As soon as Mrs. Zhuang cried, Zhuang Huiru also wiped her tears, she knew how bitter her mother's heart was over the years, and her cousin could be said to be her only relative in the world.

"This grandma, if you have something to say, there's nothing you can't get by." Qin Siqin couldn't bear it, so she opened her mouth to persuade her.

"Well, it's a small storefront, and there's not enough room for that many people, and there's something in my house, and I want you to take a look."

Qin Sihua and Qin Sishu glanced at each other, and felt that the old lady had nothing to deceive them, so let's go, so a few people followed Mrs. Zhuang back to her house.

Qin Sihua was reminiscing all the way, she remembered that when her grandmother told her a story before, she once said that the Miao family was also a big family back then, and it was because of some changes that she settled in Guanwai Village, but she did not mention her mother's family.

She didn't know if her grandmother had told her brothers and sisters about these things, but she remembered that maybe this old lady was really her grandmother's relative.

Walked for a few minutes to the house of Mrs. Zhuang and Zhuang Huiru, although it is at the back of the store, but because it is independent, there is no inner door, and you need to walk through an alley.

"Everyone, please take a seat, Huiru, go pour some tea." Back home, Mrs. Zhuang's excitement calmed down a lot, but she still looked at Qin Sihua's face and smiled.

"There is no good tea at home, this is my own chrysanthemum tea, you can taste it." After a while, Zhuang Huiru brought a few cups of tea, and everyone thanked them.

Qin Sihua and the others were not in the mood to drink water, they just wanted to know what the old lady was talking about quickly.

"This grandma, you know my grandmother's surname, and you also know my mother's surname Miao, so ...... Is it a relative of our grandmother? "Since Mrs. Zhuang has been looking at Qin Sihua, then let her ask!

"Child, you really look like your grandmother. When I saw you, I knew I was in the right place. I want to show you something. You know, am I your grandmother's relative? ”

Mrs. Zhuang took out a cloth bag from the desk drawer where she was, opened it layer by layer, and took out a small photo from it.

"You see, the girl in this photo is your grandmother, and the little girl next to me is me. Be careful when you look at it, this is the only picture I can take of my sisters. ”

Qin Sihua They all got together, looking at the photo, there were two people in the photo, one was a girl, and the other was a child.

When I was young, my grandmother was not similar to now, but my grandmother had one of the most obvious features, that is, there was a mole on the side of her mouth. Coincidentally, the girl in the photo also had a mole on the side of her mouth.

"Your grandmother had a little black mole on her mouth, and I used to laugh at her at that time, and she proudly said that it was a symbol of good fortune. My cousin, your grandmother, was also the best student in girls' middle school back then......"

Mrs. Zhuang wanted to cry first, and then they heard a shocking story, the changes of the times and the decline of the family, it can be said that those who hear are sad, and those who see it cry.

Mrs. Zhuang's name is Zhuang Yipei, her ancestral home is from Suzhou Province, her mother's surname is Yan, the Yan family is a well-known cloth merchant in Suzhou Province, and almost all the cloth and silk businesses in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces are under the control of her family.

Not only that, but the Yan family is famous in both the political and business circles. The eldest of the Yan family works in the government, the second child defects to the army, the third child guards the family business at home, and the only daughter is Qin Sihua's grandmother.

At that time, it was not an exaggeration to say that Zhong Ming was prosperous, Jiangnan and Jiangbei, everyone knew the name of the Yan family.

More than 50 years ago, the country began to be in turmoil. With the arrest of the eldest of the Yan family and the sacrifice of the second child, the business of the Yan family gradually became difficult.

It is said that there are still three catties of nails in the broken boat, and only my cousin is an adult left, and she has been unable to support herself, but in the end, she can't earn her life, not only that

The Chinese people are eyeing her, and there are clan elders who have been embarrassed many times because she is a girl.

Internal and external troubles made Mrs. Zhuang's cousin unable to support it.

"At that time, our Zhuang family was the same, life was very difficult, and my mother, as the aunt and grandmother of the Yan family, was also helpless and powerless. After discussing for a long time, I could only ask my cousin to collect the family business and go to the Miao family, which was the marriage set for my cousin when my grandfather was still alive.

If you want to come to the Miao family, you won't have a bite to eat. My cousin was sixteen when she left, and I was twelve at the time.

But I didn't expect her to go, and there was still contact between sisters in the first few years. By the end of the three or seven years, civil strife broke out. Our family had no choice but to abandon their ancestral business and go to Peking to open this small shop, just to survive.

I've been in it for more than 50 years, and I haven't seen her once. I have also tried every possible way to inquire about her, but I have not heard from her like a mud cow into the sea. Is she okay? ”

Mrs. Zhuang trembled and asked what she wanted to ask the most, is her cousin still alive?

"Grandma Zhuang, my grandma is in good health, and she can eat a bowl of rice at a meal. Occasionally, I go up the mountain to take a walk, but my eyes are not good, my hands are shaking, and I can't embroider anymore. ”

"Good! It's good to be alive, it's good to be healthy! I'm seventy years old this year, and I'm in my last years, and I didn't have any hope, but I didn't expect you and your sister to break in like this today, and I knew as soon as I looked at your appearance that you must be my sister's descendant.

I don't know if I'll ever see my sister in my life. Children are going to call me Auntie! ”

Qin Sishu and Qin Si, drawing Qin Siqin, looked at each other. This matter needs to wait for grandma to confirm and see if she really has a cousin to recognize.

And this is all Mrs. Zhuang's one-sided words, if there is really such a relative, why does grandma never say it?

"That's it, Grandma Zhuang, let's call home first when we go back today, and ask my grandma what she means, if she still has the strength to spare, and my uncle agrees, I think she is willing to come here to meet you."

Mrs. Zhuang nodded, she also knew that she was already in her last years, her cousin was four years older than her, and she was already nearly eighty years old, so it was enough to know her news and know that she was still alive!

"Good! Then I'll wait for news at home! ”

promised Mrs. Zhuang that she would bring a message to her grandmother, Qin Sihua and they left, Mrs. Zhuang wanted to keep them for lunch, but Qin Sishu also refused, never expected to find a job to find an aunt.

At the moment, everyone has no interest in shopping, and they go home after having lunch on the street, and the phone in the compound can be called everywhere, and the top priority is to go home and call the uncle.