The road from Yangzhuang to Linkang City is far away, Ran Er and Qinglian followed Uncle Xie's family, walked on the road for 11 days, and arrived at Linkang City on June 27, when they entered the city, the sun had already set in the west. Ran'er and Qinglian first followed Uncle Xie's family to the south of the city, and Uncle Xie's son-in-law's grocery store recognized the door.

"When are you two sisters going to leave for home?"

"Uncle, aunt, it's not certain yet, when we set a date, let's tell Uncle and Aunt Sù."

"It's okay, we have to be here for at least half a month, and you can talk about it when you set a date."

After the sisters said goodbye to the Xie family, they walked to the west of the city. I inquired all the way, and after the sun set, I found the laundry lane that my mother said. The alley is very remote and deep, and there are many houses. However, Ran'er's grandfather is also a well-known person, and when he inquired a little at the entrance of the alley, someone told the two sisters that they had been walking in the alley, and the seventh family on the left hand was the Ge family.

Summer is long, and although the sun has already set, there is still more than an hour before it gets dark. After the sisters inquired about the exact address of their grandfather's house, they turned over and came to the street, although they didn't know what their grandparents liked to eat, Ran'er and Qinglian still bought a lot of gifts according to their own ideas. There were pastries, there were tea, and I bought two jars of soju. Only then did I return to Pounding Clothes Alley, and when I came to the door of Ge's house, I saw that the gate was open. Ran Er was in front, and Qinglian followed behind and came to the door. Seeing that the courtyard was quiet, there were five north rooms, two west rooms, and three east rooms. The two Ran'er sisters stood in the middle of the courtyard and shouted to the north house:

"May I ask if this is Ge Yan's expert?"

The mother did not leave her uncle's name in her heart, so she had to say her grandfather's name.

"It's the Ge family, who are you?"

As soon as Ran'er's words fell, she heard an old female voice coming from the north room. Ran Er thought to herself, it should be her grandmother's voice. When the two sisters walked to the door of the north house, a white-haired old woman also walked out of the house, tremblingly reaching out to hold on to the door frame, carefully looking at Ran'er and Qinglian in front of them. At this time, Ran'er and Qinglian heard the sound of the door opening on the east side, but they didn't turn their heads to look.

"Grandma."

When Ran'er first saw her grandmother, tears flowed down her eyes, and she hurriedly put the gift in her hand on the ground and pulled Qinglian to kneel.

"Grandma? Who are you? ”

Grandma asked again hesitantly.

"I'm Ran'er, this is my sister Qinglian. Ran Erniang is Ge Wei. ”

"Ge Wei, my hard-working daughter."

Grandma trembled and came to the yard, pulled up Ran'er and Qinglian who were kneeling on the ground, and could vaguely see from Ran'er's eyebrows, seeing her daughter's appearance, she couldn't help but pull the sisters into her arms, tears ran down the old cheeks, and fell on Ran'er and Qinglian's heads and faces.

"You said your name is Ran'er, and your mother is Ge Wei?"

"Yes, Grandma."

"Then why didn't your mother come?"

"Mother is gone."

After Ran Er choked up and said these three words, she fell into her grandmother's arms and cried bitterly. Grandma's body trembled a little and hugged Ran'er and Qinglian tightly, allowing tears to fall on the sisters' bodies. After a long time, he spoke:

"Let's talk with Grandma in the house."

At this time, Ran Er turned her head to look at a thirty-four or five-year-old woman of medium stature who came to her side from the East House.

"Mother, is this Xiaowei's sister's daughter?"

"Yes, Ran'er, this is your aunt."

"Hello aunt."

Ran'er and Qinglian greeted their aunt together.

My aunt agreed, picked up the gifts that Ran'er and Qinglian had put on the ground, and followed the three of them to the hall in the north house. Helping my grandmother sit down, after a few words, my aunt went to make tea and prepare dinner.

"When did you not have your mother?"

"Ran'er was six years old when she was in the winter, and Ran'er is fifteen years old this year."

