NCCnovel Chapter 57 What she needs to do next requires some medicine.
Chapter 57 What she needs to do next requires some medicine.
Hu Zhi's trip also had its own purpose.
Hu Zhi thought to himself: Third Master has said that if he wants Xia Mo to come to him for help, then he has to help Third Master achieve his goal.
Xia's mother turned around and saw Hu Zhi, and was also stunned for a moment.
"It really is you!" Hu Zhi approached with an air of familiarity, exchanging greetings and asking, "Do you have a place to stay in the county town?"
When Xia's mother realized that they had completely forgotten about the smoked meat, she instinctively panicked when facing Hu Zhi.
“Yes, we are currently staying at an inn,” Xia’s mother stammered nervously.
“Our Third Master also said that Uncle Xia and Brother Xia are innocent,” Hu Zhi said with a smile.
Xia Mo, wearing a face mask, stared intently at Hu Zhi with wide eyes.
Hu Zhi was unaware, but Xia Mo already knew; he was one of the people who went to the inn yesterday to inquire about information.
"Yes, yes, yes... The child's father is innocent, my eldest son is innocent too. The thug's death has nothing to do with them," Xia's mother nodded, choking back tears.
Hu Zhi asked, "Have you found a way to help them clear their names?"
Mentioning this, Xia's mother choked up again. Thinking of the Zhou system and the people who refused to testify for Xia's father, she didn't know what to say for a moment.
“I’ve been in a lot of contact with Third Master these past few days,” Hu Zhi said, glancing around mysteriously. “I’m going to give you a heads-up, but don’t tell anyone I told you.”
Xia's mother, Xia's second brother, and Xia's third brother looked at Hu Zhi expectantly.
Seeing the expressions on Xia's mother's, Xia's second brother's, and Xia's third brother's faces, Hu Zhi's eyes flickered slightly, and she felt that things were going well.
Hu Zhi said, "Actually, our third uncle was originally a good-natured and helpful person, but he didn't want others to know that he was helpful, fearing that everyone would ask him for favors, so he came to Anping County to avoid trouble."
Hu Zhi's subtext was: Xia's mother and the others really have no other choice but to ask Wei Zhishu for help.
When Xia's mother, second brother, and third brother heard this "secret," they were stunned; they didn't understand the subtext.
Xia's mother and the others wondered: What does this have to do with them?
Hu Zhi glanced at Xia Mo and said, "I have something to attend to, so I'll take my leave first."
Hu Zhi wondered to himself, "Is it really true that not a single person understood? Do I have to explain it more clearly?"
After Hu Zhi left, the dazed Second Brother Xia finally realized what was happening, and his face immediately darkened.
What's the meaning?!
“Mother, we don’t need to pay attention to him,” Xia Erge said, his heart pounding. He stared at the direction Hu Zhi had left, his eyes red.
Xia's mother frowned, puzzled, and praised, "Manager Hu is quite good."
Xia Erge's face turned ashen, so black it seemed ink could drip from it: "Pah—"
Xia's mother and Xia's third brother were even more unable to understand.
Brother Xia said with certainty, "Hu Zhi and his Third Master Wei are no good people!"
Xia's mother and third brother stared at second brother in disbelief, wanting an answer from him.
Xia Mo could tell that Xia Erge didn't want to explain, so she said, "Actually, I asked my master to do something for me."
"What?" Xia's mother, Xia's second brother, and Xia's third brother's attention was immediately drawn to Xia Mo.
They whispered something to each other at the end of summer.
Xia's mother, second brother, and third brother stared wide-eyed in shock, looking utterly incredulous.
"Things...can be done like that?" Xia's mother murmured as if chewing something.
Xia Mo chuckled softly.
* * *
The next day—
After returning home, Zhou Zhi came again and went directly to Xia's mother and the others who were temporarily staying at the inn, explaining his purpose.
The Zhou dynasty's reneging on its promises was something that Xia had anticipated by the end of the Xia dynasty.
Zhou Zhi said with shame, "I acted impulsively yesterday. After I got home yesterday, my family lectured me, saying that outsiders... are not as important as family."
Xia Mo coldly looked at Zhou Zhi, took her mother's hand, and gave her a sweet smile.
Xia's mother couldn't quite manage a smile.
Xia's mother, second brother, and third brother were somewhat unable to accept it and looked sadly at Zhou Zhi.
Zhou Zhi's throat was dry, and he said with difficulty, "Actually... all you need to do is... let your daughters... beg that person... that would be enough... sacrificing a daughter to save the head of the household and the eldest son is something a daughter should do."
After returning home yesterday, Zhou Zhi was talked to by his elders and had already begun to have second thoughts. However, this was not the real reason why he changed his mind.
When Zhou Zhi arrived in the county town in the morning to wait for job openings, he was lectured by Hu Zhi.
It turns out that a powerful figure has taken a liking to the Xia family's youngest daughter. This powerful figure is a big shot from the capital, someone that a nobody like him can't afford to offend.
After thinking it through, Zhou Zhi decisively changed his mind.
Hu Zhi did not ask Zhou Zhi to remind Xia's mother and the others to have Xia Mo go and plead for mercy. Zhou Zhi felt that since he had already gone back on his word, and now that he knew about this, he could no longer keep it a secret.
"What did you say?!" Xia's mother raised her voice, turning shrill, and stared intently at Zhou Zhi.
Zhou Zhi shrank back, said, "I've finished speaking," and turned to run away.
"How could you say such a thing!" Xia's mother gripped Xia Mo's hand tightly, roaring at Zhou Zhi's retreating figure. Then she turned to Xia Mo, gritting her teeth, and said, "My dear, I will never allow you to sacrifice yourself! You are not allowed to listen to other people's nonsense!"
As summer draws to a close, a warm feeling fills my heart; I embrace my mother in return.
"Did you hear that?!" Xia's mother grabbed Xia Mo's arm, not allowing Xia Mo to avoid it.
"Okay," Xia Mo replied, her nose stinging with tears.
Xia Mo then reminded him, "We still have my master."
It's actually herself.
Xia's mother felt somewhat relieved.
Xia's mother turned to Xia's second and third sons and said, "In your parents' eyes, you are all very important. There is no such thing as one being more important than the other. No matter who sacrifices for whom, it will be unbearable for your parents. If your father and your eldest brother knew that they came out because of your little sister... sacrificed themselves... they would probably kill themselves on the spot. Do you understand?"
"Ok!"
Xia Erge and Xia Sange responded solemnly in unison, "We understand."
Xia's mother now understands what Hu Zhi meant by what she said yesterday.
Xia's mother gritted her teeth and thought: Wei Zhishu has taken a fancy to her youngest daughter and wants to take advantage of her!
* * *
That evening—
The inn fell silent.
Xia's mother stayed close to Xia Mo, holding Xia Mo's hand as she slept. She not only had to guard against Xia's second and third brothers not understanding, but also against Xia Mo herself having a moment of despair.
At the end of summer, they took out calming incense and put them into a deep sleep.
She has something to do next.
Xia Mo got up and sat up, carefully letting her mother let go of her hand. She took out the clothes she had bought in Anning Prefecture from her soul space, put them on, left the inn, and headed towards the Wei family in Anping County.
The nights in the county are very dark. The houses around the streets block out all light, and the stars overhead are sparse. Their light cannot penetrate the darkness, let alone illuminate the night.
Our first stop tonight, as summer draws to a close, is the pharmacy.
There are clerks who stay at the pharmacy to watch over it.
When Xia Mo came in, she knocked the person unconscious so that she could easily get the medicine.
The next thing she needs to do requires some medication.