ccnovels Chapter 548: Passing the Torch
Chapter 548: Passing the Torch
In the whole room, probably only two people are purely happy.
One doesn’t know what "final rally" means, and the other is aware of his own situation.
After drinking some porridge, the old man’s complexion turned rosy, looking almost like his usual self.
No, he looked even healthier than usual.
Feeling strengthened, the old man touched Candy’s cheek and said with a beaming smile, "Candy is still the most obedient, smiling and calling grandpa to get up and play with you."
"Unlike the others, who just know how to cry."
Upon hearing this, Candy asked happily, "Grandpa, did you hear all of it?"
"Uh-huh, your grandpa isn’t deaf, of course, I heard it."
The next moment, Candy lifted her head in a huff and said, "Hmph~ I called you so many times, Grandpa, and you never responded."
"Hahaha, my bad, my bad."
The old man just kept laughing and admitting his fault, yet never mentioned why he hadn’t woken up.
Looking at everyone in the room, the old man ultimately couldn’t help but sigh.
He already had a full house of children and grandchildren, what is there to hold on to?
Now Xiaochun is grown too, teaching Candy naturally won’t be difficult.
"Someone, go get the machete for dismantling the house."
Zhou Xing froze for a moment, not knowing why the old man wanted a machete at this time, but he nodded, turned, and went to find the machete without asking why.
After Zhou Xing left, the old man felt capable all over, smiled happily, and laughed like a child.
The grandpa who just needed help to stand a while ago got off the bed under the astonished eyes of everyone.
"What are you all staring at, where are my shoes?"
"I know, I know, they are under the bed." Candy answered cheerfully.
"See, you all are no better than a child."
Putting on his shoes, while waiting for Zhou Xing to bring the machete, the old man took Candy from Mo Jingchun’s arms, and laughingly said, "Grandpa wishes our Candy always happy and healthy, alright?"
The little one tilted her head, thought for a moment, smacked her lips, and said, "Grandpa, didn’t you forget to add ’eat well and be healthy’?"
The old man was clearly taken aback and couldn’t quite follow the little one’s thought process.
However...
"Alright, let’s add ’eat well and be healthy’."
"Hmm~" Candy nodded happily, seemingly thinking about something delicious.
"Dad, here’s the machete you asked for."
Holding his granddaughter, the old man frowned slightly when he saw the blunted machete.
"Go, bring out the whetstone, how are we going to use such a blunt machete in the future."
Seeing this, Zhou Xing opened his mouth, but eventually turned around to look for the whetstone.
At times like these, even if the house didn’t have a whetstone, it was worth borrowing one.
By the small pool outside the courtyard, over a dozen people quietly listened to the old man’s instructions.
Only Candy, taking advantage of the time the old man spent sharpening the machete, played in the water.
On any other day, someone would have stopped her by now, but today was different.
Further away, Wild Wolf and others stood under the pine tree, continuously watching this scene.
For a long time, after the old man finished sharpening the machete, he said with a smile, "You all wait at home, and you, eldest and second child, come with me to the back mountain."
"Grandpa, Guoguo wants to play too." The callused-handed old man stroked the little one’s head and said with a smile:
"Be good, grandpa will be back soon."
After speaking, the old man looked at his two daughters-in-law, hesitated for a moment, and finally looked at his pale granddaughter;
"Girl, help grandpa boil a pot of water, grandpa needs it."
Zhou Yaling bit her lip and nodded silently.
Watching the old man energetically taking the two older ones up the mountain, Zhou Yaling couldn’t hold it any longer and cried aloud, holding onto her mother.
With hands still wet from playing in the water, Candy was confused, looking at her suddenly crying sister.
Why is she crying all of a sudden?
Is she still upset about not traveling?
Candy frowned; why isn’t her sister as sensible as Guoguo?
Taking advantage of the adults being outside, Candy’s eyes shifted, and she quietly snuck into grandpa’s room by herself.
The little one thought no one saw her, but everyone actually did; it was just that they couldn’t afford to care now.
Inside the room, Candy glanced around, seeing no one coming, and casually moved a stool to open the broken desk’s drawer, taking out a little golden pig.
Spotting the little pig, Candy’s face instantly lit up with a smile.
This was a secret known only to two people.
At this moment, Candy was so focused on the Little Golden Pig that she didn’t notice Li Xuanyu standing at the doorway, worried she would be afraid alone.
Under Li Xuanyu’s shocked gaze, Candy fumbled in her pocket for a long time and pulled out two coins.
Those two coins were known to Li Xuanyu, and the little one had cherished them along the way, refusing to give them to anyone.
And now, the little one unhesitatingly put the two coins into the piggy bank.
The next moment, Candy’s joyful face stiffened, her eyes widening.
She instinctively hid the Little Golden Pig behind her back.
"I didn’t see anything." After saying that, Li Xuanyu turned and left.
She was worried the little one would be scared, but now it seems she was overthinking it.
Indeed, with relatives who love her so dearly, how could she be afraid?
When the piggy bank in his sister’s arms appeared, Mo Jingchun only glanced at it, not minding much.
On the back mountain, the old man with his two sons didn’t really go anywhere, just to his wife’s grave.
In front of the grave, overgrown with weeds, stood two trees, planted personally by him back then.
Unexpectedly, as time flew by, the once young saplings had grown taller than him.
Under the puzzled looks of Zhou Xing and his brother, the old man cut the two trees in half, removed the tender leaves and branches, and said with a chuckle:
"You guys don’t understand, do you?"
The brothers shook their heads, genuinely clueless about the old man’s intentions.
Seeing this, the old man sighed, shook his head, and said, "There are still many things you don’t understand."
The old man pointed towards the forest and said, "You only know these are trees, firewood, but firewood is also known as薪火 (xinhuo, succession)!"
Finally glancing at the grave mound overgrown with weeds, the old man, dragging the tree branches, said, "Let’s go back."
By then, the courtyard was already crowded with people who had heard the news of the old man getting up, and neighbors from all around rushed over.
It was still the National Day holiday, yet today there were no other children to be seen.
Mo Jingchun knew, the neighbors must have grounded their children.
Just as Mo Jingchun was watching everyone chatter, the originally noisy sounds suddenly quieted down.
Playing with his sister’s piggy bank, Mo Jingchun suddenly looked up, just as expected, it was grandpa and the eldest uncles returning.
Under his sister’s tear-filled gaze, Mo Jingchun then threw the piggy bank back to her.
He had already seen, the money in the piggy bank had increased significantly since last year, even with red money.
No need to guess, it must be grandpa secretly putting love into it for his granddaughter.
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