"Hey, kid, you've been here for such a long time and haven't said a word to me. Do you look down on me, an old man?" Liao Qingshan said to Chu Xun unhappily.

Chu Xun walked up to him and said respectfully, "Grandpa Liao, I dare not."

"You don't dare? I think you're very brave." Liao Qingshan snorted, "You're old, and you still have your eyes on a young girl. How shameless!"

I get angry when I think about him kidnapping my precious granddaughter.

Chu Xun cursed but did not respond.

"What are you standing here for? Turn over the soil in the yard for me. I have to plant vegetables next spring." Liao Qingshan waved at him as if to drive away a fly.

Chu Xun responded readily, picked up a hoe from the utility room and started to plow the soil.

Li Xiyue didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Grandpa, it's snowing outside, why are you turning the soil?"

"You feel sorry for him?"

Li Xiyue denied, "No, I just think it's unnecessary?"

Chu Xun was a soldier, so he naturally had a lot of strength, so he didn't feel bad about turning the ground over.

"Whether it's necessary or not is up to me. Humph, if you want to covet my precious Yueyue, how can I not make her suffer a little?" He wanted people to know that the precious girl he had spoiled since she was a child could not be kidnapped away casually.

Liao Qingshan looked like a scoundrel who was about to punish him, just like a child.

Li Xiyue shook her head helplessly and had to let him go.

"No, I have to keep an eye on him and make sure he doesn't ruin my land."

"Grandpa, aren't you cold? Do you want to go back to the house and change your clothes?" Li Xiyue asked, pointing at his clothes.

Liao Qingshan then remembered that he was wearing thin clothes and rubbed his arms. "It's a bit cold. I'll go back and change my clothes before I go to supervise that kid's work."

What an old child.

Li Xiyue sat down at the table and asked, "Have you chosen yet?"

"Okay, Xiangxiang, eat quickly." Chu Ruilin pushed the fish in front of her.

Li Xiyue saw him pick out the fish and arrange the fish neatly, so she knew he was conscious, but she didn't point it out. She picked up her chopsticks and started eating. "It's delicious, even better than what Axun made."

"Axun, Axun, can you cook fish?"

Li Xiyue said: "Axun can cook many dishes. He said his father taught him. His father must be a very good person."

"A very good, very good... person?" Chu Ruilin repeated like a tape recorder.

Li Xiyue smiled and said, "Of course. How can someone who can cook for his family be bad?"

"But he did something wrong. He is a sinner."

"He didn't do it on purpose. I believe his family has long since given up blaming him."

Li Xiyue had heard that some countries would use some shady tactics to win the war, specifically sending the elderly, the weak, women and children to deceive the enemy's trust and then kill them by surprise.

They take advantage of people's sympathy for the weak, so those people generally don't guard against the elderly, the weak, women and children, which is why they are often successful.

She thought that the Japanese woman had used the same trick to harm Chu Ruilin.

It’s not Chu Ruilin who is wrong, it’s the unscrupulous Japanese.

"Really?" Chu Ruilin's eyes were filled with tears. "Have they really stopped blaming him?"

Li Xiyue nodded heavily, "Really."

Chu Ruilin suddenly laughed and ran out. After a while, he took out a wooden box and pushed it in front of Li Xiyue. "Xiangxiang, this is your favorite little tiger, the birthday gift your dad prepared for you."

Li Xiyue opened the box and found a red little tiger stuffed animal inside with the word "Xiang" embroidered on it.

"Do you like the pattern your mother embroidered?" Chu Ruilin's eyes were full of anticipation.

Li Xiyue picked up the little tiger. It was not just a stuffed animal, but a token of the parents' deep love for their daughter. She smiled and nodded, "I like it. It's really pretty."

"And this." Chu Ruilin took out another pair of jade bracelets. "This is your mother's dowry. There are two of them. One is for you and one is for Axun's future wife. You and Axun have grown up, so it's time to give these bracelets to you."

Li Xiyue didn't answer, "Please keep it for us."

"No, no, your mother will blame me. She'll say I'm hiding it and she'll be angry." Chu Ruilin stuffed the bracelet into her hand and smiled at her. "Our Axun has such good taste, so good."

After he said that, he staggered away.

Li Xiyue held the jade bracelet, her eyes red.

"Yueyue, why are this bracelet and the little tiger here with you?" Liao Qingshan asked in surprise after changing his clothes.

Li Xiyue sniffed and said, "Uncle Chu gave it to me."

"These are all his treasures. One time, a guard cleaning the house accidentally touched them, and he got really angry." Liao Qingshan sighed, "I didn't expect him to give them to you on his own initiative. It seems that he recognizes you."

Thinking of something, he cursed again: "Bah, what does my Yueyue need his recognition for? I haven't even recognized his Lao Niu yet! Who cares about his crap!"

Li Xiyue burst out laughing and said coquettishly, "Grandpa~"

It was already afternoon when they came out of the sanatorium. Li Xiyue and Chu Xun accompanied Liao Qingshan for lunch before leaving. Chu Xun cooked a table full of delicious dishes. Li Xiyue also drank a lot of wine with Liao Qingshan, making the old man very happy.

When leaving, Liao Qingshan was reluctant to let her go. Only after Li Xiyue promised him that she would come to see him before returning to the countryside did he let her go.

"Axun, this is what Uncle Chu gave me. I'll give it to you for safekeeping." After getting in the car, Li Xiyue handed the box to Chu Xun.

Chu Xun said, "My father gave it to you. I dare not take it. He will be angry."

"But……"

"This is for my future daughter-in-law." Chu Xun smiled.

Li Xiyue glared at him and said, "I didn't agree to marry you."

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