After the official start of school, everyone got busy.

Jin Zhu also has more classes this semester than her freshman year, which is basically full, and there is an elective course scheduled for the evening.

Li Xiang's coursework is not easy, and it is also scheduled for the end of the semester, but fortunately, his graduation internship can be completed in his own company, which saves him a lot of time, but he recently prepared a work to participate in an architectural design competition in the United States, and at the same time has to apply for graduate school in American universities, so he is still a busy person.

Not to mention Jin Yang and Jin Liu, two high school students, even the Taurus course is basically full, in addition to normal studies, I have to take Go class, a taekwondo class and an English class a week, and I have to practice calligraphy in my spare time.

So Jin Zhu officially hired Aunt Part-time Gongtian to be a full-time nanny, and the housework basically didn't have to be done by a few of them themselves, so that Jin Zhu could continue her novel creation.

Her first novel is nearing the end, and because the novel has also begun to be reprinted on other platforms, her income last month reached 50,000 yuan, and three publishing houses have contacted her, but Jin Zhu has not agreed.

Because she is planning to write a series of books of the Tang Dynasty, this is just the first one, and her fame is not loud enough, even if it is published, it will not achieve the effect she wants, so she wants to wait for two more years to write two more and then see the reaction, anyway, she is not short of money now.

In addition to filming TV series this summer, Li Xiang also received two commercials, and since he came back from France to get the actor, his salary has more than doubled, plus a print advertisement and a TV commercial on Mr. Su's side. Li Xiang has received a small amount of 10 million in the past few months, and he has put all this money into Jinzhu's account.

In addition, Li Xiang simply renovated the house under Jin Zhu's name and rented it out. The annual rent is also 50,000 yuan, so Jinzhu is really not short of money now.

The day before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Li Xiang got a driver's license, and he was excited to take Jinzhu to Pinggu to go around, his company recently took over a set of small property rights house renovation project over there, and he also wanted to buy a small property right house close to the reservoir after going to the scene to renovate it, so that the festival **** can take Jinzhu out for vacation. Especially in spring, when the peach blossoms are in full bloom, it is even more beautiful.

Jin Zhu readily agreed, she had planned to buy some real estate. According to the habits of their previous life, those big families have money, either buy land or buy shops and real estate for rent, and the fields in this life are owned by the state and cannot be bought and sold, so they can only buy shops or real estate.

Who knew that the two of them packed their luggage and were about to go out. Jin Zhu received a call from Li Lao. Elder Li asked them if they were busy today, and he wanted to meet them.

This trip has to go sooner or later, and Jin Zhu doesn't want to have this doubt all the time, so he happily agrees.

Li Lao sent Li Ruizhao to pick them up, but due to the tight time, they didn't have time to buy gifts, so Jin Zhu brought their own glutinous rice cakes, although they were not authentic in their hometown. It's better than buying it outside, anyway. It was the hearts of the two of them.

Li Lao's home is in the military compound under the shade of a green tree, and there is no other mark on the courtyard wall of the gate except for the street number, and the gate of the courtyard is guarded by soldiers with loaded guns, and the car will be scanned once when entering the courtyard gate.

Entering the courtyard is a long boulevard, on both sides of the boulevard are residential buildings, and further in, there are small buildings with independent courtyards.

The car stopped in front of one of the small buildings, and the door was opened by a nanny-looking man in his thirties.

The yard is not big, but it is not small, the flowers and trees are dense and lush, and there is a special person to take care of it at a glance.

When Jin Zhu was figuring out the identity and status of the Li family, Li Lao heard the movement and walked out of the house and stood on the steps.

"Elder Li, I'm sorry, in a hurry, we didn't prepare any gifts, here is a little bit of glutinous rice cake made by us, it is a specialty of our hometown, the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is a little bit of our care." Jin Zhu held his crisper in front of Li Lao.

"Really? I have to try this, when I was young, my hometown also liked to make glutinous rice cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival. When Li Lao heard that Jin Zhu made it himself, he was very happy.

What do you want to eat with his current status? What is rare is the heart of Jin Zhu.

Followed Li Lao into the house, the door was a large living room, there were four doors on both sides of the living room, the first one on the left hand side was a semi-open kitchen and dining room, and the first door on the right hand side was also open, it could be seen that it was a study and a small reception room, and the others were not clear.

There seemed to be no one else in the whole family except for Li Lao and Fang Cai's nanny, Jin Zhu was a little disappointed, glanced at Li Xiang, and Li Xiang shook his head.

