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The maidservants who entered the room were all beaming with happiness. Lucky words rang out one after another in succession, causing all the grandmothers on the brick bed to be unable to contain their smiles. Because of Hong Chang's reminder, I also took a careful look at the items. Although the colors were bright and the designs were new, most of them were not expensive materials. Many of them were gifts that were brought in during a banquet held at home. And all those really good things are in my hands, without exception.

Thinking back to how I promised Hong Chang that I would keep those treasures from Grandmother's library, my face couldn't help but burn.

After lunch, Grandmother smiled and urged me, "You're under strict rules here. You can go back and give the maidservants in your courtyard time off!"

Constraint?

I don't feel any constraint?

When I went out the door, I heard a burst of cheers from my grandmother's room. The young maidservants pushed aside the curtains and entered the room in groups of twos and threes. They looked as happy as if it was New Year.

So it wasn't because I wanted to relax, but because it was hard for my grandmother to put on airs and joke with the maidservants!

I sighed to myself, and helplessly led the green kolanut and a bunch of grandmothers in the yard back, put down clothes and materials, gave a few rewards and sent the mothers back. After changing my clothes, I smiled as I pushed the two maidservants out to play. When Lan Lingyun heard this, she happily agreed, but after hesitating for a while, she rejected me. She only said that she wanted to watch me take a nap and couldn't leave me alone in the house.

"Why are you grinding your teeth with her here? All you have to do is ask your sister to come and pull her!" I lied on the brick bed and pointed at Lan Lingyun with a smile. Not long later, Lan Xiang, Lan Xin, and Lan Zhi all came in to invite Lu Ke out. After rejecting their invitation, she had no choice but to follow them out in order to have some fun.

These days, the weather was getting hot and I was afraid I would get lost in the afternoon break. I was either chatting with my grandmother or coming back to play a game with Green Cock, so she went out, and I fell asleep, leaning on my new big pillow, flipping through some books, and after a while I fell asleep with my head tilted to the side.

The green bandit and Lan Yi both sat together on the veranda as they chatted. Some of them held flowers and garlands, while others held Immortal Phoenix Flowers as they dyed their nails. The scene was quite lively.

In the morning, the maidservants in Grandmother's room fought to hang water in the courtyard. When the sun was shining at noon, the maidservants could imagine the noisy and cheerful scene through the window, causing Mother Du, who was standing beside Grandmother, to put down her plate and say with a smile, "I'm going out to have a look too!"

"Go, go!" Grandmother smiled as she waved her hand. "When you come back, tell us who looks like what."

Look at the shadow under the water, the legend that can float up is a delicate girl, needle pattern more new coincidental means that the girl is more clever.

I just sat in front of my grandmother and slowly peeled the apple, waiting for the coquettish girl to come out.

"Aren't you going to try?" My grandmother took it and gave it to me. The apple, peeled into a triangle, chewed hard for a long time before swallowing it.

I shook my head and cut the apple into smaller pieces. I said with a smile, "Although this apple is full of water, it is still a bit hard. It would be better to make it into mud and some glutinous rice powder."

Grandmother was only fifty-six years old and had lost two teeth. This year, two more teeth loosened. Ever since then, it's hard to eat my favorite crispy and greasy dishes, and most of them are some warm and nourishing medicinal meals.

"Child, you …" I lowered my head to think if I should go to Lanxin and ask if there was any medicinal food that tasted better. Suddenly, the top of my head heated up, and a warm hand slowly caressed my hair.

"If you weren't born in a house like this and had a useless old woman like me, you wouldn't be so mature at such a young age."

Leaning on my grandmother's chest, the soft and cool satin against my face, the faint fragrance of the gardenias on my grandmother's body lingered in my nose, and the steady rhythmic heartbeat sounded in my ears, making me feel at ease.

For the first time, I realized that in this world, my grandmother had become an important existence in my heart.

Even though she had watched my mother send me to the Xue family in her previous life and even though her tacit approval caused me to sink into endless darkness, my grandmother's unconditional trust and wholehearted love allowed my cold heart to feel warmth once more …

If in his previous life, if there was a person who could protect and cherish me with all his strength, how great would it be? If only I could go through all this all over again, I would never have been able to go back in time. How wonderful it would have been!

My entire nose was sore, and my eyes were uncontrollably dripping down my eyelashes. I reached out and grabbed my grandmother's arm. "Don't marry me, please!"

"Good boy!" Grandmother's voice was as gentle as usual, "Grandmother is too old to protect you for the rest of your life. Your uncle and aunt … "While I have the chance to find you a safe house, I can swallow my anger."

It was like a sigh, but it weighed a thousand pounds on my heart.

At this moment, I suddenly felt that my ever-shrewd, cheerful, living grandmother had aged before me.

