Han Xiao's voice became softer and softer, and he didn't know whether he was speaking to the original owner or to comfort himself. After saying these words, Han Xiao only felt a breeze blowing through the room.
After comforting himself in this way, Han Xiao got out of bed and crawled under the bed. Sure enough, he found that the soil under the bed was different from other places. He found a wooden stick to dig it up. Fortunately, it was not buried very deep.
There was a wooden box buried underneath. It looked to be made with great care and was not locked, so it was easily opened.
There wasn't much in it, just an embroidered brocade bag, a few toys, and the jade pendant.
The jade pendant is emerald green all over and has excellent water content, so it is obviously worth a lot of money. However, it looks like this jade pendant is only half, so it should be a mandarin duck pendant.
After looking at it for a long time without figuring out what it was, Han Xiao put the jade pendant away and planned to ask Han Mingyuan about it tomorrow.
After finding the jade pendant, Han Xiao felt sleepy and fell asleep in bed in a short while.
He slept very well. When he woke up, Han Xiao thought he was still in a hotel and was a little confused. But he soon came to his senses, touched his rumbling stomach, and prepared to go to the kitchen to find something to eat.
When he opened the door, he was suddenly blown by a cold wind. The weather was getting colder. Han Xiao glanced at the sky and estimated that it was around 7 o'clock in the morning. It was a bit chilly in the morning in late autumn, so Han Xiao tightened his coat.
When they walked into the kitchen, they saw Han's mother making breakfast, and Han's father was also helping. When they saw Han Xiao wake up, they quickly pulled him to sit by the stove: "Dalang, why are you up so early? Is it too cold to sleep?"
Listening to Han's mother's gentle words, Han Xiao said softly: "No, mother, I slept very well last night. Can't you see that I am in much better spirits?"
Han Xiao's words were not a lie. After a whole night's rest, he felt much better. Young people recover quickly, and Doctor Liu's medicine was also good, so he felt almost better when he woke up today.
Han's mother was very quick and had prepared breakfast while they were chatting. The farmers' meal was simple, just a pot of brown rice porridge and two fried wild vegetables, which was already very good. Considering that Han Xiao had just had a serious illness, she also cooked a few eggs for Han Xiao to nourish his body.
Mother Han let the two eat first, and she went to wake the two little ones up. Han Xiao wanted to ask Mother Han to sit down and go over to wake them, but Han Mingyuan stopped him: "Your brothers will be distressed if they don't see their mother when they get up in the morning, so let your mother go."
Han Xiao sat down after hearing this and put the food on the table. The two of them tacitly agreed not to pick up their chopsticks yet, wanting to wait for Han's mother to come back and eat together.
While waiting for Han's mother, Han Xiao took out the jade pendant he found yesterday and asked Han Mingyuan about the jade pendant.
"Father, I found the jade pendant yesterday. Please take a look." Han Xiao handed the jade pendant to Han Mingyuan.
Han Mingyuan looked at the jade pendant with a complicated look in his eyes and took it. "This jade pendant was given to you by your grandfather, a wealthy businessman. It's been so many years."
Han Xiao perked up when he heard this. From what his father said, this jade pendant might have a story behind it.
"More than a decade ago, your grandfather went up the mountain to collect firewood. Unexpectedly, he encountered a middle-aged man being hunted. Out of kindness, your grandfather rescued the man and brought him home to nurse him back to health. Your mother happened to be pregnant with you at the time, so the middle-aged man gave your grandfather this jade pendant and said he could arrange a marriage for you."
Han Mingyuan spoke in a low voice, as if he missed Grandpa Han a little: "After the middle-aged man recovered from his injury and passed away, your grandfather didn't take it seriously. When you were one year old, you happened to get this jade pendant, so he gave it to you."
Then he handed the jade pendant to Han Xiao. Han Xiao took it and said, "I see this jade pendant is half, is it a mandarin duck pendant?"
Han Mingyuan nodded. "Yes, these jade pendants are a pair. When the middle-aged man arranged the marriage, he said that each of us would receive one jade pendant as a token of our love."
"Speaking of this, I also remembered that you have a fiancée." Han Mingyuan said with a smile on his face.
Han Xiao's heart skipped a beat. As expected, he had a bad feeling when he saw the jade pendant yesterday. In ancient times, marriages were arranged by parents and matchmakers, and two people had to get married and spend their whole lives together without ever meeting each other. It was simply too scary.
Moreover, he didn't even know whether the other party was a man or a woman. It was really difficult for Han Xiao to get married without meeting her. So Han Xiao thought that if he couldn't, he could go to her house and apologize, saying that he was just a commoner and not worthy of the rich family. Then he would take all the responsibilities on himself. This way of dealing with it would be better for the "fiancée" he had never met.
After all, in ancient times, the policy of breaking off an engagement between a man and a woman was quite strict. Han Xiao, as a grown man, was not afraid of anything, but he was worried that it would have a bad influence on others. If he took the responsibility on himself, people who did not understand the situation would not look at him with too prejudiced eyes.
Moreover, from what my father said, the middle-aged man was a wealthy businessman. Anyone who could produce such a jade pendant must have a wealthy family. More than ten years ago, the Han family was considered a wealthy family. Now that the family has fallen on hard times, people may not necessarily recognize this marriage.
Thinking of this, Han Xiao felt at ease. He knew that this marriage would never happen no matter what.
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