The old woman came in with a bowl of steaming porridge and whispered: "My dear granddaughter, the porridge is here, you eat it while it's hot... I put two poached eggs in the porridge, you eat it to replenish your blood..."
Dai Yuxiao stood up, one hand was held by Mu Lengrui, and it was inconvenient to get down, so he stretched out his other free hand to pick up the steaming porridge.
"My dear granddaughter, this bowl is very hot. If you don't dislike my old lady, I will feed you..." The old woman held the bowl in the palm of her hand with one hand, stirred the spoon with the other hand, and scooped up a spoonful.
Blow the hot air close to your lips and pass it to Dai Yuxiao's lips.
"Grandma, aren't you afraid of being burned?" Dai Yuxiao tugged at the hand held by Mu Lengrui, but before she could pull it away, the old man was so old, and she should be taking care of him, but he asked her to feed her porridge with a spoon.
When I eat, I can’t help but feel discouraged.
"I have worked hard all my life on my hands. I don't know how many layers of calluses have fallen on my hands. I can't feel anything hot or not for a long time... Come on, my good granddaughter, let me, an old woman, take good care of you.
Otherwise, who knows if there will be another chance in the future..." Speaking of this, the old man couldn't help but shed a few tears from the corners of his eyes covered with crow's feet, and his voice was choked with sobs.
"Grandma, don't be sad. I'm here to take you down the mountain this time. If you are willing, come back to live with me in the city, okay?" Dai Yuxiao stretched out his free hand, wiped away the old man's tears, and looked at the old man.
She was sad, her heart ached, and her eyes began to moisten.
"I have old arms and legs, and I don't have a few years left to live. I just have to live day by day in this old mountain... It's a pity that your mother died at such a young age... My miserable Mengqin..."
The old man couldn't help crying. He cried a few times and looked at Mu Lengrui, who was still sleeping soundly. He put the spoon back into the bowl and covered his withered mouth to prevent himself from crying.
"Grandma... don't be sad... tell me about my mother. I came back this time just to find out the cause of my mother's death..." Dai Yuxiao stretched out her hand to touch the old man's old temples, and became even more excited.
I feel sad.
"Okay, dear granddaughter, you still have so many things on your mind. I'm sorry for you. Come and take a bite of the porridge. It's neither cold nor hot, so it's just right for your mouth..." The old man wiped his tears with his hands covered with age spots and scooped it up with a spoon.
A spoonful of porridge was brought to Dai Yuxiao's lips.
"Grandma..." Dai Yuxiao couldn't control her emotions and cried out. She leaned her upper body and hugged the old man's shoulders, her body shaking from sobbing.
There has never been an old man who could give her such care and personally feed her porridge from a bowl. Dai Yuxiao, who has lacked warmth since childhood, could not suppress her sadness when she encountered such tender care.
"Silly girl, you were talking about me just now, why are you crying like this?" The old man wiped her tears with his hands.
"Grandma... I miss my mother so much... ugh..." Dai Yuxiao's eyes were red and swollen from crying, looking pitiful.
"Okay, my dear granddaughter, don't cry, don't cry anymore..." The old man smiled with tears on his face, and pointed at her belly: "Look, if you cry again, it will be like an empty city opera."
I'm protesting to you..."
Dai Yuxiao touched her belly in embarrassment and smiled through her tears. She was already hungry, and the elderly people could hear the sound of hunger inside. The empty city opera was sung really loudly.
She opened her mouth wide and exaggeratedly, and took the porridge from the old man's spoon. It was so warm and fragrant, and the air conditioning all over her body was driven away. It was so comfortable.
After eating spoonful after spoonful, he didn't even think about talking. After a while, he finished the bowl of porridge. With a satisfied smile on his face, the old man walked out with the empty bowl on his lame little feet: "Good granddaughter, grandma
I'll go out and serve you a bowl. There's nothing else delicious, but rice porridge is enough!"
Dai Yuxiao didn't stop her. Her belly was so empty. How could a bowl of porridge fill her up? It would be too false to be polite to her grandmother. Besides, the old man wished that her granddaughter would eat more.
After a while, the old man came in again with a bowl of steaming porridge. She was so happy to see her granddaughter that she even threw the crutches aside and trotted in with the bowl in hand. She was in good spirits.
Dai Yuxiao ate the second bowl so quickly, something was filling his stomach, his face became rosy, and his cold hands and feet gradually became warm.
Although the two grandchildren met for the first time, there was no sense of separation at all. It seemed that this was due to blood ties and they were closely connected. Dai Yuxiao chatted with the old man while eating.
"Grandma, don't I have an uncle? Where has he gone? It's so unsafe for you to be alone on this mountain at night..." Dai Yuxiao looked around. Since she woke up, she has not seen her uncle.
, she was already unconscious when Mu Lengrui carried her in, and she had no idea that when she was unconscious, her uncle was so frightened that he ran away when he saw her face.
"He, when he saw you, it was as if he had seen a ghost. He didn't know where he had gone..." The old man sighed: "I am an unfilial son. If he can match half of your mother's filial piety, I will feel at ease until I die...
"
"Grandma, don't talk about immortality. I know how to read faces. You will definitely live a long life!" Dai Yuxiao tilted her head and rolled her eyes in a circle, saying playfully.
"A hundred years old, okay. Before I saw you, I didn't care what day I died. Now that you are here, I will live for a few more days. The longer I live, the better, hehehehe..." The old man couldn't help laughing.
The folds on his face squeezed his small eyes into a slit, and every fold was filled with a smile.