The expressions of the two fell in the eyes of Li Lao, and he was even more convinced that these two people must have some secret, and this secret should be related to him.

"Come, sit, Li Xiang, Jinzhu, eat some fruit." Li Lao pointed to the fruit bowl on the coffee table.

"Thank you." Jin Zhu didn't do anything.

"Come on, girl, open your box, and I'll taste the glutinous rice you made." Seeing that Jin Zhu and Li Xiang refused to eat, Li Lao guessed that these two people might be a little restrained, so he took the initiative to say.

Jin Zhu opened the crisper box, Li Lao pinched one with his hand and put it in his mouth and took a big bite, tasted the fragrance of soybean flour in his mouth, became happy like a child, and nodded, "That's the taste, the fragrance of this bean flour is too pure, how is this done?" I've eaten it a few times since I left my hometown, and I can't find it. ”

"This bean flour is not difficult to make, but it is a bit troublesome, first fry the soybeans and sesame seeds, and then grind it out with a medicinal mill." Jin Zhu said.

When she and Li Xiang were in the countryside, they didn't make a lot of glutinous rice to sell, at that time, they were all using medicine to grind soybean flour, and later this tool was brought to the county seat, and now it is brought to the imperial capital.

"Medicine mill, yes, yes, it's medicine grinder, I remember, when we were young, we also used medicine grinders, and now we all use what pulverizer blenders, no wonder it doesn't taste right." Elder Li laughed like a child again.

Seeing this, Li Ruizhao also took a glutinous rice dumpling and tasted it, he had eaten this kind of glutinous rice cake when he was in Tianjiazhai. But to him, this kind of thing seems to be almost the same, and there is no difference between eating.

"Grandpa. I'm eating pretty much the same. Li Ruizhao asked.

"Silly boy, this is different, I eat memories, you eat fresh. For those of you who have never left home, it is natural that we will not feel our nostalgia. ”

"Did Mr. Li go back to his hometown later? I'm sorry, can you ask, where is Li Lao's hometown? Jin Zhu asked.

"Twice after going back. I went back once when I was younger, and I went back again in the sixties. It's been another forty years. After speaking, Li Lao seemed to fall into deep thought.

Li Ruizhao on the side added, "My grandfather's hometown is in Sichuan, not far from you." ”

"Forget it, don't talk about that. Come. Come to my study and see the old home in my memory that I just painted. Li Lao came back to his senses and stood up first.

Li Xiang and Jin Zhu also stood up and entered the study on the first floor, the area of the study is not small, there is a wall of floor-to-ceiling bookshelves on the north wall, and there are two half-person-high pot-bellied blue and white porcelain vases next to the bookshelf, which have a few peacock feathers inserted in them. There are also two large blue and white painting jars next to it, and there are many scrolls thrown in them.

There are two single sofas and a small table by the window. In addition, there are quite a few paintings hanging on the walls, mostly in ink, but also a small number of watercolors and oil paintings.

There is a newly completed landscape painting on the desk, the picture is a lofty mountain, two thirteen or fourteen-year-old boys and women are walking on the mountain road with a basket on their backs, and there are fields and villages at the bottom of the mountain, in addition, there is a photo of a woman about forty or fifty years old wearing a military uniform, looking at the background of the photo, it should be relatively old.

"My grandfather has been painting this painting for some days, he was inspired after seeing the terraces you painted, saying that he has painted for so many years, and he has never painted his hometown, and he feels very regretful, oh, there is another one." Li Ruizhao pointed to another landscape painting hanging on the wall.

There is also a little girl carrying a bamboo basket on her back, but the background of the picture is changed to a village, and a small river flows through the village, and further afield are the mountains.

What does that mean?

The old man couldn't have called the two of them to see these two paintings for no reason, right?

Who is the little girl in the painting?

"Elder Li, who is the girl in the painting?" Jin Zhu asked.

"It's my junior sister, the master refused to teach her to study medicine, and she secretly pestered me to teach her."

Jin Zhu was even more confused when she heard it, Li Lao's junior sister, judging from her age, was obviously not Li Xiang's biological mother.

Is there a misunderstanding?

Jin Zhu glanced at Li Xiang, and Li Xiang shook his head.

"Wow, grandpa, you also have a childhood sweetheart?" Li Ruizhao pretended to be surprised and shouted.

"Nonsense, I said it was my junior sister, what kind of childhood sweetheart?" A trace of discomfort flashed on Elder Li's face.

