Chapter 14 Section Fourteen

My husband went back that night, and I will stay at my parents' house for a few more days, but I have to go back to my husband's house in the end.In a short time, I will go to Guanzhong with my husband's family, and I don't know when I will be able to return to my beloved Xiaqiu County.So, in my spare time, I wandered the streets and alleys in a carriage, greedily looking at the familiar scenery around me, wishing I could roll them up and pack them up and take them away. At this moment, my carriage is passing through the long alley between Fuguili and Leshouli. The alley is quiet, except for the occasional barking of dogs and the rattle of wheels.

When the whole alley was about to end, I saw Zigong’s house inside the inner wall. Through the short rammed earth inner wall, the broken windows of his house could still be clearly seen, but now they were covered by a bamboo curtain. Not sure what's inside.I lowered my head, feeling sad in my heart, when I suddenly felt the carriage shake violently and stopped abruptly. "You old coffin, what are you doing in the way, do you want to die?" Before I came back to my senses, I heard the driver yelling. I asked the driver: "What happened?" The driver changed his respectful tone: "Young Madam, I'm shocked. A dead old woman rushed out from the wall and stopped our carriage. Fortunately, we were not driving fast, otherwise her body would have been collected."

I was a little unhappy: "How can you speak so rudely, maybe it was unintentional." The driver didn't expect that I would accuse him instead, he was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said respectfully: "Young Madam is right, the villain is wrong, and the villain apologizes to this lady." Then he seemed to be talking to someone, and after a while, he turned back and said to me: "Young Madam, this lady said she knew you and wanted to have a lifetime of happiness with you." "Oh," I hesitated for a moment, opened the curtain, and saw an old woman standing in front of the car, like a boiled shrimp, with two ends curled into one, the only difference is that the color is not red.She was about six feet five inches tall, and she was wearing a blue linen dress. Although it was old, it was very clean, and her whole body revealed a sense of neatness, which was quite different from ordinary women from poor families in the alley.

I don't have any impression of this person, but I still said softly: "Excuse me, my lady, have we met before?" She grinned and smiled with difficulty: "Of course, but for someone as humble as the old concubine, even if Le Jun sees him, he won't be impressed." I racked my brains again to search for my impression of her, but still found nothing, so I could only say: "Please forgive me for my clumsy eyesight, I hope you can express it clearly?" She curled up again, and said in a panic: "This old concubine is not talented. I have an impertinent request. May I have the honor to ask Le Jun to give me a moment of leisure to meet with me in the cold house?" She seemed to be afraid that I would not go, and then Hastily added, "It will definitely not delay Le Jun's time, and Le Jun himself will definitely gain something, my old concubine hopes that Le Jun will agree." She even bowed a little and made a standard Etiquette, my family has received some officials from Chang'an, and their wives used to salute like this.

My heart moved, and I said to the driver: "Please help this old woman get into the car and go to visit her high house."