Chapter Twenty-Three: An Unexpected Discovery
Yun Xiang turned around and went to the room on the left hand side except for the living room. Judging by the furnishings here, it should be a study. The big desk, the simple and atmospheric Bogu shelf, against the wall is a row of bookshelves, but the top is empty.
"How can there be tiles in this location?" Yun Xiang frowned and looked at the bottom of the desk, and felt that there was something wrong with the tiles engraved with begonias. She probed with her foot, but there was no response, and she simply stepped on it hard.
"Click!" The voice of the machine came, and Yun Xiang immediately understood that there was a mechanism here. Then the middle one in the row of bookshelves made a 'pop' sound.
Yun Xiang walked in and found that this was a secret door, with the center line as the axis, "It's still a revolving door!" She looked inside, and all she felt was darkness, and today was not a good time to explore. Yun Xiang closed the secret door, and disguised the position of the flower brick, before going to another upper room.
This one is the bedroom. Lin Lin suddenly smiled when she saw the basin stand that fell to the ground and the wooden basin next to it. Fortunately, you can save a lot of things with this wooden tub.
"The water is coming!" Yun Xiang came in with half a basin of water, "Sister, Sister Mei and Sister Lan wipe the water in the basin, and you will run out one by one!" ”
"That's a lot less!" Sister Lan smiled, revealing her white teeth, "Our Yunxiang is smart!" ”
Yun Xiang blushed a little, her actual age is more than twice as old as others, and she is really embarrassed to pretend to be tender here.
In the blink of an eye, it's time for lunch. Yunxiang had everything in his space, but it was inconvenient to take it out, so he could only say to Liu Chengli, "Uncle Chengli, look at this time, is this the end of today?" You have a job at home, so you can't spend all day here! ”
"But this grass has only picked up such a little ......" Liu Chengli frowned, a little hesitant.
"The work won't be done for a while, and I think it will take a few days to clean up!" Yun Lian also joined in the persuasion, "Besides, you can't just work hungry!" ”
"But ......"
Liu Chengli wanted to say something, but he heard the 'squeak' sound of the door being pushed. Then I heard a voice like a bell, "Chengli boy! I've come to see you! ”
"It's the fourth grandfather!" Several children greeted him, and the fourth master strode over, and he didn't even breathe after walking so far! Yun Xiang gave a thumbs up in her heart!
"I'll come with the Chengli family to bring you food!" As soon as the fourth master's words fell, a figure walked out of the back. The upper body was a blue cloth coat, and the lower body was tied with a sauce-colored horse-faced skirt, and Li Shi carried a big basket on his back and smiled in response, "I know you should be hungry too!" So I just made lunch and brought it. ”
"Mother!" Sister Mei and Sister Lan hurriedly helped unload the basket. "We cleaned the dining room first! You can go there and sit and eat. ”
"That's a good idea!" Li smiled, "Yunxiang, I already told your mother when I came, you have eaten, go back later, let her not worry." ”
"Fourth grandfather, this, how good is this!" Shiro was embarrassed, "You've helped us a lot. ”
The fourth old lady waved his hand, "Don't talk about this!" I think you're all good! Now I live here. Here are memories of my childhood! At that time, my father and mother didn't know what to think, so they had to move to the village, and I only came here occasionally over the years. ”
"Does the fourth master remember what those two ancestors looked like?" Yun Xiang asked curiously.
The eyes of the fourth old lady showed fascination, "If you want to talk about my grandfather and my grandmother, then four words, fairy couple!" I remember both of them being very good-looking and in a very good relationship. When my grandfather was writing, he could often hear the sound of my grandmother caressing the piano. Once, I saw them practicing swords in the bamboo forest! But just seeing that time, that action, it's beautiful! My grandmother flew to the bamboo branch with a slight leap, like a fairy. ”
It turns out that there are really martial arts in this world, and the kung fu of the two ancestors must also be very high. "Didn't the two ancestors pass down the kung fu?" Every boy has a martial arts dream in his heart, and Shiro is no exception.
The fourth old lady nodded and shook his head, "I only remember that there was an uncle who went to join the army, and it seems that he knows martial arts." ”
"Fourth Master, how much bloodline does the ancestor have left?" Yunxiang is a little dizzy, ancient people can give birth, and there is no family planning, and there will be countless relatives in a few generations.
"My grandfather and my grandmother have a total of five sons and a daughter." The fourth old lady stroked her beard, "My father is the second child, married to a girl from this village, and he has no great ambitions, let alone any ability, so he bought land in the village and lived in peace." Your branch is a five-room, and the fifth uncle also went out earlier, but then he came back and married a wife and had children in the village. At that time, grandpa and grandma were no longer there. ”
The fourth old lady sighed, "Uncle is the most like milk, he is polite when he speaks, and the eldest aunt is also a talented girl, knowledgeable, like a lady." When the uncle's family left, they took their three boys with them, all of whom were older than me, so I was the fourth in line. My father's and mother's branch has always been a single line, and when it comes to Chengli, there are two girls, no boys. But I don't look down on my daughter's family, it's a big deal. ”
One sentence made both Sister Mei and Sister Lan blush. One of them is fifteen, the other is thirteen, and they all already know something. But Li was moved to wipe away his tears, if he wants to stay in someone else's house, what good will happen to those who can't give birth to a son? But the master is so open-minded, not only pampering the two girls very much, but also being kind to her.
The fourth old lady laughed a few times, "My third uncle is the uncle I said I went to join the army, and he hadn't gotten married when he left!" He was seventeen or eighteen years old. As soon as I left, there was no news! My grandmother said that if you leave, you are not allowed to step into the ancestral house again! Immediately afterwards, the fourth uncle also left with the fifth uncle, and later the fifth uncle went to the village to marry a wife and have children, and never mentioned the fourth uncle again, nor did he return to the old house. However, at that time, my father gave the title deed of the old house to the fifth uncle, and the fifth uncle did not move and passed it down. My only aunt didn't know where she went, she was so young at that time! ”
Yun Xiang secretly smacked her tongue, the original generation all married wives and had children, what a huge network of relatives it was! Thankfully, there is no contact now, otherwise just remembering these people would have been a headache.
Just when Yun Xiang thought that the fourth old lady had finished speaking, he suddenly said, "Speaking of martial arts, I just happened to hear a few words of mental method, so I secretly practiced it, not to mention anything else, but now my health is not bad." ”