Chapter 136 Dragon Phoenix Pendant

Shen Wanxue pushed it back firmly and said:

"Juanjuan, you have taken care of me so much these days, found herbs for me, cured my eye disease, and brought me so much food. I have no way to repay you. These things are just my personal belongings. They were originally a pair, called the Dragon and Phoenix Pendants. I gave the dragon one to my son, and I kept the phoenix one. I am giving it to you today. Firstly, it is a wedding gift for you and Lizhan. Secondly, I treat you as my daughter. If you refuse to accept it, I will not dare to get close to you in the future..."

After hearing what she said, Xia Juanjuan no longer refused and accepted it.

I couldn't help wondering, did Shen Wanxue have a son? However, it seemed like he had never come to see Shen Wanxue in such a long time.

After thinking for a while, she couldn't help but ask, "Aunt Shen, is your son also working as an educated youth in the countryside?"

When Shen Wanxue heard this, her eyes dimmed for a moment and she couldn't help but pull up the corner of her clothes to wipe her tears.

Xia Juanjuan couldn't help but regret her rashness.

Given Shen Wanxue's current status, her son might have been implicated as well. Something must have happened at home. Wouldn't this question remind her of her sorrow?

"Auntie, I'm just asking..."

Yang Qiushi sighed and said softly, "Shen's sister's son was placed in foster care with a farmer shortly after he was born. We originally planned to bring him back after the war, but unfortunately the entire village was hit by a flood and was washed away by the flood... The child... has never been found..."

Xia Juanjuan felt very upset after hearing this: "Auntie, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to stir up your sadness..."

Shen Wanxue wiped her tears, calmed down, and said, "Alas... It happened more than 20 years ago. It's nothing. Juanjuan, don't mind it. Auntie is just sad for a while. I don't mean to blame you."

Xia Juanjuan nodded and said, "Auntie, I know."

Not knowing how to comfort her, Xia Juanjuan sat for a while and then went back.

As I thought about it on the way, I still sighed and subconsciously touched my stomach.

In this world, the cruelest thing for a mother is not protecting her own child, right? Especially when she sends her child to be fostered by herself...

The whole village has suffered from the flood, and I'm afraid that Aunt Shen's son is also in danger.

Xia Juanjuan sighed and put the phoenix pendant into the space. She couldn't help but wonder where Shen Wanxue had hidden such a valuable thing.

Even though they had come to the countryside to feed the cows and live in the cowshed, they had also gone through many levels of inspection. If they had brought the items with them, it would have been searched...

After thinking about it, Xia Juanjuan couldn't figure it out, so she gave up thinking about it and went home without mentioning it.

What she didn't know was that during the time she was in the army, Grandma Yao, whom she had met before in the black market in town, had come over and secretly visited Shen Wanxue.

*

This was the first time the master and servant had met since Shen Wanxue moved to this commune.

Grandma Yao wiped her tears and said, "Wanjie'er, I was afraid that someone would see me and tell on me, so I didn't dare to come. Have you been doing well these days? When you left, weren't your eyes blurry and you could hardly see? Alas! It's all because of my carelessness. I don't know which heartless beast saw me..."

The reason why Shen Wanxue was transferred was because the villagers saw that Grandma Yao and Shen Wanxue were too close, so someone reported them. Shen Wanxue was criticized and Grandma Yao's family was fined food before the matter was resolved.

Shen Wanxue took Grandma Yao's hand and said with a smile:

"Auntie Yao, don't blame yourself. I live a better life here than over there. The secretary of the commune here has also studied in a private school for a few years. He is a very good person. Although we still have to do jobs like feeding cows and collecting cow dung, the farm work assigned to us during the spring plowing season is very fair. He also stands up for us when the villagers or educated youth in the commune bully us.

And my eyes. I met a kind-hearted lady in the village who had some medicinal herbs at home. In the cowshed, I happened to meet a classmate of Zhenbang when he was young, Lao Yang, who studied medicine. He prescribed some medicine and cured me. "

After hearing what Shen Wanxue said, Grandma Yao couldn't help but tear up again:

"Wanjie, good people will be rewarded. God has opened his eyes and let you meet a noble person! Wanjie and aunt, the clouds will soon be cleared and the moon will be seen! And the young master will definitely be found!"

When Shen Wanxue heard her mention her child again, her eyes turned red. She said, "Ah! Soon the clouds will clear and the moon will shine!"

Grandma Yao asked again: "Where is Auntie? Is she still in the northwest? Any new news?"

Shen Wanxue shook her head and said, "I'm still here. We agreed before we went to the countryside that we would send a telegram to let them know we were safe after six months. Even if we wrote a letter, I'm afraid it would be investigated, so we decided not to bother."

Grandma Yao nodded, and suddenly thought of something, and asked, "By the way, Wanjie, the Li family I mentioned last time is from this village. Have you seen them? Do any of their sons look like you or me?"

Shen Wanxue sighed and said, "Alas... I looked at their second and third sons from a distance, and they don't look alike. The fourth son is not at home all year round, but he did help me carry a bucket of water. Unfortunately, my eyesight was very bad at that time, so I couldn't see clearly. However... their mother's name is Liu Lan, and the name doesn't match. The number of children in the family doesn't match, and the surnames don't match. I'm afraid it's not..."

