Chapter 15 Guaguaguaguaguaguagua This is from my mother’s arms…
He blinked his eyes, feeling the moisture in his eyes finally evaporated by the sun, and Xiang Yao smiled again.
"Mom! It's me, I'm here to see you!"
Her voice was sweet with a hint of cuteness, and all the insecurity in her previous tone was gone.
But Liu Qiaoyun did not doubt this slight difference and was filled with joy when she saw her daughter.
When she was at Lao Xiang's house, she really wanted to have a son to get rid of the decades-long insults from Zhang Juhua, to complete the idea of passing on the family line, and to "perfect" the solid ideas she had developed in her traditional environment.
But this does not mean that she no longer loves her daughter Xiang Yao.
After being driven back by Zhang Juhua, she didn't have much concern for the old Xiang family, except for her daughter, whom she missed day and night.
I was worried that she wouldn't be able to live well in the Xiang family, afraid that she wouldn't have enough to eat or be bullied, and even more anxious about how she would live in the future.
Now that she saw her daughter, all the worries she had been having for a while finally turned into tears, which rolled down her eyes with joy.
Liu Qiaoyun washed her hands with the water in the field, quickly went ashore, sat by the canal and washed her feet.
"Why did you come here in such a scorching sun? You must be tired after such a long journey." She looked at her daughter's sweaty hair and said with concern.
Xiang Yao shook her head: "Mom, I'm not tired."
She shifted her gaze from Liu Qiaoyun's chapped palms and shook the bamboo basket in her hand: "You left a lot of clothes at home. Here, I brought them to you."
Liu Qiaoyun smiled and said, "Silly girl, I left these specially for you. I picked these out specially, they don't have any patches, and I thought I would give them to you as a replacement."
It was at that time that she was scolded harshly by Zhang Juhua, and left in a hurry. Xiang Yao was immersed in the sadness of her father's death and was not in the right state of mind, so she didn't have time to say anything.
Zhang Juhua would never buy cloth or clothes for her granddaughter Xiang Yao. How could she bear to let her daughter wear tattered clothes every year?
Xiang Yao knew what her mother was thinking, and her heart was filled with unknown emotions, but she tried her best to hide it.
She smiled and said, "I have clothes to wear. I'm not growing any taller now, so I can wear everything I had before. Mom, I brought them here. You can change and wash them. Don't think about me all the time."
She looked at Liu Qiaoyun's clothes full of patches and felt a little sad.
In the eyes of people at that time, it was not very respectable for her mother to return to her parents' home. If she lived in poverty, she would inevitably be looked down upon.
Liu Qiaoyun didn't answer her and stood up: "Come on, I'll take you back to your grandmother's house to rest for a while."
Xiang Yao nodded, followed her mother, and returned to the Liu family again.
Liu Qiaoyun didn't take her to the main hall, but took her directly to her own room: "Mom will get you a basin of water, wipe the sweat off your body and cool down."
Xiang Yao felt sticky all over and was really uncomfortable, so he nodded.
After Liu Qiaoyun went out, she looked at the small room without even a window in the little light coming in from the door.
Although the sun was shining brightly outside, the small room was dim and had a cool, decayed air.
When her mother returned to her parents' home, she lived in a small room like this one. Apart from a bed made of door panels and a low stool with a broken leg, there was almost no room for anything else.
Liu Qiaoyun quickly returned with a basin of water. Seeing her like this, she smiled and said, "Your grandpa's family hasn't split up yet. Both of your uncles have a lot of children, so there's no big house left. Mom is already very satisfied with just having a room. Besides, it's so hot this season, and my room is just right for being cool!"
Xiang Yao opened his mouth and wanted to say that it was cool in the summer, but the humidity was very high. In the autumn and winter, the house would definitely be extremely cold.
She wanted to ask her mother to go back with her. At least the house in Xiang's house was quite big.
But when she thought about her attitude towards her family, she couldn't say anything.
What can I say? I was driven out ruthlessly, how can I go back like this?
"Mom, how are your uncle and aunt treating you..." Xiang Yao couldn't finish the sentence, so he had to change the subject dryly.
Liu Qiaoyun said, "It's good. Your grandparents are still here, so how can it be bad?"
Xiang Yao also understood that with her grandparents keeping an eye on her, even if others had some opinions, they wouldn't do anything big. At most, they would just be less friendly to her younger sister.
Suppressing a hint of bitterness, he said, "That's good."
"Well, don't worry about me," Liu Qiaoyun asked, "How about you, how have you been recently? Did they, did they give you any trouble?"
Xiang Yao smiled and said, "No, I'm doing pretty well too."
Liu Qiaoyun carefully warned: "You know your grandma's temper. You should go along with her and be obedient. Don't make her angry."
Xiang Yao: ...
Well, I didn't listen to much of what he said, but I'm already so angry that I can't let it go...
But she couldn't say this, she couldn't let her mother worry.
Xiang Yao nodded: "Okay, I will."
She picked up the bamboo basket on the low stool, took out her clothes, and revealed the half-filled basket of peanuts inside: "Mom, look!"
