After Ruan Changgui and Sun Xiaohui left, the house became clean and the air became fresh and cool.
Ruan Zhigao and Liu Xinghua sat on the bed and took a breath. After a while, Ruan Cuizhi came in from outside again.
They had already quarreled, so she naturally advised Ruan Zhigao and Liu Xinghua not to be angry, saying that it was not worth getting angry with people like her second brother and second sister-in-law.
Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie just took the opportunity to take out the chocolate and beef cans they had hidden in the morning, and pulled Ruan Cuizhi to sit by the bed, sharing the delicious food with Ruan Zhigao and Liu Xinghua.
Ruan Zhigao and Liu Xinghua just said they didn't want to eat, so Ruan Xi broke off some chocolate and stuffed it into their mouths.
After eating delicious food, their mood subconsciously improved a lot. Ruan Zhigao and Liu Xinghua's expressions soon relaxed. Their faces, which were wrinkled with anger just now, slowly relaxed and smiled.
No longer caring about Ruan Changgui and Sun Xiaohui, Liu Xinghua took Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie's hands and said, "You two have grown up in the countryside since you were young. You have never been to the city and have never seen the world. I am worried about you. But you are grown up now. When you go there, you have to take care of yourselves. Without grandpa and grandma to take care of you, you have to learn to take care of yourself, understand?"
Ruan Xi nodded, "Grandma, don't worry, I will take good care of Xiaojie."
Then when Ruan Xi said this, Ruan Jie's eyes became sore, his mouth pursed and tears suddenly fell. He buried his head in Liu Xinghua's arms, crying and whispering, "Grandma, I suddenly don't want to go. I still want to be with you."
At home, he still has grandpa and grandma to love him, but he will not have them in the city.
When she cried like this, Ruan Zhigao, Liu Xinghua, Ruan Cuizhi and Ruan Xi all had red eyes.
Liu Xinghua patted her on the back and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? What good is there in staying in this mountain? If your mother really wants to sell you off to a random in-law, I may not be able to protect you, after all, she is your mother. Go to the city peacefully, study hard with Xiaoxi, and use your uncle and aunt's face to find a good in-law, and don't come back to this poor mountain in the future."
Ruan Jie lay in Liu Xinghua's arms, "But I can't bear to leave you and grandpa... and my third aunt... my fifth uncle..."
Who else could bear to leave? They couldn't bear to let the two girls go either.
Ruan Xi sniffed and squeezed Liu Xinghua's hand with red eyes, looking at Ruan Zhigao and said, "Grandpa and grandma, you wait for me. When I have made great achievements in the future, I will buy a big house and take you all in to enjoy a good life."
Ruan Zhigao chuckled and said, "Xiaoxi, don't worry about us. Just take care of yourself and Xiaojie. We were born and raised in this mountain all our lives. We will be buried here when we die. We will not go anywhere else."
Ruan Cuizhi didn't want Ruan Xi to be even sadder, so she hurriedly said, "Dad, why are you saying these things now? Who can predict what the future will be like? Let's talk about the future later."
Ruan Zhigao hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, let's not talk about this."
However, Liu Xinghua was still worried, and pulled Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie to tell them a lot of her thoughts. She was not afraid of anything else, but she was afraid that the two girls would be wronged in the city, so she had a lot of instructions.
Although Ruan Xi was the biological child of Ruan Changfu and Feng Xiuying, she was not raised by them, and Ruan Jie was their niece. The two of them moved into the city and lived in their home, which was no different from two completely unfamiliar country relatives.
When they first went there, Ruan Changfu and Feng Xiuying would definitely take better care of Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie, after all, the two children had just moved to the city, but this kind of care would not last long, people were like this.
Expecting them to love Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie without loving the children they raised from the bottom of their hearts? That was impossible.
Not to mention Ruan Changfu and Feng Xiuying, even Ruan Zhigao and Liu Xinghua themselves, if the other children of the old family were sent back to the countryside, they would not always favor the other children. They would certainly take care of them more in the beginning, but as time goes by, they would still love Ruan Xi more.
After all, Ruan Xi was brought up by them.
The children they raised are leaving, and there are endless things to say. Liu Xinghua hugged Ruan Xi on the left and Ruan Jie on the right, with tears in her eyes and smiles, and talked with them until it was time to make dinner.
Ruan Changfu and Feng Xiuying were not informed of the chaos in the Ruan family, so when they sat down to eat in the evening, they were still harmonious on the surface. But beneath the surface, Ruan Changgui and Sun Xiaohui were upset but had to put on a smiling face.
