Zhao Dashu and Xiao Lei are the most promising and knowledgeable people in Old Sow Village.
Song agreed. Lei's future was the most important thing. She wondered what Lei's plans were for her, what he was thinking, and where he planned to study.
"We'll ask them when they get back. Old man, take advantage of the time you have now and spend more time with Shunzi and the others."
"It's time to spend more time with them."
The gatherings are different now than before. They can't play cards or drink heavily. His mother just passed away, so he has to be careful for the next few months and can't be too ostentatious, otherwise people will say he's heartless and an unfilial son!
He started acting recklessly before his mother's body had even cooled down; he was probably already afraid of his mother's death.
If word gets out, he won't be able to explain it even if he has a hundred mouths.
Honestly, he really wanted his mother to live this time; it would have been even better if she could live for another year or two.
"Wife, this year we can't put up red decorations, set off firecrackers, or even eat meat for the New Year. I'm afraid the children will have to suffer this year."
"Isn't there no other way? The child can understand."
Alas, my mother-in-law passed away before the New Year, so everything must be kept simple this year.
"Where do you plan to keep vigil for the seventh day after his death?"
“In Mother’s house, in the new house, it’s warm inside. If Mother were to go back, she would definitely go back to her own little house, not the old house.”
"That works too, at least we won't get cold."
Zhao Dashu chose a new house so that he wouldn't have to suffer from the cold.
After Zhao Xiaoyu arrived home, Qixi surrounded Zhao Dashu, and Song Shi began to talk about things on the mountain. It was her first time meeting her maternal grandmother, and she seemed very excited, praising her grandmother as kind, gentle, and a very good person.
Zhao Dashu's eyelids and head twitched as he listened. "No, Qibao, Grandpa is a scaredy-cat. Can you please stop scaring me?"
"Xiaoyu?"
She looked to her daughter for help, hoping she would discipline her daughter and stop her from saying such threatening things.
I just forced myself to forget what happened last time, when my mother left first and she found out right after.
You absolutely mustn't invite your in-laws to meet him; his delicate heart can't handle it.
Madam Song's expression changed; she didn't know how to look at her granddaughter.
"Xiaoyu, is the child alright? Could she have hurt herself?"
"Probably not," Zhao Xiaoyu said uncertainly.
She even considered finding a fortune teller to examine her daughter. She was the most excited person on the mountain, running from one grave to another to say a few words, keeping her very busy.
She talked the longest at her mother-in-law's grave, and at one point she even thought she could summon her mother-in-law to meet them.
No, we must find someone with high spiritual attainment to take a look and determine whether it's a human, a ghost, or someone else residing inside it.
"Dad, do you think the old monk on our mountain is reliable? The one you always go to to calculate auspicious days?"
Zhao Dashu recalled the money he had been swindled out of, saying, "I think it was so-so; it was mostly cheating and deception."
Yeah?
Zhao Xiaoyu lowered her eyes. So what should we do about our daughter? What should we do?
"How about we go up the mountain another day and take a look? It's better to try anything than to guess blindly."
“Father is right.”
Xiao Lei was also very worried about his daughter. She had given him a big fright last time, and today's trip up the mountain made him even more terrified. He even forgot what he wanted to say to his mother and hurriedly led his people down the mountain.
The daughter, still wanting more, said she hadn't talked enough.
He felt a chill run through him.
The couple looked worried and anxious the whole way.
They don't want a daughter with extraordinary abilities; they just want her to be an ordinary person and live a happy life.
Some things, the more you know, the less good it does you; some people, the more capable they are, the greater their responsibilities. They didn't want their daughter to be different from others, and they were even more afraid that someone would find out and use her for bad things.
The child is so young, so easy to fool.
I'm even more afraid of the backlash. My daughter is like someone who peeks into the secrets of heaven, isn't she?
Should I count?
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