Chapter 55: Longevity Bowl
It seemed that Lu Jiayuan's sister had secretly run back to the village. Lu Xing wandered around outside but didn't hear anyone mention his sister.
After Lu Xing gave him the bamboo worm, he never mentioned this matter outside.
Later one day, when she was taking a walk in the village to digest her food, she happened to see Erniu's mother holding a bowl of rice and chatting with someone on the side of the road.
Her sister-in-law was talking about what happened in the morning. "What's going on with Yufen? I agreed with her to go to the city together today."
"I was just a little late looking for Luo Kan this morning, and she left with He Gu without even saying hello. I had to wait for her at the village entrance for over an hour."
"Do you think she did it on purpose?"
Erniu's mother, Sun Pingjuan, often washes clothes with her sister-in-law and Yufen, and they chat a lot, but she has always disliked Yufen.
Before, seeing that her sister-in-law had a good relationship with Yufen, she had never said anything, but now she finally found the opportunity.
"I've felt something was wrong with her for a long time."
"Do you remember that bowl we had? Yufen borrowed it from us for her child's wedding banquet, and she hasn't returned it yet."
The other two people who had gathered to watch the fun started to jeer. "Huh? She did this before? She seems so quiet and reserved usually, but I didn't expect she's this kind of person in private."
Sun Pingjuan couldn't even eat when she talked about this. "That's right! I lent her my bowl out of kindness, but when I asked for it back, she insisted it was broken and hurt her mouth from eating, so she gave it to her right then and there."
At that time, the three of them had a pretty good relationship because they talked a lot, but after this incident, she no longer liked to interact with Yufen.
But Yufen always pretended to be very good in public, and no one believed her when she told others about this. Today, someone finally saw her true face.
"When I told her about this, she denied it again, saying she had already returned the bowl to me and that I had misremembered it."
The sister-in-law doesn't cook, and Sun Pingjuan is in charge of the kitchen. This is the first time she heard of this. "Is there such a thing? I thought she really returned the bowl to us."
"That bowl was my dowry. I brought it from my parents' home. How could I forget it?"
That bowl was specially made for her grandfather when he passed away.
In the south, it is customary for an elderly person to pass away after the age of seventy to be considered a happy funeral, and the family will order a longevity bowl for the deceased. This bowl is then given to the children of the family, so that they can share in the blessing of the elderly person's longevity.
When Sun Pingjuan got married, her mother gave her this longevity bowl as a dowry, hoping that her future children would also share in the blessing.
After Datie and Erniu grew up, she kept this beautiful longevity bowl on top of the cabinet and only took it out on important occasions.
I don’t know how Yufen knew about this bowl in her family, but she insisted on borrowing it so that the new daughter-in-law could share in the blessings of her family.
She spoke nicely when she was lending the money, and Sun Pingjuan thought that she was a good person, so she agreed to lend it to her.
As a result, she secretly took the bowl away and could not get it back no matter what she did. You can imagine how angry Sun Pingjuan was.
The sister-in-law was still mad about being stood up that morning. "She usually pretends to be so good that you can't tell at all. If she hadn't left me at the village entrance this time, I wouldn't have known she was such a person."
"And later I asked her why she didn't wait for me, and she said I left her there alone, so she found someone else."
"It's a good thing I didn't tell anyone when I heard her say bad things about Aunt Lu Xing."
Lu Xing, who had been standing outside listening, never thought that this could be linked to him. "What bad things did you say about me?"
The sister-in-law was still angry about what happened that morning and didn't intend to save face for Yufen. "She said you didn't get married because no one wanted you. She also said that several aunts in the village didn't have a good relationship with you because when you were young, you tried to hook up with their girlfriends, but it didn't work out."
Lu Xing:?
In her memory, Yufen always greeted her warmly whenever she saw her, and she didn't look like she disliked her at all, and there didn't seem to be any grudge between them.
"Where did she say that? Why have I never heard her say it to her face?"
When Sun Pingjuan saw Lu Xing, she suddenly remembered her ability and got excited. "Auntie, aren't you really good at finding things? Can you help me sense where my bowl is?"
The other people also looked at Lu Xing expectantly, "Auntie, can you show it to us?"
