freenovelworld Chapter 226 Meeting Grandfather
Chapter 226 Meeting Grandfather
"What? You are Xiaoyue?"
Li Bing cried out in surprise, he couldn't believe that his little granddaughter, who was thousands of miles away, would come to see him. What was wrong with his second daughter and son-in-law? How could they let two children climb mountains and wade through water to come here? They were such assholes!
"How could your parents let you two children come here? It's so far and the journey is dangerous. What if..."
"Grandpa, don't worry, we have someone secretly protecting us. Don't worry, mom also knows I'm coming, and she asked me to bring you a letter. Let's go in and talk!"
"Oh, oh, it's Grandpa's fault. It's cold outside so early in the morning. Come in quickly!"
"Dad, who is it?"
A sturdy man walked out of the house carrying a basket with a bunch of bamboo arrows on the basket and a bow in his hand. He looked at Shangguan Yue and Xiao Lan with confusion in his narrow eyes.
"Uncle, I'm Xiaoyue, your second sister's daughter."
Shangguan Yue greeted Li Qingzhu cheerfully. Li Qingzhu frowned and hummed softly, looking unenthusiastic and a little distant.
It's normal. How can there be any feelings between them if they have never met? Besides, Li Junlan was a cowardly person before she got married. Li Qingzhu probably doesn't like a sister with this kind of personality.
Li Qingzhu put down the backpack and the bow and did not go out again. Oh! Shangguan Yue felt that this was already very respectful. After all, feelings can be cultivated. Anyway, this cheap uncle is quite pleasing to the eye, at least he is real and not pretentious.
I followed Li Bing and Li Qingzhu to the main hall and sat down. Li Bing wanted to pour tea, but Li Qingzhu held Li Bing down and he went to pour tea.
Li Bing was about to ask Shangguan Yue something when a woman who looked like Lin Daiyu passed by the main room holding a wooden basin of clothes. When she saw Shangguan Yue and the other person, she was stunned for a moment and took a step back timidly.
But when he saw Li Bing was there, he took two steps forward and called out "Dad", then he didn't know what to do. Should he go wash clothes or go back to the house?
Shangguan Yue found it very amusing to see her dilemma. The more she looked at her, the more she looked like Lin Daiyu who fell from the sky.
When Li Bing saw Li Ruomei's look, he sighed slightly. His little daughter was timid and sensitive. If he spoke loudly, she would be like a frightened little rabbit and hide back in her nest.
"Ruomei, come here and meet your second sister's daughter, Xiaoyue."
"Grandpa, please don't be so formal. As your niece, I should meet your aunt. Hello, aunt! I'm Xiaoyue, and this is my servant Xiaolan."
Shangguan Yue took the initiative to step forward and hold Li Ruomei's hand. Li Ruomei responded with a "yeah" sound with a red face, rummaging in her sleeves, thinking about the silver hairpin on her hair and wanted to take it off and give it to Shangguan Yue.
When an elder meets a younger generation, he or she has to give a gift. She didn't have anything good to give away because she had never thought of getting married. So she didn't store up a dowry and didn't let Li Bing buy one.
Li Bing didn't expect that although his daughter was timid and sensitive, she was very disgusted and rejected the idea of getting married. Li Bing didn't dare to force her, for fear that she would be upset.
Li Ruomei saw that Shangguan Yue's clothes and hair accessories were extremely exquisite. She wanted to take the silver hairpin, but her hand dropped down. How could such shabby jewelry be worthy of such a charming niece in front of her?
She felt that when she stood next to her niece, her niece was the bright moon in the sky and she was the old potato in the field.
"Aunt, do you want to give Yue'er this silver hairpin? I think this silver hairpin is very beautiful."
"Really? This was given to me by my father when I was a 15-year-old. If you don't mind it being too small, I'll give it to you from your aunt."
Li Ruomei's big eyes lit up suddenly. Someone shared her opinion. Li Ruomei really liked this niece with such a sweet smile.
She reached out and took off the silver hairpin on her head and quickly stuffed it into Shangguan Yue's hand, fearing that she would regret it and also afraid that Shangguan Yue would not want it.
Seeing Li Ruomei's micro-expressions and little movements, Shangguan Yue thought that this aunt was quite cute. Li Ruomei should be about twenty years old, but she refused to get married. Perhaps she was scared of her parents' marriage.
Li Qingzhu went to pour three cups of tea, one cup each for Li Bing, Shangguan Yue and Xiao Lan. Shangguan Yue smelled the fragrance of the tea and looked at the tea leaves in the cup. This should be the tea she had roasted herself.
"Grandpa, is this the tea you roasted yourself? It smells so good!"
"Well, it's cooked by grandpa himself. If Xiaoyue likes it, you can bring some back when you go back and let your parents have a taste. I thought these things were too ordinary and didn't dare to send them to you.
How are your parents? Did your mother give birth to a baby? I heard that your mother was pregnant with twins. As an old man, I don’t know much about that, so I gave you some small toys and local specialties as a gift.”
Li Bing felt a little ashamed. He had been an honest official all his life, and he never dared to forget the emperor's grace or his original intention of serving the people.
But his wife ruined everything. Did he hate her? Yes! He hated himself for not correcting his wife and not educating his children well. Both of them committed unforgivable sins.
She did not leave any good things for her children, nor did she let them live a good life. They followed him to this remote village to suffer.
He taught the children in the village to read and write, and collected a small fee to support his life. The village was relatively poor, and he could not afford to pay more, so he felt embarrassed to accept it.
Qingzhu makes a living by hunting. He takes the good prey to the town to sell and keeps the rest for himself, so he can make a decent living.
Qingzhu didn't want to get married, but he was the only son of the Li family. There are three types of unfilial behavior, and the worst one is to have no descendants. So for the sake of the Li family's incense, he still married a girl in the village.
She became pregnant a year after getting married, but unexpectedly, my daughter-in-law had a difficult labor and died before she finished her confinement after giving birth to her son.
Qingzhu's personality became even more depressed because of this, and he no longer agreed to remarry. Fortunately, Ruomei was there and could take Doudou with her.
Ruomei could embroider handkerchiefs and sell them at home, and she could also earn some pocket money by embroidering other people's clothes. Li Bing let her keep it for herself. As a daughter, no matter whether she would get married in the future or not, she must always have some money to rely on.
Li Bing gave his grandson a nickname of Doudou and a full name of Li Sheng, hoping that he would prosper the Li family when he grew up, so that he would not let his ancestors down.
"My mother gave birth to three younger brothers for me! They are all very healthy and cute. My mother and I like the things you sent to me. My mother wants you to settle down in the capital together. This is a letter from my mother to you, Grandpa."
Shangguan Yue took out the letter she had been writing from her sleeve and handed it to Li Bing.
When they heard Shangguan Yue say that her mother gave birth to three younger brothers, Li Bing, Li Qingzhu and Li Ruomei all looked up at Shangguan Yue. Was this three babies from one pregnancy? Or were they all male?
What else did you say? You liked the ordinary things they gave you? Instead of disliking them?
Li Bing quickly unfolded the letter, read it quickly, and then read it again slowly word by word. As he read, his eyes became red and he wiped his eyes with his sleeves.
As if afraid that he couldn't see it clearly, he read it again from beginning to end and gave it to Li Qingzhu, who had been wanting to read the letter but pretended not to care.
Li Ruomei also wanted to lean over to take a look, but after looking at Shangguan Yue and Xiao Lan, she felt something was not right, so she kept looking at Li Qingzhu's hand.
What did the letter say? Why was my sister's grandfather so excited? Xiao Lan scratched her head.