Cui looked at the pile of things displayed in the yard with envy in her eyes, "Oh my, Sister Zhao, I'm so envious of you.
This granddaughter is such a treasure. Not only did she help the county magistrate earn so much money before, but she also earned so much again during this trip.
If it were me, I would also treat her like my lifeblood. This child is truly amazing."
When Zhao saw her praising her granddaughter, she was happy in her heart, but she didn't dare to praise her again out loud, for fear that the girl would become arrogant.
"Don't praise her, this girl is capable of mischief! She's very mischievous all day long. With this kind of personality, no one will be able to stand her in the future!"
"Hey, sister-in-law, you're thinking too much. Such a capable girl is just young. If she were older, I'm afraid the threshold of your house would be broken by her.
Not to mention anything else, if my family could bring home a precious baby like this, we would treat him like an ancestor.
But I can tell that this child is not an ordinary person, so I dare not even think about it, hahahaha."
Xiao Lingling was happy to be praised, but she did not forget what happened at the village entrance just now. She seldom interacted with the villagers and really didn't know them.
Now that Cui was here, she casually asked, "Grandma Cui, when we just came back, we saw a grandma at the entrance of the village.
She kept muttering about waiting for her son. She wouldn't listen to me when I talked to her. Is that grandma also from our village?"
After Xiao Lingdang said this, Cui knew who it was and sighed.
"Ah, that person also had a miserable life. She was from our village. The one you are talking about is Ms. Qiao. She also fled here decades ago and married into our village.
Her husband's surname is Zheng and he is from another village. Although he lives alone, he is quite capable.
The couple had a good relationship, saved some money, and had a son named Zheng Rong.
The child was a smart one. The couple supported his studies and even his teacher praised him several times.
Unfortunately, when Zheng Rong was five or six years old, his father went hunting in the mountains and had an accident, and he died.
From then on, it was Qiao who was left alone to raise the child.
Life was really difficult back then. In order to support her children's education, she did all the dirty and tiring work, and the villagers also helped her a lot.
But the child was really promising and actually passed the imperial examination. But after that, he refused to continue studying no matter what.
At that time, the mother and son quarreled a lot about this matter.
But everyone can understand.
The family was not well-off to begin with, and supporting a scholar was both time-consuming, laborious and costly.
After enduring those years, Qiao's health was not good. She looked much older and had many chronic illnesses.
Later, Zheng Rong copied books to earn money to treat his mother's illness, but the money he earned was limited, after all, there were still costs such as pens, ink, paper and inkstone.
Later, when the border was recruiting soldiers, Zheng Rong secretly went to sign up for the salary and money to settle down.
The money was recovered, and Qiao did get much better as a result of the medical treatment.
But Mrs. Qiao was in a better condition. After the child entrusted the silver and his mother to the village chief for help, he went to the border.
He was gone for four or five years until two years ago when news suddenly came back from the county that Zheng Rong had sacrificed his life and sent a final sum of silver. After that, there was no news.
Qiao couldn't accept it. He was overstimulated and started to become a little abnormal.
Sometimes he is fine, just like a normal person, and sometimes he is crazy and won’t listen to anyone.
Most of the money was used to treat her illness, but it didn't work.
Now, as long as she can move, she goes to the village entrance to wait every day.
She said she could feel that her son was still alive and she was waiting for him to come back.
But how is that possible? How could the news from the county be false? She simply refused to believe it."
Everyone sighed when they heard this, but only Xiao Lingling knew that mother and child are connected by heart, and Grandma Qiao really felt it.
But if the person is fine, how could he not send back a message?
What's more, Zheng Rong was an official, so how could he make such a mistake?
There must be something fishy going on.
"That's not necessarily true. Isn't it said that mother and child are connected by heart? Maybe Grandma Qiao's son is really still alive?
When I see my godfather someday, I'll ask him to check it out. Maybe it was sent to the wrong place?"
Cui sighed, "I hope so. Her life has been truly miserable."
She is actually not that old, only in her early forties, but now she looks older than my mother-in-law.
If the child was really alive, why didn't he send a letter back? How could he bear to let his mother miss him so much?"
Xiao Lingling didn't say anything more, but she was determined to investigate it thoroughly. Such a family shouldn't have such an ending.
It was almost time for lunch, so Cui didn't stay long. After a few pleasantries, she went back.
Sun and Zhao went into the yard together, looked at the things on the ground and started to clean up.
Zhang Qingyun gave quite a lot of things, including several pieces of cloth of various colors and a box of snacks.
There are also some more expensive jewelry and silk flowers, but nothing too exaggerated, they are all the kind for children to wear.
However, there were a few silver bills in the small drawer under the jewelry box.
The denominations are all one hundred taels, five in total...
Zhao no longer knew how to describe her feelings.
She felt that she would probably have to learn to adapt in the future, because every time her granddaughter took action, she would never come back empty-handed.
The minimum is one hundred taels, and I'm afraid it will increase more in the future.
As a grandmother, it's time for her to adjust her mindset.
It’s just money, it’s just banknotes, actually there’s not much.
Compared with the action taken by the lady at the beginning, this is nothing but a drizzle!
Although she said so, her slightly trembling hands still revealed her true feelings.
Even Mrs. Sun was amused by her. "Oh, that's enough. Look at you. It's nothing serious. You'll have to get used to it slowly. My granddaughter's master is a miracle doctor."
The money will only increase in the future. If you can tone down your petty behavior, you won't be laughed at! "
Zhao glared at her. "That's easy for you to say! Three months ago, we were just ordinary people.
What kind of life were we living back then? Looking at us now, I often wonder if I am dreaming.
Not only do we live in such a large and spacious yard, but we also have meat almost every meal. I could never have dreamed of such a life before."
Sun was quite emotional when she heard this. "Yes, I feel dazed sometimes. But it's a good thing that things are getting better and better."
Little Lingling's abilities will gradually become apparent as she grows older. As elders, we should protect her as much as possible while we can. Why overthink it?
"That's right. Okay, take some of these snacks back for Ping'er. And take two pieces of cloth back too. We can't use up all this anyway."
Sun was also polite. "Okay, then I'll take it back. I happen to be free recently, so I'll make two more sets and send them to Lin Yue. He's running the store there, so he'll feel confident if he wears something nice."
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