Chapter 11 Letter

No one expected Lin Qiao to ask this suddenly.

In shock, Xu Li smiled and asked gently, "Why do you think of talking about this?"

"My cousin told me something when I went back this time." Lin Qiao looked straight at Old Master Ji with a calm look, "My uncle and aunt said that the two families are in such a mess, the Ji family can't be willing to have me, so has the Lin family really done anything wrong to the Ji family or to you?"

She wasn't the type to let the pus rot inside her body. Since she knew there was a problem, she should have talked about it earlier.

Lin Qiao's eyes were bright and firm, like her father, and even more like the young Lin Chang that Ji Laozi had first met, the Lin Chang who was desperate in battle and who was clumsy and shy when he asked him to help write letters home.

Lin Chang, the one who stood in front of him, covered him in blood, and left him a last word.

Although he was rescued later, he still remembers every word the other person said at that time.

Old Master Ji sighed, "It's not that I'm sorry. Something happened at the beginning. Your grandmother Ji, your uncle and I were all sent down to the countryside. Your uncle Ji was also implicated. At that time, your aunt Ji was pregnant with Xiaoling. She was frightened every day. Both adults and children were worried. I thought that your family was remote and you were the family of a martyr. Could Xiaoze go to your house to avoid the limelight?"

"My family refused?"

Old Master Ji was silent, paused, and then said, "It's normal for your family to do that. It was so noisy at that time, who wouldn't be scared?"

This is helping the Lin family to make amends. In fact, the Lin family not only refused, but also made it clear that they did not want to have anything to do with the Ji family anymore.

But how many couples, fathers and sons severed their relationships at that time? Everyone was just trying to protect themselves.

Old Master Ji did not tell his son and daughter-in-law about this, but he did not contact the Lin family from then on until Lin Qiao came to him.

Unexpectedly, Lin Qiao suddenly went to look in her bag and said, "My grandparents may not know anything about what happened back then."

Master Ji was stunned.

She had already taken out a large stack of letters. "My grandmother couldn't read, but she had the habit of collecting letters. She felt that even if she couldn't understand them, she would feel at ease just by touching them. She kept the letters my grandfather wrote back home, as well as the letters you sent to my grandfather later. She collected them all on schedule. I've read them, and the letter you mentioned is not there."

"No?" This time Mr. Ji was really surprised.

"Indeed not." Lin Qiao gave him an affirmative answer again, "So I was wondering if the letter could have been intercepted by my uncle."

Mr. Lin was willing to risk his life to save others, so he would not be afraid of being implicated, and Mrs. Lin would not be so ruthless. What is more likely is that the letter was intercepted before it reached the hands of the old couple, and the old couple had no idea.

After all, they were illiterate, and reading and writing letters were all

Lin Shouyi did the work.

Lin Qiao solemnly handed the letter to the bedside. When Old Man Ji took it in his hand, he suddenly felt it was a little heavy.

"It's possible that I guessed wrong, but before my grandmother died, she did ask me to come to Yandu to find you because I was in trouble. From what I know about my grandmother, if she really knew about this, she would definitely be embarrassed to say this to me."

Lin Qiao just told everything she knew. It would be best if the problem could be solved, but she wouldn't force it if it couldn't be solved.

Seeing that Master Ji was looking at the letter without saying anything, she decided to leave the space to the old couple, "It's getting late, I won't disturb Master Ji to rest."

There were a lot of messages, so Xu Li had to sort them out. She told Ji Duo, "Send Qiao Qiao home, and take a rest at home. You've been tired for two days."

This time, Ji Duo did not mention staying to take care of the child. He glanced at the letters and said, "You and Dad should go to bed early too."

After the two of them left, Xu Li pressed her forehead and asked Old Master Ji: "Do you want me to help you?"

Old Master Ji was very impatient when he was young. Although he is much better now, he will not be able to sleep tonight unless this problem is solved.