After dinner, the family sat together and talked for a while. It seemed like a lively and harmonious reunion, but in fact, everyone had their own thoughts, but many of them could not be brought out and put on the table.
Ruan Xi did not stay at home to talk with Ruan Changfu and Feng Xiuying. She went out after dinner.
She went to the hanging building of the Ling family and called Ling Yao out for a walk in the evening breeze.
Sitting on the stone and chatting in the evening breeze, Ruan Xi took a deep breath of the mountain wind and said to Ling Yao: "My son, I'm leaving tomorrow and going to the city with my parents. I may not be able to come to play with you in the future."
Ling Yao was stunned when he heard this, but he actually expected it.
He forced a smile and said, "That's good. They finally came back to pick you up."
Ruan Xi didn't let the atmosphere become sad and heavy. She smiled and said, "Write to me if you miss me."
Ling Yao nodded and said, "I'll write you one letter a month."
Ruan Xi smiled and said, "Then I'll write you two letters."
Ling Yao also smiled and said, "Then you must take care of yourself."
Ruan Xi nodded at him and said, "I will. I'm not here anymore and you have to take care of yourself too. If Gao Haiyang and the others bully you again, you go find my fifth uncle and let him teach them a lesson. They won't dare to do it again."
Ling Yao was holding a green grass leaf in his hand and subconsciously tore it into pieces.
But he still smiled and said, "Yeah."
Ruan Xi took a deep breath and lay down on the stone, stretching out her voice and saying, "It will be hard to get such a breeze in the future. I want to sit here and blow for a while, remembering the smell of this breeze..."
Ling Yao looked at her and lay down beside her.
The two turned their heads to each other, looked into each other's eyes, and smiled widely.
In the evening, Ruan Xi returned to the tailor shop and packed things with Ruan Jie. In fact, there was nothing to pack. Except for the change of clothes, neither of them had anything else to bring, and there was nothing else to bring.
When packing, Ruan Xi gave all the keys of the tailor shop to Ruan Cuizhi and said to her: "Third aunt, this shop is left to you. Please take good care of grandpa and grandma, and help me visit my master when you have nothing to do."
Ruan Cuizhi couldn't help but feel tears in her eyes. She took a breath and said: "Don't worry."
After packing, Ruan Xi also packed a set of textbooks. This set of textbooks is a little older than two years ago, but the cover and the inside pages are still intact. Now that she is leaving, the things should be returned to their original owners.
So she got up very early the next day, took her textbooks and went home, took a piece of pork and a bag of sugar, a handful of candies and a bag of peach cakes, all of which were left over from Ruan Changsheng's marriage.
She took these things and the books and went to Teacher Jin's house.
She put all the books and food at the door of his house, then knocked on the door a few times and hid.
She hid and watched Teacher Jin open the door. She saw him standing at the door and hesitating for a long time, picked up the textbooks and food, turned around and went into the house, and then she breathed a sigh of relief and left.
When she got home, Ruan Cuizhi and Ruan Jie also came over, and Ruan Cuizhi helped her take the luggage.
They had agreed to leave after breakfast, and before breakfast, Liu Xinghua called Ruan Xi into the house again.
She found a bag from the bottom of the box, stuffed it into Ruan Xi's hand and whispered, "This is all the money you've earned in the past two years. I saved it for you. I also saved some notes in it. Take it with you and take care of yourself when you get to the city."
Ruan Xi didn't want it, "Grandma, keep it for your own use."
Liu Xinghua said, "What should I spend it on? What can you buy in the mountains? I'm too old to go to town. Your fifth uncle is married now, and I don't have to worry about anything anymore. Your third aunt earns so much money, can your grandfather and I spend it all? Hurry up! "Have a good time and keep it. You won't be able to adapt to the city. You must have money in your hands to feel at ease. And you must remember not to let anyone know that you have so much money. Don't let anyone fool you."
Ruan Xi didn't refuse anymore and nodded, "Grandma, I know."
Liu Xinghua reached out and hugged her, "I won't say anything else. Remember to write to your family often."
Ruan Xi sniffed and
said in a heavy voice, "Yes!" When it was time to leave, except for Ruan Changgui's family and Ruan Changfu's family of three, everyone else had red eyes. Of course, Qian Chuan was infected by others, and she had no feelings for Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie.
