Chapter 531 Thank you, old man
Old Man Li lives in the innermost part of Lijia Village, close to the dense forest. It is usually so quiet that only the sounds of birds can be heard from the forest. But now, there is the sound of footsteps on the dilapidated wooden stairs.
This cellar was used regularly during their parents' generation, but after Old Man Li got married and had children, he stopped using it and used it as a place to store his belongings. His wife, Aunt Li, stood beside the cellar, bent over, looking in and out at the gate, afraid someone would come in without warning and discover what they were doing.
"How is it? Has the little girl's fever subsided?" Aunt Li asked her husband in a low voice.
Old man Li nodded and said, "I left, ate some porridge, and then went back to sleep."
Hearing this, Aunt Li breathed a sigh of relief. "I spent 60,000 yuan to buy it. If it burns and becomes stupid, it won't be worth it."
The little girl had been in her house for two days and had been running a fever. The person who brought her here refused to return her and instead stuffed her into the couple's arms and ran away.
"She is beautiful. When Goudan grows up, the child she gives birth to will definitely be beautiful too." Old man Li comforted his wife.
Aunt Li narrowed her eyes in a smile. "Indeed, this little girl is really pretty. There's no prettier girl in the surrounding area. We can't let her out. If someone else in the village takes a fancy to her, it will be troublesome."
I don’t know why, but the children in Lijia Village are not very smart. Many of those who gave birth to sons never had the chance to marry, and they all stayed single at home.
Old Man Li and Aunt Li noticed this change and planned to buy a child bride so that when their grandson Goudan grew up, he could immediately marry the child bride and have children.
Goudan is their only grandson. Two years after Goudan was born, their only son went to the mountains to hunt and fell, breaking into two pieces. Soon after, his mother went to work in a big city. She came back for the Chinese New Year in the first year, but never came back after that. Old Man Li and Aunt Li knew that his mother should have her own family in the big city. They could do nothing about it. They just wanted to raise Goudan well and help Goudan have several children so that they could take care of them in their old age.
"Where is Goudan?" Old man Li asked, looking at the big sun in the sky.
Aunt Li smiled lovingly, "He's sleeping in the main room."
"Let him sleep." Old man Li doted on his grandson.
The next morning, around eight o'clock, Old Man Li went down to the cellar with food. Xu Lingwei woke up at this time. She felt sick and weak. She had only a mat under her, and her bones ached from sleeping so much.
Seeing an old man coming down the wooden stairs, Xu Lingwei politely asked, "Old man, did you save me?"
The clear, sweet voice is soft and full of innocence, which makes people like it very much.
Old man Li immediately thought that Goudan’s future child would be like this, and his heart was immediately filled with joy.
He placed the food in front of Xu Lingwei and said with a smile, "Yes, I saved you."
When the traffickers brought the child here, she was already burning with fever and unconscious. Therefore, she did not realize that this was the family that bought her and thought they were her saviors.
Old Man Li's kind smile also gave Xu Lingwei an illusion. Xu Lingwei said gratefully, "Thank you, Grandpa."
"You're welcome, you're welcome. You must be hungry. Have some steamed buns. There's also porridge here."
The food was all very rough. Xu Lingwei had never eaten such simple food in her life, but she was very hungry. When the old man asked her to eat, she couldn't wait to reach out and took a steamed bun and started eating it in big mouthfuls.
"Eat slowly, eat slowly." Old man Li smiled. "Hey kid, eat slowly. There's still plenty at home. But it's better if you eat more. It's better for you to gain weight."
"Thank you, old man." Xu Lingwei thanked him vaguely.
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