Unexpectedly, Mr. Ji raised his head and asked, "Where are my reading glasses?" He actually wanted to look at them himself.

Xu Li went to the drawer to get his glasses case for him and sat down on the bed. "It's good to take a look. Qiao Qiao doesn't look like someone who would tell lies."

"If she knew how to lie, she should have exaggerated what she said about her uncle and aunt."

Lin Qiao's goal has always been clear, which is to escape from that home, and he has never thought of using the Ji family to take revenge on the couple.

The old man put on his glasses, opened the first letter, and immediately recalled the distant past from the familiar handwriting.

When Lin Chang was about to be dismissed and sent back to his hometown, he thought Lin Chang would come to him for help. However, he returned to his hometown without saying a word. When he asked about it, he just said that he didn't know how to do anything and it was a good thing for him to go back to farm. If he wanted to help, he could take care of his son in the future.

Later, Lin Chang really sent his son to join the army, but he did not mention it to him in the letter.

When he met Lin Chang who came to claim his son's belongings in the army, he found out that the man was under his command and had died on the battlefield.

Old Master Ji was flipping through the letter in silence. For a moment, the only sound in the ward was the rustling of papers.

After a long while, he took off his glasses, closed his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose, "Yes, there are no two letters."

Lin Qiao didn't know that he actually wrote two letters and only received a reply after writing the second one.

The old man let out a long sigh, "I also had doubts at first. Lao Lin and his wife didn't seem like that kind of people. But at that time, many of the people who looked good cut off ties with us. We couldn't even take care of ourselves at that time."

"Yeah, I never thought I could come back." Seeing that he had finished reading, Xu Li helped him sort out the letters.

Old Master Ji sighed again, "The old Lin couple are both good, and Shouren seems reliable, so why is the second brother like this?"

"When the second child was born, the old Lin had already gone to the battlefield, right?" Xu Li said, "The old Lin passed away not long after he was born. The family was worried about him, so they inevitably spoiled the youngest son a little. Unlike the eldest son, who was already old enough to remember things at the time and had to help take care of his younger brother."

The dragon gave birth to nine sons, each of them is different. It is hard to say that the children will be like the parents.

The old man put his glasses on the bedside table and suddenly changed the subject, "Is Xiaoze going to have a vacation soon?"

"I think I heard him mention it once, saying that it had something to do with his childhood friends."

"Then let him seize the time to spend with Qiao Qiao. The Lin family's couple can really do anything. If they don't hurry up, I will be worried."

I deliberately intercepted the letter and wrote back to cut off all contact with them.

Knowing that Lin Qiao had an arranged marriage, he still sold her out. Even when the truth was revealed and the Ji family came knocking on his door, he still made demands to the Ji family with a licking face...

Xu Li also felt that as long as Lin Qiao didn't get married, the couple might still do something strange. She was just a little hesitant, "Just now you said that a forced melon is not sweet..."

"I was just saying that out of anger! Look, the boss didn't come to see me at all. He came to help his wife!"

The old man got angry when he thought of his eldest son's attempt to smooth things over. "Let's not talk about him. Look at how Qiao handled these things. She was thoughtful, courageous, and sensible. Xiaoze is her age, but he doesn't have her ability. She is a good match for our Xiaoze. Maybe Xiaoze will get it. It's better than the eldest son's wife making random arrangements."

Speaking of Ye Minshu, the old man couldn't help but snort, "That's the vision of the eldest brother's wife."

Sometimes the older people get, the more childish they become. Xu Li was amused by his words, "Look at what you said, you've got Xiaoze and the eldest brother involved. Minshu has poor taste, how could she be interested in your son?"

"If she had good taste, she would have chosen the second one."

In terms of ability, Ji Jun, the elder brother, is indeed not as good as Ji Duo. Ji Duo joined the army and did not even rely on his family. Ji Jun, despite being the son of Ji Chunming, could only work as a civilian and eventually retired to the local area.

