Magnificent Years

Chapter 134 Life and Death
When Aunt Cui said this, she rubbed her face with her dark hands and wiped away the sad tears from the corners of her eyes.

"The old man and I may have offended the Peach Tree Spirit. We watered and fertilized her every day, and begged her to let the little granddaughter go. But many days have passed, and the little granddaughter's condition has not improved."

Mother Lu took out wet wipes from her bag, took out one and handed it to Aunt Cui, persuading: "The flu has been raging recently, you see my mother is also infected, don't think too much, it will get better after a while."

"No, my little granddaughter is different from my older sister. Every night my little granddaughter looks out of the window of her house and talks to herself, and shouts "Sister Hua" into the air."

"That may be really bewitched." After Lu Anru finished speaking, she was stared at by Lu's mother, knowing that she had slipped her words, and silently closed her mouth.

She has heard that many things have been with the master for a long time, and can protect the master from disasters.

This peach tree spirit repaid her favor once but was abandoned, so she must repay her kindness?

It's so strange, revenge is still far away, choosing the little granddaughter who is far away instead of the two old people.

"Aunt Cui, the matter is not that complicated. Children and the elderly are weak in resistance, take good care of them, and they will gradually get better." The mother's gentle voice is like a gentle spring breeze, blowing away the worries accumulated by Aunt Cui for many days.

Aunt Cui stared at her mother in doubt for a moment, her wavering mood was firmly shaken by the beautiful apricot eyes, and said in conviction: "Okay, I'm too anxious to just ponder here, wasting time for you and Xiao Anru."

The aunt's guilt made Lu's mother, who probably guessed the truth, feel unbearable. She held Lu Anru's hand and said softly: "After dinner, I will accompany Anru to your house to see if the reason is related to the peach tree. .”

"Okay, thank you, mother and daughter." Aunt Cui slapped her thigh excitedly, racking her brains to give Lu Anru a compliment: "I heard that Anru and Xiao Ming are studying in a particularly powerful school, and it is necessary to deal with such a strange thing. It's easy to catch."

Lu Anru twitched the corners of her mouth and showed a dry smile. Yuexiang's popularity is not low in the hearts of rural aunts, but it seems that her positioning is a bit off.

After thinking about it, her situation is fine, at least she wasn't arranged for a blind date.My aunt's child is petite, has no outstanding specialties and failed the college entrance examination, and spent money to buy three colleges.

The only request her aunt had for her was to get married early and have babies early. She always said, don't rush to study, at least hurry up on marriage life.

I met Xiaoqiao during the holidays last year. Xiaoqiao secretly complained to Lu Anru. She learned about Internet media by herself. Relatives in her hometown thought she was engaged in online pyramid schemes.Especially when she persuaded her relatives to download a new useful app, the relatives all avoided her, believing that she was going to set up a scam to get money.

Hey, the generation gap that cannot be bridged.

Aunt Cui's loud voice woke up grandma, and the old man came out of the bedroom wearing a big padded jacket. Seeing Lu Mu and his mother, he happily called out: "Xiao Bing, An Ru."

Lu Anru has missed her grandmother very much since she had a dream yesterday, and seeing her now, she couldn't restrain herself even more.Pushing Aunt Cui's fawning hand away, she got up and ran to the old man.

The old man opened his arms halfway, dropped his hands, turned his back to Lu Anru, and refused the intimacy with a hoarse voice: "Grandma has a cold, stay away from grandma, don't infect you."

"It's okay, I'm strong."

Lu Anru embraced the old man from behind, the warm heat came from the little girl, and the old man's heart softened.He turned around and hugged Lu Anru and kissed her little cheek, then pushed her away and backed away to keep a distance.

No matter how aggrieved and pitiful the pretty little face was, the old man insisted on the principle, and even said: "If Xiao Anru gets close to me again, I can go back and put on the mask."

Originally, the old man's throat was uncomfortable enough, and he must not be allowed to wear a mask at home. Lu Anru could only obediently keep a distance from the old man.

In the afternoon, I told the old people interesting things at school and stories about the girls in the same dormitory with a loud voice. I was full of energy and didn't feel sleepy at all.

Grandma drank tremella pear porridge made by her mother, and listened to Lu Anru's campus life with a smile in her eyes.

When she heard about Yunfengmeng, she smiled and declared the principle seriously: "Anru is not allowed to imitate her, girls must know the minimum self-respect."

The thoughts of the older generation came to light, and Lu Anru said obediently, "Yes, Anru knows."

The words followed the old man, but she did not reject getting along with Yunfengmeng.Everyone has their own three views. Yunfengmeng has never hurt anyone, and never interfered with other people's feelings. Instead, she mostly takes the position of giver. It's just that her view of feelings is a bit unique, so there is no need to reject such friends.

Aunt Cui glanced at her watch and out of the window from time to time, hoping that the night would fall soon.After four o'clock, I started to make dinner. To express my gratitude, I asked her old man to bring chickens that only grew up on grasshoppers from home.

