CHAPTER 65: CHAPTER 65: TEARS FLOWING FREELY

"Elder sister, doesn’t our family have some meat and dumplings? You should take more and send them to Grandma and Grandpa! I haven’t seen them in a long time, and I miss them so much!" Bai Ruxia said as she came over.

"Exactly, if Mom didn’t stop me..." Bai Ruchuan brought up the topic of his mother’s unfilial behavior once more.

"Little Chuan! You mustn’t mention that again!" Bai Ruxue sternly warned. She then turned to Wang Cuihua, "Mom, soon, believe me, soon we won’t have to worry about anything and can go see Grandma and Grandpa openly!"

"Yes... Mom believes you! Thank you, Xiao Xue!" Wang Cuihua finally couldn’t hold back her tears.

"Alright! Let’s go!" Bai Ruxue led the way out.

She only took about twenty dumplings from the clay pot, and nothing else.

On the way, nearing the Chaoyang Commune Third Team, she started taking things out from the burlap sack.

"Zhang Yuan, I’m going to take some things out now, it’ll be heavy in a moment, be careful while riding!" Bai Ruxue reminded Zhang Yuan, who was riding the bike in front.

"Got it!" Zhang Yuan responded, but as soon as he spoke, the cold wind rushed in, making him quite uncomfortable.

"Stop for a moment!" Bai Ruxue called out.

Zhang Yuan stopped as instructed, and Bai Ruxue quickly jumped off the bicycle, taking out a scarf she had knitted from the supermarket space and wrapping it around Zhang Yuan.

"Is this... the scarf you knitted for me?" Zhang Yuan looked at it carefully for a while, certain that this type of scarf wasn’t in Bai Ruxue’s supermarket space, and then spoke in surprise.

"Yes! I wanted to give it to you just now, but I got busy and forgot! I knitted this myself, it’s the first gift I’m giving you, make sure to treasure it, okay?" Bai Ruxue said cheerfully as she wrapped the scarf around him.

"Alright! I will cherish it! Thank you, little girl!" Zhang Yuan knew he was one step closer to the heart of this little girl. Wearing the soft scarf, warmth filled his heart, his eyes so filled with intensity they seemed capable of melting Bai Ruxue.

Looking at the boy in front of her, so pleasing to the eyes, Bai Ruxue really wanted to go over and hug him tightly, but she couldn’t. In this era, people were more reserved, even with both being engaged, Zhang Yuan never made any further advances, not even asking for a hug made it clear.

Suppressing the urge in her heart, she quickly lowered her head to organize the burlap sack in her hands. "Well, I need to take things out, help me watch over people!"

"Sure!" Zhang Yuan’s Adam’s apple moved obviously, his eyes drifted away, responding awkwardly.

But Bai Ruxue had already entered the supermarket space long ago and didn’t notice his abnormality.

She searched through a long line of refrigerators and indeed found the handmade dumplings.

She remembered that her supermarket sold these handmade dumplings, so she didn’t take many earlier, just planning to get them from the space later.

She found pork and cabbage stuffing, seeing that there were only about six pounds, she packed them all up in one go. Fortunately, she had kept the cloth bags in the space too, making it convenient to use when needed.

She also took a smoked chicken and a roast duck from the deli section.

She also took about five pounds of ribs.

There wasn’t much pork belly left, only one piece, roughly two pounds, she took it all and also took a whole chicken. Additionally, she took a pound of white sugar, two ounces of tea leaves, and a bottle of liquor.

Finally, she packed two bags of about ten pounds of fine cornmeal, she didn’t dare take any rice, feeling that what she had taken out was already enough, and this was because her family wouldn’t find out, otherwise she wouldn’t dare to take so much.

She didn’t take any flour, because she had taken six pounds of dumplings, along with the twenty or so taken from home, enough for Grandma and their family of three to eat for three or four meals.

"Alright! Let’s go!" Bai Ruxue took everything out and put it in the burlap sack, then called out to Zhang Yuan who had been standing beside her all along.

Although Zhang Yuan had long begun to adapt to the existence of the supermarket space, seeing things appear out of thin air in front of him still felt a bit incredible.

Bai Ruxue, relying on the original owner’s memory, accurately found Grandma’s house.

Although the house was a three-room earthen building, quite large, it looked very old.

The two pushed their bikes in, finding no sign of movement inside.

"It’s already past ten in the morning, how come there’s no movement at all, could they have all gone out?" Bai Ruxue wondered aloud as she approached the door and pushed it open with ease.

"Is anyone home?" she called out.

Zhang Yuan carrying the large burlap sack followed closely behind, fearing for Bai Ruxue’s safety.

"Who’s there?" An elderly voice came from the west room.

Bai Ruxue walked straight into the west room.

"Grandma..."

"You... are? Xiao Xue?" Li Xiuying, lying on the kang, recognized her at once.

"Yes! Grandma, it’s me, Xiao Xue!" Bai Ruxue felt emotions welling up inside and couldn’t help but have red eyes.

Looking at the thin old lady lying on the kang, she couldn’t hold back, possibly due to the emotions of the original owner.

"Xiao Xue... Little Xue girl... How come your mother let you come to see this old lady? Come, come here and let Grandma have a look at you!" Li Xiuying sat up, stretching out her hand for Bai Ruxue to come over.

"Grandma, where’s Grandpa and Little Uncle?" Bai Ruxue walked over, hugged the old lady, and sobbed as she asked.

"They went out, they’ll be back soon!" Li Xiuying teary-eyed hugged her eldest granddaughter, a bit awkward in her reply.

"Grandma, I came over to bring some New Year’s goods for you! Our family is doing well now, only then my mom let us come over... just afraid that the two aunts will stir up trouble and not let you have a good time." Bai Ruxue beckoned Zhang Yuan over, "Grandma, this is my fiancé, Zhang Yuan!"

"Hello, Grandma!" Zhang Yuan respectfully greeted, not showing any of his usually aloof demeanor.

"Good, good, good! Such a handsome young man! Come, sit down, child!" Li Xiuying lovingly beckoned Zhang Yuan to sit down, also letting go of Bai Ruxue for her to sit.

"How is your mother? Grandma heard that she is pregnant again, is she alright?"

She was worried about her daughter and knew why her daughter resolutely didn’t visit or associate, occasionally sneaking a look. However, since moving east, her health had declined, preventing her from going.

"She’s doing well, Mom gave birth to a pair of twins, they are eating well and full, brother and sister are chubby and cute! Grandma, you must come and see them when you have time, they’re very adorable!" Bai Ruxue clung to Grandma’s thin arm, speaking with a heart full of sourness.

"Oh! Oh! Grandma will come! Grandma will go!" Li Xiuying cried more fiercely, listening to Bai Ruxue’s words about going to the house, happily.

"Your mom is fated to have twins in this life! She gave birth to another pair of twin dragons and phoenixes! It’s a pity I, as a mother, couldn’t take care of your mom during her confinement..."

"Grandma! My mom hasn’t finished her confinement yet, I’ll come over to bring you to stay for a few days after the New Year!" Bai Ruxue wiped her tears for her. "You must stop crying! You’re making me want to cry along, it’s obviously a good thing!"

Zhang Yuan looking at the emotional little girl, his eyes were full of affection. It was the first time he had seen this little girl who was capable of crying so vulnerably. The girl who had shown herself in front of him as strong and smart, very capable and adept at everything, seemed so shrewd, nothing could defeat her. Yet now she cried like a young child. But, she was still just a teen herself, in need of careful protection and guarding.