I was a god in the 18th century

Chapter 396 Belated Thoughts

At night, Xia Qingdai lay on the bed in her new home, looking out the window.

The moonlight was like water, filling the room with cold and silence.

Xia Qingdai didn't even pull the thick curtains, but only a layer of translucent opaque white gauze curtains, through which one could vaguely see the glass jar on the bay window behind the white gauze curtains.

The aunt, who had learned Feng Shui, repeatedly told the siblings to stay in the new house on the first night of moving in. Xia Qingdai and Xia Shanglu decided to do so, since it was nothing important anyway.

After everything at home has been tidied up and the dust has settled, Xia Qingdai will invite Xu Yan and Yan Shixian to come over for a light meal.

They invited Xu Yan so that they would not be blamed by her for not informing them if they met her in the community later. Yan Shixian helped them move, so he should be entertained.

During this winter vacation, Xia Qingdai spent most of her time in Lilliput Country, and it seemed like she had been staying at home. And Xu Yan certainly would not stay in Jiangcheng, and she was probably diving and snorkeling in the water at the End of the Earth every day.

In addition to Xu Yan and Yan Shixian, she also needs to hire her own master family when moving to a new home. In the future, she and Liang Lao will also be neighbors, so it will be very convenient to hire a master.

When Master Liang learned that Xia Qingdai was going to move to this neighborhood, he told her to go to the Chinese medicine store after the New Year to learn from a master. Even if Master Liang himself was not there, his senior brothers and sisters were always there, and it was common for them to teach on behalf of the master.

When I woke up, it was still dark.

Xia Qingdai turned on the light and sat at the desk beside the bed to recite the medical book. When everything was quiet, it was the best time to recite by rote.

She said she would stay in the new home for one night, so she stayed for the whole night and would never leave early. In order to avoid being attracted by the bustle of the castle, Xia Qingdai did not lie in front of the glass tank to watch the little people all night.

At this time, he was concentrating on studying and didn't even glance at the glass jar.

The Chinese New Year is just a few days away. I haven’t been to my grandmother’s house all year, so I should go visit the old lady during the New Year.

Xia Shanglu planned to set off again in the first month of the lunar year, just like last year, and Xia Qingdai had no objection to this.

Wang Yanzeng, Xia Qingdai's childhood friend who had a romantic encounter and found a good job in Jiangcheng, will be busy until New Year's Eve before he can take his annual leave.

Xia Qingdai planned to invite Wang Yanzeng to her home to meet her relatives while entertaining Xu Yan and Yan Shixian.

Since they were living in the same city, they would have to move around. After all, Xia Qingdai and her brother didn't have many relatives in Jiangcheng, and it would be even more lonely if they didn't even have friends.

The grandparents, who were automatically excluded from Xia Qingdai's relatives, woke up at this time due to their old age and had light sleep. They lay on the bed and talked about the children of their youngest son.

"Old man, how do you think Shang Lu and his sister are doing now?" Grandma Chen Jufen sighed in the dark. "Their father was named a martyr, so the siblings shouldn't have a hard time, right?"

Grandpa Xia Guoqiang didn't want to answer, but Chen Jufen kept talking about her eldest grandson, saying that she didn't know whether he was married or not, and whether her eldest granddaughter was still in school, which made his memories come to mind.

"If you miss them so much, just go to West Lake and see them." Xia Guoqiang said in a muffled voice.

"I'm afraid people will dislike me if I go." Chen Jufen was a little hesitant, "Shang Lu is also very childish."

"We're just going to take a look at the old building. We're not going to do anything else. Who said we can't go there?"

"Really?"

"Go ahead. You have to pass by there on your way to Lingyin Temple anyway."

"I don't know if the brother and sister are still living in the old place."

"If not there, where else can they live?" Xia Guoqiang was very sure, "It's so expensive to buy a house in Jiangcheng now. Where can they move to without anyone to help them?" "That's right." Chen Jufen felt a pang of pain when she thought about the fact that her eldest son's grandson got married two years ago and had to pay their pension.

This little grandson cost the old couple so much money, but they didn't even let him enter the door of their new home.

The old couple would be angry when they think about it, but they could only hold it in.

"Hey! Take two red envelopes and go see the children tomorrow." Chen Jufen suddenly said again.

"Well, you decide."

The New Year is coming soon. The old couple who have few visitors feel especially lonely. When they sleep lightly, they are prone to thinking about the past. As the ancients said, people miss their loved ones all the more during the holidays!
In fact, the two sides have not been in contact for so many years, and they don't know the current situation of the brother and sister. It was only through the news of the most handsome policeman during the Asian Games that they learned that the eldest grandson Xia Shanglu revived his father's police number and became a glorious people's policeman.

The two old people naturally felt guilty towards their grandchildren, but not too much.

For more than ten years, the two old people hardly thought about them. Now that they are old and despised by their eldest son and youngest daughter, they start to think about their deceased youngest son and his family.

They had a falling out with their eldest grandson over their son's pension and the proportion of inheritance of the house, but the money they finally got did not go into their pockets, but was divided between the eldest son and the youngest daughter.

Because of the uneven distribution of the spoils, the son and daughter who had taken advantage of the spoils started to quarrel, and the old couple was caught in the middle and suffered from both sides.

Over the years, I wonder if they have regretted snatching the money from their grandson and cutting off all ties with him. But even if they regret it, they can't say it out loud.

Early the next morning, the old couple took the first bus and staggered to the old neighborhood where Xia Qingdai and her sister once lived.

More than ten years have passed, and this community has basically not changed. It is still as old and dilapidated as before.

Relying on the route they remembered, the old couple walked hand in hand into the corridor, and just in time they met the grumpy old lady on the first floor who was coming back from walking her dog.

"Hey, comrade, I want to ask you something. Are there a pair of siblings whose parents have passed away living upstairs?" Wu Jufen approached the old lady and started a conversation.

The old lady glanced at the two of them and asked indifferently, "Who are you? Why are you asking this?"

"We are their grandparents. It's almost Chinese New Year, so we came to visit the children."

"Tsk..." The old lady laughed contemptuously, "Those two siblings have grandparents? Didn't they die a long time ago? I haven't seen them in more than ten years!"

"How can you talk like that!" Xia Guoqiang was unhappy and glared at the old lady with his eyes wide open.

"Tsk!" The old lady rolled her eyes at them both. "If you think my words are unpleasant, then don't ask me."

After saying that, she slammed the door shut, locking the two people out of the hallway. Her dog even barked at them twice, with disgust written all over its face, like a spirit.

The two were very angry this early in the morning. They wanted to knock on the door, but they were a little scared of the dog that was off the leash. It was really frustrating.

At this time, a middle-aged woman who was holding her grandson and preparing to go out for a walk came downstairs. Seeing the two people outside the iron gate, she asked curiously, "Who are you looking for?"

"Oh, I'm looking for Shang Lu, do you know him? He's a policeman." Wu Jufen spoke quickly.

"Oh, kids, who are you to him? How come you don't know? They moved to a new house yesterday."

"Huh? Where did you move to?"

"That's amazing. I heard they moved to the upper city area. There are new houses over there and the housing prices are not cheap."