"My father?"
Hua Rongsheng was petrified when she heard this. Her mother and father had been dead for many years, so what kind of father was this?
"The Three Talents are Heaven, Earth, and Man. The Three Lights are the Sun, Moon, and Stars. The Three Bonds are the Ruler and the Subject, and the Duty of Ruler and Subject. Mother and Daughter are close, and Wife and Husband are obedient. These are Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter. These four seasons are the source of endless fortune..."
Watching the students gradually enter the Hua family's backyard classroom, listening to the clear sound of reading, Mulan Jin nodded with satisfaction. She had never expected his daughter to be a teacher, the only scholar in the area.
Seeing Mulan Jin, who didn't treat him as an outsider at all and was wandering around the house, and his puzzled wife, Ye Maochun's mouth twitched slightly. He had to pull Hua Rongsheng aside and repeat what Yu Xiaotian had said to him.
"Never mind. Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. If you do good deeds, blessings may be on the way. Just like when you saved Li Ge, we now have such a good husband. Since Qingcheng didn't drive this old man away, it means she has her own considerations. Besides, this old man also saved Xiaotian, so just consider it as repaying his kindness."
Otherwise, why do they say that if you are not from the same family, you will not enter the same door? What Hua Rongsheng said was similar to what Ye Maochun had thought before.
Ye Maochun nodded when he heard this. Although the old man was a little annoying, he didn't do anything excessive, so he just let him do what he wanted.
"Old man, would you like to go sit in the main hall and have a glass of water?"
Seeing Mulanjin standing outside the classroom, watching Hua Rongsheng teach the students with great interest, occasionally stroking his chin and nodding, Ye Maochun couldn't help but remind him to take a break. After all, the weather was so hot, and the old man had white hair and looked quite old. It wasn't good to stand outside in the sun all the time.
"No problem."
At this time, Mulan Jin had completely put herself into the role of Hua's grandfather.
As the saying goes, "A virtuous husband brings fewer troubles to his wife, and a filial daughter brings peace to her mother's heart." Seeing the harmonious relationship between the husband and wife, and the Hua family's old house with its adorable granddaughter and her adorable grandson, and the fact that he would soon have a little great-grandson, Mulan Jin felt a sense of comfort. He touched his chin again, but only felt a stubble.
"Dad, do you know my name?"
Looking at Mulan Jin, who was full of expectations for him, although Ye Maochun sympathized with his situation, he could only shake his head cruelly.
Upon hearing this, Mulan Jin thought: It makes sense that Xifu doesn't know his father-in-law's name.
"Then the child's mother will definitely know, right?"
Seeing that Ye Maochun was still shaking his head at her, Mulanjin's heart, which was full of anticipation, couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
Could it be that he was too bad when he was young and didn't fulfill his duties as a father, so his children are not close to him now?
Mulanjin had too many doubts in his mind. He had also doubted whether he was a member of this family. After all, everyone said he was not.
But if he is not from this family, but he is so familiar with Hua Qingcheng, then what is going on? When Mulanjin thinks of Hua Qingcheng's familiar face, it is clearly her own relative. She will stubbornly attack herself in her heart and rationalize all kinds of unreasonable things.
"Mulan, you old fool!"
"Mulan, just pamper her!"
"Mulan..."
Mulanjin was thinking and suddenly felt a headache. Familiar voices kept popping up in her head, all calling him Mulan. Could it be that his name was Mulan?
Mulanjin, who finally remembered her own name, felt fulfilled. After happily drinking a glass of water in the main hall, Mulanjin said goodbye to Hua's father and left the Hua family's gate.
Looking at the surrounding earthen walls, black tiles, and scattered houses, Mulanjin felt very curious about Huaqiao Village, a simple but unfamiliar village, and couldn't help but stroll around leisurely.
“Wuwuwu…”
While strolling around, Mulan Jin suddenly heard a child crying not far away. She followed the sound and found a little boy, about five or six years old, who had climbed up a large banyan tree and was crying loudly because he couldn't get down. At the base of the pine tree, several other children, seemingly his friends, gathered around anxiously, watching.
"Jump down."
Mulan Jin walked under the banyan tree, opened her arms, and spoke to the little boy above.
"I, I... I don't know you! Daddy said that we can't talk to strangers, can't let strangers hug us, and can't go with strangers."
The little boy on the tree looked at the old grandfather with white hair but tall and strong stature, and suddenly remembered what his father had said about the beggar who specialized in kidnapping children, and he couldn't help feeling afraid.
Mulan Jin: ...
Could it be that he really looks fierce?
"I'm Hua Mulan, Hua Qingcheng's grandfather!"
"Hua Qingcheng's grandfather?"
The little boy in the tree stopped crying when he heard this, and looked at the white-haired old man under the tree with a confused look on his face.
"Tiedan, he seems to be the grandfather of Hua Qingcheng's husband. I heard Yu Xiaotian call him grandpa."
San Gouzi under the tree shouted to her little friend.
"Okay, I'll jump then."
Tiedan, who was covered in dust, stopped crying, jumped down, and fell into a broad and solid embrace. Then he took the opportunity to wipe his snot and tears on the man's clothes.
In fact, for an adult, Tiedan didn’t climb that high, so Mulanjin just raised her hand and caught Tiedan steadily.
"Thank...thank you Grandpa Mulan!"
After Tiedan landed safely, he ran away with his friends and went to play happily again.
Looking at the child running away, Mulanjin smiled slightly, thinking that his great-grandson would be as lively, cute and naughty in the future! Then he looked helplessly at the sticky snot and tears on his clothes, and couldn't help but add in his heart that his future great-grandson must not be so unhygienic.
Seeing that it was almost noon, Mulan Jin remembered that she still had to supervise Huang Feifeng and the others plowing the fields today, so she hurried back towards the west of the village.
When Huang Feifeng and the others were digging the ground with hoes, the mute old man had gone too, but he was persuaded to go back when he met Hua Qingcheng. For the past two days, he had only gone to the vegetable garden to help, and had not gone to the land that Hua Qingcheng had just bought.
At this time, the mute old man, who had finished his work in the vegetable garden, was walking back towards the land temple in the east of the village. When Mulan Jin passed him on the road in the field, Kang Fulai stopped and looked back at the agile figure with silver hair.
The day before yesterday, when digging the ground, Kang Fulai had seen the white-haired old man from afar. At that time, he always felt that he looked very familiar. When he met him up close today, Kang Fulai was shocked.
This… isn't this the master's father? Though his hair has turned white and his beard is gone, he's clearly the same figure and face as Lieutenant General Mu. But why would he suddenly come all the way to this remote Huaqiao Village? And look so down and out? Could something have happened at the General's Mansion?
Kang Fulai pondered secretly and couldn't help but worry, but when he thought about his current situation, he felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
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