Chapter Twenty-Three
"This time, after removing the cost, our family earned a total of 259 taels of silver." Zhihua did the math and told everyone the final result.
"That's a lot. If it's farming. How long will it take for our family to earn so much money? Grandpa Fang took a puff of dry tobacco and sighed.
"I'll just say, I have to listen to my granddaughter. You old guy was training our family to paint girls. Well, I regret it now. Grandma Fang pursed her lips at Grandpa Fang, rubbing Zhihua's face, "Good granddaughter, really give grandma a long face." ”
Watching the two old men arguing, everyone watched with relish, and no one intervened.
"Okay, Zhiqi, you take Zhishu to sleep. Zhiqin, you go to sleep too. "Grandpa Fang ordered.
"Grandpa, what about paintings? Why don't you come with me? Zhiqin saw that Zhihua was left, thinking that Grandpa Fang forgot to say it.
"We have some things to discuss with Zhihua. Go to sleep. ”
Hearing what Grandpa said, the three brothers and sisters went out.
Branch~, the old wooden door was closed, and the atmosphere in the room seemed to drop to a freezing point.
"Tell me, who the hell are you?" Grandpa Fang asked. He looked at Zhihua, as if he could see Zhihua's heart.
"What is Grandpa talking about? I'm your granddaughter. "Zhihua tries to stay calm.
"Hehe, your insight is extraordinary, and the temperament inadvertently revealed on your body is not at all what the ten-year-old girl who knows how to paint will have. I'll give you another chance. Let's be honest. Grandpa Fang said with a smile, but Zhihua felt cold to the bone.
"Say it. Boy, I just want to figure it out. Fang A-Niang was already crying silently in Daddy Fang's arms.
In fact, she has long known that the current Zhihua is no longer her Zhihua. How can a mother not see the changes in her children. At first she was scared. But then they got along slowly. This child is righteous, filial, intelligent, and self-motivated. Sometimes when she looks at it, she thinks that this is her painting.
Seeing that A-Niang was so uncomfortable, Zhihua's heart was like a knife. It's just that it's not your own warmth. Being able to freely enjoy the warmth of this period of time is already earned. What are you still craving?
"What do you all want to know?" Zhihua asked calmly.
"Did you kill our Zhihua?" Grandpa Fang was also very calm.
"It's not. She died of that illness. By the time I came, she was gone. "Zhihua tells the truth.
"My poor Zhihua." When Fang A-Niang heard that her daughter was really no longer alive, she was in pain for a while.
The sound of mournful cries echoed in the room, and everyone's eyes were red.
"Kid, how did you get here?" Fang A-Niang eased her emotions and looked at Zhihua lovingly.
Zhihua's nose was sour when she looked at it, and he almost cried. He took a deep breath, and then said, "I have a terminal illness, and when I woke up one morning, I had already slept on the clay kang and became the Fang family's Fang Zhihua. ”
"Alas, you're a poor boy too!" Grandma Fang sighed. "How sad your parents and brothers would be to know that you are gone!"
"Grandma, I'm an orphan, no one will feel sorry for me." Click, click, Zhihua lowered his head, tears fell to the ground one by one, and slowly seeped into the soil.
"My poor baby, why is your life so miserable." Grandma Fang hugged Zhihua, "No one feels sorry for you, hey, how did you live that day." ”
Fang A-Niang also came over to hug Zhihua, and for a while, the three of them cried in the dark.
Seeing their crying grievances, Grandpa Fang and Father Fang glanced at each other, and they felt uncomfortable.
Bang dang~, at this time, the door was suddenly pushed open, and Zhiqi, Zhiqin, and Zhishu stood outside the door.
"Did you hear that?"
"Grandpa, we all heard it." The three children nodded in acknowledgement.
"Okay, let's talk about what you think." Father Fang lowered his head, feeling uncomfortable.
"I won't let Zhihua go."
"I won't let my eldest sister go."
Everyone spoke about their decisions, and Zhishu cried even more, he was still too young to understand what the adults said. But he knew that the adults were driving Sister away now.
"Grandpa, Daddy is a villain. Why do you want to drive the third sister away, you don't want the third sister, you want to know the book. Zhishu ran over and hugged Zhihua, "Sister, Zhishu wants you, don't go." ”
"Okay, Sister won't go." Zhihua hugged Zhishu's soft body, and the whole person burst into tears.
"You dead old man, you dare to try to drive my granddaughter. When the time comes, the old woman and my granddaughter will go together. Grandma Fang pinched Grandpa Fang.
"Yes, I have already lost a daughter. I can't afford to lose another one. Zhihua She is a daughter who God sees me too pitiful and gives to me. I had to keep her, she was my own daughter. No, she was originally my biological daughter. Fang A-Niang pulled Father Fang and said firmly.
"So do we. We can't afford to lose another sister. Ask grandpa, Daddy to stay and know the painting. "Zhiqi, Zhiqin knelt in front of Grandpa Fang.
"Eh, I said can you listen to me and Youwei finish talking. Don't stare at us father and son like enemies. "Grandpa Fang reluctantly asked.
"Okay, you say." Grandma Fang approved that Grandpa Fang could speak.
"Youwei and I never thought of getting rid of Zhihua."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard Grandpa Fang's words.
"Zhihua has been coming to our house for so many days, and everyone has eyes that will see for themselves. This is a good baby. Seeing that our family is poor, we get up early and are greedy all night, trying to make money for our family. She did this all for our family, all so that her father and her brother could study. No longer have to face the loess with your back to the sky and dig in the soil. We have to have a conscience, and people can't stand us. Our Zhihua is gone, it's our blessing that we can't keep that child. Now that I finally have a girl again, we can't treat it differently. Grandpa Fang patted his chest and said.
"Daddy, I understand what you said. Cui Niang also likes this girl. She's our baby. Father Fang promised.
"Okay, okay." Grandpa Fang was in tears.
"Daddy, Auntie, are you really not going to drive me away?" Zhihua felt incredulous and asked with some hesitation.
"This is your home, you are the daughter of our Fang family. No one can drive you away. Fang A-Niang hugged Zhihua, "Child, call Shengniang." ”
"Mother, woo, I know that the painting finally has a mother's pain."