"How did you spend the first year?"

"After my mother was gone, Ran'er lived alone for more than a year. In the spring of the third year, when Ran'er went to sell eggs, she met her two-year-old sister Qinglian, and she realized that at home, Ran'er and Qinglian had come over the years. ”

Grandma's tears flowed down again, and she took out a handkerchief and wiped it for a while, and then asked again:

"Is that the address your mother left for you?"

"Yes. Grandma, why didn't you see your grandfather and uncle? ”

"Your grandfather and uncle have gone out on errands, and it's almost time to come back."

As soon as Grandma said this, she heard footsteps in the courtyard, and Ran'er and Qinglian hurriedly stood up and walked to the door of the hall with the visitors.

"Got a guest at home?"

An old man in his sixties who was in good spirits looked at Ran'er and Qinglian and asked his grandmother.

"Ran'er, Lian'er, this is your grandfather. Behind is the uncle. ”

Ran Er and Qinglian knelt down in front of the visitor again, kowtowed, and greeted:

"Grandpa is good, uncle is good."

"Who are you?"

"It's Wei'er's daughter Ran'er, and Ran'er's sister-in-law Lian'er."

Grandma replied for Ran'er and Qinglian. When my grandfather heard that it was his niece, he hurriedly stretched out his hand to pull up Ran'er and Qinglian, and couldn't help asking:

"Where's Vier's daughter, Vier?"

"Grandfather, uncle, mother disappeared nine years ago."

Ge Yanxing's body obviously shook, and he was helped to the seat by the uncle next to him, and the uncle carefully asked Ran Er about the details of her mother. Ran Er told her mother about it from the beginning, and took out a pair of jade bracelets that her mother left for Ran Er and handed it to her grandmother. Grandma took it and held it in her hand and kept stroking it. It's like stroking your own daughter.

It was getting dark, and my aunt had made dinner. Uncle put on the lamp and helped my aunt set up dinner. It's just that the family didn't move the dishes and chopsticks in front of them.

"Dad, mother, Sister Xiaowei has been dead for many years, don't be too sad, it's still important to be physical. Ran'er and Lian'er also traveled for more than ten days, and they were afraid that they were also tired. ”

The aunt and uncle were worried that the second elder would hurt his body too much, so he couldn't help but persuade tactfully.

"Ran'er, where is your mother buried?"

"My mother was buried not far from the house. By the way, my mother mentioned in the letter she left to Ran'er that there was a cave for cultivating yin. ”

"What?! What did you say?! ”

Hearing Ran'er's words, my grandfather stood up excitedly and asked two things in a row.

"Not only did my mother say that it was a cave for raising yin, but Grandpa Yao and Uncle Yao also thought it was a cave for raising yin."

"Which Grandpa Yao, Uncle Yao?"

"Yao Shuangcheng and Yao Wenlin."

"Yao Shuangcheng? But Yao Shuangcheng of Cannes? But Yao Shuangcheng, who studied under Master Cao Mao? ”

"Yes, Grandpa."

"How did you meet? Did Vile see this person before she died? ”

"My mother hasn't seen it. It was the spring of the year before last, Ran'er and Lian'er inadvertently saved Uncle Yao Wenlin, who was seriously ill, and Uncle Yao said at that time that his mother's grave happened to be built on the Yin Cultivation Cave. After he recovered from his illness, he specially carved a wooden statue for his mother and instructed Ran'er and Lian'er to pay tribute from time to time. After returning home, he sued Yao Shuangcheng's grandfather. Grandpa Yao came to Ran'er's house this spring and lived for more than a month, laying down the Nine Palaces Soul Locking Array. After saying that after a long time, it is possible to reunite the soul of the mother, so that the soul of the mother can communicate with Ran'er Lian'er. ”

"Thank goodness, thank goodness."

After my grandfather said it twice, he picked up his chopsticks and said to everyone:

"Okay, since Yao Shuangcheng has made a move, there will be a time to say goodbye to Wei'er, let's eat."