【Gojo Family Housewife's Daily Life】Comics

Chapter 73: Journey to the Southwest: Grandfather's Jade Pendant

Outside the window, the fine sand was dyed a light golden color by the morning light.

The morning light at the seaside, with its unique softness and tranquility, passes through the curtains made of light white lace gauze, appearing and disappearing, as if an elf in a dream is dancing lightly.

On the water bed, the curtains fluttered gently, as white as clouds and as endless as waves.

The sea breeze blows gently, carrying the salty smell of the sea water, into the slightly open window, adding a fresh atmosphere to the room, making people feel relaxed and happy.

Lu Qin woke up in the morning light. She moved slightly and felt her husband's arm still on her waist and abdomen.

She half turned around, raised her body slightly, and looked at the person beside her.

Gojo Satoru was still asleep. In the morning light, his silver hair looked like snow, and his long silver eyelashes looked like the open wings of a crystal butterfly.

His handsome and slightly childish face appeared very peaceful under the light, even well-behaved and childish.

The little bit of silver stubble that grew just one night told her that the big guy next to her with a deceptive baby face was already a very aggressive and mature man.

Looking at the sleeping Gojo Satoru, Lu Qin couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth... This guy is the most obedient and harmless when he is asleep.

She smiled, stretched out her hand, and used her pea green fingernails to touch his silver eyelashes.

Every time she raised her eyebrows, his eyelashes moved.

Once you pick it up, it moves...

Lu Qin thought it was very interesting, but when she extended her hand for the third time, her husband suddenly opened his eyes and held her hand.

"It's early in the morning, Xiaoqin is doing bad things again...I caught her." The slightly hoarse voice came when she just woke up.

"I didn't..." Lu Qin wanted to deny it, but before she could finish her words, Gojo Satoru turned over and reached his hands into her armpits to scratch.

"Ha! Ah!" Lu Qin was ticklish.

When he tickled her, she laughed so hard that she almost couldn't breathe.

He begged for mercy, “Wu, I’m sorry!”

"Ah, haha, I was wrong... ha, I won't dare to do it again next time... please forgive me..."

Soon, the two hugged each other again.

The morning breeze blew the curtain, hiding the figures of the two people...

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At the same time, the Lu family left after dinner (there is a time difference between the Eastern and Western Hemisphere).

At this time, a flower hall in the Lu family was bustling with activity.

The sunset at dusk is very beautiful.

The sky was dyed a warm orange-red by the sunset. The light and shadow were like a dream, as if it was a moving love letter between heaven and earth, or the fragrance of ancient calligraphy.

Outside the flower hall, the afterglow of the setting sun spread across the earth, giving the magnificent flower hall a layer of golden glow.

When Baiji entered the room, he could vaguely hear the crisp sound of mahjong being gently moved by fingers, and bursts of laughter could be heard from the room from time to time.

The gorgeous and elegant flower hall is filled with the rich fragrance of flowers. The mahjong tables are arranged in a staggered manner, and the mahjong tiles are neatly placed on the table.

Four ladies sat around the table, talking and laughing.

"Young Miss?" Baiji looked for Xiao Xing, but saw her own Miss Xing sitting on a high "baby chair". She was leaning against Miss Feng and watching Miss Feng (Lü An's clan sister, called "Aunt Feng") and the others playing cards. She was watching with great interest, her neck leaning forward.

She was about to step forward, but saw that the game had just ended.

Miss Xing took advantage of this break to flatter Lu Feng, saying, "Grandma Feng, you are amazing. You paste things quickly and beautifully. My mother's skills are not as good as yours. She can't even beat Aunt Jing."

The middle-aged woman playing mahjong is named "Lv Feng". She is the only surviving granddaughter of the head of the family, Lv Ci, and the cousin of the second master, Lv Anzhi, and the aunt of Lv Qin.

Today, Lu Feng was wearing a low-necked cheongsam made of thin brocade; on her head she wore three flower-shaped hairpins made of dozens of small pearls; on each wrist she wore a jade bracelet, and the two bracelets were obviously a pair.

When she heard Xing's flattery, she rubbed Xing's little head and said with a smile: "That's what your mother did on purpose. If Qin girl plays mahjong with the soul-clearing technique, we are no match for her."

"No matter what, I just like Granny Feng more! Mom doesn't love me anymore. She doesn't even take me with her when she goes out to play! Xiao Xing is an unwanted child!" Xing said indignantly.

She went on to say, "I like Granny Feng. She's beautiful! She has good taste too!"

Then Xing didn’t know what she was thinking about. She started to act coquettishly to Lu Feng: “The pearl hairpin that Grandma Feng wore today is so beautiful! Mom also has this kind of pearl hairpin, but she won’t let me play with it, saying that she’s afraid that I will take the beads off it. In Mom’s heart, I am a troublemaker... Woohoo, Mom doesn’t like me... Now that she has a new baby, she likes me even less!”

Baiji was behind Xing, and was stunned by what she heard. She was dumbfounded and numb.

She discovered that Miss Xing was really good at lying with her eyes open. Wasn't the eldest lady doting on her enough?

She had previously complained to Bai Ju: Miss Xing picked off the pearls from the eldest lady's hairpin and played with them as marbles, and was scolded by the lady (this hairpin was the one Qin wore on her head when she met Geto Suguru in Chapter 37).

After hearing this, Lu Feng felt even more distressed. She kissed Xing's little face as if she were her own granddaughter, then plucked a pearl hairpin from her hair and handed it to Xing, saying, "Don't worry, take it and play with it. Qin girl doesn't love you, but grandma does!"

"Thank you, mother-in-law!" Xiao Xing received the bright pearl hairpin and smiled happily.

