Chapter 14 Grandmother's Dream
"Little sister, look, my father is actually looking at you."
Liu Qingqing quickly chased after him, grabbed Liu Luoying's hand, and tears flashed in her eyes.
The parents are long-lasting, but since their mother died of childbirth, the father is like a different person, serious and indifferent. Whenever he sees his younger sister, he always has dislike and resentment in his eyes.
It is precisely because of this that he threw Liu Luoying, who was still in his infancy, to take care of her grandmother. He didn't want to show up once a year, and even knew that his daughter was excluded, he chose to pretend to be deaf and dumb.
I imagine how excited Liu Qingqing was when my father spoke for my younger sister and named the third room specifically.
She tightened Liu Luoying's hand and said hoarsely: "Little sister... my father is the head of the family and has his own difficulties. Don't blame him for some things."
"I know." Liu Luoying raised her mouth and leaned her head against her elder sister's arm. "My father has not re-stringed over the years. She looks at her mother's portrait all day long. This deep affection is unmatched. Besides, I don't lack food or clothing. I have a free childhood under my grandmother's knees. I can't even be grateful to him, so how can I blame him?"
"Little sister, you've grown up."
Liu Qingqing was filled with emotion, feeling both distressed and helpless.
If so, she would like to exchange her life for her younger sister’s innocence. It’s a pity that how could she do whatever she wants in a chaotic world?
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late at night--
The two sisters lay on the bed, recalling interesting childhood stories.
Seeing that the little sister was so sleepy that she was fighting with her eyelids, but she was still trying to get angry. Liu Qingqing gently patted her back and hummed a lullaby, coaxing her to sleep like she was a child.
In a daze, Liu Luoying closed her eyes. She seemed to be sleeping, but her mind was very clear.
It was hard to tell whether it was a dream or a reality. She only felt that her body was light and drifted in the wind like a feather, shuttled through the old house.
She could clearly hear the even snoring sounds coming from every room, and even Liu Xueying's dream of cursing her was so real.
In this way, the willow cherry blossoms walked through every room like a wandering soul, and unknowingly came to the Buddhist temple in the backyard.
During my lifetime, my grandmother would worship Buddha and recite scriptures here every day. Since she left, ashes have fallen here. Even the officials who view houses rarely come to clean up, and large spider webs fell on the door.
She stared blankly at the plaque above her head. When she was in a daze, the sound of wooden fish suddenly sounded in the room, just like her grandmother was still alive.
A familiar voice suddenly sounded: "Is Ying'er outside the door?"
Liu Luoying felt ache in her heart, and she dragged her crying voice and replied carefully: "Grandma, it's me."
"Good boy, you're finally here."
"grandmother."
At this moment, if it were the others, I might have retreated, but Liu Luoying pushed the door open in tears: "Grandma!"
The clear moonlight reflects the kind-hearted old man in the house softer, and the care in his eyebrows and eyes is beyond words.
Liu Luoying couldn't help but pounce on her and hugged her grandmother's waist tightly. In an instant, the sadness of being a human being for two lives made her cry like rain and she burst into tears.
I don’t know how long it took, but the old man slowly spoke: “Ying'er, grandma is not worried about you, so she left you some things, you must be careful to protect it.”
"thing?"
"Look at it." The old man smiled and pointed his hand at the corner of the wall. He saw that there was an additional box of jewelry there, flashing with golden light and dazzling. "Ying'er, grandmother is leaving, and it's up to you in the future."
The old woman gently caresses the beautiful hair of the willow cherry blossoms, and gradually becomes transparent in the moonlight, and finally turns into a wisp of blue smoke and disappears.
"Grandma, don't leave me!"
"Ying'er, don't cry, sister is here."
Liu Qingqing's voice sounded in her ears, and Liu Luoying suddenly came back to her senses, and she realized that she was still inside the house.
It turned out that it was just a dream just now, but my grandmother's voice and appearance could not be dissipated, making it difficult for her to fall asleep.
In tears, it's dawn.
The family no longer had any hope, and Liu Chengan only symbolically took his people to search in the old house, then went out to purchase supplies, preparing to continue on the road the next day.
When the night came again, Liu Luoying returned to the house early. After everyone fell asleep in the middle of the night, she opened her bright eyes, took Luo Ting's dagger, and quietly walked towards the backyard.
Unlike the scene in the dream, there are no spider webs on the gate here, and the yard is full of footprints. It is obvious that someone has come here to search during the day.
Crack-
Pushing open the old door, the choking dust made her sneeze twice.
She walked straight to the corner and confirmed that this was the place where the jewelry was placed in her dream, so she began to pry the floor tiles with a dagger.
It took a long time to pry a piece of Liu Luoying hard to pry it open.
Although it is difficult, you can see a corner of the wooden box from the exposed area.
She was delighted and knew that it was true that her grandmother’s dream was entrusted. There was indeed jewelry hidden here, and she worked harder to pry the floor tiles.
An hour later, she finally saw the whole picture of the wooden box. She opened the lid and saw two thick tips.
One contains silver notes worth more than 100,000 taels, and the other contains real estate deeds.
Below are all kinds of jewelry. Although they look dazzling, their total value is probably not as valuable as a gift.
Liu Luoying pondered for a moment, put two brocade bags into her arms, then covered the wooden box, put it back as it was, and raised the floor tiles in it into a gap.
After doing all this, I quietly returned the same way before dawn.
The next morning, under the arrangement of Liu Chengan, the servants began to pack their bags and prepare to leave Bei'an City before noon.
Liu Luoying hugged Annu, stood in the corner, and watched everything quietly.
It was not until Liu Qingqing came and told her to leave that she slowly spoke: "Sister, this trip is steep. It is better to go to the Buddhist temple in the backyard to sing incense sticks before we leave and ask for peace."
"Okay, I'll go and say something to my father."
As soon as these words were said, Liu Qingqing immediately went to discuss with Liu Chengan.
Everyone had no idea, so when they heard that they were asking for God's blessing, they seemed to have grabbed the last straw and nodded in agreement.
So before leaving, the Liu family, led by Liu Chengan, lined up into the Buddhist temple to burn incense and pray for blessings.
Everything is in the plan of Willow Cherry.
Taking advantage of the devout prayers, she moved to the corner of the wall without a trace. When An and Liu Xueying stepped forward, Dayi prayed for good weather and peace and prosperity, she deliberately stuck her feet in the gaps of the floor tiles, made a "ah" scream, and then fell to the ground.
"Miss!"
Hu Xia was the first to rush to Liu Luoying, and anxiously helped her up. Then Liu Qingqing grabbed her and carefully checked whether she was injured.
As for the others, they were all attracted by the wooden boxes under the floor tiles.
The three-bedroom family was even more greedy and stood in front of the crowd to prevent others from getting close.
"Get the shovel!"
Liu Chenguang, who has always been lazy, rolled up his sleeves excitedly and pried open the floor tiles by himself.
Chapter completed!