strictlysupreme Chapter 531 Thank you, old man
Chapter 531 Thank you, old man
Old Man Li lives in the innermost part of Lijia Village, close to the dense forest. It is usually so quiet that only the sounds of birds can be heard from the forest. Now, there is the sound of footsteps on the dilapidated wooden stairs.
This cellar was often used in their parents' generation, but when Old Man Li got married and had children, he stopped using it and used it as a place to store sundries. His wife, Aunt Li, stood beside the cellar, bending over, looking into the cellar and then at the gate, fearing that someone would push the door open without warning and discover what they were doing.
"How is it? Has the little girl's fever gone down?" Aunt Li asked her husband in a low voice.
Old man Li nodded, "I retired, ate some porridge, and then continued to lie there and sleep."
Hearing this, Aunt Li breathed a sigh of relief, "I spent 60,000 yuan to buy it. If it burns and makes people stupid, it will not be worth it."
The little girl had been in her house for two days and had a fever all the time. The person who brought her here refused to return her and instead stuffed her into the couple's arms and ran away.
"She is beautiful. When Goudan grows up, the child she gives birth to will definitely be very beautiful too." Old man Li comforted his wife.
Aunt Li narrowed her eyes and smiled. "Indeed, this little girl is really pretty. There is no prettier child in the surrounding area. We can't let her go. If someone else in the village takes a fancy to her and asks her away, it will be troublesome."
I don’t know why, but the children in Lijia Village are not very smart. Many of those who gave birth to sons never had the chance to marry, and they all remain bachelors at home.
Old Man Li and Aunt Li noticed this change and planned to buy a child bride so that when their grandson Goudan grew up, he could immediately marry the child bride and have children.
Goudan is their only grandson. Two years after Goudan was born, their only son went to the mountains to hunt and wrestle, and fell down the mountain and broke into two pieces. Soon after that, his mother went to work in the big city. She came back for the New Year in the first year, but never came back after that. Old Man Li and Aunt Li knew that his mother should have her own family in the big city. They were powerless to do anything about it. They just wanted to raise Goudan well, and then help Goudan have several children so that they could take care of them in their old age.
"Where is Goudan?" Old man Li asked, looking at the big sun in the sky.
Aunt Li smiled lovingly, "He's sleeping in the main room."
"Let him sleep." Old man Li is very doting on his grandson.
The next morning, around eight o'clock, Old Man Li went down to the cellar with food. Xu Lingwei woke up at this time. She felt sick and weak. There was only a cool mat under her body, and her bones ached from sleeping so hard.
Seeing an old man coming down the wooden stairs, Xu Lingwei asked politely, "Old man, did you save me?"
The clear, sweet voice is soft and full of innocence, which makes people like it very much.
Old man Li immediately thought that Goudan’s future child would be like this, and his heart was immediately filled with joy.
He placed the food in front of Xu Lingwei and said with a smile: "Yes, I saved you."
When the traffickers brought the child to her, she was already hot all over and unconscious. Therefore, she did not realize that this was the family that bought her and thought they were her saviors.
The kind smile on Old Man Li's face also gave Xu Lingwei an illusion. Xu Lingwei said gratefully, "Thank you, Grandpa."
"You're welcome, you're welcome. You must be hungry. Eat some steamed buns. There's also porridge here."
The food was very rough. Xu Lingwei had never eaten such simple food in her life, but she was very hungry. When the old man asked her to eat, she couldn't wait to reach out and took a steamed bun and started eating it in big mouthfuls.
"Eat slowly, eat slowly." Old man Li smiled, "Kid, eat slowly, there is still a lot at home. But you'd better eat more, so you can gain some weight."
"Thank you, old man." Xu Lingwei thanked him vaguely.