She originally just wanted to take a walk after dinner to digest the food, but she couldn't resist the urge to watch the fun and ended up being involved.
Now that she was trapped here, she had no choice but to look for him. However, she was also very curious about what grudge she had with Yufen that made her talk badly about her behind her back.
"What exactly does your bowl look like? Describe it in detail."
"It's a small bowl with a red base and a gold rim. There's a character for longevity engraved on the bottom."
"System, can you scan whether there is such a bowl in Yufen's house?"
[Scanning...]
[The scan revealed four bowls similar to this description.]
When Lu Xing heard the result, he was stunned for a moment, "Erniu's mother, how many bowls did you lose?"
Sun Pingjuan was also stunned for a moment, not understanding why she asked this. "Only one, Auntie, what's wrong?"
"Then why did I sense several bowls in her house, and one of them had the word 'Jun' in it?"
The people watching the fun couldn't stop laughing. They didn't expect that this matter could be linked to them. "There is a word 'Jun' on the bottom of my birthday bowl. My grandson took it out to show off, but when he came back, he said he lost it."
"This can't be my bowl."
Lu Xing was a little surprised. He didn't expect there would be such an unexpected gain. "Your bowl? There's a hole on the edge of the bowl."
"Yes, yes, I accidentally broke it while washing dishes, and then my grandson dug it out and took it away when I was putting it away in the cupboard."
Sun Pingjuan chimed in, "So she's a habitual thief. No wonder she was so shameless when I came to her house. It turns out this isn't her first time doing this."
"Looking at the way she usually greets others, I thought she was a good-natured person. I never expected that."
A few people were so engrossed in their conversation that they forgot that Sun Pingjuan was holding a bowl of rice in her hands.
When she went back to put the bowl away, she also took a few plums for Lu Xing.
Last time, I accidentally gave Lu Xing a sour one, so this time she specially picked out a few sweet ones for her to take back.
It was also a way of thanking her for helping to confirm the whereabouts of the longevity bowl.
So when Lian Hua came to chat with Lu Xing at night, she saw her eating plums with one hand and feeding the fox with the other.
When the little fox saw a stranger coming, he ran away.
Lu Xing didn't go looking for it, but put the uneaten plum in his hand into its food bowl.
"You've got a really good fox, you even got to eat plums?"
Lianhua was a little envious. Her family didn't have a plum tree, so if she wanted to eat plums, she had to buy them herself.
"No, it just so happened that Erniu's mom gave me some, it's pretty sweet, do you want some?"
"I'm full at night and can't eat anymore." She skillfully found a stool to sit down and poured herself a glass of water. "What did you talk about with Erniu's mother during the day?"
Lu Xing thought about it and told her about the birthday bowl. "She didn't say anything. She lost a bowl and wanted me to help her find it. What's the matter?"
"You don't know? She ran to someone else's house when Yufen was having dinner that night, rummaged through the house, and finally found four birthday bowls, none of which belonged to Yufen."
"Now the news has spread outside."
"What did you say?"
Lu Xing guessed that they were either talking about Yufen's habit of stealing the birthday bowl, or about Sun Pingjuan rushing into someone else's house.
Lian Hua looked at her like that and smiled. "People say you don't know where your skills come from. Not only are you good at finding people, you're also good at finding bowls."
"Congratulations, your skill is going to be famous again."
Lu Xing felt that the plum in his hand was no longer sweet. "Why is this matter involving me again?"
"No one told me about the four birthday bowls hidden in Yufen's house?"
"Tell me, why is it that no one has said anything, but everyone is still more curious about mysterious things."
Lian Hua was initially skeptical about Lu Xing's abilities, but after all that had happened, she wasn't so sure anymore. "Could it be possible that you learned this ability through a nightmare?"
Lu Xing didn't know what to reply.
Thinking about how many people had come to her to look for things before, and that there would probably be even more people coming after this incident, Lu Xing felt a little headache.
Although she likes to watch the fun, she doesn't want to be watched as the fun continues.
We have to find a way to divert everyone's attention.
【Author has something to say】
Longevity bowl is a custom here.
When attending a wedding or funeral banquet, the host will give each family two birthday bowls.
It symbolizes longevity
And thank you to the little angels for feeding me the nutrient solution.
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