Li Xianglu handed over a handkerchief, and Mr. Li’s mood had also eased a lot at this ti. Holding the photographs that he had regained, his emotions were incredibly complex. It had been ten years, and he had thought these photos were lost forever, yet he could still see her appearance and hear her voice during his lifeti, which was truly the rcy of God.
Li Xianglu then handed over the golden key and the map that had been cast aside earlier.
Mr. Li reached out to take them but returned the golden key back to Li Xianglu, saying, "This item ca to you by chance; you keep it."
Li Xianglu raised an eyebrow?
Mr. Li explained, "This map on the hide and this photograph are left to by an old friend, but the key is not."
Ah, so it really is related to Grandpa after all.
Li Xianglu wasn’t disappointed about losing the treasure map; instead, it ignited an intense curiosity within her.
Looking at his granddaughter with sparkling eyes in front of him, Mr. Li couldn’t beco sentintal and just shook his head, sowhat amused: "These four chests were given to by an old friend. Two of them were her own, and two were bought by her for to store things in. She even hinted that there was sothing inside the chests, but I searched for years and never found it. Who knew that it would be you who found them? Ah, it’s all destiny."
Listening to the vague explanation, Li Xianglu, dissatisfied, asked: "Grandpa, who is the woman in the photograph?"
Grandpa Li suddenly beca sowhat embarrassed and widened his eyes in anger: "What do you need to know this for? Go to sleep quickly, and rember to keep this key safe; it must not be discovered by anyone."
Li Xianglu pouted. She despised Grandpa’s abrupt behavior of sending her away, but she obediently poured out the water and closed the door before leaving.
Li Huai Ren saw the door close, and his whole body relaxed, leaning against the pillow on the kang bed. He lifted the photograph in his hand and carefully began to feel it, wondering how you are faring in the distance?
And that child, too, not knowing whether he is still there.
The next morning, when Li Xianglu got up, she noticed that the door to the east cave dwelling was still closed. Mr. Li had not yet co out, and she was sowhat concerned about going to check on him. But then she heard rustling noises inside, so she stopped, worried that he had gone to bed late the night before and was just getting dressed. Therefore, she washed her hands and went to cook.
She boiled cornal porridge, heated so vegetable rolls, and took out a cucumber, peeled it, and stir-fried it with minced garlic. By this ti, Mr. Li was already practicing boxing in the courtyard.
It was mid-September, and frost had already fallen. The morning chill was heavy, so Li Xianglu poured out hot water from a thermos that had been kept warm overnight into a basin, mixed in a bit of cold water, and set it on the stone table outside.
Mr. Li had just wiped his face when he saw Qin Xi and his younger brother Qin Zhen arriving.
He quickly wiped his face and helped the two brothers pour so hot water. After they washed up, they hurried to eat.
During the al, Qin Xi said, "This morning, the team is slaughtering a sheep. Qin Zhen and I have to go to the fields. Grandpa Li, please help us bring back the mutton."
Grandpa Li nodded and said, "Alright, I was also thinking of buying so myself, I’ll see if the team is willing to sell so."
Li Xianglu happily drank a bowl of sweet porridge with added sugar and said with a smile, "Then are we stewing mutton this afternoon?"
Qin Xi smiled and responded, "Yes, let’s stew it. I heard before the New Year, we will slaughter a few more. Let’s eat this first, and we’ll talk about the rest later."
Li Xianglu imdiately squinted her eyes in delight. They would have mutton tonight. The weather was getting cold, and eating so mutton would warm her up.
Qin Xi glanced at Li Xianglu, whose eyes were squinted into slits, and couldn’t help but curl the corners of her mouth.
No sooner had the Qin brothers left than Li Jianqing arrived with a sickle in hand. Li Xianglu hurriedly let him in.
Now Li Jianqing and Li Erfu were living in a cave dwelling at the head of the village, no longer associating with Ge Sani.
Li Jianqing had a sip of piping hot porridge, and his eyes imdiately reddened. It took him a mont to speak, "Now that I’ve moved out with Daddy, things are indeed better; much quieter."
Li Xianglu picked up a roll and stuffed it over, saying, "No matter what, you must study hard. You’re graduating from junior high in April next year. If you want to go to high school, keep studying. There’s always a way out."
Li Jianqing felt a bit embarrassed as he bit into the roll—a spicy two-mixed flour roll, extrely delicious. It instantly made his mouth water, and he hurriedly swallowed and took another bite before he felt better.
Li Xianglu shook her head and took out a plate of pickles from the cupboard and placed it on the table, saying, "The stir-fried cucumbers from the morning are gone. Make do with so pickles."
Li Jianqing said sowhat awkwardly, "Daddy asked to check if the vegetables in your family’s private plot have all been harvested. He asked to help with the harvesting."
Li Xianglu asked with confusion, "Don’t you have your own work to do?"
Li Jianqing was about to shake his head and said, "Originally, the private plot was to be split half and half for each family, but Mom didn’t want to. She said it was all planted by her, so Daddy didn’t let go and asked to help both your family and Uncle’s with the harvesting."
Li Xianglu shook her head. Ge Sani was truly determined this ti. "Didn’t Uncle say he would give you a share of the private plot?"
Li Jianqing swallowed the last bite of the roll and then said, "He did, but the private plots are allocated by household. Right now, Daddy’s household registration is still with Mom and my brothers, so we can’t get our own plot unless the household registrations are separated."
Li Xianglu shook her head, unable to say anything. Li Jianqing finished three rolls and a large bowl of porridge, and even the pickles were all gone. He said sowhat embarrassedly, "Xianglu, if I keep coming over for als like this, won’t Grandpa Li have sothing to say about you?"
Li Xianglu smiled and shook her head, "You don’t eat that much. Not as much as Qin Xiaopang does. He ate four of these rolls this morning, and if it weren’t for Brother Qin stopping him, he would probably have eaten two more."
Upon hearing about Qin Zhen, who beca the butt of the joke, Li Jianqing instantly felt better. He was truly worried that his fondness for food would make it hard for his sister with Grandpa Li.
Now that the family had split, there was no grain at ho. Grandma had asked Uncle to lend so, which he had brought with him. Normally, they would go to Uncle’s house to eat. Once they divided the grain, they would cook for themselves.
But he simply couldn’t bring himself to eat. This morning, Auntie had made cornal porridge and two-mixed flour cabbage rolls, and he hadn’t had the heart to eat more than one. But now, seeing the spicy rolls made by his sister, he felt hungry all of a sudden.
Before leaving, Li Xianglu reminded him, "Co over tonight; we’re making lamb."
Li Jianqin shook his head hastily, "No, I won’t go; Uncle’s family is also stewing at."
Li Xianglu, unoffended, said, "If you’re told to co, then co. Take the opportunity to test how well you’ve been studying recently."
Li Jianqing scratched his head, reluctantly agreeing, "All right then, but don’t wait for to eat, I won’t have dinner. We have food at ho."
Having said that, he ran out.
Li Xianglu behind him shook her head. Ge San was just too stubborn. Now was the ti when he needed to grow, and without eating well, how could he?
Thinking this, Li Xianglu couldn’t help but bend over slightly; her chest was seriously hurting. Due to the better food over the past half a year, her body had started to develop, and she had suddenly grown three centiters taller, but her chest was also beginning to develop and hurt a lot. She guessed that her nstruation was probably going to start soon.
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