I could no longer stop the talkative Hariya, so I simply ignored him. When the old man heard that I looked like a foreigner, but spoke an authentic dialect, he also became curious about me.

"Where are you from?" The old man flicked the ashes from his cigarette, "I don't think you look like a local."

"I'm from out of town, and I came here to look for someone. I found out that the person I'm looking for lives here, so..."

"I don't have the person you're looking for. If you go look elsewhere and come here to cause trouble, I'll be rude to you!!" The old man interrupted me angrily. The man who seemed gentle just now was suddenly filled with anger.

With an angry face, he looked around, found a stick as thick as his forearm, took it in his hand, and threatened to drive me away.

It's not a good idea to take action.

I quickly calmed down the old man, "Hey, old man, we don't mean any harm by coming here. I am her friend. I came here when I heard that she needed help. Please put away the stick first!!"

"Friend? I have met all of Xiaoqing's so-called friends, but I have never met you! Where did you come from?" The old man thought I was lying, so he poked me with a long stick.

Hariya, who at first thought that this old man was Qinghe, had been confused by our conversation and had no clue about his identity. At this time, he reacted and was about to prepare for defense, but I stopped him, "He

He's just a helpless old man, there's no need to embarrass him, just don't take action."

"I'm confused by the people from the early Yuan Dynasty. Isn't this person Master Qinghe? I used to be respectful to the people from the early Yuan Dynasty. Why are you still beating them today!!"

"Qinghe will definitely look at you with admiration if you think of an old man as her." As the voice was heard, I stretched out my hand and grabbed the root that was poking straight into my abdomen. No matter how hard the old man dragged, pulled, or pulled, I couldn't pull it away.

Take the stick back.

"Alas..." With a deep sigh, the old man saw that I was no match for this young man, so he simply threw away the stick in his hand, took out a bag of tobacco leaves from his purse, sat back on the big rock, and began to care for himself.

As he rolled up his cigarette, his expression changed to the same sad look as before, and a few tears even fell from the corners of his eyes.

"Old man, I didn't mean it!" I found a place to place the stick against the wall, and then sat down on the big rock. "Old man, I really don't mean any harm, I just want to find out about the people who live here."

Then the old man's mood was extremely low at this time, and he didn't answer my questions at all. He just picked the tobacco leaves in the tobacco bag, his dark and withered hands trembling slightly.

I sighed in my heart, so I took the tobacco bag from the old man's hand and began to skillfully remove the bones from the tobacco leaves. The intact tobacco leaves were wrapped in the outer layer, and the broken tobacco leaves were sandwiched in the middle. I rolled up a tobacco bag by dividing it by three and five.

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The old man stared at me with incredible eyes, and slowly took the cigarette I rolled and handed it to him. With a snap, the tobacco leaves began to ignite and make a sizzling sound.

"Oh, Xiaoqing hasn't been home for a long time, and I don't know where she is now." The old man's face was also full of helplessness, as if he no longer cared about the person he was talking about.

"Then Xiaoqing is yours?"

"Xiaoqing is my granddaughter. Alas, I was a good child, but now I am like this..." As he spoke, the old man's words were full of regret, and he seemed to be extremely disappointed with his granddaughter.

"Sir, Yuanchu people, is this Xiao Qing the Master Qinghe we are looking for?!" Hariya looked like he suddenly understood.

"Listen and don't talk for now. This is a critical moment." After calling Hariya, he turned to the old man and asked, "I only know that she needs help now, but I don't know much about the actual situation. Can you

Talk to me?"

"You don't look like bad people. You are different from the people who came here looking for Xiaoqing before. Let me believe you for once." The old man took a few puffs of cigarette and said, "Her departure this time is not the same as usual."

It’s not the same. I packed a lot of luggage and even took my toothbrush with me. In the past, if I didn’t leave home, I would come back disgraced within two or three days at most..."

As he said this, the old man began to shed tears again. It was obvious that he still cared about Qinghe, but what was the reason that made the old man so disappointed?

"Old man, I will definitely help you find Xiao Qing. You also tell me the whole story so that I can prescribe the right medicine!" Knowing that the old man really missed his granddaughter, I tried my best to find out what happened to Qing He after he entered the world.

What happened.

"Xiaoqing was originally a very well-behaved child, and she was very lovable when she was a child. Although at home, my wife values ​​boys over girls and wants her son to have a big, fat grandson, but I really like my little granddaughter,"

As he spoke, the old man's voice became a little more throaty.

"Uncle, don't be sad, I will definitely help you find Qinghe." I promised, holding the old man's hand tightly.

"Later, Xiaoqing's parents went out to work, leaving Xiaoqing at home to take care of us. Xiaoqing was very smart when he was young. He got the first place in every subject. Every time he came back with a certificate, he would

Call her parents and ask her parents to praise her. She doesn’t want any other rewards I want to give her." As he said that, the old man’s eyes showed a rare look of pride. After all, his precious granddaughter had previously

It was enough to make him proud.

"What happened next?"

"Later, then the family changed..." The old man took another deep puff of cigarette, and the proud color disappeared from his face. "Later, his mother gave birth to a younger brother, and everyone else in the family also

I like her very much, especially my old wife. After hearing that she had a grandson, she immediately went to take care of her daughter-in-law during her confinement period, and rarely came back."

"What about Xiaoqing? Does he like his younger brother?"

"Xiao Qing naturally likes this younger brother. My younger brother also liked Xiao Qing to hug her when he was a child. This is a blood connection." The old man suddenly changed the topic, "But everyone in the family values ​​boys over girls, so does my son, and so does my wife.

Although my daughter-in-law likes Xiao Qing very much, she cares less for Xiao Qing because she has to take care of her grandson all the time."

"Aren't you still here? I can see that you must love this granddaughter the most." I comforted the old man, but I knew in my heart that no one could accept such differential treatment.

"Xiaoqing has lived with us since she was a child, and she has been away from her parents since she was a child. What she needs is the affirmation and care of her parents, not this bad old man like me." As he said this, the old man took another deep puff of the cigarette he had just rolled.

Good tobacco leaves are half burned.

"Didn't your son take Xiaoqing with him later? It's definitely not okay to keep the child by his side when he grows up."

"Why don't I know, but the conditions are limited. My son and daughter-in-law work part-time, and my wife follows them to take care of their grandson. My life is not rich. It is very expensive for children to go to school in the city, so I can only

I feel wronged that Xiaoqing is studying here, and my worthless grandfather will take care of her."

"Uncle, don't say that. I can see that you care for Xiaoqing far more than her parents." I'm not lying. Those people in the car just now all had some filth on their bodies.

Although there are traces of blood on the old man's body, there are more scars from life and his heavy love for his granddaughter.

"But the education in the countryside is not as good as in the city. Xiao Qing followed some street gangsters every day, and he began to become disobedient and willful. Although his academic performance was not delayed, the teachers often invited me to the office

There were many times when I was too embarrassed to see the teacher again."

"Maybe this is the child who has reached the rebellious stage. Is Xiaoqing following them to do bad things?"

"I haven't done any bad things. This child has been able to distinguish right from wrong since she was a child. I absolutely believe that she will not do anything harmful to nature!!" The old man said firmly.

"Then why is this??"
Chapter completed!