"Grandpa, you're blushing." Li Ruizhao then quipped.

"Boy, when did you learn to be so poor, and you are not afraid of the guests laughing at you." Li Lao patted his grandson's head very unceremoniously, and of course he didn't miss the doubts on Jin Zhu and Li Xiang's faces.

"Elder Li, is there a painting of Li Ruizhao here?" Jin Zhu looked at the works on the wall.

In fact, she wanted to find out if there were any paintings of Li Ruizhao's father.

"No, my paintings can't be in my grandfather's hall of elegance." Li Ruizhao smiled self-deprecatingly.

Jin Zhu was just about to speak, Li Xiang suddenly held her hand, Jin Zhu could feel his hand trembling slightly, so he looked down his eyes, Li Xiang looked at a photo frame hanging on the wall, there were seven or eight people in the frame, it seemed to be a family photo.

Jin Zhu specially pulled Li Xiang to walk generously to the photo frame, and asked with a smile: "Old Li, is this a family photo of your family?" ”

Li Lao in the photo frame is also in his sixties, and next to him sits a woman in military uniform of the same age as him, the woman is holding a small baby in her hand, and a seven or eight-year-old child and a five or six-year-old girl stand in front of him.

Behind the two old men stood two couples, among whom was also a woman in her twenties in a military uniform, and Jin Zhu's eyes focused on the tall, thin man in his thirties beside her.

The man's eyebrows are somewhat similar to Li Xiang, they are all thick lying silkworm eyebrows, including Li Ruizhong and Li Ruizhao are also this kind of eyebrow shape, and there is another point, the lip shape of the two is also a little similar, and other gold beads can't see anything similar to Li Xiang, but Li Ruizhao is a little more like the man in the photo.

Also, because the man was wearing sunglasses that day, covering his eyebrows and eyes, and this photo was taken 20 years ago, Jin Zhu couldn't tell if the man in the photo was the same person as the man who came to see the painting that day.

Li Lao saw Jin Zhu and Li Xiang staring at the photo for half a minute, and he was even more suspicious in his heart, and when he was thinking about how to solve this mystery, the nanny came to call for dinner.

After the meal, Jin Zhu and Li Xiang didn't say goodbye immediately, the four of them sat on the sofa in the living room to drink tea and chat, and after a while, the phone in the living room rang, and Li Lao went into the study to answer the phone.

"What kind of peach is this, and why is it so big?" Jin Zhu pointed to the peach on the coffee table and asked.

This peach is indeed big enough, one looks like it has to be about a pound, and she has never seen such a big peach.

"I don't know, I'll give you a piece to eat." Li Ruizhao thought that Jinzhu wanted to eat and was embarrassed to bite, and besides, peaches were indeed hard to bite.

"Don't bother, I've just had a full meal." Li Xiang waved his hand.

"Yes, don't bother, try it, it's really not the same as what is sold outside." After Li Ruizhao finished speaking, he leaned over to get a knife.

"Forget it, just your hand, as if you haven't held a knife, I'm afraid that you cut yourself, or I'll do it myself." Jin Zhu saw that Li Ruizhao was clumsy, and said deliberately.

After speaking, Jin Zhu went to pick up the knife in Li Ruizhao's hand, pretending to accidentally touch Li Ruizhao, the fruit knife cut on Li Ruizhao's index finger, the blade was very sharp, and Li Ruizhao's hand soon bleed.

Seeing this, Jin Zhu took out his handkerchief from his body to help Li Ruizhao wipe the blood on his fingers, "I'm really embarrassed, look at my crow's mouth, I just said that I was afraid that you would cut your hands and want to help you, this is good, it seems that I deliberately hurt you." ”

"It's okay, it's okay, it's just a little wound, it's not deep, there's a facial tissue, wipe it with a tissue and tie an OK bandage." Li Ruizhao saw that Jin Zhu's handkerchief was silk and there seemed to be embroidery on it, so he was embarrassed to trouble Jin Zhu, so he pinched his fingers and dodged.

At this time, Li Xiang already understood what Jin Zhu meant, and he quickly pulled out a few pieces of paper to help Li Ruizhao wipe his hands, and then asked him where the band-aid was.

Li Ruizhao got up to find the nanny, here Jin Zhu hurriedly put the bloody handkerchief back in his bag, after a while, Li Ruizhao came over, and then Li Lao also came out of the study, Li Xiang hurriedly pulled Jin Zhu to say goodbye. (To be continued.) )

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