Traveling through time and space

"Little girl, what does it mean to apply and rub at the same time?" asked Ning's grandfather.

"In response to Grandfather Ning's words, when Yuanyuan came back, he saw that Grandma's face was a little flushed. When he touched her forehead, she felt a little hot. Yuanyuan used warm water to wipe Grandma's body to cool her down. Wine can also cool her down, but Grandma is a little old, so he had to use less. Slowly, Grandma woke up."

"Little girl, do you know the art of Xinglin?"

"Yuanyuan doesn't understand, but I've heard before that the body temperature is too high. Use warm water to wipe the body to cool it down. I'd also like to ask the two grandfathers to take Grandma's pulse. Is Grandma feeling unwell?"

"You are such a clever girl, just like your mother, Yunniang is also very clever. Your grandmother found you, and your mother's spirit in heaven is relieved."

"Yes, mother should be most relieved that Yuanyuan has returned to her grandmother."

"Little girl, where is your father? Have you been with him all these years?" asked Grandfather Liu.

"It's hard to explain. Our Yuanyuan grew up without a father or mother. She had a hard time. She knew nothing. It wasn't until a servant saw that she looked like Yunniang and finally found Yunniang's bracelet in some other family that we recognized her."

"Grandma, Yuanyuan will never suffer again as long as he is by your side."

"Sister-in-law, everything is fine, there is no problem," Grandfather Liu put away his hand that had just been taking Grandma's pulse.

"Don't worry, my sister-in-law is just a little weak. She will recover after a few days of rest." The two grandfathers stood up and prepared to say goodbye, and several uncles personally saw them off.

Cai Yuanyuan kept avoiding her eldest brother's gaze. "What's wrong with you two? Did you have a fight? Shaowu, you're the eldest brother, why don't you give in to Yuanyuan? Look, Yuanyuan's ignoring you now," her grandmother joked.

"Madam, please take charge of our young lady. She is really being bullied to death." Mother Yan knelt on the ground.

"What's going on?" Grandma was very angry.

"Mother Yan, it's not a big deal, why bother up Grandma?" Cai Yuanyuan stopped her, not wanting her to say that if she wanted revenge, she could do it herself, why bother Grandma. "Mother Yang, we have a small kitchen in Jishan Hall. Yuanyuan wants to go make some food for Grandma herself."

"Mrs. Yan, tell me everything you know. I'm not dead yet, and you just can't bear to see me bring Yuanyuan back."

"Grandma, please don't be angry. It's not worth it to be angry."

With a thud, my eldest brother knelt beside my grandmother's bed.

"Shao Wu, what are you doing? Stand up and speak, Old Lady Yan. Tell me everything. If you don't, I'll find your indenture and sell you to the human traffickers."

"Mother Yan, just tell me what you saw. You didn't frame them anyway." The eldest brother spoke.

"Brother, please stand up and talk." Cai Yuanyuan stood up and tried to pull his brother up, but his brother insisted on kneeling. Cai Yuanyuan was helpless and said, "Kneel if you want to," and sat back down next to his grandmother.

Mother Yan and Ruyan told grandma everything that happened today. Cai Yuanyuan was still a little scared, worried that grandma would get too excited and get sick, but fortunately grandma didn't get excited. She just listened, tears streaming down her face, without saying a word.

"I'm sorry, mother. It's my fault for not disciplining my child well enough that Yuanyuan suffered so much." It turned out that several uncles were listening at the door. After listening, they all came in and knelt down.

"You, Yuanyuan, help grandma sit down," she said, looking at her children and grandchildren kneeling in a row on the ground. "Dewei, Debao, Deshan, you should still remember that I am not your biological mother, right? I am the legitimate daughter of the dignified and brave Marquis, and I married into the Cai Mansion as a concubine. Over the years, I have done my best to treat the legitimate sons and concubines of your Cai Mansion. My only daughter is gone, and I thought that since you can treat me well, I can be considered your legitimate mother. Now that my only grandson has finally returned, they are scolding and calling me a vixen. How can I be worthy of my biological mother Yunniang? My son, why did you leave so early, abandoning the one who gave birth to you and the people you gave birth to? How can you be so cruel, my poor Yuanyuan?"

"Grandma, don't cry. Yuanyuan has something she doesn't understand. Who does Yuanyuan's return bother?" Cai Yuanyuan couldn't help crying and started crying too.

"Madam, there's something I don't understand. What grudge does this cousin have against our young lady? Why has every word she says been provocative since this morning? I just can't understand."

"Mother, your sons are unfilial and have failed to teach your family well. I will go back now..." The eldest uncle stood up.

"Forget it. Your wives should all know that I, an old woman, am not your biological mother. Why don't we just live separately? Yuanyuan, can grandma take you away from here?"

"Okay, grandma, Yuanyuan will take good care of you." Cai Yuanyuan really didn't care where she lived, as long as she was with her grandmother. She could make a living anywhere and live a good life anywhere.

"Yuanyuan, grandma is already angry, don't talk nonsense."

"Brother, Yuanyuan really treats you as her elder brother and respects you. Do you think Yuanyuan should be called a little bitch and a vixen, and let my so-called aunt be slapped by a servant? Yuanyuan has only been back for a few days and has not offended them. Are you going to let Yuanyuan swallow it? Brother, you have a cruel heart. Yuanyuan is also your sister, but not your biological sister. When it comes to major issues, brother, you should side with your mother. That's right, there is a saying that goes "be loyal to your relatives and not to the truth." Yuanyuan is not your biological sister after all."

