How could she forget? Just now she was reunited with her grandmother in her memories.

the peculiar smell of charcoal burning on grandma; When she tells a story, she always lowers and slows down before the key plot begins; She watched lovingly as she pulled her hair back for her, and her fingers were clean without a single long nail; She blew out the candle and whispered in her ear, "Little man, may the gods protect your dreams." ”

Cheng Jiao unconsciously raised his hand to touch his forehead, which was where his grandmother kissed, but he met his grandfather's gaze.

Grandpa has a slight smile on his face and his eyes are sparkling!

Mom was right, Grandpa was looking forward to this day, looking forward to arriving at the Crescent Danger soon, looking forward to reuniting with Grandma.

"I ...... I don't remember exactly. Cheng Jiao lowered his head and whispered, "I was too young at that time. ”

Grandma was one of the best blacksmiths on the Isle of War, and people would often come to her with bags of gold rings to beg her for a good knife. After coming to Sun God Island, the wrought iron factory in the north of the hot spring city quickly came to me and begged my grandmother to work. Grandma thought that her skills were a gift from the gods, and that she should work hard to glorify the gods, so she agreed without hesitation. When the family was still living in Goldfish Lane, my grandmother went out in the morning and had time to return home before the dusk drum, but it was a bit difficult to go out early and return late after moving to Miaofa Mountain. As a result, the grandmother would spend two or three days in the wrought iron factory before returning home to spend a few days with her little granddaughter.

In the summer when Cheng Jiao was five years old, her mother suddenly picked her up in the small courtyard. She hadn't woken up in a daze, crying and reluctant to leave. My mother explained that there was an emergency at home, and my grandfather had to rush to deal with it, and he couldn't take care of her, so he took her away without saying anything.

Along the way, she had a groggy high fever and a splitting headache, and sometimes she would hold her head in pain and cry! But she remembered all the places she went. She followed her mother to the shield city on Reijin Island by boat, and her mother had an urgent matter to discuss with Lord Morimori. Then they took a boat to the Isle of War to attend the ceremony, and the statue of Mars in the Champ de Mars built by Dad was completed! Celebrate with the five islands! The shrine maidens of the Five Islands have arrived!

Aunt Poria treated her, and her headache and sleepwalking were cured.

However, as soon as the celebration was over, Mom and Dad rushed back to Helios Island. The two were worried, and Dad didn't even say a word. When they got home, the three of them saw their grandfather, who said that his grandmother was dead and that he had nothing left. It was said that when he returned home, it was dark, he stumbled and fell into the lake of flames, drowned, and his body was not found.

Cheng Jiao remembers everything!

At that time, they were in this room, and the three of them were talking quietly around Mom and Dad, and she stood in the yard dumbfounded.

(Why are they lying!) ）

She thought.

(Did Grandpa just lie to me or did he lie to Mom and Dad too?!) ）

Cheng Jiao knew that his grandmother was dead. She knows it all along the way! Mom knew before she took her! Grandma knew it before she even went out!

She dreamed at night of a large, dark room with a red flame in the middle, a boiling and bubbling furnace of wrought iron, and a tooth-aching sound from the stand of the stove. It's broken! The hot molten iron is overturned! Rush to the person she loves in the corner!

There was no sound, no struggle, boiling molten iron flooded the room, leaving nothing!

Awakened by the burning heat and terrifying smell of her dreams, she ran to her grandparents' room crying. Grandma was about to go out, and she hugged her grandma and didn't let her go! Grandma coaxed her, hugged her, kissed her, and gave her a secret gift, but she still didn't want to! Crying and shouting, tearing their clothes and hair, hugging grandma's legs!

But she didn't tell her dream.

She remembered the dream, she remembered it clearly, but she didn't dare to say it, she didn't know how to say it!

Grandpa came over and hugged her, grandma touched her forehead, her hands were cold. She said to her grandfather, "This child has a fever, let her go to bed, cover her, and give her medicine." I'm going to work today and I'm going to be back tomorrow. Don't let your child get sick. She grabbed Cheng Jiao's two little hands, put them to her mouth and kissed them, "Listen to grandpa's words and take medicine obediently, grandma will come back to accompany you soon." ”

Then she went out. Never came back. Nothing was left.

"yes, you were too young, just over four years old. In less than five years, that's all the days you spent with her. But do you know how much time I spent with her? Grandpa's tone seemed to be asking himself, "Forty years." Not counting the thirteen years I spent in my memories of her after she left. ”

Cheng Jiao looked at his grandfather, but the old man didn't look at her.

He looked out the window, and the sunlight fell through the cracks in the trees into the small vegetable yard, and the rain-carrying leaves shone golden green.

"She was fifteen years old when she came to my house, and she was the daughter of my horse watchman. She is always shy and shy when she sees people, and her hair is unkempt, but she is really beautiful. People say your dad is good-looking, and that's because he's like her.

"I look for her every day, but I never say a word to her."

"Our family's business in Kongsang City is doing well, and my father is about to win the family name, and my mother will not allow me to get too close to my subordinates. But the main thing is that I don't want to talk to her myself because she's taller than me. ”

"She went to work after graduating from high school. On the Isle of War, learning that craft will never lead to work, but that's not the job girls should do. She would come back every 10 days, and at first she always cried secretly, her face was black and red, and her arms and calves were burned. I went to comfort her, put medicine on her, and tell her stories about the history I read in school. I was taller than her by then. ”

The old man smiled slightly.

"Later, our family's ship was pirated on the endless sea, my father died, the goods were gone, and my mother sold her house to pay off part of her debts and went to the Eternal Forest. I have one year to graduate from school, but I don't have the money to pay for my tuition. She sent me the money she had saved from striking iron, so that I could finish my studies. ”

"We got married as soon as we graduated."

"In the first two years, we worked hard to save money to pay off our debts, and most of it was earned by her. Then your dad was born. We also saved money for him to go to school and learn art, and most of it was earned by her. ”

"We're just going to be busy."

"Unexpected good things come one by one. Your father worshipped a famous teacher and fought for our surname! Meet your mom! With you! Also, our family actually has a hot spring hall! ”

"When I talk about this with her, I often cry with joy. She always said that it was a gift from the gods that I could meet me, but in fact, the most precious things I had brought were brought by her—herself, your father, your mother, and you. ”

"She is the crown jewel of my life."

"I always thought I could take good care of her, but I never thought she would leave suddenly. We hadn't really been apart until then, never more than ten days. After she was gone, I longed for her to come back every night, to lie down beside me, just as I had spent many nights reading and falling asleep when she had come back from the wrought ironworks. ”

"She will know how to find me, and she will follow the incense and candlelight through the fog of the Eternal Forest. I should have gone to the Eternal Forest to chase her right away! How could I have her waiting for me there alone for thirteen years! ”

Grandpa sighed lightly and turned back to look at his granddaughter, who was listening quietly.

"However, I am reluctant to give me this home, and I am reluctant to you. I can always see her in you. Your father's demeanor at the eyebrows and eyes is most similar to hers, and the way he works hard and takes care of his family silently is the same as hers. ”

"And you, little man, do you know? You cry exactly like she did when she was younger! After your father was born, she found herself with a white hair, and she cried all night on my shoulder, just like you just did. I thought I saw her again! ”

Grandpa scratched Cheng Jiao's nose.

"I think she can understand that I want to save up a little bit more about you, and then I'll go to her feelings. After all, we will rely on these memories until the time of the return of the tribulations! Who knows how long it will take? So I can't leave her alone anymore, little man, can you understand? ”