Bai Ruoyun stopped, looked at Sophia with a calm face, and said, "There is nothing to hide between our sisters, and there is no need to hide anything.

Also, I've seen a lot of things in the past, and I don't feel sad about talking about them. So, if you have anything to say, just ask. ”

"Okay." Sophia asked softly, "I just want to ask, aunt, aunt, and that cousin, if they are the same as Wen Yao said." ”

"Basically true." Bai Ruoyun nodded.

Sophia frowned and asked, "Then Sister Xia Lan's mother, including you, hasn't she always been healthy?" ”

"It's true that my aunt has always been healthy." Bai Ruoyun said, "Actually, she and my mother are not sisters. ”

"I remember you and Sister Xia Lan both talked about it." Sophia blinked in confusion, "You're cousins. ”

"That's right." Bai Ruoyun smiled and nodded, "We are cousins. ”

Sophia was even more confused, "Sister, the more I listen, the more confused I become." ”

"Let's sit down and talk slowly." Bai Ruoyun walked to the row of chairs and sat down.

Sophia also walked over and sat down beside Bai Ruoyun.

"My grandfather and brothers, he is the eldest brother, and the younger brother is Xia Lan's grandfather, according to our oriental rules, I should call him the second grandfather. My grandfather was more than a decade older than my second grandfather, and my great-grandfather and great-grandmother died in the war at a young age. My grandfather and my second grandfather depend on each other, and he is not only an elder brother but also a parent.

My grandfather was an intellectual, and he first worked as a faculty member at a university in what is now the provincial capital. Because of his knowledge and proficiency in Chinese studies, he was later transferred to work in a scientific research institution in the provincial capital, and he was also a small leader. When my second grandfather became an adult, he returned to his hometown of Dingcheng and worked as a technician in a factory here.

My grandmother and grandfather were colleagues in college, and they developed a bond at work and bonded together. After getting married, my grandfather and grandmother lived a very happy life, and my grandmother gave birth to two daughters, and my mother was the second daughter.

Later, because my grandfather respected the facts, was unwilling to do things that violated his conscience, and told some truths, he became the object of rejection by many people, and then he was destroyed to death in a daze.

That year, my grandfather was forty-three years old, my grandmother was thirty-five, my aunt was nine years old, and my mother was only one and a half years old. After the death of my grandfather, my grandmother, who was in grief, was also affected.

My grandmother was fired from the school, and at the same time began a devastated life. As a result, her body and mind suffered a double blow, and soon, her heart problems appeared. Since there was no one to treat her, and she treated her even harder, in just three days, she followed her grandfather, and the family collapsed.

Among those who tortured my grandfather and grandmother was one of my grandfather's students, who had a little conscience, and saw that my aunt and my mother were young and ignorant, and that if there was no one to take care of them, they would soon die of hunger and cold.

So, he asked someone to contact the second grandfather who worked in Dingcheng, and after the second grandfather learned the news of the death of his grandfather and grandmother one after another, he rushed to the provincial capital non-stop, buried my grandfather and grandmother hastily, and then quietly picked up my aunt and my mother.

The second grandfather was very cautious in his life, and for the sake of safety, he and my second grandmother took my aunt and my mother to leave Dingcheng and go away, and outsiders told them that my aunt and mother were also his biological daughters.

My second grandfather and second grandmother are very good, treating the two nieces as their own, my mother is two years younger than Xia Lan's mother, and her mother is my second aunt. When I was a child, I used to call her little aunt, and when I grew up, I simply omitted the little "words".

Originally, my second grandfather wanted to have another son in order to pass on the lineage, but because my aunt and my mother suddenly became more, the couple dispelled this idea.

After arriving in the field, life is quite stable, although the second grandfather and his wife are raising three children quite hard, but they are happy. Because my aunt is very sensible, she has known since she was a child to take care of the housework and help take care of her two younger sisters, and these three cousins have always lived in harmony like sisters, without any disputes.

More than ten years passed quietly, the wind stopped, and the rain stopped. My second grandfather and second grandmother moved back to Dingcheng with their family, and my aunt had already missed the age of studying. She was ingenious, she helped her second grandmother sew and mend since she was a child, and after returning to Dingcheng, she worshipped a more famous tailor as a teacher, and soon learned a superb craft and became a tailor.

A few years later, my aunt married an ordinary worker, and my uncle-in-law was the son of my second grandfather's colleague, and a year later, they had my eldest cousin......

My mom and my little aunt went to middle school together, and my mom and I were classmates in junior high school and high school, and I knew my little aunt, and the friendship between the three of them was built from that time.

Wu's mother did not continue to go to school after finishing high school due to family reasons. The little aunt was admitted to medical school, put on a military uniform in college, and after graduation, she worked in a military hospital on the front line, where she met and fell in love with Xia Lan's father, and then came together.

My mother was admitted to a finance university, and during her studies, due to the influence of my aunt, she also liked fashion design very much, and she was also very creative, and often did fashion design for others in her spare time.

When my mother was a sophomore in college, my second grandfather and second grandmother passed away within the same year, and my aunt became the backbone of my two younger sisters. She is very strong, and in order to make life better, she plans to expand the small tailor shop into a garment factory, and she has to be busy until late every day.

My mother felt sorry for my sister, so she quietly saved up the scholarship and the honorarium she received for helping people design clothes, and before graduating from college, she saved a total of nearly 20,000 yuan, which was also a lot of money at that time, and my mother gave the money to my aunt to help her start a clothing factory.

However, when my aunt and my mother started to build a garment factory, my uncle-in-law had an accident and a fire broke out in their factory, and my uncle and several colleagues were burned to death in the workshop in order to save the equipment.

Hearing the news of my uncle's death, my aunt fainted on the spot, half a month later, my aunt recovered from a serious illness, she devoted all her energy to work and take care of the children, who knew that soon after, she was physically and mentally exhausted and also found out heart disease, although she went to the hospital for treatment in time, but passed away in less than a month.

In order to fulfill my sister's long-cherished wish, my mother used the money to create a garment factory, originally wanted to name it Yifeng Clothing, Yifeng was my aunt's name, but this name has already been registered, so it was named Jingfeng Clothing.

After my mother got married, because my uncle, that is, Xia Lan's father, didn't like my father, so my mother took me to Xia's house alone, and when she came to our house, it was only my aunt and Xia Lan.

After that, my uncle's official became bigger and bigger, and in order to avoid suspicion, my mother had little contact with Xia Lan and their family. It's just that I go to the New Year's holidays, and I go quietly.

And although Xia Lan and I grew up together and studied together, we are only called good sisters, and most people don't know our true relationship.

My eldest cousin, who was brought up by my aunt and my mother, went to study abroad after graduating from university, but just after her studies ended, she died in a foreign country, and she also had heart problems......

Bai Ruoyun let out a faint breath and turned her face to look at Sophia, "My mother rarely told me about those past events when she was alive, and what I told you was only a few years ago when I heard from my aunt and Wu's mother. ”