Chapter 252: Mutton Fat Pendant (Fifth Update)
Well, Li Hanqian went out to meet the old and the young, which made the family dinner more lively. Old Mrs. Jiang insisted on sitting next to An Zhixia, constantly asking her what she liked to eat. She didn't care about eating herself, and always used the serving chopsticks to pick up food for her.
That cautious and attentive look almost made An Zhixia cry.
No matter how strong An Zhixia usually behaves, she doesn't care about the love of others. Her brother is enough for everything. But the fact is that people who have never enjoyed love always have a very soft spot in their hearts, where she is just a child who is extremely lacking in love and will never grow up.
For love, she is willing to give up everything.
What should she do? Besides her brother, she seemed to want a grandmother who loved her like the apple of her eye.
One of them was picking up the food diligently, while the other was eating hard without refusing. If Li Hanqian and Mao Manxi hadn't been unable to bear it and stopped Old Lady Jiang, An Zhixia's stomach would probably have burst.
After drinking the last mouthful of soup, An Zhixia just lay there, touching her slightly protruding belly, and was unwilling to get up.
Mrs. Jiang was at a loss, so Mrs. Li asked the aunt to make some hawthorn water for An Zhixia to help digestion. The little guy also ran to his room and offered the digestion tablets that he had treasured like candy beans.
An Zhixia looked at Old Lady Jiang with amusement: "Grandma Jiang, don't look at me like that. Just say whatever you want to say."
Old Lady Jiang moved her mouth, and she was full of life in her heart, but when it came to speaking, she didn't know what to say. She was afraid of scaring the little girl, but she still said excitedly: "I have only one bad boy at home, he doesn't get married, and I don't see him all day. I have always hoped to have a beautiful and good-tempered girl like you. Alas, I didn't expect that I would meet a good girl when I am so old.
Girl, let me say something offensive, but you look very much like me when we were young. For a moment, I thought I was decades younger and back to the time when I first got married to the old man.
I think we are destined to be together. I wonder if I can recognize you as my granddaughter? Our two families often visit each other..."
Old Lady Li quickly interrupted, "Old sister, you have only met once, are you going to recognize each other as relatives? This recognition is a big deal, and both families must agree. I know you love this girl, but things have to be done step by step, and there is no rush."
Old Mrs. Jiang came back to her senses and nodded to An Zhixia with an apologetic smile: "Look, I'm so happy. Did I scare you? Come to my house some other day. Meeting is fate. Don't you know Mingming from our family? Young people have things to talk about together.
By the way, I heard from Xiaoxi where you work now? "
"I'm in charge of the overseas channel at the TV station, but it's still in the preparation stage and won't be broadcast until May 1st. Grandma Jiang can pay attention to it. I guarantee that this channel must be very interesting," An Zhixia said with a smile.
"Okay, okay, I'll definitely get everyone to sit in front of the TV and watch," Mrs. Jiang nodded with a smile and held her hand tightly. "If you have any difficulties, just tell me directly. Your brother Mingming is the general manager of the Friendship Store. He has some skills and can definitely help."
"Yeah, okay."
"Girl, I'm not being polite. I really treat you as my own junior. Your brother Mingming is the only one at home. He has no brothers or sisters to keep him company. He doesn't listen to the instructions and doesn't go out to have children. It's very lonely." When Mrs. Jiang wanted to ask An Zhixia about the overseas channel in detail, Mr. Jiang came to the door.
When he saw An Zhixia in person, the old man couldn't help but stroke his hair excitedly, tugged at his clothes, and his eyes couldn't help but drift towards her. "Old Li, my mother-in-law is quite noisy. She's like a child even though she's old. She's very unreasonable. I'm sorry to bother your family."
"Brother Jiang, what you said is not right," the old lady of the Li family said with a smile, "It's good for you to be like this, young people have a strong mentality and live a lively life. Others can't envy you."
Old Mrs. Jiang waved to her old man: "Old Jiang, come and take a look. Does this girl look like... me when I was young?"
After hearing what the old woman said, Mr. Jiang looked at her carefully. Tears welled up in his cloudy eyes. He nodded repeatedly and said with trembling lips, "She looks exactly like you. She looks even more beautiful than when you were young."
"Of course not," Mrs. Jiang raised her chin proudly and continued to stare at An Zhixia with the old man.
An Zhixia smiled awkwardly. She didn't like to guess, so she hesitated for a moment and said, "People say that I look more and more like my mother." When she said this, she saw the two old people tremble, and their eyes looked at her with expectation and fear.
"No one knows where my mother came from. They only say that she was a girl from Shanghai who followed her master to the north. Because she was good at needlework, she was specially recruited to work in a textile factory. She..." An Zhixia suddenly remembered the things in her mother's box, and took out the cat-shaped mutton-fat jade pendant from the supermarket with the help of her bag. "After she passed away, she asked someone to leave this for me."
The mutton-fat jade was delicate and lustrous, revealing a sense of gentleness and refinement in her slender white palm. Every hair on the cat's body was clearly visible, and its eyeballs were tiny blue and green diamonds, emitting a faint light, as if they were alive. It was not something that could be easily carved and imitated by a craftsman.
"My son!" Seeing the mutton-fat jade pendant, Mrs. Jiang completely exploded. She took it with trembling hands, held it to her heart, and sobbed, "Son, you are trying to kill your mother! We have been looking for you for more than 20 years, how could you be so cruel and just leave? Is there anything that we don't discuss together as a family?
For so many years, you hated us so much that you didn't leave any news. Now your father and I have to send you off..."
Old Master Jiang couldn't hold back his tears. He quickly turned around and raised his head. Through his blurred vision, it seemed that everything had returned to that house in Shanghai. The girl was light and smiling, but she was forever imprisoned in the yellowing years.
An Zhixia pursed her lips tightly. She longed to have parents who loved her, even if they pressed her neck to accept an arranged marriage. She might also want to make them happy and nod in agreement. An's mother was too selfish. Her world could only accommodate one man.
She took out a stack of photos and said, "Every year on my brother's and my birthday, she would take us to take pictures. Haha, the pictures were only taken to show the man. And she died in battle for the man, giving up the determination to live, leaving my brother and me to live a hard life under the care of our adoptive father and stepmother."
The two old people took the photo and looked at the woman who was familiar but unfamiliar because of the long time. They felt very distressed and finally accepted the fact that their heartless daughter had passed away. After all, they had been mentally prepared for this for more than 20 years.
(End of this chapter)
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