The Fallen Medicine Woman: The Daily Life of Chun Nuan-Chapter 270 - 179: Reunion in the Northern Wasteland
"Wait a moment, after little girl says hello to her family, she will go with you to see the doctor."
"Thank you, thank you."
Uncle Ma felt like he saw a glimmer of hope in the darkness.
The Xiao family was hard at work at the quarry.
Although they had learned a few tricks to slack off, they truly were tricks that couldn’t be used often, or they’d be caught.
Their exile to the Northern Desert was for twenty years, with a long road ahead. Some methods had to be used sparingly and cleverly, only utilized at critical times.
"One, two, three, lift!" With great effort, flushed faces, the two brothers lifted a stone.
They walked as they shouted a work chant.
To be honest, when they first arrived in the Northern Desert, they couldn’t even lift such a stone even with all their strength.
Whether it was from familiarity or technique, after developing thick calluses on their shoulders, the brothers could now handle such intense labor with ease.
The heavy burden bore down on their shoulders, yet they had to appear struggling; otherwise, the load would only feel heavier and heavier.
"Xiao Changhe, Xiao Changhe."
A young soldier ran over.
"What are your orders, officer?"
There was no choice, even if it was just a young kid, they still had to address him as officer.
"Your family has come to visit. Uncle Ma wants you three brothers to quickly go to the gate."
What?
Family visit?
The load on Xiao Changhe and his brother’s shoulders fell to the ground, nearly crushing someone’s foot beside them.
"Officer, are you sure it’s our family?"
Who could it be, Chun Ning?
Yes, it must be him.
That child had narrowly escaped exile by one month back then, and this year he’s just over fourteen years old. To come so far alone to visit them... thinking of the hardships he must have faced on the road, their noses grew sour.
"Why are you still standing there? If it wasn’t your family, would Uncle Ma send me to call you?"
Right, hurry up, go have a look.
It is Chun Ning, it must be him.
Xiao Changhe and his two brothers all ran to the gate.
When they saw the person in front of them, they froze: "Nuannuan?"
They could hardly believe their eyes; Nuannuan, a young girl, had traveled such a long way to the Northern Desert.
"Nuannuan, why have you come?"
"Nuannuan greets Uncle, Father, and Third Uncle," Chun Nuan stepped forward to show her respects.
"Get up, get up."
The eyes of the three men were filled with shining tears. The situation was pressing them, making a young girl travel so far to visit them.
"Were you exhausted on the way? You’ve suffered, Nuannuan."
"Nuannuan is fine," Chun Nuan said, "You all have suffered. The brothers..."
"They’re still busy, they’ll be able to come home later."
Yes, coming home!
Xiao Changhe quickly said, "Let’s talk at home."
In a glance, he saw Zhao Minghua and Xiao Hu standing behind Chun Nuan, along with Qingsheng behind them.
"Who are these?"
The young man looked quite good, the child... didn’t seem like one of theirs.
Even if they hadn’t seen each other for over two years, their child shouldn’t look like this.
"Uncle, Father, Third Uncle, I’m Zhao Minghua, Nuannuan’s fiancé."
In this situation, Zhao Minghua naturally couldn’t shy away and stepped forward to introduce himself.
"Uncle, Father, Third Uncle, I’m Xiao Hu, sister’s younger brother."
Xiao Hu, in excitement, rushed forward, just what he said sounded quite strange.
"Good, good, we’re all family, we’re all family, let’s go home."
Regarding Zhao Minghua, Chun Ning mentioned him in the letters home, saying it was the engagement Nuannuan set in Changzhou.
In the letters, Chun Ning spoke only positive things about Zhao Minghua because, after all, even if there were negatives, what use would it be to mention them?
The Xiao family was destined not to return to the Capital, and sister could not marry into a high and powerful family in the Capital again.
In Shu City, the Zhao family was considered to have a good foundation.
Raising Zhao Minghua’s status and position high was also a way to bring honor to sister.
So Xiao Changhe and the others could accept this future son-in-law.
Additionally, seeing him being handsome and articulate, they were naturally even more satisfied.
Yes, that’s right, now the three brothers of the Xiao family clearly understood: the Xiao family, is not what it used to be.
For their daughter to come all the way to the Northern Desert, without this young man accompanying her, it wouldn’t have been possible.
Regardless, he managed to protect Nuannuan and safely reach them, so he had some ability.
As for this Xiao Hu, with an unclear background but recognized by Nuannuan, he wasn’t simple either.
Xiao Changhe led the group back to their "home" where they lived.
Chun Nuan looked at the few simple rooms, the roofs almost letting the wind through, feeling very bitter at the nose.
