As soon as they entered the house, Changning and Jingxin started to have fun like crazy, they were so happy.
The moment Yun Qiao stepped into his home, he felt both the pleasure of a wanderer returning home and an indescribable melancholy.
Here, there is no more grandma.
It's cold and cold in early winter, and the trees in the courtyard have lost all their leaves and stand alone.
A forty-year-old woman came out to welcome him.
She wore a thin rose-purple coat, her hair was neatly combed, and her face was plump and slightly chubby, so she looked kind, kind, gentle and honest.
"Aunt Tong." Sisters Yun Qiao, Chang Ning, and Jing Xin called her this.
The woman smiled broadly: "I'm finally back. I've been thinking about you every day these days."
"This is pretty fast." Yun Qiao said.
Then, she introduced Xi Lanting to Aunt Tong: "This is the seventh master of the Xi family."
Cheng Li and Zhu Yucheng had been here before, and Aunt Tong knew both of them, but Xi Lanting was an unfamiliar face.
The last time Xi Lanting came to visit, it was mysterious and mysterious. Grandma wouldn't even let Yun Qiao see him, and Aunt Tong probably hadn't seen him either.
She then said to Xi Lanting, "This is Aunt Tong, you can also call her Mrs. Ni. Uncle Ni is the general manager of the old house."
Aunt Tong's name is Tong Ling, and her husband is Ni Yuanming.
Ni Yuanming, like Qian Changping, was an orphan raised by his grandmother and grew up beside his grandmother.
"...Where's Uncle Ni?" Yun Qiao asked again.
Tong Ling smiled and said, "He's at the back. He'll be here soon."
While we were talking, Ni Yuanming came.
He was tall, a little thin, and had a serious look. He greeted everyone and exchanged a few words with everyone.
The old house has an old layout, with a large courtyard in the front with guest rooms, a study and a dining room, an inner courtyard in the back with about a dozen rooms in total, and a row of small houses in the back for the servants to live in.
The guests who came this time were all arranged in the front yard.
Yun Qiao and Chang Ning still stayed in their original rooms Jingxin, and Aunt Tong sent someone to clean them.
After settling in, Yun Qiao went to her grandmother's room.
Grandma's room remains the same, the bed is neatly made, and it still smells like sunshine. Aunt Tong must have washed and dried it frequently.
On the dressing table, there are creams used by my grandmother and various old-fashioned jewelry.
The pearl comb is an old thing. Grandma has used it all her life. The pearls on it need to be replaced every few years, otherwise they will turn yellow and look unsightly.
Yun Qiao often asks: "Why does grandma always use this comb?"
Grandma said: "This is a gift from a very important person."
She picked it up and looked at it again and again.
It's a pity that Yun Qiao is not very good at combing her hair in an old-fashioned bun or using a comb.
She sits alone.
Yun Qiao felt an indescribable emptiness in her heart. As soon as she returned home, the fact that her grandmother had passed away became extremely clear. There was a missing piece in her heart that could not be filled.
When she was outside, she refused to think deeply and always subconsciously lied to herself, just thinking that her grandmother was still in her hometown.
She sat there for a long time and did not eat dinner.
Aunt Tong brought the supper, and Yun Qiao came out. There was a small patio outside grandma's bedroom, where tables and chairs were usually placed. Occasionally she would sit around or look at the accounts.
Yun Qiao sat down and Ni Yuanming came soon.
He told Yun Qiao what happened at home in the past year, and he also wanted to show Yun Qiao some accounts.
Yun Qiao nodded: "I'll look at it tomorrow."
Ni Yuanming added: "Master Huiming often asks you that he is not in good health recently. I wonder if he can survive this winter. Do you want to go and see him?"
Master Huiming lives in the mountains.
The Lingjue Temple on the mountain was destroyed in the early years, but my grandmother later paid for the new one. It has been very popular in the past ten years, and everyone says that the Bodhisattva has miraculous effects.
The two maids beside Yun Qiao, Changning and Jingxin, were thrown into Lingjue Temple. Later, Master Huiming named them and gave them to Qian Changping as adopted daughters.
Qian Changping took them to Yanmen to learn their skills, and then returned to his old house to take care of Yun Qiao and his mother-in-law.