The dinner was very sumptuous. Mrs. Mu kept adding meat to Mu Yunhan's bowl: "Take more, I see you have lost weight these days."
"Actually, I am growing taller. If I eat well, I will grow faster." Mu Yunhan had something on his mind and spoke perfunctorily.
But Mrs. Mu happily pulled her up and said, "You have indeed grown taller. Give me your dress tonight and I will let you loosen it."
In order to save money, the clothes of the three children were specially made wider and longer. They can be worn for at least three years after being put away and put away.
Mu Ying happily gestured on top of her head: "I have grown taller too! I also want to lower the hem of my skirt!"
Mu An chuckled while holding the bowl, and stretched out a leg with a short trouser leg.
Mrs. Mu Er looked at the children and smiled happily and contentedly: "Xiaohan, thank you."
"We are a family, as we should be." Mu Yunhan gave Mu An and Mu Ying a piece of meat respectively, "I have something to tell mom later."
After putting away the dishes and chopsticks, it was already dark, and the mother and daughter entered the mushroom room.
The newly sprouted shiitake mushrooms are like bamboo shoots springing up after a rain, densely covered with mushroom bags, small and cute, plump and round.
The first few flowers that grew out were as big as a child's fist. Mu Yunhan cut them off and put them in the basket: "Mom, these few times I go to the county, there are always unknown people following me and even trying to take my life.
.Auntie has targeted me several times, not just because she is jealous of us."
Mrs. Mu Er was shocked and was busy checking her body: "Are you okay? I never heard you mention it before."
"That's because I can't bear to make you worry." Mu Yunhan said: "But now, I know that the reason why those people are targeting us is not because of our true identities and yours, but because of one thing."
Mrs. Mu Er looked confused: "For what? Your father has never offended anyone."
"It's not that dad has offended anyone, but they want something. This thing is very important. It was brought back by you or dad from Lanjing. Does mom know what it is?"
"No, your father and I met in Lizhou. He buys and sells grain himself, and also helps others do business. He is just a small rich man. How can he have anything important? Besides, he has never been to Lanjing in his life.
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"As for me, I ran away from Lanjing alone with you in my arms. I didn't take any change of clothes with me. I only had a few pieces of jewelry and a few banknotes. I spent them all on the way. When I saw your father, both of you were so excited.
I’m starving to death, what can I do?”
"If I had that thing, I would have taken it out to save you a long time ago. What's more important than being able to catch up with you?"
Mrs. Mu wiped her tears anxiously and sighed: "Follow me."
Like this home, Mrs. Mu's room is simple and plain.
There were only four or five dresses on the patched quilt, the empty cupboard, the broken bronze mirror that could no longer capture the person's image, a copper-clad hairpin, a pair of silver earrings, and a poplar comb. That was her.
All belongings.
"This is your father's relic." Mrs. Mu wiped her tears and took out a bundle from the depths of the closet and opened it.
A half-worn muslin men's shirt, embroidered with delicate bamboo patterns, and an ebony hairpin wrapped with a bright red silk handkerchief.
The ebony hairpin is oily and smooth, and it can be seen that it has been used for many years. The silk handkerchief is embroidered with cross-necked mandarin ducks. Although the pattern is fine, the color is dull, and it is also an old thing.
Mu Er Mu reluctantly rubbed these things and pushed them over with determination: "I'll leave them all to you. If there's anything wrong, you can handle it."
Although relics are important, they are not as important as living people. (To be continued)