Traveling through books to ancient times, I provoke the love of villains and powerful ministers

"Ma'am, there is a woman out there with a girl who she says is your old acquaintance."

The voice of the maid outside interrupted Qi Qingxi's thoughts.

Qi Qingxi came back to his senses, and asked, "Can anyone tell me who's surname?"

The servant girl outside replied: "It's called... um... Aunt Osmanthus, yes, the woman told her to call her Aunt Osmanthus, and the girl said it was..."

"Isn't it Zhang Lihua?" Qi Qingxi opened the door excitedly.

The maid nodded: "Yes, hubby..."

Qi Qingxi couldn't wait to hear the maid's response, and walked out quickly.

"Madam, please slow down." Sequoia and Ginkgo hurried forward to support her.

With the support of the two, Qi Qingxi quickly arrived at the front yard.

At a glance, she saw two familiar figures in the hall that she hadn't seen for a long time.

She enthusiastically called to them: "Aunt Osmanthus, Ewha."

Aunt Osmanthus and Lihua turned their heads excitedly when they heard the familiar voice: "It's the shopkeeper."

Qi Qingxi went forward to hold the hands of the two: "When did you come to the capital? Why didn't you send me a letter earlier, so that I can send someone to pick you up."

Aunt Osmanthus smiled happily and took Qi Qingxi's hand to look up and down: "It is said that pregnant people will become more and more ugly, but the shopkeeper has become more and more beautiful."

Qi Qingxi replied with a smile: "Aunt Osmanthus ate honey on the road, so it's sweet to my heart."

She turned to look at Zhang Lihua again: "Pear blossoms have grown so big."

Compared with Aunt Osmanthus's enthusiasm when she saw Qi Qingxi, Lihua looked very reserved, the way she looked at Qi Qingxi was the same as the eyes she used to look at those ladies and ladies in Ansui.

Qi Qingxi took her hand and said with a smile: "Why, you don't know sister Qingxi so soon?"

She remembered that Lihua called her like this when she was in Ansui.

Lihua raised her head shyly and smiled at Qi Qingxi: "Sister Qingxi."

"Ah."

Qi Qingxi responded with a smile, then took the mother and daughter to sit down beside her, and ordered the maids to bring tea and snacks.

"When did you come to the capital?"

As soon as Qi Qingxi asked, Aunt Osmanthus suppressed her smile and sighed, and then said: "We have been in the capital for several months."

Qi Qingxi was a little surprised when he heard this.

As far as she knew, Aunt Osmanthus had no relatives in the capital, and the only people she knew were her family, but Aunt Osmanthus had been in the capital for several months and had never come to see her.

What made her even more curious was the reason why Aunt Osmanthus came to the capital. Aunt Osmanthus had no relatives and no reason in the capital. What could she do with her children in the capital?

Speaking of kids...

"Auntie, are you and Lihua the only ones coming to the capital? Why didn't I see Zhang Shu?" Qi Qingxi asked.

Aunt Osmanthus shook her head and sighed, "Isn't that why I came to the capital?"

Qi Qingxi stared at her: "Did you come to the capital to find Zhang Shu? Has he come to the capital?"

This kid Zhang Shu has always been bold, and sneaking up to the capital alone is something he dared to do.

Unexpectedly, Aunt Osmanthus shook her head again and said: "No, listen to me first. A few months ago, I received a letter from Zhang Shu from the border town to report his safety..."

"Wait." Qi Qingxi interrupted Aunt Osmanthus, "Auntie, you mean that Zhang Shu also went to the border?"

"Yes." Aunt Osmanthus nodded and said, "Yunhui wrote him a letter saying that he was serving as a soldier in a border town, saying that he wanted to defend his family and country and make contributions. You also know that Zhang Shu of my family has been a monkey since he was a child. The two of them play the game of fighting and becoming a general every day, knowing that Yun Hui has become a soldier, how can he sit still."

Qi Qingxi showed a half-smile expression, and secretly scolded Yun Hui in his heart.

This brat not only went crazy on his own, but also abducted other people's children to go crazy with him, so that he would not deal with him when he came back.

Aunt Osmanthus didn't notice Qi Qingxi's expression, she still spoke her own words.

"In addition to telling me I'm safe, Zhang Shu also told me good news." Aunt Osmanthus changed her frown just now, "Do you remember that when we met for the first time, I told you that the father of the two children went to the battlefield Didn't you go back after that?"

"Yes." Qi Qingxi nodded.

She remembered that at that time, she knew that it was difficult for Aunt Osmanthus to live alone with two children, so she asked Aunt Osmanthus to go to the store to help earn some wages.

"Guess what, Zhang Shu said that he found out at the border that the dead ghost was not dead, and that he was promoted to the capital with the Shangguan after he made meritorious service on the battlefield."

Aunt Osmanthus glanced at Lihua beside her, and suddenly stopped talking.

Qi Qingxi guessed that it was the next words, and Aunt Osmanthus didn't want Lihua to know.

"Ginkgo." She called Gingko to come over, then took Lihua's hand and said with a smile, "A Nuan lives next to my uncle's house. It's been a long time since you little sister, I'll ask this sister to take you to meet her, okay?" ?”

Lihua still nodded with a cautious expression, and then let Gingko take her hand and leave.

Aunt Osmanthus didn't continue to speak until she saw Lihua's figure disappearing from the screen wall.

"I'm not going to hide it from you. That dead ghost surnamed Zhang hasn't come home for so many years. He must have completely forgotten about our mother and son. Maybe they have already married and had children in the capital."

Qi Qingxi sighed inexplicably, that's what she thought just now.

He is clearly alive, and knows that there are still wives and children waiting at home. If he doesn't show up all these years, and doesn't even send a letter home, he must be an unreliable heartbreaker.

It's just that Aunt Osmanthus came all the way to the capital to find her husband, and Lihua was there just now, so it's not good for her to say that her father is not good in front of him.

Fortunately, Aunt Osmanthus is a sensible person.

Aunt Osmanthus Flower said again: "He likes to marry wives and take concubines. I don't expect anything from him. But the two children are his flesh and blood after all. I always hope that the two children can live better."

"I can accept that he doesn't recognize the child, but in terms of money, he must not owe the two children. Otherwise..." Aunt Osmanthus sneered, "Otherwise, I will take the marriage contract in my hand and go to the yamen to sue him."

Qi Qingxi is very supportive of Aunt Osmanthus's approach.

Such a heartbroken man who abandoned his wife and children, even if he followed him, he would suffer, so he might as well ask for more money so that he can live happily.

In her opinion, the two children should not recognize that scumbag father, after all these years, this scumbag father has never thought that he still has two children to raise in his hometown.

If that scumbag father and stepmother gave birth to a child, Zhang Shu and Lihua would only suffer if they followed them.

Qi Qingxi told Aunt Osmanthus about her thoughts.

Aunt Osmanthus smiled wryly, shook her head and said, "These are all my thoughts when I came to the capital, but I don't think so now."