Liu Qiaoyun looked in the direction she pointed and was stunned for a moment, her eyes fixed on the half basket of peanuts. She was so shocked that she couldn't speak for a long time.
"So many peanuts! Where did you get them?" After a while, she came to her senses and asked quickly.
Shangfeng County, where this place is located, does not grow peanuts, but those who can afford it will buy some during the Chinese New Year.
But usually people don’t buy too much. At most, they put it on display to make it look better when relatives or guests come, and to satisfy the children’s cravings.
This thing is expensive.
Most people would rather buy an extra pound of pork than buy this kind of inedible stuff with a bunch of shells.
Now Xiang Yao took out so many peanuts at once, she estimated that there were about four or five kilograms, which scared her.
Where did my daughter get all the peanuts? Or, in other words, where did she get the money to buy so many peanuts?
Xiang Yao smiled and gave the excuse she had thought of long ago: "Don't worry, Mom. This is a teacher at my school. Last semester, seeing that I had good grades, she asked me to tutor her relative's child. This is what the child's family gave me as compensation."
Didn’t Xiang Xiuxiu always use the excuse of going to school to help the teacher to avoid labor?
This trick seemed to be really useful, so she used it without hesitation.
hey-hey.
Xiang Yao had good grades when he was studying, and everyone in his family knew it.
Liu Qiaoyun felt relieved and said, "But this is a bit too much..."
Look at these white and plump peanuts, each one is evenly symmetrical. Just by looking at the shell you can tell that the fruit inside is full. It costs at least one dollar per pound, which is not cheap!
Xiang Yao picked out a peanut, cracked the shell, and poured out three peanuts wrapped in red skin, and put them to Liu Qiaoyun's mouth: "Mom, ah——"
A smile filled Liu Qiaoyun's eyes. She opened her mouth and put the peanuts in.
Xiang Yao was satisfied and said, "I have been tutoring that child for a long time. His family is well-off. This money was mailed from his hometown, so it is worthless to them."
Liu Qiaoyun chewed some peanuts and nodded, "That's good. These peanuts must have been grown very well. I've never tasted peanuts so fragrant."
Although they are not fried but just dried, eating a few of them is really satisfying.
Xiang Yao thought, of course, she had already experienced it, the products from her melon field were all in good shape.
Just take peanuts for example, she dug up so many, but not a single one was damaged by insects.
"You brought so much, why don't you leave some? Mom can't finish it. Just leave a little for me." Liu Qiaoyun said again.
"Don't worry, Mom, I still have some left." Xiang Yao explained, "Mom, keep some in the house first. When you're hungry, you can eat a few grains to fill you up. The rest will be given to grandparents and my two uncles later, so they can have a taste too."
These people have gained some benefits, so they will definitely feel embarrassed to show their displeasure to her mother in the short term and will be more polite.
After a while when the double rush is over, she will come again and bring some more things.
With benefits ahead, her mother's life will be much easier.
Seeing that Xiang Yao spoke so clearly and that his words were full of consideration for her, Liu Qiaoyun suddenly realized that her daughter seemed to have grown up overnight when she was not around, and was no longer as timid and introverted as before.
Xiang Yao's heart skipped a beat when her mother looked at her like that, fearing that she would behave too differently from before and that she would find out that she was not her original self.
Who knew that the next moment, Liu Qiaoyun would sigh, "My Yaoyao has really grown up now."
Xiang Yao then secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that no one discovered it. It was good that no one discovered it.
Since she used her original identity, she had already planned to live a good life as Xiang Yao of this era.
She smiled and said firmly, "Now that Dad is gone, I will be Mom's pillar of support."
She knew that her mother was a traditional little woman at heart, and didn't have many opinions of her own, otherwise she wouldn't have been so suppressed by Zhang Juhua that she couldn't even raise her head.
Therefore, after Xiang Liangsheng left, she was completely driven out. This was also because the original daughter was too incompetent and did not even help her mother resist.
Of course, she didn't want to say anything bad about her original body now. After all, she had always been a timid and sensitive girl. In that situation, she couldn't have any influence.
In that case, let her be her mother's support.
Sooner or later, she will bring her mother to live with her and let her live a comfortable and happy life.
Just these few words made Liu Qiaoyun burst into tears in an instant.
At this moment, all her grievances and resentments seemed to be smoothed out by her daughter's words.
She even felt that as long as her daughter thought this way and was concerned about her, it didn't matter if she suffered more.
She tried hard to suppress her sobs and held Xiang Yao in her arms: "Okay, let's live a good life together."
Before Xiang Yao could react, he was hugged by the other party. He couldn't help but stiffen slightly and his heartbeat suddenly quickened.
She was not used to such close contact with people, and in the years before she came here, she had never experienced the embrace of a female elder.
But then, she no longer cared about being "uncomfortable". She just felt the warmth instantly engulfing her, and then her body strangely relaxed on its own.
This is from mother's arms.
So comfortable.
She thought.
After hesitating for a moment, Xiang Yao placed his hand on the other person's thin back and patted it gently.
From this moment on, she truly regarded the woman in front of her who was hugging her tightly as her own mother.
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