fruity fragrance

Chapter 1 Heirloom Ancient Jade
"This day is over!"

"Divorce if you can't live, anyway, I've had enough of you!"

"Divorce is divorce. Do you think you can't live without me? Tell you, whoever leaves in this world can live well!"

"Clang!"

"Bang dong!"

The sound of throwing dishes and bowls and smashing things came from the living room through the unexplained door into Lin Guoxiang's ears hiding in the closet in the room at the moment. No matter how hard she tried to cover her ears, the sound of It was useless to tell myself that I didn't hear anything, but all those voices got into her ears, piercing deeply into her young heart like a thorn.

God knows how terrified Lin Guoxiang is, who is only five years old. Since she was sensible, her parents quarreled every day in her memory.Every time she heard her parents quarreling, she would feel extremely anxious, afraid that she would be abandoned by them one day. If she could, she really wanted to rush out and tell them not to quarrel anymore, but she didn't dare.Whenever this time, she would always think of a sentence that her parents would complain when they saw her: "It would be great if I was born a kid, so that I won't attract gossip from others, so that they won't be angry because they only want to be a child." I gave birth to a girl and quarreled every day."

So much so that when Lin Guoxiang heard this, she felt extremely wronged and hated why she was not a boy.Later, as she grew up slowly, she began to doubt the complaints of her parents at that time. Was it really just because they were girls that they quarreled every day?
The answer is yes, of course not.Maybe it has something to do with her not being a boy, but it's definitely not all because of this. Most of the reasons are rooted in themselves.

After the parents quarreled this time, the father ran away from home directly. A week later, what Lin Guoxiang feared most finally happened. The parents who had been arguing for so many years still got divorced.Following the principle of getting together and parting, the two peacefully had their last lunch at home after receiving the divorce certificate from the Civil Affairs Bureau, and then calmly told Lin Guoxiang about their divorce.In the end, the two still announced very calmly that she would live with her father in the future. When Lin Guoxiang heard the result, she didn't cry out of fear, but was full of bewilderment and helplessness.

Until many years later, when Lin Guoxiang recalled the scene of that day, she was still at a loss in her heart. Every time she would think, was she the only one who was at a loss back then?No one gave her an answer, but judging from her parents' behavior at the time, it should be the same as what she thought.

After that, Lin Guoxiang's father quickly remarried with a female colleague who worked in the same factory, and soon after they remarried, he sent her to his grandfather's house in the countryside like selling cheap radishes. Originally, that family never appeared again, and later I heard that she also remarried, and the marriage was very good.She also heard about this news from other people.

Time flies like a white horse, and fifteen years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Lin Guoxiang has also been sent by her father to live in the countryside for 15 years, and she has grown up from a five-year-old who knew nothing.

The health of the grandfather who raised her is not as strong as before. In order to better take care of her weakened grandfather, Lin Guoxiang, who is 20 years old, works in a supermarket on the street after graduating from high school. The meager salary of [-] yuan supports her and her grandfather.As for her father who lives in the city, she hasn't contacted them for many years. Lin Guoxiang doesn't even know if her father still lives in the original place. I heard that the area will be demolished recently. Where did you move to.

It was heard again, why did she hear the news about her parents from others?Lin Guoxiang felt that she had really failed in life.

"Guoxiang, it's our turn to rest this afternoon. How about a half-day vacation? Where are you going to play?" Meizi, a playmate who grew up with Lin Guoxiang, happily ran over and lay on her shoulder and asked happily.

Meizi's voice brought back Lin Guoxiang's thoughts from the memory, she stretched out her hand and pulled off her friend and colleague who was hanging on her body like a koala, glanced at the office, and said: " Be careful that the proprietress sees you like this, otherwise you will say that you are not working hard."

Meizi curled her lips, glanced at the office, and said in a low voice, "I really can't stand her, thinking that if I open a supermarket, it will be like a big shopping mall in the city, and what kind of office do I have? There's enough fun."

Lin Guoxiang patted Meizi's head affectionately, and said in a low voice, "Don't say this kind of thing in the future, it's another thing when others hear it and spread it in front of her."

"Understood, I won't talk about it in the future." Meizi pouted and straightened her hair, which was not messed up at all, "I just can't understand her bossy look, I thought it would be great to open a supermarket She treats us as if we are her maidservants."

Lin Guoxiang just smiled when she heard Meizi's complaints, but in her heart she really wanted to say that she is amazing. After the divorce, she worked hard on her own and opened a small supermarket here. The situation in the countryside where they live is considered very good.In the eyes of the villagers, she is considered a successful person, and she has the right to be proud of it.

