Chapter 914 Old Times Moon (Side Story 1)
Cicadas chirped deep in the lush greenery, a gentle breeze carried their fragrance, and the lotus blossoms after the rain exuded a sweet scent, which, along with the rustling of water plants in the wind, filled the entire courtyard.
The little sparrow pressed down on a twig, preening its slightly ruffled feathers. Suddenly, the wooden window beside it was pushed open, startling it so much that it dropped several feathers and fluttered away into the air.
The girl's unrestrained laughter rang out, and the sunlight shone on her face, bright and radiant like the sun.
"grandmother!"
The old woman who was scooping watermelons from the well was startled and angrily shouted, "What are you yelling about!"
The girl was not afraid. She glanced around and climbed out of the window. She was only seventeen or eighteen years old, but she was already over 1.7 meters tall. With her height and long legs, climbing out of a small window was not too difficult for her.
"Grandma!" The girl hugged the old lady from behind, seemingly whispering but actually shouting, "I passed the cutoff score for top universities! 685 points!"
"Oh my! Our Ziqi is really amazing!" The old lady loosened her grip, and the watermelon, which was bigger than her head, fell into the well with a splash.
The old lady smiled so hard her eyes crinkled. "Then Ziqi can go to university in Yanjing, right?"
"Yes! It's just that it's so far from Grandma, so I can't go home to see her often." Liu Ziqi said with some disappointment. Going to university in Yanjing was her dream, but she was also very reluctant to leave her grandmother.
This is the first time the grandmother and grandson, who have depended on each other for so many years, have faced such a long separation.
"What's the big deal? Everyone in our village is nice, and there's also that young village official. They visit the elderly in the countryside from time to time. Grandma is still in good health and will be able to wait for Ziqi to come back."
Seeing tears slowly welling up in Liu Ziqi's eyes, Grandma Liu patted her drooping head and said, "Ziqi is Grandma's little eagle. She must always fly high. The sky is so big. She should go with other little eagles to see the mountains and rivers in other places."
Liu Ziqi sat by the well, wrapping his arms around the old lady's frail waist. "Ziqi will become very powerful, and then he will take Grandma with him wherever he goes."
So we have to wait for her.
"This is great news, don't cry, or you'll cry away all your good fortune." Then Grandma Liu pulled the watermelon out of the well and went back into the house with Liu Ziqi, who was carrying the big watermelon.
"After we finish eating the watermelon, we'll go to the temple with Grandma to fulfill our vow."
There was a low hill near the village, on which a small Taoist temple was built. Only an old Taoist priest was guarding it. Grandma Liu found Liu Ziqi when she went to the temple to offer incense.
The little baby lay in the haystack without crying, and giggled when he saw Grandma Liu, who was immediately captivated.
She always felt like she was waiting for something, and when she saw the baby with a faint black spot on his forehead, Grandma Liu knew that she had finally found what she was waiting for.
This child is the one she's been waiting for.
At this time, in remote villages, many families would "give away" their children. They would usually leave the children at the doorsteps of families without children, or in haystacks by the fields. Then, families who felt sorry for the children would pick them up and raise them themselves, or give them to relatives without children.
Grandma Liu, holding the child, did not go home, but instead turned back to the Taoist temple.
The old Taoist priest said it was fate; the child waited for Grandma Liu, and Grandma Liu was also waiting in the mortal world, thus continuing their fate from their previous life.
However, Grandma Liu is already over forty years old and still unmarried. Her parents passed away long ago, so no one is pressuring her to get married, and she doesn't care about the other rumors.
When asked why she didn't get married, Grandma Liu couldn't explain it herself; she just felt that no one was interesting to her.
One day, she drew a fortune stick in the Taoist temple, and the old Taoist priest interpreted it for her, saying that she was still attached to the ties with her relatives from her previous life. However, some people move on quickly, and some move on slowly, and she was moving on slowly, so she could not achieve fulfillment with her ties.
What she gained, she was also destined to lose.
This child is an unexpected entanglement, a thin thread of cause and effect connecting them, preventing them from being separated.
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