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Chapter 59 - 59: Praying to Mother
Chapter 59 - 59: Praying to Mother
Chapter 59: Praying to Mother
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The morning sun was shining brightly.
When Luo Qingzhou woke up, a soft feminine figure was still in his arms.
That person was looking at him with wide eyes.
When she saw that he had woken up, she said shyly, “Young Master, it’s not that I’m lazy. You’re pressing on my hair. I can’t get up…”
Luo Qingzhou took a look. Indeed, he had pressed onto her long black hair.
However, this was definitely not the real reason behind her lazing in bed and not getting up.
“I really want to be hugged by Young Master like this all the time. It would be best ifI never had to leave the bed…
Luo Qingzhou looked into her shy eyes and heard what she was thinking.
This little girl could not keep her hands to herself last night.
When the two of them were sleeping, this little girl tried to touch him all about with a red face and he had to press her into his arms.
At such a young age, did she have nothing else to think about? Was serving him and pleasing him the only things on her mind?
“It’s time to get up.”
Luo Qingzhou did not continue to stay in bed with her. He lifted the blanket and got out of bed.
If he left the city earlier, he might be able to rush back at noon.
He also wanted to go to the bookstore to find books about the soul and about martial artists.
After getting dressed, Luo Qingzhou turned to look at the bed.
The little girl was wearing a moon-white undergarment, revealing her snow-white shoulders and skin. She was putting on her clothes on the bed. When she saw him looking at her, she lowered her head shyly and bit her pink lips gently. However, she did not hide nor try to cover herself up, and her actions of putting on her clothes slowed down.
Her chest was already starting to fill out.
Luo Qingzhou retracted his gaze. After putting on his clothes, he went to the well outside to get some cold water to wash up.
After washing up, the two of them had a simple breakfast.
Before leaving, Xiao Die asked carefully, “Young Master, do you really not need to notify Miss about this?”
Luo Qingzhou closed the courtyard door and said, “No need.”
The little girl looked at his expression and sighed. Her expression was sad.
“That’s true. It’s useless to say anything. Young Miss won’t go with us.”
She thought to herself, “Young Master married into the family, so it’s not appropriate for First Young Miss to follow him. Moreover, I heard that the marriage was done to bring good luck to the First Young Miss and Second Young Miss. It’s impossible for the First Young Miss to accompany Young
Master to such a place. ”
“It’s fine. The two of us are enough.”
Luo Qingzhou had a nonchalant expression. He looked at the plum blossoms that had just bloomed on the branch in front of him and muttered softly, “Moreover, my mother doesn’t like to see strangers.”
In his memory, that thin and pitiful woman had always been very antisocial and self-respecting.
If it was not because they could not continue staying at the small mountain village, she would not have to force herself to be thick-skinned, bring him into the city with her, and beg for the Chengguo Residence to take pity on them.
As he pondered over things, Luo Qingzhou took Xiao Die with him and looked for Butler Zhou. He requested a travel pass with the Qin residence’s seal.
The Grand Princess was fighting a war at the border, which was not far from here, so MO City was very strict with the people entering and leaving the city.
He might not need this thing to leave the city, but he had to do so when he entered the city. Otherwise, it would be difficult for him to enter unless he was led by someone he knew.
Butler Zhou happily gave him a travel pass and instructed, “After you leave the city, remember not to stray too far from the main road. After praying to your mother, return as soon as possible. Before dark, you must return to the city.
You can’t loiter outside the city.”
He asked again, “Sir, do you need to bring a few guards?” Luo Qingzhou declined, took the pass, and left.
He knew that the other party was just being polite.
There were not many guards in the Qin residence, to begin with. In addition to protecting Qin Wenzheng who always left early and returned late, they also had to protect other family members and patrol the Qin family’s property. The Qin family was not so generous as to assign a guard to accompany him, a matrilocal son-in-law, to pray to his mother.
If a person did not have self-awareness, they would be hated everywhere.
Luo Qingzhou brought Xiao Die out of the residence and first went to the shop to buy some praying items. Then, he found a carriage at the crossroads of the street. After negotiating the price, he got into the carriage.
Currently, he still had 270 taels of silver, so he could still afford the carriage.
His mother’s grave was located halfway up the Zixia Mountain outside the south of the city. It was at least seven to eight kilometers away from the city.
If he chose to walk there, he did not know how long it would take.
It was fine for him, but Xiao Die could not possibly walk that far.
When they reached there, they would have to save some energy to climb the mountain.
Rich and Powerful families had their own designated burial grounds. As for poor people or people without any family like him, he could only bury his mother on a deserted mountain.
Even the land at the foot of the mountain had an owner.
Back then, when Ming Taizu’s parents passed away, there was no place to bury them. It was only when a landlord kindly gave up a piece of land that his parents could be buried.
In this era, it was difficult to live, but it was also difficult after one’s death. There might not be a place to bury them.
Luo Qingzhou sat in the carriage and thought about something along the way.
Xiao Die sat at the side and obediently massaged his legs with her small fists. From time to time, she would look up and secretly glance at him, as if she wanted to see if he was thinking about his mother. If he was feeling sad, she intended to console him.
The carriage carried the master and servant out of the city.
There were armored soldiers guarding the city gate, but they did not check. Not long after their carriage left the city, another carriage followed them out of the city and traveled behind them on the main road at a distance.
There were many peddlers and servants on the road. They were all pitiful people who were working hard to earn a living.
In this era, most people were busy their entire lives just so that their family would not starve to death.
