Ruan Mengmeng knew that Ruan Zilong was just being overly sympathetic, but she wasn't some pushover either. She nodded at Ruan Zilong and looked at the little boy.
"Little friend, can you take me to your home and see your grandma? Maybe I can help you!"
The little boy wiped the tears from his face and nodded quickly;
"Okay, sister, come with me!"
The two followed the little boy, turning left and right for a while, and then stopped in front of a dilapidated yard.
The little boy pushed open the door first and shouted inside;
"Grandma, I'm back..."
Just after shouting, an old voice mixed with coughing came from inside;
"Ziwen! Grandma is here! Ahem...?"
The brother and sister outside the door looked at each other and walked into the yard;
After entering the yard, Ruan Mengmeng saw that it was in a state of ruin.
There was a pile of dried firewood in the corner, the doors and windows were covered with tattered newspapers, and some scattered vegetables were planted on the ground.
"Ahem... Ziwen, you didn't even tell me there were guests coming, you kid..."
From the kitchen of the side room, an old lady with white hair and hunched back walked out. She was about seventy years old.
She leaned on a cane with one hand, a kind smile on her face, looked at the Ruan siblings, and complained to her grandson Yu Ziwendao;
"Grandma, this is the sister I told you about!"
Yu Ziwen supported his grandmother and introduced her;
"Children are ignorant. Come in and sit down! Ahem... "
Old Mrs. Yu coughed twice, holding her chest and said, "After that, she took her grandson into the house.
Ruan Mengmeng waved her hand and said indifferently, "It's no problem..." Then she took her younger brother and followed the grandparents into the house.
Inside the room, there was a tattered bed with a quilt revealing the tattered cotton inside. On the floor, there were several stools with missing legs, placed next to a table that was one-third rotten...
Old Mrs. Yu was slightly embarrassed as she directed her grandson Yu Ziwen;
"Ziwen, go get some water for your friend!"
Yu Ziwen first helped his grandmother sit down, and then obediently went to pour water for the siblings.
The brother and sister did not mind and each of them brought a stool and sat down.
After talking for a while, Ruan Mengmeng realized that Old Mrs. Yu and her grandson Yu Ziwen were both alone and helpless.
Both the son and daughter-in-law lost their lives in order to protect the family's property and children in the general situation.
Those people were so heartless that they didn't even spare the only two people left, one old and one young, which led to the two of them hiding from place to place and finally ending up here.
Although life is hard, in order to raise her grandson, Grandma Yu holds on to her life and works hard, but it is too difficult.
In order to get the Yu family's property, those people would occasionally come to the house to smash and search...
They won't give up until they get what they want, and their lives are miserable.
After saying that, Old Mrs. Ruan kept coughing. Ruan Mengmeng looked at her brother and thought for a while.
Then he stood up, gave an order to Ruan Zilong, and left the yard alone.
Ten minutes later, she came back with a snakeskin bag in her hand.
Seeing the three people still sitting there, she opened her pocket and took out a small bag of sweet potatoes, half a bag of cornmeal, and two pounds of millet.
She didn't dare take too much because those people often came to search. If they were discovered, the food would not be able to enter the stomachs of the grandmother and granddaughter.
Besides, giving too much at once would only whet the other person's appetite, and she wasn't doing charity.
"You can put the sweet potatoes on the noodles and eat them. Secretly make porridge with cornmeal and millet. Grandma Yu is not in good health and can't just eat sweet potatoes!"
As she took out her things, she instructed the two of them;
"After you finish eating, I'll come back and bring it to you..."
Old Mrs. Yu has seen all kinds of people. She is very old and has experienced many ups and downs.
He looked at the things on the table, his frail grandson, and then at his siblings.
Make up your mind and take a gamble no matter what!
If this is true, and even these brother and sister were sent by those people, then we can only blame the bad luck of the grandparents and grandchildren.
After Ruan Mengmeng finished taking out the things, she put away the snakeskin bag and took out two boxes of cough medicine from her shoulder bag.
"Here are two boxes of cough medicine. Take three pills twice a day. After a week, the symptoms will gradually ease!"
She took two boxes of medicine and handed them to Old Lady Yu.
When she saw the medicine, Old Lady Yu was completely relieved. The brother and sister were definitely not in the same group as those people, otherwise how could they send her medicine?
Thinking of this, hot tears flowed from Old Lady Yu's cloudy eyes. With trembling hands, she took the cough medicine handed over by Ruan Mengmeng and said excitedly;
"Thank you, girl. I, an old woman, don't know how to repay you!"
She wiped the tears from her eyes and looked at her little grandson Yu Ziwen;
"Ziwen, go get the key from under my pillow..."
Yu Ziwen obediently ran to the bed, stood on tiptoe, and took out a bronze key from under the worn pillow.
He ran over and handed it to Grandma Yu silently.
Grandma Yu took the key and said to the three people, "Follow me!" She led the three people to the middle of the yard.
When they reached a pomegranate tree in the courtyard, she pointed at the root of the pomegranate and instructed Yu Ziwen;
"Ziwen, bring a shovel and dig this up..."
Yu Ziwen continued to obediently go to the eaves of the house and took a shovel.
Ruan Mengmeng, who was standing by, took the shovel and started digging where the old lady pointed.
A few minutes later, there was a "creak" and the sound of metal rubbing against each other;
Ruan Mengmeng dropped the shovel and squatted down to check. A metal box the size of a shoe box was lying quietly in the soil.
She cleared away the soil on the surface, picked up the box and handed it to Old Mrs. Yu.
Old Mrs. Yu took the box, held it in her arms, and walked straight into the house.
After entering the house, Old Mrs. Yu took out the key from her pocket and opened the black lock of the box.
With a "click", the lock opened. After putting away the key, Old Lady Yu slowly opened the box.
In addition to a pile of gold and silver jewelry, there were also red agate rings and several pairs of mutton-fat jade bracelets.
Ruan Mengmeng widened her eyes. This old lady had quite a few treasures.
Especially the red agate rings and mutton-fat jade bracelets, both are top-grade jade.
No wonder those people are coveting the Yu family’s things. It seems that this is just the tip of the iceberg of Grandma Yu’s collection.
Seeing Ruan Mengmeng's eyes, Old Lady Yu knew that she liked it, and she was not stingy and said with a smile;
"Girl, pick and choose which one you like. I have no use for these, so I'll give them to you..."
Ruan Mengmeng praised Old Lady Yu for her generosity, saying that if this item were collected by future generations, it would be of great value.
"No need, grandma. Just keep the food! This little bit of food is not worth much!"
She was not a person who coveted anything. If she did not really feel pity for Yu Ziwen and if he was not of the same age as her younger brother Ruan Zilong, she would not have softened her heart to help the grandfather and grandson.
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