Reborn in Dunhuang, I am farming and doing business in the desert

"Come on, tell me, what did you remember?"

Mrs. Xue Wang couldn't wait any longer and kept asking.

Shen Erni said slowly: "Actually, Shen Zhao is not my second uncle's biological daughter."

Xue Wang's head buzzed, and her heart suddenly tightened: "Then, then whose family did your second uncle adopt her from?"

Shen Erni shook her head and said with contempt: "She was not adopted. Back then, our family was relocated and we were on the road. Where could we adopt a child?"

Xue Wang looked at Shen Erni blankly: "Walking on the road? You mean you picked it up on the road?"

"Yes." Shen Erni said, "I was eight or nine years old at that time. I remember it very clearly. My second uncle snatched a bundle from a wild dog's mouth, and there turned out to be a baby inside."

Mrs. Xue Wang's hands were shaking as she held the embroidery frame. After a while, she asked again, "Do you remember where you picked it up?"

Shen Erni shook her head: "It's been too long, and I'm not even ten years old, how would I know this?"

After a pause, he continued, "You can ask my second aunt, they will definitely know, but don't mention me when you ask."

"Of course." Xue Wang took a deep breath, slowly calmed down, and asked again: "Then do you remember which day it was? The day when your second uncle picked up Shen Zhao?"

"I really can't remember that." Shen Erni looked at Xue Lingyao and said with a smile, "But I do remember that it was not long after the beginning of spring, and peach blossoms could often be seen blooming on the roadside."

Xue Wangshi's tears fell.

She gave birth in March, the season when peach blossoms were in full bloom.

When she carried the child back to the capital that day, the wet nurse broke off a few peach branches in full bloom from the peach tree and inserted them into the swaddling clothes.

"Hey, Aunt Xue, why are you crying? It's not customary to shed tears in the first month of the year." Shen Erni looked at Mrs. Xue Wang curiously and had a guess in her mind: Could Shen Zhao really be the daughter of the Xue family?
Wow! This is a really big show.

Looking at Xue Lingyao again, she also had a dazed look on her face, as if she had suffered some major blow.

Mrs. Xue wiped her tears quickly and smiled at Shen Erni: "Thank you for telling me the truth. In fact, I have long suspected that Shen Zhao is the orphan left behind by my husband's brother."

Shen Erni complained in her heart: I don’t believe you at all!
Then he picked up his son and said, "It's getting late. I'll take my leave now."

As he said this, he stood up and walked out of the house, and suddenly saw a figure quickly flash into the room next door.

She didn't care and went home with her son.

Humph! Anyway, I have to stay at my mother's house for a few days, just in time to see how the Xue family will come to ask for the child.

But no matter how long they waited, there was no movement from the Xue family.

Shen Erni was very puzzled. Didn't Mrs. Xue Wang say that Shen Zhao was the child of Brother Xue Song? Why didn't she come to recognize him?

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month passed quickly.

One day, Shen Zhao was taking his dog for a walk outside the yard when he suddenly saw a large group of cavalry galloping towards them.

She quickly picked up Da Huang and retreated to the gate of the yard, but the cavalry came straight up to her.

"Ah Zhao!" A young man with a stubble on his face jumped off his horse, took a few steps in front of her, and smiled at her puzzled look, "What? Don't you recognize me, brother?"

"Brother?" Shen Zhao was stunned. Her brother had only been away for a few months, but he seemed to have aged several years. She almost didn't recognize him.

Shen Xun nodded and motioned for her to go into the house: "We have distinguished guests coming today, go make some tea first."

Shen Zhao glanced at the cavalry team and unexpectedly saw a fair-skinned young man in a black brocade robe, who was the one he met in Dunhuang County last month.

She was startled and quickly carried the puppy into the kitchen. Then Shen Xun invited the King of Qi, Chen Wuhou and others to the main hall, and asked his second brother to invite the three elders of the village and the stingy man to come to meet the guests.

The King of Qi sat in the main armchair, took a look at the furnishings here, and raised his brows slightly.

Not long after, his father Shen Ang also came back on horseback. After greeting the King of Qi and Chen Wuhou and others, Chen Wuhou said, "Today, I came here to discuss the marriage between Shen Xun and my daughter with my in-laws for no other reason."

Shen Ang opened his mouth in surprise: "Marriage?" How come he didn't know?
"Yes, His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi happened to be on his way, so he came over to be the witness." Chen Wuhou said proudly.

In fact, it was the King of Qi who took a fancy to his watch, so he took the opportunity to invite him over to help out.

Shen Ang turned his gaze to his eldest son and asked silently what was going on.

Shen Xun had no choice but to say, "My son has already made an engagement with the third daughter of Chen Wuhou. I came back today to inform you, father, and ask you to preside over my son's wedding."

The corner of Shen Ang's mouth twitched, and he clasped his fists towards Chen Wuhou: "My son is rude, I will make up the betrothal gift and send it to Wuhou later."

"It's okay! We were forced to do so by the situation at that time." Chen Wuhou said, "Now that we have returned victorious, we will have to go to the capital to meet His Majesty the Emperor soon, so the wedding must be completed as soon as possible."

He was afraid that if he delayed the marriage, it would be ruined, because the King of Qi had taken a fancy to Shen, and wanted to keep him by his side to serve. By then, the King would be far away, and wouldn't his daughter be delayed?
Shen Ang: "That's fine. Anyway, my son's wedding items have already been prepared. It depends on what time Wu Hou chooses to be the most appropriate."

Chen Wuhou pulled out a book from his bosom, turned a few pages with his finger dipped in his saliva, pointed to the circled date and said, "Let's do it the day after tomorrow. It's a good day for marriage and travel!"

"The day after tomorrow?" Shen Ang was shocked: "Isn't it too rushed?"

"No way! No way! This book was given by the community god, and the date chosen from above cannot be wrong!" Chen Wuhou said with certainty.

The King of Qi also looked at the book in Chen Wuhou's hand with curiosity: "Mr. Chen, can you let me see the book?"

Chen Wuhou paused, and suddenly regretted taking out the sacred book on impulse.

Forget it, let’s show it to King Qi first. After all, I’m still counting on him to support me.

He held out the almanac with both hands and said, "Your Highness, please take a look."

The King of Qi took the yellow book, flipped through it page by page, and found that most of the words inside were incomprehensible.

After finally finding the circled number outlined with a cinnabar pen, he was still confused.

So the King of Qi asked, "Does Chen Qing know the characters here?"

Chen Wuhou shook his head: "I don't know him."

"Then why can you circle the exact date?" King Qi was a little puzzled.

Chen Wuhou chuckled and said, "Axun knows it. I'll tell him the date and he'll be responsible for looking it up."

In fact, this book was also taken out by Shen Xun, but he could not tell the King of Qi.

The King of Qi nodded slightly and returned the book to Marquis Wu of Chen.

Afterwards, Shen Ang and his eldest son wrote a gift list on a piece of wood, and then moved out various betrothal gifts from the room, including cloth, bedding, and various beads and jewelry, which filled several large boxes.

Because the wedding day is in three days, the betrothal gifts must be sent today, otherwise it will be too late to exchange gifts.

Just as they were working on the table writing the betrothal gift list, the King of Qi came out from the main hall, walked around the yard with his hands behind his back, and then went to the tofu workshop to look around for a while.

Shen De didn't know that this person was the King of Qi. He just thought that a distinguished guest from the county town had come to his second uncle's house, so he served him a bowl of soy milk and added a few spoonfuls of sugar to it.

"This stuff tastes really good, you should drink it while it's hot." (End of this chapter)