In the early stages, the story leans towards the heartwarming grandparent-grandchild bond between the female lead and her grandmother, embodying a very cozy, "group-pet" family style. After...
After a delicious dinner, Grandpa Jiang and Father Jiang drank up the whole pot of apricot blossom wine.
Grandpa Jiang turned the wine jar upside down and shook it with some regret, but there was not a drop of liquid. Then he looked at Rong Qing: "Qing girl, is there any more? We haven't had enough yet."
Grandma Jiang glared at him and said, "How much is enough for you? You and your father drank the whole jar. If you drink any more, you'll become a drunkard. A little drinking can make you happy, but too much can hurt your health. Save it for next time."
"Okay, then next time, Qing girl, you have to keep it for grandpa, otherwise grandpa will always be greedy."
"Okay, I'll keep it for you. There are still a few jars left, but it'll be next year before we finish them. My grandma just makes it every year. There's only one apricot tree in the yard."
"Aren't there any on the mountain? Aren't there any in the village? Aren't there any in other houses in the village?"
It can be seen that the person who said this is really craving apricot blossom wine!
Grandma Rong shook her head and smiled, feeling a little helpless:
"Yes, yes, there is a mountain. In spring, the whole mountain is covered with apricot blossoms. It is very beautiful and it is also a unique landscape of the village. Next year, I will pick more apricot blossoms and make more wine."
Grandpa Jiang is retired now, so it doesn't matter where he stays. Besides, Qing will be his granddaughter-in-law soon. He and Sister Wanjun grew up together, so they are not so awkward. He immediately proposed:
"Apricot blossoms bloom in March or April, right? Then Rou'er and I will come visit you and go up the mountain with you to pick apricot blossoms and make apricot blossom wine."
"Welcome, I welcome you anytime. Anyway, I'll be the only one left in Kyoto after Guaibao stays here."
Rong Qing's heart was suddenly moved. She reached out to hold her grandmother's arm, her voice soft and coquettish:
"Grandma, even if I get married, I will go back to see you often. Besides, maybe Grandpa will come back before the apricot blossoms bloom. Anyway, you promised me that you would never leave me to live in Kyoto alone. When Grandpa comes back, you can come here to accompany me, otherwise I will move back by myself."
Grandpa Jiang and Grandma Jiang said on the spot that she would move back and take them with her. They were easy to take care of: she just had to pay for their meals, provide them with accommodation and three meals a day. She said on the spot that it was no problem and that she would definitely take them with her if she went back to find Grandma.
A certain man who has been forgotten, completely ignored by everyone. He really wants Rong Qing to get married just so that Grandpa Jiang and Grandma Jiang can have a granddaughter and two more elders to love them.
Of course, there are still Jiang's father and mother. At least they both love her in normal times.
Grandma Rong expressed her welcome, saying that she was welcome to come, and that she was really afraid of being lonely when she got old. They finished the meal while chatting and laughing, and it was getting dark outside. Not only that, snowflakes began to fall from the sky sporadically.
Grandma Rong packed a few boxes of mutton dumplings and beef buns for Grandpa Jiang and the others, and went to the storage room to pack a snakeskin bag of local specialties.
"Take these back and eat them. They are all special products I brought from the village. There are dried mushrooms, dried sweet potatoes, large red dates, hazelnuts, chestnuts, walnuts, dried crabapples, frozen crabapples, frozen pears, vermicelli noodles, and a few cured pheasants and rabbits. Come back for more after you finish eating."
Father Jiang quickly stepped forward to take it and said embarrassedly:
"We come here to eat and take things with us. If we come a few more times, won't Aunt Wanjun's place be empty?"
Grandma Rong smiled and said, "Don't worry, our family is not that poor. Come and visit us if you have nothing to do these days."
Before leaving, Jiang's mother said:
"Aunt Wanjun, if there's anything else I need to prepare for Xiaoqing and Zimo's wedding, please call me immediately. I'll come over tomorrow night to discuss the wedding banquet with you.
By the way, when can you and Xiaoqing go and see the new house? We have to decorate it according to her preferences. In addition to the old house, we have also prepared a two-story villa and a courtyard house. After they get married, they can live in the old house with us or move out to the new house."
"It's the old house, there are so many people, it's always hard for me to take care of myself."
The old house is lively, and living in it helps her to eliminate her inner demons. As for the trivialities of daily life, she is really not good at it. Even though she has lived for several lifetimes, she still can't do these things.
In my second life, I also like to use the cleansing spell, and I don’t feel that there is anything else I need to do in my daily life while fasting.
But now, in everyone's eyes, she is just an ordinary, weak and unable to take care of herself person, and this is all thanks to her grandmother who has spared no effort to build her own personality.
Even though she ate more than a strong man at every meal and lifted a heavy object in front of everyone, they still thought she was a weak and helpless little thing.
Jiang's mother's face was filled with heartache when she heard this, and she even grabbed her hand, "How can I use you in life? Look at how frail you are. Besides, Aunt Wanjun said you've been weak since you were a child. What if you get tired? It would be so heartbreaking if you accidentally get sick from exhaustion."
Grandma Jiang nodded in agreement:
"Just live in the old house, where grandpa, grandma, dad, mom and the nanny will take care of you.
Besides, we can only feel at ease if we keep you under our watchful eyes and take care of you. If we don't take good care of you, how can we be worthy of your grandmother for entrusting you to us?"
Rong Qing glanced at his grandmother who was smiling lovingly beside him without leaving any trace - this character was completely established by his own grandmother!
After seeing everyone off, Rong Qing returned to his room and rubbed his grandmother's shoulders while saying, "Grandma, I'm strong enough to beat ten cows. I'm not weak at all."
Grandma Rong: “Oh?”
"Really? Can we stop being weak and helpless?"
"The crying child gets candy, and people subconsciously stand on the side of the weak."
"Well, I really am calling that poor, weak one who can't take care of herself."
Grandma Rong smiled and lightly tapped her forehead with her index finger: "You are naughty. No matter what the truth is, I just want you to be happy every day."
After Rong Qing and her grandmother lay on the kang and covered themselves with the quilt, she turned to look at her grandmother beside her. It was great. She looked much younger. She looked only about forty years old. Once the pills took full effect, she would look even younger. There was also the treasure she had prepared for her grandmother in her space.
When Rong Qing thought about having a grandmother who would look like a sister, she felt inexplicably excited.
After grandma fell asleep, Rong Qing set up an aura shield around her and went to the space in a flash. He sat cross-legged and prepared to practice, but this time he did not use the aura in the jade gourd to assist.
Instead, he directly took out the energy stones and placed them in a circle around himself, holding one in each hand. Then he closed his eyes and practiced his skills to absorb the surrounding spiritual energy.
Streams of pure spiritual energy poured into her dantian, cleansing the tendons and veins throughout her body. She was in a state of cultivation, her whole body was stretched as never before, and at the same time, waves of joy rippled in her heart.
Experiments have proven that this so-called energy stone is indeed more conducive to cultivation than the spiritual energy contained in the spirit stone, and is more easily absorbed by the body.