Eldest Sister, Why Haven't You Married Yet

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Chapter 153 Return

It was already the twenty-ninth day of December when Xiao Lin Yu arrived in Luohe Prefecture. This year's winter was extremely cold. The north wind mixed with snowflakes as it blew. Xiao Lin Yu and his party of eleven people had a lot of frost on their faces. Still. the sound of horseshoes never stopped.

The team that went to northern Xinjiang to pick up the two elders of Xiao Family arrived a day earlier than Xiao Lin Yu. As soon as the weather-beaten brothers arrived at Su's house, they knelt down to see Mrs. Song before they even had time to wash up: "Son is useless and caused Mother to suffer!"

"It’s good that you’re back. It’s good that you’re back!" Mrs. Song, who had been looking forward to this for several days, couldn't believe it was true until the moment when she saw her two sons with white hair on their temples walking up to her and kneeling down. It wasn't until the two sons knelt in front of her, that tear-streaked Mrs. Song motioned for the two daughters-in-law to help them up: "Was the journey smooth?"

The two sitting beside Mrs. Song nodded. After Xiao Hai Ru took a sip of the tea his wife handed over, his wrinkled face smiled: "Miss Su had arranged everything properly. Thanks to her painstaking arrangements, the three years in northern Xinjiang were better than others despite how difficult it was. Although we were a little rushed on the way back, Second Younger Brother and I sat in the carriage. We never suffered a bit."

After experiencing life and death, the mother and sons chatted together for nearly half an hour. Seeing Mrs. Song getting fatigued, Xiao Hai Ru signaled Mrs. Yu to help old madam to rest. He and Second Younger Brother followed the arrangement of the servants of Su Family to wash up and change clothes. Only then, they went back to their rooms to rest.

In the room where the underground stove was burning warmly, Xiao Hai Ru was lying on the carved wooden bed covered with a thick brocade quilt. Looking at the top of the five prosperity tent, his sunken eye sockets could not sleep for a long time. He turned his head to look at Mrs. Yu who just came in from the outside. He said in a hoarse voice, "It had been hard on you for the past three years."

"I don’t have it hard. It is Master who had suffered in northern Xinjiang." Mrs. Yu closed the door to prevent the snowflakes and north wind from eroding the warmth of the room. Walking up to Xiao Hai Ru, she sat down and gently kneaded his stiff shoulders : "The wind and frost in northern Xinjiang is miserable. Master had worked hard in the past few years."

Xiao Hai Ru sighed, patted Mrs. Yu's hand, and said, "No matter how hard it is, it is all over now. It’s a pity that Lin Yu..."

Xiao couple was still grieving over the sudden death of their eldest son. They never thought that Eldest Son would come back from the dead and knock on the door of Su Family the next night.

On the twenty-ninth day of the December, Xiao Hai Ru put on a clean and warm robe. The two brothers supported Mrs. Song to the main courtyard of Su Family. After the six members of the family thanked Su Family together, they also proposed the idea of moving out of Su’s house: "These three years, it’s thanks to your noble household saving our family from fire and water. Now that us two brothers have returned, naturally there is no reason to stay and not leave."

"Our family can’t accept Uncle Xiao's words. Although I originally wanted to repay my debt of gratitude, old Ancestor, the two aunties, and Elder Sister Lin Ru have helped me a lot since they moved into my Su’s house. It is my Su Family's blessing to live together." Sitting next to Mrs. Song, You Jin was unwilling to let Xiao Family move away.

Mrs. Su also felt the same way. She softly smiled: "Exactly! If old Madam moves away, then these monkey children in our family will have to fight with me every day?"