Ran'er and Qinglian came to their grandmother's house and have been living in two rooms to the west of the north house. Grandma said that it was the boudoir of the mother, although the mother has been gone for fifteen or sixteen years, it still maintains the same as when the mother first lived. Whether it's a bed tent, a cage, or a dotted object on the dresser, it's all used by my mother. Grandmothers, aunts, and cousins often come in to clean, but they never move the position of every item.

In the dead of night, Ran'er and Qinglian often weep secretly at some things used by their mothers, such as the wooden comb on the dresser and the clothes in the cage. Especially when I covered the bed that my mother had covered back then, I felt like I was being held in my mother's arms.

Xu is grandparents and grandmothers, uncles and aunts feel that Ran'er and Qinglian have lost their mother's love since they were children, and their father's love has not tasted a bit, since Ran'er and Qinglian came, they have been trying to make up for it in this regard. This made the sisters very uncomfortable, and the sisters, who had long been accustomed to self-reliance and self-reliance, were always evasive of the meticulous care that suddenly appeared.

On this day, Ran Er and Qinglian lay on the bed where their mother slept and calculated.

"Sister, it's July 15 in five days, and it seems that I won't be able to spend the Yu Lan Festival with my mother this year."

"Well, does Lian'er want to go back?"

"Yes, doesn't my sister want to?"

"I want to, but I always have to see my father. Whether it's good or bad, that's Ran'er's father. ”

"Then meet early, let's go back to accompany my mother early."

The next day, Ran'er and Qinglian told their grandparents that they wanted to meet Xie Yu.

"We have already intended this, and in that case, let your uncle inform you. Ran'er and Lian'er waited for the letter at home. ”

On the same day, Ge Li went to Xie's house to deliver a message, and asked Xie Yu to go to Ge's house to talk about it. I didn't tell my family about Ran'er coming back.

In the afternoon, Ran'er and Qinglian were helping their grandmother and aunt make dowries for their cousin in the East House. I heard my grandfather talking in the yard.

"Xie Yu is here, let's sit in the house."

When Ran'er heard this, she knew that her biological father was coming, so she put down her work and pulled Qinglian to the courtyard, and her grandmother and aunt and cousin also came out. When they came to the hall together, they saw my grandfather and uncle talking with a middle-aged man in his thirties, with a fair face and a polite appearance. Ran Er knew that it was his father Xie Yu.

Seeing Ran'er and the others coming in, the three of them stopped talking together and turned their heads to look at the door. Especially Xie Yu, he looked at it carefully.

"Ran'er, this is your father Xie Yu."

Uncle introduced.

Ran Er saw that her father was still sitting in the seat, far less excited than she imagined, when the father and daughter met, her heart couldn't help but darken. He took a few steps forward lightly, came to Xie Yu, and gave a deep salute, but did not speak. At this time, Xie Yu stood up, helped up Ran'er, who was giving a salute, and stared at Ran'er's face carefully again before saying:

"Your name is Ran'er? Where's your mother? ”

"Mother Yu Ran'er passed away on the day of the beginning of winter when she was six years old."

Ran Er replied lightly.

"Did your mother leave anything for you? For example, a white jade pendant? ”

"Nope. The mother told her that she was in a hurry when she left home, and she didn't have time to bring anything. I only brought a few pieces of jewelry with me, and in order to make a living, I have already lost it. ”

Seeing that Xie Yu didn't ask his mother how she lived, how she got sick, and how she came over after her mother passed away. Ran'er has already begun to regret meeting Xie Yu. So, I had thought about what I was going to say, but I changed my words again.

"Shouldn't it? The jade pendant was given to Wei'er by myself, and I usually carry it with me, so it is impossible not to carry it. Then think about it again? ”

"Don't think about it, it's not."

Qinglian saw that Xie Yu didn't care about Ran'er and Niang at all, but just thought about the fast jade pendant, and was angry in her heart, so she interjected and said.

"Who are you? How do you know if there's one? ”

"This is Ran'er's sister Lian'er. It's true that I haven't seen Yu Pei, and my mother never said it before she died. ”

"Sister? Don't you ...... your mother again?"

"Mother, I don't need you to talk about it, if there is nothing else, we still have to make a dowry for our cousin. Grandpa, uncle, we went to the East House. ”

Ran Er pulled Lian'er, ignored Xie Yu, who was standing there, came to the courtyard, and entered Aunt Dongwu's room.

"Sister, how can this be?"

"It's hard for my mother to build a small rain pavilion, and I still sit in it in a daze from time to time."

When Ran Er said this, she suddenly felt that her mother was not worth it, and she couldn't help crying.

"Sister, I can't be sad for such a negative person. Let's go tomorrow, my mother will miss us. ”

"Okay, let's discuss it with my grandfather, if my grandfather doesn't go, we'll follow Uncle Xie back."

At this time, the two sisters heard the voice of their uncle in the courtyard.

"Xie Yu, go back first, Ran'er is in a bad mood today, I'll help you ask in a few days, if Ran'er remembers something, I'll inform you."

Obviously, Xie Yu also wanted to chase him to the East House and asked about the whereabouts of Ran Eryu Pei, but was stopped by his uncle. After Xie Yu left, Ran'er and Qinglian came to the hall again, and their grandfather, grandmother, uncle, aunt, and cousin were all there.

"It seems that Xie Yu has been looking for Wei'er for so many years just for that so-called jade pendant."

"I said a long time ago that Xie Yu is not a good thing. Fathers and mothers always didn't believe. ”

"Stand in the way of the Ran'er sisters, don't talk nonsense."

Hearing the conversation between her grandfather and uncle, Ran Er said:

"Grandfather, grandmother, uncle, aunt, mother did leave a jade pendant for Ran'er, and my mother said in the letter that it was handed over to my mother by my father. The fast jade pendant is the ancestral heirloom of the Xie family, and only the eldest grandson of the long house is qualified to wear it. ”

"It seems that it should be a token of the head of the Xie family. If this item is lost in Xie Yu's hands, I am afraid that it will be difficult to compete for the position of the head of the Xie family. ”

When Grandpa said this, he looked at Ran'er, then at the others, and then said:

"What are you going to do with that jade pendant?"

"Ran'er doesn't plan to hand it over right now. It's hard for my mother to build a small rain pavilion, **** in a daze at the pavilion, my mother is too worthless. ”

"Since Ran'er doesn't plan to hand over the jade pendant for a while, no one is allowed to leak the news. so as not to be remembered by the Xie family. ”

"Grandpa, are you still going to see your mother with Ran'er and Lian'er? Otherwise, we'll go back with the wagon we came. ”

"When is the carriage leaving? Grandpa is going with you. ”

"It is said that it has passed the fifteenth, and the specific date has not yet been decided."

"Li'er, you go and ask, set a date, and we can make some preparations."

Gregory went out for an hour or so, and then returned.

"Father, the man said that after the fifteenth, the sixteenth morning will leave early."

"Okay, it's thirteen today, so let's pack up. Ran'er and Lian'er, if there are things in your mother's room, if you need them, bring them together. ”

Ran'er and Qinglian had long wanted to bring back some of the items that their mother had used, including the clothes they had worn, but they didn't know how to speak. Seeing that my grandfather brought it up, I no longer had any worries, and for three days, the two sisters were packing up their mother's things. Picked up the important ones and packed a big baggage. On the morning of July 16, Ran'er and Qinglian kowtowed to their grandmother and gave a salute to their aunt, so that their uncle Ge Li and their two cousins sent Ran'er, Qinglian and their grandfather to the south of the city and returned to Xia Village in the carriage that came.