It took 11 days to go, and it took 10 days to come back, leaving Linkang City on the morning of July 16, and rushing back to Yangzhuang on the morning of 26th. Forty days in total. When they returned to the fence courtyard at noon, Zhang Dazhu's family was about to make lunch.

Seeing that the owner Ran'er and Qinglian came back, Aunt Zhang and Xiaoyu hurriedly came over to help clean up. Hearing Ran'er's introduction, the elder who came with him was Ran'er and Qinglian's grandfather, and Zhang Dazhu hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

"Uncle Ge has worked hard all the way, go to the house to rest first, and Yu'er Niang will make lunch in a while."

Ran Er and Qinglian did not tell their grandfather about inviting Zhang Dazhu's family. With my grandfather came to the hall of the tiled house and sat down, after making tea, Ran Er said to my grandfather;

"Uncle Zhang, Aunt Zhang, and Xiaoyu's family just now are from Zhangjiazhuang in the west. Because of the famine caused by the death of Uncle Zhang's parents, in order to repay the debt, he sold all the land in his family. It just so happened that Lian'er and I were planning to hire a long-term worker, so we asked their family to come over and help. ”

"It's the earth and the pond, how can you make it by your two daughters' families? It is only right to ask long-term workers to take care of it. ”

"Grandpa will drink saliva first, and after lunch, take a rest, and then go to my mother's grave to have a look."

Saying that, Ran'er asked Lian'er to accompany her grandfather to the kitchen by herself to help Zhang Luo have lunch.

After lunch was served, the sisters first set up the dishes and chopsticks for their grandfather, and then set up the seats for their mother's dishes and chopsticks. Grandpa saw it, nodded again and again, and couldn't help but praise the filial piety of the two sisters. My grandfather ate very little at lunch, perhaps because of the fatigue of the journey, and after the meal, he drank the tea, and then fell asleep on the kang of the two sisters. I didn't wake up until the end of the day, and my spirit was much better. Under the leadership of Ran'er and Qinglian, they first came to the west and looked at the wooden statue of their mother. Ran'er and Qinglian respectfully lit three sticks of incense, and then led their grandfather to the pavilion by the pond. I first looked at my mother's grave, then the bamboo forest, five acres of paddy fields, a circle down, and then back to the west of the fence yard, the two thatched houses built by my mother back then, and the rain pavilion.

After dinner, the three of them chatted all the time. It's all about Ran'er and Qinglian in the past few years. I deliberately told the story of the heavy snow day that year and the dream of my mother at night. Grandpa listened attentively. Around the time he arrived, he saw that his grandfather was a little sleepy, so he took his grandfather to the west to rest. Ran'er and Qinglian had already cleaned up the west room during the day, and the sisters originally wanted to move the wooden statue of their mother to the east room, but they were stopped by their grandfather.

After serving their grandfather to lie down, the two sisters came to the east kang, and remembered Xie Yu's cousin for a while, and couldn't sleep for a long time.

I don't know how long it took, but the two sisters didn't seem to be asleep, and they vaguely heard that Grandpa Nishima seemed to be talking to someone. At first, I thought it was my grandfather talking in a dream, but Ran'er and Qinglian listened carefully, and heard the word "Wei'er" in my grandfather's mouth from time to time, so they couldn't help but get up and come to the west door. Grandpa Xu heard the footsteps of the sisters and whispered outside the door:

"Ran'er Lian'er, come in."

Ran Er and Qinglian pushed the door in, saw Wai Gong standing in front of the wooden statue of her mother, and said to the two:

"Ran'er Lian'er, kowtow to her mother."

Although Ran'er and Qinglian were very puzzled in their hearts, they still listened to their grandfather's words, knelt on the ground, kowtowed to their mother's wooden statue, and as soon as they stood up, they heard a faint voice:

"Ran'er Lian'er, I'm sorry for you, my hard-working child."

"Mother."

Ran'er immediately heard that it was her mother's voice, Qinglian had never heard her mother speak, and when she saw Ran'er calling her mother, she also called her together.

"Mother, I'm Lian'er."

"Mother knows that Lian'er is a good boy. In the future, Lian'er and Ran'er will take care of their grandparents for their mothers. ”

"Mother, we will definitely do our filial piety for my mother."

The two sisters said together to the wooden statue.

After that, although the sisters said some more words, they never heard the mother's voice again. I just heard my grandfather say:

"Vile is gone. Now that the soul has just condensed, it is not very stable and cannot stay here for a long time. ”

"Grandpa, can you still talk to your mother in the future?"

"Yes, in another year or two, it should be able to last for more than half an hour."

"Really?!"

The surprise in Ran'er and Qinglian's hearts was beyond words. Especially Qinglian, although she came to Ran'er's house before she was two years old, she had already regarded this place as her home, Ran'er as her own sister, and Ran'er's mother as her own mother, but she had never seen her mother, and she was still a little unsure. Today, I listened to my mother and let me take care of my grandparents with Ran'er, obviously treating myself as my own daughter, and my heart was completely down-to-earth.

"Grandpa, what did my mother say?"

"Saying that you are a very good child, your mother has always been concerned about you and has always taken care of you. also talked about the jade pendant, which meant to let Ran'er make up her own mind. ”

Actually, my mother also said some things, such as "Wei'er is not filial" and "I already understand who Xie Yu is, and now I have let it go", but my grandfather did not tell Sù Ran'er and Qinglian.

This night, Ran'er and Qinglian didn't even close their eyelids, and their hearts were full of excitement and happiness that their mother was really by their side, and they could often talk to their mother in the future.

The next morning, shortly after breakfast, Grandpa Li heard that Ran'er and Qinglian were back, so he came over to take a look, and also wanted to know what the result of Ran'er and Qinglian going to Linkang City to recognize their relatives this time was. Seeing that Ran'er's grandfather came back with him, he knew that Ran'er and Qinglian's trip should be quite smooth.

"Brother Li, thank you for taking care of your little daughter and granddaughter for so many years, Ge Yan is polite."

After Ran'er's introduction, my grandfather saluted Grandpa Li first and thanked him.

"The Ge family brothers are polite. No matter who it is, when they see Ran'er, their mother and daughter will take a hand, it's nothing. Over the years, I have not been less soaked, lotus roots, eggs, fresh fish, and pickled bamboo shoots, none of which have left us behind. ”

"That's not all their sisters."

Grandpa and Grandpa Li chatted very well. Ran Er and Qinglian accompanied each other, serving tea and pouring water, Grandpa Li stayed at home for lunch before saying goodbye and going back, and the two elders also made an appointment to meet again in the future. Sure enough, after breakfast the next day, Grandpa Li sent Uncle Li Shun to invite his grandfather and sister Ran'er to sit at home. Grandpa readily agreed, and Ran'er asked Grandpa to follow Uncle Shun first, and he and Qinglian arrived later.

After sending Uncle Li Shun and his grandfather away, Ran'er and Qinglian picked up thirty eggs, and asked Uncle Zhang to go to the pond to catch two carps of about two catties, and then carried the basket, and the two sisters held hands and walked towards the village. I happened to meet Li Cheng on the way.

"Ran'er and Qinglian came back yesterday? I only heard about it early, and I wanted your aunt to come and see it. Where is this going? ”

"Uncle Cheng, my grandfather came back with us. Yesterday, Grandpa Li came to sit at home and chatted with his grandfather speculatively. Do you want Uncle Cheng to come along? ”

"Grandpa Ran'er is here too? Okay, you guys go first, I'll be there in a minute. ”