Xiaoyu's sudden arrival interrupted his uncle Ge Li. I saw Xiaoyu come to the pavilion and say to Ran'er:

"Sister Ran'er, now that my grandparents and uncles and cousins are here, I'm afraid I won't be able to live here. So my father asked me to say that my mother and I went back to Zhangzhuang to live in the evening, and my father set up a temporary bunk in the grass pavilion so that it was convenient to take care of the cows and horses at night. ”

Hearing Xiaoyu say this, the uncle said:

"No, I'll just take care of the livestock at night, don't build a bunk, it's still cold at night."

"No, no home, no bunk. Sister Ran'er and I squeezed together in the east room, and the three of you slept in the west room. ”

Grandma's words were approved by my grandfather and uncle, so my uncle said to Xiaoyu:

"Go back and tell your father, let's live like this."

Ran Er also agreed, after all, the wheat harvest was about to be made, if Aunt Zhang and Yu'er were to run back and forth, it would be inconvenient not to say, all pointing to Uncle Zhang to work, in case there was a headache and brain fever in the grass pavilion, why not ask someone to harvest the wheat.

Seeing that it was not early, Ran'er asked Qinglian to accompany her grandfather and them in the pavilion, and she and Yu'er went back to the courtyard to prepare dinner.

Fast forward to the end of April, and the wheat harvest began. With Zhang Dazhu's family, plus his uncle and cousin, and his grandparents, all the wheat from five acres of land was delivered to the field in less than three days. This year's weather is also good, and the sun has been scorching for a few days. The wheat of five acres of land was cut and beaten, and it didn't take seven days to clean up. The next step is to plough the land, irrigate and prepare for planting.

Just when Ran'er's family was busy threshing wheat in the wheat field, suddenly a stranger came to Xia Village and asked all over the village where Ran'er lived. The villagers led him directly to the wheat field and said to Ran'er:

"Ran'er, someone is looking for you."

Ran Er looked at the people who were approaching step by step, but she didn't know them, and couldn't help asking:

"Is Uncle looking for me?"

"Are you so?"

"yes."

"I've been asked to send you a letter."

As the person spoke, he took out an envelope from his bosom and handed it to Ran'er.

"Uncle, who asked you to send me a letter?"

Ran Er took the letter and did not open it immediately, but asked the person who came.

"It's a foreigner named Ge Zhuang. Six years ago, this person fell ill in my house, and his illness has not been alleviated so far. ”

"Where is Uncle from?"

"I'm an old Maogou man seventy miles away."

"Uncle is saying that Ge Zhuang fell ill at your house six years ago, and has been recuperating at your house all these years?"

"Yes, fortunately, Ge Zhuang still has some money on him, otherwise my family wouldn't be able to support him for so long."

"Then thank you uncle, the weather is so hot, and let the uncle run such a long way, let's go home first and drink saliva and rest."

"No, now is a busy time, you are busy with yours, the letter has been delivered, the matter on the shore of Xiling Lake has not been done yet, I want to rush back immediately."

The people who came didn't delay, and while talking, they turned around and left. Ran Er waited for the visitor to go away before opening the envelope and looking at it carefully. There were not many words in the letter, Ge Zhuang briefly greeted Ran'er a few words, and then wrote:

"Miss, I was originally sent out by the head of the family Xie Yu to find the master's mother, and after seeing the young lady for more than ten years, I never knew that the master's mother had already passed away. Although the eldest lady resolutely refused to admit it last time, Ge Zhuang knew in his heart that you were the eldest lady of my master. Since I left you, I had planned to come back in a few days, but I didn't want to come to Lao Maogou, but I accidentally contracted typhoid fever and has been bedridden for several years.

In this letter, there is only one sentence to tell the eldest lady that the jade pendant carried by the housemother is a must-have thing for the head of the family, and it is said that there is a secret hidden in this jade pendant. As for what the secret is, although Ge Zhuang doesn't know, he guesses from the Xie family's ancestors' cherished love for the jade pendant for generations, this secret must not be idle. I also hope that the eldest lady will keep it well. ”

After reading it, Ran'er handed it to her grandfather, who read it and handed it to her uncle. Because they were in the wheat field at the time, there were many people, so the three grandparents did not discuss anything. In the end, the uncle returned the letter to Ran'er, and Ran'er put it away.

It wasn't until he returned home in the evening, after dinner, and when the family was sitting together for tea, that his uncle Ge Li asked his grandfather:

"Father, seeing that Ge Li is so solemn, I don't know what secrets are hidden in the jade pendant?"

"As for what the secret is, looking at the posture of the Xie family's ancestors, I'm afraid they only know that there is a secret in the jade pendant, but they don't know what the secret is. Not to mention, those of us who have no way to guess. ”

"If Xie Yu finds this place and asks Ran'er for the jade pendant, do you want to give it back to him?"

"No, I won't pay it back."

Qinglian has always been obsessed with Xie Yu, so she didn't wait for the public to speak, and said it very simply. Grandpa looked at Qinglian and smiled, seeing that Ran'er had not made a sound, he couldn't help asking:

"What does Ran'er think?"

"Originally, I wanted to give it back to him, but since my mother left a poem on the snow last year, I changed my mind. If you really find it at that time, you just say that you haven't seen it, after all, he killed his mother. ”

Uncle Ge Li agreed with Ran'er's idea. He nodded and said:

"Just do what you want."

"If there is really a secret in the jade pendant, I'm afraid Xie Yu won't give up."

"What if you don't give up?"

Qinglian heard her grandfather say this, and couldn't help but ask angrily.

"Knowing that Xie Yu won't come nonsense, I'm afraid of doing things in secret. We will stay here for a few more days, and then feed the dog more, and at night, let the dog go, in case something happens, there will be a movement. ”

Now Ran'er's family has rhubarb and little black, and the puppy she just picked up has grown into a half-grown dog, and she will be able to take care of the home by the end of the year. Listening to her grandfather's instructions, Ran Er said:

"Okay, I'll ask Grandpa Li to help pet a puppy another day."

"Cousin, what jade pendant, can I take a look?"

Ge Tong, who had been listening to everyone's conversation, couldn't help but ask curiously at this time. Not only did Ge Tong want to see it, but in fact, no one except Ran'er and Qinglian had ever seen what Yu Pei looked like.

After listening to Ge Tong's words, Ran'er got up, took out the vermilion wooden box left by her mother from under the kang mat, opened the delicate little lock, took out the jade pendant inside, and the letter left by her mother, and handed it to her grandfather and uncle to read.

A few people just looked at the jade pendant and handed it to Ge Tong, but instead focused on the letter left by his mother. The grandmother looked at the handwritten letter written by her daughter to her granddaughter, and tears flowed out at once, wiping her tears while chanting quietly:

"Mother's stupid Wei'er, mother's hard-working Wei'er."

Let Ran'er and Qinglian also shed a lot of tears with them. My grandfather and uncle's eyes were also red.

"Okay, don't mention it again, it's all over. Now that there is Yao Shuangcheng's Nine Palace Soul Locking Array, one day, I will see Wei'er again. ”

Grandpa also held back tears and interrupted his grandmother's chatter.