Wanting to eat their fill for every meal was purely an extravagant hope.
Compared to those at the bottom of society, Luo Qingzhou and his maidservant were already living very well.
The carriage was bumpy, and it moved very fast on the main road.
The old man driving the carriage seemed to be in a hurry to solicit another business deal. The whip in his hand slapped the horse’s butt repeatedly.
When the sun rose into the sky, the carriage gradually slowed down.
The old man’s voice came from outside. “Young Master, we’re almost there. Get ready to get out of the carriage!”
Luo Qingzhou snapped out of his daze and lifted the curtain beside him to look outside.
The fresh and cold air assaulted his face, and a lush and majestic mountain range appeared in front of him.
The snow on the mountain had yet to melt completely, and the snow on the mountainside could still be seen from afar.
The carriage quickly stopped at the three-way intersection at the foot of the mountain.
Luo Qingzhou got out of the car with Xiao Die. He thanked the old man driving the carriage and stepped onto the path up the mountain with his things.
The carriage turned around. The old man driving the carriage glanced at the
scrawny-looking master-servant duo and could not help but remind them, “Young Master, you have to go early and come back early. There are wild beasts in the mountains. You have to be on your guard. It’s best to take the main
road.”
With that, he whipped the horse’s butt and the horse carriage sped away.
“Young Master, let me carry these,” Xiao Die said.
She felt a little embarrassed being empty-handed while Luo Qingzhou carried everything.
Luo Qingzhou did not give the items to her. He looked ahead and remarked,
“Just focus on climbing the mountain. Don’t ask me to carry you later.”
Xiao Die pouted and said, “Young Master, you’re underestimating me! Last year, I went up alone.”
Then, she could not help but smile and add, “You were so weak back then, and you had to rest after going up a few steps. You even needed me to help you up.”
When Luo Qingzhou thought of the scene in his memory, he could not help but sigh.
At that time, he looked so weak. First Madam wanted to do him harm, but even if no one harmed him, he was often ill and on the verge of death.
Fortunately, things were different now.
Marrying into the wife’s family was very humiliating, but this could be said to have saved his and Xiao Die’s lives.
“Young Master, the Young Miss still hasn’t said anything to you yet?”
After leaving the Qin residence, the little girl finally dared to ask about First Young Miss Qin.
Luo Qingzhou nodded with a calm expression.
Xiao Die sighed and glanced at him. She tried to hold herself back from speaking, but ultimately, she could not help but say, “Young Master, do you think she is really…”
“It doesn’t matter if she’s mute or not.
Luo Qingzhou interrupted Xiao Die in a casual tone.
Xiao Die frowned and said in a low voice, “B-but you still have to have a child.
If Miss is… if she is…
“I’m not having a baby with her.”
Luo Qingzhou suddenly turned to look at her and said with a smile, “I will just have children with Xiao Die.”
Xiao Die blushed and said shyly, “Young Master… I’m talking about something serious. ”
Luo Qingzhou’s smile faded slightly. He looked up and said, “I’m talking about something serious too.”
After a moment of silence, he said slowly, “Be patient, Xiao Die. When I have the ability, I’ll take you away with me. We will have our own family and our own house. We will never have to live under someone else’s roof and behave according to their liking anymore. I will be in charge of earning money and supporting the family, while you will be in charge of staying beautiful and giving birth to children. What do you say?”
Xiao Die bit her lips, and her eyes welled up with tears. After being stunned for a while, she said with a trembling voice, “Young Master… I’m just a servant…
Luo Qingzhou reached out and touched her delicate face. He said gently, “So am
We are the same. But don’t worry, we won’t be like that in the future. In the future, Xiao Die will be above everyone else. If anyone is dissatisfied, I’ll punch them to death!”
Xiao Die chuckled and more tears fell. She pounced into his arms and cried happily.
The master and servant hugged each other for a while before continuing up the mountain.
In the forest halfway up the mountain, they saw many graves covered in weeds.
Some of them were untended and were about to collapse. Some of the coffins buried underground were even exposed.
Luo Qingzhou brought Xiao Die through the forest and dilapidated graves to find his mother’s grave.
In front of the grave, there was a simple wooden sign.
As the wind and rain blew, the words on the wooden sign were already blurry. He could vaguely make out the words “Madam Lin”.
Luo Qingzhou put down the paper money and the other offerings. He walked to the grave and began to pluck the weeds on it.
Xiao Die walked to the other side to help.
The master and servant busied themselves for a while before pulling out all the weeds on and around the grave.
Luo Qingzhou lit the paper money and knelt down in front of the wooden sign. He looked at the word “Lin” and was silent.
In his previous life, his mother had died of illness after giving birth to him.
He had never enjoyed motherly love. Every time he saw others laughing and being affectionate with their mother, he would hide in a corner alone, feeling sad.
He did not expect that in this life, he would still be separated from his mother.
“Mother, I’m here to burn joss paper for you… I’m married now. My wife is a very beautiful daughter of a wealthy family. She’s as beautiful as a fairy and treats me very well. She’s very gentle…”
“You can rest in peace…”
“Don’t worry, I will make sure to get revenge on those who owe you.. “Thank you for raising me up. I can only repay this grace in my next life…’
Luo Qingzhou kowtowed and muttered.
Xiao Die, who was kneeling beside him, burst into tears.
The hell currency was burned to ashes and spun in front of the grave. It floated into the air and disappeared with a gust of wind.
A gust of cold wind that was difficult to see with the naked eye rose between the graves in the forest.