After hearing this, Grandma Yao couldn't help but feel sad.

Shen Wanxue perked up and said with a smile, "Let's not talk about this anymore. Aunt Yao, next time you come, can you bring me the Heshi white jade phoenix pendant? Also, bring me two small yellow croakers."

After hearing this, Grandma Yao naturally agreed.

A few days later, he showed up as expected and handed Feng Pei and the small yellow croaker to Shen Wanxue.

Shen Wanxue took the Feng pendant and handed the two small yellow croakers back to Grandma Yao. She smiled and said, "Aunt Yao, I heard that your granddaughter is looking for a marriage partner. Is the in-law a young man from this village? These two small yellow croakers are my wedding gifts to them. Please find a chance to give them to them."

When Grandma Yao heard this, she subconsciously refused: "Sister Wan, this... this is too expensive! Isn't it my duty to do all this? How can I accept it!"

Shen Wanxue clasped her hands together and said firmly: "You take it! If you hadn't guarded it for us, these things would have long ceased to belong to us! If you don't take it, I'll be angry!"

Grandma Yao had no choice but to accept it, intending to give it to her granddaughter as a dowry.

However, she didn't plan to tell her granddaughter the origin of this thing. She only planned to say that it was her trousseau when she got married...

*

The next morning, Lin Yuru came early as expected and started preparing meals for Xia Juanjuan and the three kids.

I cooked rice porridge, put lean meat and chopped spinach in it, sprinkled some salt on it, and baked a few scallion pancakes, heated up a few steamed buns, and stir-fried rabbit meat and baby spinach.

After everything was done, Xia Juanjuan and the three kids were allowed to get up and eat.

Xia Juanjuan felt a little guilty, so she asked Lin Yuru to get up early and come from Xia Village to cook for her.

However, she doesn't want Lin Yuru to come and live here yet, because it would be inconvenient for her to take supplies out of the space.

Therefore, she planned to wait for some time, after she had prepared and taken out all the things that needed to be prepared from the space, and when she was also in good health, she would talk about it later.

"Mom, I'll cook three meals a day from now on. I'm not feeling well now. There are so many pregnant women in the village, don't they all work in the fields while pregnant? If you come so early to cook for me and take care of me, people in the village will think I'm a lazy person..."

Lin Yuru was also embarrassed when she heard this. She was her own daughter, didn't she know about it? What could she do? How could she let the villagers call her a lazy bone?

However, she was really worried, after all, this was her first pregnancy...

"But...if you get tired..."

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "Mom, how can I be so delicate? Besides, there are three little guys helping to light the fire and cook. And doesn't dad help with the work in the fields? I just cook three meals a day, how tired can I be? On the contrary, I heard that if you don't move much during pregnancy, the fetus will grow too big and it is very likely to be difficult to deliver..."

When Lin Yuru heard this, she quickly spat twice and muttered, "The bad ones don't work, but the good ones do!"

Then she complained, "Look at you, kid. You must not be so careless! The birth will be smooth! Everything will go smoothly!"

Most births in rural areas are given at home with the help of a midwife. It is very rare for them to go to the city to stay in a hospital ten days or half a month in advance and then return to the village after giving birth.

I can't afford the time, and I don't have the spare money.

Therefore, if there is a dystocia and heavy bleeding during birth, it would be fatal and it would be too late to save the baby!

Xia Juanjuan said, "I am just an example, so I still need to do some work and move more. Besides, when I am pregnant and can't cook, I will have to rely on you to take care of me. There will be hard work in the future! There is no rush in the next few months. Also, it will be the Grain Rain Festival soon to plant sweet potatoes, peanuts and cotton. If you only take care of me, how can my father do farm work and earn work points alone?"

After hearing these words, Lin Yuru hesitated for a while, then sighed and said, "Okay. Then you should be more careful and don't overwork yourself."

Xia Juanjuan naturally agreed readily.

After breakfast, Lin Yuru went back.

Xia Juanjuan planned to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some cloth so that she could prepare some clothes for her unborn baby.

However, in her current physical condition, she definitely cannot ride a bicycle. The roads in the countryside are bumpy enough to make her feel horrible even if she doesn't fall.

It just so happened that the village was growing peanuts, sweet potatoes, sorghum, millet and the like, and needed to go to the town to get fertilizer, so they sent an ox cart over, and Xia Juanjuan took a ride on the ox cart.

I bought a few feet of cloth at the supply and marketing cooperative, as well as some food, eggs and pork. After I came out, I found a secluded place, entered the space, took out some more cloth of the same pattern, some more food and pork, and then took the village ox cart back.

When I came back, I happened to meet Xia Shuangshan coming back from the mountain with his three kids.

When Xiao Wu and Bei Bei saw her, they ran over. Xiao Wu said proudly, "Mom, we caught pheasants and rabbits again! We also dug up a lot of spring bamboo shoots!"

Beibei also said incoherently: "Um... wild rabbit! My brother caught it!"

Xia Shuangshan also laughed and said, "Xiao Wen set a trap yesterday afternoon and caught a wild rabbit today!"

Xiaowen's face was flushed, and she was very excited because she caught a hare.

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "Xiao Wen is so capable? Then let's eat rabbit for lunch today. Dad, don't go back. Call Mom over. Let's eat lunch at my place today."