"Okay, let's not talk about that off-putting person, let's talk about where to go to play in the afternoon after get off work at noon." Meizi immediately became elated at the thought of having a half-day off in the afternoon.

Lin Guoxiang saw that the expression on Meizi's face had begun to turn dreamy, so she shook her head with a smile, and continued to organize the items in her hand and put them on the shelf.

"Guoxiang, you haven't told me where we're going to play later." Meizi realized that Lin Guoxiang hadn't paid attention to her at all after fantasizing there, so she touched her arm in dissatisfaction and pouted. , "Don't tell me that you are going back to practice martial arts with grandpa in the afternoon."

Lin Guoxiang rolled her eyes indecently: "Please, Miss Meizi, that's something I only do every morning."

"It was just a slip of the tongue." Meizi cocked her neck and said cheekily, "You haven't told me where we're going to play later?"

"I'm not going anywhere, I'm going back to wash my clothes." Lin Guoxiang said, "There are a lot of clothes piled up at home. If you don't wash them, you won't have any clothes to change." When it comes to washing clothes, Lin Guoxiang's body is as thick as a city wall. Finally, her face turned slightly red, there was no way, she was too lazy, so she didn't like to do housework very much, and the changed clothes were also piled up and washed together.

For this reason, grandpa often scolded her: "You say you girl, you don't like to do this or that, what can you do when you marry into someone else in the future, in case you meet a pungent mother-in-law in the future, she won't be taken away by her?" It would be strange for a big stick to drive you out, a lazy daughter-in-law."

But after all, the grandfather will still help Lin Guoxiang clean up the room, and then complain that he has spoiled the granddaughter, and finally worry about her future, because in the countryside like Lin Guoxiang The lazy girl's husband's family doesn't like it, he is afraid that others will bully her with this matter in the future when he is gone.

Grandpa's worried hair here is white in handfuls, but Lin Guoxiang looks like a normal person, doing what she should do, because she never thought about the day when she would get married in the future.After all, the divorce of her parents when she was a child still dealt a big blow to her, making her always resist getting married, not to mention that she is only 20 years old now, and she is still young, so she doesn't have to worry about the future so much .

Meizi was very contemptuous of Lin Guoxiang's answer, she poked her forehead with her index finger like a big sister, and said, "I knew it, only a lazy girl like you can do such a thing, what do you think?" What else do you do besides being lazy and not doing housework?"

"I can still beat people." After Lin Guoxiang finished speaking, she waved her fist seriously, and raised her arm exaggeratedly to show Meizi the muscles that she didn't have on her arms, let alone muscles. There isn't even much flesh on that arm, it's as thin as a match stick.

"Okay, don't play tricks in front of me." Meizi patted Lin Guoxiang's arm angrily, and gave her a beautiful big white eye, "You said that you are twenty anyway, why are you still talking to someone else?" Like a kid who hasn’t grown up, I’m not afraid that I won’t be able to get married in the future.” In fact, Meizi has never figured it out. You said that like Lin Guoxiang, you have to run around the village with your grandfather a few times every day, and you have to practice martial arts by the way. Playing with a stick (spear) or something, but why doesn't she have a muscle on her body?Not only that, but the person is also very slender, well-proportioned, and looks good in anything, he is simply a natural clothes hanger.It made Meizi, who has been working on losing weight, very jealous and envious.

Lin Guoxiang looked indifferent, she really wanted to say that if she couldn't get married, she would be dismissed, anyway, she didn't think about getting married anyway.But she absolutely dare not say this in front of Meizi, because she is afraid of being verbose to death.My good friend is pretty good in other things, but the words are too long-winded, especially when facing her, an orphan who is not an orphan, it is even more serious, and the words don't stop for an hour, like Lin A tomboy like Guo Xiang, who often climbs trees and houses with boys and fights with others, is afraid of her.

Seeing Lin Guoxiang like this, Meizi didn't know what to say. Do you want an orphan to act like a child with both parents?
"Forget it. I'll help you wash your clothes after get off work. By the way, take advantage of the good weather today and take off the sheets and wash them."

Before Meizi finished speaking, Lin Guoxiang hugged Meizi's fleshy arm like an octopus with a moved face, and did not forget to rub her face up: "Meizi, I will I know you are the best for me."

Unable to bear it, Meizi stretched out her hand to push her away, and patted her arm tremblingly: "Okay, you're disgusting if you don't stay here, goosebumps come out."

Lin Guoxiang crooked her eyebrows and smiled at Meizi, she couldn't help giggling, but in the end she attracted a beautiful big white eye from our classmate Meizi.

