"Come on, granny, come over and sit in my house."
Aunt Hua quickly wiped her hands on her clothes, ready to help Granny Lu.
"No need, no need," Granny Lu hurriedly waved her hands, her feet also stepping backward, "I’m dirty, I don’t want to make your house dirty."
"Granny, what are you talking about," Aunt Hua laughed heartily, "If it gets dirty, we can just sweep it. When I was a child, I was always causing trouble at your house, and you never despised me. Let’s go inside and sit down, it’s cold out here. I’ll take you to see Xiang Nuan and Xiang Yang in a bit."
"No need," Granny Lu was still shaking her head, she sighed, her cloudy eyes full of desolation, "I’ve already seen Yangyang and Nuannuan, they are doing well. I came here to give them some money, I’ve wronged my own Pingzi since he was young, and I’ve also wronged these two kids, I have so little to give them."
"You’ve seen them?" Aunt Hua was somewhat skeptical, "Did they take your money?" Aunt Hua naturally remembered Granny Lu mentioning the money, and she felt something was off about it.
"Yes," Granny Lu smiled, somewhat humbly, but also with warmth in her eyes, "I just saw them at the doorstep, my dirtiness, it made the children disdain me."
"Impossible," Aunt Hua didn’t even need to think about it to refute, she knew exactly what kind of characters Qin Xiangyang and Qin Xiangnuan were. Despite being young, their manners were no less than adults, and which children like them would know to bring gifts for the Village Chief? Even their own family has learned a bit about it, indeed, the conveniences the Village Chief provides are not ordinary. Although giving gifts is disliked by everyone, who wants to spend extra money, but after doing business, she has become more open-minded about some things.
So, what Granny Lu said about the Qin Xiang siblings taking her money and then despising her, that was simply impossible.
"Let’s not talk about this for now, auntie, let’s go inside first, have some hot water, and we can talk slowly, no rush."
Granny Lu was still reluctant to trouble Aunt Hua.
Later, Aunt Hua had to drag her inside forcefully, she poured water for her to wash her face, and reheated the food that was made not long ago. Rural meals are simple, but Aunt Hua’s family is now in good condition, the food had meat, it was cornmeal with some minced meat, and since it was just after New Year’s, the food had even more meat, and several dumplings were also served.
Granny Lu was indeed hungry, she picked up the bowl and devoured the food eagerly, watching this made Aunt Hua’s heart truly ache.
After Granny Lu finished eating, Aunt Hua finally listened to Granny Lu tell about her encounter with Qin Xiangnuan and her brother, but Aunt Hua was even more puzzled, why, from her understanding, the ones who took the money were not the Qin Xiang siblings, but sounded like Qin Pengfei.
She did not say this out loud, she would find out when she met the kids later.
Qin Xiangyang was adding water in the pot, ready to boil dumplings, and Qin Xiangnuan was skillfully making dumplings on the chopping board. Five years had passed and she had grown almost as tall as the chopping board, so she no longer needed to stand on a stool.
Actually, without mentioning it, her forty years of life experience as a human, even if she hadn’t been reborn, cooking was not a difficult task for her.
"Yangyang, Nuannuan, are you there?"
Aunt Hua knocked on the door outside, not sure if the two children were around, these kids were thoughtful, often disappearing without a trace, initially, she was worried, but later on, she got used to it, the children would always appear suddenly, they would never really be lost.