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Chapter 209 Reunion
Six years later, on a sunny autumn day.
Outside the Shili Post Station in Xunyang City, on a distant hillside.
Two young men, one in an indigo blue robe riding on a dark brown horse, and the other in a white robe riding on a white horse, were looking far away at the official road down the hillside.
They vaguely saw a small group of carriages and horses coming in the distance, so they rode forward to meet them. After meeting the convoy, they dismounted.
Standing by the roadside, he bowed and the carriage slowly stopped and the curtains were opened.
Father Wang Shuli and mother Hui Niang held a two-year-old boy and asked Wang Pingan, who was sitting on the bicycle frame, softly:
"Who is it?"
Wang Pingan asked sternly: "Who stopped the car?"
The young man in the indigo robe took a few steps toward the carriage.
"I, Wang Luanhe, was assigned by the young lady to come here to welcome the master and the mistress back home!"
Behind Wang Luanhe, a young man in a silver-white robe raised his head and glanced at the people in the carriage. After confirming, he bowed his head and saluted, then raised his voice and said:
"I am Wen Bai, assigned by the young lady to welcome the master and the mistress into the city. The young lady has already sent people to wait for them here for many days!"
When the parents heard that this was someone sent by their daughter, they felt relieved. The little son Wang Wenxin in his arms asked in a baby voice:
"Daddy and Mommy, who is it? Is our family here to pick us up?"
Father Wang Shuli walked out of the car and jumped off. He walked over and helped the two of them up.
"Where is your lady now?"
Wen Bai replied:
"We have been waiting for the master and his wife for two days at Qingfeng Pavilion outside the Shili Post Station. We will arrive at noon today."
After hearing this, my father turned back to the carriage and whispered to my mother, then turned back and said:
"Wang Luanhe, you follow the car and indicate the direction. Wenbai and I will go ahead."
Then a little kid in the carriage shouted:
"Dad, I want to go with you..."
My father just waved towards the carriage and walked towards Wenbai. Then they both mounted their horses and whipped them slowly. The horses went from a canter to a gallop and soon the riders disappeared from view.
Wang Luanhe jumped onto the carriage and sat next to Wang Ping'an, instructing the carriage to bypass the mountain road and follow the official road towards the Shili Post Station.
The so-called Shili Post Station refers to an official post station (guesthouse) built ten miles outside the city walls of each state, prefecture, or county, on the side of the official road, specifically for pedestrians and vehicles.
In the Qingfeng Pavilion outside the Shili Post Station, the brother and sister were waiting and looking anxiously.
My elder brother Wang Wendong is 12 years old this year. He is much taller and has a slightly thinner figure like his father. He has a calm and bookish face.
The body of brother Wang Wendong slightly blocked Wang Jinyi behind him. The girl was as tall as her brother's shoulders. She had long hair, which was combed into two small flower buds at the front. Her hair was draped over her shoulders, with two small braids hanging on each side of the flower buds. Her hair on her forehead was parted diagonally into long bangs.
Six years have passed, and Wang Jinyi's face has begun to grow up. Her black hair is like clouds, pressing down her snow-white swan neck. Her fine bangs flutter in the wind, not covering her soft eyebrows and eyes.
The early autumn sky was clear and bright. The light shone on Wang Jinyi's long feather-fan-like eyelashes. Her pair of phoenix eyes slightly lowered their gaze. With her delicate facial features and slightly pursed pink lips, she looked back at her brother with a smile.
Wang Jinyi said gently: "Brother, I will receive it today, don't worry..."
Before Wang Jinyi finished speaking, Wang Wendong turned his head and pointed into the distance, and faintly heard the sound of horse hooves.
The brother and sister saw from afar two horses galloping towards them at the end of the official road. Looking into the distance, they saw two scholars in white robes riding on the horses.
They galloped to the Qingfeng Pavilion, slowly reined in the two horses, and Wang Jinyi followed his brother to meet the approaching people.
Wenbai dismounted and gestured with his hand:
"Second Master, the young master and young lady are here."
Father Wang Shuli hurriedly jumped off the horse, handed the whip to Wen Bai, and quickly walked towards the pair of young men who were running towards him.
When the father saw the young man running towards him with a scholar's scarf on his head and a sky-blue cloth robe with the hems of his robe fluttering, he was slightly stunned.
The father paused for a moment and saw a girl in a light pink dress and a shawl, floating like a fairy behind Wang Wendong. This daughter who looked more and more like Hui Niang made her father smile with satisfaction.
After 6 years, the family met again. The changes in the world made the father's eyes red. There was a slight hesitation on both sides, and finally the two children threw themselves into their father's arms.
Wang Jinyi didn't expect that she would burst into tears. She completely lost her usual dignified demeanor and cried wildly as if she had returned to the age of three. Perhaps the emotions from her previous life were still there, and she couldn't help crying.
Brother Wang Wendong cried until his eyes were red, but he still patted his sister on the back and consoled her:
"Jin'er, don't feel wronged. Dad and mom are back. This time we can be together as a family again. Don't cry, don't cry. If you cry, I can't stop crying either..."
He turned away and cried alone. The father hugged his two children tightly. Six years ago, the family parted ways here, worried about each other. Today, they are reunited again. There are so many words to say, but they don’t know where to start…
While waiting for a line of carriages to arrive in the distance, my father brought Wang Wendong and Wang Jinyi to the official road to greet them.
The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and the mother got out with red eyes, holding a boy who was almost three years old.
It was the little brother Wang Wenxin who broke the sad atmosphere. He stretched out his arms, waved them and shouted:
"Dad, brother!"
As if she was afraid of being ignored, she appeared unusually expressive among a group of people with mixed emotions, and finally dispelled the sadness of the family reunion. Wang Jinyi hugged her mother and stared at the strange and cute baby.
The old butler Wang Qian bowed:
"Second Young Master, Young Madam, the Master and Madam have arranged for someone to welcome you here for a few days. The Master has something to say, and ask them to return home as soon as possible after picking you up."
The family calmed down and got on the car to return to the city.
Of course, this time his father rode a horse, and Wang Jinyi and his brother followed their mother into the carriage. The little one in the carriage looked at him with wide eyes, as if he had great interest in Wang Jinyi, whom he had just met.
Wang Jinyi reached out and touched her brother's chubby face, but her brother grabbed her hand and asked:
"Are you the literary demon they are talking about? You are the sister who knows so many things, you are that..."
The little one wanted to ask more questions, but his mother stopped him and said:
"Don't talk nonsense, don't give your sister nicknames, respect her, listen to adults first, and let your brother and sister speak first."
Wang Jinyi turned her head and smiled at her brother. Her brother lifted the curtain, pointed outside and said:
"It wasn't me who said that, it was them who said that!"
Wang Jinyi looked in the direction of his brother's finger and saw two carriages, one in front and one behind, leaving the convoy and continuing forward along the official road.
Six years ago, "Madame Fu", who was riding on a horse and dressed as a servant, once again rode a horse in short servant clothes and followed a carriage, going in a separate way from her own carriage.