"Give it to me, and you can go inside quickly."
After she finished speaking, she called out to the old lady sitting at the entrance of the main room, "Auntie! Look, Zhengzi and Yunmeizi are back!"
Qin Zheng also led Ye Yun over.
Ye Yun called out, "Grandma."
The old lady glanced up at her and Qin Zheng.
Then, he got up, leaning on his cane, and without saying a word, returned to his west room as if he didn't recognize Qin Zheng and Ye Yun.
Qin Zheng, "..."
Ye Yun, "..."
Luo Xiujuan followed over, and perhaps because Xun Xiangbin was there, her expression was not very natural. She forced a smile and said, "It's too cold outside, and without the sun, the old lady won't sit here."
She added, "My eldest sister went to Zhao Jia Gou, and I don't think she'll be back anytime soon."
Since Luo Xiujuan came into the family, Qin Xiang'e has had much more free time. Every few days, she would run to Zhao Jia Gou to take a look at the old Zhao family's house and land, so that others would know that there were still people in their family and not to be allowed to quietly take over their house and land.
Luo Xiujuan urged Qin Zheng and Ye Yun to come inside quickly, saying she was going to check on the old lady.
She didn't care about Xun Xiangbin, who was still watching her from behind, and simply left him in the yard.
Xun Xiangbin only came to his senses when Luo Xiujuan hurriedly entered the old lady's room.
I tried to follow, leaning on my cane.
"That's the old lady's room, it's not convenient for you to go there. Why don't you go sit in the main room for a while?" Ye Yun interrupted his thoughts in time, turned her head and winked at Qin Zheng.
Qin Zheng nodded and gestured to Xun Xiangbin with his eyes, "Come on, let's go upstairs."
Old Gao, who was inside, shouted impatiently, "You good-for-nothing! What are you standing there for! Get on the roof!"
Seeing this, Xun Xiangbin, no matter how anxious he was, could only follow Qin Zheng into the house.
Ye Yun led Xiao Hai to the west room.
Inside the house, Luo Xiujuan took off the old lady's shoes and helped her onto the kang (a heated brick bed) and into bed.
The elderly are frail and get cold in winter. They have to go to bed on the heated brick bed when the sun is out, otherwise they will have difficulty getting through the cold winter safely.
Seeing Ye Yun come in, Luo Xiujuan turned her head and smiled at her.
Ye Yun smiled slightly.
Xiao Hai immediately ran to Luo Xiujuan, grabbed her hand, and looked up at her with his little head.
The old lady's gaze fell on Ye Yun, sliding down Ye Yun's face to her protruding belly.
Suddenly, as if remembering something, she exclaimed, "Oh, it's my granddaughter-in-law..."
Ye Yun: "..."
You just remembered?
Ye Yun took out the cotton-padded jacket she had specially made for her and handed it to her. Afraid that she might not hear clearly, she raised her voice and said, "Grandma! This is a cotton-padded jacket that Qin Zheng and I made for you!"
The old lady didn't hear her clearly and leaned forward, asking, "What? You and Qin Zheng didn't eat enough?"
Ye Yun choked.
She patted the cotton-padded coat in her hand and said clearly, word by word, "I said, this is a cotton-padded coat that Qin Zheng and I made for you!"
"oh!"
The old lady looked understanding and nodded, saying, "I understand. You and Qin Zheng are both very good!"
Ye Yun: "..."
"Okay, you can rest for a while." She didn't explain further and silently placed the cotton-padded coat next to the old lady's pillow.
The old lady casually replied, "Okay."
Ye Yun: "..."
It's alright.
Luo Xiujuan was amused by this scene and couldn't help but laugh: "The old lady is getting old and her hearing isn't good anymore. Sometimes I have to tell her what to say several times."
The old lady immediately retorted, "Girl, don't talk nonsense. I don't like pulling electrical wires!"
Luo Xiujuan was taken aback, then burst out laughing.
The old woman found her puzzling, giving her a couple of looks as if she were a weirdo. She snorted and moved further away from her, muttering under her breath, "Why are you pulling that thing? You'll electrocute someone if you pull that wire..."
Ye Yun shook her head helplessly.
The old lady was indeed getting old; her mind was becoming confused, and her eyesight and hearing were deteriorating.
Having endured so many hardships in her youth, it's a testament to her strong will that she survived.
Ye Yun sighed, turned her head to look at Luo Xiujuan who was lighting the stove, and went straight to the point: "Do you need me to make some space for you to have a proper talk later?"
Luo Xiujuan paused in her movements of stirring the coal.
After a few seconds of silence, she looked up at Ye Yun, her voice tinged with trepidation: "Has he... settled down in the city?"
"It's done."
As soon as she finished speaking, Luo Xiujuan's hand trembled violently, and the coal in her hand slammed into the furnace with a thud, sending up a burst of dazzling sparks.
Her face was deathly pale, and she looked even more disheveled than before.
“He not only got married, but also has a daughter.” Ye Yun continued, glancing at the child, and pursed her lips again, “I have never met his daughter, but I heard from Lao Gao that his daughter is only one month younger than Xiao Hai.”
"What..." Luo Xiujuan's mouth opened slightly, her face drained of all color.
Ye Yun nodded.
In an instant, Luo Xiujuan laughed, biting her lip as if she was extremely angry. She gripped the iron tongs that held the coal tightly in her hand so hard that her fingertips turned white.
Xun Xiangbin's daughter is only one month younger than her son. What does this tell us?
It is said that after Xun Xiangbin returned to the city, he immediately forgot about her and started dating other women.
And she foolishly waited in the village.
Despite the scolding from her family and the gossip behind her back, she gritted her teeth and gave birth to Xiao Hai alone, hoping every day that Xun Xiangbin would come back to find her.
She had been waiting for this for five years.
However, Xun Xiangbin found another woman in the city, married, and had children.
After the intense grief and indignation subsided, an endless sense of helplessness overwhelmed Luo Xiujuan, causing her to let out a desolate laugh.
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