Chapter 56: Deep love is never expressed in words.
Looking at the angry Xia Qingcao, Xia Qingshu's face was full of confusion. According to her understanding, Xia Qingshu's leg was disabled because of infection and lack of timely treatment, and it had nothing to do with the original body.
After coming to this world, this was the first time she met him. How could Xia Qingcao say that it was because of herself?
"Qingcao, don't talk nonsense, how can you blame your sister?" Guo Yumei frowned and scolded her son.
"Why is it not because of her? If it wasn't for picking loquats for her to eat, would your brother have fallen from the tree?" Xia Qingcao said angrily.
Xia Qingxiu finally understood and unconsciously looked up at the loquat tree at the door of her house. She saw that the tree was full of yellow loquats, but she soon discovered that the loquats were not very big. Only a few of them were big and yellow in the sunny part of the tree crown.
Thinking back to the loquats Xia Qingshu sent two days ago, they were all uniform and big. It seemed that he must have picked them from the tree crown and carefully selected them one by one.
His legs were not good, and he had to carry such heavy loquats and walk dozens of miles along the mountain road to the town, and then he had to spend money to take a bus to the city. After delivering the loquats, he was afraid of causing trouble to his sister, so he didn't even go home to drink a sip of water, but left the loquats in the phone booth and left.
He walked such a long way, limping, and he probably didn't bring much money with him. If he was hungry on the way, he probably ate some hard biscuits. He traveled thousands of miles just to let his sister eat the loquats she liked.
This family love was really too heavy. As an only child, Xia Qingling, who had never felt the love of siblings, couldn't help but shed tears.
"If you want to count it this way, you are to blame." Guo Yumei patted her son's head and continued:
"If you were not angry and didn't help your sister pick the fruits, could your brother climb the tree by himself? Would he fall down if he didn't climb the tree?"
After hearing what Guo Yumei said, Xia Qingcao obviously felt a little guilty. She didn't say anything to refute her and turned around and walked into the house.
"Your brother's leg is fine, don't worry." Guo Yumei saw Xia Qingxi's worry and distress, and hurriedly comforted her:
"Don't be angry with your brother, he just talks hard, but he's always thinking about you in his heart."
After saying that, she suddenly laughed, leaned close to Xia Qingxi's ear and whispered in a low voice, as if she was whispering, and continued:
"That day, he saw that your brother and I were asleep, so he quietly climbed up the tree, picked the biggest one, and quietly put it in the basket he brought for you."
Xia Qingli was deeply touched. Although her original family was poor, all her relatives were silently giving. If her original father had not died, and she and Lu Lidong had not made an engagement, maybe she would have married an honest man in this small mountain village, and her life would have been plain and warm, and she would not have ended up in such a tragic way. She
suppressed the tears in her eyes. Originally, she was just out of responsibility and felt that she just needed to fulfill her obligations to this body. Now she decided to treat the Xia family as real relatives, and she would work hard to make their lives better in the future.
A few people went into the house. Guo Yumei was busy pouring water for Lu Jingzhen. Seeing that he bought so many things, she felt very sorry and said that he shouldn't spend money.
Lu Jingzhen put down his things, drank some water, and then went into the house to change into a military uniform. He told a few people that he had something to do and went out alone.
Xia Qingli wondered why he suddenly changed into a military uniform. She found that he didn't seem to be in a good mood after returning here. She was thinking about whether she should care about him, but she thought of Lu Jingzhen's cold personality and estimated that he wouldn't tell her even if she asked him.
After Lu Jingzhen left, Xia Qingxi thought of something, walked into the house, and took out the new clothes she bought for everyone. Guo Yumei wore a floral jacket, Xia Qingshu wore a white shirt, and Xia Qingcao wore a sports suit.
Except for Xia Qingcao, who hid in the room and refused to come out no matter how she was called, Guo Yumei and Xia Qingshu were surprised and distressed. They were surprised that the clothes were so good, and they felt sorry for spending so much money.
Xia Qingshu was especially stunned when he saw the white shirt. He had never worn such good clothes in his life. Seeing that they all liked it so much, Xia Qingxi urged them to try it on.
Guo Yumei came out first. The clothes fit her well. She had good facial features. Even though her skin and figure were not as good as before due to the erosion of time, she still had some of her former charm after putting on the new clothes.
Xia Qingqing was just praising her when Xia Qingshu came out of the room. He was wearing a shirt and even changed into his best pants. When he came over, he shook his head a little embarrassedly.
It was true that clothes make the man. The man in front of him was wearing a white shirt and blue trousers. He had a good appearance and was tall. Now he looked even more handsome.
Seeing her son like this, Guo Yumei's eyes welled up again.
At that time, Xia Qingshu was working in the field and his foot was scratched by a rusty iron nail. He was afraid of spending money, so he didn't go to the clinic for treatment, but just picked some herbs to apply. After
his father passed away, the family lost its pillar, but the injured Xia Qingshu continued to work. When Guo Yumei found something wrong, his legs were swollen and he had a high fever. He was sent to the clinic. His life was saved, but he was left with a lifelong disability.
If her son's leg was not broken, it would be great! Her son has good character, good looks, good grades in school, and his articles have been published in newspapers. He is not inferior to any young man in the village. How could he end up like this and have to marry a mentally ill and stupid girl!
Seeing Guo Yumei sad, Xia Qingxi hurried forward to pat her hands in comfort, and said softly: "Mom, look how handsome my brother is!" Xia
Qingshu was embarrassed by the compliment, and the tips of her ears were hot. She unconsciously raised her hand to touch it, and then said:
"All the clothes bought by Xiaoxi are good."
The three of them talked about intimate things for a while. Xia Qingxi saw that Xia Qingcao had been unwilling to come out, so she knocked on his door with the White Rabbit milk candy she bought for him.
Xia Qingcao was lying on the bed. When she heard the knock on the door, she knew it was her sister, and she did not open the door, but buried her head in the quilt.
Xia Qingcao knocked for a long time, but no one opened the door. She knew that her brother was still angry, so she said,
"Qingcao, please open the door. I bought you some candy."
Seeing that the person inside was indifferent, Xia Qingcao was silent for a while, and continued,
"Don't be angry with me. I was wrong before. I will come back to see you often in the future."
"Liar." Xia Qingcao whispered in the quilt, and only she could hear her voice:
"You lied to me like this last time you came back. You went to the city and didn't come back to see us. You also complained that we were poor and were afraid that we would embarrass you, so you didn't let us go to see you." The more she
thought about it, the angrier and sadder she became, and tears flowed unconsciously.
Seeing that he had not opened the door, Xia Qingxiang knew that he was angry. She thought about talking to him in the evening, so she said to the person inside:
"Qingcao, I've put some candy at the door for you, you can eat it later."
When there was no movement outside, Xia Qingcao took off the quilt from her head, walked over quietly, and lay on the cracked door panel to look out.
Seeing that her sister had really left, her face immediately drooped. She gently opened the door, took the candy outside in, and then closed the door again.
It was a candy he had never seen before. There were cute rabbits painted on the white candy wrapper. He could smell the rich milky fragrance through the candy wrapper, and he couldn't help swallowing.
He took one and carefully opened the candy wrapper slowly. The candy inside was white and fresh. In his dark hands, it was extremely sweet at first glance. He swallowed again and put the candy in his mouth.
The rich milky taste mixed with the sweet taste melted in his mouth, which was wonderful. This was simply the most delicious thing he had ever eaten since he was a child.
Somehow, the candy that was originally sweet and fragrant suddenly became salty in his mouth.
The 12-year-old child, holding a large bag of candy stubbornly, cried silently in the room.