Chapter 40: Talking with Grandma
School started at the end of August. Zhao Xiaoyue and Zhao Zhe were in sixth grade and skipped to fourth grade respectively.
In the morning, Li Guilan prepared breakfast and asked the two children to get up and wash.
Zhao Zhe had already gotten up and was ready. He was reading a programming book that Zhao Xiaoyue brought back from Hai City!
Zhao Xiaoyue was still lazy as always. She acted like a spoiled child and just didn't want to get up. Li Guilan had no choice but to help her daughter get dressed and tie her hair. After everything was done, Zhao Xiaoyue opened her eyes as if she had returned to her soul and started looking for food.
Sometimes Li Guilan would get so angry that she would slap someone, and Zhao Guozhong would quickly protect his daughter, and would often be scolded together with his daughter.
Zhao Zhe always eats in a mature and well-mannered manner, and always gets praise from Li Guilan.
Zhao Xiaoyue would roll her eyes mercilessly and say that Zhao Zhe was just pretending to be obedient.
Finally, the old lady slammed the table and everyone became quiet!
Zhao Zhe likes this kind of atmosphere very much. It is noisy, lively and joyful. He feels like he is living in the human world.
At seven o'clock sharp, everyone left home on time.
Zhao Guozhong sent the two children to school, while the old lady and Li Guilan went to the store to look after it.
Now that both stores are on track, Zhao Xiaoyue’s biggest concern is the newly opened B&B.
She needed to take the old lady to see him from time to time. She was afraid that Zhao Guozhong would ask her something by herself, so the old lady became her only choice as a shield.
The old lady said that she had kept the money secretly for half her life. When Zhao Guozhong first got it, he felt like he was holding the old lady's life in his hands, fearing that he would not be able to explain if something happened.
Fortunately, the old lady's aura overpowered Zhao Guozhong, and Zhao Xiaoyue said she admired her grandmother in this regard.
On the way home from school in the evening, Zhao Zhe walked in front, explaining something, and Zhao Xiaoyue kicked Zhao Zhe's butt from time to time.
Zhao Zhe took a step forward helplessly, "Sister, I really didn't mean to surpass you on purpose, those questions are really simple!"
"Then why do you never sleep in at home? If I do, my mom will definitely scold me and ask, are you doing this on purpose?"
Then he kicked Zhao Zhe's butt again.
Zhao Zhe dodged and missed the kick.
Zhao Xiaoyue cried out, "How dare you hide, stop!"
Just chase after Zhao Zhe who was in front.
The little boy's eyes were full of smiles, and he was still trying to defend himself, "I'm used to it, really, sister, when have I ever lied to you?"
Zhao Xiaoyue grabbed Zhao Zhe's schoolbag and said, "Then you can sleep in tomorrow, and I will trust you!"
"That won't work. I have to go to the B&B inn with my dad tomorrow to help out!"
"You, can't you be less proactive? Let's be lazy together, and mom won't scold me!"
Zhao Zhe was speechless. He couldn't keep this sister anymore. She spent all her time thinking about how to be lazy.
Li Guilan is at home now and only cooks two meals. She is not at home for lunch.
I prepared dinner early and waited for the two children to come home at the door.
Seeing Zhao Xiaoyue grabbing Zhao Zhe's clothes from afar, he became extremely angry.
"Little Sun, you hit Xiaozhe again. Do you want to be spanked again? Let me go!"
Hearing her mother's lion roar, Zhao Xiaoyue immediately let go and gave someone a warning look.
Zhao Zhe ran to Li Guilan and acted like a spoiled child, "Mom, my sister didn't bully me. I asked her to hold me back."
Taking a deep breath, "Mom, I smell it, the food you cooked smells so good!"
Then Zhao Xiaoyue saw her biological mother hugging the boy and going into the house affectionately, leaving her alone in the wind.
The old lady didn't come back until nine o'clock. After the two children finished their homework, Zhao Zhe temporarily slept with Zhao Guozhong and his wife. He would sleep alone when he turned seven.
Zhao Xiaoyue lay on the kang, waiting for her grandmother to turn off the lights. The old lady was taking off her clothes with a worried look on her face.
Zhao Xiaoyue turned over and asked the old lady while lying on her stomach, "Grandma, what's wrong? Is there something wrong with the store? Or is it difficult to turn over funds?"
"Pah, stop talking such bad words. The store is thriving. I'm just worried..."
Hey……
"Don't sigh, are your uncles looking for you?"
The old lady sat cross-legged on the kang and said quickly, "No."
"Then what are you worried about? Tell us so we can discuss it with you."
The old lady asked very seriously, "Xiaoyue, our family has changed so much in the past two years. Everything is brought to us by you, including your mother's health. If it weren't for you, they would never have gone to a big hospital for a checkup, and the real cause of the disease would not have been discovered."
"I can do what I like in my lifetime, and it is because of you that things have changed."
The old lady sighed again and continued, "Some people are jealous, some are envious, and of course some people say that our family has good fortune."
"But we can't control what others think. I'm afraid..."
The old lady moved her butt and continued, "Let me tell you a story."
Zhao Xiaoyue also sat up, put on a coat and listened to her grandmother.
"There used to be an old blind man in Qishugou who was very accurate in fortune-telling, but he died early and it was an untimely death."
"People in Qishugou said it was because he revealed too many secrets."
"Old people always say that everything has a destiny. I am afraid..."
Then he suddenly opened his eyes wide and asked, "Xiaoyue, tell me honestly, do you feel uncomfortable in any way?"
"Why don't we go and worship the gods as a family someday!"
The wrinkles on the old lady’s face were almost obliterating her facial features.
Zhao Xiaoyue understood that her grandmother was worried that she would reveal the secret and die like the blind man.
Rebirth is outrageous in itself, and if one controls the innate conditions, if the original constants are changed, causing subsequent people or things to appear or disappear, it would break the laws of nature.
For example, if a well-known song is replaced by a new singer, causing the singer who should have been very popular to be forgotten, then the history of the music industry will be changed.
Many things can develop in this way by analogy. Therefore, when Pu Liuye revealed Zhao Xiaoyue's identity, his first warning was not to try to change anything. It was a great blessing from God that he allowed her to make up for her regrets!
Zhao Xiaoyue was of course aware of this.
Looking at the old lady whose heart and eyes were full of worry, Zhao Xiaoyue felt that she should go and pay homage to the ancestors of the Zhao family someday for allowing her to have such a happy life.
Make up for the lack and regret of family affection!
The old lady finished speaking, and recalled that she remembered her granddaughter saying that she was reborn after being in a coma.
Maybe it's to comfort her as an old woman?
She didn't dare ask further questions.
Zhao Xiaoyue's eyes were wet. She smiled slightly and lay in the old lady's arms.
She covered her face with her arms and said in a muffled voice, "Grandma, how could I put myself in danger? Besides, I, your granddaughter, don't have that much ability, right?"
When his parents asked about these things, Zhao Xiaoyue just said that it was Master Pu Liu who taught her, anyway, that old man didn't communicate much with others.
Many times, lying is actually a technical job, and the key is to have someone take the blame for you in order to close the loop.
After getting this answer, the old lady was relieved. "Oh, damn girl, sit up and crush me to death."
Zhao Xiaoyue was lying, "No, no!"
As he said this, he nudged himself into the old lady's arms.
It feels so good to be cared for!