Ruan Changsheng went over to touch the heads of his two nieces, and deliberately smiled and said, "Even if you live in the city and become a city dweller, you are not allowed to forget your fifth uncle, understand? If you dare to forget your fifth uncle, I will find you in my dreams!"
Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie laughed, "I will definitely not forget my fifth uncle."
Ruan Changsheng took a deep breath and said, "Go."
The family walked down the mountain path for a while, and then restrained themselves from sending them off. They stood on the mountain path and watched Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie walk away with Ruan Changfu and his wife, and their figures slowly disappeared from sight.
And watching Ruan Jie leave, Sun Xiaohui was so suffocated that her lungs were about to explode. There was no need to pretend anymore since Ruan Changfu was not around. She said directly with a sullen face, "If you ask me, they shouldn't have let them take Xiaoxi away. They didn't raise her well. They just took advantage of the two girls!"
Liu Xinghua turned around and glared at her, "If you don't say anything, no one will think you are dumb!"
Ruan Changgui said nothing. Sun Xiaohui didn't dare to challenge Liu Xinghua, so she held her breath and kept her mouth shut.
The more she thought about it, the angrier she got, but she couldn't get angry, so she stomped her feet and turned back home.
Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie carried their luggage and went down the mountain with Ruan Changfu and Feng Xiuying. Their eyes were wet for a long time. Because they were not familiar with them and didn't want to force themselves to talk to them, Ruan Xi took Ruan Jie and walked behind them, keeping a short distance from the family of three.
Feng Xiuying turned back and called them twice, but they just responded and didn't follow, so Feng Xiuying stopped calling.
After leaving the territory of Fengyan Village, the surrounding mountains stretched out and no village was seen.
Ruan Hongbing lay on Ruan Changfu's back, looking around when he had nothing to do. Then he saw a little man on the mountain, as if he had been following them. He was curious, so he looked for a while.
After confirming that the little man was following them, he said, "Dad, there is someone over there, following us all the time."
Ruan Changfu and Feng Xiuying stopped and looked back when they heard this, only to see a boy standing far away on the hillside.
They didn't know him, so they naturally didn't care much and turned around to continue walking forward.
But their actions made Ruan Xi a little confused, so she looked back in the direction they were looking.
At a glance, she saw Ling Yao following behind her from a distance, and she was following her all the way up the hillside.
Ruan Jie also saw it, and she just said, "Sister, it's Ling Yao."
Ruan Xi stood there for a while, handed the luggage bag to Ruan Jie, and asked her to wait for a while. She hurried down the hillside and ran to Ling Yao. Because it was a slope, she ran very slowly. Ling Yao
had been struggling between wanting her to find out and not wanting her to find out, but when she saw her running towards him, he stopped struggling and ran directly towards Ruan Xi. He ran downhill like the wind.
The two ran to each other, Ruan Xi panted and called him: "Baby..."
Ling Yao looked at her and said: "I want to see you off again..."
Ruan Xi resisted the urge to let her eyes get wet, and said with a smile: "Didn't we say goodbye yesterday?"
Ling Yao suddenly reached to his neck and took off a pocket watch from his neck. He handed the pocket watch to Ruan Xi and said to her: "This was given to me by my grandfather when I was five years old. I brought it here secretly. I give it to you, you..."
He didn't know how to say the following words, and his voice was choked.
Ruan Xi looked at the pocket watch in her hand and saw a word "Yao" engraved on the back. He probably wanted her to remember him.
She endured the sourness in her nose and smiled, "Okay, then I'll accept it."
After that, she sniffed lightly to prevent the smile from falling from the corners of her mouth, "Don't worry, baby, believe me, you and your parents will be able to go back to the city soon, just bear with it."
Ling Yao naturally felt that Ruan Xi was just comforting him.
He also let himself laugh, but the moisture in his eyes could no longer be concealed. He said in a trembling voice, "Xixi, I will write to you, I will write to you every month."
Ruan Xi couldn't bear to see him like this, so she immediately lowered her head and pursed her lips tightly.
She didn't want to cry with him here, so she held back her tears, then raised her head and said with a smile: "Okay, then we will write to each other once a month. You have to be good, but not too good..."
She didn't know what she was saying. She lowered her head again to calm down, then raised her head again and said: "My son, I'm leaving. You have to take care of yourself."
After that, she didn't hesitate any more, turned around and ran down the slope against the wind.
The mountain breeze blew across her face, blowing up her sparse hair and drying the tears that oozed from the corners of her eyes.
Goodbye, my son.
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