Chapter 102

“Isn’t this Zeng Xian’s house?” Lu Jingzhe asked in a steady voice.

“Zeng Xian.” The woman repeated the name, as if thinking, after a moment she said as if she had suddenly realized, “You mean Zeng Xiaodao.” Then, her voice became louder, “He’s dead, he died a long time ago, it’s been years.”

Hearing her say “died a long time ago” so lightly, Lu Jingzhe’s brows furrowed and his face darkened.

The woman seemed not to know how to read people, and continued to speak in a loud voice, “Oh, this house has been sold to my family for more than a year…”

Lu Jingzhe’s brows furrowed even deeper after hearing this, and he asked, “What about his wife and child?”

“There, go down this path, the small earthen house at the back is their home.” The woman said, pointing to a small path beside her.

“Thank you.” Lu Jingzhe said, without another word, he pushed the bike and walked down the path.

Seeing Lu Jingzhe walking forward, Xia Qingning quickly followed.

After listening to the conversation between the two, she quickly understood why Lu Jingzhe had brought her along. He was a big man, going to visit a widow, it would inevitably be gossiped about, bringing her along would avoid others gossiping about the sister-in-law.

Lu Jingzhe and Xia Qingning had both walked away, the woman was still standing at the crossroads, stretching her neck to continue watching, her eyes seemed to be glued to Xia Qingning.

“Chunhua, what are you looking at?” At this time, a woman carrying a hoe passed by, looking at the woman who was peering, she asked.

“There, just now another soldier went to Azhen’s house.” The woman named Chunhua smiled and said meaningfully.

“Ah, isn’t it the one who said he wanted to marry her last time?” The woman looked curious, she put down the hoe on her shoulder and was ready to gossip.

“It doesn’t look like it, this one is taller and more handsome, and he came with a woman.” Chunhua withdrew her gaze and said.

“Then he must be someone her husband knew from his army days. I say Azhen is also a fool, why didn’t she just leave with that soldier last year? Anyway, her father-in-law and mother-in-law are both dead, and no one needs to be taken care of, a widow and orphan, I don’t know why she still stays here? She even raised her child to be stupid. When she first came back, she looked quite smart.” The woman with the hoe said with regret.

Hearing the conversation between the two, an old woman living in the courtyard below also came forward and said, “Azhen is also a poor soul, a good girl from the city, but she fell in love with Zeng Xiaodao, who was unreliable, she didn’t care and insisted on marrying him. Just when her husband finally settled down and had some success in the army, he suddenly died. Alas, she could have stayed in the military compound with her child, but her two elders suddenly fell ill, so she had to bring her child back to take care of them. Later, her in-laws also died, the soldier was rejected and never came back. Now she is alone with such a young child, a widow and orphan, how will she live in the future.”

“Some people are born with a wretched fate, hehe, they don’t know how to enjoy the blessings that are in front of them…” The woman named Chunhua curled her lips and sneered.

“Chunhua, you can’t say that. When she sold this big blue tile house to your family to raise money for her life, you lowered the price so low!” The old woman couldn’t stand it anymore and spoke.

“Where was it low? I still thought the foundation of her house was bad feng shui, if it wasn’t for pitying them, a widow and orphan, small and sick, I wouldn’t have bought it!”

“I think you are just being greedy and pretending to be kind. You have been living here for several years, and your family is fine, and everything is going smoothly, right?”

While the few people were talking, Xia Qingning and Lu Jingzhe had already walked to the earthen house the woman mentioned.

The house was very dilapidated, the eaves were broken in one place, it looked like it was about to collapse, the house was also small, completely blocked by the blue tile house in front, no wonder it was not visible from the outside.

Looking at the house like this, Lu Jingzhe’s eyes flashed with a complex emotion, he said in a deep voice to the house, “Sister-in-law.”

He called out once, no one answered, after a while, he called out again, after a while, a woman in blue homespun clothes came out from the side door quickly.

When the woman saw the tall figure in military green, she was stunned for a moment, then she immediately greeted him with joy, “Oh, it’s Captain Lu, come in, come in and sit down.” The woman was a little excited, her speech was a little incoherent, she enthusiastically invited the two into the house.

The woman looked to be not yet thirty years old, her features and figure were not bad, but due to long-term labor, her skin was a little dark and rough, her clothes were patched but washed very clean, the only thing that was a little incongruous was that at the age of twenty, she had a lot of white hair on her head.

Xia Qingning followed the woman into the house, she saw that the furniture in the house was very old, but it was cleaned very well, it was obvious that the mistress of the house was a very diligent person.

After a while, Lu Jingzhe also walked in, his height of nearly six feet made the low house suddenly feel cramped.

He put the things he bought on the table, the woman knew that they were clothes bought for her and her child, so she kept thanking him, saying that he had spent too much money.

After they sat down, the woman quickly poured water for the two of them, when she handed the water to Xia Qingning, her gaze fell on her face, seeing that she was beautiful, with a slender figure, graceful in every move, she asked Lu Jingzhe uncertainly, “Captain Lu, who is this?”