Baiji was just about to go up and tell Miss Xing that the second master had just said he wanted to look for her.

But he heard a serious voice behind him: "You are so young and don't study hard! You don't study hard! You are just watching people playing mahjong!"

It turned out that the second master came in person!!

Baiji hurriedly saluted.

Xiao Xing was criticized by her grandpa Lu An, so she was naturally unhappy. She pursed her lips, looked at Lu Feng, and said in a coquettish voice: "Grandma Feng, look at grandpa..."

Lu Feng turned around and said to Lu An in the manner of an elder sister: "An'er, Xiao Xing is just watching mahjong, why are you making a fuss? Our Xing is so well-behaved, she is completely different from when you were a child. When you were a child, you were like a monkey, running around naked in the mountains and fields. I didn't say anything at that time, I..."

"Okay, elder sister! Stop talking!" Lu An's voice sounded embarrassed, ashamed and angry.

Lu Fengze glanced at Xing and signaled her not to be afraid.

Naturally, Lu An didn't dare to continue this topic.

He then turned to talk about the business he came to Xing to discuss: "I need to go with Kunmi. Some of our family's businesses in the southwest are having problems. As for you, stay at the Lu family. Bai Ju has already arrived at the airport. She will take care of you for the next few days. As soon as your father and mother come back, I will have someone send you back to Tokyo."

"But...but...Grandpa...I also want to go to Kunmi to play..." Xiao Xing muttered.

Humph, she wants to go out and play too!!

They all go out to play! She wants to too!!!

"Who is going there to play? You are not allowed to..." Lu An said sternly, but he didn't finish his words.

Xing looked at Lu Feng again with grievance, whining: "Grandma Feng~~, look at Grandpa... "

Lu Feng turned around again and spoke earnestly, as an elder sister: "An'er, Xiao Xing just wants to go to the southwest to have some fun. She has grown up and has never been to Yunnan and Guizhou. What a poor child! If you are worried, just send a few more servants to follow her. Just go and take care of your business, nothing will happen."

After saying that, she patted her fair and tender little face.

He Xing whispered, "Grandma is telling you, the roasted bait and flower cakes there are delicious, Xiao Xing, you must try them."

Xing listened from the side and nodded repeatedly with shining eyes.

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On the private plane flying to the southwest, Xiao Xing was playing with the pearl hairpin in her hand.

She once again plucked off the pearls and played with them like marbles in her hands, but she soon got tired of playing with them.

So she began to pull at Lu An's clothes beside her.

Today, Lu An was wearing an old-style scholar's gown, a pair of glasses, and a pair of jade pendants around his waist, showing a bit of the scholar's demeanor.

Xing pulled his gown and said coquettishly, "Grandpa, tell Xiao Xing a story."

"I can't." Lu An said coldly.

"Oh." Xiao Xing replied, then quickly looked up at her grandfather. Seeing his cold face, she pouted in dissatisfaction.

But because she was bored, she soon started playing with the jade pendant on Lu An's waist. It was a beautiful jade pendant, round and emerald green.

Xiao Xing thinks it is very beautiful!

"Grandpa, can you give me this jade?" She looked up at Lu An and asked in that very cute voice that only children can use.

"You're here to ask for something, right? You want everything..." Lu An lowered his eyes and looked at his granddaughter, said lightly, then continued reading the newspaper and ignored her.

Xiao Xing didn't give up either. She continued to shake Lu An's clothes and jade pendant, causing Lu An to put down the newspaper in his hand and pick up the jade pendant.

He looked at his granddaughter beside him calmly and saw her acting pitifully and coquettishly.

Especially those green eyes, so watery... like a pool of spring water... full of affection...

An Lang...my little Anzi...

A voice from deep in my memory suddenly appeared.

Lu An suddenly felt as if the jade pendant in his hand had burned him. He was almost slightly frightened and threw the jade pendant into Xing's hand.

"Give it to you!"

After saying that, he quickly turned around and no longer looked at Xing.

"Yeah! Yeah!" Xiao Xing felt that she had won, so she cheered. At this time, Xing was immersed in joy and did not notice that her grandfather's expression was obviously abnormal.

Xing looked carefully at her "trophies".

In the sunlight, you can clearly see the "petal-shaped" flocs inside the jade pendant.

And...there are words on the jade pendant.

It seems like a poem, it should be a poem.

Xiao Xing now recognizes some words.

She looked at the jade pendant and read it out unconsciously: "'July 7th'... 'Chang' cháng? zhǎng? .... What is this... The next sentence is something like 'person' or something."

Hearing Xing's voice, Lu An turned around and looked at Xing again.

Xing felt that although grandpa didn't say anything, he must be laughing at her for being uneducated! !

Humph! She is not even five years old! It is already very good that she can recognize so many words!

Lu An really had no intention of mocking Xing.

He just felt that Xing was completely different from Xiao Qin. Xing was lively and liked to get close to people. But Qin was like a rabbit that was easily frightened. Once she was told a few times, she would shrink and no longer dare to get close to you.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

Once upon a time, he also loved this daughter very much...

After all, she was the first child of him and Chen'er (Lü Chen)...it was she who made him experience the feeling of being a father.

He had been looking forward to her birth so much, and patiently taught her to say "Dad" for the first time...

His little Qin has been pretty since she was young.

She is beautiful....sensible....never needs him to worry...

But she looks more and more like her mother, with those eyes, that figure and appearance, that stubbornness in her bones...

Oh, everything has changed...

His youngest daughter died young, and his eldest daughter married far away...

He deliberately ignored the two children left by his wife, but he himself did not feel happy about it.

How ridiculous...

How did they get to this point today...