Chapter Nine From Now On

  In the evening, there were fewer people on the street. Looking at Chunlan who was still wiping away tears behind him, Cheng Si Lang had to turn around and comfort her again.

  "Don't worry, our family business has connections in the capital city, it's convenient to send a message through the shop assistants when the time comes. If anything bad happens, we can bring Gold Brother back." He said.

  Spring Orchid nodded and shed tears of gratitude.

  "Thank you, young master." she choked out.

  "Look at you, with your tears and rain-soaked clothes, it's quite pitiful. Stop this quickly." A young man in a green robe said with a smile, then looked at Cheng Si Lang, "I knew you were someone who sympathized with flowers and loved jade, you couldn't even finish drinking with me, and for the sake of this little girl, you ran out."

  "Human relationships are the greatest emotions." Cheng Si Lang said, raising his eyes to look ahead, and felt a bit strange in his heart.

  In fact, he should be seeing off his own brother, not this young lady, but the one who left is actually his sister.

  It seems like no one thought of this? If it wasn't for Chun Lan coming to ask him, he wouldn't have thought of it either.

  "Spring Orchid, did you bring money?" he asked.

  Chun Lan nodded and took out a small sachet from her sleeve.

  This is all the money she has saved up, hoping her brother will have a better life in the capital.

  This amount of money is a lot for Ya Tou, but it's really embarrassing for Cheng Si Lang to take out.

  "Changming brother, how many did you bring?" He turned his head and asked his companion.

  The companion asked the little servant girl behind him, and the servant girl handed over a purse of money.

  Cheng Si Lang took it without waiting for his companions to examine it and weighed it in his hand.

  "I'll return it to you." He said with satisfaction.

  The young master known as Chang Ming Ge shook his head and smiled.

  "You're really generous," he said.

  This silver is enough for this girl's family to live on. I heard that this girl saved the life of Fourth Brother, it seems that it is indeed true.

  "Master! Master, are those people?" Chunlan shouted.

  At this time they had already left the city gate, and on the left side of the bypass road, a team of horses was approaching.

  "Brother Jin...". Chun Lan pulled Brother Jin while crying, instructing him on one hand and stuffing the money in her hand into his on the other.

  Jin Ge'er listened with some embarrassment and impatience.

  Cheng Silang then walked forward and spoke with Cao Guan Shi.

  "Take care of your sister on the way." he said.

  Cao Guan Shi was somewhat surprised and sized up this young man.

  It's rare, unexpectedly someone from the Cheng family came to see him off.

  They were talking over there, and Old Man Chen was also speaking with his steward on this side.

  "...add more mattresses...day and night non-stop..."

  "... Fourth Master. On the way, a confidential envoy from the Wen family had handed over a visiting card, but it was unclear whether he would see him or not..."

  "...where's the time to see them, isn't it said that we shouldn't let others know our whereabouts?"

  "...Third Master is worried that it's inconvenient for us on the road, so he has notified all the post houses along the way. However, to outsiders, you are Fourth Master returning home to visit relatives..."

  Cheng Silang didn't notice, but the young noble beside him happened to hear a few words and his expression changed instantly.

  Envoy? Wen family? Have they all been given visiting cards?

  Whose house is this?

  He couldn't help but look over. Mr. Chen, who was on the other side, also noticed and looked over. Although he wasn't an official, his family background was rich and not something that a young man like him could compare to. With one glance, he exuded a few degrees of majesty.

  The young gentleman hastily shifted his gaze away.

  "I'm going to see my sister," said Cheng Si Lang.

  Cao Guan pointed it out to him with a "oh" and a nod, but he refused to go near the woman and her maid.

  Behind was a carriage. A maid wearing a skirt with bright eyes sat on the shaft, holding a book and reading aloud.

  "...in front of the temple, sedan chairs and horses crowded the road, many young people..."

