Chapter 177 Extra 1

When I was 5 years old, my parents bought a house in the town, and we moved there with my grandparents.

We were all moving that day, and my mother said, "Xiao Le, you can't move this big thing. You'd better stay in the yard and play. Don't disturb your brother from studying, or I will punish you."

I nodded and sat on a small chair in the yard to play by myself.

At this time, someone knocked on the door. I ran over with my short legs to open the door, but the door was too high and I was a little short, so I couldn't open it at all. Seeing this, my mother smiled and ran over to help me open the door. It was a letter from my brother's relatives who were far away in the capital.

My mother said to me, "Xiao Le, take this letter to your brother in the house. Be careful not to drop it."

I took the letter and went to find my brother happily. My brother was reading and he didn't notice me when I walked in.

Then I held up the letter and said to him, "Brother, there's a letter. There's a letter. It's from your father. Mother told me."

In fact, every year when my brother received letters from his relatives in the capital, my mother would tell me, so whenever someone came to deliver a letter, I knew it must be for my brother.

But every time my brother finished reading the letter, he would burn it.

My brother said to me, "I have already read you the contents of my little sister's letter. Don't tell my parents, or they will worry."

I was still young at that time and had no idea what the relatives in the capital wrote to my brother. I only knew that the content of the letter seemed to make my brother unhappy.

I was still young at that time and had no idea what my brother was thinking, so when he finished reading the letter, I came out obediently.

I came out to the yard and saw my mother-in-law, my mother's aunt.

The mother-in-law had tears in her eyes and was looking for my mother anxiously.

I only heard my mother-in-law say, "My Mingyue is missing. Don't move away. Help me find her. How can I live if I can't find her?"

My mother called my brother over.

"Son, come out soon."

My brother ran out of the study.

"What's wrong, mother? Is there anything wrong?"

A Niang said to her brother, "A Niang and mother-in-law are going to look for Aunt Mingyue. You stay home to call your good sister. If grandma and grandpa come, ask them to wait. They are old, so don't tell them where we went."

My brother and I nodded, and we just stayed at home and didn't go anywhere.

My mother told me the story of Aunt Mingyue when I was three years old.

My mother told me that Mingyue was also a poor person. She was a scheming girl when she was young. Unexpectedly, after suffering two setbacks in love, she became like crazy. Now someone has to watch her all the time, otherwise she may run away. Now she is lost again, and my mother and mother-in-law have to go look for her.

My brother and I were chatting in the yard.

I blinked my big eyes and asked my brother, "Brother, is it because your relatives far away wanted you to go back but you didn't want to go back, so you are very sad?"

My brother didn't answer my question, but just kept shaking his head.

I didn’t understand it at that time, but I understood it when I grew up.

Although I am young, I know that my brother may have some unspeakable secrets.

Since her brother didn't say anything, she didn't ask.

I was playing with my brother in the yard, and then I waited for my grandparents for several hours before they came.

Grandma saw that my mother was not there, so she asked us, "Kids, where are your father and mother? Why aren't they at home? Didn't they say they were moving to town? The people who would help are coming, so where are they?"

My brother told my grandparents the truth.

"Aunt Mingyue has disappeared again. My father, mother and their parents have gone to look for her. It will probably take a long time for them to come back."

Speaking of Aunt Mingyue, my grandparents also have a headache.

Ever since Aunt Mingyue got into trouble, my grandparents have been worried about her a lot.

But ever since Aunt Mingyue's accident, I heard from my mother that no one dared to propose marriage. Who would want a lunatic?

So Anan’s aunt is particularly worried about what will happen to her daughter after the old couple passes away.

Finally, when it was getting dark, A Niang came back.

Grandma asked her, "How is it? Have you found your sister Mingyue? Then I guess we can't move this family. I have discussed with your father and asked the people who helped to go back first. Let's talk about it in two days."

Both mother and father were a little tired, so they sat down to drink some water. Mother replied, "We found her. She has been locked up by our great aunt. If she continues like this, grandma's body will not be able to bear it. She sneaked out today when grandma wasn't paying attention and almost fell into the water. Fortunately, a neighbor was kind enough to save her. If she continues like this, we don't know what to do."

At dinner that night, Grandpa asked A Niang, "My daughter, your father has thought about it carefully. We should not move our family. After all, we are familiar with the people in the village. If you want to live in the town for a few days, then go ahead. Your uncle's family has been in a difficult situation recently. If Sister Mingyue leaves again, I think your aunt and uncle will definitely not be able to bear it. We have to stay and help them."

But my mother didn't want my grandparents to suffer, so she refused.

She said, "Dad and Mom, it's not right for us, as children, to enjoy happiness while your parents suffer. If you don't want to go, then you don't have to go."

At this time, my father said, "Since we don't have to move, we can rent a shop in town and open a small shop to make a living. We can also rent the house we rented to others."

In this way, we don’t have to move and can stay in this yard again.

Every day I followed my brother to study with the teacher.

That day, my great-grandmother came to our house. My brother and I went forward to help her. My great-grandmother was not in good health, so we helped her sit down on a chair in the yard.

My grandmother gave me a candy from her pocket and asked my brother.

"Child, tell your grandmother where your parents are."

My brother replied, "My father and mother went to town to look for a store. They want to open a small shop. Grandma, do you have something to ask them? Why don't you wait until they come back and tell them? I'll go get you a glass of water."

As he said that, my brother went to pour a glass of water for my grandmother.

But after several hours, my great-grandmother had to go back because she didn't see my parents come back. My brother sent her back to my mother-in-law's house.