……

The days went on as usual, and it was autumn in the blink of an eye. This morning, when Lin Guoxiang came back from running outside, she was mysteriously pulled into the kitchen by her grandpa who was lazy at home in the morning, and then put the big dog on the table. The white porcelain bowl was lifted, and a bowl of steaming egg noodles was immediately revealed inside.

"Grandpa, this is..."

"Silly girl, why did you forget that today is your birthday?" Grandpa pulled Lin Guoxiang to the table, wiped her hands with a wet towel, and handed her a pair of chopsticks, "Hurry up and eat, or wait The noodles won't taste good when they get mushy."

"Hmm." Lin Guoxiang answered with a choked voice after taking the chopsticks. She didn't know whether she was blinded by the heat from the noodle bowl or something else. Some pain, but dare not let the tears flow.From childhood to adulthood, so many years have passed, and only grandpa remembers her birthday. Although she only cooks a bowl of steaming egg noodles for her every time, she is moved by such simple noodles every time. want to cry.As for the two parents who gave birth to her, they probably have forgotten that there is such a name as Lin Guoxiang in this world, right?
Regarding this pair of irresponsible parents, Lin Guoxiang said that it was impossible not to hate them, but she sincerely thanked God for giving her such a good grandfather. Without him, she would not even dare to imagine What will become of myself now.

When Lin Guoxiang finished eating the birthday noodles, grandpa carefully took out a small cloth bag tightly wrapped in a handkerchief from his arms, and stroked it in the palm of his hand as if stroking his own child. Solemnly handed it to the granddaughter: "This is an ancient family heirloom handed down from our Lin family's ancestors. Now that you are twenty, it's time to pass it on to you."

"Grandpa..." Lin Guoxiang took the small cloth bag that still had the body temperature of her grandfather, and looked at him in astonishment. She couldn't believe that there was such a precious thing as an heirloom in the family.

"Your grandpa passed it on to me when I was 20 years old. It is said that this ancient jade is very spiritual. As long as you wear it every day and keep it on your body, it will keep the person who wears it safe forever." Grandpa paused. , and said, "When I picked up this piece of jade before, I heard from your grandfather Zeng that this ancient jade can not only protect the wearer's life, but also change the life of the wearer when necessary. The theory of fate sounds a bit evil, but after all, this thing is an ancient jade handed down from the ancestors, and it must be very spiritual after wearing it for a long time, so I think it should be okay to let it keep you safe for the rest of your life." Then he gave Lin Guoxiang talked about the origin and history of this piece of ancient heirloom jade, anyway, it sounds very fantasy.

"Grandpa... this is too precious... and it shouldn't be passed on to me. This, this is unreasonable." Lin Guoxiang heard the benefits and history of ancient jade from his grandfather, and held the bag wrapped in ancient jade. The hand of the little cloth bag feels unusually heavy. The history of this thing can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period. If such a valuable thing is really to be passed on to her, she is afraid that she will suffer from insomnia at night.

"Just keep it, I planned to pass it on to you in the future." Grandpa knew what Lin Guoxiang wanted to say, it was nothing more than that she, a girl, shouldn't receive such expensive things, but he didn't let her continue. The opportunity to continue talking was almost categorical, "This ancient jade is for you to take care of your grandfather so you can rest assured. As for your unfilial father, it seems that he is out of tune at first glance. If this jade is really in his hands, he will surely I’ll sell it for money.” Grandpa said as if he remembered something, so he added, “And your stepmother’s younger brother, I’ve never met him, and I don’t know what kind of character he is. Sex, so it's better to put this jade in your hands, and in Grandpa's heart, he only recognizes you as a granddaughter."

Grandpa's words completely blocked a lot of words that Lin Guoxiang had prepared later, making her not know what to say for a while.But Grandpa was right in one sentence, if this ancient jade was really handed over to her irresponsible father, he would definitely sell it for money.As for the legendary younger brother, to be honest, Lin Guoxiang never recognized him, and to him, he was just a term called "brother" that he had learned in books.

"Take care of it well, and pass it on to my great-grandson in the future." Grandpa patted Lin Guoxiang's hand lightly, then went out to wash the dishes with noodle bowls in his hands.

Lin Guoxiang was holding the ancient jade, feeling extremely heavy in her heart. Grandpa's aging figure always made her want to cry. Grandpa was completely chilled by his father and the others, right?He must be very bitter at this time. It was hard for him to give birth to a child like his father when he was in his 30s, but he was left alone when he was old. Anyone would feel bitter about this matter.

(End of this chapter)