After finishing the wheat harvest, his uncle Ge Li did not help with the rice planting, so he returned to Linkang City with his little cousin Ge Tong. Grandma and grandfather stayed, firstly, Ran'er had reached the age of talking about marriage, and grandma was not at ease, and secondly, the second elder was thinking about his daughter Wei'er, who was contemplating his soul, and looked forward to seeing his beloved daughter again.

With my grandparents here, the fence yard is more like a home. Ran'er and Qinglian serve the second elder with all their heart and soul every day, and they are determined to be filial to the second elder for their mother. There are two sisters who are happy all day long, and the mood of grandparents is like a day by day. When my grandmother occasionally went to see my mother's grave, she no longer had tears in her eyes as she did at the beginning.

After planting the seedlings, the construction of the new house of the Ran'er family started as scheduled. Because the impression left by the sisters on the people of Xia Village is not ordinarily good, and at the same time, the wages offered by the sisters are also the highest in the neighborhood, and the lunch meal is also the most sumptuous, so there are many neighbors who come to help, and the progress of the new house is naturally much faster.

This time, my grandfather helped with the planning, which saved Ran'er and Qinglian a lot of thought. Although my grandfather is not as good as Yao Shuangcheng in terms of public opinion, he also has certain attainments after all. The rectangular courtyard is 15 zhang long from east to west and 40 zhang wide from north to south, and is divided into two entrances. The first entrance is the north room, which has a hall and a bedroom. On both sides of the north room is a hand-copying verandah leading directly to the backyard. There are kitchens, storage rooms, etc. on both sides of the verandah. Second, in the northeast corner of the courtyard, near the bamboo forest, there is a two-story small building, three rooms upstairs, and a hall for hospitality downstairs. There are two north rooms in the northwest corner, one bright and one dark. Flowers and trees are planted around the small building and the two north rooms.

Originally, Ran'er and Qinglian planned to spend one hundred taels of silver, but they were built according to their grandfather's plan, and they cost one hundred and fifty taels. Fortunately, the sisters' savings were sufficient, although their grandfather also brought a lot of silver, but they were resolutely rejected by Ran'er.

The story of Ran'er's family building a courtyard with two entrances soon spread in the four miles and eight towns. Originally, Qinglian was still worried that once the matter spread, there would be more people who came to the door to propose marriage. But the truth is just the opposite, after the house is built, there are only neighbors who come to congratulate, but few matchmakers come to the door. Qinglian was relieved, but couldn't help but wonder very much. One night, the two sisters were lying on the kang in the old house talking, Qinglian couldn't hold it back, so she asked Ran'er:

"Sister, you said, before we built a new house, there were so many people who came to propose, how did we build such a good house, but no one came to propose?"

"Does Lian'er want to get married, that's why she is looking forward to the matchmaker's door?"

Ran'er wanted to tease Qinglian, and pretended to be serious.

"My sister is happy with Lian'er again, who wants to get married?"

"Since Lian'er doesn't want to get married, why are you worried that no one will come to the door to propose?"

"I just think it's weird."

"Actually, Lian'er can understand it if you think about it. When we didn't build a new house, we were just two ordinary little girls in the eyes of everyone, but now after we build a new house, everyone looks at us differently. ”

"Sister is saying that our current identity is different from before in the eyes of outsiders?"

"What do you say?"

"I don't feel any change in my identity, it's still the original Qinglian."

"Although we are still the same us, those who want to come to propose marriage find that we are no longer the same us. Therefore, they have no confidence in their hearts, so they don't come to propose. ”

"Listening to my sister's meaning, it seems that proposing marriage is also the same as rushing to the market to buy things. What you want to buy is determined by the money in your purse. ”

"That's probably what it means, my sister can't say it well."

"Isn't that what people often call a doorman?"

"Yes and no. Our sisters have been dependent on each other since childhood, but in the past ten years, we have bought such a family business, and in the eyes of outsiders, our sisters are very strong. There are few people in the world who want to be the mother-in-law of such a strong girl. Lian'er is relieved now, right? ”

Ran'er's new house was completed at the end of June. My grandfather picked a good day on the sixth day of the eighth month, and the move was scheduled for that day. The sisters didn't have many confidants and friends in Xia Village, but they only notified Grandpa Li's father and son, the village chief's family, and Li Langzhong's family. As for whether to notify the Chunshui family in Yangzhuang, Ran'er discussed it with Qinglian, and finally decided not to tell them.

Since the arrival of Zhang Dazhu's family, Ran'er and Qinglian have rarely rushed to the market, unless they want to buy the intimate clothes they need, they only occasionally go to Yangzhuang, so so far the sisters have not seen Chunshui's sister-in-law. At the beginning of spring, I planned to visit Zhou's house when I went to Yangzhuang to buy chickens, but there happened to be something that day, and the sisters didn't go to Yangzhuang, so they sent Zhang Dazhu to Yangzhuang.

Since receiving Ge Zhuang's letter at the time of the wheat harvest, the family has only discussed it for the first few days, and no one has mentioned the matter since then. But Ran'er has never let go of her heart. I often think about a question, why did Ge Zhuang tell them about the secret of the jade pendant. First of all, Ge Zhuang has no friendship with their family, although his mother used to be his housemother, but they didn't get along for a long time. Secondly, if Ge Zhuang didn't say it, the two sisters wouldn't know that there were secrets in the jade pendant. Then Ge Zhuang deliberately revealed the secret of the jade pendant, and he must have other intentions. What is Ge Zhuang's intention? Do you want to test whether the jade pendant is in Ran'er's hands, or don't you want Ran'er to return the jade pendant to Xie Yu? This made Ran Er puzzled.

In the end, Ran'er wrote a letter to her uncle Ge Li, asking her uncle to inquire about Ge Zhuang's situation in the Xie family. If the relationship between Ge Zhuang and Xie Yu is extraordinary, then Ge Zhuang's move may be instructed by Xie Yu. If Ge Zhuang has not been in contact with Xie Yu all these years, then Ge Zhuang's move must have ulterior motives, and it is the secret that Ge Zhuang himself covets in the jade pendant, and it may not make sense.

Whenever I think about this problem, I will always habitually hold the jade pendant and play with it in my hand. It's just that no matter how carefully Ren Ran'er and Qinglian looked at it, they couldn't see anything special about this jade pendant.

"Sister, if you just break the jade pendant, maybe the secret will be hidden inside."

"Silly girl, this thin jade pendant, almost transparent to the light and shadow, if there is something hidden, wouldn't it have been discovered a long time ago, and it is still waiting for us to fall?"

After transplanting rice in the paddy field, it is irrigation, top dressing, and Zhang Dazhu cooking, so you don't have to worry about Ran'er and Qinglian. The chickens and ducks are fed by Aunt Zhang, and Ran'er Qinglian and Xiaoyu are generally fed to the seven pigs and cook three meals a day. and then serving my grandparents, reading and writing to be a female celebrity. There are grandparents here, and when Ran'er is studying, there are things that he doesn't understand, and there are people who can ask for advice.

"Grandma, can my sister and I learn the piano?"

"You want to learn?"

"Yes."

Ran Er didn't expect Qinglian to ask such a question, so she didn't speak, just smiled and watched Qinglian talk to her grandmother.

"Do you want to do that too?"

"Whether you learn or not, my mother didn't agree with Ran'er to learn back then."

"Actually, grandma also wants to open it now, and it is not the fault of Weier that she has come to this point. If you really want to learn, your grandmother will teach you. Vier's piano, grandmother also brought it. ”