Su Qingyu was terrified after hearing this. Her stomach tightened, and she gave birth to the child very quickly.

After giving birth, she tried to hold on and did not fall asleep. She did not even check whether the child was a boy or a girl. As soon as Su Qingliu, Aunt Zhou, and others packed up and carried the child back to the room, she called Liu Juye to question him.

Liu Juye could not enter the room, so he quietly passed the words to Su Qingliu. Su Qingliu whispered Liu Juye’s original words to her with trembling lips when no one was in the room.

“Master Ma and a group of disciples robbed the official silver of the county government, confiscated the weapons in the county government’s armory, emptied the magistrate’s private warehouse, and fled… Now the magistrate has reported to the Guangning government office, and the judge has personally brought the government soldiers to Fengting Town…”

Su Qingyu’s head was buzzing after hearing this, and waves of pain came from her body, and she felt numb.

When she came to her senses, she pushed Su Qingliu and said, “Sister, go to Yangwei Martial Arts Hall and have a look!”

“Okay, I’ll go right away. Don’t worry, sister will go right away and have a look. Maybe I made a mistake.” Su Qingliu trembled as she pieced together the sentence, and then she went out with her hands and feet together.

Su Qingyu refused to fall asleep with her head full of wet hair. She pinched her thigh flesh and waited anxiously for Su Qingliu’s news.

There were children’s chirping sounds outside, the sounds of Aunt Zhou and Lu Shengcai and others coaxing children, and Lu Shengcai’s happy laughter…

Su Qingyu didn’t care about them. Her mind was full of Liu Juye’s words.

Xiao Qingxing took Yaya to see her nephew and came in to tell her happily about her nephew. She only nodded and agreed, and her mind was not on the child.

Xiao Qingxing thought she was tired and tucked her quilt considerately so that she could have a good rest and then took Yaya out to see her nephew again.

Su Qingyu waited anxiously until Su Qingliu finally came back.

Su Qingliu panted, “Mèifū’s ^[1]husband of younger sister friend went with me. When we went there, the door of Yangwei Martial Arts School was open. I was so happy, but when I went in, I found out that Yangwei Martial Arts School had been sold a few days ago. Everyone inside had left, and all the valuables had been sold. The buyer was directing the craftsmen to repair the yard…”

Su Qingyu fell onto the bed after hearing this.

Why?

This was a blatant violation of the court. The forces of the county government, the prefectural government, and the garrison of Guangning Prefecture—how could they resist…

Su Qingyu couldn’t help but clench her palms and remembered something, turned her head, and asked, “Where is Aunt Cui?”

“They’re all gone. I went to the room where they lived, and all the valuables were moved out.”

Su Qingyu’s mind was numb, without any sign.

After Master Ma’s wife passed away, Master Ma locked himself in his room. Su Qingyu was worried that he was too sad and would follow Master Ma’s wife. How could he…

Rebel against the court?

“Qingyu, I’m so scared. There are only so many of them. How dare they go against the court… Will they die?” Su Qingliu leaned close to her ear and nervously grabbed a corner of the quilt.

“Sister, later you can quietly go to the homes of those apprentices that Master Ma took in in the town to see if they are there. I guess Master Ma must have only taken away his direct disciples, so they will have even fewer people.”

“Okay, I’ll go quietly to see later.”

“Sister, did Liu Juye say anything?”

Su Qingliu reacted: “Oh, he said he would come back to tell you as soon as he got the news. He knows that you are close to Yangwei Martial Arts School, and he said that someone is coming from the mansion, and they will definitely call us in for questioning, so you should make some preparations. Qingyu, your sister is so scared. Do you think the government will arrest us and torture us in jail? I heard that people will all confess under torture; should we escape?”

Su Qingliu began to tremble as she spoke.

Seeing that she was shaking violently, Su Qingyu quickly pulled her hand and patted it soothingly: “Sister, don’t be afraid; we are just friends with them, and we are not involved in these things. Sister, calm down and just pretend that you don’t know about this.”

