Chapter 1799 - 323:

"No more searching, no need to search."

Seeing her mother's steadfast attitude, Li Juxiang felt it was difficult to persuade further, so she got up and went to the living room to find Cui Cui, who was playing with Ping.

Ping was very kind to Cui Cui, those evidently expensive items, she was willing to let Cui Cui play with as toys.

Liu Jinxia stood up and walked to the kitchen, intending to organize the tableware that would be used later.

She checked the thermos bottle casually, as Ping had also gone out with them in the morning, so there was no time to boil water.

Liu Jinxia poured water into the pot, sat behind the stove, took out matches, lit the dry grass, and began boiling water.

Behind her was a pile of firewood, Ping had organized it neatly. Liu Jinxia grabbed a handful of firewood, placed it into the stove, and when she turned to get another handful, she saw a crevice in the smoked black corner of the wall.

Liu Jinxia turned her body sideways and reached her hand to scratch.

She scratched for a long time and pulled out a rattle.

Liu Jinxia sat back down, her gaze fixed vacantly on the child's toy in her hand.

She shook her wrist, "clunk-clunk" sounded.

She shook it again, and tears broke free.

After ensuring Cui Cui was taken care of, Li Juxiang also came to the kitchen.

"Mom, Mom, are you here?"

At first, there was no response.

But the stove was burning, behind was firelight.

Going around to the back, Li Juxiang saw her mother, lying on the pile of grass, crying uncontrollably.

"Mom... what's wrong?"

Li Juxiang approached concernedly, her hand resting on Liu Jinxia's shoulder.

Liu Jinxia shook off her daughter's hand, wiping her tears hard with her eyes closed, sitting back down stubbornly, and explained:

"It's been too long since I burned the stove, the smoke hurts the eyes. The doctor said after my cataract surgery, my eyes can't be smoked."

"Then let me do it."

"Okay."

Liu Jinxia got up, almost like escaping, and left the kitchen.

Zhao Yi walked back with both hands carrying a huge pile of vegetables.

Afraid they wouldn't be used to spicy food, besides preserving a few specialty dishes, the rest were dishes Zhao Yi watched the chef make, fearing the chef's habitual hand shaking.

Reaching the courtyard gate, he saw Liu Jinxia standing against the wall, waiting there.

She was deliberately waiting for him.

"Grandma?"

"Zhao Yi..."

"There's no need to be so polite, Grandma."

"Okay, grandson."

"Yes, grandson is here."

"Is this courtyard left with only Ping?"

"Yes, only Ping is left, you should have noticed, Ping's mind..."

"Yes, I'm not stupid, how could I not notice Ping is still a 'child'."

"Sigh, the original Family Head of this courtyard, was a literary family, the family's conditions were good, originally had a daughter, but one day, the daughter was abducted by traffickers.

The Family Head and his wife were both eating and sleeping poorly, searching for their daughter everywhere, but they never found her.

Later, they adopted Ping, who was abandoned by her biological parents, transferring the love for their daughter onto Ping.

Afterwards, the original Master of this household passed away.

The situation with Ping is understood on this street, daily they provide some extra care.

This courtyard is temporarily rented to tourists, income will be left to Ping, someday when Ping is gone, this place should be listed as a semi-cultural heritage site."

Making up lies isn't really hard, as long as you know what the other party wants to hear, even if the details can't withstand scrutiny, it doesn't matter.

Jin Xingshan didn't hope to acknowledge Liu Jinxia, newly gained then lost, equaled inflicting mental torture on his daughter.

Liu Jinxia's perception of her biological parents is also very confused.

For her, the most urgent thing to know is whether she was abducted by traffickers or sold by her biological parents.

Now, she heard the "truth."

She was abducted by traffickers, her biological parents did not abandon her, they loved her and missed her, otherwise they wouldn't have adopted another daughter Ping despite knowing Ping's mind wasn't clear.

Liu Jinxia:

"Where is the Family Head's grave?"

…

Cui Cui doesn't understand why living in someone's house, she still has to pay respects to the Master's grave.

But since birth, her grandma managed this business, she was also influenced by this.

Following Grandma, Cui Cui kowtowed together, then squatted beside to burn paper.

Liu Jinxia originally planned to restrain her emotions, not wanting to make it too dramatic.

On the way there, she was still very calm.

But coming to the grave, when her hand touched her parents' tombstone, her emotions broke free.

She could cry, she could howl, and at once, her Nantong dialect version of crying was unstoppable.

Li Juxiang initially puzzled, then doubted, finally thought it absurd, looking at this tombstone, it's unimaginable, such a coincidence could exist in this world?

So, what's buried here should be her biological grandparents?

Logically, she should feel sad and melancholic now.

But just as Cui Cui never met her biological father so has no feelings, Li Juxiang is also unfamiliar with her biological grandparents.

She even felt a little happy in her heart, happy that her mother's Heart Knot finally got resolved.

But this emotion definitely can't be displayed, so she held her mother, softly comforting her, wiping tears.

The Ping brought along, kept wanting to rush over to dig the grave.

Fortunately, Zhao Yi noticed in time and held her down.

After the worship was over, Zhao Yi arranged for Liu Jinxia and the others to go to a nearby teahouse, let them sit down to calm and settle down their emotions.

Soon after, Zhao Yi returned to the grave.

Ping, who sneaked out alone, had already started digging the grave with her bare hands, her hands were bloody.