But the old man could say this, but Xu Li couldn't respond, "This doesn't make sense. How old was the second child at the time?"

"If the second child was old enough, he wouldn't be like the first child. It's a pity that the second child is a generation apart from Qiao Yatou. Otherwise, based on what happened to Xiaoze that day, I would have let Qiao Yatou and the second child go together. These grown-ups still listen to their mothers."

Rather than being dissatisfied with his grandson, the thorn in Grandpa Ji's side is his eldest daughter-in-law.

Xu Li saw through it but didn't say anything. She changed the subject and said, "Then you should talk to Xiaoze about it some other day."

"I know." The old man was obviously a little tired, and he pinched his brows again, "I'm old, and I have old injuries. There's no tomorrow after today. Without this marriage relationship, she is an outsider after all. Who will be willing to take care of her when I'm gone in the future?"

This was unlucky, and Xu Li didn't like it. "You're thinking so much after only two days in the hospital. I'm still waiting for you to look after the second child."

"Him?" The old man got angry when he mentioned Ji Duo's marriage. "It's good that he doesn't stay single for his whole life! He's always cold to me and doesn't even look at the girls I introduce to him. I'm afraid that he'll bring back a son-in-law one day and I'll be so angry that I'll die!"

Ji Duo, who could make people angry to death, had already returned home. It was too late, so he stayed directly in the old house.

Lin Qiao also returned to the room where she had stayed the night before and found that the thermos had been refilled with hot water, probably because they knew she would come back. As soon as she put down her things, the nanny Aunt Zhang brought in a hot water bag and said, "I heard that you have a cold. Take this to keep warm."

There is no doubt that this was heard from Ji Duo.

This man looks cold, but he probably has a strong sense of responsibility and he will take care of everything handed over to him.

Lin Qiao then remembered that he was still wearing someone else's coat, so he quickly took it off and prepared to return it to Ji Duo.

After dinner, she took the medicine again, and her fever had subsided, and she was no longer so cold. After all, this was a uniform, and whether Ji Duo wanted to wear it or wash it, returning it early would not delay other people's business.

The Ji family's courtyard is divided into two parts. The rooms of the old couple and their two sons are in the front yard, and the younger generation and the nanny live in the back yard.

No one else was there at the moment, only Ji Duo's room had the light on. Lin Qiao found it easily by passing through the moon-shaped door.

She was probably getting ready to sleep, as the curtains were already drawn. Lin Qiao quickened his pace and was about to knock on the door, but he stepped on something and suddenly slipped, crashing into the door the next second.

This is made of solid wood. I don't know how painful it would be if it got hit.

Lin Qiao pushed the door open with her hand. Fortunately, people in that era used latches, and the man didn't lock the door. So she pushed the door open with her hand.

She staggered forward two steps and managed to steady herself by holding onto the door.

But before I could rejoice, I heard a deep and cold voice, "Who!"

Ji Duo moved quickly and grabbed the shirt on the back of the chair. Because he was so close, the corner of the shirt almost brushed Lin Qiao's nose.

Lin Qiao just glanced at the sound and saw the man's muscular back with smooth lines. Not only the back, but also the man's belt was pulled out, and the military trousers fell down around his waist, revealing a very powerful waistline and a bit of pure black inside.

This...why is he changing clothes?

Lin Qiao's face flushed and he quickly looked away, "I came to return the clothes and accidentally tripped at the door."

God knows that she was going to knock on the door and had no intention of breaking into the girl's room at night.

Ji Duo's jawline tensed, but he still followed her instructions and found an inconspicuous stone at the door.

He buttoned his clothes with a sullen face and reached out to take his coat. Just as he was about to send the man away, the gate suddenly opened.

"Aunt Zhang! I'm sleeping here tonight and I'm not going back..."

A half-grown girl ran in with a schoolbag in her arms and pouting, and when she looked up and saw this scene, she gasped.

Then, without waiting for anyone to react, she turned around and ran back, "I didn't see anything!"