"Cang'er, Cang'er," grandma may have heard Xiangyu and I's voices, so she shouted from the kitchen: "Xiangyu is back, isn't he? Come help bring the food to the front hall, you can eat now."
I was stunned on the spot, not knowing how to respond to grandma.
"Cang'er, why are you alone here? Where's Xiangyu? I just heard you two talking." Grandma's hand was still rubbing her apron, but she had already arrived in the front hall.
"Xiangyu is gone." I felt like I hadn't come back to my senses yet, but my mind was allowing me to answer my grandma's words mechanically.
"Leave, why? Did you two quarrel?" Grandma's face was full of surprise. She raised her head and looked into my eyes and said, "Then go and chase her. Are you stupid?"
Grandma pushed me a little anxiously, but she didn't push me, so she ran to the gate and stood there looking around.
I stood there and suddenly seemed to remember something. I quickly returned to the room and rummaged through the drawer of the small wooden table on the Luohan bed several times. Finally, I simply pulled out the drawer and put it in the drawer.
Everything inside was poured onto the bluestone bricks.
Sure enough, as I expected, the small dark red stone piece I brought out from the ancient pagoda on Wawushan Mountain disappeared.
Combined with Xiangyu's abnormal behavior just now, I think he must have been taken away by her.
Grandma found no trace of Xiangyu at the door, so she walked back a little disappointed.
At this moment, she was standing at my door, looking at the drawers and things on the floor, and then asked silently: "Did she take something with her?"
"Milk," I was already slumped on the ground. When I heard my grandma's question, I couldn't help but raise my head and said, "She took away the dark red astrolabe that I found in the ancient temple on Wawu Mountain."
"Did your grandpa and I see it wrong? It shouldn't be." Grandma murmured to herself, then walked away silently, leaving me sitting alone on the blue tile floor.
Although it's still autumn weather, I don't know why, but as I sit on the ground now, I feel that the ground is extremely cold, and my hands and feet are almost covered with ice.
From the health center at the foot of Wawu Mountain, Xiangyu should have known that I had brought something out of the ancient pagoda. I had been unconscious for two days at that time, but why didn't she take action and waited until now?
I waited until I had complete trust in her and no longer had any sense of wariness, then I took action on the dark red astrolabe.
Seeing her expression just now, there must be a reason for her troubles, but why didn't she say it?
Did her father instruct her to do this?
"Cang'er, it's time to eat."
When my mind was as chaotic as a Category 12 typhoon, my grandma called me at the right time and pulled me out of these chaotic thoughts.
"Don't think too much. The astrolabe is useless if others take it. It doesn't matter who wants to take it. They are just making people angry. Eat quickly. After eating, go see your Uncle Wang and then continue.
Go wherever you need to go. Remember your grandfather's words, don't let anyone affect your pace." Grandma said, putting a large piece of taro in the bowl for me.
I looked at grandma, and then started to eat rice with big mouthfuls.
Turning grief and anger into food, probably refers to my current state.
After finishing lunch, I picked up the food tray that grandma had prepared before eating, and then walked towards grandpa's shop.
First deliver food to grandpa, and then go to the city to find Uncle Wang.
This is what I planned, but who would have known that when I arrived at the door of my grandpa's store, I found that the store was closed. After asking the little girl next door, I found out that grandpa didn't come to open the store at all today.
On such a hot day, where did the old man go? Why didn’t even grandma know that he didn’t come to open the store?
Although this old man is already in his early seventies, he is highly self-disciplined. Normally, even wind, rain, thunder and lightning cannot stop him from opening a store. Why is it so abnormal today?
Suddenly, I thought of what Xiangyu had just told me, that her father also came to this town today.
Is there a possibility that grandpa went to meet Xiangyu's father?
After all, Xiangyu's father is also one of the eight astrolabe families, so it should be normal for him to have some disputes with his grandfather.
Thinking of this, I immediately took out my mobile phone and called my grandpa.
The phone rang five times, and grandpa answered it, as was his habit, "Cang'er, what's the matter?"
"Grandpa, why didn't you open the shop today? I'm delivering food to you, and I'm at the door of the shop now." I said softly.
"Cang'er, today I met an old friend I haven't seen for many years. I was so happy that I had two drinks with him. I won't go back to the store in the afternoon, so you can go back first." Grandpa's voice was not high, but his words were full of emotion.
I was really happy to hear it.
"Grandpa, is your old friend Xiangyu's father?" I asked directly.
"No, I think your old friend, your Uncle Wang, is here too. Don't worry, I won't drink too much." Grandpa said, "I won't tell you anymore, I'll hang up now."
Before I had time to react, Grandpa's phone was hung up.
Uncle Wang was also at their banquet. Could it be that I was overthinking it? This old friend had absolutely nothing to do with Xiang Yu's father.
If we think about it according to the normal situation, Uncle Wang should not be involved in the astrolabe matter, but in what grandma just said, it is obvious that she wants me to go to Uncle Wang to look for dowry items. This makes Wang
There is a possibility that my uncle might be involved in this matter.
Before going to Poyang Lake, who put that part of grandma’s dowry in the small jade box I found in my room, and what was his purpose? Why did it happen to be in Uncle Wang’s office?
Is there any magazine about Maurya Bracelet?
A few years ago, my father once told me that all coincidences in this world are arranged by intentional people and cannot be accidental at all. Therefore, that magazine was probably placed there intentionally by Uncle Wang.
The purpose is to guide me to Poyang Lake.
In the jade square box placed in my room, in addition to the gold silk and the Maurya bracelet, there are also some gold foil paper-cuts. The paper-cuts have different images, mostly people, with some animals mixed in.
What does this mean?
Thinking of this, I immediately went home and wanted to take out those gold foil paper-cuts and study them.
When she returned to the Zhou family's old house, grandma saw that the things in the food compartment were intact, so she asked: "Why has grandpa already eaten?"
"He said that a friend he hadn't seen for many years was here today, so he went out to eat with him."
"This old naughty boy is still eating out on such a hot day. Why don't you bring him home? He's probably a girl." Grandma said while carrying the food tray back to the kitchen.
"Milk, I'm going to take a nap. I didn't get enough sleep last night." I shouted towards the kitchen.
"Then you won't go to Uncle Wang's place?" Grandma shouted from the kitchen.
"Uncle Wang is also having dinner with Grandpa. I'll go there later." I said, and then got into the bedroom.
When I heard that grandma didn't follow me, I gently locked the door and took out the small jade box from the glass cabinet.
After opening the box, the contents were lying there intact. The gold silk and the Maurya bracelet no longer had any appeal to me. My focus was on the gold foil paper-cut wrapped in red paper.
I opened the red paper package, and the gold foil paper-cut inside, which was about the size of my little finger, suddenly caught my eye. Under the sunlight that flooded the window sill at noon, it was a bit dazzling.
The gold foil paper-cuts are intertwined together, and there should be hundreds of them by visual inspection.
I walked to the bed, poured out the paper-cuts, and laid them flat on the bed one by one. These little figures cut out of gold foil had different shapes, and each had their own movements. At first glance, they really looked a little bit...
Can't put it down.
However, these gold foils are so small, even if an archaeological team discovers another set of these things somewhere, it probably won't cause much of a stir.
I studied these gold foil paper-cuts for a while and felt that I really didn't see anything, so I finally gave up. Then I wrapped the gold foil in red paper and put it back into the jade square box.