  A horse carriage, in the suburbs, on one side a crowd of people watching the road equipment, on the other side Chunlan and Jinge saying goodbye with tears, amidst such noise, this maid reads a book, appearing exceptionally calm and content in this sorrowful and chaotic farewell scene.

  At this time still reading books? This maidservant is quite elegant and refined, no wonder she was sent by the Zhang family.

  Cheng Si-lang approached and paid his respects.

  The maid raised her eyes to look over, but the sound of reading from her mouth did not stop, as if she had no intention of asking.

  "I am Cheng Jialang, I know my sister is leaving, so I came to see her off." Cheng Jialang had to speak first and said, "Take care of yourself when you go out."

  Celery

  A woman's voice came from inside the carriage, and the maid stopped reading aloud. Jumping down from the carriage, she bowed to Cheng Si Lang.

  Celery?

  Cheng Silang looked at the girl and then glanced at the carriage, somewhat enlightened.

  Just recognize and recite that name then.

  "Fourth Master, are you here specifically to see our young mistress off?" The maid asked with a hint of a smile.

  It wasn't actually on purpose, if his daughter hadn't cried and begged him on her knees, he really wouldn't have thought of it.

  "This is some money. It's getting colder day by day, and you'll need to add more things. You take it and use it." He said, changing the subject, and handed over the purse in his hand.

  The maid smiled but didn't say anything and also didn't answer.

  "Thank you."

  A female voice came from inside the carriage.

  "Thank you, Fourth Master." The maid immediately reached out to take it, smiling and thanking him with a curtsy.

  Cheng Silang looked into the carriage again.

  After he came over, he didn't look at the carriage much, his attention was all on this maid. A foolish child naturally has to be taken care of by the maid, so it's natural to instruct the maid, but the two sentences seemed to be dominated by the foolish child in the carriage...

  "Sister, is there anything else you need?" he asked tentatively.

  "No." said Jingniang in a wooden tone, pausing for a moment, "Thank you."

  Cheng Silang wanted to say something else, but Cao Guan came over.

  "The Fourth Master, it's getting late, we need to hurry on our journey." he said.

  Cheng Silang nodded and took a few steps back.

  The young woman smiled at him and got back into the carriage, lifting the curtain as she went in.

  The fleet advances.

  "Fourth Master, thank you for seeing me off." The car window curtain was lifted, and the maid smiled at him from inside.

  "Be careful on the road." Cheng Si Lang said, looking back, suddenly stunned.

  Opposite the maid, a woman sat with her side facing forward. At first, only her raven-black hair cascading down and her full forehead and high nose bridge were visible. As the maid spoke, she slowly turned her head.

  The carriage curtains were lowered at this time. The horse-drawn carriage moved forward and left.

  Cheng Si-lang stood there with his mouth agape and a look of astonishment on his face.

  He saw what?!

  "Wait a minute..." Cheng Silang shouted as he came back to his senses and chased after him.

  "Fourth Master, a thousand miles of seeing off will eventually have a farewell, polite and polite!" Cao Guan Shi shouted on horseback with his hands clasped together.

  The carriage sped away, its hooves flying high, and soon disappeared into the distance.

  Cheng Si Lang ran for two steps before stopping reluctantly. He looked at the departing carriage with a complex expression.

  Yes, yes, it's her, it's her.

  Nature is her, lotus pond for sisters, even if it's a fool, it's sister. Is her.

  It's actually her...

  "I say, Fourth Brother, you and your sister are so close!" Changming Gongzi caught up, smiling, while also looking at the departing horse and carriage, his eyebrows slightly furrowed. "What kind of people is your sister's husband from?"

  As for Cheng Jia this fool, the people in Jiangzhou City naturally all know. After all, it's not something good, so they just discuss it privately, and friends won't mention this foolish word to his face.

  Cheng Silang was stunned and didn't react until Lang Ming Gongzi asked him again that he finally heard.

  "Grand Master Zhou has been appointed as the Marquis of Returning Virtue." he said.

  "Is this it?" asked Zhang Ming Gongzi in surprise.

