Chapter Thirty-Eight: Warmth
When Yunxi returned home, it was already evening, and the sky was full of colorful clouds, and the yard at home was a little warmer.
She and the Grantham siblings spent an afternoon in the old man's shop, listening to a story that would last a lifetime in just thirty minutes.
At that time, it was the sixties and seventies, and the army of people going up and down the mountain was like a bamboo, he was a rich young master, a feudal landlord, and his "ingredients" were not good.
However, the dilapidated and hardship of the mountain village was beyond everyone's expectations, especially the local newborn girl, because she was not a man, and many families would rather abandon it in the valley than feed him.
He was a pitiful college student of that era, born wealthy, his fingers did not touch the dust, he went into the mountains, herded cattle, ploughed the land, sowed seeds, and planted vegetables, but he had to do everything.
The child daughter-in-law, who had been raised at home by the dog baby's family for a long time, saw him faint from hunger one day, and kindly handed over a piece of cake, but was found by the same villager, pulling her hair, saying that she was thinking of spring, did not abide by women's morals, was corrupted by capitalism, and wanted to be a landlord's wife, so she dragged her half a mile and said that she was going to soak in the pig cage.
The pair of eyes that had always been weak and helpless were desolate in the night, looking at the people in the same village, her "fiancΓ©" glared at her with dog-like eyes, and could not even say anything.
Eventually, the crowd rioted, and she was crippled in one foot, and she was never able to walk normally again.
Even so, the village could no longer stay. The eyes of countless people, the stones thrown at night for no reason, and the dry food mixed with sand, even the most basic survival has become a problem.
He fled with her overnight and headed north. I have gnawed the bark and eaten the mud, but we have supported each other, all the way through the wind and rain, and have gone through ten years.
For ten years, they had no name or identity, so they had to be retail investors to farm for others.
They did not get married, because no one would be willing to marry the strangers of unknown background.
By the time the government returned the assets and his family returned to glory, she was terminally ill.
She told him that she liked big trees, wanted to enjoy the shade of a big tree like in the mountains, and wanted to rest in a place with a yard, and she was tired after so many years.
He said yes, turned his head and kowtowed to his father, received the money, and went around the city to find ancient trees.
After three days of traveling, I finally found one.
It's a shabby little shop on this antique street.
spent money to buy it and led her to rest under the tree, the two closed their eyes, but they burst into tears.
He remembered that that year, she was only in her early thirties, but she was already full of gray hair, the corners of her eyes were vicissitudes, and her feet could no longer stand upright on the ground. Because, that year, when they fled the famine, a wild dog took half of her ankle while they were asleep. He was so tired from working during the day that he slept too soundly, but she had long since lost the sensation of her right foot, and she didn't feel anything.
The next morning, he looked at her bloody right foot, crying like a child, she caressed his face, but only said to him, this life, very satisfied, very happy.......
When Shui Mulian heard this, her face was full of tears, her nose was full of snot, she took his hand and asked vigorously, "What happened later?" β
The vicissitudes of his eyes were so vicissitudes that Yunxi couldn't bear to look at them anymore.
And then? What happens later?
Ten years have passed, and the hardships have tormented her weak body to the extreme, and the pain in her right leg without formal treatment has gradually worsened, and she is afraid that in the most beautiful days of her life, she said goodbye to her lover .......
"Miss, what's wrong with you?" The worried voice sounded in her ears, and Yunxi, who was deep in thought, trembled, and turned around, only to see that it was Sister-in-law Li looking at her with a worried face, and she was sweating profusely.
She came back to her senses a little, smiled slightly, and comforted: "It's nothing, it's just that my stomach was a little sad just now, and it seems that I was hungry." β
"Earlier, I'll give you hot dishes. Mr. and Mrs. are eating out tonight, and I said you don't have to wait for them. β
"Yes, okay." She touched the yellow brocade box in her hand and smiled warmly, "Just prepare a few side dishes, it's easy to accumulate food if you eat too much." β
Sister-in-law Li agreed, turned around and went to the kitchen.
She squinted, remembering the old man's muffled words as she left.
"When you gave this jade inkstone to your grandfather, you said that the old man had a request, and if he asked, he said, I have been waiting for him here." The hooked back has stiffened slightly, this is the last words of a person who was born rich but has suffered for half his life.
She vaguely remembered that her grandfather seemed to be a rare college student in that era, but the situation was much better than his.
When Sister-in-law Li served the dishes, she was already leaning in front of the window, slowly tasting the wine, and recovering her normalcy.
"This is what I just made, beef is your favorite, and the rest of the vegetarian dishes should also be eaten so that they are nutritious." Sister-in-law Li, who has been in the Leng family for almost forty years, has watched her grow up, and when she speaks, she naturally has a little intimacy, just like looking at her own children, for fear that she will be picky eaters.
She smiled, her eyes flashing with warmth, "It's just the two of us at home, Sister-in-law Li, let's eat with me." β
Sister-in-law Li was startled, hesitantly touched her forehead, and touched her own, but she didn't have a fever? Didn't this kid always dislike himself for being verbose? Why do you always feel that your temper has changed so much after that illness?
But today is not right. It doesn't seem to be the same as when I came back a few days ago.
She was a little stunned and sat on the chair by Yunxi, her expression a little dull. Yunxi added bowls and chopsticks and rice, and smiled and sandwiched the dishes, "Hurry up and eat, Sister-in-law Li, it won't taste good when it's cold later." β
So careful, so thoughtful......
Like a sharp knife, the person instantly became rounded, and there was no half of the edges and corners, it was simply flawless.
Sister-in-law Li suddenly shuddered, and the whole person suddenly stood up.
She finally remembered why it was so weird.
She, she actually saw the shadow of the most powerful old lady Leng of the Leng family back then on Yunxi's body!
Thirty years ago, the top Shuyuan in Shanghai and this child who was not deeply involved in the world were amazingly similar at this moment!
Are you dazzled? Sister-in-law Li, who looked at Yunxi blankly with a worried face, but called the family doctor with great calmness, opened her mouth, but couldn't make the slightest sound.
At this moment, she actually saw in Yunxi's body the charm that can only be possessed by decades of wealthy edification!
A few days ago, I always felt that the girl with a sharp edge when she woke up would exude such a warm smell all over her body.
Atmosphere. The atmosphere that really penetrates the bones. This temperament is like the boundless deep sea, hiding everything under the surface of the sea, which is like a natural mixture, so that people can't see the slightest flaw.
She was a little cranky, and she couldn't understand for a while, how could a person change so much in the blink of an eye.
She looked at the brocade box on the table again.
What changed Yunxi and made her temperament so much in one day?
"Sister-in-law Li, I'll help you to the room to rest, the doctor will come soon, you take it easy first." A pair of warm hands suddenly appeared on her shoulders, and the soft-spoken girl whispered comforting beside her, and her unhurried movements carried a little caution, and she suddenly felt her heart settled.
Buddha blessed, how relieved the old man Leng should be to see such a sensible granddaughter at the wedding banquet.
Sister-in-law Li lowered her head happily, the corners of her eyes were red, but her mouth was really smiling......
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