"Good boy, whose child are you from? Why did you come to my place?" Grandma Xiuchun smiled kindly and lowered her head to ask Coffin Xiaoen.
"I am a child of the Coffin family."
Xiao En, the little ice cube coffin, has always looked like a little adult, but it was in front of Grandma Xiuchun that she truly became like a doll.
He was sitting on Grandma Xiuchun's body, with a pair of chubby legs hanging down, dangling, looking cute and cute.
"That's my godfather and godmother, my grandfather, my sister and -"
Coffin Xiaoen looked at Dongzi for a moment, as if thinking about what to call him, and then he said it after a while: "Brother Dongzi, they are not here to cause trouble for you!"
Seeing Grandma Xiuchun's appearance, she also liked Coffin Xiaoen very much, and her eyes passed over our faces one by one.
Sure enough, it was a wise choice for Xiao En and Shi Shi to come out together with the coffin.
Mother-in-law Xiuchun smiled kindly, touched Coffin Xiaoen's head, looked at us and said, "Since this child calls me mother-in-law, you are all his relatives, so come in and talk!"
We then followed the old mayor into the courtyard.
"You came here to see me, do you really think it's not about Lu He?"
Grandma Xiuchun's eyes fell on the old mayor's face, "My old lady will never lie in her life. That girl is not here now. Even if you really came here for her, it's useless."
"We are indeed not here for Green He."
The old mayor shook his head quickly, pointed at us and said: "These masters deal with the evil spirits in Liuyun Temple. They can also help cure the girls' stupidity, but there are some things that I would like to ask Grandma Xiuchun for help."
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"How can I help, old lady?"
Grandma Xiuchun lowered her eyes, no longer looked at us, and said: "I am old, maybe I am really confused, and I can't even understand the children I raised."
As she spoke, Grandma Xiuchun's face was filled with loneliness.
Hearing Grandma Xiuchun say this, Lu Xiaohong and I looked at each other.
The old mayor told us before that Grandma Xiuchun was a very stubborn person and insisted that her niece Luhe would not do anything unconscionable. But now her tone clearly means that she has admitted that Luhe did indeed do something.
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Green He may have really passed here, but he is really not here right now. Maybe he left on his own, or maybe he was driven away by Grandma Xiuchun.
It's just that the purpose of our visit is not to find Green He.
"Mother-in-law, we want to ask you for some branches from the peach tree in your yard."
I was just thinking about how to ask Grandma Xiuchun for peach branches, when Dongzi behind me spoke first.
"Peach branch?"
Grandma Xiuchun looked up at the crown of the peach tree above her head, and then looked at us with a puzzled frown: "Peach trees are everywhere, why do you come to me to ask for this?"
"Mother-in-law, because the peach trees here are better than other peach trees, my godmother wants to use peach branches to save people." Coffin Xiaoen looked at Grandma Xiuchun and said.
Grandma Xiuchun looked at Xiao En in the coffin for a moment, then started laughing.
But she was smiling and laughing, and muddy tears flowed from the corners of her eyes, as if Coffin Xiaoen's words had touched a very sad place.
We were all stunned, no one said anything, and even the old mayor, who was always calm, seemed a little at a loss.
"Mother-in-law, don't cry. I have some candy here. It's very sweet. If you eat it, you won't feel bad."
Coffin Xiaoen took out a lollipop from her body, peeled off the candy wrapper and stuffed it into Grandma Xiuchun's mouth.
"Mother-in-law, is it sweet?"
Coffin Xiaoen looked at Grandma Xiuchun and asked.
"Sweet!"
Grandma Xiuchun pinched the candy stick, took it out of her mouth, looked up at the lush peach branches, and said with infinite nostalgia and fascination in her eyes: "That night when Xiu Tang left, you also brought it to me.
A big bag of fruit candies came. At that time, the peach tree bloomed for the first time.
Xiu Tang said that those were wedding candies he had prepared for our wedding, and he asked me to eat one candy a day. When the candy was gone, he would come back.
He will definitely earn more money by then, and we will buy more candies as wedding candies, which will last a lifetime.
It's a pity that it's been many years since I finished eating the candy, and he still hasn't come back. To this day, he doesn't even give me a dream.
I haven’t eaten candy for many years, I’m afraid of tasting the sweetness, and I’m afraid that I’ll be reminded of how many years I’ve been waiting!”
As Grandma Xiuchun said, she took Coffin Xiaoen off her body and stood up herself.
"This peach tree was planted by Xiu Tang and me. At that time, we just got engaged, and he secretly visited me while my parents were not at home.
Xiudang knew that I was reluctant to leave my parents' home, so he helped me plant this peach tree and told me that in the future, when this tree grows up and bears fruit, no matter how many years it takes, we can bring our children and grandchildren back to my parents' home.
Pick fruits.
But the peach tree has grown so big that it has not even produced any fruit, so I have stayed at my parents’ house.
Maybe, when this tree really bears fruit, Xiu Tang can come back.
For so many years, I have guarded this tree and built a wall to prevent anyone from destroying it. I was afraid that if it bears fruit, it will be picked away before I can find it."
Grandma Xiuchun seemed to be talking to herself, and she seemed to be telling us how important this tree was to her and that we couldn't touch it.
Lu Xiaohong and I looked at each other and knew in our hearts that this trip was probably in vain.
This peach tree carries Grandma Xiuchun’s lifelong expectations and hopes.
Grandma Xiuchun stretched out a hand and gently stroked it on the tree trunk. Her eyes were gentle, as if she were touching her lover's face.
The peach branches swayed almost invisible.
Coffin Xiaoen raised his head and looked at the slightly swaying crown of the peach tree, with a frown on his delicate little face.
"If this tree can really save people for you, you can take as many branches as you want."
Grandma Xiuchun looked back at us, her cloudy eyes sparkling with moisture, making her look much clearer.
"This peach tree probably won't bear fruit anymore. I'm getting old and can't wait any longer!" Grandma Xiuchun said as she walked towards the house.
"I'm tired and want to go back to the house and lie down for a while. If you want peach branches, just get them yourself!"
Looking at Grandma Xiuchun's back, none of us moved. That back view made people feel distressed.
Thin, lonely, lonely, and with a bit of regret and unwillingness.
I clearly saw Grandma Xiuchun's soul shaking in her body, and there were faint signs of separation.
It's very peaceful, without a trace of evil spirit or resentment.
I often see this situation. When I was very young, when I saw this situation, I would usually say to the person: "You are going to die!".
Later, everyone regarded me as a disaster star because of this, and my fourth uncle and grandma warned me not to speak out about anyone I saw dying, so I stopped speaking out.
Lu Xiaohong held my hand tightly.
He saw it too.
Dad leaned close to my ear and said to me in a low voice: "My daughter, this old woman's life is up, and soon she will be able to see the person she wants to see."