Chapter 257 New Year’s greetings
Chapter 257 New Year’s greetings
Seeing this, the driver quickly braked and apologized to the few people, "Master, Miss, I'm sorry!"
"It's okay, just keep driving and be careful to avoid potholes." Shen Xubai said while rubbing his head.
In the back seat.
Chu Yan sat next to Nan Xi and immediately reached out to rub her head. "Are you okay, Xixi?"
"I'm fine." Nan Xi shook her head and rubbed her head subconsciously, but touched Chu Yan's hand.
At this moment, Shen Xubai turned around and looked over. "Are you all okay?"
"It's okay, big brother."
Nan Xi was about to put her hand down when she spoke. The next second, her fingers were pinched by a pair of big, broad hands. Her ears heard his deep voice.
"Why are your hands so cold?"
"I'm not cold..." Before Nan Xi could finish her words, he grabbed her fingers and put them on her knees, covering them with both hands.
"..."
She raised her eyes to glance at Chu Yan, met his calm and deep eyes, and said silently,
"Oh, it's a little cold!"
Chu Yan curled his lips and smiled faintly, kneading Nan Xi's fingers with his fingertips.
Shen Xubai, who was sitting in the passenger seat, glanced at Chu Yan speechlessly, then turned to the driver and said,
"Uncle Wang, turn up the heater in the back seat to the maximum!"
"Okay, Master Shen." The driver responded calmly, reached out to turn on the heater and adjusted it to the highest level.
Chu Yan: “…”
Nan Xi: “…”
Feeling the scorching hot wind blowing on her body, she said slowly, "Brother, there's no need to turn it up to the highest setting."
"No, aren't your hands cold?" Shen Xubai replied cryptically.
Nan Xi silently pulled her fingers back from Chu Yan's hand and said, "My hands aren't cold anymore."
Chu Yan glanced at Shen Xubai coldly and said in a deep voice, "Turn it down, it's so hot."
Shen Xubai chuckled at Chu Yan, reached out to turn down the heater in the back seat, then leaned back in the seat in a good mood, laughing in his heart.
Ha! From now on, he will know how to make Chu Yan lose face!
After driving for more than half an hour, everyone arrived at the village in the original owner's memory.
When getting off the bus, everyone looked at the muddy road and hesitated for a moment, not knowing where to start.
Seeing Nan Xi walking on the muddy road with a calm expression, the Shen family members couldn't help but fall silent for a moment.
Then he took a deep breath, stepped carefully on the slippery mud, and followed her.
Nan Xi could see their discomfort and a hint of hidden dislike for this place, but she could understand.
After all, even she herself would feel uncomfortable walking this road again, let alone them?
At this moment, her hanging hand was suddenly held by a big, warm hand, and Chu Yan's low voice came to her ears.
"Xixi, the road is a bit slippery, be careful!"
Nan Xi paused and turned to look. Chu Yan was looking at her deeply, holding her fingers tightly.
At this moment, several people from the Shen family were looking at her back with distressed expressions. They couldn't imagine how hard Nan Xi's life must have been, as she grew up here.
Everyone followed Nan Xi up the mountain, each one stepping into the yellow mud. After walking for a long time, they finally arrived at a cemetery.
Seeing this, Shen's father and mother came over and asked, "Xixi, is this the place?"
Nan Xi nodded, reached out to take the bag from Shen Xubai's hand, and took out incense paper and candles from it.
Seeing this, Xu Wanyi wanted to step forward to help, but Nan Xi shook her head and refused.
"No, Mom. I want to do it myself."
Nan Xi squatted down and picked up the candle to light it. Chu Yan walked forward and squatted beside Nan Xi, "I'll help you unwrap the incense paper."
"Okay." Nan Xi responded and put the candle away.
After she finished burning the incense paper, Shen's father and mother came forward, burned the incense paper respectively, and bowed three times to the tombstone.
"Grandma, thank you for adopting Xixi and raising her so well. It's because of this that our family can finally see each other after so many years of separation..."
After Mr. and Mrs. Shen finished their greetings, Shen Xubai, Shen Yu and Chu Yan stepped forward and followed the process.
Nan Xi walked aside, weeded another tombstone, and continued to light candles and burn incense paper.
This tombstone belonged to the son of the original owner's grandmother, who died young. When the original owner's grandmother died, she kept talking about returning here to be with her son.
That's why the original owner sent her grandmother back from far away for burial.
After burning paper at both tombs, Nan Xi and his companions waited until all the incense, paper and candles were burned out before walking down the mountain.
However, the way down the mountain was not easy to walk on. Everyone's feet were covered with mud and they almost fell several times.
When we returned to the roadside, everyone was covered in mud, and their shoes were covered in a lot of mud, making everyone's feet very heavy.
Nan Xi walked to the roadside and broke off a few branches and handed them to everyone. Under everyone's puzzled eyes, she explained,
"You can use this branch to poke the mud off your shoes."
As she spoke, she lowered her head and used a branch to poke away the mud that covered her shoes. After a few strokes, a large piece of thick mud fell to the side.
When the Shen family members watched this scene and thought of the hardships they had experienced along the way, they suddenly felt a pang of sadness in their hearts.
They had only experienced this once, and they all felt it was very difficult. However, Nan Xi had grown up here since childhood, and they didn't know how much suffering she had endured.
On the way back to the county town, Shen Boqun and Xu Wanyi were silent all the way, looking at the muddy road outside the window with a heavy heart.
Another car.
After Nan Xi got in the car, she leaned back in her seat and thought quietly. Perhaps it was because she was back here, or perhaps it was because of the original owner's emotions, she recalled many memories that the original owner had deliberately forgotten.
The original owner had a really hard time as a child. Because he had no parents and was a bit quiet, he was often bullied at school.
It was not until the original owner was admitted to high school and left the county that she left those days of oppression behind.
Thinking of this, Nan Xi suddenly felt a little headache. She closed her eyes, frowned and leaned back in the seat.
Chu Yan had been paying attention to Nan Xi. Seeing her like this, he asked softly, "Xixi, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
"Yeah, I have a bit of a headache." Nan Xi closed her eyes and didn't want to move.
Upon hearing this, Shen Xubai immediately turned around and asked anxiously, "Are you okay? Does it hurt?"
Nan Xi opened her eyes, looked at him, and replied, "It's a little sore. Maybe I didn't get enough rest!"
Chu Yan adjusted his position and said in a deep voice, "Lie down, I'll help you press it."
"No, I'll just rest for a while."
As soon as Nan Xi finished speaking, Chu Yan frowned tightly, held her head and pressed it on his legs, then raised his hands and pressed them on both sides of her temples.
Seeing Nan Xi still moving, he said in a cold voice, "Lie down and don't move!"
Nan Xi looked up at him and said, "I'm just adjusting my position." Then she closed her eyes.
"Keep pressing."
Seeing this, Shen Xubai said to the driver, "Uncle Wang, please be as calm as possible."
The driver responded, "Okay, don't worry."
Nan Xi felt Chu Yan's warm fingertips massaging her slowly. Although she was still a little shaky, she soon began to feel drowsy.
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