"Yuanyuan, that's not what Big Brother meant."

"Brother, you know, Yuanyuan has been beaten by others before, and called a little bitch, a vixen, and all kinds of nasty things. She has received all kinds of beatings, but Yuanyuan didn't take it to heart because they were outsiders. But in the Cai Mansion, everyone is Yuanyuan's so-called family, grandmother. Yuanyuan also wants to move out and doesn't want to stay here."

"Don't be angry, mother. I know how much you've loved father and us over the years." The four uncles knelt on the ground. "Mother, I will never let you move away."

"You four were truly raised by mother, but now you've all grown up and prospered, and mother has nothing left to give you. Let's all live our own lives. I won't take anything from your Cai Mansion, except for these Jishan Hall and Qimeng Garden, which I brought as dowry from the Xiaoyong Marquis Mansion. Aunt Yang, please return to the Xiaoyong Marquis Mansion as soon as possible and send someone to pick us up."

"Mother, if you do this, people outside will scold us to death."

"Alright, mother knew this day would come, so my family's mansion, the Marquis of Xiaoyong, has always been taken care of. We, the two of us, just need to move out. Remember, don't go there normally. Everyone, stay well."

"Grandma, are we really leaving?"

"Yuanyuan, do you really not like it here?" asked Fourth Uncle.

"I'm sorry, Fourth Uncle. Mom told me that you two used to play together when you were little, and Yuanyuan wanted to stay where Mom lived, but they were so mean. Yuanyuan doesn't want to stay here, facing those people. I'm sorry, uncles." Cai Yuanyuan stood up and knelt in front of his uncles. "Mom told me that if I was bullied, my four brothers would protect me, but I didn't leave Yuanyuan with four brothers."

"I'm sorry Yuanyuan, it's my fault that I didn't protect you well. Grandma, let Shaowu take you there." The eldest brother stood up suddenly.

"Shaowu, you..." Second uncle stood up.

"Second Uncle, this house needs to be rectified. Father, if things continue like this, we should just split up the branches. Mother Yang, Mother Yan, take the people to sort out the things in the two courtyards. Grandmother, I will prepare the vehicles. Grandmother, you will always be Shaowu's grandmother. You raised my second brother with your own hands, and we will always be your grandchildren."

"Good children, grandma is reluctant to leave you, but Yuanyuan is grandma's only blood. No one in this world can bully her. Grandma can't bear to see her suffer any injustice."

"Grandma, Shaowu will come to see you and Yuanyuan." The yard quickly became busy, but the four uncles were still kneeling on the ground.

"You all should get up. I, an old woman, haven't traveled thousands of miles. If you miss me as your mother, you can come to the Marquis of Xiaoyong's Mansion to see us. Mother must take Yuanyuan away and cannot let her suffer any grievances. She will accompany me in the future, so you can rest assured. You have all grown up, and you have many children and grandchildren. Each family can live its own life. Dewei, you are the eldest in this family. If the family is divided one day, you must treat those illegitimate sons and daughters well. After all, they are brothers of your father, and you have many brothers. Therefore, mother does not want a single thing from the Cai Mansion. What my parents left behind from the Marquis of Xiaoyong's Mansion is enough for us, the two of us, to live a good life." When the grandmother said this, she thought of something and stopped. "I know why some people treat Yuanyuan badly. It's because if Yuanyuan comes back, she will compete with them for the property. If Yuanyuan doesn't come back, once Mother dies, and Mother has no brothers or sisters, then all the property of the Marquis of Xiaoyong's Mansion will be inherited by you. Now that Yuanyuan is back, all their plans have fallen through. No wonder they treat Yuanyuan like this," the grandmother sighed deeply. Cai Yuanyuan was also very curious. Could this really be the reason? If so, it would be too terrible. Cai Yuanyuan saw that several uncles looked at each other and lowered their heads. It seemed that they really had this idea. Cai Yuanyuan couldn't help but shake his head.

"I'm sorry, Grandma. It's Yuanyuan who caused this situation today."

"You guys go away. From now on, there will be no more affection between us mother and son." Grandma said with a gloomy face, and asked the uncles to leave. The uncles looked at each other, stood up and bowed, and really left.

"Grandma." Cai Yuanyuan knew that her grandmother was in a bad mood.

"Grandmother has been in the Cai Mansion for thirty-three years."

"Grandma, Yuanyuan loves you." Cai Yuanyuan stood up and turned around.

"Yuanyuan, will leaving here make you so happy?" The eldest brother came into the room just in time.

"Yuanyuan wants to make Grandma happy." Cai Yuanyuan felt her elder brother shove a bundle into her hand. "Brother, are you alienating Yuanyuan and Grandma?"

"It's you who wants to be estranged from Big Brother."

"Brother, Yuanyuan likes you and second brother very much. She moved out of the Cai Mansion because she wanted to make grandma happy. Those people..." Yuanyuan shook her head helplessly.

"Put the things away. Big brother is not angry. Big brother thinks you can keep such an important thing by yourself. Take good care of grandma."

"Thank you, big brother. Yuanyuan, let's go to Qimeng Garden and see if there is anything left by my mother." Cai Yuanwu went to Qimeng Garden. Every room was packed up and no one was paying attention to himself. He wanted to find Yan's mother and ask her to keep it first and give it to him when he returned. "Zhilin, go out and look in the yard to see if there is anything left by my mother."

Cai Yuanyuan found Mother Yan with her arms around her. Mother Yan's eyes turned red as she put the baby in her bag. "Don't worry, young lady. I'll take good care of it."