Local chickens are more delicious than broiler chickens raised in city supermarkets. Lu Anru tore off two braised chicken legs, ate up all the meat, and emptied two bowls of rice with refreshing sauerkraut.

Good night, good work.

"Mother, go home and wait for us. An Ru and I pack up our things and go over there."

Seeing Aunt Cui's refusal to leave, Mother Lu gave Lu Anru a wink, and Lu Anru said cleverly, "I have to look through the book to find some countermeasures."

Aunt Cui made an 'uh' sound and left in surprise.

From that simple face, it is not difficult to see that the aunt is a little depressed, and her confidence in the girl who needs to turn over the book temporarily has been greatly reduced.

Mother Lu pulled Lu Anru into her room, and said: "No matter what you see or hear at night, don't mention the peach tree spirit."

Lu Anru rolled her eyes, and obediently agreed: "Mom, I understand."

If she asked about the specific situation immediately, her mother would most likely let her stay at home.Follow up to the scene first, many things are convenient to observe in person.

He took out the silver bag from the powder bag and was pressed back into the bag by his mother.

Lu Anru looked at her mother wonderingly, and met her mother's indifferent eyes, and her mother said softly: "It's very easy to draw a sword to end a life, but it's difficult for us to make the right choice."

With a half-understanding 'um' sound, he followed his mother out of the house.

Walking through the country lanes, I came to Aunt Cui's house.

The peach tree that troubled the aunt and uncle was nearly ten meters high, with thick branches extending from the courtyard to the outside. One can imagine what it was like here on the day when the peach blossoms were in full bloom.

It must be, the grass is green and green in the rain, and the peach blossoms beside the house are like red.

"What a pity to remove it."

On the way, there was the home of Lao Zhao, who was the leader of strange events. His home was magnificently decorated, with yellow bricks and yellow tiles, and two words from top to bottom: local tyrant.

No wonder they are willing to spend a lot of money to buy trees, but the rich belong to the rich, and the soil is really soil.

If this peach tree was moved, to put it inappropriately, it would be like forcing a lady of the family to marry into the Ba family of Tucun, or a lady of the family who is seriously ill.

There was also pity in the mother's eyes, and she took Lu Anru's little hand to the big iron gate, and knocked three times.

Aunt Cui's wife opened the door and greeted them with a smile.

Old man Cui led the mother and daughter to stop under the peach tree, as if he was about to raise his finger to introduce something to the peach tree, his expression changed suddenly.

The hand that was raised in the air was changed into a gesture of joining hands, praying devoutly, and muttering: "Don't blame me for being rude."

Lu Anru believes that any creature has its own magnetic field. Take the Wannian Tool Baby and the Little Ghost as an example.Where there is it, the temperature is at least ten degrees lower than other places, and people will unconsciously feel fear when they get close to it.

But standing around the old peach tree, Lu Anru didn't feel any fear, on the contrary, she only felt a great sense of desolation.

The hand touched the tree trunk in a strange way, and a sobbing voice appeared in his head: "Please help her."

Who is it?Lu An was at a loss.

There was no chance to listen any more, and the old man Cui forcibly dragged his hand away from the tree trunk.

With a big mouth full of yellow teeth, he yelled at her: "You stinky child, don't touch it, you disturb the peach tree spirit, can you take responsibility?"

The old man was panting heavily, and Aunt Cui winked at him to suppress his ugly words.

The old man didn't move, grabbed Lu Anru's hand, dragged her to bow to the peach tree.

Lu Anru withdrew his hand and pressed his swollen temples. The squinting old man who made a fuss stood behind Lu's mother and laughed loudly in his heart: "Be nicer to the peach tree, and there will be no troubles, just looking for profit."

Aunt Cui saw Lu Anru's displeasure, and pushed old man Cui back into the sleeping room, locked the door and prevented him from coming out to cause trouble.

Led Mother Lu and Lu Anru to the big guest room, invited them to sit on the artificial leather sofa at home, poured tea and put it by their hands.

Then he pushed the candy box full of foreign chocolates to Lu Anru's teacup, and said enthusiastically, "My little granddaughter really likes this candy chocolate. Anru should try it."

Aunt Cui is adhering to the concept that children have similar tastes and sells them.

Lu Anru loves to hold grudges, and quickly glanced at him with disgust in his eyes, "Sweet mouth" refused: "Thank you, ma'am, I don't like sweet snacks."

With my mother here, it's not easy to express my little emotions too directly.

Aunt Cui didn't realize that Lu Anru was playing tricks, she really thought she hated sweets, and hurriedly took away the candy box.

Open the lid of the fruit plate, put the tangerines in front of her cup, and introduced them with undiminished enthusiasm: "Try the tangerines we grow ourselves. The sweet and sour taste is just right."

