finally understood the whole story."

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