How could anyone have the heart to disappoint such a compassionate old man!

"You don't know me!" I wiped away my tears and forced a smile. "Even if I don't marry, I will definitely be able to live a good life!"

Every word was loud and clear.

Suddenly, he heard a burst of sighing laughter.

"That's what I thought when I was your age." Grandmother thought that I was just a youngster, so she naturally didn't take it to heart. She smiled as she wiped my tears and said, "But women are much stricter than men in this world. It's not easy even for a seven foot tall man to make a name for himself, let alone a powerless woman like us."

I laughed and wiped away my tears. I stopped talking to my grandmother about my plans.

Some dreams, you said a thousand times in the ears of others than a solid foot step to achieve their own dream is persuasive.

Not long later, Hong Chang, together with Lu Kao, Lan Ling and the other stuff entered the door, all three of them laughing cautiously with joy in their hearts. Hong Chang smiled and went forward to help me remove the bracelet, you could faintly hear the perspiration by my ear.

It seemed that the three maidservants had heard my crying after they had given the needles to me, so they had no choice but to wait outside in the sun for a while.

"How's the injection going?"

I took the ice towel from Green Beard and spread it on my face, smiling as I spoke to the three maidservants.

If I didn't come to this meeting, the three maidservants would have to guess that I was having an argument with my grandmother.

Hong Chang glanced at the two servants, and their faces turned red.

"This servant's needle didn't sink. It's said that floating on the water is like walking. Lady Lan Li's needle sank. Lady Lu Kou's needle floated on top of it. It looks like it's like a …" Hong Chang pursed her lips and laughed.

"Like what?" My grandmother and I said the same thing.

"He's swaying like a duck!" Hong Chang could not help but laugh.

"Seems like it's really not accurate!" I returned the handkerchief to the red-faced Green Bandits. "Our Lan Li is widely acknowledged to be a trick!"

In the evening, because it was the seventh night, it was rare for his mother and father to come into his grandmother's courtyard early in the morning to have dinner with his grandmother.

In January, he had not seen Aunt Chen. Her stomach seemed to have been blown up by the wind, making her look as if she couldn't even walk steadily.

She was only five months pregnant in the second month, now it was only July. Aunt Chen's belly was the size of a full-term pregnancy.

Could it be twins?

"Hurry up and get an aunt a stool!"

In the time it took for an incense stick to burn, Aunt Chen had already placed her left foot on her right foot. Her face was pale as she leaned on her embroidery shoulders, her eyes sweeping towards her father.

It was a pity that his father was wholeheartedly listening to his grandmother's daily life and didn't notice the unusual behavior of Aunt Chen. His mother was eager for Aunt Chen to give birth to this child, so she would not meddle in this matter. His grandmother had clearly seen Aunt Chen's distress, but for some reason her eyes were lowered without a sound.

The little life in his belly was always innocent!

After hearing that I had been rescued, Aunt Chen quickly gave me a grateful look and slightly curtsied towards me while holding her stomach.

"Auntie, it's so inconvenient. Hurry and get up!" Just as I said that, Hong Chang quickly pulled on Aunt Chen.

Perhaps because she was afraid of hurting the fetus, Aunt Chen only felt blessed and stood up straight.

I couldn't help but sigh inwardly. Even though Aunt Chen was a clever little girl, she had actually failed at such a big matter!

The Matriarch secretly offered her beauty to the Old Master, but was so cold to a young lady like me. Although she purposely alienated me because of what happened in the past, she still needs to clearly distinguish who has the upper hand. It was not the second time that Aunt Chen had acted so insensible. Even if she gave birth to a child in the future, she absolutely could not allow it to be raised as she wished!

"Did you insert a needle into the celebration today?" After his father finished asking, he saw his beloved concubine sitting in front of him with a big belly and a shy face. He could not help but ask Jing Er this question in an amiable manner.

It was really like she wanted to say something, but Aunt Chen blushed. She pinched the handkerchief and said, "I tried inserting needles at noon to see the maidservants in the Old Ancestor's courtyard, so I didn't sink!"

Not only did Aunt's needle not sink, it looked like a daffodil!"

"With such a big stomach, she can still not sink. It seems like she must be a little girl in her stomach!" His father laughed heartily as he looked at Lady Chen's sharp belly with a face full of gratification.

At that moment, various expressions of disappointment and joy appeared on the faces of everyone in the room.

"Seeing how big Aunt Chen's stomach is, it might even be a phoenix embryo!" Even though she covered her chin with the handkerchief, she couldn't hide the happiness on her mother's face. However, she still pretended to be virtuous and virtuous.

Do you think that your father only said these words to protect your legal status?

I laughed coldly in my heart. 'When that father of mine enters the mansion, I wonder where mother will stand!' I thought to myself.