11

For breakfast, they had the wild fruits that Xu Xiao picked. The only fruits left hanging on the branches in this season were the sour grapes.

Old Man Chen glanced at the cigarette in her hand and said quietly, "It seems you have a lot of spiritual food."

Before going to bed, he watched the girl smoking. Even before he fell asleep, he could hear the clicking sound of the lighter being pressed. When he woke up and took a look, wow, the girl was smoking again.

Xu Xiao's eyes flashed, he put out his cigarette, and put the things back into the pile of stones.

She thought Chen Bei had told Old Man Chen, so she had no scruples.

She had already guessed Chen Youshi's identity. He was Chen Bei's grandfather, a close relative.

Chen's parents are from Chenjia Village, so this makes sense.

Xu Xiao laughed and said, "Old man, your Xiaobei gave it to me."

Old man Chen cooperated angrily: "Xiao Bei is a bad kid, I will deal with him when I get back!"

Xu Xiao smiled again. Even though she lived to be eighty years old in her previous life, she still didn't have that numb feeling. Instead, she looked like a precocious child, with some pride between her brows.

But in her previous life, that numbness had been with her for nearly sixty years.

Along the way, the two walked on the mountain one after the other, and three days passed by inadvertently.

During these three days, Xu Xiao went to find food, and Old Man Chen was responsible for grilling it and cleaning up the mess.

At first, when Old Man Chen saw Xu Xiao only eating a little, he would jokingly blame Chen Bei, but at night, he stopped saying that.

Instead, he said to Xu Xiao earnestly, "Girl, how can you grow taller if you don't eat more?"

He said this because he truly treated Xu Xiao as his own granddaughter and he really felt pity for her.

Chen's father also told him about Xu Xiao's existence.

But Old Man Chen stayed in the village all year round and had no chance to meet his adopted granddaughter.

Now that he had gotten to know her in detail, he felt that this granddaughter was really lovable.

In the eyes of the older generation, there are many ways to be likable, such as being sweet-mouthed, hardworking, and honest.

Although Xu Xiao is not honest, she is practical and can get things done when necessary and can help out even when there is nothing to do.

Old man Chen took note of the decisive actions in copying and handling books.

After a few visits, the old man also felt that it was not bad to have such a granddaughter. As for his own granddaughter, he had never seen her.

But since I grew up playing with Xiao girl, how could there be any difference?

Not bad!

They are all good kids.

Looking at the relief in the old man's eyes, Xu Xiao paused and gnashed his fangs: "Old man, what are you thinking about?"

She felt something was wrong.

Old Man Chen spoke his mind honestly. There was a moment of silence before Xu Xiao chuckled and replied, "Yes, all your children are good."

I don’t know what this old man will think when he finds out that there are four evil kings in the compound and three of them are his own children.

Anyway, she smiled.

After all, it wasn't her who said "good boy".

The statement about growing taller may be true for a child, but she is already eighteen years old.

After thinking for a moment, she asked her cheap grandfather: "According to you, Brother Bei should also eat more."

Not to mention anything else, when that man was with her, he was like a Bodhisattva, not eating meat or grains.

If he were to enter the world of immortal cultivation, with Chen Bei's qualifications, he would definitely be an expert in fasting, and would rather starve to death than die of gluttony.

The only exception was the day Fang Hui came back, which was also the day she was diagnosed with hypnosis.

Xu Xiao felt irritated at the thought of being hypnotized, but she didn't show it.

Xu Xiao was anxious about the hypnosis, so she didn't follow Old Man Chen when she got off the mountain. She raised the intercom in her hand and said, "Old man, call me if you need anything."

In fact, there is no difference from before, except that I know that this old man is still my cheap grandfather.

Before Xu Xiao could walk to the educated youth point, Chen Nan grabbed her with a look of excitement on his face.

Xu Xiao couldn't help but smoke a cigarette in a secluded corner. Chen Nan, on the other hand, was trying to catch her breath. After a while, she bit her lip and asked, "Sister Xiao, you said you were going to protect Chen Youshi?"

The silly girl finally realized who Chen Shishi was. She had never seen her grandfather before, and her mother had told her his name before she went to the countryside.

Mother Chen said with a hint of inexplicable sadness: "Anan, don't make trouble in the countryside. And there's Chenjia Village. Your grandfather is there. Don't disturb him unless you have something important to do."

After living for nearly seventeen years, Chen Nan finally realized that she had a grandfather. She pestered her mother to ask about her grandmother, but no matter what she said, her mother refused to talk about it.

She realized later that her grandmother might have passed away.

However, it is already a surprise to have a grandfather who has "come back from the dead".

After being in the brigade for over a year, she had truly listened to her mother Chen's words and had never peeked at Old Man Chen. So much so that when she suddenly heard her grandfather's name, she didn't react at all.

Xu Xiao nodded: "Hmm."

"...He is..." Chen Nan licked her dry lips and spoke word by word: "He is grandpa."

There was accusation in her eyes. She didn't expect Sister Xiao to hide it from her.

Moreover, she also followed suit and called him "Old Man Chen". If her father knew about this, she would probably end up in the same position as her brother!

Xu Xiao nodded slowly and said with a smile: "Then does our Nan Nan want to go see Grandpa?"

