This year's Mid-Autumn Festival was spent in continuous rain. Including five acres of winter wheat, they were also planted in the pouring autumn rain.

On the fifteenth day, the rain was only around noon, and it stopped for a while. The moon is not visible. Ran Er and Qinglian accompanied their grandfather to celebrate the festival in the tiled house, and Zhang Dazhu's family spent the festival in the thatched hut in the west. Ran'er also invited their family to come together, but Zhang Dazhu refused. sent Aunt Zhang and Xiaoyu to help the sisters make dinner, and then went back to the thatched hut in the west.

At the dinner table, there are still mother's seats and chopsticks. Qinglian poured the soju she bought for her grandfather, and the two sisters also poured a small glass of rice wine each to accompany their grandfather. After two glasses of soju, my grandfather began to tell Ran'er and Qinglian about some things when she was a child.

"Vile was very well-behaved and intelligent when she was a child. Follow your grandmother to learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and often teach it as soon as you teach it. Your grandmother always told me privately that if Wei'er were a boy, she would at least be able to earn a name for herself. Your uncle's study is much worse, and in the end, he didn't even earn a fame. By the way, didn't your mother teach you to play the piano when you were a child? ”

"Not only did I not teach Ran'er to learn the piano, but I also didn't allow Ran'er to learn poetry. Just teach Ran'er to read and write. The mother said that girls learn those poems and songs at home, and playing the piano is easy to provoke right and wrong. ”

"Wei'er doesn't want you to follow her path. Alas, it's really hard for Wei'er, this child. ”

"Grandpa, where did my mother use the piano back then? When I was at my grandfather's house, why didn't I see it? ”

"It was put away by your grandmother, that piano is your grandmother's dowry, and your grandmother has always cherished it."

"Is there any of the mother's paintings that have been preserved?"

"No, when your mother left, it was all burned."

"Was my mother very sad at the time?"

"Your mother is very sensible, and she is afraid that her grandfather and grandmother will be sad, so she hides any sad things in her heart and never shows them on her face."

The three of them chatted while eating, and the topic was always inseparable from Ran Erniang, and the atmosphere had always been a little bleak.

"Ran'er Lian'er, are you going to live here forever? Ever wanted to go to Cannes? ”

Grandpa actually knew Ran'er and Qinglian's plans in his heart, but he was still a little unbearable, so he asked tentatively.

"Grandpa, if this is not a cave for cultivating yin, if there is no Grandpa Yao to set up the Nine Palaces Soul Locking Array, Ran'er and Lian'er also want to Linkang City and do their filial piety for their mother in front of their grandparents and grandmothers. It's just that now the mother's soul is condensing with the help of the Nine Palaces Soul Lock Array, and someone must be here to pay tribute and wait. One day, can I really communicate with my mother, and see what my mother means? ”

"Grandpa is just worried about your sisters suffering here. Your grandmother and I have an uncle and aunt in front of us, and it's hard to be embarrassed. As long as Ran'er and Lian'er are well, they can do it anywhere. ”

"Grandpa, don't worry, Ran'er and Lian'er must live a good life and guard their mother well. The people of Xia Village have always taken good care of us. When my cousin passes the door next year, I will also take my grandmother to live here for a while, and my grandfather will come with me at that time. ”

"Okay, Lei'er will get married in March, and I'll come with your grandmother in April."

"Grandma can come, my mother will be happy to know it."

"Ran'er Lian'er, grandpa's time to come is not short, and when the weather is clear, it's time to leave."

"Grandpa has only been here for more than 20 days, so don't be in a hurry to go back. There's nothing going on at home, is there? ”

"Grandpa wanted to take a trip to Cannes and visit Yao Shuangcheng."

"In that case, my grandfather should have lived here. At the beginning of September, Uncle Yao estimated that he should come to pull the lotus root, and when the time came, my grandfather would follow the car that pulled the lotus root, wouldn't it be troublesome? ”

"Does the Yao family come to pull it every year?"

"yes, I said it last year. Normally, I came at the end of October and the beginning of November, and I sent a letter to Uncle Yao and asked him to come early. ”

"Oh, if that's the case, wait for Ran'er to send the letter, and after the reply from there, grandpa can make another plan."

The three of them chatted until the end of the day, and the grandfather already had some alcohol, so Ran'er and Qinglian served the grandfather to sleep in the west room.

The second natural child wrote a letter, wrote clearly in the letter that his grandfather wanted to visit Yao Shuangcheng's grandfather, and asked Yao Wenlin if he could come over in advance to pull the lotus root. If you can, please reply as soon as possible, etc. Write a good letter and go to the shore of Xiling Lake to find someone to bring it over. Accompanied my grandfather to linger among the pond and the bamboo forest. One by one, I told my grandfather the location of the Nine Palace Soul Locking Array buried by Grandpa Yao at that time.

In early September, I received a reply from Yao Wenlin. The letter said that he would come to pull the lotus root at the end of the month, and instructed Ran'er and Qinglian to prepare in advance. A few days later, Ran'er received a letter from Uncle Linkangcheng. Ran'er didn't open it, but handed it directly to her grandfather. After opening the envelope, my grandfather took a general look at it, and then handed it to Ran'er and Qinglian.

The letter says only two things. First, he asked Ran'er and Qinglian about the situation, and said that it was best to move to Linkang City with his grandfather. The second is to tell Sù Ran'er and Qinglian, recently Xie Yu always went to the house to inquire about the sisters' residence, although he did not explicitly say that it was for the jade pendant, but everyone could guess. The uncle said that he did not tell Xie Yuran's sister where they lived, and finally told the sisters to be careful, depending on Xie Yu's meaning, they would not be willing to give up if they didn't find the jade pendant.

"Grandpa, is that jade pendant that important?"

"If it's just a token of the head of the family, it shouldn't make Xie Yu so concerned, I'm afraid there are other reasons we don't know."

"If you don't give it to him, who will let him deceive his mother like that."

Qinglian said with some indignation.

"Let's wait until he finds here, there's no need to be angry with that kind of person."

Although Ran'er was also angry in her heart, she still persuaded Qinglian not to be angry. Putting down the letter, Ran'er found Zhang Dazhu and said to him:

"Uncle Zhang, this year's lotus root is going to be dug in advance. A letter from Cannes said that the car would come at the end of September, and we would dig after 20. Uncle find someone to help in advance. ”

"No need to hire anyone. I'll do it myself, it's a big deal to start digging after fifteen, and digging a few days earlier shouldn't affect anything. ”

In the countryside, after planting winter wheat, there is basically nothing to do. It will be closed until early February of the following year. Seeing Uncle Zhang say this, Ran Er didn't say anything more, and planned to wait for the lotus root to be sold out, and then pay Zhang Dazhu a salary.

During the slack time, Zhang Dazhu leaned almost on the side of the pond, feeding the fish and tending to the twenty ducks. Aunt Zhang took the initiative to take over the work of serving more than 100 chickens in the bamboo forest. Xiaoyu is still the same as at the beginning, usually helping the Ran'er sisters cook and clean up. The rest of the time, she is either a female celebrity with Ran'er, or she learns to read and read with Qinglian. After more than half a year, the three of them have long been like sisters.