  "Yes, my ancestors were also military officials, and they were external officials, from Shaanxi." Cheng Si Lang said, seeing his surprised expression, "What's wrong?"

  This is far from enough to make Wen Xianggong's family send a visiting card.

  Changming Gongzi looked again in the direction of the distant departure. The horse and rider had disappeared from view, leaving only a black dot.

  Why are you walking so quickly...

  Apart from them, there were also people seeing them off. Zhang Ming asked if they were the ones managing the shop for the Zhou family on this side.

  "Are those people from your family too?" he asked.

  "No," replied the Zhou family member.

  Cheng Silang was also stunned for a moment.

  "Who is that?" he asked, not saying that Zhou's family came to pick him up, how could there be someone who wasn't from the Zhou family?

  Travel with familiar people?

  "I don't know, he came together with us, said his surname is Chen, from the capital city." The person from the Zhou family replied. After answering, they left in a hurry.

  Capital city's Chen?

  "Could it be the Chen Shaoren's family?" asked Zhang Ming Gongzi blurting out.

  Cheng Si Lang was taken aback, he naturally knew who Chen Shao was, and suddenly burst out laughing.

  "What are you thinking!" He laughed and patted Zhang Ming's shoulder, "Mr. Chen Shaochen personally came to pick up my sister? You might as well think that the Jade Emperor himself came to pick up my sister, it's more believable!"

  It turned out that Lang Ming Gongzi also laughed, and while laughing, he couldn't help but look in the direction of the distant road.

  Then, who should it be?

  Cheng Silang couldn't help but follow and watch too.

  Originally, girls change at eighteen, regardless of whether they are ordinary people or extraordinary people.

  It has become so beautiful.

  It's really good, but what a pity.

  The two of them each had their own thoughts, standing there for a long time in a daze. Unexpectedly, it was Chunlan who first wiped away her tears and stopped looking back, and was startled by the sorrowful parting of these two young men.

  The sorrow of parting is all that remains.

  It is not only the parting of the deceased that is heartbreaking, but also the living who are left behind.

  "Daughter."

  Someone outside the car shouted.

  The maid lifted the carriage curtain and saw a mounted attendant passing by in front of her.

  "Please ask your wife to endure for a moment longer and proceed several dozen li further, where we can rest at Meixian Station." he said.

  The maid slightly furrowed her brow.

  "Has Mei County City stopped?" she asked.

  The attendant shook his head.

  The maid turned her head and looked at Cheng Jiaoniang.

  "Good." said Jingniang Cheng.

  The attendant let out a sigh of relief and said that when he came, Cao's manager had said that as long as the woman agreed, it would be fine. He turned his horse around and rushed back.

  She lifted the curtain and looked out, but they had walked a long way before she finally put it down.

  "Daughter, it's getting windy, put down the curtains."

  The maid said.

  "It's truly magnificent," said Cheng Jiaoniang.

  The maid followed him and looked back. The remaining glow of the setting sun on the official road was laid down, looking like it stretched endlessly, desolate and empty.

  "The scenery along the road to Huguang is even more beautiful." The maid said, reminding her again, "Young lady, put down the curtain."

  Jiangniang sat up straight as she had been told, the carriage curtains were lowered and the maid held them in place so they wouldn't be blown open by the wind.

  "I've walked this road before," said Cheng Jiaoniang.

  This young lady's return to Jiangzhou alone with her maid from Pingzhou is something that our servant girl knows a bit about.

  So why is it now a nostalgic return to the old path?

  Or is it a sentimental feeling of things being different from people?

  "At that time, I had never seen such magnificence." Jingniang's mouth curved into a smile as she gazed at her maid.

  At that time, one heart was rushing on the road, wholeheartedly planning, and the scenery was by his side but unseen in his eyes.

  "When you come back, the scenery your wife sees will surely be even better." The maid said with a smile.

  "Yes." Jingniang said without any hesitation or ambiguity, "I will see only good scenery."

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