It turns out that the stranger is Li Xingwen's wife's ex-husband, surnamed Wang and Qiushi, who came to Lanchao Gate yesterday are cousins.
From Wang Qiushi's narrative, everyone learned that Li Xingwen's "silly wife" was real name Liu Qin, who was not from another place. His family lived in another town more than 20 miles away from Lanchaomen.
From Wang Qiushi's mouth, everyone learned that Liu Qin and Wang Qiushi have been married for many years, and they already have two sons, 11 and 7 years old.
Wang Qiushi is a craftsman who prepares mats and is very nice to Liu Qin. When she goes out to work, she often takes her out with her.
Wang Qiushi's mother has always disliked her honest and not so smart daughter-in-law.
That day, while Wang Qiushi was out alone, the mother of the Wang family secretly asked someone to sell her daughter-in-law and turned around to lie to her son and in-laws that Liu Qin and she were lost while they were in the market.
Wang Qiushi doesn't believe that his wife who has lived with her for more than ten years will suddenly get lost. For several years, she has been asking people to inquire everywhere.
Wang Qiushi heard his cousin go back yesterday and said that today, he was busy asking around to find out that Lan Chaomen had come. From my cousin's description, Wang Qiushi thought that the Yang family courtyard was Li family courtyard , but he was not sure, so he walked back and forth outside the courtyard and repeatedly confirmed.
"What should I do? Is his words trustworthy—"
The stranger's words made the lively people mess up.
Some people suggest that Li Xingwen should hide his wife; some people say that maybe the fortune teller took a look.
It has come to this point, and everyone thinks there is no need to hide it. Whether it is true or false, if the stranger and Li Xingwen's wife meet, they will know the truth clearly.
No doubt, everyone guessed that there must be a good show next, and they all followed the visitors to the Li family compound.
At this time, Lu Xijiao, who knew nothing, was busy at home. The yard has just been cleaned up and looks very clean.
The walnut tree in the middle of the yard is lush with branches and leaves, and the trees are covered with fruits the size of pigeon eggs, which makes the greedy children's eyes roll.
The visitor's eyes were melancholy and his emotions were depressed.
Everyone saw that it was a tall and thin man of the same age and a good appearance like Li Xingwen; the one who came out to receive visitors was Li Xingwen, who was in a complicated mood.
Li Xingwen's wife sat under the eaves, lowered her head and played with her fingers, and said something randomly; the black buttons of the blue and gray cloth top only buttoned the top two, with the hem open to both sides, half revealing her snow-white belly; the clothes on her chest were mottled, and her chaotic short hair stood on her head like boar bristle , like a beggar with disheveled hair on the street.
The visitor, who was worried, suddenly changed his expression when he saw Liu Qun. He took the cigarette handed by Li Xingwen and stood in the middle of the yard.
The people watching the fun raised their hearts to their throats and looked nervously at the visitor with a solemn expression in the middle of the yard.
The visitor was silent, took a deep breath of cigarette, and then slowly spit it out.
The blue-blue smoke rings scattered around the heads of the visitors, and everyone seemed to see the same color as the smoke rings.
Like the darkness before the storm, the air is filled with an unprecedented tension.
People intersect each other's eyes, understand them, and quietly wait for the further development of things.
"Liu Qin——"The visitor finally spoke and shouted at Li Xingwen's wife.
Under the eaves, Li Xingwen's wife heard the call and seemed to be struck by lightning. She raised her head in panic and stared blankly at the visitor. That look was like a child who had been wandering for many years, and finally recognized his parents who had been separated for many years: Liu Qun stood up, stretched out his arms, threw away his big mouth, and looked like he was about to cry.
The visitor was already in tears, throwing away the cigarette in his hand, jogging forward a few steps, holding Liu Qun, and shouting to her with heartache: "You fool, I'm so hard for you!"
At that moment, all the people watching the fun in the yard were instantly red.
The beginning of people's fight was so unexpected that people burst into tears.
The visitor bent down and buttoned Liu Qun's top.
Li Xingwen also hurriedly followed and respectfully invited the two into the room.
Lu Xijiao then understood the whole story. She carried Li Xingwen's daughter on her back and hurried to the kitchen to make a big cup of tea for the customer, and sent it forward with a smile on her face.
Liu Qun looked at Wang Qiushi who seemed to fall from the sky, followed him into the house like a sleepwalking, never leaving him.
The visitor did not sit. He looked at the room in front of him and the child on Lu Xi's instep, and murmured to Li Youcai: "Is the child - yours?"
Li Xingwen nodded and said nothing.
"Come on, let mom hug you!" Lu Xi saw that the situation was wrong, so he hurriedly took Li Xingwen's daughter off his back and sent it to Liu Qun.
Liu Qun reached out to hug the child timidly, but the child started crying.
The visitor saw it, sighed softly, took the cigarette handed over by Li Xingwen with both hands, and sat down slowly.
"What should I do? Will he take Liu Qun away?" The people watching the fun in the courtyard whispered and asked Wang Yan, who was also at a loss.
To be continued -
Excerpted from Qidian Chinese website "Ran Chao Gate"