"Grandma, there are so many venomous snakes in the mountains and life is so inconvenient. Why do you and your uncle have to move to the mountains? I saw the houses in the small town. They are very beautiful and spacious. Don't you like the spaciousness?
A beautiful house?" Dai Yuxiao asked puzzledly, his black pupils shining.
"This is all your uncle's fault. He said that he had committed a crime, a big one, and he must move to the mountains to live. He said that he would move back to avoid the limelight. I only have two children. Your mother is gone, even if he
Unworthy, I can’t leave him alone. How could I have imagined that this move would take more than ten years..."
Dai Yuxiao's heart trembled. Her uncle said that something big had happened. What kind of big thing would make him abandon such a nice house and car and move to the mountains regardless of the viper? "Then do you want to move back again?"
"I don't want to think about it anymore. My old arms and legs are still the same no matter where I live. I can't walk very far. Why bother moving around? I'm used to living here. This mountain is pretty good..." The old man said
There was helplessness in his dim eyes.
"Then I will go up the mountain to see you every year." Dai Yuxiao smiled playfully, her long and curled eyelashes flickering.
"Really? Not afraid of poisonous snakes?" The old man held the bowl of porridge, his eyes shining with expectation.
"Well, really, I'm not afraid!" Dai Yuxiao nodded extremely seriously. This was her solemn promise. From now on, at this time every year, no matter the hardships or dangers, she would come back here to visit the elderly.
"My dear granddaughter, you are as filial as your mother. It's a pity that your mother, such a filial child, died so early?" The old man's eyes were full of tears again and his nose was red. "It's all my fault. If
If it wasn't because your grandpa was ill, she wouldn't have left with your father, and if she hadn't gone with him to marry Liu Yuan, she wouldn't have died so early..."
"Grandma, is my father a very bad person?" Dai Yuxiao listened to the old man's description, as if her father was so domineering and evil, she couldn't help but dig at the bed surface with her hands uneasily and frowned.
"You can't say that. Your father was also a handsome young man back then, and he was rich. Most girls liked him when they met him. It's just that your mother didn't like him at the time... When she left with your father, it was to treat your grandfather's illness. She
Those who have been wronged..."
"Grandma, my mother liked a guy named Liu Yuan back then, right?"
"Yes, they grew up together. If it weren't for your grandpa's illness, they would have gotten married long ago... They are destined to have nothing to do with each other..."
"Then do you think my mother has eloped with Liu Yuan?"
"Elope? How is it possible? Don't listen to other people's nonsense. After your mother gave birth to you, she came back to see me several times. She looked very happy every time. She didn't look like she had been wronged. As a mother, I can tell that.
"Your mother probably fell in love with your father later..." The old man decisively denied that the elopement was purely fabricated.
"Grandma, you're so kind. It's just like what I thought. I don't believe that my mother eloped with someone else. It's just very strange. Why did my mother get into an accident in the same car as Liu Yuan?"
"I'm not sure, but that young man Liu Yuan missed your mother so much that he secretly ran to see her, but something happened on the way..." The old man made a possible guess and scooped the last spoonful of porridge for Dai Yuxiao.
, feed her.
"Grandma, you have been tired tonight. It's so late and you haven't been able to rest yet..." Dai Yuxiao felt very sorry.
"Silly girl, what are you talking about? You can come and see me, an old woman. I am so happy that I can't even sleep... But you are too tired today. The snake venom is very harmful to the body after being cleaned. I will pour it for you.
Let the glass of water clear your mouth, and then you can go back to sleep. It will still be a few hours before dawn..." The old man tremblingly walked out with an empty bowl and came in with a glass of water in his hand.
After Dai Yuxiao drank the water, he lay on the bed, looking at the old man's loving face, feeling full of happiness in his heart, raising the corners of his mouth, and keeping a smile on his face.
"My good granddaughter, go to bed early. Grandma will prepare delicious food for you tomorrow morning..." The old man pulled the quilt, covered the two of them, and touched her forehead lovingly.
Dai Yuxiao, who had filled her stomach, clung to the edge of the bed and soon fell asleep, sleeping soundly. In her sleep, her mother was still very young and beautiful, standing on the colorful auspicious clouds and waving water to her. She
She jumped and ran over, she really took off, and her mother standing in the clouds held her in her arms.
"Little nymphomaniac, I'm still laughing in my dreams..." Dai Yuxiao heard a chuckle and vaguely felt someone watching her.
Opening his eyes, Mu Lengrui looked sideways at her, his warm breath sprayed on her face, his eyes were rare and tender, full of love.
"Leng Rui, why did you wake up so early?" Dai Yuxiao yawned, and unconsciously reached out to cover his lips with his little hand.
"It's still early. The sun is already shining down on our butts. It's still early? The air in the mountains is fresh, let's go for a walk?" Mu Lengrui raised his finger and pointed out the window. In fact, it was just dawning and the sun had not yet appeared.
Dai Yuxiao pretended to be a nymphomaniac and cooed on purpose: "Master Mu, are you going to ask me to watch the sunrise?"
"Dear Miss Dai Yuxiao, can I have the honor to ask you to watch the sunrise together?" Mu Lengrui sat up from the bed, stretched out his hands that were more graceful than women's hands, and said
A gesture of serious invitation.
"Girl, I'm not feeling well today, let's wait another day..." Dai Yuxiao raised her head, pouted, and sat up, but she held her chin with her jade hands, looking at his big hands as if they were nothing.