But when I entered my mother-in-law's house, I was almost scared by Aunt Mingyue.

Aunt Mingyue smashed all the things that her mother-in-law had hung out in the yard. The yard was in a mess and there was no place to step.

My brother had no choice but to bring my great-grandmother back to our house first. When my father and mother came back in the evening, my great-grandmother was lying in bed resting.

My brother told my father, mother and great-grandmother about what happened in our family.

A Niang quickly ran into the house to see her grandmother.

"Grandma, why are you here? Are you feeling unwell? Are you here to see me for treatment?"

Speaking of this matter, Gu Leyou felt a little tired.

Ever since she treated the village chief's daughter, Anni, and the village chief accidentally infected others with the disease, people in the village knew that she could treat people and sometimes came to find her. After all, the little doctor was no longer in the village and no one knew when she would come back.

This time, my great-grandmother came to see my father and mother to tell them something, not to see my mother for medical treatment.

Grandma said, "Are you going to move away? Because your sister Mingyue's matter has delayed you again. Grandma, please don't move away, okay? Your grandma is old and wants to live two more years. But after your sister Mingyue's disturbance, it's not safe for me to stay in their house. If you all leave, whose house should I live in? Your third uncle has never come back since he left a few years ago. I don't know whether he is dead or alive. I can't count on him anymore."

After hearing what grandma said, Gu Leyou immediately understood.

This grandma must have talked to my father and mother about this.

That's why my parents are unwilling to live in the town with me.

At night, after I fell asleep, my parents were chatting.

I should have heard what my mother said about the capital, but I didn't hear it clearly and I fell asleep.

That’s right, Gu Leyou and Lu Yan were indeed chatting while the children were asleep.

"My husband, you said that it has been five years since our son came back to us. During these five years, the prince has not visited us once, and he only wrote a few letters every year. Do you think he is blaming us for taking his son away, so he no longer has any contact with us?"

"My wife, you are wrong. The prince is a broad-minded man and he is definitely not so petty. He must think that it is better to take the child home and let him stay with us instead of making him sad. He has been writing letters to the child for so many years so as not to disturb his normal life. He is a great father. The child must know this in his heart. He never tells us every time he reads the letter. Maybe he has his own plans in mind."

"But I think this is too cruel. After all, he is my own son. How can I just leave him to us? And I haven't come to see him for so many years. Could it be that I am angry with him? But if this continues, the child may not be able to bear it. Why don't we find a time to take the child back to see the prince?"

But it was obvious that this idea was rejected by her husband.

"My lady, you have to remember that the prince sent the child back for the sake of the child. If he was a cruel father, he would not have faced the child's repeated pleas and sent the child back to us. If the child really missed him, he would have told us. We would not eat the child even if we took him back. Besides, we have only lived a peaceful life for a few years. You don't want to disrupt this life, do you?"

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Since that night, everyone has been feeling worried, as if they all have something on their mind. Only I didn't know what was going on and was only focused on having fun.

That day, my mother-in-law came to ask my mother to go and see Aunt Mingyue.

I am 5 years old. When I was one year old, Aunt Mingyue fell ill and my mother came to see her, but there has been no improvement after 5 years.

They gradually gave up, but for the sake of my uncle's family, my grandmother was really cruel and actually let them stay and live with my uncle's family in this village.

But since grandma had already spoken, Gu Leyou's family had no way to refuse.

It was natural for me to stay.

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We stayed in the village again. My brother asked my mother why didn’t we agree to leave? Why do they have to stay again when grandma comes? That’s what my mother told us.

"We are all close relatives. Your aunt Mingyue is ill and cannot leave you, the doctor. I know medical skills, so I must stay and take care of them.

Besides, my great-grandmother is old. If our family all moves to the town, including my grandparents, there will be no one to take care of them in this village. Besides, although the villagers are very nice, how can they take good care of us if they are not their closest relatives? We have no choice but to stay. ”

My brother said indignantly, "Dad and Mom, we all have our own grandparents to live with. This is so unfair to us. Every time there is something wrong with my mother-in-law's family, my grandparents always come to bother us or my grandparents. To them, we are their closest relatives and can be bothered. But there is a saying that goes, helping others is a favor, not helping others is your duty, but they take it for granted."

But this is a matter between two adults, and they, as two children, have no power over the adults.

In this way, our family was kept here again.

But there is one good thing about staying. My mother told me that the problem of the village chief’s family has been solved.

That’s because Aunt Anniu from the village chief’s family has another child, and now the village chief’s family has two children.

The two families have already discussed it, but the grandson will go back, but the granddaughter is young and cannot leave her mother, so she has to stay.

Now the parents-in-law of Anniu's aunt are too embarrassed to say anything. They originally planned to let their family move out, and they would pay the money and ask the in-laws to pay some more money to build a house. Now that their eldest grandson has returned home with them, they don't have to spend money to build a new house.

Since our family stayed in the village, my father and mother have decided to open a small shop in the town to support the family. My brother and I don’t stay at home every day. We can only go to my mother-in-law’s house to help her look after Aunt Mingyue.

Because Mingyue's situation is still relatively unstable after a year, she sometimes sneaks out when the adults are not paying attention. If she meets someone with bad intentions, she doesn't know where she will end up. So, the two of them will watch over her when the adults are busy with farming.

So my brother and I would look after Mingyue for the next few days. Every year, we would bring books and sit in the yard to accompany Aunt Mingyue, so that she would not run away again when the adults were not paying attention.