Lu An innocently blinked his deer-like eyes, opened his mouth slightly, pointed under his tongue, and said pitifully, "I really like sugar oranges, but unfortunately I got angry recently, and my mouth ulcers hurt so much."

Her mouth was half open, and her speech was slurred, and Aunt Cui was deceived by her superb acting skills again.

Pull aside the sugar orange, take out a banana from the fruit plate and hand it over, "Come on, eat the banana."

This time Lu Anru took it obediently, with a grateful voice: "Okay, thank you, ma'am, I love bananas."

Accept as soon as you see it, and you can't make it difficult for your mother.

Aunt Cui saw that she was dealt with, and asked Mother Lu straight to the point: "Xiao Bing, does my little granddaughter's illness have something to do with the peach tree?"

"Have."

The mother's definite answer almost choked Lu Anru, and her mother at home warned her not to mention the peach tree. Could it be that some words were not convincing through her mouth?
Also, for a young girl who has just grown up, people's judgments are easily limited by her age, thus questioning her strength.

Aunt Cui glanced around in panic, and when she saw the peach tree in the courtyard, her eyes were full of ruthlessness, and she asked urgently, "What should I do then? Cut it down or remove it?"

"No!" Lu Anru blurted out his veto.

I buried my head under my mother's warning gaze, and continued to peel and eat bananas.

Aunt Cui looked suspiciously at Lu Anru, then at Lu Mu, and waited for Lu Mu to explain.

"Auntie, do you believe in blessings?" Mother Lu asked calmly.

Aunt Cui's mind turned quickly, she understood the deep meaning of the words, she nodded and said: "I know that the old man and I did something wrong. We shouldn't give away the peach tree for petty favors. But we are wrong, so why should we blame us?" Let's take care of it, don't toss the child."

Lu's mother pointed it out directly: "You see that you described this matter with blame, which proves that you have resentment in your heart."

"Yes, my mind is wrong. I swear to God, from now on, the old man and I will deal with it from the bottom of our hearts, not out of fear."

Receiving a sincere promise, Mother Lu took out a can of white capsule medicine from her pocket, put it on the table, and said softly: "My mother had a headache and brain fever before, and took the medicine I sent. It will be ready within three days, you I always wonder what medicine is so miraculous."

Mother Lu sent the bottle forward with two fingers, pushed the medicine to Aunt Cui's hand, and introduced: "This is a special medicine developed by my husband and friend. You give your granddaughter one pill in the morning and evening every day. I guarantee that the symptoms will disappear within two days. .”

"Thank you, Xiaobing." Aunt Cui put the medicine bottle in her pocket like a baby, and muttered to herself: "I will call my son at night and ask him to come and pick it up."

"Well, let my daughter-in-law find someone to repair the windows at home during the day tomorrow, the old air will aggravate the child's condition."

After Mother Lu explained, Aunt Cui opened her mouth wide, her face full of disbelief, and exclaimed: "Xiao Bing, you and An Ru are really gods, I have never told outsiders about the ventilation in the windows of my son's house. Know."

Mother Lu smiled and didn't continue.

Aunt Cui made a bold guess and asked Lu Anru, "Did the Peach Tree Spirit tell you?" It is only possible that Lu Anru knew about it by touching the tree just now.

Lu Anru imitated his mother's inscrutability, just smiled and didn't answer.

Aunt Cui expressed her gratitude by putting home-grown eggs into a basket and handing them to Lu Anru who wanted her to bring them up.

Lu An pretended to push it back, said a few words of politeness, and then offered the egg along with the compliment.The medicine my mother researched is priceless, but she is curious, can this matter be solved by taking medicine?
On the way back, she asked her mother, but her mother still used similar words to warn her at home, telling her not to meddle in her own business.

He just stopped at the corner of the intersection, looked back at the peach tree deeply, and said sadly: "The child's illness can be cured, but this old peach tree probably won't survive. Hey, life and death are life and death."

Lu Anru knew that her mother would not treat people differently because of race, so she might really be powerless to make this conclusion, so I hope Aunt Cui and Old Man Cui can treat Taoshu's last days kindly.

After running around all day, I went back to my grandma's house and took a shower. I didn't need to get sleepy, and fell asleep in seconds on the bed.

In the dream, just as the person landed on the ground, a pale face appeared in front of his eyes.

Lu Anru's heart skipped three beats, she closed her eyes helplessly, and slowly opened her eyes to accuse, "You have a bit of a ghost's morals, okay? At least the atmosphere is in place before you appear."

The ghost doll put her insubstantial little hand on Lu Anru's pocket, and made a touching motion, "Doudou is so flat, did you promise to bring me the book?"

"What book?" Lu Anru was puzzled. She didn't remember that she had left a promise to the little ghost.

When the little ghost's pale face swelled to the size of her body, ready to open her mouth to swallow her at any time, she suddenly remembered what she said casually.

(End of this chapter)