A Cutie Spoiled by Her Seven Uncles
Chapter 1122 - 917 Interrogating Minister Lu
The crowd looked towards that object, a wooden hairpin, featuring rhododendron flowers, the carving was rough, but it was old.
"Peachwood hairpin?"
Li Silang’s pupils involuntarily contracted, he quickly grabbed that peachwood hairpin, examining it up and down, his eyes full of panic.
"Where did you get this thing from?"
Grandpa Fang pointed at his own leg, "I am a retired veteran from the battlefield, my leg was broken, and after returning, I couldn’t find my family and had to rely on begging to survive.
One spring ten years ago, I was begging at the back door of Li Chun Courtyard, when a young woman pleaded with tears for me to take away the child.
She was sad and upset for a long time, gave me some broken silver, asked me not to inquire her name, and only said to raise him well."
"Did she also give you the wooden hairpin?"
"Of course not, I was a scout once, passing a place and leaving something behind is my habit, at that time a flash of instinct made me fear the boy would want to search for his roots, so I took a wooden hairpin from that young woman’s hair."
Upon hearing Grandpa Fang’s words, Ji Youzhi’s brow furrowed, and he asked, "In a place like Li Chun Courtyard, the young women there would likely have plenty of silver, and surely have more precious jewelry, why would you choose to take just a wooden hairpin?"
Grandpa Fang laughed lightly, "Worthy of the title Divine Hunter, since you can ask such a question, you surely understand that a woman adorned in gold and silver yet still inserts a wooden hairpin amidst a pile of golden hairpieces is quite odd, isn’t it?
In such places, most young women have tragic fates, either poverty-stricken or running from their official family troubles. She cherished that wooden hairpin, it must be something that proves her identity, so I took that wooden hairpin."
After speaking, Grandpa Fang couldn’t help but look up at Li Silang.
At this moment, Li Silang had already shed tears.
The Li Family has four sons, but that’s the Li Family now, previously there were daughters too, but the daughter was sold at age fourteen.
She was sold by her own mother, and this wooden hairpin belonged to her mother, and she remembered, that when her mother sold her, it was twelve years ago when he was eight, he watched from behind the door as his eldest sister knelt begging their mother, taking away their mother’s wooden hairpin, thereafter severing ties with the Li Family!
The mother for fifteen taels of silver, happily handed over the hairpin, let their eldest sister walk away with the trafficker.
Later, the eldest brother returned from the martial arts school, upon hearing of this he had a great argument with their mother.
Almost severed ties with their mother!
Afterward, the eldest brother left and rarely came back, only returning hurriedly during the holidays.
Until six years ago, suddenly one day, he brought back a woman, the woman was petite and frail, not in good health, with a child in her womb, the eldest brother said she was his wife and asked the mother to help take care of her and the child inside her, he was going west to join the army, leaving behind a hundred taels of silver.
And then never returned.
Li Silang’s heart was indescribable at this moment.
"Everyone, do you recognize this thing?
If you’re truly Erhu’s family, as long as you know the origin of this thing, surely you can know who his parents are!"
Grandpa Fang tapped the table again, speaking to them.
In truth, when the child was young, he often asked who his parents were?
Many times he wanted to give the hairpin to him.
Yet many times he didn’t.
Until now, seeing someone resembling this child somewhat, Li Silang, and Xiaosuisui speaking such words, he felt that perhaps this was a chance to help this child find his family.
"This child might be my eldest sister’s child!"
Li Silang finally spoke, "But why was my eldest sister in Capital City’s Li Chun Courtyard?
Wasn’t she taken to a wealthy family to become a maid?"
Xiaosuisui blinked, "I have an aunt?"
Upon hearing this child could be the granddaughter of the Li Family, Ji Youzhi decided not to interfere any further.
"It’s late, Suisui, we should go back."
He took Suisui away.
Li Silang was too shocked to pay attention to others at that moment, so he let Xiaosuisui and Ji Youzhi go.
"Don’t concern yourselves with this matter anymore, since it’s certain that the child is the niece of the Li Family, it has nothing to do with us."