Chapter 215: Encounter
"Brother, the peach blossoms are really blooming, and they are blooming together with the plum blossoms. How amazing!"
Niu Niu pointed at the fresh, delicate flowers on the tree covered with raindrops, her face full of excitement. She really wanted to recite a poem, but she couldn't think of one for a moment.
Gu Yan nodded and pointed to the best blooming flower: "Do you want it? Brother will pick it for you."
Niuniu hesitated for a moment, shook her head, and said, "Does a flower represent a fruit?"
Gu Yan said: "That may not be the case."
Niuniu was stunned and said, "Isn't that right? I've heard old people say that flowers bloom and bear fruit."
Gu Yan said, "There are more flowers than fruits. We also have a peach tree behind our house. It blooms countless flowers every year, but it produces a certain number of peaches."
Niu Niu nodded, not quite understanding. In the past in the village, the fruits from the peach trees were quickly eaten up by the several children in the family and were not enough to eat.
Niuniu nodded firmly and said to the peach tree, "Then I'd rather not have the flowers. What if this flower happens to be there and it can bear fruit? It would be such a pity if I pick it by mistake."
"You are such an interesting little kid. You say exactly the same things as my wife."
A handsome middle-aged man in his forties, wearing navy blue clothes, suddenly appeared behind the brother and sister.
Gu Yan immediately grabbed his sister's hand, and saw his parents admiring the flowers not far away. The middle-aged man didn't seem to be a bad person, so he calmed down and did not stop his sister from chatting with him.
Niuniu raised her head and asked, "Mr. Da, are you here to enjoy the flowers too? Why do you look unhappy?"
Hearing this, the middle-aged man looked at the flooded sea of flowers around him, a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes, and he said, "I came here to try my luck."
Niuniu looked around suspiciously, and then said, "Try your luck? You don't look short of money."
Although the man was dressed simply, he exuded a wealthy air and looked like a man with plenty of money.
"Haha, little girl, do you think trying your luck means picking up money?" The man squatted down and asked with a smile.
Niuniu nodded honestly.
"Our family used to be poor, so I looked forward to trying my luck often. But now our family is very rich, so I don't need to try my luck anymore." Niu Niu said in a baby voice.
The man was a little curious and asked, "How did your family become rich?"
"It depends on luck." Niu Niu said as a matter of course.
The man couldn't help laughing and asked, "How do you do it? Can you teach me?"
Niuniu sighed and said, "Mr. Da, you look very smart."
The man was suddenly praised and felt a little happy.
But Niuniu continued, "You are so smart, how come you can't figure it out? Luck is something you get by chance, not something you learn."
If someone else said this, the man would probably get angry, but the person who spoke was a six-year-old girl. She still had a childish face and an attitude of "how come you can't figure this out?", which looked very cute.
The middle-aged man laughed, but suddenly his laughter became more and more bitter, and he said, "It seems that my luck is not good enough."
Seeing him like this, Niuniu couldn't help but be infected by the bitter aura surrounding him. She finally showed mercy and asked, "How much silver do you want to pick up by trying your luck here?"
The man shook his head and said, "I'm not short of money, I just want to meet my wife here."
Niuniu tilted her head and said, "Strange, your wife isn't with you? Where did she go?"
“I don’t know,” the man said.
Niuniu asked, "Did you make her angry, so she doesn't want to see you?"
The man shook his head and said, "I hope so."
Niuniu pointed to a pair of people admiring flowers side by side not far away and said, "Those are my parents. They have a great relationship and are always inseparable."
When Niu Niu pointed over there, Gu Mingda and his wife happened to be looking over here and smiled at the children.
The man was also envious and asked, "How many children do your parents have?"
"I have three brothers among four children!" said Niu Niu.
The man looked at Gu Yan standing aside and said, "You have a good brother."
Gu Yan held his sister's hand from beginning to end. Even though he tried his best to hide it, the man could still see the defensiveness on his face. He was a good brother who protected his sister.
Niu Niu was very proud when she mentioned her family, and said, "My three brothers are all good, my parents are also good, my grandparents are also very good, and my aunt and godfather and godmother are also very good!"
Listening to Niuniu talking about her family as if she were naming a dish, the man exclaimed, "Wow, you have quite a few family members."
When Niuniu heard this, she couldn't help but feel sorry for the man and said, "Do you have few family members?"
The man said, "My father passed away early. Now I only have my mother and my younger sister, who is married."
When Niuniu heard this, she felt even more sorry for him, but she still asked, "Where's your wife? Isn't she a family member of yours?"
"She...she hasn't married me yet, but she is indeed my wife..." said the man.
As soon as these words came out, before Niu Niu could say anything, Gu Yan's brows frowned. The boy's eyes changed when he looked at the man, and he held his sister's hand tighter.
"Sir, don't you have a wife, but you just feel that you have a wife?" Gu Yan asked.
He wanted to pull his sister away from this mentally unstable man right there and then.
The man glanced at Gu Yan and said, "You are too young, you don't understand."
Gu Yan still felt that this man was not normal. He guessed that his sweetheart must have married someone else, so he went crazy.
Niuniu asked, "Mr. Da, if you get lucky, do you want your wife to see you, or do you want her to live a good life?"
The child's words silenced the man.
After a long while, he said, "I still hope that she can be safe, happy, healthy and worry-free."
Niuniu glanced at Gu Yan, then looked at her parents not far away, and whispered, "Then I also hope that she can be safe, happy, healthy and worry-free."
The man had no idea what a big thing Niuniu had done. He looked disappointed and said, "Thank you for your good words."
Gu Yan's eyes softened a bit because of the man's choice. A man who hopes his wife lives a good life, even if he is a lunatic, will probably not be too bad. He may be similar to the girl living in his backyard, who is going crazy because of kindness.
"You should be happy too. Your wife is living happily somewhere in the world. You should be happy for her." Niu Niu said seriously.
The man forced a smile and said, "You're right. I should be happy for her."
A beardless man dressed as a butler walked over quickly. After taking a look at Niuniu and her brother, he bent down and whispered to the man, "Master, it's getting late. Do you want to return?"
The man stood up, looked up at the sky, and nodded.
"Little girl, your family treats you well, you are a blessed person," said the man.
Niuniu straightened up and said proudly: "I am the good kid in the family, so of course I am a blessed person!"
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