Chapter 9 No taking away!
I see.
After listening to his brother's detailed analysis, Xie Lingjiao finally figured it out.
"Then I'm going to sleep."
"Good night, Xiaochi~"
After saying good night to her brother, Xie Lingjiao closed her eyes peacefully.
Fall asleep in one second.
Xie Chi tucked her in and said, "Good night, sister."
Tonight is a sleepless night for most people.
Only Xie Lingjiao slept soundly.
Oh no.
And grandpa.
He seemed to have finally moved away from the mountain that had been weighing on him for many years. He felt refreshed and looked several years younger.
Even the wrinkles on my face are much reduced.
"Good morning, grandpa~"
She spoke, and the old man noticed her.
The ones in the third bedroom look the most like my father, and they are all very good-looking. This granddaughter is smiling again, her eyebrows are curved, as sweet as she wants.
The old man is always in high spirits during happy events.
His granddaughter greeted him so sweetly again, which made him feel better.
"Jiaojiao morning."
He took out a small thing from his arms, with a rare smile on his face, "Here, let's play with it."
It's a bead.
Round.
"Thank you, Grandpa!" Xie Lingjiao took it over and looked at it. She didn't recognize it, "Grandpa, is this a pearl?"
"The Pearl of the Night." The old man said in a normal tone, "My father left it to me, and there are not many left."
Wow~
Grandpa left it behind!
This was the first time Xie Lingjiao had heard of such a person. She was confused and then a little curious.
"Who is great grandfather?"
"Your great-grandfather..." The old man looked nostalgic and sad at the same time. "He is charming and talented - he is a handsome and upright gentleman with great literary talent."
"No one in the world is better than him."
The old man doesn't want to recall the distant past.
Because this will make him discover that his father's face, which is as beautiful as a bamboo and a plum in his memory, has become increasingly blurry.
He is old.
Things that are slightly older will disappear inadvertently and powerlessly, how cruel, leaving no trace for him.
"This is delicious, grandpa, try it."
Seeing that he was sad, Xie Lingjiao handed him a piece of soft and sweet chestnut cake.
Chestnut cake.
He hasn't eaten in years either.
The soft pastry has just the right sweetness in the mouth, reminding the old man of the scene when his father led him to buy chestnut cake.
So clear and vivid.
Tears flowed down involuntarily.
"Grandpa, please eat slowly, I still have some!" Xie Lingjiao went back to the room and took out all the remaining cakes and gave them to her grandfather. "As a return gift for Ye Mingzhu, these are all for you."
"Okay."
There were still tears on the old man's face, but his expression was very happy, "Thank you Jiaojiao."
Touch your granddaughter’s head.
The old man became more and more determined to reconcile.
He doesn't have many days left.
Taking advantage of this last moment, he wanted to take his father's memorial tablet to the place he had been thinking about before he died.
Even though the house is a mess.
Someone still makes breakfast.
Her mother poured in three large bowls of cornmeal and cooked a large pot of porridge thick and thick.
After the second uncle's family, who had been restless all night, finished drinking, everyone felt much calmer.
While washing the dishes, Xie Lingjiao heard her second uncle's sister Xiaocao praying in a low voice: "It would be great if my third aunt cooked every day."
Just polenta.
Not even white rice.
Sister Xiaocao was also pitiful, and neither her second uncle nor her mother dared to fight for their right to have enough to eat.
Obviously this family is not that poor.
Xie Lingjiao put the bowl back into the pot, took out a pack of dried meat and gave it to her: "Qimei, I'm tired of eating this, I'll give you the rest."
This is not the first time Xie Xiaocao has received good things from his fifth cousin.
She didn't believe Fifth Sister's lies about being tired of eating.
After all, this is jerky!
How could anyone get tired of something as good as meat? The fifth sister must have said this just to make her accept the things.
"I don't want it! Fifth Sister, please take it back quickly!" Xie Xiaocao wanted to return the things, but after taking out the dried meat from his pocket, Fifth Sister was nowhere to be seen.
strangeness.
Where did the fifth sister go?
Xie Lingjiao bribed her cousin with dried meat and left the dishwashing job to her, while she happily went to play with her third cousin.
Same as Sister Xiaocao.
The third cousin is also the daughter of the second uncle's family.
Xie Lingjiao remembered that her third cousin was very smart when she was a child. She was a very, very, very smart kind of genius child.
But she fell on her head when she was five years old.
I don't know why, even if I try to cure her, it's not smart anymore.
Silly.
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They all said she was stupid.
However, Xie Lingjiao thinks that the third cousin is still very good.
He would play with her and secretly hide good things for her.
"Third cousin!"
Xie Lingjiao gave her a piece of halva and stuffed one in her mouth, "This is a new flavor, try it, it's delicious!"
What happened yesterday had some impact on the family to a greater or lesser extent.
Only the third cousin.
Still smiling innocently.
"It's delicious, Fifth Sister, eat it too! Eat it!"
"Well, I want to eat two!"
Xie Lingjiao performed a stunt on the spot, eating two candies in one bite.
"Kacha kacha" and peeled off two more for the third cousin. Their cheeks were bulging, their beautiful eyes were narrowed, and they both looked like they were enjoying it.
"Fifth sister, what are you playing today?"
She hasn't thought about it yet today.
Xie Lingjiao: "How about we go fishing? Or catching pheasants would be good. How about picking fruits? Third sister, what do you want to do?"
Xie Qionghua's eyes lit up, "Chicken, give it to Xiaocao, eat the chicken!"
OK.
Xie Lingjiao returned to the house and brought another large bag of snacks, "Let's go, Third Sister."
Carrying a small baggage.
The two sneaked out of the house.
I also met someone greeting me on the path.
Carrying a small red sedan chair, the trumpet blew loudly.
"Whose girl is getting married? Third cousin, do you know?"
"Get married?"
The third cousin suddenly stopped and was stunned for a while.
Becoming a little panicked.
Stomping her feet: "No, no! You can't get married! You can't!"
She turned and ran back.
She didn't know where she got the strength from, but she ran so fast that Xie Lingjiao couldn't catch up with her.
"Slow down! Third sister!"
"Huhu——" She usually doesn't like to work or move. Running such a distance makes her out of breath. He bent over and propped up his knees to rest for a long time, then raised his hands and continued running.
"Third Sister, wait for me, Third Sister!"
She can't run fast.
After finally catching up, I found that my third cousin had actually run back home. And the small sedan she saw on the road just now was actually here to pick up the girl from her family!
The gossip the aunts had the day before came back to mind.
"It's broken!" Xie Lingjiao held her breath and ran home as hard as she could, "Third sister, Xiaocao!!"
Why so fast?
Didn’t you say that the matchmaker just came the day before yesterday?
Whoever does this when getting married, it can’t be her mother...
"No!!"
"No!!!"
"Sister! Xiaocao!! My family, my family!!!"
As soon as she arrived at the door, Xie Lingjiao heard her third cousin's cry.
Holding on to the wall and panting heavily, Xie Lingjiao staggered into the yard.
I saw my second uncle and my mother-in-law crying and breaking away the third sister's hand that was clinging to the sedan chair, asking her not to hinder my sister from getting married.
Seventh Sister is still wearing the same clothes as before.
Being stuffed into a sedan.
The dried meat he gave her fell to the ground while being torn apart, and was stepped on several times.
(End of chapter)