“Okay.”

Su Qingliu responded with a trembling voice, pretending to be calm, but still holding Su Qingyu.

Su Qingyu’s mind was in a mess, but she finally couldn’t hold on and fell asleep.

When she woke up again, it was already noon the next day.

The loud voice of the child outside came, crying so loudly that it was heartbreaking.

Xiao Qingxing saw her nephew crying because of hunger, and she was so distressed that she ran back and forth in the room. Before, she didn’t have the heart to call Su Qingyu because she didn’t wake up, but now she saw that she was awake; she was so happy that she jumped.

“Sister, you are finally awake! My wàishēng ^[2]son of sister is crying because of hunger. Mother and Aunt Zhou asked a sister who is breastfeeding to feed him, but he won’t eat.”

Mother Su heard the voice outside and hurriedly walked in with the child in her arms: “Qingyu, are you awake?”

“Mom, why are you here?” Su Qingmei propped herself up.

“How could a mother not come? This is your first child, and you have no experience. Your mother-in-law is not a close relative. When you gave birth, she only came to take a look and never came again. Your father-in-law was holding the child happily and refused to let go, but she didn’t even want to extend her hand.”

Mother Su pouted, her displeasure plain to see.

“Mom, let her be. Is it a son? Mom, bring him here for me to see.”

“Hey, come and have a look; our little treasure is so handsome; he will be as handsome as his father when he grows up. The sound of the little treasure’s cry is so loud that the neighbors all know that the Lu family has a grandson. Your father-in-law is so happy; he hung a bow and arrow on the gate yesterday and set off firecrackers. This morning he came and held him for a long time before going to the store.”

Su Qingyu listened to Mother Su’s chatter while taking the child in her arms.

He was still crying just now, but when he came to Su Qingyu’s arms, he stopped crying; his eyes were still closed, his long eyelashes were still covered with tears, his face was red, his hair was thick and soft against his scalp, and his little mouth was moving.

Very cute. Su Qingyu’s heart softened.

She carefully scratched his little face with her fingertips, feeling the wonderful feeling of blood connection; her chest was full, and her eyes were so sore and swollen that she wanted to cry.

“Mom, he hasn’t eaten yet, has he?”

“I only gave him some water. This morning, I saw that he was very hungry, so I asked Aunt Zhou to find a woman who was still breastfeeding the child. I didn’t expect that he wouldn’t eat after being fed. The child is picky as if he knew that it was not his mother.”

Su Qingyu laughed: “What if he was born into a wealthy family? Rich families don’t feed their children themselves. They all hire wet nurses.”

“How can we compare with wealthy families? If we give birth to a child ourselves, of course, we have to feed it ourselves so that the child will be like his own mother.”

Su Qingyu saw that the child was pushing against her chest, and she felt ashamed. With the help of Mother Su, she undressed and prepared to feed him…

Unexpectedly, there was no milk.

“Mom, how could I have no milk?” Su Qingyu saw that the child couldn’t suck milk, and he grinned and cried again, a little anxious.

Mother Su patted him gently, saying, “Don’t worry; it’s normal to have no milk at the moment. Mom will help you rub it. You may not be able to pass milk yet.”

“Rub it, rub it?”

“Yes, exactly. In a bit, I’ll have Aunt Zhou make you some soup to help with milk production.”

Su Qingyu was a mother for the first time and was in a hurry. When the child cried, her heart tightened. She was anxious and at a loss.

Fortunately, she was able to produce milk in the afternoon, and the child successfully had the first bite of food from his mother.

Mother Su looked at her grandson, who was self-taught and ate happily with his little mouth smacking. Her heart softened: “We need to give him a name. Your father-in-law said this morning that he should think of a good name.”

Su Qingyu was stunned, touched her son’s hair, and said softly, “His father gave him a name when he left.”

“Oh, what’s it?”

(End of this chapter)