Chapter 61 Grandma is back early!
One can feel the vitality of the picture just by looking at it. The mountains are full of spring, and the lovebirds seem to be standing vividly on the intertwined branches. The two cute little birds put their heads together intimately, staring at the loving couple under the tree.
The beautiful scenery and good times, the beauty of love presented in the painting seems to be happening right in front of you.
Shi Huai stretched and looked at the completion of his more than a month's hard work, with a satisfied smile on his face.
But the painting is still a little way from being completely finished.
It was because Shi Huai discovered a sentence at the back of the painting while he was repairing it.
This sentence wasn't left behind by the person who painted it a thousand years ago. The handwriting couldn't have been written more than twenty years ago. The characters were a little shaky and crooked, but the spirit remained. Whoever wrote these words must have exhausted all their strength.
If the handwriting had not been revealed by a special potion during the restoration process, ordinary people would not have been able to discover it.
Shi Huai was certain at a glance that this must be the words his grandfather left for his grandmother before he became seriously ill.
In the evening, Shi Huai asked Song Xuwen to go back first, leaving her alone in the study, pondering the words that had been stained by the rain.
It took a lot of effort for Shi Huai to piece together a complete paragraph.
When she finished muttering these words, Shi Huai's eyes couldn't help but become sore, and a tear slid down her cheek and fell to her chin.
Shi Huai quickly wiped away his tears, took a deep breath, and prepared to restore the text in one go.
Just as he was about to pick up his pen again, Shi Huai received a call from his elder brother.
Shi Huai was puzzled at first as to why his elder brother was calling him out of the blue, but he answered the call without hesitation.
"Hello?"
Ruoyu's voice came over the phone. "Shihuai, we still have an hour to get to the old house."
Hearing Ruoyu's voice and the words reminding her, Shi Huai's face suddenly froze: "W-what?"
Logically, grandma and the others should not be able to return to the old house until this time tomorrow!
Ruoyu was almost crying: "Originally, we were booked for tomorrow's flight, but grandma secretly contacted the housekeeper to change the flight to a day earlier. She dragged Zhou Xu and me to catch the flight early this morning."
"What a coincidence! Huanyu lost my phone yesterday, so I couldn't contact you. I just called you using Zhou Xu's phone when I got off the plane."
A moment of panic flashed through Shi Huai's mind.
Shi Huai forced himself to remain calm and said, "It's okay, sister-in-law. This painting will be completely finished today. At worst, I can ask Zhou Jibai to block a wave for me today."
Ruoyu hummed softly, "If it really doesn't work, I'll just watch over grandma and not let her go into the basement tonight."
"When the enemy comes, we will stop him with soldiers and when the water comes, we will block it with earth."
The two sisters-in-law didn't talk much and hung up the phone.
Shi Huai looked at the painting that was almost finished and fell into deep thought.
At this moment, the door of the study was quietly opened.
Shi Huai looked over when he heard the sound and saw Zhou Jibai, who was panting. The corners of his eyes reddened as if he saw a savior: "Husband! Grandma is coming back."
"I just received the notice." Zhou Jibai rushed over from the group to find Shi Huai as soon as he received the notice.
Seeing Shi Huai's flustered look, Zhou Jibai casually placed the scarf on the shelf beside him and slowly walked up to Shi Huai.
"Don't be afraid."
Shi Huai bit her lip and said, "Actually, the picture has been restored, but I accidentally discovered a message that Grandpa left for Grandma before he died."
Zhou Jibai was slightly stunned.
He never knew about this.
When he and his elder brother took this painting to Guangnan to look for Master Buque Zong, no one had noticed that there were the last words that Grandpa left for Grandma behind the painting.
Grandma probably never knew... Grandpa actually left a last message for her.
He stood behind Shi Huai and looked at the painting "Spring Mountain with Birds on the Branches" spread out on the table.
This picture can be described as shocking.
Zhou Jibai thought of how he sneaked into the basement to take a peek at the painting "Birds on the Branches of Trees in Spring Mountains" when he was a child.
Undeterred by the heavy rain, the painting hung prominently on the wall. This extinct masterpiece was restored by a collaborative effort of several experts. Zhou Jibai, after only seeing it once, was deeply impressed.
Now Shi Huai has repaired the painting to make it more vivid and exquisite, and the objects in the painting appear in his eyes as if they were given life.
Zhou Jibai raised his hand and rubbed Shi Huai's head: "Don't worry here, I'm here with you."
Shi Huai lowered his eyes and silently handed a note to Zhou Jibai.
Beautiful hairpin-shaped small regular script, the handwriting is like the person, elegant and handsome. It was written by Shi Huai just now. She recognized the words on the back of the paper and wrote it down immediately.
The pieced-together suicide note reflected in Zhou Jibai's eyes, and the amber light in his eyes dimmed little by little.
At that time, my grandfather only made a will, instructing on how to distribute his property. He did not leave any extra words and did not even tell my grandmother before passing away.
I didn't expect that there was a secret hidden in this token of love.
It was still discovered by Shi Huai.
Shi Huai is truly the Zhou family's lucky star. Zhou Jibai hugged Shi Huai from behind, resting his chin lightly on Shi Huai's shoulder: "You've worked hard. You've sacrificed so much for our Zhou family."
Shi Huai reached out and gently stroked Zhou Jibai's face, and his nose felt sore.
This is what she should do.
She will spend her entire life making up for all the kindness the Zhou family showed her in her past life.
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The first thing Mrs. Zhou did after returning to the old house was to go to the basement to see the painting.
Ruoyu told Zhou Xu about her plan with Shihuai when they got off the plane. After Zhou Xu found out, he felt that the two of them were taking too much risk.
She heard that her husband wasn't even slightly pleased, and instead thought she and Shi Huai were messing around. A sense of dissatisfaction and depression spread over Ruoyu's heart. But Zhou Xu's cold expression frightened her, so she just curled her lips slightly and muttered softly, "I should have known not to tell you."
Zhou Xu overheard his wife's somewhat resentful words clearly. His heart skipped a beat, and he lowered his eyes to look at her and explained in a gentle voice, "I'm not blaming you."
"Oh." Ruoyu replied him perfunctorily with one word.
Zhou Xu pursed his lips and walked closer to Ruoyu.
But Ruoyu deliberately avoided him.
Zhou Xu: ...
He was afraid that his wife would run away again, so he immediately stretched out his long arms to hold her slender waist and took the initiative to confess: "I was wrong."
Ruoyu lowered her eyebrows and didn't reply to him, but let him hold her.
Seeing Ruoyu still didn't speak, Zhou Xu sighed: "What do I need to do to forgive me?"
As soon as he finished speaking, his wife in his arms suddenly looked up at him with bright and expectant eyes.
"Will you help me with whatever I say?"
It was rare for Ruoyu to take the initiative to ask for his help, so Zhou Xu agreed without thinking.
"certainly."
"Then help me stop grandma and don't let her go to the basement tonight."
Zhou Xu: “……?”
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