Chen Nan froze in place. She wanted to do it but didn't.

Seeing her entanglement, Xu Xiao took a deep breath, and the pain in her solar plexus dissipated a lot. She raised an eyebrow and looked at the educated youth station in front of her: "Go back and pack up, I'll take you there."

While Chen Nan was changing his clothes, Xu Xiao found some water to wash away the nicotine smell that remained on his fingertips.

After washing her hands until they were red, she bent down and smelled her right hand. There was still a strong smell of tobacco and a faint orange scent on her thumb and index finger.

The one Chen Bei brought her this time was very special, with an extra hint of suppressed tobacco orange scent, very similar to the tangerines she had eaten, the smell of orange peel blooming in the hand.

"Sister Xiao, try this perfume." Chen Nan walked to the door and suddenly ran into the room. Not long after, she came out with a glass bottle.

"I added sandalwood, so it won't be as irritating as it should be."

Chen Nan likes to make perfume, but she had to give it up when she arrived in the countryside.

The perfume in her hand was brought from Beijing. She originally wanted to give it to Xu Xiao, but they had a quarrel at that time.

Now thinking about it carefully, Chen Nan still felt a little regretful that she didn't notice Sister Xiao's abnormality.

After wiping his hands, Xu Xiao took it and pressed the nozzle to pump it on his wrist.

A fine mist of water fell on her pale wrist. After a second or two, she raised her hand and sniffed the perfume.

"Not bad." She handed the perfume bottle to Chen Nan: "Nan Nan, you don't have to think about this."

Chen Nan's love of perfumery began in junior high school, and that was the first time he noticed something was wrong with her. The drug in her system began to take effect for the first time.

She didn't feel that Chen Nan owed her anything, nor did she feel that she had done anything right.

At that time, she just felt that if one person was hurt, then she could do the same.

That's all.

By then, she was already sensible and aware of the Xu family's estrangement from her. So, she just wanted to find her mother.

Chen Nan lowered his head and said dully, "I like doing these things. I think they're quite interesting."

Sighing, Xu Xiao rubbed Chen Nan's hand with one hand and comforted her: "Okay, I'm fine. Go put your things down first, and we'll go see Grandpa."

No matter before or now, those were her own choices. Therefore, she never blamed anyone.

But the Xu family is different from Ji Hong and the others. If she is magnanimous, she will be doing a disservice to her previous life.

Xu Xiao has always made a clear distinction between his past life and the present, but he can't tell them apart.

Old Man Chen was squatting in the field again. He didn't even raise his head when he heard footsteps. "Come back so soon? I don't need you to watch over me!"

Although he said that, he couldn't hide his pride inside.

After finishing his work, Old Man Chen turned around and suddenly met an excited face. He was silent for a moment, looked back, and saw Xu Xiao sitting safely on a small stool.

Chen Bei had already found him. He knew who the little girl in front of him with a confused look on her face was, and he could also see that the little girl had made careful preparations.

But after he came down the mountain, he didn't rest and went straight to the fields to work! !

He laughed awkwardly twice, brushed the dirt off his hands, and straightened his back: "You must be Anan, Grandpa will be leaving for a while and will be back soon."

After he finished speaking, Old Man Chen ran away like a gust of wind. When he reached Xu Xiao, he glared at him and ran into the yard.

Chen Nan froze in place, looking back in disbelief: "Grandpa, Grandpa ran away?"

Grandpa seemed different from what she imagined.

Xu Xiao stood up, put away the small stool, and raised an eyebrow at Chen Nan: "Let's go, the old man probably won't come out."

Chen Nan was still not in the right state: "But grandpa said he would be back soon."

"No more waiting, let's go..." Xu Xiao hesitated. Didn't she want to go back to the Xu family? As for the educated youth center, she didn't want to go even more. "Let's go to the back mountain to roast rabbits."

There is nothing much in the back mountain, except for firewood and rabbits.

A majestic voice broke in: "The old man is coming out."

Looking at the wrinkle-free clothes on Old Man Chen, and then looking at the silver-framed glasses that the old man had come from nowhere, this time it was Xu Xiao's turn to be silent.

She stayed in the back mountain with Old Man Chen for three days. Apart from anything else, at least this old man was just an old man, with a sharp tongue but a soft heart, and he liked to order people around.

As for the elegant old man in front of her, she just wanted to close her eyes.

Maybe she didn't get enough sleep and had hallucinations.

There was no more doubt in Chen Nan's eyes. She grabbed Xu Xiao and said, "Sister Xiao, this is grandpa."

There was only one photo of the grandparents in the house, which Chen Nan had found out out of fun. So when she saw the old man squatting on the ground, she was more suspicious than excited.

She felt that the photo was not right.

If Xu Xiao knew what she was thinking, he might say, "You're right, this is photo fraud."

After a pause, Chen Nan bit his lip and whispered, "Grandpa."

Old man Chen was so happy that the wrinkles on his face were almost squeezed into a ball: "Nannan, Axiao, come up."

Chen Nan was still a little hesitant, and Xu Xiao directly hugged her and walked into the yard. When passing by Old Man Chen, she blew a sigh.

It is true that clothes make the man. Even the old country men have become Confucian scholars.