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"Grandma, you can eat some scrambled eggs."

Xu Ningning at the side also took a piece of scrambled egg with chopped green onion and delivered it to the old lady's mouth.

The old lady chewed a few times and swallowed with difficulty.

"It's so good... it's so good..."

Xu Ningning suddenly burst into tears with excitement: "Grandma's illness is cured...you can eat..."

Although she couldn't figure out what happened.

But I saw the old lady who had been lying in bed for several days without eating a bite of food.

Not only can I walk on the ground by myself, but I can also eat as usual.

A stone that was pressing in my heart finally fell to the ground and couldn't help crying with joy.

"I'm tired... help me back to the house..."

The old lady ate another half of the cornbread.

Then, with the support of the two sisters, they returned to the bedroom.

Xu Zhixi returned to the dining table, looked at Chen Jianghe with a little embarrassment, and said, "Brother Chen, grandma probably misses me... Seeing me, I'm almost cured. You and Mr. Lin still have a lot of things to do. Tomorrow I will take you two back in the morning. I will take a few days off to accompany my grandma, and I will return to Yanjing in a few days."

Chen Jianghe nodded and said, "Since you're back, you should spend more time with the old man. I'm not in a hurry to go back, so let's take it as a vacation for myself."

Seeing that Chen Jianghe was not in a hurry to return to Yanjing, Lin Han certainly wasn't in a hurry either.

A few people can live in this isolated mountain village for a few days.

And every day, you can taste the home-cooked dishes that Chen Jianghe is good at.

Such a day is simply not too carefree!

After dinner, when several people wanted to rest, they encountered difficulties.

Because there are only two bedrooms, this means that Chen Jianghe, a big man, has no place to rest alone.

"Xiao Xu, take me to that Uncle Zhang's house for a night."

Chen Jianghe had already thought about the issue of accommodation, and said to Xu Zhixi with a smile.

Xu Zhixi was about to agree, but was stopped by Lin Han: "Brother Chen...you should stay here."

Yan Xiaoxi on the side also nodded repeatedly: "Yes, big brother, if you are not here, we girls will be scared at night."

Chen Jianghe hesitated for a while, and couldn't stand Lin Han and Yan Xiaoxi's "soft and hard talk", so he had to agree.

Xu Zhixi and Xu Ningning slept in the same bedroom with the old lady.

Chen Jianghe slept in another bedroom with Lin Han and Yan Xiaoxi.

Because during the day, Lin Han and Yan Xiaoxi had rested for most of the day.

The two of them were still chatting happily until very late.

In the afternoon, Chen Jianghe climbed the mountain alone to go to the market in the town.

Then he returned home with a load of food.

The whole person is already exhausted.

After a while, he leaned against the corner of the kang and fell asleep soundly.

After an unknown amount of time, Chen Jianghe heard a rooster crowing from the yard.

He woke up from his sleep.

Seeing Lin Han and Yan Xiaoxi beside him were still soundly asleep.

Chen Jianghe got up lightly and walked out of the house.

In the yard, Xu Ningning had already woken up and was cooking breakfast on the stove.

The delicate oval face was flushed red by the fire from the stove.

The slightly naturally curly hair is tied into a bunch.

The peach blossom eyes were full of water from the smoke, and he covered his mouth and coughed lightly from time to time.

It's just that she was wearing a bulging cotton jacket.

She is just like a simple image of a girl in the mountains.

This padded jacket looks like it was made by hand, so it should be very warm to wear.

"You got up so early."

Xu Ningning greeted shyly.

Seeing Chen Jianghe appearing in this courtyard, she still felt a strange feeling in her heart.

It was as if a legendary man suddenly appeared in reality.

Everything seemed so unreal.

"Where's your sister, isn't she up yet?"

Chen Jianghe asked curiously.

It stands to reason that Xu Zhixi finally returned home, so she shouldn't sleep in.

"Sister went to fetch water...Grandma said she wanted to take a bath last night."

Xu Ningning just finished speaking.

I saw a figure staggering in from outside carrying two buckets full of well water filled with ice.

Chen Jianghe also saw it when he went out yesterday.

There is an old well in the middle of the village.

It is estimated that it is precisely because of the existence of this well.

That's why there are a small village with more than a dozen families gathered in such a remote mountain.

"Xiao Ning, turn on the water, and I'll wake Grandma up."

Xu Zhixi lifted the two buckets of water to the side of the stove, then turned and walked towards the bedroom where the old lady slept.

After a while, I didn't hear any movement.

Suddenly a cry came from the room.

"Grandma...Grandma!"

Immediately afterwards, Xu Zhixi's calling came.

Chen Jianghe and Xu Ningning looked at each other.

He quickly trotted into the old lady's bedroom.

As soon as he entered the room, he saw Xu Zhixi lying on the old lady's body crying pear blossoms with rain.

The old lady was lying flat on the kang without moving a muscle.

His face looked kind and peaceful.

"Sister...what's wrong with grandma?"

Xu Ningning stood aside and asked in a trembling voice.

Xu Zhixi broke down in tears and said: "Grandma is gone...Last night was fine..."

When Xu Ningning heard it, he burst into tears with a "wow".

The two sisters threw themselves on the kang and cried together.

The crying immediately attracted Lin Han and Yan Xiaoxi from the next room.

Knowing that the old lady had passed away, Lin Han couldn't help sighing.

Yan Xiaoxi has never experienced such a thing since she was a child.

She hid behind Lin Han in fear and dared not show her head.

"Xiao Xu, please express your condolences first."

Chen Jianghe sighed softly, stepped forward and patted Xu Zhixi on the shoulder.

"Brother Chen...I don't have a grandma anymore..."

Xu Zhixi raised her head and looked at Chen Jianghe with pear blossoms.

"Go and say hello to the villagers first, and ask everyone to help with the funeral."

Chen Jianghe ordered in a deep voice.

Xu Zhixi nodded with tears in her eyes, and walked out wiping her tears.

Chen Jianghe came to Xu Ningning again and said, "Xiao Ning, find out Grandma's shroud and put it on for her."

Xu Ningning was stunned for a moment, and then searched through boxes and boxes.

After a while, Xu Zhixi walked in with seven or eight villagers from the outside.

Because young people are going out to work.

The youngest people staying in the village are all five or sixty-year-olds.

Fortunately, there are many people and strength, and everyone began to split up.

Someone ran to the town to greet a family who specialized in funeral affairs.

It was arranged inside and outside the small courtyard.

Sisters Xu Zhixi and Xu Ningning stood in the mourning hall in sackcloth and filial piety.

Chen Jianghe ran forward and backward.

In this era, burials were still the main method in mountain villages.

Chen Jianghe bought a good solid wood coffin for the old lady.

We invited a well-known trumpet band from all over the world.

The town's butcher shops and small shops were almost emptied.

The old lady's funeral was held for seven days in a row.

All the nearby villages within a dozen miles were alarmed.

Xu Zhixi and Xu Ningning grew up together.

This is the first time I know that my family has so many relatives who beat around the bush.

It's just that these relatives never walked around.

At this time, they all popped out one by one.

There are running water mats in the yard day and night.

These villagers not only eat and drink here three meals a day.

He also took the whole piece of meat and the whole package of pastries home.

But Chen Jianghe seemed invisible.

Every day, I still spend money like running water to buy a whole fan of pork and dozens of packs of pastries from the town.

All of this is naturally in the eyes of sisters Xu Zhixi and Xu Ningning.

At this moment, they had already treated Chen Jianghe as a benefactor.