After putting down the letter, Su Qingci went inside to visit her grandmother.
Li Yueniang was sitting by the window, watching the children playing in the yard, but her thoughts were wandering off somewhere else.
"Grandma, what are you thinking about?"
The old lady's health was deteriorating, and she was sometimes lucid and sometimes confused.
"Su Yi, you're back? Why did you take so long this time? Are you hungry?"
Su Qingci gently stroked her grandmother's hair, "Grandma, I am Qingci."
Li Yueniang's eyes gradually cleared. "Qingci, you've come back to see your grandmother?"
"Do you have any money to spend? Grandma does, just wait here, Grandma will get it for you." With that, Li Yueniang stood up shakily and took out a handful of change from her pocket.
Su Qingci sighed softly and helped Li Yueniang sit down. "Grandma, do you miss Grandpa?"
Li Yueniang was stunned for a long while before slowly speaking, "Qingci, do you know? My life has been very hard. Everyone knows that your grandfather let me down, but I have to admit that no matter how much he hurt me, the happiest time of my life was the time I spent with him..."
Li Yueniang spoke haltingly to Qingci about her initial trepidation upon arriving at the Su family home, the joy of playing with little Su Yi, the shyness of Su Yi holding her hand as he taught her to write, and the sweetness of sewing clothes for him stitch by stitch...
Su Qingci listened quietly, watching the radiant look on Li Yueniang's face, imagining her grandmother's youthful sweetness, her sorrow at parting from her husband, and her charmingly coquettish way of acting towards her grandfather...
"Qingci, tell me, isn't Grandma so pathetic? He treated me like this, causing your father and me to suffer so much, yet I still cherish those sweet years of my youth."
"I hate him, but I also have to admit that I love him to the core."
"It was too hard being with him. I don't want to meet him again in my next life, but I really don't regret marrying him in this life."
Su Qingci patted her grandmother's hand. "Grandma, you are the best grandma, the best mother, the best wife, and the best daughter-in-law. Every role you play is perfect. The Su family is blessed with great fortune because of you. It's a pity that Grandpa is not fortunate enough to have you."
“You still have us. Look at you now, surrounded by your children and grandchildren, five generations under one roof. Many people would kill for that. Grandma, you must take good care of yourself. You still have to take care of our children.”
"Okay, Grandma must take good care of herself. Grandma wants to watch Chengfei, Chengnan, and Xiaoyu grow up carefree. Grandma wants to stay a little longer so that she won't miss your grandfather and won't meet him again in the next life..."
As she spoke, Li Yueniang's thoughts drifted away again.
Ten-year-old Su Yi secretly ran to Li Yueniang's room with his quilt.
Li Yueniang said angrily, "Su Yi, you're already ten years old, a little man, and you still don't want to sleep in a separate bed? Aren't you ashamed?"
Su Yi rolled into Li Yueniang's arms. "I don't want to. I won't break up with you. My room is haunted. I want to sleep with you. Everyone says you're my wife. I want to sleep with you. I'm not ashamed."
A rebellious thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy was teased for having a wife who was like a wet nurse. He got into a fight with someone and then argued with Li Yueniang when he got back.
The servants of the Su family were buzzing with gossip.
The old lady of the Su family thought that if her son didn't like her, he didn't like her. Li Yueniang was almost 22 years old, so she arranged for her to meet a steward in the outer courtyard, intending to marry her off.
Upon hearing this, Su Yi rushed over, overturned the table, grabbed Li Yueniang, and ran off, declaring, "This is my wife! Who dares to covet her? Anyone who tries to take advantage of her will be killed!"
Fourteen-year-old Su Yi already knew how to protect her...
Fifteen-year-old Su Yi got drunk at a classmate's house, but he still knew to put the osmanthus cake on the table in his pocket and bring it back to Li Yueniang like a treasure, simply because Li Yueniang had said she liked to eat it.
Sixteen-year-old Su Yi was already blushing when he looked at Li Yueniang, and he said he really wanted to marry her.
Seventeen-year-old Su Yi, still a child, firmly gave Li Yueniang a formal title.
Everyone was saying that 25-year-old Li Yueniang was already an old maid and would definitely be kicked out of the house eventually...
Two-year-old Su Yi is so cute, staring at her with his big, bright eyes.
Three-year-old Su Yi can call me "sister," but he still drools.
Four-year-old Su Yi is becoming increasingly clingy.
Five-year-old Su Yi has finally stopped wetting the bed.
Six-year-old Su Yi began his formal education at school.
Seven-year-old Su Yi can already write the five characters "Li Yueniang" and "Su Yi".
Eight-year-old Su Yi would look for his older sister as soon as he got off school.
Nine-year-old Su Yi........
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Eighteen-year-old Su Yi is gone...
Su Yi, in his thirties, didn't want her anymore...
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