Chapter 222 Don’t Let the Yun Family Know
After seeing Bao Ya and the others off, Rong He calmly turned around and went back to the house. Yan Fei still followed him silently.
In the bedroom, Rong Bing seemed to have drunk some sobering tea and fell asleep.
The old man is over seventy years old this year. As he is a doctor, he pays great attention to taking care of his body, so he is still quite strong now.
It’s just that I can’t quit drinking.
Rong He entered the room and skillfully helped him pull the quilt and tuck in the corners.
Then she asked the maid guarding the door for a pot of warm water, placed it on the table in the outer room, and brought a small stool and sat down beside Rong Bing's bed.
The little boy held his chin on the edge of the bed, his dark eyes staring at the old man sleeping soundly on the bed.
My grandfather didn't used to be an alcoholic. He would get up and go to bed on time every day. He would brew health-preserving tea in his purple clay teapot, eat according to the health-preserving recipes he prepared himself, and never drink a drop of alcohol.
When did grandpa start to change?
After my aunt left with that man, my grandfather was sulking for the first few days.
Later, my grandfather began to regret his actions and sent people all over the city to search for my aunt and the man, but they were never found.
Later, one day, he picked some precious herbs and wanted to show them to his grandfather.
I went to the study and found my grandfather talking to a guard who was looking for someone.
I don't know what the guard said, but Rong Bing got furious. He picked up his beloved purple clay teapot on the table and threw it to the ground, smashing it to pieces.
But after venting his anger, he seemed to be deflated all of a sudden, like a tree that had been drained of nutrients, shriveled up in an instant, his eyes rolled back, and he fell backwards powerlessly.
His eyes widened in horror as he broke into the room and saw the guard holding his unconscious grandfather, looking helpless.
After this, Rong Bing started drinking heavily.
He remembered that day was the third day of August. From then on, Rong Bing drank the most on this day every year.
"Cough...cough cough."
Rong He came to his senses when he heard Rong Bing coughing lightly. He quickly ran to the outside and poured a cup of warm water to Rong Bing's mouth.
The old man's eyelids moved, he slowly sat up and took the water handed to him by Rong He.
After taking a few sips, he held the teacup in his hand and asked in a deep voice, "Did you send them away?"
Rong He nodded: "You should have a good rest. I will look after the shop in the afternoon."
Rong Bing said "hmm" and just sat there.
Seeing this, Rong He didn't say anything more. He walked forward, took the teacup from his hand, stood up and left.
As they reached the door, Rong Bing's voice suddenly rang out from behind them: "He'er, do you think Baoya's eyes... resemble your aunt's?"
Rong He frowned slightly. Over the years, Rong Bing had often been like this. He would become suspicious when he saw a woman whose eyes and eyebrows resembled his aunt. Now, when he saw a four or five-year-old girl, he became suspicious?
He was just about to say "I don't think so" when a sentence Baoya said to him suddenly flashed through his mind.
Baoya saw his jade pendant and said that there was a jade pendant just like his, also yellow, with a flower carved on it.
He didn't think much about it at that time. After all, the Dragon King Jade was very precious, and the Rong family was probably the only one who would carve angelica flowers on the jade pendant.
Now that his grandfather mentioned it, he began to have some doubts.
Rong He only met his aunt when he was very young. His aunt was very kind to him. She often played with him, brought him delicious food, bought him fun things, and taught him to recognize medicinal herbs.
But not long after, the aunt ran away with that man, and Rong He never saw her again since then.
So when Rong Bing said Baoya's eyes were very similar to his aunt's, Rong He couldn't remember clearly and couldn't match them up.
He hesitated for a moment, then turned back and told Rong Bing about the jade pendant.
Rong Bing's eyes were red, and his hands clutching the quilt were trembling a little: "He'er, are you telling the truth?"
Rong He nodded: "Bao Ya said so, but she never showed it to me. I don't know if it is the jade pendant passed down in our family."
Rong Bing frowned tightly, and after a while he said, "He'er, find a time and ask her to come over and play again."
"Okay." Rong He nodded.
"Find a way to get her to wear the jade pendant," Rong Bing said. "Don't let anyone else in the Yun family know about this."
Rong He was stunned for a moment, but soon understood. He was still not sure, so it would be better not to alarm the Yun family for the time being.
On the other side, Baoya returned home with her parents and grandmother. Her uncle and second uncle, who had returned to visit her mother's family, had also returned, and laughter and joy were heard again in the bright new house.
Wang Cailian and Yun Dalang can be said to have returned with a lot of loads. They brought back quite a few New Year gifts, which made them feel proud. Wang Cailian's parents were also happy and brought back many gifts for them.
Li Rongyue and Yun Erlang, on the other hand, were a little dull.
Compared to Wang Cailian who carried big and small bags, Li Rongyue only brought back a box of snacks.
Seeing that Li Rongyue looked unhappy, Zhao Zhilan patted her shoulder comfortingly.
"That's good. Didn't your mother give you anything last year?"
Last year, the family was poor, and Li Rongyue and Yun Erlang had no money to buy anything, so they only brought half a pound of sugar and half a pound of eggs.
As a result, he was ridiculed by Li Rongyue's mother, was not allowed to eat, and was kicked out after sitting for a while.
They were quite wealthy this year and brought many gifts. I thought my mother would be happy, but they were not allowed to eat. Instead, they were given a snack box that seemed to have been there for who knows how long and were sent away.
Seeing that her second aunt was unhappy, Baoya gave some of the snacks she, her parents and grandma had bought while shopping today to Li Rongyue.
Li Rongyue's heart was in a knot. Holding the candied fruits that Baoya stuffed into her mouth, she was surrounded by three little girls. They coaxed her one after another. Tears welled up in her eyes, but she was too embarrassed to let them fall.
After coaxing Li Rongyue, the dinner was quite sumptuous.
Baoya and the others ate and packed up their food, and Rong He stuffed a lot of delicious dishes into their mouths.
The dishes on the dinner table that night were all things they had never eaten before.
I don’t know if the little girls have similar tastes, but Baoya, Yunhua and Yunyue all particularly like the “specially for girls” dishes that Ronghe specially packed, and they finished them all in one go.
The Yun family is large, so they can finish all these dishes in one meal.
There is no need to keep watch at night. The adults go to bed after watching the firecrackers, while the children are still playing upstairs. They are full of energy and are reluctant to go to bed.
Tomorrow is the third day of the Lunar New Year. Baoya and Yun Chenglu suddenly thought that they seemed to have not gone to pay New Year's greetings to their master yet.
After discussing it, the two decided to go up the mountain tomorrow to pay New Year's greetings to Nanxuan and Jingzhen.
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